{"id":958,"date":"2017-08-20T15:48:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T20:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pbose\/?page_id=958"},"modified":"2025-06-21T07:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T12:22:07","slug":"graduate-theses-and-dissertations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pbose\/teaching\/graduate-theses-and-dissertations\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Theses and Dissertations"},"content":{"rendered":"

PhD<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

2024\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Abijah Manga, Understanding how families with refugee backgrounds promote their community cultural wealth in the transition to a US college education: a case study of a Congolese family, <\/em>Education, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Phyu Pannu Khin, Trauma and resilience mechanisms during political violence<\/em>, Clinical Psychology, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Justine Dee, Survivors of torture, trauma, and chronic low back pain: analyses of physical therapy interventions and utilization, <\/em>Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Gabriel McCann, Promoting family professional partnerships among refugee families through community-based participatory action research, <\/em>Education, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Josiah Taylor, Evaluating multiple domains of economic and quality of life impacts of immigrant-focused community farm programs<\/em>, Food Systems, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Holly Weldon, Interparental conflict as a predictor of psychological adjustment in refugee children<\/em>, Psychological Sciences, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Ritwika Biswas, Reclaiming the urban: an intersectional analysis of women\u2019s and men\u2019s experiences of public space in Kolkata, India<\/em>.\u00a0 Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University.<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Joseph Ament, A counter-counter revolution in monetary theory<\/em>, Ecological Economics, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Jonah Meyerhoff, Risk factors for suicide amongst Bhutanese refugees <\/em>Psychological Sciences, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Anne Alyse Brassell, War in the Nursery: The Impact of Transgenerational Trauma on Refugee Infant Development<\/em>, Psychological Sciences, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2017 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Victoria Baptiste, The Impact of Stigma on the Mental Health of Resettled African and Asian Refugees<\/em>, Psychological Sciences, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Phoebe Spencer, Shaping Policy in the Anthropocene: Gender Justice as a Social, Economic and Ecological Challenge<\/em>, Ecological Economics, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) David Sussman, Mobilizing in Response to Mining: Analyzing the Cases of Tia Maria and Quellaveco in Southern Peru<\/em>, Political Science, Tufts University<\/p>\n

2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Prem Timsina, Effectiveness of Teacher Preparation Program in Addressing Educational Achievement Gap in Secondary Schools in Vermont<\/em>, Education, University of Vermont\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Vincent Mugisha, Engaged African refugee youth negotiating schooling in the United States of America: an inquiry into the influence of culture and social structure, <\/em>Education, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (External Examiner) Divya Anand, Re-imagining nations and rethinking nature: contemporary eco-political controversies in India and Australia, <\/em>English and Sociology, La Trobe University, Australia.<\/p>\n

MA\/MS<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (guest critic\/external advisor) Grace Barrett, Design, Rhode Island School of Art and Design\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Parisa Suchdev, Analyzing the impact of cultural factors on happiness levels in Arabic language tweets<\/em>, Complex Systems and Data Science, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (supervisor) Caroline Gilman, MS Candidate, Access to culturally appropriate food in Chittenden County: a program evaluation of the Vermont Foodbank\u2019s Fresh Food Distribution<\/em>, Food Systems, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Ali Boochever, MS Candidate, A Pilot Farm Training Program in Conjunction with Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility (CRCF) to Support Women\u2019s Reentry to the Workforce and Provide Valuable Skills for Vermont\u2019s Small Farm Ecosystem<\/em>, Food Systems, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Mariah Besplug, Building refuge: narratives from the private sponsorship of refugees program in the Lethbridge, Alberta area, <\/em>Geography, University of Lethbridge<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Elizabeth Lohre, Developing an Adaptive Resource Management Framework for Sustainable Cashmere Production in Mongolia<\/em>, Natural Resources, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Kelly Gothard, Incel narratives: deciphering the involuntarily celibate lexicon<\/em>, Complex Systems and Data Science, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2020\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (chair) Phyu Pannu Khin, Testing resilience as a moderator of the torture-mental health relationship in refugee survivors of torture<\/em>, Clinical Psychology, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Xavier Brown, A Soilful Journey, <\/em>Leadership for Sustainability, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Hannah Ullmann, Imagining disparities in long distance travel access<\/em>, Natural Resources, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Hannah Stokes, Measuring food insecurity amongst refugees settled in Vermont, <\/em>Food Systems, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Margaret Mckendry and Meghan Morris, Understanding food insecurity among Iraqi resettled refugees in Northern Vermont<\/em>, Dietetics, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (supervisor) Elissa Johnson, Don\u2019t tell them I eat weeds a study of gatherers of wild edibles in Vermont through intersectional identities<\/em>, Food Systems, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Anna Dirkse, A case study of the \u2018Benet Land Problem\u2019 in Eastern Uganda, <\/em>Natural Resources, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Jesse Mazar, Resistance and resilience: Latinx migrant farmworkers in the northern borderlands, <\/em>Food Systems, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Robin Fitch-McCulloch, Imperial influence on the postcolonial Indian Army 1945-1973, <\/em>History, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Monika Derrien, Experiences and visions of Vermont landscapes: a case study of Bosnian immigrants in Chittenden County, Vermont, <\/em>Natural Resources, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Stephen Lemcke, Leave lesser men to their golf clubs then\u2026the golf boom, 1880-1900, and the challenges to British imperial masculinities, <\/em>History, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Shauna Henley, Rural Vermont: the food environment and cooking practices as an implication for health, <\/em>Food and Nutrition Studies, University of Vermont<\/p>\n

2009\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (committee member) Alana Shaw, Ecotourism in the Carib territory of Dominica: Power, indigeneity and the development process, <\/em>Natural Resources, University of Vermont<\/p>\n\n\n

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