This is a central hub for research, scholarship, and creative activity on COVID-19 created by faculty, staff, and students of Chapman University.
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Dissertations from 2023
Computational Analysis of Antibody Binding Mechanisms to the Omicron RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein: Identification of Epitopes and Hotspots for Developing Effective Therapeutic Strategies, Mohammed Alshahrani
Manufacturing Growth is Moderating, Anderson Center for Economic Research
The Hi-Tech Industries Push the Manufacturing Sector Down, Anderson Center for Economic Research
Virtual and In Vitro Screening of Natural Products Identifies Indole and Benzene Derivatives as Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (Mpro), Dony Ang, Riley Kendall, and Hagop S. Atamian
Shot Talk: Development and Pilot Test of a Theory of Planned Behavior Campaign to Combat College Student COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Hannah Ball, Tayah Renea Wozniak, and Cailin M. Kuchenbecker
Introduction: Studying Presidents and the Presidency, Lori Cox Han
Investigating Interactive Methods in Remote Chestfeeding Support for Lactation Consulting Professionals in Brazil, Jessica de Souza, Cinthia Calsinski, Kristina Chamberlain, Franceli L. Cibrian, and Edward Jay Wang
Using the Scientific Method to Combat the Biological and Sociological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Aspiring Healthcare Professional’s Perspective, Isabelle Dhindsa
Engagement in Diverse Sexual Behaviors and Desire for Different Types of Relationships Among Single Heterosexual People when COVID-19 Vaccines were First Available, Manya Dhupar, Emily Foster, Amy Moors, Amanda Gesselman, and Justin Garcia
Positive Changes in Safety Perception Among Blacks with HIV and Comorbidities: Assessment of Social Determinants of Health During COVID‑19, Marc Fleming, Deidra Lee, Chukwuezugo Oranu, Jon C. Schommer, Jennifer M. Cocohoba, Jennifer Cooper, Crystal K. Hodge, Saharnaz Nedjat, and Kathleen Borgmann
Not a Waste: Wastewater Surveillance to Enhance Public Health, Anna Gitter, Jeremiah Oghuan, Anuja Rajendra Godbole, Carlos A. Chavarria, Carlos Monserrat, Tao Hu, Yun Wang, Anthony W. Maresso, Blake M. Hanson, Kristina D. Mena, and Fuqing Wu
DNA Barcoding of Ayurvedic Herbal Supplements used for the Purported Treatment of COVID-19, Calin Harris
Labeling Compliance and Online Claims for Ayurvedic Herbal Supplements on the U.S. Market Associated with the Purported Treatment of COVID-19, Chevon R. Jordan, Calin M. Harris, Miranda I. Miranda, Diane Y. Kim, and Rosalee S. Hellberg
Museums, COVID-19 and the Pivot to Social Media, Jamie Larkin, Andrea Ballatore, and Ekaterina Mityrova
Experiences of COVID-19-Related Racism and Impact on Depression Trajectories Among Racially/Ethnically Minoritized Adolescents, Sabrina R. Liu, Elysia Poggi Davis, Anton M. Palma, Hal S. Stern, Curt A. Sandman, and Laura M. Glynn
Factors Affecting Initiation and Retention of Medication-Assisted Recovery (MAR) within a Pilot Pharmacist-Involved Practice Model at a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC) during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tiffany Nguyen, Thomas Craig Cheetham, Souhiela Fawaz, Richard Beuttler, and Sharon Xavioer
Trigger Warnings and a Pedagogy of Trust, Morgan Read-Davidson
COVID-Dynamic: A Large-Scale Longitudinal Study of Socioemotional and Behavioral Change Across the Pandemic, Tessa Rusch, Yanting Han, Dehua Liang, Amber R. Hopkins, Carolyn V. Lawrence, Uri Maoz, Lynn K. Paul, Damian A. Stanley, and The COVID-Dynamic Team
Reconnecting with Exes and Having Sex with Platonic Roommates During the First Five Months of the COVID - 19 Pandemic, Valentyna Simon, Alex Kraft, Amy Moors, Amanda Gesselman, and Justin Garcia
