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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Development of Photolabile Coumarin Linker for RNA Synthesis and CRISPRCas9 Applications, Ian McClain
Providers' Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Non-Pharmacological Treatment for Adults with Chronic Pain: A Meta-Synthesis, Mikhaela McFarlin
Disability and Self-Identity: Examining Their Relationship and Impact on First-Year Students’ College Transition, Caroline A. McPartlin
Racial Bias in Collateral Report of ADHD Symptom Endorsement, Teresa Mejia
Online Learning for Adaptive Distributed Wave Based Imaging, Keith Membe
Genetic Diversity of Cryptosporidium Species in New York State, Kimberly A. Mergen
Improving Clinical Decision-Making: Reducing the Affect Heuristic in Substance Use Treatment, Corey M. Monley
Genome Evolution of Streptomyces Bacteria from Insectivorous Bats, Manuela Montoya Giraldo
The Evolving Landscape of Cybercrime: The Impact of the Data Economy and State-Sponsored Threats, Andrea N. Morales Arauz
Rethinking Theories of Political Discourse: The Limitations of the Deliberative-Agonistic Split, Connor Moran
New Game Start: Playing With Power, Community and Change in Video Gaming Culture, Jonathan D. Muller
Understanding the Experiences of First-Generation College Students Working as Resident Assistants, Mairead S. Murray
Inflammation in Early Borrelia burgdorferi Skin Infection, Ariana Nobles
Constructing the Political “Other”: Affective Polarization and Cross-Ideological Portrayals on Instagram, Amanda M. Novellin
Structural Inequities, Environmental Toxicants, and Cardiometabolic Pathways in Cardiovascular Disease: Evidence from a Nationally Representative U.S. Population, Ese F. Oghaghare
Wobble Uridine tRNA Writers Regulate Response Systems with Distinct Codon Signatures, Chukwudi H. Omeoga
Tourism and Hujoom: Rethinking a Settler Colonial Space, Subhajit Pal
Bio-Orthogonal Chemistry-Based Strategy to Turn-On and Turn-Off CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing in Solution and in Live Cells, Bhoomika Pandit
Stem Cell-Derived Developmental Models for Translational Evaluation of Disease and Therapy, Maria B. Paredes-Espinosa
When Civilians Involve Themselves in Crime Control: Do Perceived Police Legitimacy and Trust in the Police Predict Support for Vigilantism and Citizen’s Arrests?, Charlotte T. Parque
Moderators of Subjective Distress and State Body Image During Open and Blind Weighing, Danielle E. Peters
The Global Orbit ∞-Category and Applications to Assembly Maps, Zoë Pope
On Quantum Processes and the Epistemic Constraints, Varun Immanuel Premkumar Immanuel
Informationally-Optimal Measurements on Single-Qubit Systems, Adam V. Preston
Long Non-Coding RNA LINC01038 is Over Expressed in Myotonic Dystrophy (DM1) Patients, Sydney Robertson
The Effect of a Functionally Indicated Choice-Based Antecedent Intervention on Academic and Behavioral Outcomes for Students in a Public School, Alyssa M. Rodriguez
Effect of Workload, Burnout, and Flexible Work Practices on the Well-Being of University Faculty and Staff, Caroline O. Rogers
Well-Being Despite Adversity: A Portfolio Approach to Understanding Resilience Among Autistic Adults, Krista Rose
Barriers and Corridors: Timber Rattlesnake Habitat Connectivity in New York, Lauren Rose
Corannulene: Optimized Synthesis and Four-Fold Reduction, Guy Rozenman
Investigating a Mindfulness Curriculum and Prompting for Generalization on Overall Engagement Time, Caitlyn Ruggiero
Channel-Opening Kinetics of Complex Kainate Receptors, Noah S. Saunders
Punishment, Fast and Slow: Five Experiments on Behavioral Economics in the Mass Incarceration Context, Nathaniel M. Schutten
Three Essays in Labor Economics, Yoritsugu Shimazu
Disentangling Exercise Motivation from Eating Disorder Symptom Severity: A Dominance Analysis of Compulsive Exercise Predictors, Sarah E. Siegel
Statistical Tools for Spreading Process Models with Opinion Dynamics Applications, Amith K. Singh
Investigation of Fine-Grain Cu and Cu Alloys for Low-Temperature Hybrid Bonding Applications, Sarabjot Singh
Analysis of the Thermodynamic Variables Associated with Hawaiian Extreme Precipitation Using the Fraction of Attributable Risk (FAR), Matthew J. Sinnenberg
An Exploratory Mixed-Method Study of Systems for ADHD Accommodation Implementation in New York State Middle Schools, Stacie Fenn Smith
Development and Analysis of an Embedded Hardware Platform for Low-Power RRAM–Based In-Memory Computing and Neural Network Applications, Jeelka Solanki
Audiovisual Motion Onset Asynchrony as Expectation Violation: Effects on Memory and Liking in Media Contexts, Sijia Song
Llevándolas Con Calma: Latin American Migrant Worker Parenthood and COVID-19, Anthony J. Stronach
Design of AI-Based Scaffolding in Writing: Effects on Critical Thinking, Qi Sun
Multifunctional and Adaptive: Tracking How Fibroblasts Respond to Tissue Injury and Facilitate Tissue Remodeling, Joey R. Tavarez
Molecular Diffusion in Chemically Amplified Resists for EUV Lithography, Eshan Dilina Thilakarathna
