Theses and Dissertations
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2023
The Personal and the Planetal: Essaying the Ecological, Eric Dean Wilson
An Affective Technology of Heimat: Whiteness, Nation Building and Social Media in Germany, Friederike Windel
Body Check: Transgressive Body Politics of Gina Pane, Orlan, and Deborah De Robertis, Avant-Garde Performance Artists in France, 1960s–Present, Patricia Anne Winter
Exploring Motivational Factors Related To Teachers’ Retention And Attrition In Urban Schools, Andrew Wintner
Does Gender Matter? Gendered Relations in the Recording Studios, Diane Wong
Germanic Latin Lyric Diction: Regional Variations in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, James A. Worley
Numbered, Weighed, Divided: Revolution and/as Apocalypse in the Modern Liberal Tradition, Asher J. Wycoff
Eight Essays, Yao Xiao
Targeting HIF/Coregulator Complexes in Cancer: Characterizing Fragile Fold and Inhibitor Binding Sites of ARNT, Xingjian Xu
Capital Structure Decision and Separating Risk from Optionality, Yang Xu
The Invisible Box, Rafael Yaluff
The relationship between sexting behaviors and Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA): Does sexting predict IBSA?, Seunghye Yang
Ejercicios de sí: escritura, cuerpo y deporte en el Cono Sur (1964–2019), Pablo Yankelevich
Examining transcriptional regulators during muscle development in Drosophila melanogaster, Chaamy Yapa
Stand-up Comedy Visualized, Berna Yenidogan
Ornamentalism: Costuming and the Portrayal of the Chinese Woman in Film, 20th-21st Century, Andrea Yepez
Seeking Justice for Jews from MENA Countries through International Law: Comparing the Cases of Morocco and Iraq, Jessica E. Yeroshalmi
Effects of Genes and Gene-Environment Interactions on Work-Family Conflict and Enrichment, Peter Yu
Use of Bioheat Modeling to Characterize and Optimize Implantable Medical Devices and Neuromodulation Technologies, Adantchede Louis Zannou
The Rent Is Too Damn High:the Spatial and Longitudinal Dimensions of Housing Affordability, Kasey Zapatka
Understanding the Impact of Incentive-Driven Changes in Hospital and Physician Practice Styles, Ke Zeng
Optimization and Application of Graph Neural Networks, Shuo Zhang
Pronunciation Ambiguities in Japanese Kanji, Wen Zhang
Resource Management in Mobile Edge Computing for Compute-intensive Application, Xiaojie Zhang
Revealing The Three-Dimensional Magnetic Texture with Machine Learning Models, Shihua Zhao
Pillars for Nuclear-Weapon States to Make Material Progress on Nuclear Disarmament, Madina Zhetenova
Kinetics of Photochemical and Mechanochemical Organic Reactions on Surface, Yerzhan Zholdassov
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Discrimination against Veiled Women in the West: Social Isolation, Amina M. Abdallah
Electron Transport in Quantum Systems with Interaction, Sara Abedi
The Neighborhood Stories Indexing Project, Elena Abou Mrad
Neurocardiovascular Instability (NCVI) Risk as a Predictor of Cognitive Function in the Long Life Family Study, Rebecca Abraham
Decolonizing Genderqueer: An Inquiry into the Gender Binary, Resistance, and Imperialistic Social Categories, Lauren E. Abruzzo
Helium-Air mixing in simulated reactor cavities of Very High Temperature Reactors, Abdullah Abubakar
Monolingual Versus Bilingual Use of Context to Facilitate Speech Recognition in Background Noise: A Systematic Review, Rachel Abucasis
The Effects of Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial Returns, Kevin Acevedo
Exile Garden of The Uprooted: A Zine About Migration and The Right to Move, Sazia Afrin
The Relationship Between Turks and Armenians Leading Up To and During the Great War, Kutay Agardici
Debt-Driven Settlerism: Small Farmers and Bankers in the Trans-Appalachian South, 1800–1820, Phil Agee
The Effects of Syrian Refugees on Jordanians’ Political Attitudes, Suna Buse Agkoc
A Citizen-Science Approach for Urban Flood Risk Analysis Using Data Science and Machine Learning, Candace Agonafir
Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing Models, Somayeh Ahmadi
Investigating Young Adult Cancer Survivors' Perspectives on their Future and Interpersonal Relationships, Zeba N. Ahmad
COMPARING GEOSTATISTICAL METHODS ON FLOOD RISK TO INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA USING GOOGLE STREET VIEW IMAGERY: A MASTER’S THESIS, Christopher S. Aime
Danger: Wolf Crossing! Meantone Tuning and Froberger’s Keyboard Music, Stephen T. Ai
Once There Was and Once There Wasn’t: The Poetics of Flicker, Sara Akant
A Girl Is a Thing: Dramaturgies of Objects and Nature in Contemporary Choreography, Fidan Akinci
The Coercion of the Trial Penalty, Kristen C. Akin
Increase in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) after COVID-19 Infection, Nana Dufie Akowuah
Genomic Insights into Mechanisms of Microbial Evolution and Evolution-inspired Strategies to Combat Pathogen Diversity, Saymon Akther
