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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
A Mechanistic Study of Silicon Nanocrystal Formation via Solid State Synthesis, Katherine McCarthy Weinfurter
Caregiver Perceptions of Antipsychotic Drug Use in Dementia Populations: Investigating How Antipsychotic Medications Are Overused, Alexis Wellman
Norse Inspired Tales: Four Changes of Fate, Pete Wille
The Freedom and Danger of Crinoline, Kaiya Williams
Securing the Internet of Things at Scale, Steven L. Willoughby
Isolation of Gametophytic Selection and Selective Embryo Abortion in Mimulus guttatus, Desmond C. Willson
Selection During Reproduction in Mimulus guttatus, Desmond C. Willson, Karla de Lima Berg, and Mitch Cruzan
My Father's Story: An Ethnography About Language Loss, Ariel Wilsey-Gopp
Taking Thermally Modified Rock Seriously: An Analysis of Use-Wear Attributes, Dianna Marie Wilson
Synthesis and Computational Studies of α- and δ-Substituted Macrocyclic Europium and Ytterbium Complexes, Delainey Amara Winder
Pendarvis Farm Amphitheater: A Roadmap to Conservation Development, Maia Wiseman, Max del Hierro, Wyatt Schaffner, Dawn Walter, Summer Cook, and Miguel Gelin Ferreira
Inclusive Postsecondary Education's Effect on Individuals with IDD: A Systematic Literature Review, Hunter Wolff
Lang2views Capstone: The Importance of a Conscientious Team Lead, Joseph Wornath
Prison Social Organization: Applying Social Psychology to Explain Racial Grouping in Prison, Siobhan Wynn
Letter from the Editor, Lauren R. Yanase
Table of Contents, Lauren R. Yanase
Urban Japanese, Rural American: How Regionality Shaped Nisei Girlhood in Prewar America, Lauren Reiko Yanase
Redesigning Secure School Entry Thresholds to Create Inclusive and Welcoming Environments, Alex Yarovaya
Modern Trail of Tears: The Commodification of First Foods and Medicines in Relation to Food Apartheid and Genocide of Indigenous Peoples, Darius Mani Yaw
Feminist Political Ecology in the Classroom, Ella J. Yeigh
Toward The Development Of An Ultra-Fast, Bright Photoelectron Emission Source Using Tip Enhancement, Pei-Hsiang Yen and Erik J. Sanchez
Five-Step Guide to Writing About African Children: A Satirical Homage to Decolonizing Our Minds and Challenging Stereotypes, Randall Yesmont and Bright Alozie
A History of The Bracero Program as an Agent of Transnational Modernity in the 20th Century, Lea H. Yonago
A Stronger Square: Climate Resiliency for Pioneer Courthouse Square, Aaron Young, Anna Reusink, Hannah Johnston, Matthew Robinson, and Meredith Herbst
Homecoming or Homeless: An Exploration of the Ethno-National Identities of Japanese-Brazilian Dekasseguis, Malina Yuen