Balancing Functional Tradeoffs between Protein Stability and ACE2 Binding in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2, BA.2.75 and XBB Lineages: Dynamics-Based Network Models Reveal Epistatic Effects Modulating Compensatory Dynamic and Energetic Changes, Gennady M. Verkhivker, Mohammed Alshahrani, and Grace Gupta
Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulations and Ensemble-Based Mutational Profiling of Protein Stability in the Different Functional Forms of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Trimers: Balancing Stability and Adaptability in BA.1, BA.2 and BA.2.75 Variants, Gennady M. Verkhivker, Mohammed Alshahrani, and Grace Gupta
What Quantifies Good Primary Care in the United States? A Review of Algorithms and Metrics Using Real-World Data, Yun Wang, Jianwei Zheng, Todd Schneberk, Yu Ke, Alexandre Chan, Tao Hu, Jerika Lam, Mary Gutierrez, Ivan Portillo, Dan Wu, Chi-Hung Chang, Yang Qu, Lawrence Brown, and Michael B. Nichol
Submissions from 2022
The Use of Advanced Spectral Imaging to Reveal Nanoparticle Identity in Biological Samples, Qamar A. Alshammari, Rajasekharreddy Pala, Ayan K. Barui, Saud O. Alshammari, Andromeda M. Nauli, Nir Katzir, Ashraf M. Mohieldin, and Surya M. Nauli
California's Manufacturing Sector Grows for the Seventh Consecutive Quarter, Anderson Center for Economic Research
Manufacturing Sector's Growth Rate Inches Upward, Anderson Center for Economic Research
Manufacturing Sector Sustains Its Growth Path, Anderson Center for Economic Research
A Descriptive Literature Review of Early Research on COVID-19 and Close Relationships, Jennifer L. Bevan, Madison K. Murphy, Pamela J. Lannutti, Richard B. Slatcher, and Rhonda N. Balzarini
Global Cancer Statistics 2022: The Trends Projection Analysis, Bhupender S. Chhikara and Keykavous Parang
High-Yield Webinar Engagement Strategies and Teacher Candidate Professional Learning, Meghan Cosier, Sara Morgan, and Audri Sandoval Gomez
“This Isn’t Just Busy, This is Scary”: Stress, Social Support, and Coping Experiences of Frontline Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Erin S. Craw, Tess M. Buckley, and Michelle Miller-Day
Citizenship Matters: Non-Citizen COVID-19 Mortality Disparities in New York and Los Angeles, Jason A. Douglas, Georgiana Bostean, Angel Miles Nash, Emmanuel B. John, Lawrence M. Brown, and Andrew M. Subica
Influenza Activity and Vaccine Effectiveness During the 2021-2022 Season, Jeff Goad
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Continues to Shape Immunization in Pharmacy, Jeffery Goad
Editorial: Education Leadership and the COVID-19 Crisis, Margaret Grogan, Michelle D. Young, and Mónica Byrne-Jiménez
Biophysical Insight into the SARS-CoV2 Spike–ACE2 Interaction and Its Modulation by Hepcidin through a Multifaceted Computational Approach, Hamid Hadi-Alijanvand, Luisa Di Paola, Guang Hu, David M. Leitner, Gennady M. Verkhivker, Peixin Sun, Humanath Poudel, and Alessandro Giuliani
Online Dating During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is it the New Norm?, Sara Henry, Emily Foster, Alexandra Kraft, Amanda N. Gesselman, and Amy Moors
Characterizing First-Year Biology Majors’ Motivations and Perceptions of the Discipline, Jeremy L. Hsu and Lauren Dudley
The U.S. Travel Health Pharmacists’ Role in a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Era, Keri Hurley-Kim, Karina Babish, Eva Chen, Alexis Diaz, Nathan Hahn, Derek Evans, Sheila M. Seed, and Karl Hess
