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Dissertations from 2026
Determinants of Evaluation Demand in the United States Federal Government: A Sequential Mixed Methods Study with Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Ruqayyah Abu-Obaid
Enhancing Control Charting Schemes and Exploring New Assessment Metrics to Advance Quality Control and Cyber-Attack Detection in Manufacturing, Ahmad Al Majali
Lived Experiences In Burn Scar Management: A Qualitative Exploration of Perceived Intervention Effectiveness and Factors Influencing Adherence, Stephanie Althoff
Behavior of a Mildly Skewed Network Tied-Arch Bridge During Construction and Early Service Life, Harsha Amunugama
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Second-Career Educators, Kyle Avink
Water, Mud, Ink, Blood, Latifa Ayad-Hall
Attachment Style, the Working Alliance, and Client Self-Disclosure in Individual Psychotherapy, Jennifer S. Baar
Place-Based scholarship utilization and urban Black males, Nkenge Amir Bergan
Strategies for Extending the Service Life of Prestressed Concrete I-Shaped Beams, Sanjoy Kumar Bhowmik
Ramsey Chains in Graphs, Ritabrato Chatterjee
Transition Experiences of Early Middle College Completers: A Grounded Theory Study, Sarah Louise Drabik Cheatham
Bringing the State to the Village: Poverty Alleviation and Local Governance in Rural China, Yu Cheng
The Impact of Using History on Learning in Physics Laboratory Settings, Patrick W. Clouse
A Quantitative Exploration of Public School Teachers’ Colorblind Racial Attitudes and Their Teaching Practices, Lindsey Dopheide
Establishing and Validating Foundational Competencies in the Application of Behavioral Gerontology through Expert Consensus, Alexandra Doran
A Primary Care Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating the Efficacy of a Caregiver-Focused Prevention Program for Child Sexual Abuse, Cassandra Dukes
Having Our Say: A Sociological Examination of English Instruction in Urban High Schools and Effects on Black and Latino Identities, Jena Marie Escareno
Predicting Clinical Outcomes of Non-Specific Low Back Pain by Studying the Interaction of Clinical and Demographic Factors of a Retrospective Data Set, Erica Michelle Fernandes
Black Faces in White Spaces: Understanding School Belonging Among Black Adolescents at NAIS Independent Schools, Letetsia Angelica Fox
Exploring How Therapist Trainees’ Mentalization, Attachment Styles, and the Working Alliance Impact Treatment Outcomes in Psychotherapy, HanaLi Gilbert
An Attachment Perspective for Help-Seeking Intentions Among Emerging Adult Women Child Sexual Abuse Survivors, Dominique Giroux
Masculinity, Psychological Flexibility, and Machismo: An Initial Examination of Relationships to Interpersonal Violence, Geraldine Granados Todd
A Phenomenological Study of Black College Students’ Belonging Built Through Meaningful Interactions with Black Staff at Predominantly White Institutions, Katelyn A. Hanley Semelbauer
Characterizing Volumetric Contraction Fracture Networks for Fluid Flow, Justin Alexander Honer
Cenozoic Extensional Tectonism in NE Africa: Insights on Neotectonics, Strain Accommodation and Landscape Evolution, Abdullah Tarek Mohammad Ibrahim
A Multiple Case Study of Place-Based Promise Programs, Chad Edward Inabinet
Reduced Product Type Monoid-Module Extensions, Darryl Jent
Advancing Computational Frontiers in Noisy Quantum Systems with Transformative Quantum Neural Network Classifiers, Irene Kahvazadeh
The Unreal City, Sophia Khan
Practice Makes Perfect: Behavioral Fluency as a Paradigm for Reducing Pediatric Prehospital Dosing Errors, Juan Antonio Lopez
Deployment-Aware Deep Learning for Computer Vision: Efficient Architectures from 3D Segmentation to Mixed Reality, Bahar Uddin Mahmud
Evaluating the Effect of Dolomite Mineralogy on Oxygen Isotope Fractionation Using High-Temperature Dolomitization Experiments, Ariel Sunshine Martin
The Weight We Carry: An Arts-Based Narrative Screenplay of Academically Successful African American Male Students, Freddie McGee
Quantum and Conventional Informatics Studies of Synthesis Energetics and Defect Formation in Nitride Crystal Epitaxy, Andrew Steven Messecar
Making Sense of the Faith-Based School’s Mission: An Instrumental Case Study Exploring How the School’s Espoused Mission Is Enacted, Richard Mingerink
Evalutating Self-Instructional Training Materials to Teach Caregiver Implementation of a Reading Program, Ky'Aria Moses
Campus community vibes: How queer Asian American students navigate their higher education experiences, Nathan Nguyễn
A Blockchain-Enabled Relational Data-Driven Model and Framework for Safety Performance Evaluation in Offsite Construction, Hosam Olimat
Walking the Path of Conocimiento: Understanding and Navigating Workplace Conflict Through a Chicana Feminist Lens, Elisa A. Ortega-Schultz
From Total Domination to Graph Coloring, Sawyer Isaac Osborn
Community Detection in Bipartite Networks using Bipartite Stochastic Block Models with Node-Level Covariates, Geraldine Elaine Percival
Inclusive Teaching in College-Level STEM: Tensions Between Instructors’ Beliefs, Values, and Classroom Practices, Md Sanyat Rabby
