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Theses from 2016
Self-Infantilizing Women: Paternalism in Abortion Lawmaking and Legislator Gender, Cherie H. Martin
Hydrogeochemical Evaluation of the Uinta Formation and Green River Formation, Piceance Creek Basin, Northwestern Colorado, USA, Megan E. Masterson
"So Far from Home ..." : a Translation of Jacques Sternberg's "Si loin du monde ...", Brian Scott Mather
The Impact of Drought on the Sierra Nevada Range: Using Remote Sensing Data to Estimate Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Flux, Jessica Mazzi
Marketing Plan: Philips Mimo Baby Monitor, Obinna Charles Mbagwu, Gordon Chen, Imran Mirza, Norah Alballa, Prajakta Patil, and Tauseef Hemayet
Vulnerability and Protective Factors of Stress-Related Drinking: an Exploration of Individual and Day-Level Predictors of Alcohol Involvement, Cameron Trim McCabe
Depression in Older Adults in Nursing Homes: A Review of the Literature, Isabella McCarthy-Zelaya
Language, Memory, and Exile in the Writing of Milan Kundera, Christopher Michael McCauley
An Examination of School Readiness: How Is the Construct Defined for Children Who Are Blind?, Lisa Joann McConachie
Aspirational Planning: A Statistical Model of Hawthorne Bridge and Tilikum Crossing Bicycle Ride Counts, Robert McCullough, Ramon Cabauatan, and Jacob Gellman
Plato's Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Emmanuelle M. McKinney
Breaking Boundaries: The Worth of Women in the Merovingian Period, Rachel R. McKinnon
Intercultural Interactions Among Burmese Refugees in Multicultural Middle School Classrooms, Matthew Carl McParker
Lobbying the European Parliament: Identifying Changing Trends Post-Treaty of Lisbon, Jason Means
Designing Black Watch: How Being a Military Spouse Shaped My Creation of the Set Design for a Play about War, Nichole Meehl
Finding the Missing Links: A Comparison of Social Network Analysis Methods, Shawn James Mehess
Assessment of a Mycorrhizal Fungi Application to Treat Stormwater in an Urban Bioswale, Alaina Diane Melville
Information Literacy in the First Year of Higher Education: Faculty Expectations and Student Practices, Meredith Esther Michaud
Time Spent Away, Andrew Mitin
Immediate and Short-Term Effects of Kinesio® Taping on Lower Trunk Range of Motion in Division I Athletes, Hoshito Mizutani
Animal Hoarding: An In Depth Look at the Issues and Interventions, Amanda Mooneyham
An Exquisite Loneliness: Ruin and Rebirth in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Mackenzie Rae Myers
The Other Lives of Ribosomal Proteins, Metrah M. Nader
Wax, Jac Jeanette Nelson
Ethiopian Land Politics: Imperial Land Traditions 1889-1974, Wonde Nevens