Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: Exploring the Ecophysiology, Adaptation, and Conservation of Mytilus Edulis in the Gulf of Maine, Mackenzie J. Arnott and Justin Baumann
Where the Light Seeps Through: An Exploration of the Power of Climate Fiction for Maintaining Hope and Inspiring Action in Young Readers, Ava Florence Clancy
Theses from 2024
Fashion Forward: Digitizing Historical Dress in Theory and Practice, Grace K. Acton
A Case Study of Western Maine - Imagining Futures With Climate Change in Alpine Skiing, Ethan C. Baker
Metaautobiography and Identity's Paradox: de Manian and Derridean Readings of Joyce and Svevo, Giancarlo Carlucci
Energy Efficient Development: A Comparative Life Cycle Analysis of Retrofitted and New Housing in Lewiston, Maine, Martin Carriere, Jack LaCasse, and Ned Farrington
A Paleoseismic Investigation of the Marquesado Fault in San Juan (27-33.5°S), Argentina, Drew Cochran, Shreya Arora, Jeremy Rimando, Gustavo F. Ortiz, Melina Villalobos, and Raul Gomez
Legislation Should Address Substance Abuse Policy to Mitigate Homelessness Under Increasingly Extreme Climate Conditions, Anders Corey
The Examination of the Integration of Indigenous Knowledge in International Climate Discourse within the UNFCCC, Isla Cotter
Intergenerational Conservation for Farm and Forest Owners in Auburn, Maine: An Analysis of Carbon Credit Program Tradeoffs, Kahryn Cullenberg, Maya Karmaker, and Daisy Kettle
Adaptation of Immunopanning Protocols: OmpF as an External Marker for Extraction of Regenerated Retinal Neurons, Madeline S. Ewell
Anarchism, Dreaming, and Technology as Cures to Sexual Violence in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed and The Word for World is Forest, Anastasia Fowler
Embracing Diversity: Exploring the Multifaceted Experiences of Asian American students at PWIs, Molly E. Furman
The Effects of Post-Identification Feedback on Witness and Photospread Administrator Behavior, Abigail M. Harkness
Determining Surface Rupture of the 1803 Earthquake in Central Himalaya Using Paleoseismology, Molly E. Harmon
Anti-Asian Racism, Model Minority Myth, and Their Psychological Impact on Asian Americans, Tamaki Hashiramoto
Carbon Dynamics Upstream and Downstream of a Tidal Restriction in Drakes Island Salt Marsh, Wells, Maine, Jamie W. Hollander
Probability Assignments Under Deep Uncertainty, Hexuan Huang
Medieval Illumination and Modern Manuscript Collections: The Journey of The Psalter-Hours of Isabelle de France, Isabelle Amy Job
The Effects of PM2.5 from Wildfires on Educational Attainment in California, Julia H. Kindler
Down Here, The Only Light is your Own: Environmentalism and Extraction in the Appalachian Coalfields, Bryan David Kirk
The Makings of a Racial Vanguard : Black American Transactional Engagement 1848 – 1922, Sebastien Kleitman
Retelling Malaga Island, Kami J. Lambert
South Korean Veganism(s) and the Euro-American Imagination of Korean Food, Madeleine Suejung Lee
Emancipatory or Merely Appropriate? Revealing the Right to Education under the Thirteenth Amendment and Its Implications for Students with Disabilities, Rachel Joyce Liazos
Development of Inclusive Food Studies Curriculum at Lewiston Middle School, Rachel Lowell, Jaimie Fairchild, and Miles Anderson
The Impact of Stable Modes on Saturation in Magnetorotational Turbulence, Hongke Lu
THE SELF AND THE NATION: NEW YOUTH AND EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTION IN CHINA, 1911 TO 1925, Zhengda(Chris) Lu
The European Greenbelt: An Attempt at European Unity Following the Cold War, Alma N. Mackic
Will Eating Them Beat Them? Establishing Culinary Markets for the European Green Crab, Elysse McCambley
The Making of Fishable and Swimmable: The Ecological and Socio-Cultural Impacts of the Clean Water Act in the Androscoggin River Valley, Isabel Renee Mckinlay
Legitimacy and Transparency: Building Trust Through The SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule, Cassidy Sky Meyer
To Remember, To Forget: Political Actors’ Use of Collective Memory During Democratic Transitions in Spain and Chile, Caroline Thayer Milne
Running the Risk: Why Citizens Choose to Engage in Political Protest in 21st Century Russia, Grace Murphy
The Examination of How Intra-Community Social Identities Differ in Contexts of Coastal Flooding Adaptation and Vulnerability, Dylan Nordstrom
A Health Assessment of Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata) Colonies in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama, Hannah Orton
Habitat Management for High-Priority Bird Species at Woodbury Nature Sanctuary, Ruby Paarlberg, Jack Daoust, and Emma Stattelman
Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Benevolence or Genuine Social Impact? An Analysis of FedEx's Governance and Sustainability Efforts, Tasker D. Peacock
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) State Legislation in the United States: Case Study Analyses in California and Texas, Lucinda Farrar Pike
Green Toys: an analysis on toy companies through an environmental lens, Jack Mitchell Potash
The Construction of Coloured Identities: Apartheid Nostalgia & The Politics of Memory, Helena May Raddock
Examining Intimate Partner Violence: The Erasure of Gendered Violence and Coercive Control, Leah C. Ruck
Tidal restriction affects carbon dynamics in the Jones Creek Salt Marsh, Scarborough, ME, USA, Anna E. Sarrazin
