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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Controlling the Curriculum: A Content Analysis of PragerU's Children's Educational Material, Heather Katherine Costa
Helmholtz Cage: Software Development and Implementation for CubeSat Testing, Gustavo A. Cotom Lopez
Recognition Through the Algorithm: How Emotional Identification Shapes the Circulation of Classics on BookTok, Olivia Carolyn Cowles
The Social Side of Aging in Place: Community, Belonging, and Cultural Fit, Michael Crespo
Urban Wildlife in Your Backyard: Community Experience and Impacts with Coyotes (Canis latrans), Outdoor Cats (Felis catus), and Songbirds, Clarissa E. Cressotti
Urban Wildlife in Your Backyard: Community Experiences With Coyotes and Outdoor Cats, Clarissa Emma Cressotti
Reflecting Life Back: The Influence of Mirrors on Human World History, Helen F. Cruz-Uribe Bandstra
Lacustrine and Terrestrial Paleoseismic Records of the Twin Lakes Fault near Mount Hood, Oregon, USA, Natalie K. Culhane
Beyond Translating Cultures: Organizational Cultural Brokering and Latin@/e/x Community Resilience after the "Mobile Home Parks" Fire, Christine Atalie da Rosa
Creating Possibilities: The Ethelind Pope Brown Collection: An Overview of Who May Have Illustrated America's Oldest Naturalist Paintings, Maksym Dedenko
Protests, Epistemic Injustice, and the Movement for Black Lives, Sofia De Ferrari
Capturing Processes of Influence in Students' Social Interactions: Examining a Two-Part Strategy to Detect Patterns of Reinforcement in Continuous Real-time Observations in the Classroom, James Lamar DeLaney III
#Clandestini: How Italy's Center-Right Parliamentary Coalition Frames the Migrant Crisis on Social Media, Jenna Lynn DePasquale
More Than Hormones: Psychological Consequences of the Medicalized Menopausal Experience, Haley Derrickson
An Erotics Manifesto: Developing Critical Feminist Theory Through Erotic Fiction, Cairn Des Lions
Support Beyond Services: Examining the Role of Neighbor Relationships, Housing Staff, and Place in Mental Health Recovery, Kenna Estell Dickard
Becoming a Learner: An Autoethnography, Joshua Dickinson
Sex and the Genetic Architecture of Mitonuclear Evolution, Zachary Paul Dietz
Model Explanations for Gender and Ethnicity Bias Mitigation in AI-Generated Narratives, Martha Otisi Dimgba
An Exploration of Holistic Admissions Protocol in Graduate School: Implications for Access and Equity, Kelly Doherty
BUDDY TEAM 9: The Legacies of HIV/AIDS Caregiving (New York City, 1990-1993), Jeff Donaldson-Forbes
Where's the Dim Sum? Art, Oral History, and the Chinese American Diaspora in Portland, OR, Rayli Dornan
Comparative Soil Health in Urban Agrofrestry: A Case Study on Detroit's Perennial Agriculture Sites, Nia Dubon-Robinson
One Health Integration to Control and Prevent Zoonoses: Application of Organizational Theory Literature, Lisset M. Dumet Poma, Sherril Gelmon, Julia M. Goodman, and Seth E. O’Neal
Rebuilding Consent: Fear, Trust, and the Future of Nuclear Energy, Austin Dunham