Theses and Dissertations
Capstones from 2020
Will unions get out the vote for mayor in 2021?, Caroline Leddy
All Good, Father, Chieh-Chun Lee
Miamian meets Mariel Boatlift Refugees: A Reevaluation of the Effect of the Mariel Boatlift, Derrick Lee
Who Upholds Your Human Rights When You are “Stateless?” Why Couldn’t the UN Protect the Rohingya’s Human Rights?, Hyochan Lee
Repairing the U.S.–South Korea Alliance: THAAD as an Appeasement Measure, Jane Lee
The House We Built in Challenging the Status Quo: House and Ballroom Community Leadership and Health Justice, Jennifer Lee
MEMS Biosensor for Water-Immersed Application, Kun-Lin Lee
The Medallion Portraits of Ariadne and Theodora on the Consular Diptychs of Clementinus and Justinus: Finding Traces of Helena, Pulcheria, Verina, and the Theotokos, Marguerite B. Lee
The Syntax and Semantics of Korean Wh-Quantification: Wh-NPIs and Wh-In-Situ, Yeonju Lee-Sikka
USING SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS TO INACTIVATE PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA BIOFILMS, Stephen Lee
Agnostic Search for Metabolites Causally Implicated in Alzheimer's Disease, Sal P. Leggio
Particle Dynamics in Anti-de Sitter Space by EIH Method, Jiusi Lei
Probing the Limits of Singular Gene Expression Through the Activity of High Representation Odorant Receptor Transgenes, Eugene Lempert
Vegetation Phenology as a Function of Plant Functional Type and Urbanization, Ryan Lennon
Surprises! Time-Tested & Easy-to-follow Tips to Take the Mystery Out of Success for Middle and High School Readers, Morose Leonard
New Tower of Babel: Probing the Antecedents and Consequences of Linguistic Ostracism, Julia N. Leone
Lo visible, lo invisible y lo imaginable: Neoliberalismo y ciudad en las producciones culturales de posguerra en Centroamérica, Maria A. Leon Umana
Direct and Indirect Treatment Effects in Multilingual People with Aphasia, Aviva Lerman
PVT1 exon 9 a regulator of claudin expression in triple negative breast cancer, Fayola Levine
The Life of Dan, Jeremy S. Levine
Feminist Theology and the Fantastic in Jewish Poetics and Children's Literature (1960s–Present), Meira S. Levinson
In Search of a Stimulating Visual Dance Art Medium: Overlapping Realities in Live and Screen Dance, Yael Levitin Saban
Inferring Research Fields in Administrative Records Using Text Data, Ekaterina Levitskaya
Visualizing TEDx Events: Ten Years of “Ideas Worth Spreading”, Antonios Liamis
How Much Does Imprecision in Accounting Measurement Enhance Value?, Ying Liang
"Revolution", Noelle Lilley
Machine Learning Applications for Drug Repurposing, Hansaim Lim
Ethical Validity: An Ethical Validity Claim for Discourse Ethics, Jamie B. Lindsay
Shock, Stimulus, and Upheaval: The Great Recession, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Mayoral Coalitions in Brooklyn, NY 2009–2013, Charles Linsmeier
I. Selective Chlorination and Fluorination of Quinols II. Synthetic Study of Strongylophorine-26, Sihan Li
Investigation of Asphaltene Adsorption at Liquid-Liquid and Liquid-Solid Interfaces, Fang Liu
Essays on Social Connectedness, Institutional Behavior, and Market Predictability, Yan Li
Searching for Pōhakuloa: A Citizen Scientist’s Journey in Aloha ‘Āina, Drake Logan
AN EXAMINATION OF HIV RISK, TESTING AND PREVENTION INTERVENTION PARTICIPATION AMONG VULNERABLE YOUTH, Bianca V. Lopez
Model Theory of Groups and Monoids, Laura M. Lopez Cruz
Blocking Visual Awareness with Continuous Flash Suppression Prevents Cognitive Control, Jonathan LoVoi
Matrix Low Rank Approximation at Sublinear Cost, Qi Luan
'Once Famous in an Odd Way': Curiosity and Queerness in Late 19th-Century American Male Impersonation, S.C. Lucier
Acting Objects: Staging New Materialism, Posthumanism and the Ecocritical Crisis in Contemporary Performance, Sarah Lucie
Talking and Thinking about Animal and Artifact Kinds Via Different Types of Generics, Lyan-Joy M. Lugay
Exploring the Lived Experience of Decision-Making among Family Caregivers of Black Older Adults with Advanced Chronic Illnesses, Theresa L. Lundy
The Problem of Literary Development in Russian Formalism and Digital Humanities, Basil Lvoff