Lifting the Political Fog: People, Power, and Antislavery Politics in Upstate New York, 1848-1861, Nicholas Thony
Studies Towards Chemical Synthesis of Homogeneous Prion Glycoprotein, Baotong Tian
Spatial Organization and Structural Architecture of the Canine Dental Plaque Microbial Community Revealed by 16S rRNA-Targeted Probes, Nicole Traver
Associations Between Neighborhood Physical and Social Stressors During Sensitive Developmental Periods and Substance Use in Early Adulthood, Abigail M. Ulofoshio
Staying a Notch Ahead of Stem Cell Aging: An In Vivo Investigation of Notch Regulation in Stem Cell and Niche Aging, Michelle A. Urman
Science Sojourners: The (Un)Making of Women Scientists from China to America, Jane Jia-Yin Wang
Graph-Based and Graph-Transformer Representation Learning for Healthcare Data, Rui Wang
The Chemistry of Red Lipstick: The Impact Red Lipstick Has on Society, Lilliana Weldeslassie
Bioinformatic Identification and Analysis of Shared Splicing Errors in Myotonic Dystrophy Type (DM1) and Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), Carter I. Wilkins
Multi-Method Examination of the Implementation, Feasibility, and Acceptability of a Single Session Intervention for Loss of Control Eating in Pregnancy, Emily C. Woodworth
Bayesian Modelling on Periodically and Multiple Periodically Correlated Time Series Data, Jie Yao
Method Development and Environmental Survey of Eight Cyclic and Linear Siloxanes in Water Across Eastern New York State, Ivana Zivkovic
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
The Emotional Side of Migration: Peruvian Women Migrant's Experiences in the U.S., Arinka A. Abad
From Images to Insights: Machine Learning Enhanced Spectral Imaging for Dissecting Microbiome Spatial Structure, Emmanuel Edem Adade
The Rights of Nature Meaning-Making Experiments in Ecuador: A Pragmatist Inquiry, Lourdes Aguas Gonzalez
Demonstration and Assessment of Dark Field and Phase X-ray Computed Tomography, Wadiah Hamed Allahyani
Poética Transatlántica Vanguardista de Winétt de Rokha, Magda Portal, Norah Lange y Ernestina de Champourcín, Mirna L. Alvarez
Analysis of Cytokine Data in a Case-Control Study of ME/CFS, Navya Amaratunga
Assessing Antiretroviral Therapy Prescribing Practices in New York State for Pregnant People Living with HIV, Beverly Amofah
Food Rescue, Food Waste, and Policy in New York: A Mixed-Methods Study of Food System Impacts, Mariana Torres Arroyo
An Unlikely Burden, Kendall J. Aufmuth
Brief Drama: A Novel, Sam Axelrod
Issues and Challenges in Silicon Based Quantum Computing, Rafia Ayub
Virtual Oscillator Controlled Grid-Forming Inverters, Sima Azizi Aghdam
Association of Non-communicable Diseases with Severe COVID-19 among People Living with and without Diagnosed HIV/AIDS in New York State, Ravi Kumar Balu
A Theoretical and Empirical Adaptation of Signaling Theory for Digital Communication: Examining Organizational Brand Identity and Credibility, Victoria Barbeisch
A Dynamically Adapting Forecast Cone Based on Ensemble Spread, Michael N. Barletta
Stress and Resilience in Higher Education Administrators: Exploring the Role of Mindfulness, Michael Baumgardner
Determining Essential Regulatory Factors in Extravillous-Trophoblast Differentiation and Splice Variants Associated with the Development of Preeclampsia, Brandt Hugh Beck
Development of DNA Nanoswitches with Aptamer Based Detection for Thrombin, Camryn A. Beckles
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Examining the Impact of the First Step to Success/First Step Next Intervention: A PBIS Tier 2 Intervention for Pre-K - 3rd Grade Students, Shawna L. Belanger
I Get It from My Momma: Exploring the Process of Transgenerational Resiliency among Two Generations of Single Black Mothers, Destiny A. Bender
Anti-racism as the Resistance to Racial Trauma: A Three-Paper Qualitative Study on Therapeutic Approaches That Promote Healing among BIPOC Individuals, Melody Benedict
Adaptive Evolution Shapes the Transmissibility of West Nile Virus in New York State, Sean M. Bialosuknia
Postnatal Programming of Infant Temperament at 12-Months: A Test of Lactation Programming Theory, Lydia Bierce
"Big House," from Conjoined States, Key K. Bird
Backgrounds and Efficiencies for Low-Energy Searches, and Improved Calibration Techniques in the LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Experiment, Gregory M. Blockinger
"Assessment of the Likelihood to Stay below 2 Degree Celsius Warming: Combining Modeling and Scenario Uncertainty.", Peter M. Booker
The Impact of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and STI Treatment during Pregnancy on Birth Defects in New York State, Elizabeth M. Boos
Synthesis of Small Molecules as Therapeutic Candidates, Savia Boyer
Wide Band Gap Halide Perovskite, Miranda Bristol
A Structurationally Informed View of Emergency Medical Services Professionals’ Work-Related Communication and Behaviors While off Duty, Susan J. Burnett
Household Archaeology of an Eighteenth Century Settlement in Vermont, USA, Stephen D. Butz