Training Physicians to Identify Psychological Trauma Using the T-SBIRT Model and Simulated Patients: A Pilot Study, Lucie Romano
Contested Americanism: The Klan, Public Education, and Popular Resistance, 1915–1932, Jason U. Rose
Navigating Future Careers and Life Purpose: The Effect of Artificial Intelligence Experiences on Undergraduate Students at a Liberal Arts College, Shannon Kelly Schans
PORTL as a Teaching Tool for Applied Skills in Adult Learners, Ali Schroeder
The First Museum: A Novel, Amanda E. Scott
The Effects of Fluency Building on Undergraduate Student Performance, Lauren B. Shibley
Recognizing and Theorizing the Older Other in Children’s Literature and Media, Morgan Shiver
Analysis of a Process-Based Approach to Case Formulation and Treatment with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Callum Smith
Barriers to Climate Change and Sustainability Action: Nursing Education and Practice, Dawn Marie Smith
Bridging the Gap: Action-Oriented vs. Community-Minded Mentalities and Behaviors in Cold Case Investigation Units, Samantha Strine
“Dynt of Dede:” Reading the Medieval Combat Scene Through the Helmet-Cleave Motif, Andrew Sherwood Thomas
Geographic and Racial Disparities in Behavioral Health Services in Michigan Medicaid, Monica K. Trevino
“the Thorns of the most severe virtue”: Education, Religion, and Cultural Power in Michigan, 1798–1855, Kyle Christopher VanderWall
Small College Registrars As Leaders: A Multiple Case Study Of Shared Leadership, Kyle John Wigboldy
Black Adolescents' Understanding of Racial Trauma: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, Winifred Wilson
Effectiveness of Monetary Policy Communication: Evidence from Textual Analysis of Daily Newspaper Articles, Bisrat Abebe Woldesilassie
Severity-Informed Analysis of Staff-Worn Personal Protective Equipment Use In An Applied Behavior Analysis Clinical Setting, Trey Ximenez
Convergence and Divergence of Opinion About Treatment of Binocular Vision Disorders Among Vision Care Professionals, Sonia Young
Dissertations from 2025
Resilient learning for Anomaly Detection in Smart living Systems, Sahar Abedzadeh
Probing Shielding Tensor Components of Amino Acids Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Shiva Agarwal
Mathematical Modeling of Climate Risk in Banking: Optimizing Balance Sheets for a Sustainable Future, Hala Alkhalid
Nonparametric Finite Mixture of Ising Graphical Models, Manal Hamadi Alloqmani
Sustainable Material Solutions for Industrial Decarbonization and Environmental Remediation Through Molecular Simulations, Noor Alomari
Application of Adhesive in Light-Frame Roof Structures and Evaluation of Their Wind-Resistance Performance, Mohammad Essam Suileman AL-Shatnawi
The Effects of Sponsorship Activation on Sponsorship Success in the NBA, Junyi Bian
Finding Utopia: An Examination of Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching Utopianism in U.S. College Classrooms, Brittany Page Brake
The Experiences of Elite, Female Club Volleyball Players – An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Chelsea Brehm
DeadTime in the Vale of Soul-Making: Hermeneutics, Humanization, and Higher Education in Prison, Dale Michael Brown
Framing the Problem to Meet the Policy Solution: An Embedded Mixed Methods Case Study of the 2017 Michigan Opioid Laws, Leandra Hawkins Burke
Utilizing Drainage Induced PFAS Enrichment in Cascade Generated Foam for Efficient Removal at Wastewater Treatment Plants, Ethan Samuel Coffin
Removing the Opportunity to Respond Induces Resurgence, Lindsay Essig Croghan
The Impact of Feedback Timing on Work Performance When There Is a Long Duration Between Sessions, Priyanka B. Dave
Ready, Set, No: Why Not All Successful Dual Credit High School Graduates Matriculate to Postsecondary Education, Jessica Deckard Mann
Evaluation of Prerequisite Discrimination Skills for Obtaining Assent from Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: A Translational Study, Jessica J. Helen Detrick
Breaking Barriers for Student Success: Leading in Challenging Times, Lisa Marie Dewey
Examination of the Association Between Parent Beliefs About Injury and Supervision Behavior, Felicia Acelia Diaz
Immune Modulation Affects Olfactory Glomerular Recovery in Zebrafish, Bonnie E. Ebendick
Voices of Resilience: The Language Learning Experiences of Married Syrian Refugee Women in the United States, Amira Ashraf Eldemerdash
Mexican Americans’ Attitudes Toward Mexican Immigrants in the United States, Sandra Daisy Espinoza Montes
Black Sufi Women in America: Spiritual Healing, Institute Building, and Reclaiming Ancestral Rights, Tasleem Firdausee
A Summer in Turners Corners, Kevin FItton
Student Perceptions of the Impact of Faculty Race and Gender on Their Sense of Connectedness, Engagement, and Persistence, Sherrie Y. Fuller
Democracy in the Afrobarometer, Rei A. Gordon
The Heavy, Cody Harrison
Multimodal Feature Fusion and AI-Driven Framework for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease, Aya Hassouneh
Identifying Universal and Language-Specific Features in Play-Based Writing of Young Children, Shaya Helbig
Monsters, Menders, Mothers, and Managers: Agatha Christie, Adaptation, and Female Domestic Gender Roles, Carrie Yvonne Hess