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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Dismantling Dualisms: Jane’s Liminal Agency in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Nicole Baniukaitis
Surface Electromyographic (sEMG) Transduction of Hand Joint Angles for Human Interfacing Devices (HID), Brendan P. Beauchamp
Concurrent Validity Study of 3D Motion Measurement Systems: VICON vs. Xsens, Pias Das
Avian Community Response to Oak Savanna Management in West Michigan, Abigail Elaine Fischer, Paul W. Keenlance, Alexandra B. Locher, and Joseph J. Jacquot
The Impacts of Road Salt on Water Quality and Phosphorus Dynamics in an Urban Lake, Ellen Foley
The Application of Microbial Source Tracking to aid in Site Prioritization for Remediation in Lower Michigan, John J. Hart
A Call for Planetary Kinship: The Development of New Forms of Subjectivity in Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation, Jennifer Kinne
Talking About Death: Exploration of the Impact of Death Communication Norms on End-of-Life Caregivers, Maureen H. McKenzie
"Cabined, Cribbed, Confined": Tyrannical Anxiety and Maternal Power in Shakespeare, Elle J. Nieuwsma
Morphological Characterization of Two Transgenic Strategies for Genetic Access to Semilunar Granule Neurons in the Mouse Dentate Gyrus, David T. Rexford
Influences of Chronic Stress on Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Anxiety, Depression, and the Microbiome, Julia A. Semaan
Federated Learning Based Detection of Ransomware, Bereket Getnet Teshome
Approximate and Sample Entropy of Center of Pressure in Unperturbed Tandem Standing: Contribution of Embedding Dimension and Tolerance, Jayla Mashae Wesley
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
"Wrens Make Prey Where Eagles Dare Not Perch": Poisonous Masculinity and Incel Ideology in The Tragedy of King Richard III, Joshua Thomas Aldrich
Princes, Moms, and Warriors: A Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Toxic Depictions in Film, Brittany Bahl
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Pre-assessment of a Proposed Restoration in the Grand River, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, Matthew L. Bain
"The Missus has paid for your life.": Preconstituted Third-World Women in Chris Cleave's Little Bee, Jeanette P. Barry and Jeanette Parry Barry
Genetic Structure of Urban White-Tailed Deer in West Michigan, Jacob David Brand
Microbial Experience Increases Cytotoxicity of Tumor-Infiltrating CD8+ T Cells and Controls Tumor Growth, Nicholas Aaron Bunda
Comparative Anatomical Study of the Brachial Plexus of Primates, Alison Leann Camero
Using Plot Photographs to Estimate Tundra Vegetation Cover in Northern Alaska, Hana Christoffersen
BTS & ARMY: A South Korean Music Group and their Fandom Create a New Grassroots Movement for Social Change, Ye Ram Chung
The Spatial Ecology and Habitat Selection of a Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) Population in Southwest Michigan, Michela Coury
A Case Study of Organizational Mobilization Best Practices for Natural Disasters, Jaclyn Ermoyan
“The Ugly Truth”: Examining War Trauma and Therapeutic Storytelling through the Works of Tim O’Brien, Meredith Ivy Fedewa
Neuroprotective Effect of Cannabidiol During an Ischemic Event, Analis Floyd
Relationships Among Age, Relative Telomere Length, and DNA Methylation in Pteropus Bats, Erika E. Forest
ELL Cultural Inclusion Initiative, Julia L. Gidley
An Examination of the Underutilization of Mental Health Resources in Collegiate Student-Athletes, Kathleen Olivia Glover
Recovery posture post HIIT exercise in the active population, Sydney Goll
Financial Literacy: A Case Study on Current Practices, Briana Lee Hammontree
Amendment 4: A Movement to Reduce Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement in Florida, Hunter L. Harding
Impact of Gamification on an Online Middle School Classroom, Jeremy R. Hein
“Where do we fit in?”: Exploring a Sense of Belonging Among Fat College Students, Kyle Loyd Holcomb
Blood Flow Restriction and Various Intensity Exercise in the Upper Extremity, Noelle Ashlyn Kaminski and Andrew Lowe
The Transfer Equity Program a Plan to Increase Baccalaureate Attainment for Students of Color, Olivia M. Knodel
The Effects of Deleting LRB E3 Ligase Region 2 on Red Light Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana, Sabina Liskey
An Examination of Mental Health in First-Year College Students, Emily Jolin Luettke
EFFECTS OF ESTROGEN TREATMENT ON REPRODUCTION IN AGING MALE RATS, Kuhelika Mali
Burned Out and Unappreciated: Exploring Emotional Support for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Andrea H. Miller
Post-COVID-19 Teaching with Technology Support in Higher Education, Landon Nalepinski
Building Stronger Student-Teacher Relationships Through a Mentorship Program to Increase Student Reading Achievement, Emily Nicholas
Developing Coping Strategies for Early Elementary Students in Relation to Anxiety, Kayle M. Ogrodzinski
Resiliency in the Shadows of the Ivory Tower: Examining the Strategies Utilized by Undocumented Students to Succeed in Higher Education, Estefany Paniagua-Pardo M.Ed
Addressing Disengagement in Text Through An Increase in Autonomy, Access, and Relevant Text Selection, Amanda L. Saffian
The Impact of Learner & Instructor Expectations on L2 Online Motivation, Sara Kate Simon
Pediatric mTBI: Perceptions of Michigan General Education Teachers, Kayleigh Smith, Delaney Eckstein, Alyson Peters, and Tanveer Mangat
Beyond All Worlds: George MacDonald, the Pre-Tolkienians, and the Forgotten Possibilities of Fantasy, Ethan Patrick Stevens
Defining Regenerative Business Through the Context of Place: A Case Study West Michigan Businesses, Aislinn Teachout and Aislinn Teachout
