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.
2021
Extension of Restricted Open-Shell Kohn-Sham Methodology to a Density-Functional Tight-Binding Framework, Reuben Szabo
Lidar-Based Riparian Forest Assessment of the Nooksack River, Washington, Julia Tatum
Computational Design of Novel Materials for Solar Energy Conversion and Catalysis, Corey Teply
Mapping Genetic Variants Associated with Dynamic Protein Abundance in Haploid Yeast, Tanner Thuet-Davenport
A Meta-Analytic Review of Asian American Well-Being, Kristina Tran
Structural Studies of the von Willebrand Factor D’ domain and its Binding Mechanism to Factor VIII, AP Wang
Provenance of early Paleogene strata in the Bighorn Basin (Wyoming, U.S.A.): Implications for Laramide tectonism and basin-scale stratigraphic patterns, Jessica L. Welch
Creating a Comprehensive Western American/Canadian Fire Dataset, 1880-2018, Katherine Welch
Signaling and Trafficking in Choanoflagellates and Humans: A Study of Conserved Peptide-Binding Domains, Haley Wofford
Revaluating the use of mollusks for estimating paleodepth in the Pacific Northwest, E Worthington
Gender Socialization in Contemporary American Culture, Drew Elizabeth Wright
Barriers to Educational Resources: The Effect of Disability Disclosure on Ratings of a Scholarship Applicant, Yichuan Yin
Exploring Social Physique Anxiety, Ethnic Identity, and Gender Identity in Exercisers, Kelly M. Zwicker
2020
Regulation of Glutamate Receptor (GLR-1) Under Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Caenorhabditis elegans, Janie Aguilera
Slip rates and kinematics of active crustal faults in the central Oregon Cascades, Katherine Alexander
Timing and Conditions of Metamorphism in the Cascades Crystalline Core from Garnet Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd Geochronology, Peter Baker
Activation of Nitrite and Carbon Dioxide by Cobalt Centered Redox Active Ligand Featuring a Hemilabile Pendant Amine, Douglas F. Baumgardner
The Impacts of Sex-Specific Diets of a Marine Predator on Ecosystem Models, Jonathan Blubaugh
Andre Lyle Act: Skin and Bones, Janine Blue
Sun, Sand, & Afternoon Showers: Creating nature-based, outdoor classroom curriculum for a central florida preschool, Ali Burdick
Nineteenth Century Sacred Music: Bruckner and the rise of the Cäcilien-Verein, Nicholas Bygate
Does Text Messaged Social Support Attenuate Cardiovascular and Psychological Reactivity to a Laboratory Stressor?, Tabitha C. S. Caley
Modeling the effects of climate change on streamflow and stream temperature in the South Fork of the Stillaguamish River, Katherine Mary Clarke
The Effects of 6 Weeks of Hip-Strengthening Exercises on Drop Jump Performance in Middle School Students, Blake Corl-Baietti
Polybenzoxazine-Grafted Composites: Accelerated Polymerization of Benzoxazine Resins from Bulk- to Microscale Mesylated Materials, Cassidy L. Crickmore
Clam garden bivalve dietary responses and trophic shifts in relation to environment, Octavio Cruz
Development of TI-DFTB: Transition Dipole Moment Calculations in a Time-Independent Density Functional Tight-Binding Framework, Megan Deshaye
Non-Traditional Music Classes in Secondary Public School Music Programs, Patrick J. Doran
LSC Fabrication and Design: Bulk Polymerization and Ultrathin Architectures, Justin T. Doyle
Metrics of shoreline armoring impacts on beach morphology in the Salish Sea, WA, Hannah Drummond
Language We Fall Through, Jai Dulani
Analysis of the role of RNA silencing protein 1 (Rsp1) in the biogenesis of ~23-24 nt sRNAs in Tetrahymena thermophila, Samantha Elizabeth O'Keffe Neff Ernest
Eat the Eye: Stories, Abigail Feden
Land, Body, Liberation: An Ecofeminist Pedagogical Approach to Place-Based Education, Amy L. Fitkin
Effect of a Coevolved Parasitic Nematode on Fitness of the Desert Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos), Holly Flann
Applying the United States Forest Service National Framework for Sustainable Recreation to the Entiat Ranger District: From Theory to Implementation, Katherine Galambos
The Role of Relational Mobility in Cultural Expression of Social Anxiety in Context, Jerry T. Geffre-Barnett
Between Beaverhouse and Eden, Joey Griffith
A Non-Invasive Technique for Tracking a Marine Predator (Phoca vitulina) Through Molecular Scat Analysis, Nathaniel Guilford
Conifer establishment and encroachment on subalpine meadows around Mt. Baker, WA, Ben Hagedorn
Water Resources on the Pacific Crest Trail: Thru-Hiker Experiences and Alternate Water Sources in 2019, Riley Hine
Body Imagery: Stories and Essays, Eleanor Howell
Bio-preservation Potential of Sediment in Eberswalde crater, Mars, Cory Hughes
Active and passive joint position sense on healthy hips, Julianna J. Johnson
When You Are Dead, Mikel Johnson
Paleomagnetic and Structural Analysis of Geothermal Drill Core from Akutan, Alaska, Molly Kathleen Johnson
Ethnography of Urban Food Policy: Increasing Food Sovereignty in Bellingham, Washington, Matia Jones
The Feed, Zachary Kaplan-Moss
Novice Music Teachers: Beginning Secondary Music Teachers and the Challenges of Classroom Management, Christopher Kelley
