The mission of the Graduate School is to advance, promote, and serve graduate faculty, students, and programs through advocacy, leadership, and oversight. The Graduate School supports all graduate programs and students at Western, expanding graduate and undergraduate student access to engaging education, promoting life-long learning, enhancing scholarly activity, and developing graduates qualified to address the diverse critical needs of the state and nation.
2024
Belonging for all Identities: Investigating Responsive Strategies for Inclusion, Voice, and Equity in Secondary Schools, Gregory W. Allison
Biophysical and Structural Characterization of Blood Coagulation Factor VIII Lipid Binding with Lipid Nanodiscs, Nathan G. Avery
Biodiversity of Snow Algae in the North Cascades: Comparing Distinct Microhabitats at Mount Watson., Chloe Beck
Examining the Impact of Universal School Nutrition Programs on Student Access Levels and Associated Stigma: A Phenomenological Study, Christine Bell
Examining the Nexus between Scientific Literacy and Identity in General Chemistry, Tiffany Chamberlain
Coast Salish foods gathered on clam gardens and rocky intertidal beaches, Amy Rose Cline
Revealing Binding and Unbinding Pathways of Small Molecules and Peptides to Enzymes with Enhanced Sampling Methods, Kayla Ariana Croney
Transition State Kinetics Through Kramers’ Rate for Variationally Enhanced Sampling., David Cummins
Timing of subduction initiation and deformation history of amphibolite and blueschist in the Easton metamorphic suite, Northwest Cascades, Washington, Nick S. Cunetta
Iron mixed with clay, partly strong, partly brittle, Patrick Q. Czichas
Difference in Parental Reactions When Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse Individuals Come Out, Hannah Dahlke
Life cycle assessment of a hemp-based thermal insulation panel, Kara Davis
Examining survival response following immune challenge in a Drosophila model of mitochondrial DNA depletion, Angshita Dutta
The Lived Experiences of Transgender Women Engaged in Virtual Sex Work, Patricia Fernandez
“Two Years in the Making and Ten Minutes in the Destroying.” British Communal Army Formation during the First World War, Brian Fleming Bleed
Velocity structure of the Queen Charlotte Fault across the 2013 Mw 7.5 Craig earthquake region, Lazaro Valentin Garza
A Spatial Representation of Wilderness Character Degradation in the Stephen Mather Wilderness of North Cascades National Park Service Complex, Andrew Giacomelli
Amity and Commerce: The Jay Treaty and Free Trade in the Atlantic World, Aaron Gibbs
Half a House: an excerpt from a novel, Jamie Good
Restoring Forest Habitat Using Assisted Migration as a Climate Change Adaption, Chelsea Harris
No Place for You, Kaija Holland
Investigating the Role of ER-Associated Degradation in an Olfactory Neuron in the Nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, Heino Hulsey-Vincent
Tissue Stiffness and Upper Body Force Production in Trained Downhill and Enduro Mountain-bikers versus Road Cyclists, Brian Ingles
Improving Riparian Restoration Planning Efforts in San Juan County Using a Site-Specific Planting Tool, Julia Jaquery
Identifying Genome Protective RNA Interference Factors in Tetrahymena thermophila, Lena Kay Johnson
The Origin of Float Rocks on the Western Fan Front in Jezero Crater, Mars, Bavani S. Kathir
Post polymerization Modification and Preparation of Dynamic Polymer Networks via Guanylation of Aryl Carbodiimides, Conner J. Klingler
High Resolution Seafloor Structure of the Gofar Oceanic Transform Fault, Paige Koenig
The Biophysical Resilience Capacity of the Salish Sea’s Tidal Wetlands to Sea Level Rise, Kenna Kuhn
Hiring Practices and Retention Strategies for Teachers of Color: A Qualitative Study, Scott M. Leick
Traditional way of knowing in a Westernized way of doing: Philosophy and Practice, Heather H. Leighton
An Assessment of Historical and Future Bluff Recession in Puget Sound, WA, Callie Little
Affordable Infill, Virginia MacDonald
Composition of weathered oil residues: changes with depth and toxicological implications, Irene Noelle Maye
The Evolutionary History of Primate Litter Size, Jack Hansen McBride
Investigating symbiont acquisition in deep-sea snails using fluorescent in situ hybridization, Michelle Marie McCartha
Reconstructing vegetation cover during the retreat of the Puget Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet using organic matter from marine sediment cores, Emily McQuarrie
Beyond Dystopia: The effect of reading hopeful climate fiction on climate anxiety and environmental self-efficacy, Brandon McWilliams
Deglacial and Holocene environmental change recorded in lake sediments from the Snowy Mountains, Kosciuszko National Park, southeastern Australia, Emma J. Mickelson