The Concrete Ceiling of Nonprofit Leadership, Leodis William Aaron Turner
Multimodal Vocabulary Instruction: An Approach for Supporting Reading Comprehension, Mary K. Van Singel
Potential Impacts of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infestation on Forest Overstory and Avian Assemblages in West Michigan, USA, Nathaniel SQ Wagner
The Use of Occupational Therapy Services in Outpatient Mental Health, Kelsey A. Wasik, Matt T. Valois, Kaylee M. Essenberg, and Kelcie P. Beck
Using Occupancy Modeling to Estimate American Marten Distribution in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, Maria N. Weston
Inclusion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Cultural Competence in Higher Education Healthcare Programs: A Scoping Review, Kristin Willey OTD, OTR/L; Jennifer K. Fortuna PhD, OTR/L; Jessica Guerra; Amanda Gross; Samantha Turner; Tara Grant; and Betsy Williams MS, LIS
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Community Organizing: Leadership in Rural and Under Supported Latino Community, Juan Paulo Arangure
Assessing the Short-Term Effects of Translocation on Freshwater Mussels: Is Habitat or Water Quality More Important?, Joshua D. Arnold
Quantum Simulation Using High-Performance Computing, Collin Beaudoin, Christian Trefftz, and Zachary Kurmas
Effects of AM Fungi from Conventional and No-till Michigan Crop Fields on Plant and Soil Health, Derek Bennett
Spatial and demographic patterns of two threatened turtle species in an urban environment, Carly E. Brouwers
The Hyperinvisibility of Queer Black Women in Higher Education, Jeffery J. Brown
A Study on the Beliefs of Juvenile Justice Practitioners on Youth Behavior and Treatment, Chase S. Christenson
ELs in a Michigan 9-12 School: Educators’ Perceptions and Cultural Considerations, Melissa Lynn Dean
Comparing Macroinvertebrate Total Abundance and Total Biomass on Five Substrate Types from Upstream to Downstream on the North Branch of the Au Sable River, Paul David Dingman
Hardware Acceleration in Image Stitching: GPU vs FPGA, Joshua David Edgcombe
Adult Persistent Post-Concussion Syndrome: Occupational Therapy Practitioners’ Current State of Practice, Megan Eisses, Megan Hicks, Megan Mitchell, and Sabrina Vanderklipp
Pedigree and Molecular Assessment of Relatedness in a Captive Chimpanzee Population, Francesca Golus
Recovery Effects on the Performance of Athletic Shoes, Erich B. Hagen
Use of imaging flow cytometry to assess the hematology of eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus), Jennifer H. Kovach
“Am I Wrong to Want Justice?”: How J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace Forces Readers to Think through the Problem of Law, Nicholas Langenberg
Evaluation of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spawning success on an artificial reef constructed in the Kalamazoo River, Michigan, Jason P. Lorenz
CFD Analysis of Subcutaneous Deposition and Dispersion of Insulin in Adipose Tissue, Ryan C. Lubbers
Effects of shoreline and watershed development on eastern Lake Michigan drowned river mouth ecology, Megan M. Mader and Carl R. Ruetz III
Strategies for Raising Low Test Scores of Minority Students, Shanika Y. Mcclendon
Gendered Pronouns and Rape Myth Acceptance, Cassandra M. Merritt
A Phenomenological Study of the Lived-Experiences of Families Transitioning to Permanent Housing, Ellie Olsen, Samantha Ruhe, Ellen Brown, and Courtney Zanni
Developing Novel Molecular Detection Techniques for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae), Meg Sanders
Immune Cell Profile in the Epididymis of Leptin and Leptin Receptor Knockout Mice, Hilary Skalski
Fecal Findings: Investigating Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Diet Using DNA Metabarcoding, Alyssa Swinehart
Does EPA Cause A Decrease in Inflammation of bEnd.3 Cells Through FFAR4?, Clay J. Weidenhamer
A Parametric Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Study of In-Line Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs) with Yaw, North Alyster Yates
Impacts of Racial Bias on Student Conduct Processes in Higher Education, Kaylin M. Zocharski
A Descriptive Study of Serial Killers and the Presence of Macdonald Triad Symptoms, Vivian A. Zuniga
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Passive and Active Battery Balancing Methods Implemented on Second Use Lithium-ion Batteries, Walter Bartek
The Analysis of Trauma-Informed Risk Assessments Within a Juvenile Justice System in a Midwest State, Kayla M. Bates
Variation in Tundra Plant Traits Across a Latitudinal Gradient, Katlyn Rose Betway
A CFD Study of Operation Room Air Conditioning: Air Curtain Performance, Spencer Lee Boer
Modeling the Torque of Ferrite Nano-Particles as a Ferrofluid Suspended in Liquid to Determine the Electromagnetic Response to Angular Displacement, Jackson Tyler Brennecke
An Examination of Religious Institution Involvement in Trauma Recovery, Caitlin M. Brown
How Do Food Shopping Behaviors Differ Between High-income and Low-income Shoppers in the Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area?, Alison M. Cooney
Examining How White College Women Make Meaning of Their Identities and Experiences After Studying Abroad in a Non-European Country, Damaris Renee Crocker De Ruiter
An investigation into the development of a low cost, easy to use seizure analysis tool., Cody Dean
Meta-analysis of the Association between Acute Particulate Matter Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease, Issa El-Kildani
Competitive Interactions: Spatial and temporal niche partitioning between Brook and Brown Trout in southwest Michigan, Frederick J. Glassen
Microbial experience influences tumor- infiltrating T lymphocytes, Hanna Groeber
