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.Theses from 2025
Synthetic Modification of Agrobacterium to Inhibit Plant Pathogenesis, Rosemala Agarwala
Development and Functional Characterization of Carbon Nanodot-peptide Conjugates for the Treatment of Bone Disease, Abigail Ali
Organocatalyst Frameworks for CO2 Reduction to Methanol: Selectivity Control and Mild-Condition Activation, Nehal Asif
Associations Between Community Based Learning and Openness to Diversity Among UR Undergraduate Students, Shea T. Baker
Murder, Morality, and the Media: A Comparative Analysis of Sarah Maria Cornell and Lizzie Borden, Mary Beatty
Impact of Categorical versus Dimensional Diagnoses on Mental Health Stigma, Zachary Benedetti
In the Name of National Security: The Federal Surveillance and Weaponization of Sex in Cold War America, Isabel J. Blaylock
Anna on the Go, Emma Burgess
The Ripple Effects of Belonging: How Faculty–Student Connections May Drive Mutual Success, Marissa Burton
The Concept of Character for Narrative Medicine: A Comparative Study, Susannah Daly Carter
Orientalism in Moab: Biblical Scholarship in Transjordan, 1875-1885, Maya Casillas
Beyond the Factory Walls: Black Tobacco Labor, Civil Rights, and Public Health in 20th-Century Richmond, Virginia, Craig Caudill
Assessing the zoonotic and non-pathogenic bacterial microbiome of Norway rats in Richmond, Virginia, using nanopore sequencing, Kalynn Cheeks
From Devotion to Elegy: Sibling Relationships in American Literature 1865–1965, Olivia Couch
Bringing a Ghost Story to Life: Actualizing A Production of The Woman in Black, Benjamin Cudmore
Man Versus Machine: Investigating the likelihood of improvement and perceptions based on AI generated versus human generated feedback on writing assignments, Catherine Cummins
Welfare Federalism and Immigrant Inclusion: How State Ideology, Democracy, and Public Opinion Shape Social Policy, Emily Daniel
The Material of Jewish American Life: The Myers Family of Norfolk, Virginia, 1780s-1820s, Alessandra Brooks DelDonna
Optimizing Bilayer Photonic Emitters for Enhanced Efficiency in Thermophotovoltaic Devices, Paige Delsa
The Cage Versus the Canopy: How Environment Shapes Neuromotor Mechanisms in Male and Female Rattus norvegicus, Isabel DiLandro
Reversing Residential Segregation in Richmond: Recommendations for a More Inclusive Future, Jacob Ellis
Webcam Gaze Estimation in Unconstrained Environments, Anatolii Evdokimov
The Effect of Florida’s HB1557 on the Stigmatization of Gay Students, Madeline Fellner
Past Lessons, Present Strengths: Does Prior Experience Predict Greater Well-Being and Resilience Among Community-Based Learning Students?, Madison Fields
The Implications of Antisemitism in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prioress’s Tale, Georgia Gansereit
Can Neutron Star Mergers Alone Reproduce r-Process Enrichment in Ultra-Faint Dwarf Halos?, Christine Gyure
The Impact of Corporate Profits on GDI Estimates: Forecasting and Data Revisions, Peterson Haas
From Prison to Progress: Evaluating the Impact of Second Chance Act Grants on Recidivism, Alexandra Hall
Shame on Us: The Democratic Costs of Public Shaming, Elijah Han
The Effect of Chalcogen-Phosphorus Substituents on Enediynes Undergoing the Bergman Cyclization, Marcos Hendler
Evaluating the Role of Institutional Size and Selectivity in Determining Social Belonging, Christian Herald
Spartan Matriarchs and Female Autonomy Through the Reforms of Agis IV, Will Hisle
‘King of Infinite Space:’ Confinement and Identity in Hamlet & Contemporary Adaptations, Anna-Laura Houston
Theses from 2024
Power Dynamics and Female Autonomy in Enemies-to-Lovers Novels, Julia Abbott
Modeling the Opioid Crisis in Virginia: A Differential Equations Model Assessing the Impact of Medication-Assisted Treatment on the Addicted Population, Maniha Zehra Akram
Computational Study of PregaS and PS Binding to the GluN2A LBD and the GluN1/GluN2A Dimer Interface, Ismar Alickovic
(Re)Constructing Race: How Essentialist Beliefs Shape Social Justice Support, Abbey Alvarado
Dative Bonding in Quasimetallatranes Containing Group 15 Donors and M = Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb Acceptors, Aamy A. Bakry
Unpredictable Positive Experience Response (UPER) Training in Male and Female Rats: Effects on cognition, emotional resilience, and neuroplasticity markers, Eve M. Barringer
Combatting Rightwing Extremism: Punks, Skinheads, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Robert Ware Bentley
Structural phylogenetics of A family DNA polymerases, Yagmur Bingul
Heterocycles as Peptide-Based Cleavable Linkers, John Blobe
Shifting Grounds: Movement and Continuity in Mustang, Nepal, Lauren Carter
Cultural Health Capital and the Organ Transplantation Waitlist, Gracejit Chahal
The Value of Prison Education: Evaluating the Impact of Education Through Desistance, Cheryl Chan
Epistemic Spaces and Fields: A New Framework for Social Epistemology Applied to the Internet, Zizhe Cheng
