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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Characterizing Secondary Flow Structures Over Scaled Solar Arrays and Investigating Impact of System Yaw Angle, Katie Nicole Taylor
Impacts of Parent Separation Within Siblings: A Literature Review, Araceli Tello Hernandez
The Impact of NICU Death on Bereaved Mothers, Jennie Terranova
Pesticides as Multiple Stressors to Bivalves and Echinoderms, Alexandra Gabrielle Tissot
The Effects of TFEα and Promoter Sequence on Early Events in Archaeal Transcription Initiation, Madolyn Toli
Is anoxia tolerance a common trait in fish cell lines?, Lori Tran
Mourning Doves: Father's Daughter, Julia Trujillo
From Either-Or to All Together: Integrating Universal and Relativistic Approaches to Belonging and Engagement in the First Year of Middle School, Kristina Shiann Tucker
The Great Eighty: A Selection of Chapters, Loie VanDenBergh
The Impact of COVID-19 on the United States Higher Education System, Phoenix Daniel Van Wormer
What Kinds of Experiences and Activities Contribute to College Students' Sense of Purpose? A Mixed-Methods Study, Katlyn Rochelle Viers
Trauma in the Middle Ages: The Viking Experience of Trauma through Saga, Kagan L. Vogt
When You Know: Essays, Kayla Jewel Vokolek
Investigating Hedgehog Signaling and TH17-Mediated Inflammation in Blau Syndrome: Insights into Chronic Inflammation, Benjamin Volinski
Digging Deeper with Deep RAM Networks, Andrew J. Wagner
The Impact of Emotions on Informal Learning Experiences in the Workplace, Jennifer L. Walavalkar
A Postcolonial Re-Telling of the Life and Times of Dr. Bethenia Owens-Adair, Lucille M. Walker
From Prison Cells to Parliament: How the H-Block Hunger Strikes Transformed Sinn Féin to Enable Peace in Northern Ireland, Madeleine E. Wallenberg
Examining the Anxiolytic Effects of Flavonoids in Passionflower: A Gut-Brain Axis Perspective, Khelen R. Walsh
Renewal of the Mind: Forgiveness Through the Lens of Christian Faith and Neuroscience, Khelen R. Walsh
Once Upon an Early Writing Experience: Connecting Memory with Literacy Instruction in Pre-Service Teacher Education, Jue Wang and Jingru Lu
Comparing Acuity of Patient Care at Student Run Free Medical Clinic Locations, Hana Warmflash, Olivia Krol, and Alex Foster
Examining Long-Term Care for NCAA Student-Athletes: Improving Concussion Protocols and Healthcare, Sydney Watson
Evaluating The Elder Justice Act: Challenges In Funding, Implementation, And Coalition Dynamics, Annabelle Weberg
Working Paper No. 89, Towards a Veblenian View of the Digital Realm, Tanner Weber