Theses and Dissertations
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2019
Developing a Dissociative Nanocontainer for Peptide Drug Delivery, Michael Patrick Kelly
W()MEN, Natalia M. Keogan
Same-Sex Union Formation and Dissolution in the United States and Europe, Eric Ketcham
Electrical Conductivity and Resistivity Study of Heterogeneous Sediment in Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan, NY, Rea A. Khaleda
GARCH Modeling of Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall Using Bayesian Model Averaging, Ismail Kheir
Officers’ and Community Members’ Evaluations of Police–Civilian Interactions, Mawia Khogali
A Defense of Pure Connectionism, Alex B. Kiefer
Paradoxes of Feminist Stances in “New Turkey”: Reconceiving NGO-State Relationships in the Case of KAMER, Irem Kilic
Optimizing CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Targeting to Investigate Cone Photoreceptor Development in the Chick Retina, Diana Y. Kim
Women and Their Struggle to be Considered Funny as Told Through the Study of Female Standup Comics, Jean Kim
Behavioral Effects of Restrictive Housing on Prisoners, Mijin Kim
UN Peacebuilding Efforts in Post-Conflict Situations, Zag Legrand Kimpolo-Nkaya
The Equal Right to Sing: The American Zeitgeist and Its Implications for Music Education, YoungEun Kim
“Whispers Out of Time”: Memorializing (Self-) Portraits in the Work of John Berryman, John Ashbery, Anne Carson, and Nan Goldin, Andrew D. King
Furious: Myth, Gender, and the Origins of Lady Macbeth, Emma King
The Shape of Knowledge: The Postwar American Poet's Library, with Diane di Prima and Charles Olson, Mary Catherine Kinniburgh
HEARTMTNDEMON: Mourning Ritual, Alison M. Kizu-Blair
The Evolution of Spinosad Resistance in Colorado Potato Beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), Coby Michael Klein
On The Nature of Transportation, Ofir J. Klein
Exposure to Suicidal Behavior Predicts a Suicide Attempt, Depending on Past Psychiatric Diagnosis, Emily A. Kline
Monsters and Mayhem and Laughter, Staver Klitgaard
The Functional Morphology of Ingestion in the Platyrrhine Sclerocarpic Harvesters (Platyrrhini, Primates), Zachary Stoffel Klukkert
Carving out a Space in Time: Sandra Swan and her Block Island Oeuvre, Kylie S. Knee
Everyday Violence: Catcalling and LGBTQ-Directed Aggression in the Public Sphere, Simone A. Kolysh
Comorbidities and Medication Adherence among Older Individuals Living with HIV in the United States, Amanda M. Kong
Senegal’s unsustainable economic growth., Amadou Konteye
The Material Turn: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin and the Art of Embroidery in Louis XV’s France, Pamela J. Koons
Remaking of a Modern Islamic Turkey, Ayҫa Korkutan
911 Dispatchers: Investigating Their Knowledge of Eyewitness Evidence Collection, Samantha A. Kosziollek
African Childhood in Literature and Law: Between Traditions and Modernism, Parfait Kouassi Kouacou
Components of Fluency-Based Instruction in the College Classroom, Jennifer Kourassanis Velasquez
Changemaker, Evgenia Kovda
Murine Genetic Variance in Sugar and Fat-Conditioned Flavor Preferences: Roles of Dopamine, Opioid and NMDA Receptors and Nutritive Sensing, Tamar T. Kraft
The Effect of the FRESH Program on Crime Rate in NYC, Ashley M. Kraus
The Influence of Pointing Accuracy in an Object-Choice Task with Domestic Horses (Equus caballus), Elizabeth A. Krisch
Minimalistic Peptide-Based Supramolecular Systems Relevant to the Chemical Origin of Life, Daniela Kroiss
Between Politics and Morality: Hans Kelsen's Contributions to the Changing Notion of International Criminal Responsibility, Jason Kropsky
Turismo estético, un riesgoso viaje que puede convertirse en una pesadilla legal, Michael Krumholtz
Gender Affirmative Monopoly: Who is "Trans* Enough" to Receive Gender Affirmative Treatment In Norway?, Emilie Kristine Krumsvik
Repurposed Spaces in Berlin and Johannesburg, Rebecca Kukla
Romanization Through Mosaics: Transition at Fishbourne and Colchester, Elizabeth Kurtulik Mercuri
Wind Flow Dynamics over Complex Terrain, Eric Kutter
Geometric Properties of Closed Three Manifolds and Hyperbolic Links, Alice Kwon
The Effect of Outward Foreign Direct Investment on Exports in Japan during The Lost Decade, 1985-2005, Alexandros Ladas
