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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
UHV-Shear-Force Acoustic Near-Field Microscopy and Its Implementation in the Study of Confined Mesoscopic Fluids, Theodore Alex Brockman
Postpartum and the Pressure to Work, Summer Brother
Examining Factors Impacting the Service Needs of Unhoused Women, Holly Brott
The Benefits of Using Comics in the Classroom, Caedin Brown
Electrochemical Hydrogen Gas Production and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration via In Situ Formation of Nickel (II) Tris-(Pyridinethiolate) Derivatives, Dayalis S.V. Brown
Bees Eye View: Using Multispectral Photography to Simulate Bees’ View of Flowers in Natural Settings, Svea R. Bruslind Miss
Whitaker Ponds Natural Area Remediation Project: Response of Macroinvertebrate Communities One Year Post-Remediation, Andrea Bryant
The Influence of Microorganisms on Human Health, Tiffany Bui
Do Frameworks Matter? Testing the Framing Effect on Public Support for Prison Pell Grants, Natalie Miles Burke
Cultivating Equity: Harnessing School Garden Education as a Catalyst for Food Justice and Social Change, Maureen Madeleine Callahan
Comparison of General Population vs. U.S. Military Veterans Eating Disorder Prevalence, Micah Callahan
The Sanitary Lens: A Study of 19th Century Public Health in British Colonial India and Australia, Josephine Cannistra
Master of Public Health Curricula: Deconstructing Our Tools and Desire for Mastery, Alana Carrasco
Exploring Perspectives on Social and Emotional Learning Programs in Schools, Gina N. Carruth
A Policy Proposal for Agricultural Data Governance, Ana Sofía Castellanos Santamaría
Nella Larsen’s Passing: Ambiguous Symbology & Weather, Sara Casten
Back to Nature: Marie Antionette and the Cottagecore Fantasy, Rose Caughie
(Un)weighted Assumptions: Anti-Fatness & Health, Kieran Chase, Nell Carpenter, and Madysen Schreiber
Beyond the BMI: Expanding quantitative methods to study health for all bodies, Kieran Chase and Daniel Oron
The Little Magazine in the Digital Era: A Startup Guide, Dan Chilton
Realization of Multi-Valued Logic Using Optical Quantum Computing, Sophie Choe
Nixyáawii Watikš, Owen Christofferson, Sara Goldstein, Nick Hadfield, Zhuoheng (Brian) Liu, Jenny Mazzella, and Victoria Young