The Defense of Dialectic and Ethics in Murray Bookchin’s Philosophy of Social Ecology, Peter Munsterman
“In the Example of the Rich and Powerful Nations”: The Limitations of American Sovereignty in the Mediterranean and Atlantic between 1783-96, Andrew W. Nelson
Stuck in the Middle – Dacitic Eruptions through Time at Three Sisters, Oregon, Alex Newsom
Constructing Community: Heresy in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, Alexis Nunn
Synthesis and DFT Investigations of Silver Nanocubes Coated with Gold Layers for Enhanced Stability, Ayomide Daniel Oluwafemi
An Ethnographic Study of Grace Services: Understanding Resilience at an Organizational Level, Jessica Paredes Strong
Epistemology of Ignorance and the Invisibility of Indigenous Peoples, Kimberly R. Peterson
My Werewolf Boyfriend, Alex Phengsavath
Vanishing Volcanics: Mass Wasting Deposit Heterogeneity, with Implications for Rapid Downstream Abrasion, Brian Pinke
Distributed Leadership Practices of Elementary and Secondary School Administrators in the State of Washington, Kelly A. Raymond
A Well-Trained Heart: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Kodály-Inspired Secondary Choirs, Kyra Rengstorf
How Latinx Are You: Cultural Identification Impacts Perceptions of Latinx Youth, Natalie Saavedra
Estuarine Wetland Restoration Impacts on Carbon Sequestration in the Oldest Projects Along the West Coast, Jenna Schroeder
Attitudes Towards Conservation in the Sagarmatha and Makalu-Barun National Park, Nepal, Morgan A. Scott
Paleocurrent dispersion applied to constrain channel planform morphology of ancient river systems, Anthony Semeraro
The Fish Bites Back: A Developmental Analysis of Feeding Biomechanics in Danionin Minnows, Collin Shinkle
Effects of Wearing Face Masks During Continuous Exercise in Runners, Amanda E. Short-Mataya
My Deepest, Most Tender Wound: Stories, Katie K. Strubel
Legacy and Emerging Contaminants of Concern in Edible Seaweeds of the Salish Sea, Holly L. Suther
Deoxygenating Nitrogen Oxides Using Coordination Complexes and Anionic Activity, Allison Teigen
Modeling the impact of agricultural management practices on riverine N export in the transboundary Nooksack River watershed, Washington, Astoria Tershy
Elucidating The Binding Characteristics of LRP1 in Factor VIII Blood Coagulation, Nicole Topor-Madry
Enculturation in the Lullaby Environment, Benjamin Wade
Way Back Machine, Allison Wehrle
Orientalism in Ancient Literature and its Transmission into Modern Popular Culture, Alan Wheeler
Simulating Tree Rings: Untangling Climate From Noise Under the ‘Simple Signal-Free’ Standardization Method, Anne M. Wilce
A Micro-Longitudinal Study of Coping, Stress, and Meaning in Life, Zachary Z. Willett
Revealing epigenetic processes in Populus by looking at Chromatin accessibility with ATAC-seq, Elizabeth Wirsching
An Ecocentric Turn: Emerging Narratives in the Growing U.S. Rights of Nature Movement, Raechel E. Youngberg
The Acute Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Sport Performance, Jesse Yun
2023
The Perfectionist, Katherine Abdallah
An Examination of the Mental Health Symptoms of Former Adolescent Athletes Who Experienced Either Forced or Expected Athletic Retirement, Lindsay Ahmann
Kinetic analysis of the grafting thermal ring-opening polymerization reaction of benzoxazine with sulfonyl-ester functionalized polymers, Tawakalt Adetoun Akinjobi
The Well-Coordinated Pianist, Avery Alexander
The Black Cauldron, a Curtain of Fire, and the Sword of the War God: Connections Between Nomadic Populations on the Ancient Eurasian Steppe, Shawn R. Armistead
Development of nickel phosphide-indium oxide photothermal catalysts for the reverse water gas shift reaction, Michael S. Baldwin
Boundaries to Belonging: An Ethnography of Refugee Resettlement in Washington State, Elizabeth Baseman
Weaving Fragmented Lands Together: Perspectives on a National Framework for Landscape Conservation, Jaimie Baxter
Jazz Choir Arranging: Tips and Best Practices, Connor Bennion
Development of Silk Microparticles Capable of Bioluminescence, Monique Berg
Coupling Unoccupied Aerial System Surveys and Elevation Measurements to Predict Native and Nonnative Eelgrass Cover in Padilla Bay, Jacqui Bergner
The Effects of an Imagery Intervention on Self-Efficacy during Athletic Injury Rehabilitation, Peyton Ann Bilo
Trophic transfer of metals from seaweed to shellfish in an aquaculture system, Sophia Boyd
Rhetorical Vulnerability, Sophia Brauner
Slope of the Torque-Velocity Relationship Between Males and Females, Robert Bromen
Cultivating Change: Case Study Analysis of Agricultural Resistance in Whatcom and Skagit Counties, Washington, Dana Bronstein