As of 2014, all newly submitted Graduate Center dissertations and theses appear in Academic Works shortly after graduation. Some works are immediately available to read and download, and some become available after an embargo period set by the author. Dissertations and theses from before 2014 are generally accessible only to the CUNY community, but some authors have chosen to make theirs open access.

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Theses from 2024

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Hagia Sophia: Politics of Space and Hauntology, Hazal Demir

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Cancer in Pajamas: Radio, Podcasts, and the Politics of Free Time in the Digital Age, Daniel Grjonko

Theses from 2023

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The Relationship between Democratic Measures, LGBTIAQ* Rights Acceptance, and U.S. Foreign Aid Allocation in the Global South, Jacqueline Biergans

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Freedom Song: Uncovering a Politics of Dignity in Black Feminist Thought and Praxis, Abegail M. Dobson

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The Impact of Overseas Study Experiences on Chinese Students’ Attitudes Toward the United States, Xufeng Fang

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Finding Autonomy Under the Russian Bear: Explaining Central Asia’s Response to the Invasion of Ukraine, Ryan Hitch

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Public Privacy and Info-Liberal Authoritarianism, Christopher Hongach

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Power and Authority in Karl Marx, Niccoló Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes, Ekim Kilic

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Rewiring the Spokes: The Future of U.S. Bilateralism in Asia, Gian Marc Lombardo

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The Relationship Between “Black Lives Matter” Movement Protests and Police Arrests in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles: An Empirical Analysis, Lukas Louwagie

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Misogyny in Contemporary Populist Authoritarianism, Maxine Mannheim

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Algorithmic Sovereignty: Machine Learning, Ground Truth, and the State of Exception, Matthew Martin

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How Do Authoritarian Regimes Win Re-Election During an Economic Recession?, Mst Sarmin Akter Mazumder

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Ethnic Tensions in the Western Balkans and the Experience of Ethnic Minorities, Nadina Resulani

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The Impact of Utilitarian Public Policies on Minority Communities: A Comparison of New York City and New South Wales, Australia., Nicholas Reyes

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Grand Strategy at the End of History: Chinese Strategic Thought in the 21st Century and its Western Perceptions, Daniel A. Rogers

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Notes on Insurgent Universality In Ambedkar’s Social and Political Thought: A Critique Of Postcolonial Anti-Universalism, Sitharthan Sriharan

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Fostering Expertise, Confidence, and Passion in Writing Education: How a Common Sense, Nonbinary Education Policy May Serve to Enrich Teachers’ Writing Lives, Shrink the Divide Between Literacy Educators, and Finally Improve Literacy Among New York City Students, Rebecca I. Wallace-Segall

Theses from 2022

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The Effects of Syrian Refugees on Jordanians’ Political Attitudes, Suna Buse Agkoc

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American Intervention in the "New World Order", Julie N. Benson

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Drag, Drugs, and Demonstrations: Cultural Subversion under Capitalism, Nicholas Kade Edwards

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A Multilevel Analysis of Political Risk, Marlon J. Guzman Valdera

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The Campaign to End U.S. War-Making in Yemen: Strategies of Congressional Advocacy, 2015–2020, Zachary Laub

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Reproducing the Orient: A Critical Examination of Western Media Representations of China’s Uyghur Policies between 2014 and 2021, R. Tiger Li

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Janus v. AFSCME, Revisited, Benjamin Derek Morse

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No Excuses Yet No Solutions: The Inherent Anti-Blackness of the No-Excuses Charter School Model, Tshala A. Pajibo

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Comparing the Environmental and Social Factors of UK and US Firms: A Case for Stringent Disclosure Regulation, Jasmine Pybas

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Towards a Multi-Polar International System: An Analysis of the BRICS Countries’ Growth as Economic and Political Actors, Damla Senlik

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Democratic Processing of Waste: European Federalism and Decentralized Waste Management in Navarra and Basque Country, Michael Stinavage

