As of August 11, 2020, the submission process has changed. Please refer to the Dissertation Information page for information, instructions and links.
Dissertations can be accessed from the Library digital repository (CTDA).
Submissions From 2019
Head Labeling Preference and Language Change, Marcin R. Dadan
Essays in Applied Microeconomics, Mahesh Dahal
An Evaluation of the Intensive Case Management Program: Reducing the Court Involvement of High Conflict Co-parents, Jennifer Dealy
The Battle for Paradise: Tourism Development, Race, and Popular Politics during the Remaking of Cartagena (Colombia),1942-1984, Orlando Deavila Pertuz
An Investigation into River Water Distribution, Island Influences, and Embayment Temperatures in Long Island Sound, Steven Deignan-Schmidt
Frames of Reference: Secularism, Religion, and Terrorism in the 21st Century, Kelly Delaney
An Examination of Relationships between Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) and Facets of Mindfulness, Marisa Anne Del Campo
Effect of Process Conditions on Phase Stability and Morphology in Manganese Oxide Nano-Materials, Bahareh Deljoo
Ethnic Identity as a Mitigator in the Discrimination-Adjustment Relationship: An Exploration of Multiracial Adults and their Chosen Identities, Andrea E. DePetris
Characterization and Modeling of Satellite-Based Precipitation Uncertainty over Complex Terrain, Yagmur Derin
Multifunctional Protein-lipid Nanoparticles and Hydrogels for Biological and Environmental Applications, Jingwen Ding
Effect of Video Modeling with Self-Monitoring on Classroom Management Strategies: An Intervention to Increase the Use of Specific Praise, Lisa Marie Dobey
Lipschitz Stability of Gamma-FOCS and RC Canonical Jordan Bases of Real H-selfadjoint Matrices under Small Perturbations, Sahinde Dogruer
Ligand-Induced Modulation of the Cannabinoid Receptor 1, Rachel Dopart
A Qualitative and Quantitative Inquiry into the Learner Engagement Construct, Charles Dye
Workplace Supports in the Infant Mental Health Field: A Mixed Methods Investigation, Tanika Eaves Simpson
My Mind on My Body and My Body on My Mind: Examining the Effect of Self-Objectification on Exercise Flow and Enjoyment for Young Women, Kimberly Embacher Martin
Bloated: Power and the Body in American Temperance Literature, Abigail Fagan
The Developmental Evolution of the Novel Treehopper Helmet, Cera Fisher
Development of a Raman Spectroscopic Method to Detect Protein Conformation in Amorphous Solids: Application to Protein Formulation and Stability, Lauren Kathleen Fontana
Assembling the Puzzle of an Enigmatic Shark Tapeworm: a Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Approach, Kaitlin Gallagher
Three Essays on Corporate Finance, Jieqiong Gao
The Role of Executive Function on Weight Loss and Maintenance in a Couples-Based Intervention, Katelyn M. Gettens
Paper-based Point-of-Care Diagnostic Devices for Urinalysis, Fariba Ghaderinezhad
Estimating Short-term Synaptic Plasticity from Pre- and Postsynaptic Spiking, Abed Ghanbari
Density Matrix Renormalization Group Studies of Interacting Dipoles in a Zigzag Chain, Niraj Ghimire
Bicarbonate Directly Modulates Activity of Chemosensitive Neurons in the Retrotrapezoid Nucleus, Christopher Gonçalves
Towards Embedded System Hardware Security Design and Analysis, Yanping Gong
Cholesterol-based Polymeric Nanoparticles for Improved Chemotherapy, Laura Gonzalez
“Todo es un interés:” Puerto Ricans, Belonging, “Race,” and Threat in Hartford, Connecticut., Bianca Paola Gonzalez-Sobrino
"Never Likely to be his Own Man Again:” Impairment and Disability in New England, 1690-1820, Casey Green
Modulating Antitumor T Cell Responses using Cytomegalovirus-based Vaccines, Jeremy Grenier
The Grapes of Development’s Aftermath: Climate Change, Internally Displaced Persons, and Conflict, Frank Griggs
Investigation of Antimicrobial Secondary Metabolites from Bacterial Isolates Associated with the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid (Euprymna scolopes), Samantha Gromek
Writing Wrongs: Humanitarian Activism in Contemporary World Literature and Film, Kate Tomkie Gross
The American Problem: Race, Empire, and Policing in New York City, 1840-1930, Matthew Guariglia
Mechanisms of Porphyrinoid and Carotenoid Spectral Tuning Revealed with Quantum Chemistry, Matthew J. Guberman-Pfeffer
From King Solomon to Ian Smith: Rhodesian Alternate Histories of Zimbabwe, Edward Guimont
Memory Access Efficiency in Distributed Atomic Object Implementations, Theophanis Hadjistasi
Study of Large Scale Hybrid Concrete-Filled Fiber Reinforced Polymer Tube Columns (HCFFTs), Alexandra Hain
Different Shades of Queer: Race and Racism in Gay America, Chong Han
Effect of Repeated Exposure and Attention on Stream Segregation of Stimuli at the Fission Boundary, Dameon Harrell
Null Operators and Parameter Setting, Ryosuke Hattori
Silk Fibroin and Hydroxyapatite Composites for Bioresorbable Bone Fixation Devices, Bryant Heimbach