Pondering Possible Psychological Pandemonium: COVID-19’s Impact on Undergraduate Students’ Distress Levels, Laura Alarcon
El Ritmo del Westside: Exploring the Musical Landscape of San Antonio’s Historic Westside, Valeria Alderete
Intelligence Testing in the New (Langu)age: Effects of Item-Type and Assessment Medium Features on Fluid Intelligence Test Linguistic Group Score Differences, Paige R. Alenick
Role of Metals in Human Immune System: Study of Metal-Dependent Structural Changes of S100A12 Protein, Aleksey Aleshintsev
Being Black & Blue: Sex as a Moderator Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depressive Symptoms Among Black Emerging Adults, Wynta C. Alexander
What Role Does Prior Religious Beliefs Play in Cult Susceptibility: A Descriptive Study, Yasmin Ali
Diversity and Inclusion in the Beauty and Cosmetic Advertising and its Impact on Corporate Reputation, Lisa N. Alli
La voz de Los Sures: Etnografía glotopolítica del activismo comunitario, Lara Maria Alonso Pinero
Virtual Reality Supplement to the Peers Social Skills Intervention for Adolescents with ASD, Kevin Ambrose
Close-Quarters Antagonism: The New Left Within and Against the War on Poverty, Andrew S. Anastasi
How Prospective Bias Shapes Children’s Responses to Temporal Location Questions, Tige M. Anderson
A Diagnostic Pocket Guide For Audiologists: Outer, Middle, and Inner Ear Disorders and Chronic Diseases, Ashley Andino
Macroeconomic Adjustments of Global Convergence: Real Exchange Rate Response of Asia-Pacific Growth, Kumarappan Annamalai
Determining the Roles of the Oligomerization and C-terminal Domains in Mutant p53 Gain-of-Function Activities, George K. Annor
Formations of the Mayan Diaspora in Guatemala and the US: Land, Migration, and Linguistic Ideologies as the Markers of Diasporic Separation., Daniel Antipov
The Problem of Blackness in America: Becoming When the Being Never Comes to Be, Nkiru Anyaegbunam
Past Actions and Expertise: How States Infer Enemy Intentions, Yu Aoki
The Rise of a New Machine: Dominican Political Mobilization and Incorporation in New York City from 1991 to the Present, Fernando Aquino
Investigations of the Therman Treatment of Sodium Thiosulfate in Gas Streams for the Removal of I2, Anjeza Arapi
Destination ICAIC: Cosmopolitan Intellectuals, Documentary Film and the Image of the Cuban 1960s, Gabriel Arce-Riocabo Rollins
El Poder de las Tierras Estatales: Conflictos de propiedad, formaciones estatales y la construcción de los Llanos en Colombia, Julio Arias Vanegas
The Role of Nest Location on the Reproductive Success of Piping Plovers Breeding at Rockaway Beach, New York, Clara I.D. Arndtsen
The Economic Impact of Cyberattacks in the United States, Habibullah Asadi
Football can save America, Francisco Attie
A Comparison of Machine Learning Techniques for Validating Students’ Proficiency in Mathematics, Alexander Avdeev
Serial Position Effect Profiles and Their Neuroanatomical Correlates: Predictors of Conversion to Alzheimer's Disease, Isabelle K. Avildsen
La voz obrera en Chile (1879-1937): lenguaje y escritura de la clase trabajadora chilena en el proceso de construcción nacional, Tania A. Aviles Vergara
Role of the G Protein Beta Gamma Subunits in Serotonin Transporter Dynamics, Nora Awadallah
Representation Learning for Chemical Activity Predictions, Mohamed S. Ayed
Exploring Social and Emotional Functioning in Emerging Adult Survivors of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Sara Babad
Desire Informing Philosophy in Plato: The Lover, the Tyrant, and the Citizen, Christian P. Bagrow
The Social Construction of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), Raya Balabanova
“Paint What You Hate”: Philip Guston’s Hooded Figures and the Postponement of the Exhibition Philip Guston Now, Thomas Baldwin
Neither Invisible, nor Silenced: The India-Maghreb Connections in Female-Authored Cinema, Chandra Balkaran
The Enduring Role of Conflict in the Perpetuation of Famine: Advancing 'The Right to Adequate Food' for Sustainable Peace, Robert M. Bane
Osseointegration of a Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Murine Model of Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoporosis, Elexis C. Baral
North of the Grid: The Black Experience of 17th -19th Century Rural New York City, Stephanie E. Barnes
Dancing with the Devil: Carnival and the True Witch of The Witch of Edmonton, James B. Barone
Public Policy and the Business Life Cycle, Hugo Barreca
A Parar Para Avanzar: To Stop/To Stand/To Strike to Advance, Christina N. Barrera
"Nothing ‘Personal’ To Lose": Alice Notley’s “I” and the Poetics of Encounter in Disobedience, Christina T. Baulch
Essays on Machine Learning Methods in Economics, Mani Bayani
Committed to the Fragment: Feminist Literature and the Promise of Wellness, Lynne Beckenstein