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Navigating the Multiple Streams: The Strategic Use of Sunset Provisions, David F. Wall

Theses from 2021

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Reimagining Post-Secondary Training, Community College, and Welfare Supports, Aaron Azerad

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On the Woman Question: A Defense of Alexandra Kollontai against Liberal Critics, Nicole Baltzer

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Nuances in Bottom-Up Interpretations: Colombia's and Guatemala's Radically Different Approaches to Transitional Justice, Chelsea L. Carrick

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Optimism of the Intellect, Pessimism of the Will? A Gramscian Analysis of Two New York Police Reform Campaigns, Christian Covington

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The Politics of Hip Hop: A Political Analysis of Hip Hop’s History and Its Complicated Relationship with Capitalism, Danielle Garcia

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The Palestinian’s Venison: John Locke, Colonialism and Liberal Zionism, Benjamin Geier

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The Second Kashmir (Informational) War of 1965, Navdip Hans

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A Lasting Impression: Higher Education’s Effects on Mass Polarization in the US, Bradley Highfield

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El Pueblo Unido: How Threats Increased Latinx Turnout in Arizona’s 2020 General Election, Conner Martinez

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The Federalist Papers' Account of Human Nature, Jeffrey P. Smith

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The Role of Authoritarianism in the 2020 Election, Brandon Vigil

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The LinkNYC Kiosk: Phone Booths, Urban Culture, and the Neoliberal Dream for New York City, Michael A. Villanova

Theses from 2020

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False Cures of U.S. Nationalism: The Border Wall – A Raucous Call from the Silent Center, Tatiana N. Browne-Kai

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Black Parental Involvement in a Suburban School District, Walter L. Fields

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Class Based Contestations in Neoliberal France, Sam Goodson

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Modernity in Miniature: Maoism and the Beijing Department Store, Samuel M. Hellmann

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Who Governs the Sea? An Analysis of the Regime Complex in International Shipping, Brent Landon

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Repairing the U.S.–South Korea Alliance: THAAD as an Appeasement Measure, Jane Lee

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Shock, Stimulus, and Upheaval: The Great Recession, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Mayoral Coalitions in Brooklyn, NY 2009–2013, Charles Linsmeier

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Unpaid Care Work and Civic Engagement: A Review of Literature Suggesting Unpaid Care Work as Civic Engagement, William Novello

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Ascriptive Nationalism, Demagoguery, and the Modern Presidency: A Case Study in Constitutional Decay, Christopher J. Putney

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Aesthetic Redemption: Psychedelia, Film, and Walter Benjamin’s Sensory Revolution, Alexander C. Redlins

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Internet Voting and the Equity of Participatory Budgeting Outcomes: A Study of New York City’s Participatory Budgeting Initiative, Rodrigo Saad

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Building for Culture: How Municipal Ownership of Cultural Facilities Influences Annual Arts Funding in American Cities, Adam M. Sachs

Theses from 2019

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Afghanistan: The Crossroads of Conflicting Regional Interests, Sabera Azizi

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The Role of Women in Terrorism, Zeynep Bayar

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Sounds of Alter-destiny and Ikonoklast Panzerist Fabulations, Mette Christiansen

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Youth Voice and the Promise and Peril of Affirmative Governmentality: An Analysis of New York City’s Borough Student Advisory Councils, Hillary R. Donnell

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Black Women at Work in Corrections in the Era of Mass Incarceration: Documenting Demographic Changes in the New York City Department of Correction, Carolyn Fisher

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Presidential Power: Assessing the Unitary Executive as the Strongest Determinant of Presidential Success, Maxwell J. Fuerderer

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Why is the Black Population of Central Brooklyn, the Mecca of Black NYC, Diminishing?, Jamell N.A. Henderson

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American Digital Election Infrastructure: Policy, Risks, Options, Tyson S. Himes

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The Growing Middle Class and the Absence of Democracy in China, Danni Mei