Depictions of Chinese New Year in Children’s Books, Qi Schmidt
Beyond the Game: Assessing the IMPACT of a Collegiate Sports Mentorship Program on Psychosocial Development in Children With Disabilities and Serious Illnesses, Samantha Shapiro
Earth's Guardian: The Crucial Role of Soil Science in Protecting Our Planet, Casey Shultis
Perceived Natural Scene Sizes Modulate The Effect of Clutter In Visual Search, Wentao Si
Organically Grown: The Sprouting Eco-Kashrut Movement, Miriam Phoebe Stern
Beavers: How a 100 Pound Rodent Fights Climate Change and Preserves Biodiversity, Huck T. Triggs
Use of high-frequency data to determine in-lake response to major tributary inputs under extreme storm events at Lake Auburn, Maine, Amelia E. Wallis
Point A to Point B: Understanding Mobility Justice in Lewiston, Maine, Charlotte B. Welsh
Unveiling Realities: Building Trans Visibility in Climate Discourse, Gianluca Yornet de Rosas
Aldicarb sensitivity is altered in two strains with novel V-ATPase mutations in C. elegans., Natalie Elizabeth Young
From Local Roots to Global Networks: Unveiling the Dynamics of Global and Local Framings in the Ecovillage Movement, Stella Younkin
Dynamic Bipartite Networks: Detecting and visualizing structural change, Yuhao Zhao
Synthesis and Biochemical Evaluation of Caffeoyl-Based Phenylpropanoid Glycosides, Edmund Squires Zuis
Theses from 2023
Futures Without Faces: The Relationship Between the Arts, National Museums, and State Interests in Postcolonial Morocco, Evan M. Antonakes
Investigating the Effects of Valence and Arousal on the Boundary Extension/Constriction Phenomenon, Ava E. Axelrod
Does the “Divine Marquis” Subordinate? Pornographic Subordination in Literary Fiction, Trijit Pico Banerjee
Encountering Impossibility: Georges Bataille’s Acéphalic Lifework, Trijit Pico Banerjee
Fulfillment Through Allegiance: Ingroup/Loyalty Indirectly Predicts Life Satisfaction, Nathaniel N. Berry
A Comparative Analysis of Groundwater Vulnerability and PFAS Contamination in Maine, Eli Boesch Dining
An Assessment of the Environmental Effects of High-Efficiency Affordable Housing in Lewiston, Maine, Gabrielle Lorina Brewer
Analyzing Mono Basin Surface Waters for Stable Isotopes (𝛅𝟏𝟖𝐎 and 𝛅𝟐𝐇) and Major Cations to Assess Basin-Wide Evaporation and Geochemical Inputs, Madison A. Broda
The Impacts of Eurasian Water Milfoil presence in Maine, David Robbert Byrne
Of Pawos and Bodhisattvas: The Poltico-Religious Language of Tibetan Self-Immolation, John Henry Waugh Cantor
Rooted Actants and Social-Ecological Remediation: An Analysis of Plant Agency in the Reforestation of the Monongahela National Forest, Mary Katharyn Caperton
"The Greening of Hate": Environmentalism as a Tool of the Far Right, Sarah Chang
Sea Urchins and Kelp Forests in California, Kevin Y. Chen
An Inventory and Analysis of Post Glacial Faults in Maine, Nicholas Chiu
Climate Gentrification: The Case of Green Resilient Development in Boston, Eunah Choi
Gardens of Oppression: In Search of Her Delight, Khushi Choudhary
Management Recommendations to Facilitate Wild and Farmed Scallop Fishery Co-existence in the Gulf of Maine, Alysse E. Cleasby
Strategies to Address Spiking Demand for Treatment in College Counseling Centers, Joanna G. Cloutier
The Mark of the Beast, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the End of the World, Alice M. Cockerham
Le français et les Franco(phone)s: An exploration of the evolving significance of French in Maine, Martha Coleman
8,000 Years of Forests in Maine: A Story Told by the Eastern Hemlock, Sugar Maple, and American Chestnut, Catherine (Cici) Conroy
A New Era of ESG: Corporate Rhetorics of Energy Transparency, Olivia Margaret Demerath
A New Era of ESG: Corporate Rhetorics of Energy Transparency, Olivia Margaret Demerath
The Seekers: American Religion in the Context of Heaven’s Gate, Max D. Devon
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Conceptualizations in Research and Policy, Allison Sarah Fischman
Unfit for Motherhood: The Involuntary Sterilization and Systemic Reproductive Coercion of Black Women in the United States from 1920 to 1980, Ariel Freedman
The Danish Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Sustainable Initiatives, Innovations, & Businesses, Jenna Genthner
The Alerting Congruency Interaction: A Window into the Dynamics of Attention and Response Selection, Maya Joy Golden
A Fishery In Jeopardy: Who Is To Blame For The Decline Of Striped Bass Along The Atlantic Seaboard?, Robert Christopher Griffin
Exploring Tensions Between Two Maine Landscapes: Toxic and Pristine, Caitlyn Elizabeth Hanley
Invasive Changes: How species both invasive and native have changed over time, and why does that matter to Mainers?, Nicolas Philip Munk Hansen
Addressing Misconceptions Surrounding Aquaculture, Andrew R. Hoffman
Echo Park Dam Controversy: The Value of Wilderness and the Articulation of Support or Opposition, Madeline Urquhart Hogan
From Grain to Main and Following Fish, Nathan Huynh
Ecologies of Black Freedom, Knowledge, and Resistance: An Environmental History of the Great Dismal Swamp, 1730-1865, Caleb S. Ireland
Colonialism as the Disaster: Retelling the Fight for Haitian Sovereignty, Sam Jean-Francois
Why Big Business Matters in Sustainability, Amisha Kalra
Greenwashing: Is There Performative Environmentalism at Bates?, Quinn Kieselowsky
Mapping the Impacts of Climate Change on Mediterranean Viticulture, Zoe A. Knauss