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
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
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, Samuel 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
The Use of Domestic Wastewater as a Circulating Fluid in a Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Power Plant, Alexander T. Kovacs
Layered Landscapes: Conservation Based Approaches to Restorative Justice in Mozambique, Megan Lacey
The Synthesis of a Novel TET Inhibitor and its Inhibition of the TET Enzyme, Elizabeth G. LaCroix
Abundance of Plankton Taxa and Their Effects on the Planktonic Community in Lake Auburn., Dylan Ernest Larose
The Right Against Coercion: A Normative Conception Restricts Police Deception, Nathaniel J. Lewis
Food Justice Imaginaries: A Critical Look at Elite and Grassroots Discourses, Claire Lim
Understanding and Quantifying Phosphorus Transport from Septic Systems to Lake Auburn, Evan Ma
Plant Succession and Soil Chemical Weathering on Post-glacial Landscapes, SE Alaska, Alana Margerum
Mitigating Air Pollution in Jakarta, Indonesia: An Evaluation of “Rendering Technical”, Trevor Forest McAuliffe
A Paleoseismic Investigation of the Central Seismic Gap and Rupture Extent of the AD1505 Earthquake: Northwest Himalaya, India, Natalie Meenan
Investigating the intersectionality between gun violence and climate change in marginalized communities, Gabrielle Sophie Meisel
Petrogenetic history of lava flows from the Casitas Shield in the Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile, Maeve S. Mikulski
'Take What You Need, Give What You Can': An Analysis of the Feasibility of a Community Fridge as a Means to Combat Food Insecurity in Lewiston, Maine, Annika Mirchandani
An Ethnographic Examination of Belonging and Hype in Web3 Communities, Kian Moaledj
An Exploration Into Earths Carbon Threshold, Lucy Moseley
Fascism and the Invention of the “New Woman” in Mussolini’s Italy, Katherine E. North
Del ‘bárbaro’ noble a su deconstrucción: La representación del 'indio' en La Araucana y La Florida del Inca, Cody M. Pfeiffer
“Habia abido y abia y andaba en ellas duende…”: The case of a duende in early modern Spain, Cody M. Pfeiffer
Wildfires in the US and Australia: NGO Polarization Amidst Political Polarization and Climate Disasters, Kallie E. Polgrean
Lead in Our Paint & Water: Poisoning the Minds and Potential of Lewiston’s Children, Avrah Ross
The Role of Vulnerability, Anticipation, and Narrative Structure in California’s Drought Management and Water Allocation Strategies, Sophie C. Scola
Tackling PFAS in Maine: a Resident's Guide to "Forever Chemicals", Victoria Theodora Scott
An Analysis on the Portland-Montreal Pipeline; Indigenous Philosophical Perspectives, Linnéa J. Selendy
The Environmental Implications of War: Analysis of the Spectacular and Slow Environmental Violence Inflicted through Russia’s Deliberate Targeting and Weaponization of Ukrainian Environments, Alexander Campanile Sheikh
Constructing Temporality and Contextualizing the Passing of Time: How Native Foods Operate as Timekeepers / How the Modern American Food Market Manipulates Their Functionality, Robert Francis Sheils
The Heart and Spirit of the Table: Discourses and Practices of the Sobremesa in Madrid, Spain, Isabella Andrea Sobolewski
The Case for Climate Reparations: Implementing Compensatory Justice Measures to Amend the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, Josephine Buell Stevens
Planar Lipid Bilayer Analysis of Candidate Rotavirus Antivirals, Emily H. Tamkin
Urban Environmental Education: Redefining Nature and Realigning Pedagogy, Clare Anne Trinity
A Critical Environmental Justice Review of Manufactured Housing, Charles Van Damme
Maine Tisanes: Herbal Tea Past, Present, and Future, Friedrich DB Wilcox
RenoRide? The Biggest Little Bike-Share in the World, Isaac A. Williams
The Forgotten Women of South Africa: Mamphela Ramphele and Her Role in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Ellie Wolfe
A Case for Re-Commoning: The (De)commodification of Food in Lewiston, Maine, Sophie Worsh-Farnum
Getting Warmer? Motivations, Messages, and Distance to Goal in Fundraising Campaigns, Qiyun Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Importance of Snake Education on Snake Conservation, Jason Alfandre
The Emancipating Potential of Linguistic Justice: Standardized Language and Writing Practices in Higher Education and the Reproduction of Oppressive Structures, Eliana Al-Konsul
Stability Analysis of Manganese-Oxides As Cathodes for Sodium Ion Batteries, Loren Andrews
Sustainable Urban Living: A Cultural Take on Tokyo's Sustainability Efforts, Koharu Aoki
Analyzing the Great Resignation and the 躺平 Lying Flat Movement, Elizabeth Bauer
An Examination of Zoos: Suffering, Domination, and More., Jasper Destefano Beardslee
“Nobody’s More Country”: Identity in Country-Rap Crossover Music, Amanda Mai T. Becker
One Blue Bowl: A Graphic History of the Silk Roads, Maya Benziger
An Environmental Virtue Ethics Approach To Understanding Eco-Terrorism, Daniel S. Bileca
“These People, Do They Care?” Facilitating Connections to Post-Incarceration Reentry Supports, Emma R. Block
Methane Emissions, Carbon Sequestration, and Groundwater Hydrology Along the Freshwater Margin of the Sprague River Salt Marsh, Parker Caswell
Reconstructing early Holocene warmth in outer Isfjorden, Svalbard using stable isotope analysis on the ocean quahog, Arctica islandica, Emma Isabelle Christman
Metaphor, Gendered Slurs, and Epistemic Injustice, Sophie Cohen
Critical Thermal Maxima and Plasticity in Metabolic Rates: A Comparison of Two Ant Species, Etti Olivia Cooper
The Nez Perce Struggle for Wild Chinook Salmon Restoration and an Exploration of Necessary Collaborations Moving Forward, Rosie Crawford