Seen and Unseen: Visualizing Contradictions in Postwar Japan, 1950s–1960s, Christina Lai
Novel Heterocyclic Methodology for the Construction of Natural Products, Robert C. Lapo
A Meta-Analysis of Information Processing Measures of Intelligence, Performance, and Group Score Differences, Elliott C. Larson
Essays on Paid Family Leave in the United States, Beila R. Leboeuf
More Than A Century After Problem Emerged, Manhole Explosions Still Injuring Dozens in New York City, Gaspard Le Dem and Gabriel Sandoval
Software Defined Radio For Hybrid Beamforming Applications, JianYet Lee
Facial Identification: A Meta-Analysis of 50 Years of Research, Jungwon Lee
Structural Studies on Calcium/calmodulin-dependent Activation of Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 2 Kinase, Kwangwoon Lee
A Study of Factors Affecting the Credibility of Sponsored Posts Created by Instagram Influencers, Nakyung Lee
Rural America Faces Roadblocks in Joining the Internet Highway, Spencer C. Lee
Diversification and biogeography of pantropical grass yellow butterflies (Pieridae: Coliadinae), Jing V. Leong
Reverse the Curse: Colonialist Legacies of the Magic Poem, Karen E. Lepri
Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation or Relocation: Barbuda as a Case Study, Martha B. Lerski
A little-known law moves money into America’s low-income neighborhoods — but for whose benefit?, Emily S. Lever
Improving Retrievals of Crop Vegetation Parameters from Remote Sensing Data, Nathaniel Levitan
All The Small Things, Talia E. Levitt
Sex, Scents, and Cephalopods: Factors That Affect Social and Reproductive Behavior in Chambered Nautilus and Oval Squid, Naomi J. Lewandowski
Intimate Partner Violence Among Expectant Adolescent Couples: Psychological and Relational Predictors and Sexual Risk, Jessica Lewis
South Bronx Waterfront, Noah Lewis
Pass Away, Jessica Li
Essays in Health Economics, Chiao-Han Lin
The Water/Energy Nexus: Climate, Consumption and Ecosystem Services, Hildegaard D. Link
City on the Edge: New York in the Age of Climate Change, Janelle Little
In Her Own Hands: How Girls and Women Used the Piano to Chart their Futures, Expand Women's Roles, and Shape Music in America, 1880–1920, Sarah F. Litvin
The Superstitious Heuristic in Strategic Decision-making, Jing Liu
The Moving On Program and Supportive Housing Residents with Histories of Homelessness, Kimberly Livingstone
Place-Making by Black and Latinx Students in Predominantly White Institutions: Participatory Design and Meaning Making Through a Social Enterprise, Joshua P.H. Livingston
A Purely Defeasible Argumentation Framework, Zimi Li
Basis for a Critique of International Human Rights and Constitutional Law: Foundations, Speech Acts and Analytic Limitations, Luis H. Llanos Gil
James Buchanan and Ideals of Manhood in the Election of 1856, Ryan Lockwood
Contagious Yawning in the Domestic Cat (Felis catus), Ariel M. Lombardo Aghishian
NY State Marijuana Law Clears the Records of Thousands, But Will It Help Immigrants?, Jaime Longoria and Harsha Nahata
Designing Particle Tracking Software for a Theoretical Understanding of Magnetic Janus Particle Aggregation, Thomas W. Long
Game On, Theresa Loong
Towards a Pedagogy of Life Purposes, Manny Lopez
Shared Resources (Contractual Obligations), Jordan Lord
Claiming the Remains of the Past: The Return of Cultural Heritage Objects to Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, Pierre Losson
Sylvia Plath and "the bigger things": War, History, and Modernism at Midcentury, Reagan Lothes
Climatic variables are strong predictors of allonursing and communal nesting in primates, Alexandra Louppova
Comparison of Play Frequency in Four Sympatric Monkey Species in Kibale National Park, Uganda, Sara G. Lucci
DNA Mixture statistics using a likelihood ratio software tool: effect of variations in drop-out rates and number of contributors, Felicia M. Lucero
Optimization of Information Storage With Quantum Walks, Gui Zhen Lu
The Impact of Racial Microaggressions and Major Discriminatory Events on Mental Health, Florence Lui
Perplexed Poetics: Romanticism and the Vortex of Ideologies, Jaime Luque Lau
Objectively-measured and Subjectively-perceived Financial Literacy, Wenyi Lu