Testing the potential for using Structure from Motion photogrammetry methods to estimate seasonal mass balance on lower Easton Glacier, Mount Baker, WA, Elizabeth Kimberly
Survival, growth, and radula morphology of postlarval pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) when fed six species of benthic diatoms, Lillian Miller Kuehl
Effects of anthropogenic forest stresses on the distribution and abundance of the Olympic Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus) in the Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park, Travis MacNeil Kurtz
Enslaved Midwives in the Long Eighteenth Century: Slavery, Reproduction, and Creolization in the Chesapeake, 1720 - 1830, Emily A. Lampert
Incorporating Climate Change Predictions in Ecological Risk Assessment: A Bayesian Network Relative Risk Model for Chinook Salmon in the Skagit River Watershed, Eric J. Lawrence
Allylic Benzoate Reductions: A Study on Stereospecificity, Michael A. Leitch
Wave runup and morphologic change on a mixed-sediment beach in the Salish Sea, WA, Avery Maverick
C.A.L.M., Jessica McCutchen
Carbodiimides: Templates for Covalent Adaptable Networks and Post Polymerization Modification, Alberto J Melchor Bañales
Not One Girl, But Many: Stories, Hannah R. Newman
Interdisciplinary Interspecies Pedagogies for Educating in the Anthropocene: Bringing Critical Animal Studies to Huxley College of the Environment, Sarah R. (Sarah Rose) Olson
The Effects of Hip Position on Scapular Kinematics and Muscle Activation in the Oblique Sling: A Simulated Study, Sarah Elizabeth Pine
Neural Signaling Dynamics of Conditioning in C. elegans, Micaela R. Pribic
Organic Molecular Crystal Engineering via Organic Vapor-Liquid-Solid Deposition, Griffin Reed
Ornithology in the Absence of Birds, Christa Rohrbach
Crystal Mush Dynamics of Mount St. Helens and Lassen Volcanic Center: Insights from Melt Inclusions and Titanium-In-Quartz Thermobarometry, Jeremy S. Rosen
Investigating the effects of climate co-stressors on surf smelt energy demands, Megan Russell
Using Multispectral Imagery to Interrogate Deposition, Alteration, and Weathering Across Curiosity Rover’s Traverse in Gale Crater, Mars, Christina Seeger
Connecting to Nature: Mindfulness and Desire to Engage in Pro-Environmental Behaviors, Mikayla L. Shea
Electrification and Decarbonization for Mid-sized Municipalities: A Case-study Marginal Abatement Cost Analysis, Patrick Shive
Rationalizations Within Neoliberalism: Public Schools, Protection, and the 1980s-1990s Culture Wars in Whatcom County, Washington, Vaughan Shubert
Every Needful Thing, Allison Spikes
Synthesis and Characterization of Earth Abundant Metal Phosphide Photocatalysts for the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction, John D. Springer
Dropout in Individual Psychotherapy From Adult Male Clients’ Perspectives, Karen L. Springer
Synthetic Studies on Guaipyridine Alkaloids: Rupestines B and C, Evangeline Starchman
Genomic Insights and Ecological Adaptations of Deep-Subsurface and Near Subsurface Thermococcus Isolates, Lilja Caitlin Strang
Community Structure of Benthic Microbial Mats at Hydrothermal Springs in Crater Lake, Oregon, Amanda Stromecki
Engineering Class A Sortases: Activity and Selectivity of Hybrid and Ancestral Variants, Sarah Struyvenberg
A Case Study of a Moderate-Sale Small Family Farm in King County, Washington: An Example of Social Capital, Socioemotional Wealth in the Context of Civic Agriculture, Kayanne J. Sullivan
Spatial and temporal trends of the annual first detections of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin in Puget Sound, WA, Margaret Taylor
Dendrochronological Assessment of the Easton Glacier's Terminus Position Over the Last 150 Years, Monica A. Villegas
The Effectiveness of Large Woody Debris Placement at Improving Freshwater Rearing Habitat and Enhancing Juvenile Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) Production, Caroline J. Walls
Plasmonic-based hybrid nanomaterial: from synthesis to application, Maggie Wang
Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi protect Rubus idaeus from the effects of soil-borne disease and parasitic nematodes?, Erika Whitney
Codon bias and mRNA folding stability: Two natural controls of protein expression dynamics, Anastacia Wienecke
Textile Recycling: The Influence of Moral Licensing on the Overconsumption of Clothing, Rebecca A. Williams
2019
Effect of Cupping Therapy on Respiratory Gas Exchange in Trained Endurance Runners, Maximilian Antush
String Sinfonia, June 3, 2019, Program Notes, Mika Armaly
There Is Only Us: Stories, Zoë S. (Zoë Scout) Ballering
The effects of hallux valgus and walking speed on dynamic balance in older adults, Carolyn E. Barbee
Synthesis of a stimulus responsive phosphine ligand and metal binding studies, Gabriel Bourne
Isopeptide Ligations Catalyzed by Streptococcus Suis Sortase A, Sarah Bowersox
Effects of Deep Slow Breath Training on Performance and Recovery During High Intensity Interval Cycling, Andrew D. (Andrew David) Brown