Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Surviving the Serenade: How Conflicting Natural and Sexual Selection Drove Rapid Diversification of Mating Signals in an Insect, James H. Gallagher
Destruction and Resiliency: Decolonizing Settler Knowledge in Native American Literature Through the Peoplehood Matrix, Renissa R. Gannie
Frequency Stability Constrained Grid Operation with High Penetration of Renewables, Ningchao Gao
Power System Dynamic Control and Performance Improvement Based on Reinforcement Learning, Wei Gao
The Struggle Is Real: Constructing Liberative Meaning Making that Facilitates Black Student’s Authentic Identity Formation and Navigation Through Predominately White Institutions, Felicia Marie George
Hemodynamic Assessment of Y-Incision Aortic Root Enlargement Using Computational Simulations, Astitwa Ghimire
Moving from Theory to Practice: Examining Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice in an Elementary School Classroom, Krystal Giles
The Effect of Nondiagnostic Information on Internal Auditor Skepticism: Capturing the Dilution Effect, Joseph Anthony Giordano
An Exploration of Palauan Fishing Methods and Fisheries: A Study for the Conservation of Dugongs, Mia Glover
Plant Community Response to Control of a Dominant Invader at Multiple Scales, Alexander R. B. Goetz
Experience Matters: Exploring How Firms Build Dynamic Capabilities Through Execution of the M&A Transaction Process, Chauntel R. Graves
Fatigue and Fracture of Electron Beam Melting Ti-6Al-4V, William A. Grell
Persistence and Retention of Adult Learners: Results of a Program Evaluation of Tuition Funding Provided by Employers, Andrea J. Gross
Quantitative, Photocurrent Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy, Adam Halaoui
Vegetal Being: Dreamwork, Ritual, and Performance in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian, Briana Hanratty
Something Wicked: Witches and Rhetorics of Resistance, K. Scarlett Harrington
Reference Frames in Human Sensory, Motor, and Cognitive Processing, Dongcheng He
Counselors’ Spirituality, Attitudes Toward Suicide, and Self-Efficacy in Conducting Suicide Risk Assessment, Tayler Hendrix
Risky Behavior as Motivated Emotion Regulation: A Mixed-Method Approach, Lyneé A. Herrera
CEO, CFO, and Audit Partner Gender, and Accounting Conservatism, Ceara Hintz
Enhancing Employee Voice in Government: Transparency, Trust, and Cognitive Empowerment, Jomarie Phelan Honcoop
Elementary Preservice Math Teachers’ Evolving Dispositions Throughout a Math Methods Course: A Mixed Methods Study, Christine E. Hood
Taiwanese International Students in Clinical Supervision: A Phenomenological Study, Joey Chiao-Yin Hsiao
SAFEST KID (A Sexual Assault Framework in Education to Support Trauma in Kids with Intellectual Disability): Delphi Study Development of a Model and Utilization, Ashley M. Hudson
The Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of Mammalian Hybridization, Kelsie E. Hunnicutt
The Not-So-Silent Period: Testimonios of Recently Arrived Latinx Students, Teri M. Hutchinson
Terrain and Adversary-Aware Autonomous Robot Navigation, Aniekan Ufot Inyang
Putting It Gently: The Other Side of a Peace Corps Volunteer Experience, Nicole Jacobson
The Rural Post-Graduation Plan Development Model: Advancing Student College Choice by Centering Rural Communities, Steve Jenks
Flood Hydrology in Tropical Coastal Catchments: Linking Watershed Dynamics to Mangrove Sedimentation, Shannon L. Jones
What’s Good: Sharing Food and Meaning-Making Among Commensals, Lucor Jordan
Mothers in Law: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Mothers in Law School, Sarah M. Jordon
The Treasury of Stories: Policy Narratives of Anti-Illicit Finance, Paul Christopher Kemp
Not Too Scared to Enter: Understanding the Uppsala Model’s Complexity as SME Decision Makers Enter High-Risk Countries, Andrew Kindfuller
Optimizing E-Payment Applications for Older Adults: User-Centered Solutions to Improve Security, Privacy, Usability, and Accessibility, Urvashi Kishnani
Polar Body Membrane Breakdown Occurs Independent of Macroautophagy in C. Elegans, Shruti Kolli
Thermo-Mechanical Instabilities in Next-Generation Friction Materials in High-Speed Sliding Systems, Kingsford Koranteng
Does Publicness Matter? A Mixed Method Analysis Identifying and Measuring Institutional Contributions to State Goals for Public Higher Education, Sophia Laderman
Encounter-Oriented Subjectivity in Levinas and Barth: Conditioned Freedom in Resistance to Ethnonationalism, Michael Laminack
Representing the Mixed Plate: Involving Descendant Communities and Kānaka Maoli in Hawai’i Plantation Museums, Amanda Ku’ualohalanileimakamae Lane
Historical Narrative in the Music of Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, Alec Larner
Legitimacy in Conflict Contexts: Shifting Rebel Engagement in Sierra Leone and the Presence of Private Contractors, Anne Lauder
Mechanisms Behind the Chaperone Activity of Nucleic Acids, Theodore J. Litberg
Sense of Community and (Third) Place Among Young Adults in Permanent Supportive Housing: A Mixed-Methods Inquiry, Danielle Maude Littman
Saad éí ná’iiłná, Manny Loley
A View from Within: Timbre as an Analytical Tool in Contemporary Viola Music, Ash Mach
Gender and Disability: An Exploration of Reflective Practice for Protection and Access Amid Complex Emergencies, Lindsey A. Mandolini
A Virtual Method for Establishing Femoral Stem Position in Total Hip Arthroplasty, Samuel Mattei