Teaching in the Age of Covid-19—The New Normal, Petar Jandrić, Ana Fuentes Martinez, Charles Reitz, Liz Jackson, Dennis Grauslund, David Hayes, Happiness Onesmo Lukoko, Michael Hogan, Peter Mozelius, Janine Aldous Arantes, Paul Levinson, Jānis John Ozoliņš, James D. Kirylo, Paul R. Carr, Nina Hood, Marek Tesar, Sean Sturm, Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield, Georgina Tuari Stewart, Juha Suoranta, Jimmy Jaldemark, Ulrika Gustafsson, Lilia D. Monzó, Ivana Batarelo Kokić, Jimmy Ezekiel Kihwele, Jake Wright, Pallavi Kishore, Paul Alexander Stewart, Susan Bridges, Mikkel Lodahl, Peter Bryant, Kulpreet Kaur, Stephanie Hollings, James Benedict Brown, Anne Steketee, Paul Prinsloo, Moses Kayade Hazzan, Michael Jopling, Julia Mañero, Andrew Gibbons, Sarah Pfohl, Niklas Humble, Jacob Davidsen, Derek R. Ford, Navreeti Sharma, Kevin Stockbridge, Olli Pyyhtinen, Carlos Escaño, Charlotte Achieng-Evensen, Jennifer Rose, Jones Irwin, Richa Shukla, Suzanne SooHoo, Ian Truelove, Rachel Buchanan, Shreya Urvashi, E. Jayne White, Rene Novak, Thomas Ryberg, Sonja Arndt, Bridgette Redder, Mousumi Mukherjee, Blessing Funmi Komolafe, Madhav Mallya, Nesta Devine, Sahar D. Sattarzadeh, and Sarah Hayes
COVID-19 and the State: Nicaragua Case Study, Mateo C. Jarquín Chamorro
Extreme Development of Dragon Fruit Agriculture with Nighttime Lighting in Southern Vietnam, Shenyue Jia, Son V. Nghiem, Seung-Hee Kim, Laura Krauser, Andrea E. Gaughan, Forest R. Stevens, Menas Kafatos, and Khanh D. Ngo
If a Tree Falls in the Forest: Presidential Press Conferences and Early Media Narratives about the COVID-19 Crisis, Masha Krupenkin, Kai Zhu, Dylan Walker, and David Rothschild
Extending Psychological Reactance Theory to Include Denial of Threat and Media Sharing Intentions as Freedom Restoration Behavior, Noel H. McGuire and Hannah Ball
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Adults with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, Isaac Min and Aaron Schurger
Engagement in Consensual Non-monogamy and Multi-partner Sex During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights From a National Sample of Single Americans, Kaylie Posen, Manya Dhupar, Amy Moors, and Amanda Gesselman
Clinical Skills Development in the Virtual Learning Environment: Adapting to a New World, Erini S. Serag-Bolos, Liza Barbarello Andrews, Jennifer Beall, Kelly A. Lempicki, Aimon C. Miranda, Carol Motycka, Chelsea Phillips Renfro, Brittany L. Riley, Chasity M. Shelton, Deepti Vyas, and Kimberly Won
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Care Delivery and Quality of Life in Lung Cancer Surgery, Dede K. Teteh, Jovani Barajas, Betty Ferrell, Ziaoke Zhou, Loretta Erhunmwunsee, Dan J. Raz, Jae Y. Kim, and Virginia Sun
Allosteric Determinants of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Binding with Nanobodies: Examining Mechanisms of Mutational Escape and Sensitivity of the Omicron Variant, Gennady M. Verkhivker
Structural and Computational Studies of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Binding Mechanisms with Nanobodies: From Structure and Dynamics to Avidity-Driven Nanobody Engineering, Gennady M. Verkhivker
Computer Simulations and Network-Based Profiling of Binding and Allosteric Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Variant Complexes and the Host Receptor: Dissecting the Mechanistic Effects of the Delta and Omicron Mutations, Gennady M. Verkhivker, Steve Agajanian, Ryan Kassab, and Keerthi Krishnan
Integrating Conformational Dynamics and Perturbation-Based Network Modeling for Mutational Profiling of Binding and Allostery in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Variant Complexes with Antibodies: Balancing Local and Global Determinants of Mutational Escape Mechanisms, Gennady M. Verkhivker, Steve Agajanian, Ryan Kassab, and Keerthi Krishnan
Probing Mechanisms of Binding and Allostery in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Omicron Variant Complexes with the Host Receptor: Revealing Functional Roles of the Binding Hotspots in Mediating Epistatic Effects and Communication with Allosteric Pockets, Gennady M. Verkhivker, Steve Agajanian, Ryan Kassab, and Keerthi Krishnan
