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.Theses from 2016
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
Broadening the functional interactions of Ded1, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae DEAD-box ATPase involved in translation initiation, Audrey Kindsfather
A computational investigation of halogen bonding with halomethanes and their group 14 analogues, William Kretz
"Measure then punish or reward:" an analysis of the intersection of history and policy in the U.S. k-12 public school system, Hannah Leedle
From prisons to asylums, and back : mental health policy in the age of neoliberalism, Michele Martin
The Taylor Rule with real-time data and an analysis of its impact on historical policy analysis, Morgan McKee
Flying the coop : does holistic processing in bird experts generalize across region?, Wesley Meredith
In the midst of life we are in death : suicide coverage in the South during the Civil War era, India Miller
In the midst of life we are in death : suicide coverage in the South during the Civil War era, India Miller
The dark side of volunteering : when helping might hurt, Emily Morse
Implicit theories of self-regulation among adults with ADHD, Lauren Oddo
Isolation of microbial NRPS and PKS gene clusters for natural product isolation, Danielle N. O'Hara
The application of formyl group activation of brompyrrole esters to a formal synthesis of lycogarubin C, Jon Patteson
Effects of altered regulation of synaptotagmin 1 in a Drosophila model of Machado-Joesph disease, Rachel Pearcy
The Lorax : Capitalism, Ecocentrism, and the Apocalypse, Casey Schmidt
Who do we help?: how morality salience, changing demographics, and ideology shape pro-social behavior, Ann Louise Seaton
Death in children's fantasy literature from 1900 to the present, Katherine Skipper
Depression and social functioning : examining two interpersonal theories, Caroline B. Smith
Mindsets matter: increasing participation in STEM through growth mindsets, Madeline Soskin
Investigating the flap dynamics of HIV-1 protease using multiple force fields, David R. Stevens
Handing over the fork : eating and the neoliberal authority in contemporary American fiction, Jen Swegan
The role of entropy and conformational plasticity in nucleotide interactions with glutamate dehydrogenase, Angela Tata
Long-term effects of reproduction of Spinophilin concentration in the brain, Nora Tocheny
Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer blocks replication in bacillus dna polymerase, Amanda Rose Walsh
Development of a genetic over-expression system for the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri, Joe Walsh
Neurological changes of motherhood : behavior, anatomy, and transcriptional regulation, Shannon Weber
Silyl triflate-mediated openings of epoxides, Nicholas Clayton Yeutter
Theses from 2014
A mechanism for annealing bicyclic polyyne rings into fullerenes, Alexis Achey
A mechanism for annealing bicyclic polyyne rings into fullerenes, Alexis Jacqueline Achey
Animal allure : postcolonial (non) human sexuality in Indra Sinha's Animal's People and J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace, Kerry Boland
Intuition and its proper uses, Chris Boss
Addition reactions of electron-deficient cyclopropanes catalyzed by calcium(II) complexes, Caroline M. Braun
Conformational analysis of oligomeric models of siloxane, silazan and siloxazane ladder polymers, Idil Cazimoglu
What was he thinking? Dr. William Cooper's decision to increase the University of Richmond's tuition by 31 percent in 2005, Rooney V. Columbus
The effect of race in primary and secondary school achievement : evidence from Virginia, Khanh Doan
The effect of race in primary and secondary school achievement : evidence from Virginia, Khanh (Miki) Doan
Leadership with liberal arts : from Ehebia to Jepson, Shaye Ellis
Vesicular monoamine transporter-1: association with neuropsychiatric disorders, Yingying Geng
Naphthyridyl-pyridine : novel ligands, tm-complexes, and strategy for photochemically driven reduction of CO₂ to methanol, Jessica A. Griswold
Naphthyridyl-pyridine : novel ligands, tm-complexes, and strategy for photochemically driven reduction of CO₂ to methanol, Jessica A. Griswold
Understanding large numbers in politics, Brian Guay
The case of "who's looney now?" : psychologists, psychiatrists, the public, and contested notions of insanity in turn-of-the-twentieth century America, Amanda Lynn Haislip
Formyl group activation of bromopyrrole suzuki cross-coupling: application to a formal synthesis of lamellarin g trimethyl ether, Andrew Harrison