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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
“Broken Things: An Archive”, Kristen McCallum
DNA and Protein Determinants for p63 Transcriptional Activity, Abigail McCann
Bonding Interactions and Charge Disparity in Chemically Oxidized Polyarenes: A Structural and Theoretical Investigation, Megan E. McCormack
Non-profit Hospital Spending on Community Health Improvement: Catalysts, Impediments, and Opportunities in New York State, Isaac H. Michaels
Epitaxial Quantum Dot Scintillators with Monolithic Photodetector Integration: Physics, Fabrication and Characterization of Materials and Devices, Allan Oreave Minns
Panameñas No Alineadas: Mujeres Gestoras Culturales y Artistas Visuales durante el Régimen Militar de Omar Torrijos Herrera 1968-1985, Andrea C. Miranda Pestana
The Large-Scale Flow Dynamics and Controls on Recurving Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones, Alexander Kyle Mitchell
The Developmental Impact of Childhood Abuse: Heart Rate Variability, Adult Psychopathology, and the Protective Role of Social Engagement, Rachel R. Mitchell
Utilization of Classical and Quantum Machine Learning-Based Models to Study the Human Migration Dynamics, Thilanka Munasinghe
Opioid-Associated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Butho Ncube
Dysregulation of the Transcriptome in Murine Models of CAG Expansion Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Brianna S. Nelthrope
Y’all Means All: Pro-choice Abortion Activism in West Texas Post-Dobbs, Hannah S. Noblewolf
Essays on Innovation and Labor Market Benefits, Kyoungah Noh
Exploring RNA Dynamics: Insights into Structural Modifications, Splicing Regulation, and Biological Function, Zohreh Nowzari
Heterogeneous Being: The Inhumanities and the Creative-Scientific Aesthetic, Steven L. Ogden
Diversity, Genomics and Antimicrobial Resistance of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus: A Literature Review, Kathleen OKeefe
Can Deliberate Practice for Inner Skills Enhance Therapist Trainees’ Mindfulness and Presence When Working with Clients?, Edmund W. Orlowski III
Socio-economic and Infrastructural Determinants of Response Time Disparities across Emergency Service Agencies, Alice N. Ottah
Stratospheric Variability and Its Relationship to Cold Air Outbreaks in the United States, Paul T. Panhans
Differences in Mental Health Care Use between Urban and Rural Populations in New York State, 2017-2022, Anna J. Papa
The Response of Tropopause Phenomena to Stratospheric Variability: Rossby Wave Breaking and Tropopause Polar Vortices, Cameron R. Paquette
Walk the Talk? Public Libraries and Organizational Responsiveness to Marginalized Communities, Soohyun Park
The Effects of Mindfulness on Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review, Sophie Parks
Essays on Place-Based Policy and Regional Economic Development, Tingting Peng
Development and Validation of the Mealtime Behaviors Self-Report Questionnaire, Taylor Rae Perry
Interfacing Neural Models: Biocompatibility and Fabrication of a Flexible, Self-Folding Microelectrode Array, Fernando A. Pesantez Torres
Symbols of Sovereignty and How They Speak to Us: Reading Contemporary Wampum Artwork in New York State Museums, Marie Peterson
The Multifaceted Role of Glutamate at Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses, Maurice A. Petroccione
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
From Friction to Decay: How Ordinary Policy Failures in Government Expose Policy Entropy, Joseph J. Popcun
Physiological Structure, Activity, and Interactions of the Formin, Human Diaphanous Homologue 1, Aaron Premo
Essays on Health Economics, Quan Qi
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
Complex Missing Data Problems in Education Surveys, Thomas Wesley Robertson
A Comparison of College Readiness among Adult and Traditional-Age College Students, Oxana Rosca
Studies on Convexity of DNF Formulae, Josue A. Ruiz
Polygenic Risk Scores of Grip Strength in Men and Women with or at Risk for HIV, Sreevidya Sadananda Sadasiva Rao
Developing and Assessing Hospital Performance Indicators for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Inpatient Care, Zaza Samadashvili
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 the Perceived Masculinity and Femininity of Nonbinary Individuals, Dante D. Sasso Jr.
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
Investigating RNA Dysfunction of Inherited Neuromuscular and Neurodevelopmental Disease, Jacob H. Schroader
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
Contactin2(Cntn2)CreERT2 Mouse Line, A New Genetic Tool for Temporal Control to Trace the Developing Neurons in the Nose, Alexis M. Semon
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
Integrable Deformations, T-Dualities and Higher Order Corrections in String Theory, Parita Shah
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
Pitch Identification in Musical Dyads That Vary in Harmonic Quality and Pitch Register, Edward E. Smith
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
Photoswitchable Inhibitors of EAAT3, Karly Suhr
Worldbuilding a Queer Before: D&D as a Neomedievalism for a Modern Age, Brianna M. Thompson
Clinical Experiences in Conducting Empirically Supported Treatments for Insomnia, Sondra S. Tiab
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
Does Type of Metta Phrase Impact the Acceptability and Utility of Loving-Kindness Interventions: An Experimental Evaluation, Shannon B. Underwood
‘Abnormal Thirst’: A Feminist Perspective on Addiction Narratives in 20th and 21st Century Literature, Clorinda Valenti
Immersive Extended Reality for Lower Limb Rehabilitation: Design, Deployment, and Pilot Study, Jeremy Varghese
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
Secured Communication and Coexistence for Efficient Spectrum Utilization, Xue Wei
The Impact of a Creativity-Focused Course Design on the Development of Pedagogical Creativity in Preservice Teachers, Joanna M. Weld
Sulfur Chemistry for Protein Synthesis and Modification: From Thiolactone to Bicyclic Sulfoxide Frameworks, Yuming Wen
Christ at the Gates of the Minster: Drama and Civic Space in Later Medieval York, Karen Suzanne Williams
Evaluating the Use of the Floristic Quality Assessment Method in Comparing Ecosystem Health of Freshwater Lakes Treated with and without Copper-Based Pesticides, Daniel R. Woltmann
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
Effects of Formative Assessment on Students’ Regulation of Learning: A Meta-analysis, Ching-Yen Yu
Improving Generalizability in Image Manipulation Detection, Zhenfei Zhang
Identifying the Impacts of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on Ecosystem Services from a Geospatial Perspective in Albany County, Kyaw Khaung Thant Zin
Waveforms for Next Generation Non-stationary Channels, Zhibin Zou
Student and Teacher Perceptions of Student Capabilities and Their Relationships to Learning Experiences in a High-Poverty Rural School, Amanda J. Zullo