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Theses from 2012
Amanecer: The Rise and Decline of the School of Militants in Civil War Barcelona, from November 1936-June 1937, J. Chris Wickham , '12
"A Good Time A'Soldiering": Passing Women, Female Masculinity, and the History of Female Soldiers in the American Civil War, Madeline Williams , '12
Theses from 2011
Understanding the Place of Africa in Black Liberation and Diasporic Community Formations through the Autobiographical Self: A Comparative Analysis of Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston, Shameika M. Black , '11
Characterization of respiratory neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (PAm), an area critical for vocal production in songbirds, Sarah J. Bricault , '11
Role of the SpG3A protein atlastin-l in axon growth, Youda Cao , '11
Apprenticeship and Wage Labor in Castelló d'Empúries 1260-1300, Elizabeth Comuzzi , '11
Accidental Liberalism: Empire and Administration in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, Isaac W. Hock , '11
Rearranging a rusty phylogenetic model of the filamentous iron bacteria: a multi-locus sequence analysis divides the Sphaerotilus-Leptothrix group into three genera, Amy E. Langdon , '11
Monitoring predation gene Bd0427 in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus via a luxCDABE reporter system, Nicole C. Machac , '11
Fatness and Blackness: Intersections of Identity and Critical Analysis, Cecilia Márquez , '11
Can we smell age in human body odor?, Susanna D. Mitro , '11
A Fig For Your Philosophy and Great Knowledge in the Sciences: Observation, Deception, Scientific Fraud and Social Authority in the Antebellum Museum, Jeff Nagle , '12
Educating for Democracy in the English Literature Classroom, Ada Okun , '11
Shule Ya Uhuru: The "Modern Strivers" and D.C.'s Eastern High School Freedom Annex, Ari Pomerantz , '12
Re-translating Haruki Murakami's "The Second Bakery Attack", James Preimesberger , '11
A Medieval Moneylender: One Jewish Family's Microlending Business in Castelló d'Empúries (1323-1331), Hannah Claire G. Purkey , '11
Civilized Pains: Race, Gender, and Obstetric Anesthesia in the Nineteenth-Century United States, Miriam Rich , '11
Further characterization of the autoinducer-2 processing enzyme LsrG: The crystal structure and its implications for catalysis, Caitlin E. Russell , '11
Bird diversity and specialist bird occurrence in two bamboo die-offs in southeastern Peru, S. Jacob Socolar , '11
Early courtship experience increases the sexual receptivity of female Drosophila melanogaster, Vy A. Vo , '11
Vigorous Ladies: Female Physical Culture and the Transformation of Sexuality in America, 1895-1915, Rebecca Woo , '11
Investigating the role of pheromone-detecting neurons in associative courtship conditioning of Drosophila melanogaster males, Zheng Zheng , '11
Theses from 2010
Effect of Elevated Temperature on Senescence and Nitrogen Cycling in Goldenrod (Genus Solidago), Bethanne Albert-Bruninga , '10
The Spatial Distribution of Proliferating Cells in the Sea Anemone Aiptasia Pallida during Different States of Symbiosis, Julia B. Berthet , '10
Written in the City: Urbanization and Literature in Buenos Aires (1880-1940), Annika Bockius-Suwyn , '10
Of the Meaning of Progress Revisited, A Polemic: Historical Discourse and the Politics of African American Transcendence, Lacey D. Dickinson , '10
Heritage Language Loss in the Chinese Community in Argentina, Calvin N. Ho , '11
The Effect of Temperature on the Sensitivity to and Preference for an Omega-3 and an Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid in Mice (Mus musculus), Helen Y. Hougen , '10
Characterization of Na⁺ signaling pathways in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana, Andrew Hwang , '10
Global Schooling, Local Technology: ICT for Literacy Education in Beijing's Migrant Schools, Benjamin E. Rachbach , '11
"One Nation, One Party"?: A History of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party, 1970-1992, Isabel Rivera , '10
Examining differential gene expression in early and late migrating trunk neural crest cells in the turtle Trachemys scripta, James D. Robinson , '10
Kabuki in Transition, Marissa Roque , '10
Who Won the War? Teaching the Young Generation: The Case of France 1947-2008, Philip Skorokhodov , '10
Barren unbranched is a new semi-dominant maize (Zea mays) mutant with defects in inflorescence development and root gravitropism that maps to 4L, Jennifer E. Spindel , '10