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Cyborgean Horizons: Gender, Disability and Technology in Olympic and Paralympic Sport, An Intersectional Approach, Stephanie O'Neill

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A Politics of Boundlessness, Fernando Orellana

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Swedish Migration Politics: Have the Sweden Democrats Taken Over the Political Agenda?, Sofia Sedergren

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The Jihadist Marketplace: Understanding Competition between al Qaeda and ISIS, Hristo Voynov

Theses from 2018

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Out of the Shadows: Women of the FMLN Guerrilla Army in El Salvador’s Civil War, 1979–1992, Erica Gonzalez

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The Study of Soft Power: China’s Presence in African Region, Jessica Huang

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Angelenos, Vivian Liang

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We Refugees, Again, Aaron Linas

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Economics, Politics and the Environment, Ron Mandelbaum

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The Dictators’ Dilemma: Repression or Concessions in the Face of Resistance, Chris Massaro

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Digesting Democracy: A Theoretical Analysis of American Food Regimes, Angela R. Moore

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The State and Future of Autonomous Vehicle Regulation in the United States, Nikolay Nyashin

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Rescinding Rancière: An Investigation Into the Conservative Tendencies of a Leading Proponent of Radical Democracy, and a Reconstruction of the Participatory Democracy of Ancient Athens, Tyler J. Olsen

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The State of Hate in America: A Study of Hate Group Permeation in the United States by State, Michelle Rogers

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The Politics of Service: Affectivity, Social Relations, and the Power of Tipping in the Restaurant Industry, Jacqueline A. Ross

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Gendered Violence: An Analysis of State Legal Accountability for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Amongst Refugee Women, Maria Sigalas

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Politics as Loot: Reflections on Theories of Decline in Political Thought, Milo Ward

Theses from 2017

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Capitalism and Unfreedom: Louis D. Brandeis and a Liberty of the Left, Eric L. Apar

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The Technocratic Politics of the Common Core State Standards in History, Kate Duguid

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Toward a Reoriented Radicalism: Black Marxism and Orientalism, Alexandros Orphanides

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Underrepresentation of Women in Politics: Focus on New York City, Yuliya Szczepanski

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Terrorism: A Tool For Shaping Public Opinion, Jonathan E. Voisich

Theses from 2016

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Neighborhood and Community Change in Brooklyn's Sunset Park, Anthony G. Aggimenti

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Headhunting: Evaluating the Disruptive Capacity of Leadership Decapitation on Terrorist Organizations, Ted Clemens IV

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Curing Violence: Prescriptions for Justice and Peace in Colombia, Marissa Crawford

Theses from 2015

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Target Zero: Why States Choose To Eradicate Infectious Diseases And How They Succeed, Gifty Abraham

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Civil Unrest in the Untied State of America: Facing the Threat, Menemsha P.S. Milnor

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'HOPE FOR EVERY ADDICTED AMERICAN' An Opioid Epidemic in the Age of Ethopolitics: Implications for U.S. Drug Policy and Governing Problematic Subjects, Elizabeth Newcomer

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Civil War Incentives, Identities, And Group Allegiances In Syria's Contested Provinces: A Case Study On Civil War, Hilary Weitze

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The Limits of Liberalism: France, The Veil, and Public Schools, Eleanor Doris Zupancic

Theses from 2014

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The Tea Party Movement as a Modern Incarnation of Nativism in the United States and Its Role in American Electoral Politics, 2009-2014, Albert Choi

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Origins of the Movement and the Development of Protest: The Birmingham Campaign, 1963, James Munro

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Not By Accident: How Egyptian Civil Society Successfully Launched A Revolution, Helen-Margaret Nasser

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Inventing Burke: Edmund Burke and the Conservative Party, 1790-1918, Hannah Z. Sidney

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The Silent Guerrillas: Under Slavery, In Peasant Politics, And Throughout The Industrial And Social Factories, Kevin Van Meter