Time-to-Event Modeling for Hospital Length of Stay Prediction for COVID-19 Patients, Yuxin Wen, Md. Fashiar Rahman, Yan Zhuang, Michael Pokojovy, Honglun Xu, Peter McCaffrey, Alexander Vo, Eric Walser, Scott Moen, and Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng
Submissions from 2021
When Peril Responds to Plague: Predatory Journal Engagement with COVID-19, Ryan M. Allen
Protecting the University as a Physical Place in the Age of Postdigitization, Ryan M. Allen and Peter McLaren
Why Deteriorating Relations, Xenophobia, and Safety Concerns Will Deter Chinese International Student Mobility to the United States, Ryan M. Allen and Ying Ye
Covid 19 & Qanon: Enter the World of Conspiracies, Gianluca Allesina
California Manufacturing Sector Grows at a Slower Rate, Anderson Center for Economic Research
Manufacturing Index Reaches Highest Level Since the Fourth Quarter of 2005, Anderson Center for Economic Research
Manufacturing Index Reaches Record High, Anderson Center for Economic Research
Purchasing Managers in Manufacturing Remain Optimistic About the Sector, Anderson Center for Economic Research
California Consumer Sentiments Posts Record Increase of 37%, Anderson Center for Economic Research and Lowe Institute of Political Economy
Covid-19 Continues to Impact California Consumer Sentiment, Anderson Center for Economic Research and Lowe Institute of Political Economy
Improvement in Business Conditions Pushes California Consumer Sentiment Higher, Anderson Center for Economic Research and Lowe Institute of Political Economy
OC Consumer Sentiment Hits All-Time Low, Anderson Center for Economic Research and Lowe Institute of Political Economy
OC Consumer Sentiment Jumps almost 10 Percent in Second Quarter, Anderson Center for Economic Research and Lowe Institute of Political Economy
OC Consumer Sentiment Surges More Than 40%, Anderson Center for Economic Research and Lowe Institute of Political Economy
Why Do Some Americans Resist COVID-19 Prevention Behavior? An Analysis of Issue Importance, Message Fatigue, and Reactance Regarding COVID-19 Messaging, Hannah Ball and Tayah Renea Wozniak
The Efficiency of U.S. Public Space Utilization During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Seth G. Benzell, Avinash Collis, and Christos Nicolaides
Introduction to the Special Issue: Relationships in the Time of COVID-19, Jennifer L. Bevan and Pamela J. Lannutti
A New Golden Age in International Higher Education: Challenges and Successes during the Pandemic and Beyond, Krishna Bista, Ryan M. Allen, and Roy Y. Chan
Negative Shocks Predict Change in Cognitive Function and Preferences: Assessing the Negative Affect and Stress Hypothesis, Francesco Bogliacino, Cristiano Codagnone, Felipe Montealegre, Frans Folkvord, Camilo Gómez, Rafael Charris, Giovanni Liva, Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva, and Giuseppe A. Veltri
America's Declining Trust In Government, Megane Bos
Impact of COVID 19 on Library Services in US Pharmacy Programs, Sherrill Brown, Julie Kalabalik Hoganson, and Ivan Portillo
The Economic Impact of Lockdowns: A Theoretical Assessment, Gabriele Camera and Alessandro Gioffré
The Impact of Public Health Messaging and Personal Experience on the Acceptance of Mask Wearing During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Todd L. Cherry, Alexander G. James, and James J. Murphy
Parents’ Perspectives on a Smartwatch Intervention for Children with ADHD: Rapid Deployment and Feasibility Evaluation of a Pilot Intervention to Support Distance Learning During COVID-19, Franceli L. Cibrian, Elissa Monteiro, Elizabeth Ankrah, Jesus A. Beltran, Arya Tavakoulnia, Sabrina E. B. Schuck, Gillian R. Hayes, and Kimberley D. Lakes
Restarting “Normal” Life after Covid-19 and the Lockdown: Evidence from Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy, Cristiano Codagnone, Francesco Bogliacino, Camilo Gómez, Frans Folkvord, Giovanni Liva, Rafael Charris, Felipe Montealegre, Francisco Lupiañez Villanueva, and Giuseppe A. Veltri