Building Bridges in the New Latino Diaspora: Overcoming Obstacles to Parent Involvement, Julissa Ventura , '10
Examining the effects of site-specific mutations in the Universal Stress Protein A of Escherichia coli, Natasha E. Weiser , '10
Theses from 2009
Personalizing Salvation: Pious Choices in Castelló d'Empúries, 1286-1363, Abigail N. Agresta , '09
Ultrasonic destruction of microbial biofilms revealed by confocal microscopy, Sunjay Barton , '09
Environmentally dependent different fatty acid consumption causes a minor shift in Mus musculus colonic gut bacterial profiles, Tristan Bice , '09
Norway and Sugar Maple Seedling Physiological Performance across Conspecific and Hetrospecific Canopy Structure, Nicholas Buttino , '09
Historical Education as Reconciliation: Teaching History in Northern Ireland, Reina Chano , '09
Internal and environmental factors explain variation in foraging and locomotion, not vigilance, in the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris), Helen Chmura , '09
Probing the relationship between Universal Stress Protein C (UspC) and flagellar biosynthesis in Escherichia coli, Jesse Handler , '09
Freedom and Community in Bedford County: A Case Study, 1790-1890, Ben Hopkins , '09
In vitro characterization of the chaperone activity of the Arabidopsis non-canonical small heat shock protein BOBBER, Steen Hoyer , '09
Does the Cytoskeleton of the Sea Anemone, Aiptasia pallida, Change as a Result of its Symbiosis with Zooxanthellae?, Farah Hussain , '09
Women and Family in the Medieval Jewish Community of Castelló d'Empúries 1260-1300, Sarah Ifft , '09
Making meaning of literature: Three teachers open texts, skills, selves and connections, Beth Krone , '09
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi augment Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) nutrient acquisition and growth, Marissa Lee , '09
Using zebrafish genetics to rapidly identify genes involved in renal development, Mark Mai , '09
Novel characterization of a protein implicated in pigmentary glaucoma and glioblastomas, Caitlin Mullarkey , '09
Hegemony as an Obstacle to Empowerment and Mobilization in Nonviolent Movements, Ian Yarett , '09
Spatial distribution of proliferating cells during tentacle regeneration in the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida, Ian Yarett , '09
Theses from 2008
Probing the function of Escherichia coli Universal Stress Protein A using site specific mutagenesis and synthetic lethality, Nanelle R. Barash , '08
"Laughing Just to Keep from Crying": Time, Culture and Authenticity in the Early Recording Industry for Southern Music, Benjamin H. Bradlow , '08
Simulating Shade-Tolerance: Modeling Functional and Structural Trade-Offs of Neotropical Tree Saplings in Light-Limited Ecosystems, Jacob Brunkard , '08
The Accommodating Ambassador: A History of the U.S. Embassy's Facilitation of State Violence and Mass Atrocity in Argentina, 1974-1976, Jacob O. Brunkard , '08
The role of universal stress protein A and low antibiotic concentrations in Escherichia coli biofilm formation, Kathleen Condon , '08
Passing as Queer: Agency, Social Change and Contesting the In/Out Binary Among Queer Secondary School Teachers, Tatiana Cozzarelli , '08
From the "Feather" to the "Umbrella": The Politics of Performance in the Mardi Gras Indian Tradition and Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs of New Orleans, Marissa Davis , '08
Understanding the consequences of delayed metamorphosis for two solitary ascidians, Bradley Dickerson , '08
When Research Does Not Translate into Practice: The Problems of Dissemination and Implementation in School-Based Prevention Interventions, Mark Dlugash , '08
Interactions between human inferotemporal and early visual areas reflect feature integration, Jeremy Freeman , '08
Stepping Up and Speaking Out: Empowerment and Communalization Through Community Youth Programming for Asian American Youth, Stephanie Lin Hsu , '08
Reclamando Nuestra Herencia: Popular Literacy, Education and Participatory Politics in Nicaragua, 1979-2008, Rita Kamani , '08
An investigation into the biochemical and physiological properties of the Escherichia coli Universal stress protein G, Benjamin Krasity , '08
Radiation sensitivity, progeny production, and longevity in Drosophila melanogaster under selective pressure, Lucy McNamara , '08
Neither Brothers nor Children but One Heart: Memory, Nostalgia, and Revitalization among Pennsylvania Quakers and Indians, 1682-1763, Mairin Odle , '08
