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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
ESSAYS ON PLACE-BASED POLICY AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Tingting Peng
Development and Validation of the Mealtime Behaviors Self-Report Questionnaire, Taylor Rae Perry
Symbols of Sovereignty and How They Speak to Us: Reading Contemporary Wampum Artwork in New York State Museums, Marie Peterson
Exploring Homeschooling Parents’ Conceptions of Reading Motivation from a Self-Determination Theoretical Perspective, Harmony Petty
Prolegomenon to the Impact of Epistemic Beliefs on Online Pedagogical Affinity: A Comparative Study of STEM and Non-STEM Faculty, Alejandra M. Pickett
Diversity within Species: Mechanisms, Evolution and Implications in Bacterial Disease, Kathryn R. Piper
Personalizing Heat Information for Adults over 65, Bruce C. Pollock Jr
Physiological Structure, Activity, and Interactions of the Formin, Human Diaphanous Homologue 1, Aaron Premo
Modeling Feature and Instance Interactions in Longitudinal Data for Improved Performance, Khandker Sadia Rahman
Transcriptome-Wide Gene Expression Analysis of Skeletal Muscles of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Mouse Models and Patients, Olivia N. Ransiear
Influence of Cloud-Radiative Forcing on Tropical Cyclone Development in Moderate Vertical Wind Shear, Jannetta C. Richardson
Studies on Convexity of DNF Formulae, Josue A. Ruiz
Multimorbidity in Adolescents: The Longitudinal Impact of Childhood Socioeconomic Trajectories and Health Risk in Adulthood, Savitha Sambandamoorthy
Integration of Theoretical Frameworks for Problematic Exercise: Toward a Comprehensive Model of Maladaptive and Adaptive Exercise, Christina M. Sanzari
Investigating a Brief Mindfulness Curriculum on On-Task Behavior: A Single Case Study of the Learning to Breathe Program, Emily E. Satin
Friend or Foe: Exploring the Biological Function of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis RecA Intein, Ryan Schneider
A Study of Regulatory Compliance in U.S. Nursing Homes, Patrick Schumacher
Technological Development of In-Cell NMR: Microfluidic, Metabolomic, and Fluxomic Approaches, Nicholas Sciolino
Divided by Fear: The Influence of Political Beliefs on the Perception of Extremist Groups, Hannah A. Scott
Concurrent Parasympathetic Synchrony in Romantic Couples Exposed to Childhood Maltreatment Subtypes, Kate L. Senich
Conceptualizing the Sacred Self: Toward a Theory of Collective Despair, Cassandra Sever
Elementary Teachers Navigating Teaching during the Pandemic in New York State: A Phenomenological Study, Rebecca A. Shea
Characterization of Adaptive Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Kayla Simanek
Self-Preservation: Autobiography as a Form of Archivization as Seen Through the Life and Poetic Works of John Clare, Meghan J. Slaff
Perception as Creation in Swann's Way, Ethan D. Snowball
Deep Convection, Lightning, and Inertio-Gravity Waves: An Analysis of Precipitation and Wave Dynamics in the Congo Basin, Stephen L. Solimine
From a Child's Perspective: A Qualitative Study of Elementary School Student Engagement, Deanna J. Springstead-Gonzalez
Worldbuilding a Queer Before: D&D as a Neomedievalism for a Modern Age, Brianna M. Thompson
The Benefit of New Perspective: An Analysis of Postcolonial Adaptation, Sara L. Tilbe
Ribosome hibernation in Mycobacterium abscessus and its effect on antibiotic resistance, Ryan Treen
Associations of Screen Time, Growth, and Sleep in the Upstate KIDS Study, Brooke Turcotte
‘Abnormal Thirst’: A Feminist Perspective on Addiction Narratives in 20th and 21st Century Literature, Clorinda Valenti
Machine Learning-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Sjögren’s Disease Diagnostics and Forensic Body Fluid Analysis, Bhavikkumar N. Vyas
FRAMING ETHNICITY: HOW IDEOLOGICAL THREATS SHAPE STATE POLICIES TOWARDS THE ETHNIC CHINESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, Zheng Wang
"Can We See How It Works?" The Interactions among Teacher, Student, and Content at a Living History Museum, Stacy E. Ward
The Impact of a Creativity-Focused Course Design on the Development of Pedagogical Creativity in Preservice Teachers, Joanna M. Weld
Christ at the Gates of the Minster: Drama and Civic Space in Later Medieval York, Karen Suzanne Williams
Resources to Study the Isoforms of the p53 Family of Transcription Factors, Dana L. Woodstock
Phantasma, Grace Wright
Mobile Air Quality Assessment Using Public Transportation: A Community-Focused Study in the Capital Region, Allen Pronith Reddy Yeddula
Identifying the Impacts of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on Ecosystem Services From a Geospatial Perspective in Albany County, Kyaw Khaung Thant Zin
Student and Teacher Perceptions of Student Capabilities and Their Relationships to Learning Experiences in a High-Poverty Rural School, Amanda J. Zullo
