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.Theses from 2017
Aging is in the eye of the beholder: Eye-tracking and person-perception analyses of young and old faces, Stephanie M. Ha
Characterizing the role of the C-terminus of a potassium ion channel, Bridgette Heine
Bleaching: Hierarchy and Commercialization in Contemporary Queer Club Culture, Harry Hoke
Soviet Propaganda in Film: The Maksim Trilogy, Taylor Johnson
Differential privacy for growing databases, Gi Heung (Robin) Kim
Analysis of SIKE Structure, Seung-Hwan L. Kim
The Effect of Depressive Symptoms on Social Helplessness and Withdrawal, Shaun Lamm
Anti-inflammatory effects of an improved pyrrole-based microtubule-depolymerizing compound on RAW264.7 macrophages, Elizabeth C. Li
Differential equations models of pathogen-induced single- and multi-organ tissue damage, Fiona Lynch
Une Nation des Potcakes, Christa Lyons
From New York to the world : the American Jewish Committee and the meaning of India, 1945-1956, Ryan Charles McEvoy
The progression of Lyme disease in the state of Virginia, Margaret Michel
The Preparation of 3-Dimethylamino-1,2-diaryl-propenones and their Application to the Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Pyrroles and Pyrazoles, Joseph Ortolani
Synthesis and Characterization of Boronic ester ligands as pro-drugs, Hyejin Park
You're overthinking it : how restrained eating could affect your social life, Samantha Philip
Screening for conditional mutations in MTR4, an RNA helicase component of the nuclear exosome, Hema Pingali
Mapspeak and Other Prose, Meghan Roberts
Eating Your Feelings: The Relationship Between Core Affect and Food Choices, Kana V. Rolett
The effect of implicit person theories and gender on academic engagement, Annette Schieffelin
Study of the Neutron Detection Efficiency of the CLAS12 Detector, Keegan Sherman
L’expression visuelle durant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale : La Résistance, la Collaboration, et le « juste milieu », Jackie Sirc
Evaluating Concordance Between Self and Teacher Reports of Youth Depressive Symptoms, Alexandra Strong
Differences in Self- Versus Teacher-Perceptions of Social Competence Among Sociometric and Perceived Popular Youth, Shayna Sweezy
Investigating medicinally important portein-protein and protein-ligand interactions : a computational approach, Cooper Ashley Taylor
Do Obsessive Beliefs Moderate the Relationship Between Obsessive-Compulsive and Depressive Symptoms?, Joanthan A. Teller
Multi-reference characterization of diradical pyrazines, Scott Thais
Toward a Scientific Investigation of Convolutional Neural Networks, Anh Tran
The Familiarity Factor: How Semantic Similarity Affects Associative Memory in Older and Younger Adults, Paige Warner
The College Admissions Problem: Effects of Income and Ability of Postsecondary Education Outcomes, Martha Whamond
MacBheatha, Alana Christine Wiljanen
Heroism, psychopathy, and career choices : twigs on the same genetic branch, Sandy Yu
Theses from 2016
Narrative mode and women's narrative authority in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping, Anna Allen
Acting out : three theatrical women and their roles in the British suffrage movement, Ama Ansah
Nonhuman personhood and the self in Karen Joy Fowler's We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Taylor Baciocco
ladylike (and other lies), Vivian Jeanell Ophelia Barnes
Impact of vector range expansion on pathogen transmission dynamics of Lyme disease in southwestern Virginia, Bishan Bhattarai
A change of heart : the effect of heartwarming advertisements on brand affinity, Hannah Butman
Variation in cold tolerance among the closely related wildflower species Mimulus tilingii and Mimulus guttatus, Alexis Caldwell
How does one child policy influence Chinese household saving behavior, Yueyang Cao
Nonexistence of nonquadratic Kerdock sets in six variables, John Clikeman
Britain's failed attempt at fascism : the British Union of Fascists, years 1933-1934, Katherine L. Collier
The ethics of environmentalism for the individual consumer, Molly Collins
Reactions of propargyl carboxylates, propargyl alcohols, and catalytically generated zinc acetylides mediated by TMSOTf, Danielle Confair
Calcium (II) catalyzed nitrone additions, Elizabeth A. Congdon
Reading faces : how the other-race effect influences our ability to detect fleeting expressions of emotion, Melanie Cooke
Marie Regina : the life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Nicole Davis
Structure-function relationships affecting the sensing mechanism of monolayer-protected cluster doped xerogel amperometric glucose biosensors, Luke T. DiPasquale
De la Terreur au terrorisme : une comparaison linguistique de la peur comme politique, Maria J. Durling R.
