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Theses from 2016
Gretchen Kafoury: The Personal is Political, Corinne Rupp
Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Beams with CFRP Strands, Yasir Matloob Saeed
Differences in How Boomers and Millennials Experience Listening to Recorded Music, Pablo Saldana
Narratives of Native American Women and Tribal Courts: the Framing of the Violence Against Women Act of 2013 in Mainstream, Native American, and Tribal Press Coverage, Alesha Marie Sangster
Ribozyme/Duplex Binding Interactions as a Thermodynamic Basis for Chemical Game Theory, Elizabeth Satterwhite
Orthomorphisms of Boolean Groups, Nichole Louise Schimanski
Creating a Learning Continuum: A Critical Look at the Intersection of Prior Knowledge, Outdoor Education, and Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas and Practices, Trisha Leigh Schlobohm
Practical Wired Digital Communications Link Analysis, Raymond Matthew Schmelzer
Front Matter Volume 10, 2016, McNair Scholars Program
Three Novel Seminaphthorhodamines: Synthesis, Structure, and Spectral Properties, Chris Schweizer
Autonomous Navigation and Hazard Evasion Platform for Personal UAV's, Ryan Scott
What’s Your Temperament: the Humoral Theory’s Influence on Medicine in Ancient Greece, Riley Sebers
Portfolios and the Fuzzy Front End: The Development Go/No-Go Decision, Sowmini Sengupta
Best Practices for Internal Controls to Prevent Occupational Fraud in Small Businesses?, Stephanie Shao
Team 2 Project Report, Deepali Sharma, Jerry Vang, Catalina Reyes, Vidhi Chokshi, and Haitham Alkharboosh
Understanding Neighborhood Satisfaction for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities: a Mixed Methods Study, Amy Leigh Shearer
Algorithm for Premature Ventricular Contraction Detection from a Subcutaneous Electrocardiogram Signal, Iris Lynn Shelly
The Role of Recovery from Work in Work Stress-Related Drinking, Brittnie Renae Shepherd
Thiophene Based Molecular Sensors Towards Mercury Detection, Austin K. Shigemoto, Carolyn N. Virca, Sam Underwood, Lauren Shetterly, and Theresa M. McCormick
Exploring the Negative Perceptions of Female Legislators: the Consequences of Gender Quotas in Argentina, Marcella Silverman
#BlackLivesMatter: This Generation's Civil Rights Movement, Tanika Siscoe
Feminist Outdoor Leadership: Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity through Outdoor Education, Amber Smith
Management Plan for Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta belli) at Fairview Creek Headwaters, Ashley Smithers
Israeli Agency in the Iran-Contra Affair, Eugene Smith
A Community Engaged Approach to Address Intimate Partner Violence among Sexual Minority Women, Rachel Marie Smith