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
Exploratory Studies of Microbiome Dysbiosis and Plasticity in Mice and Humans, Xin Zhou
Characterization of Chromatin Interaction in Mammalian Cells, Jufen Zhu
Three Essays About Chinese Social Security Reform, Fei Zou
Submissions From 2018
Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in Cooperative Relay Networks Based on Statistical Channel State Information, Sharief N. Abdel-Razeq
The Role of the Microbiome in Regulating House Dust Mite-Induced Asthma, Alexander J. Adami
High Temperature Characterization of Ge2Sb2Te5Thin Films for Phase Change Memory Applications, Lhacene Adnane
Elucidating the Mechanisms of Apoptosis Induced by a Novel Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase Inhibitor in T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Sherry Agabiti
Resurgence and Large N: the Gross-Witten-Wadia and Gross-Neveu Models, Anees Ahmed
Set Adrift: A Study of Characteristics, Sustainability, and the Lifelines Tethering Connecticut Forensic Social Workers in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems, Jennie Jerome Albert
Aiming for Success: Evaluating Statistical and Machine Learning Methods to Predict High School Student Performance and Improve Early Warning Systems, David Alexandro
Modulating Aged Macrophages and Osteoprogenitors with a Calcium Phosphate Drug Delivery System, Jumana Alhamdi
Numerical Computation of Traveling Wave and Standing Pulse Solutions to FitzHugh-Nagumo Equations in 2D, Abdou Alzubaidi
Using Video Self-Modeling to Increase Social Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bryndis K. Andrade
Mimicking the Microbiome: TLR tolerance as a treatment for CNS autoimmunity, Emily Anstadt
Developing Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Based Methods for Quantitative Analysis of Enzymatic Surface Reactions and Biological Interactions, Murali Anuganti
Imágenes distorsionadas: El olvido en la producción cultural chilena del siglo XXI, Aidali Aponte-Aviles
The Place of Race in the Academy: Narrating the Failure of Multiculturalism in Higher Education, Christiana Ares-Christian
Essays on Matching Markets: Course Allocation, Team Formation, and P2P Lending Markets, Hoda Atef Yekta
The Evolution of Monsters in Contemporary American Children’s and Young Adult Culture, Sara Austin
Adaptive Resource Management Algorithms with Applications in Energy Storage and Scheduling, Gopi Vinod Avvari
Comprehensive Evaluation of the Anti-fibrogenic Effect of Astaxanthin in Hepatic Stellate Cells, Minkyung Bae
A Framework for Secure and Interoperable Cloud Computing with RBAC, MAC, and DAC, Mohammed Shaya Baihan
Coupling Transport Phenomena to Contamination and Durability in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Charles J. Banas
Cross-talk Between Different DNA Sensors in the Cytosol, Ishita Banerjee
Perceptions of Transition and Role Balancing for New Athletic Training and Physical Therapy Faculty Members, Jessica Barrett
Computational Study on Ferroelectricity in Hafnia and Other Binary Oxides, Rohit Batra
Modifiable Risk Factors Contributing to Neuromuscular Control in Adolescent Female Basketball Athletes, Eleanor M. Beltz
The Politics of Voice in Twentieth-Century Verse Drama, Sarah Berry
The Chemotactic Role of Metallothionein in the Extracellular Environment, Sadikshya Bhandari
Uncertainty of Global Precipitation Datasets and its Propagation in Hydrological Simulations, Md ABUL EHSAN BHUIYAN
Dysregulation of a Skeletal Muscle-Resident Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitor (FAP) Population Causes Musculoskeletal Disease, Arpita Biswas
An Embodiment Constraint on Theories of Affect, Emma Bjorngard
Male Zwischenfächer Voices and the Baritenor Conundrum, Thaddaeus Bourne
M-CHAT-R/F Performance in a High-Risk Infant Sibling Population, Kathryn Bradbury
Defining Neoepitopes that Contribute to Tumor Immunity, Cory Brennick
Knowledge is Not Enough: Work Stress in Community Health Workers, Ashika Brinkley
Contributions of Angular Momentum in Gyroscopes to Perception of Heaviness and Controllability, Thomas Brooks
Lavender Security Threats: Understanding the Histories of Discrimination Against LGBT Persons in the American Military and Intelligence Communities, Timothy R. Bussey
Unsettling the Exceptional Hero: Recognition and Vulnerability in Middle English Romance, Patrick Butler
“Qui la chose saroit entendre”: Objects and Communication in French Medieval Romances and Contemporary French Fantasy Novels, Elisabeth Buzay
The Effect of NaProTECHNOLOGY on Marital Interaction in Couples with Infertility, Anna Camacho
Comprehension of Gesture and Speech Incongruence in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Allison Canfield
Examining the Financial Payoffs to Prior Entrepreneurial Experience, Xian Cao
The Effects of Probation Stipulations on Employment Outcomes and Feelings of Employability Among Probationers in Rhode Island, Jesse Capece
Neural Mechanisms of Generalization for Language Learning in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brian Castelluccio