Partitioning groups with difference sets, Rebecca Funke
Importance of Ile716 toward the mutagenic potential of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine with polymerase I from Bacillus Stearothermophilus, Rachel Gilbert
Characterization of catecholamine receptors and transporters in murine macrophages, Elizabeth Gonye
The ethics of leadership decapitation : just war theory and the targeted killing of al Qaeda leaders, Diane Gremillion
Opportunity in games, Erica Havens
An examination of the CMB large-angle suppression, Ellis Herman
The Marquee effect : a study of the effect of designated players on revenue and performance in major league soccer, Hannah Holub
A prospect theoretical approach to the labor supply decisions of NYC cab drivers, Mark Kim
Layer-by-layer design and optimization of xerogel-based amperometric first generation biosensors for uric acid, Raef Lambertson
The effects of financial leverage on the output decision of an exploration and production company, Michael Levine
Fisher matrix optimization of cosmic microwave background interferometers, Haonan Liu
Dognition : the effect of pet ownership on cognition in older adults, Molly McSweeney
I'm a feminist, but not online : the complications of declaring a feminist digital identity, Amelia Mitrotz
Characterizing glandular trichome morphology and secondary chemistry in alpine Mimulus, Ha An T. Nguyen
Impact of ASEAN : China free trade area on trade flows, Son Tung Nguyen
"Taste, application, and elegance united" : women and music in the novels of Jane Austen, Rebecca Quillen
Food insecurity in Nepal : a cross-sectional analysis from 75 districts, Aarti Reddy
Berlin opera wars : institutional and the quest for German identity, Rebecca Robinson
Breaking the language barrier : the Spanish translation of the barriers to access to care evaluation (BACE), Yosmary Rodriguez
CD46 (MCP) as a Viral Receptor for Adenovirus Type 64D, Emily Romanoff
Beautiful Minds : exploring the healing potentional of self-refexive art in facing a campus mental health crisis, Molly Chapman Rossi
Computational studies of paradifluorobenzene cations and hydrogen cyanide molecule, John C. Rowe IV
Ca(II)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrones and vinyl ethers, Layla Samandi
Mount Vernon and Monticello : the changing representation at two presidents' estates, Katherine J. Simmons
The moral price of the profit motive in medicine, John Sobieski
Localized economic impact of sports stadium construction, Scott Sommers
Cameron-Liebler line classes and partial difference sets, Uthaipon Tantipongipat
Real-time translation of American Sign Language using wearable technology, Jackson Taylor
Impact of income change on alcohol consumption at the US household level, Jaykumar Tekwani
Transformation of heroes in film, Allison Connelly Toner
Comparing the effects of farming management strategies on soil nematode communities, Sammi Unangst
Dropped stitches : domestic handicraft in Elizabeth Gaskell's novels, Emily Whitted
Synthetic flexibility of a bromopyrrole ester intermediate : toward novel biologically active compounds, Scott Cameron Yeudall
Theses from 2015
Modern American myth-making in mass media texts, Kassandra Andreadis
Extending an implicit theories approach to the examination of empathy and forgiveness, Jennifer Cecilione
The effects of a pyrrole-based, microtubule-depolymerizing compound on activated murine macrophages, John Alan Ciemniecki
An NMR-guided approach to the isolation of secondary metabolites from NRPS and PKS gene clusters, Connor Craig
Spatial cognition and emotion recognition as a function of ASD, Catalina Cumpanasoiu
Reproductive health care resources & decision making for women in a "Delivery Desert" in Maine, Gianna C. DeJoy
Black dresses and angry fathers : analyzing tradition and conflict at the 2015 Ring Dance at University of Richmond, Julia Dowling
The politics of naming : Black identity and the debate over the "Negro" question in 1960s America, Kelsey Ensign
Friendship quality and personality as predictors of psychological well-being in emerging adults, Emma Gleckel
Shifting perceptions : exploring with the rubber hand illusion, Avery Harrison
Investigating intracellular symbiont dynamics in sponge: Symbiodinium relationships, Tyler Heist
Investigations into the effects of chaperone proteins on a drosophila model of machado-joseph disease (spinocerebellar ataxia type 3), Addison Hicks
One-pot enol silane formation-Mukaiyama-Mannich reactions of thioesters in the presence of silyl triflates, Jared Andrew Ingersoll
A democratic vision for development in the city of Richmond, Rand Irons