dissertation would not have been possible without the help and support of a great network of mentors, colleagues, and friends. I am grateful to have had an amazingly supportive committee. I would like to begin by expressing my deepest gratitude for my advisor, Daniel Brewer. Dan has been reading versions of this dissertation since it was in its earliest forms. He has helped me to make each iteration of the project better, in the process becoming the writing superego I always needed. Never again will I forget to place the modifier only before the noun it describes. Dan’s mentorship over the years has been invaluable as he pushed me beyond the limits of what I thought I could do. I also owe a great deal to Juliette Cherbuliez, who somehow alw...