Examining Differences in Information Processing: A Case Study in Higher Education, Sofi Conway
Exploration of Sulfonamides and Benzothiazoles as Peptide-Based Cleavable Linkers, Abigail Dalton
The Impacts of Identity on Perceptions of Safety on a Predominately White Campus, Rebecca DelRosso
The Continuous Flow Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Pyrroles, Kinglsey Dwomoh
Assessing Human Influence on Ranavirus Infections in Vulnerable Native Turtle Species, Parker Ernst
To Kill with Kindness: The Ills of Overfeeding Others in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, Makena Gitobu
Black Lives Matter: Is It Political?, Caroline O. Glaser
Assessing Evolution of Reproduction Traits along Seasonal Transitions and Latitudinal Gradients in an Invasive Species of Fruit Fly, Zaprionus Indianus, Ansleigh Gunter
Taylor, Genealogy, History, Peter Hawes
Divided Discourse: Analyzing Abortion Rhetoric in the 2016 Presidential Debates, Ella Hayes
The Effect of Housing Burden and Access to Affordable Housing on Abortion Rates, Isabelle Huggard
#Booktok: Social Media’s Influence on Literature, Madison Hyatt
Trading Perspectives: The Impact of Gender in Shaping National Trade Policies, Katherine Kwiatkowski
Immigration Level and its Impact on the United States Labor Market Tightness, Khai Quy La
The Effect of the Expanded Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit on Maternal Labor Supply, Abby Letocha
Examining Variability in and Contextual Predictors of College Student Belonging, Yangyue Li
Departure from Magical Realism: Female Agency in Latin American Post-Boom Literature, Nicole Darian Llacza Morazzani
Escaping the Gilded Cage: American Journalists Navigating the Soviet Union, 1980-1991, Madeleine Long
The Effect of Solvent Identity and Hydride-Donor on the Reduction of CO2 into Useful Fuels, Abigail McEntire
Longitudinal Associations Between Peer Victimization and School Belonging in Elementary-Aged Children, Bridget E. McGuiness
Defending the Role of a Principle of Proportionality in Just Punishment, Emma Mecklenburg
Incorporation of an unnatural amino acid (pBpf) into MEMO1 protein for studying protein-protein interactions, Sonia Mecorapaj
Examining the Link between Autistic Personality Traits and Processing of Metonymy, Miranda Moe
Exploring the Impact of Public Health Messaging on Maternal Health Engagement in the US: A Focus on Racial Disparities and Persuasive Evidence; by Shelby Mokricky; April 29, 2024, Shelby A. Mokricky
Sigma Hole Trends Across d-block Metal Halides, Nam Huy Pham
Black and Blue All Over: Whose Lives Matter?, Bella Purvis
An Investigation of the Correlation between Polymer Solution Entanglement and Electrospun Polycaprolactone Fiber Mechanics, Manasa Sujatha Rajeev
Continuous Flow Synthesis of Polysubstituted Pyrroles, Evelyn Ramirez
A Closer Look at the Female Disadvantage and Advantage in Leadership, Eve Ridenhour
CD46 is a Protein Receptor for Human Adenovirus Type 64, Alexander Michael Robertson
Caught Between Legality and Illegality: The Haunting Status of Migration in the Before, During, and After, Kristin Santana
The Impact of U.S. News and World Report College Rankings on Prospective Students’ Decisions and Enrollment Outcomes, Camilla Schneider
Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles and Halogen Bond Interactions with Neonicotinoid Pesticides, Molly McCuen “Mackey” Sherard
CD46 Isoforms and Viral Receptor for Adenovirus Type 64D, Corina Stasiak
Opioid Policy Solutions: Administrative Law, Legislation, and Constitutional Reform, Trevin Stevens
The Shadow of Empire: Gothic Aemulatio Imperii in Sixth Century Spain, William Tune
La Perception et La Représentation du Corps des Femmes Africaines par rapport à La Colonisation Française, Mofiyinfoluwa Tunji-Ekundayo
The effects of parasitoid wasps on the intra- and interspecific competition of Zaprionus indianus, Camille Walsh-Antzak
Examination of Urban Spatial Structure after COVID Based on Hedonic Price Model, Shaoting Wen
Development of a Diaryl Oxazole-Based Cleavable Linker for Peptides, Evan Wolff
Les perceptions françaises de la technologie racontées à travers le temps avec Jacques Tati, Agnès Varda, JR et Michel Serres, Na'Dyah Wynn
Prototypicality and Need to Belong: How One’s Standing in the Group Affects Parochial Cooperation, Huidi Yuan
CD46 interaction with adenovirus type 64, a causative agent for viral pink eye, Hanglin (Henry) Zhu
Theses from 2023
Food Related Intrusive Thoughts: A Pilot Study, Hoor Ul Ain
Dungeons & Dragons: Fractals of the Human Self, Katie Anderson
“... I thought you were black .” An autoethnographic exploration of the fragmentation of identity and culture., Sherley Arias-Pimentel
The Big Five and Dark Triad: The Role of Personality in the Development of Passion, Hannah Behar
Ricucire il Tessuto della Società: L’Intersezione di Moda Femminile e Femminismo, Caroline Grace Bisese
Justifying Antipathy?: Examining Racialized Perceptions of Incarceration and Support for Mental Healthcare in Prisons, Jared Brassil