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.Theses from 2015
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
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
Fatherland and femininity : perceptions of German women civilizers in Deutsch-Südwestafrikia, 1894-1914, Sean Hickey
Multi-technique quantitative analysis and socioeconomic considerations of lead, cadmium, and arsenic in children's toys and toy jewelry, Margot Hillyer
The forces of value: structure and content of self-reported values by civilian and military science students, Shelly Holland
Le mercantilism : une relique tout à fait moderne une étude du commerce chinois en Afrique subsaharienne, Molly A. Kiniry
Postcolonial beasts of burden : embodiments of the non-human in The Lives of Animals and Animal's People, Phoebe Krumich
Application of Carhart four-factor model to the AAII-generated portfolios, Teo Lagvilava
The effects of polysubstituted pyrrole JG-03-14 on murine macrophage activity, Clarke P. Lewis
The right to the city : an exploration of citizenship, space, and process in São Paulo and Cape Town, Amanda Lineberry
If at first you don't succeed : revise, revise the data again, Katherine E. Marsten
Host-specialization of Bartonella in flea vectors collected from black-tailed prairie dogs, Mark D. Massaro
A conservative isoleucine to leucine mutation of Klentaq1 dna polymerase 1 induces conformational change for cold-sensitive phenotype, Emma Caroline Materne
Addition of in situ-generated enol silanes and zinc acetylides to nitrones mediated by trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, Erin Nicole Maxwell
Contentious kink : racial discourse in BDSM subcultures, Dana McLachlin
The economics of remanufacturing with competing manufacturers, Audra Meade
Do the inter-nucleotide domain loops act as an entropic sink in the catalytic activity of 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (3pGDH)?, Cristina Adelia Meeham
An exploratory study of gait and balance in children with autism spectrum disorders, Krystal Mircovich
Macroeconomic surprise, forecast uncertainty, and stock prices, Alphonce M. Mshomba
One-pot Heteroconjugate addition-diels-alder reactions and acetate-catalyzed aldol reactions of α-silyl nitriles, Carly Mueller
The homologous conjugate addition of heteroaromatic compounds to donor-acceptor cyclopropanes, Kristen L. Murphy
Construction of a functional ha-epitope tagged aqk2p channel with surface expression, Ariana A. Prinzbach
The influence of political belief on the number and relative wage of government employees : an examination of California counties, Devin Ralston
The Cost-of-carry model and volatility : an analysis of gold futures contracts pricing, Edward M. Riley III
The mis-regulation of the dJNK pathway in a drosophila model of Machado-Joseph disease influences neurodegeneration, Catherine Marie Romberger
Links between friendship, psychological symptoms, and academic adjustment in an emerging adulthood sample, Lisa Sample
The effects of coal mining on health in Appalachia : global context and social justice implications, Adrienne Schmidt
shift : for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, and percussion, Robby Schranze
Quantum mechanical characterizations of tetraradical-producing cyclizations, and an extended multireference electronic structure study of 2, 5, 7, 10-tetradehydronaphthalene, Jeffrey B. Schriber
Between flower and wave : discordia concors and the case for a transitional florimell in Spenser's Faerie Queene, Grayson Shelor
Death in children's fantasy literature from 1900 to the present, Katherine Skipper
Comparing two methods for quantifying cold tolerance in Mimulus, Clifford J. Smith
Relations between social identity, interpersonal competence and self-esteem in emerging adults, Kelsea Starr
Emerging adults' friendships and group identification : differential associations with well-being, Ethan Wolf
Algebras of toeplitz matrices, Qingyang (Jocelyn) Xue
Theses from 2013
Potent mutagens have positive and negative effects on viral fitness of Reovirus in vitro, Jennie Altman
Difference sets in non-abelian groups of order 256, Taylor Applebaum
The effect of implicit theories on eating behavior, Lisa Auster-Gussman
A language for incomprehensibility : Virginia Woolf's reconstructions of trauma and grief in response to World War I, Shannon Biello
Bernardo del Carpio dans le thé́âtre du Siècle d'or espagnol : à̀ la recherche de la légitimité du pouvoir impérial. (Une analyse sure le rôle du héros médiéval dans l'œuvre de Juan de la Cueva et Lope de Vega), Lorena Esmeralda Bolaños
Life in the hopeless emptiness : the search for authenticity in Revolutionary Road, Austin Marie Carter
Utah statehood : the normalization of Mormonism for U.S. security, Justin Chew
Mathematical models of plasmid dynamics, Natalie M. Clark
Conforming individualism : images of self and family in Jeanette Walls's the glass castle, Michael Doss
Generalization of expert face processing takes time, Karen Duan
The future of geography in health policy : the applicability of the Dartmouth Atlas to health reform in the United States, Catherine Chase Eager
Syntheses of key intermediates of ningalin C, Lauren Firich
From mind to machine : parity affects in the attentional set-shifting task in animal and machine models, Katie Coren Freeman
Monolayer-protected nanoparticle doped Xerogels as functionional components of amperometric glusoe biosensors, Michael Hartley Freeman
Identifying possible regulators of Ded1, a DEAD-box ATPase protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lisa Faye Fronek
Presidential Debate Format and Perceptions of Personality: Warmth Matters, Joseph B. Greener
A Comparison of Mindfulness and Incremental Theory Based Interventions, Kelsey Greenfield
Electronic and steric characterization of the 5-endo- and 4-exo-dig radical cyclization reactions : engineering a more reactive synthesis of potential anticancer enediyne compounds, Alexander Steven Hahn
Gold nanoparticle doped Xerogels as functional components of amerometric glucose biosensors, Jackson Robert Hall