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Is Chunking Multimodal?: Music Reading Expertise Effects on Eye Movements During a Cross-modal Visual Search Paradigm, Nicole Arco
Body Image Development and Eating Disorder Risk in Young Children: What Do Parents Want to Know?, Anna Atchison
Studies in Three-Component Modification of Lysine, Investigating Reversible Potential of an Intricate Bicyclo [3.3.1] Nonane Scaffold, Ryan Bartlett
Exploring the Epitranscriptomic Response to Senolytics and Senomorphs in Cellular Models of Aging, Emily Benson
Understanding Teacher Behavior and its Influence on Student On-Task Behavior, Jennifer Birchler
Predictability of Downslope Windstorms and Mechanisms Controlling Their Onset, Matthew James Brewer
The Effect of Presenting Concerns on Providers’ Assessment of Patients' Suicide Risk, Alexandria Brunkow
The Importance of Ice Microphysics in Storm Electrification, Yichen Cai
A Comparison of Arctic and Atlantic Basin Cyclone Predictability from a Climatology and Case Study Perspective, Peyton Capute
The Study of Different IT Audit Methodologies, Alexa Cassidy
Factors That Influence Clinicians' Intention to Use a Trauma-Informed Approach to Care in Women's Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Lauren Cestone
“A True Tower of Babel”: Nation, Race, and Gender in the French Foreign Legion, 1831 to 1854, Nicholas Michael Charnley
Validation of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12 in a Sample of Pregnant People, Kayla Costello
Re-Globalizing Yorkville: The Languages on Shop Signs in a Non-Migrant Neighborhood, Lisabeth G. Dashman
Stratifying the Social: The Race/Class Dialectic and the Fetishization of Race in Our Neoliberal Contemporary, Steven D. Delmagori
Developing Cellular Systems to Elucidate RNA Structural Dynamics of CAG Expansion Transcripts in Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Victoria DeMeo
Analyzing the Correlation between Surface Elevation and Seasonal and Diurnal Surface Temperature Cycles on Mars, Emily A. Dolan
Datum–Wise Learning and Inference for Supervised Classification, Sachini Piyoni Ekanayake Ekanayake Mudiyanselage
Understanding Local and Large-Scale Drivers of Rainfall Variability and Change Over the Hawaiian Islands Region, Katrina Fandrich
Testing an Integrated Dual Diathesis-Threat Model of Authoritarianism, Brendan Gallagher
Development and Initial Validation of the Supervisor Responsiveness Scale, Ramon Garcia
Psychedelic Expectancies and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Samantha Gomez
Regulator Preferences and Underinvestment in Drinking Water Infrastructure, Chunyu Guo
Effects of Grant Termination for Orphans, Vulnerable Children and Their Caregivers in Windhoek, Namibia, Miriam Winnie Hasheela
Advancing Small Molecule Therapies for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1, Sawyer M. Hicks
Public - Private in Vietnamese Universities: Exploring Sectoral Distinctiveness in Program Offerings, Lan Hoang
The Contextual Process of Bystander Intervention in Bias-Motivated Violent Victimization: An Experimental Approach, James Hubbell
Building Engaged Audiences: The Influence of Multimedia-Inclusive Posts on Online Engagement Breadth and Depth for Arts and Culture Nonprofit Organizations, SaBrina Jeffcoat
The Forest Watches: A Hybrid Study on the Reintroduction of Extinct Animals, Devin H. Jinadasa
Deconstructing Whiteness in Teacher Education, Allison Karcher
The Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Training, Courtney Knight
Transcription and Translation Regulation of Germ Cell to Maternal Transition, Noor Kotb
Bias-Aware Gaze Uniformity Assessment in Group Images, Omkar Kulkarni
Compassion Cartography: Mapping the Psychological Landscape of Altruistic Equity and Effectiveness, Kyle Fiore Law
Cloud Water and Precipitation Chemistry in the Northeast United States: A New Chemical Regime under Changing Emissions, Christopher Lawrence
Assessing Associations Between Emergency Room Visits for Respiratory and Cardiovascular Diseases and Criteria Air Pollutants Exposure in New York State, Tamba Solomon Lebbie
"Not Trans Enough": A Qualitative Inquiry of Non-binary Individuals' Experiences of Transphobia within the LGBTQ+ Community, Alyssa Lombardi
Let Your Head Hang Down: A Narrative Examination of Cultic & Conspiratorial Romance, Kyle Macy
The Effect of Learning Environment and Student Groupings on Math Skill Mastery, Erin Marr
Updating Nuclear Recoil Models in the Noble Element Simulation Technique for the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment, Ryan J. McMonigle
Sparse Representation Learning for Temporal Networks, Maxwell McNeil
A Foundation for Transformative Learning Practices in Higher Education, Michelle Meyer
Understanding How Laypeople Perceive Sexual Harassment Claims from "Non-Typical" Claimants, Jennifer Mezzapelle