The Development of Evidence-based Early Child Feeding and Obesity Prevention Messages for Parents of Children Birth to 2 Years Old, Rebecca L. Heller
Degrees and Deflationism, Jared Henderson
Agriculture, Food, and Health: Changes in Industry Structure and Consumer Behavior, Xi He
The Virtues of Dead Kings: Egyptology and Empire in Twentieth-Century Britain, Adam Christopher Hill
Gully Erosion and Holocene-Anthropocene Environmental Change in southern New England, Megan Hill
Heroine of One Thousand Faces: Memoirs by Four Women Soldiers in the Great War and Postwar Period, Chenwen Hong
Early Childhood Intervention Teachers' Beliefs and Use of Peer Social Interaction Interventions, Elizabeth Howe
Improved Pion Correlation Functions Under Lattice Action, Daniel Hoying
D-terms in Bosonic and Fermionic Systems, Jonathan Hudson
Direct Message? Examining How Principals Frame Connecticut’s Anti-Bullying Policy, Scott Hurwitz
Measurement Invariance of Acculturation and Enculturation Measures in East Asian Americans, Kevin Charles Hynes
Host-pathogen Interaction In Bovine Mastitis And Effects Of Plant Derived Compounds In Staphylococcus Aureus Infection, DEVI JAGANATHAN
Hierarchical Structures for High Dimensional Data Analysis, Mahmoodreza Jahanseirroodsari
Development and Testing of Zika Virus Vaccine Candidates: Application of a Novel Platform for Rapid Generation of Recombinant Vaccinia Viruses, Brittany Jasperse
Gesture Representation and Facilitation of Spoken Discourse: Linguistic Production and Comprehension in Aphasia, Theodore Jenkins
A Study on Pathways of Major River Waters in Long Island Sound, Yan Jia
Cryptographic Solutions for Cyber-Physical System Security, Chenglu Jin
Tradition's Chains: Wales in British Literature, 1780-1870, Matthew Jones
Essays on Economics of Public Sector Collective Bargaining, Andrew Ju
Cross-Cultural Comparison of Narratives Between English-Speaking Indian and US Children and Adults, Manya Jyotishi
WHIMP is a WASP-family Actin Nucleation-promoting Factor that Functions in Cell Motility, Shail Kabrawala
The Function of High Surface Area Mesoporous Metal Oxides in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol in Near Supercritical Acetonitrile, Tharindu Madusanka Premalal Kankanam Kapuge
Investigation of Genetic Modifiers of Neurodegeneration using Synthetic Lethality in Drosophila melanogaster, Kavitha Kannan
Adventures in Structureland: Exploring Protein Conformational Plasticity by NMR, Anne R. Kaplan
Multilayer Self-Assembly of Flavin Derivatives around Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Erandika Karunaratne
Pluralisms about Truth and Logic, Nathan Kellen
Undoing Borders: A Feminist Exploration of Erotic Performance by Lesbian Women of Color, Cristina Khan
Application and Demonstration of Quantum Dots For Multi-state Memories and Optical Modulator Devices, Jan Amir Khan
Femtosecond Laser Transient Spectroscopy of Carotenoids and Carbon Nanotubes, Soroush Khosravi Dehaghi
Bridge over Troubled Water: Risk and Public Support for Social Protection, Taesim Kim
Reacting to Self-Selected Young Adult (YA) Literature: An Exploration of Students’ Reading Experiences in an Alternative High School, Danielle King-Watkins
Human Dimensions of Roadside Forest Management to Reduce Utility Infrastructure Vulnerability, Danielle Kloster
Signaling Mechanisms and Genetic Regulation of Follicle Cell Maturation and Ovulatory Competence in Drosophila, Elizabeth M. Knapp
Role of Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 in the Development of Hypersensitivity Using an Animal Model of Cutaneous Inflammation, Brittany Knight
Developing Portable Tools Based on Magnetophoresis for Accessible Clinical Diagnostics, Stephanie Knowlton
Accounting for the Experiences of People with Down Syndrome in Clinical Settings, Anne Kohler
Inferring Microbial Gene Family Evolution Using Duplication-Transfer-Loss Reconciliation: Algorithms and Complexity, Misagh Kordi
Ready, Willing, and Able? Exploring Education Researcher Engagement in Dissemination, Taylor Koriakin
Prophets of Global Order: How the Morgan Bankers Sold “Cooperation” in an Age of Democratic Conflict, 1890-1924, Olga J. Koulisis
Templating The Formation Of Multidimensional Hybrid Materials And Composites, Garrett Kraft
Overcoming Long Reconstitution Times of High Concentration Lyophilized Protein Formulations, Shreya Shashank Kulkarni
Characterization of Graphene Oxide, Harish Kumar
The Role of Inhibitory Neurons in Respiratory Chemoreception and Disordered Breathing in Dravet Syndrome, Fu-Shan Kuo
Functional Nanomaterials for Energy and Sensor Applications, Dongwook Kwak
"ex linguis gentes": Etymologizing of Landscape and Peoples in Early Medieval Britain, Joseph Leake
Asymptotic Analysis of Quasi-limiting Behavior for Drifted Brownian Motion Conditioned to Stay Positive, SangJoon Lee
A Single Allele of MyoD or Myf5 is Necessary for Adult Myogenesis, Nicholas Legendre
Effects of Egg Intake on Choline Metabolism and HDL Functionality in a Healthy Population, Bruno S. Lemos