Throughout my thesis work, I created three pieces that incorporate the themes of reflection, transformation, and embodiment of space. The first sculptural piece I address is titled Absence. This work was a response to my ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) afflicts an estimated 300,000 births per year globally (Rees et al., 2010; Piel et al., 2017), rendering it the most common monogenic disorder in the world (Hassel 2010). This genetic disorder is ...

Adhesion and formation of coatings on a surface under water, such as physiological fluids and seawater, is limited by high salt concentrations, pH, and hydration. Inspired by mussels, polydopamaine (PDA) films overcome ...

In 2011, an uprising gripped the small archipelago of Bahrain, located in the Persian Gulf, as part of the wider series of contentious politics known popularly as the “Arab Spring.” Started by the 14 February Youth Coalition, ...

Fuel cells avoid the combustion process and hence are both more efficient and environmentally friendly than the common practice of burning fuels at power plants. Y-doped barium zirconium oxide (BaZrO3) represents one of ...

How are political identities formed? This thesis takes a historical-institutionalist, process-based view of the phenomenon of political identity formation in the United States, specifically focusing on the mixed impacts ...

Education is often a means to intergenerational mobility, but it still remains inaccessible to many people in much of the developing world. Higher education institutions directly affect the higher education level of the ...

Non-coding small RNAs (sRNAs) contribute to bacterial biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance, pathogenesis, and virulence by regulating gene expression. However, there is much we do not understand about their molecular ...

This study examined the relationship between college students’ subjective social status (SSS) and their use of professional mental health resources offered on a college campus and the extent to which that relationship is ...

This study examined whether dehumanization-type stereotypes acted as a mediator in the relationship between essentialist thinking and punishment given to Blacks and Asians. White participants were selected for inclusion ...