Water Literacy in Drought-Prone Regions: Case Studies from Aurora, Colorado, USA and Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Meghan McCarroll
'They Were Known Accordingly’: The Journey of the Land Otter Pole and Memorial Pole at the Denver Art Museum, Penske Stranger McCormack
Changes in Balance with Brain Inflammation: Sensitivity in Dual Motor Mechanisms, Hannah McDade
Investing in Your Employees: Understanding the Impact Organizational Commitment Has on Staff Retention, Vanessa Lynne McWhirt
The Queer Ecology of Clouds in Nineteenth-Century British Poetics, Lucien Darjeun Meadows
Problems with Machine Learning, High-Dimensional Data and Forecasting Stock Returns, Erik Mekelburg
Mechanistic Insights into MftR-Dependent Regulation of the Redox Cofactor Mycofactocin, Aigera Mendauletova
Risk and Promotive Factors for Perinatal Mental Health Problems: Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences and Contemporaneous Support and Stress, Jillian S. Merrick
Liberation and Inclusion Through the Voices of Trans Youth: A Phenomenological Approach, Klaudia Neufeld
Endogenous Money and the Structure of Interest Rates, Grishma Neupane
The Post-WWII American Picaro as Prophet of Human Dignity: A Study of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, Flannery O’Connor’s The Violent Bear It Away, and Saul Bellow’s Henderson the Rain King, Elijah Clayton Null
Queer Is Here, Hopefully to Stay: The Incorporation and Reception of LGBTQ+ History at the History Colorado Center, Madeline Ohaus
The Use of Regularization to Detect Racial Inequities in Pay Equity Studies: An Empirical Study and Reflections on Regulation Methods, Christopher M. Peña
Supply Chain Finance: Exploring the State of Adoption with Small Business Suppliers in U.S. Defense Procurement Contracts, James C. Phelps III
Rethinking Bibliotherapy: Portraits of Gifted Adult Readers, Jervaise M. Pileggi
You Have to Play to Win: Value Capture in Open Innovation, John T. Pritchard
Seeking Sisterhood: An Exploratory Qualitative Inquiry into the Sorority Rejection Experiences of Black Women, Jasmine Michelle Pulce
Teaching on the Möbius: Exploring the Inner and Outer Landscapes of Teacher Practice, Barth A. Quenzer
Enhancing Search Engine Results: A Comparative Study of Graph and Timeline Visualizations for Semantic and Temporal Relationship Discovery, Muhammad Shahiq Qureshi
Divergence: Toward a Neurodivergent Latinx Liberative Social Ethic, Rudolph P. Reyes II
Finite Element Modeling of Patient-Specific Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, Ignacio Rivero Crespo
The Vigor of Creative Materialism: Making the Hidden Stories of Underrepresented Engineering Students Visible, Katherine A. Robert
“OMG, I Think You May Have Just Changed My Life”: Binge Eating Disorder Recovery in Instagram Comment Sections, Caitlin Roe
Fostering an Inclusive Learning Environment Through Course Development: A Program Evaluation, Rachel K. Rogers
Thermal, Magnetic, and Electrical Properties of Thin Films and Nanostructures: From Magnetic Insulators to Organic Thermoelectrics, Michael J. M. Roos
Fully Coupled Fluid Structure Interaction Simulation of Bioprosthetic Heart Valves: A Numerical and Experimental Analysis, Masod Sadipour
Seeing the Unseen: Bridging Realities of Experience Through Dependent Origination, Shubham Sapkota
Famines, Poverty and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries, Monishankar Sarkar
A New Era of Distilling: How Dynamic Capabilities Drive Transformation in the Distilling Industry, Sean M. Scally Sr.
It’s Not What You (Don’t) Eat, It’s What Eats You: Countering the U.S. Eating Disorder Master Narrative, Kelsea V. Schoenbauer
Interactions in the Mind: Examining Metacognition's Role in Entrepreneurial Performance, John Sebesta
Historical Realism and Stoic Heroes in the Work of John Williams, Cameron Sepede
Patient Movement Monitoring Based on IMU and Deep Learning, Mohsen Sharifi Renani
Design, Determination, and Evaluation of Gender-Based Bias Mitigation Techniques for Music Recommender Systems, Sunny Shrestha
Consensus-Based Active and Reactive Power Control and Management of Microgrids, Shruti Singh
Anxiety as a Compensatory Factor for Executive Functioning Abilities and Later ADHD Symptoms in Youth with ADHD, Rebecca Slomowitz
School District Demographic Change Through the Lens of High School Students: A Phenomenological Case Study, Isaac S. Solano
An Existential Punchline: How Humor Functions in a Young Adult Friendship Facing Advanced Cancer, Megan E. Solberg
A Qualitative Inquiry of Research Administrator Perceptions of Job Satisfaction in a Central Research Administration Unit at the University of Denver, Noelle L. Strom
Designing Secure Mental Healthcare Chatbots for Older Adults, Aishwarya Surani
The Impact of Foreign Aid on Internal Stability: A Case Study of Costa Rica and Venezuela, Sierra P. Tanner
Material Culture in the Mediterranean: An Exploration and Examination of Anti-Judaic and Antisemitic Spanish Medieval Cultural History, Madison Elizabeth Tarleton
Bolting the Landscape: An Ethnography of Yosemite as a Significant Climbing Destination, Vanessa Taylor
Measuring Moral Injury Amongst Healthcare Social Workers: A Mixed Methods Scale Development Study, Pari Shah Thibodeau
Examination of Formal Instructional Design Processes at Traditional Institutions of Higher Education in the United States Post-Pandemic Onset, Heather L. D. Tobin
Viceroy, Alex Toy
Exploring the Intersectional Higher Education Experiences of Latinx Students, Miguel A. Trujillo