TAS2R38 (Phenylthiocarbamide) Haplotypes in Altaian Populations from South-Central Siberia, Lenore Pipes , '08
Effects of a desaturase inhibitor on the tissue lipid composition and dietary preference of Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus), Barry Zee , '08
Theses from 2007
Desegregation Diluted: Integration Under the Busing Order in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1965-2001, Katherine A. Chamblee , '07
Growing into Politics: Schools, Community Organizations, and the Development of Political Youth, Sarah Cotcamp , '07
At the intersections of body and culture: How adolescent girls construct their bodies through multiple discourses, Tanya Nikiforova , '07
Watershed Moments in the Lives of Seventh Graders: The Influence of Classroom Social Contexts on Student Engagement, Sabrina J. Stevens , '07
Theses from 2006
Toward an Ethnographic Analysis of Federal Education Policy: The Effects of the No Child Left Behind Act on Language and Culture Education in Navajo Public Schools, Allison Balter , '06
Possible roles of trunk neural crest cells in bone formation of the Trachemys scripta shell, as examined by HNK-1 antibody staining and DiI injections, Erin A. Betters , '06
Biofilm formation as a selectable phenotype for functionality of universal stress protein A in Escherichia coli, Meagan Bolles , '06
Transcriptional regulation of stress responses by the Universal stress proteins A and C in Escherichia Coli, Charlie G. Buffie , '06
The Spider and the Fly: Life history traits in Drosophila melanogaster differ after five years under predation by Pholcus phalangioides, Anisha Chandra , '06
Observations on the breeding biology, nest characteristics, and nest insulation of the Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti) in interior Alaska, Benjamin S. Ewen-Campen , '06
Characterization of the universal stress protein A paralog uspE of Escherichia coli: survival and stress response, Alexander F. Glick , '06
Sediment characteristics and interspecific interaction influence the distribution of Emerita talpoida and Donax variabilis in swash, Micah J. Horwith , '06
Trees pumping iron: Modeling stress distributions and material properties of branch wood in bur oak and sugar maple, James M. Kreft , '06
The Evolution of Lyme Disease: Determining the Nature of Genetic Linkage in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto via Index of Association and Information Theory Calculations, Jessica L. Larson , '06
An assemblage of baenid turtles from the Hell Creek Formation: intraspecific variation, two new taxa, and a phylogenetic analysis of the Baenidae, Tyler R. Lyson , '06
The roles of gustatory receptor neuron populations in modulation of Drosophila melanogaster naive courtship and courtship conditioning, Makiko Mizutani , '06
The Problem with The Good Parsi: Contesting the Intrusion of Colonialism on Consciousness, Ariana N. E. Nash , '06
Effects of low water potentials on the growth and mechanical properties of young maize (Zea mays) roots, Adam B. Roddy , '06
Silenced gustatory inputs reveal new populations of pheromone detection cells involved in Drosophila courtship and support a non-associative basis for courtship conditioning, Arpiar B. Saunders , '06
Patterns of heterotrophic nitrogen fixation in a lowland tropical rainforest, Aaron L. Strong , '06
Polarization sensitivity in the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii enhances the detection of a moving transparent object, John C. Tuthill , '06
A Good Neighbor, In Print: Politics, propaganda, and the consumption of Selecciones del Reader's Digest in Buenos Aires (1940-1960), Lisa Ubelaker Andrade , '06
Establishment and characterization of a reliable long-term memory courtship conditioning paradigm in Drosophila melanogaster, Lauren E. Ullrich , '06
September 11th, Violence and Interpretation: Power and the Production of Truth in the War on Terror, Marissa A. Vahlsing , '06
Theses from 2005
Transnational Nonviolent Empowerment, Ivan Boothe , '05
"Scorners of Goodenss": Quaker and Puritan Dissent From The Seventeenth-Century Anglican Church in Virginia, Sarah P. Bryan , '05
Voices Worth Hearing: Priorities of the Black Community in the Midst of the Mandate to Desegregate Philadelphia Public Schools, Ja'Dell R. A. Davis , '06
Long-term suppression of courtship behavior in Drosophila melanogaster, Jeffrey M. Donlea , '05