Do Global Pandemics Matter for Stock Prices? Lessons from the 1918 Spanish Flu, Marco Del Angel, Caroline Fohlin, and Marc D. Weidenmier
Benefit-Cost Analysis of COVID-19 Policy Intervention at the State and National Level, James L. Doti
Examining the Impact of Socioeconomic Variables on COVID-19 Death Rates at the State Level, James L. Doti
The Impact of Vaccinations on COVID-19 Case Rates at the State Level, James L. Doti
Vaccine Hesitancy, the COVID 19 Pandemic, and Christian Fundamentalism, Nicole Drew
Synthesis and Antiviral Activity of Fatty Acyl Conjugates of Remdesivir Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Ebola Virus, Naglaa Salem El-Sayed, Alexander S. Jureka, Megan R. Edwards, Sandeep Lohan, Caroline G. Williams, Patrick T. Keiser, Robert A. Davey, Jennifer Totonchy, Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Christopher F. Basler, and Keykavous Parang
Air Quality Over Major Cities of Saudi Arabia During Hajj Periods of 2019 and 2020, Ashraf Farahat, Akshansha Chauhan, Mohammed Al Otaibi, and Ramesh P. Singh
We Must Continue Forward, Together (COVID19), Gary Fong
A Predictable Home Environment May Protect Child Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Laura M. Glynn, Elyssia Poggi Davis, Joan L. Luby, Tallie Z. Baram, and Curt A. Sandman
Beliefs and their Byproducts: The Impact of Religiosity and Political Ideology on Attitudes Toward COVID-19, Vaccines, and Climate Change, Philip Goodrich
Promoting Academic Integrity and Student Learning in Online Biology Courses, Jeremy L. Hsu
Feasibility of Virtual Mock Trials as a Parallel Teaching-Assessment Activity for Student Pharmacists at Two American Pharmacy Programmes During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond, Shih-Ying H. Hsu, Ettie Rosenberg, Hoai-An Truong, Lynn Lang, and Reza Taheri
Teaching in the Age of Covid-19—1 Year Later, Petar Jandrić, David Hayes, Paul Levinson, Line Lisberg Christensen, Happiness Onesmo Lukoko, Jimmy Ezekiel Kihwele, James Benedict Brown, Charles Reitz, Peter Mozelius, Harry G. Nejad, Ana Fuentes Martinez, Janine Aldous Arantes, Liz Jackson, Ulrika Gustafsson, Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield, Michael Hogan, Pallavi Kishore, Paul R. Carr, Ivana Batarelo Kokić, Paul Prinsloo, Dennis Grauslund, Anne Steketee, Charlotte Achieng-Evensen, Blessing Funmi Komolafe, Juha Suoranta, Nina Hood, Marek Tesar, Jennifer Rose, Niklas Humble, James D. Kirylo, Julia Mañero, Lilia D. Monzó, Mikkel Lodahl, Jimmy Jaldemark, Susan Bridges, Navreeti Sharma, Jacob Davidsen, Jānis John Ozoliņš, Peter Bryant, Carlos Escaño, Jones Irwin, Kulpreet Kaur, Sarah Pfohl, Kevin Stockbridge, Thomas Ryberg, Olli Pyyhtinen, Suzanne SooHoo, Moses Kayade Hazzan, Jake Wright, Stephanie Hollings, Sonja Arndt, Andrew Gibbons, Shreya Urvashi, Daniella J. Forster, Ian Truelove, Peter Mayo, Glenn Rikowski, Paul Alexander Stewart, Michael Jopling, Georgina Tuari Stewart, Rachel Buchanan, Nesta Devine, Richa Shukla, Rene Novak, Madhav Mallya, Eva Biličić, Sean Sturm, Sahar D. Sattarzadeh, Abey P. Philip, Bridgette Redder, E. Jayne White, Derek R. Ford, Quaylan Allen, Mousumi Mukherjee, and Sarah Hayes
Global Cultural Shifts Induced by COVID-19, Wenshan Jia
US Media’s Coverage of China’s Handling of COVID-19: Playing the Role of the Fourth Branch of Government or the Fourth Estate?, Wenshan Jia and Fangzhu Lu
Leatherby Libraries from Home: Online and Social Media Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Rachel Karas and Essraa Nawar
Klein: Stop Closing Our Preschools, Shira Klein
My Good Deed This Year? A Wikipedia Assignment, Shira Klein
County-Level Factors That Influenced the Trajectory of COVID-19 Incidence in the New York City Area, Ashley Wendell Kranjac and Dinko Kranjac