Graduate Student Works

  • “Analyzing Story Arcs in Palliative Care with Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing Techniques” Keiran Kozlowski (Summer Research Scholar, UVM Larner College of Medicine, 2025)
  • “Connectional Silences: Deciphering Pivot Points in End-of-life Conversations” Kevin Peters M.S. (Summer Research Scholar, UVM Larner College of Medicine, 2024)
  • “Machine Learning Identification of Connectional Silence in Serious Illness Conversation” Jeremy Matt, Ph.D. (Doctoral Dissertation, UVM Department of Computer Science; Defended June 2023)
  • “Interpersonal Grounding in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy” Emily Bennett, MD (Independent Study, UVM Larner College of Medicine, AY 2022-2023)
  • “Cluster Analysis of Time Series Data with Application to Hydrological Events and Serious Illness Conversations” Ali Javed, Ph.D. (Doctoral Dissertation, UVM Department of Computer Science; Defended June 2021)
  • “Exploring Hidden Networks Yields Important Insights in Disparate Fields of Study” Larry Clarfeld, Ph.D. (Doctoral Dissertation, UVM Department of Computer Science; Defended November 2020)
  • “Expressions of Existential Experience in Palliative Care Conversations” Elise Tarbi, Ph.D., RN, APRN (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing; Defended June 2020)
  • “Patient & Family Expressions of Uncertainty in Palliative Care Conversations” Susan Stanek, PH.D., RN (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Rochester School of Nursing; Defended June 2020)
  • “Family Contributions to Palliative Care Conversations” Nathalie Dougoud, Ph.D., RN, APRN (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Rochester School of Nursing; Defended June 2020)
  • “Machine Learning Detection of Pauses in Hospital Conversations” Viktoria Manukyan, M.S. (Master’s Degree Project, UVM Complex Systems & Data Science; published 2018

Undergraduate Student Works

  • “Talking About the Psychedelic Experience: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Integration Sessions in Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder and Cancer” Ian Bhatia BA (Undergraduate Thesis, UVM Honors College, Defended May 2025)
  • “Should I dig my hole? Or do I have a few weeks to dig it?”: An Observational Study of Prognostic Communication in Tele-palliative Care” Natalie Ambrose BSN (Undergraduate Thesis, UVM Honors College, Defended May 2025)
  • “There are not enough words: Developing a measure of unfolding awe in psilocybin-assisted therapy.” Maggie Demeo-Meres BS, Ian Bhatia BA, Suzanna Buehler, Nabil Balach (Poster Presentation, 2025 National Undergraduate Research Conference, Brown University, April 2025)
  • “If you can’t see it, you can’t read it… you’re in the world of the unknown”: How communication features impact human connection during telehealth cancer care” Amelia Haque (Zeigler Research Scholar Presentation, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Spring 2025)
  • “Expressions of Loneliness in Conversational Storytelling” Ann Wong (Undergraduate Thesis, UVM Honors College; Defended May 2023)
  • “Emotional Intelligence in Storylistening Conversations” Nina Pastore (Undergraduate Thesis, UVM Honors College; Defended May 2023)
  • “Machine Learning Pattern of Silence Expression in Storylistening Conversations” Advik Dewoolkar (Barrett Scholar Program, UVM College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences; Summer 2022)
  • “Metaphor in Serious Illness Conversations” Aidan May (Undergraduate Thesis, UVM Honors College; Defended May 2022)
  • “Exploration of StoryArcs in Palliative Care Conversations using Natural Language Processing” Lindsay Ross B.S. (Undergraduate Thesis, UVM Honors College; Defended April 2019)