Greasing the Data Engine: Economic Impact and Legislative Success of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at Local and National Levels, Aindrila Chakraborty
Migratory Bodies: Motifs of Trafficking in Chinese and Chinese American Cultural Productions, Anna Cheng
Operationalizing Recovery from Substance Use Disorders among Adolescents in High School, Yiyun Chen
Evaluating the Impact of Local Vegetable Messaging on Elementary School Students’ Vegetable Choice and Nutrition Behaviors, Jesse Chiero
Bayesian Approaches to Test Score Measurement Errors in Student Growth Prediction Models, Pei-Hsuan Chiu
Multizonal Scaffolds for Osteochondral Tissue Engineering, Drew Clearfield
Three Essays on Wealth and Income Inequality, Aaron Cooke
Conceptualizations and Impacts of Achievement: A Case Study Analysis of an Urban Northeastern School, Michael D. Corral
Relationship of Counselor Trainees’ Gender Role Ideologies on Clinical Judgment with Male Clients, Bryce Crapser
High-Ability Students with Emotional Behavioral Disorders: An Exploration of Intelligence as a Protective Factor, Karen L. Cross PhD
Polyethylene Oxide Hydration in Solutions, Nanoconfinement and Nanostructures, Udaya Dahal
ICP8 Self Interactions are Essential for HSV-1 Replication Compartment Formation, Anthar Darwish
Signaling Patterns and Genetic Regulation of Drosophila Follicle Rupture, Lylah Deady
Plexin-B1 Signaling in Contact Inhibition of Locomotion Between Osteoclasts and Osteoblasts, Abhijit Deb Roy
Our Holy Grail: States, Power, and Networks in the Stymied Global Quest to Define Terrorism, Erika Mae Lorenzana Del Villar
National Review and White Racial Identity Politics in U.S. Conservatism, Stephen Del Visco
The Relationship Between Spinal Mobility Measures and Shoulder and Elbow Injury in College Baseball Pitchers, Laurie Devaney
When Friends Share about Brands: A Study of eWOM on Social Networking Sites, CHRISTINA DEVOSS
Does Physiology Play a Role in Conflict?: Exploring the Associations Between Testosterone, Accommodation, and Relationship Variables, Anuraj Dhillon
Revisiting Sites and Locations of Italian-ness: Migrant Authors and Twitteracy Trans-nationalize the National Italian Canon, Martina Di Florio
Three Essays in Health and Labor Economics, Michael DiNardi
Accelerating Synchronization on Futuristic 1000-cores Multicore Processor with Moving Compute to Data Model, Halit Dogan
Best Constants, Extremal Functions and Stability for Geometric and Functional Inequalities, Mengxia Dong
Dual Functional Metal Oxide Nano-materials Enabled Sensors for both Non-enzymatic Glucose and Solid-state pH Sensing, Qiuchen Dong
Genomic Imprinting and X Chromosome Dosage Compensation in Domestic Ruminants, Jingyue Duan
A Numerical Investigation of Multiple Traveling Pulse and Front Solutions, Faisal Duraihem
In-situ Micromechanical Characterization of Materials with High Mechanical Potential Energy Absorption Capacity, Keith Dusoe
The Development and Mechanistic Investigations of Various Catalytic Processes by Mesoporous Metal Oxides and Sulfides, Biswanath Dutta
An Investigation of the Geochemical Properties and Treatment of Soda Ash Chromite Ore Processing Residue, Yaguang Du
The Experiences of Recovered Anorexic Mothers Feeding their Children, Carrie Morgan Eaton
Watershed Decisions: An Environmental History of Boston's Quabbin Reservoir, 1870-1988, Jeffrey Egan
The Role of Jasmonate in The Shade Response of Perennial Ryegrass, Rania Eltanbouly
Low-cost, High-contrast, and Miniature Optical Imaging Systems for Clinical Applications, Mohsen Erfanzadeh
Synthesis and Modeling of Ferroelectric Nanocomposites, Yomery Espinal
Topics in Stochastic Analysis and Riemannian Foliations, Qi Feng
Teacher and Student Perceptions of Student Engagement in a 9th Grade Classroom, Kathryn Field
An Event-Level Structural Equation Model to Predict Alcohol Use Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women, Stephanie D. Finneran
The G Protein-Coupled Receptor, GPR3, Promotes the Acquisition of Oocyte Meiotic Competence, Laura Firmani
Air-Sea Momentum, Heat, and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Shallow Coastal Ecosystems, Michelle Fogarty
Development and Characterization of Inorganic Materials with Energy Sector Applications, Samuel J. Frueh
Understanding of the Nucleation Induced Cooperative Behavior in Complex Macromolecular Systems, Hailin Fu
Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and the Concept of Lineage in the Presence of Horizontal Gene Transfer, Matthew Fullmer
Polychromatic Optical Forces in Diatomic Systems, Scott Edwin Galica
Renewable Fuels Produced from Biomass Pyrolysis Vapors: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, David Pierce Gamliel
Derechos humanos y las políticas de la empatía en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XXI, Carlos A. Gardeazabal Bravo
Judgments of Service Coordinator Practices and Transition-Related Outcomes for Children and Families, Anne George-Puskar