Impacts of Rift Valley Fever virus: a One Health approach to assess burden and inform prevention and control options, Catherine Machalaba
Mindfulness as a Moderator of the Relation Between Acculturative Stress and Body Dissatisfaction/Eating Disorder Symptoms in Latinx Students, Ariana J. Mackson
Dear Elsa: 10 Letters + 10 Experiments, Amanda Madden
Can a Growth Mindset Intervention Increase Individuals’ Intentions to Engage in Intergroup Dialogue?, Noelle A. Malvar
Lengua, identidad y poder: Ideologías lingüísticas en la prensa hispana de los Estados Unidos (1980–2007), Evangelia-Lydia Manatou
Carousel: Performance and Ritual of a Child's Play, Erik Maniscalco
A Defense and Expansion of the Theory of Capitalist Ground Rent: Speculation, Securitization, and Struggles Over Land and Housing, Francesca Manning
Painting Politics: The Anarchist Art and Lives of Camille Pissarro and Barnett Newman, Johan Marby
Compulsive Doubting: Self and Other in the Psychology of Judgment, Certainty, and Indecision, Michael Marcus
Tones in Shupamem Reduplication, Magdalena Markowska
Growth of Conjugacy Classes of Reciprocal Words in Triangle Groups, Blanca T. Marmolejo
Functions of Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factor 2 in Excitable Tissues, Christopher Marra
Testing Reliability of Biophilic Design Matrix Within Urban Residential Playrooms, Ellen Marte
Closing the Achievement Gap: Analysis of a Reading Academic Intervention in Conjunction with Integrated Social Services., Alejandra E. Martinez
Essays on Paid Sick Leave in the United States, Shaoying Ma
The business of the NBA could be changed forever because of the Coronavirus, Korey S. Matthews
The Making of a Queer Caribbean: Grassroots, Dancehall, and Literary Advocacy (1975–2015), Dadland Maye
Have You Ever Consumed Cannabis?, Victoria C. Mba-Jonas
The role of agency in early and unwanted adolescent pregnancy: A multi country analysis, Katharine McCarthy
Cochlear Implantation: Why vs. Why Not? A Pocket Guide for Non-Cochlear Implant Audiologists, Lauren McCauley
Martial Caillebotte’s Mélodies and Scènes Lyriques: Analytical Essays and Performance Guide, Dominique McCormick
Psychosocial impacts and employment preparedness of participating in an HIV peer program: Implications for tailoring a vocational counseling model for PLWH, Erin R. McKinney-Prupis
In Ordinary Trauma: Notes on Time, Carmel M. Mc Mahon
Air, The Contents, Ian C. McNally
New York’s Jazz Scene Decimated by Ongoing Shutdown, Alissa L. McPherson
“Prepare for Death and Follow Me:” An Archaeological Survey of the Historic Period Cemeteries of New York City, Elizabeth D. Meade
Emergent Women's Global Political Leadership: Progress Despite Constraints, Aoife Meehan
Diffuse Damage Repair Mechanism in Bone, Leila Mehraban Alvandi
The Truman Administration and Zionist Legitimation Strategies to Achieve Statehood, Gianna Meier
Más allá de la comisión de la verdad y reconciliación: Memoria, cuerpo y producción cultural de mujeres en el perú (2005–2013), Otilia M. Mendiolaza
Bird of the Air and Sweetness of the Snowe, Steve Mendoza
Feminism and the Staged Uncanny, Jessica C. Mensch
Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Analysis of UNOS Data Through Machine Learning, Reyhan Merekar
The Process of Cultural Appropriation in Literature and How It Can Be Changed, Wendy Meza
Essays in Financial Economics and Applied Macroeconomics, Marius Mihai
Dementia and Competency in United States Courtrooms: A Case Law Review, Dana Miller
An Analysis of Women and Terrorism: Perpetrators, Victims, Both?, Elizabeth Lauren Miller
Oceanic Groundings: Maritime Geographies and Black Internationalism in the Early Twentieth Century, Maegan A. Miller
Agentive Personhood: Finding Yourself Through Serving Others, Sasha M. Miller
Employing High Probability Gene Choice Elements to Understand Singular Odorant Receptor Expression, Raena Mina
Nature-Inspired Electrode Materials For Next Generation Sustainable Energy Storage, Mikhail Miroshnikov
Reductions by Cobalt-Catalyzed Production of Hydrogen Gas from NaBH4 in a Two-Chamber System, Joshua K. Mitchell
Not Much ∆, Patrick C. Mohundro
Resilientxs: el impacto de la covid-19 en la comunidad trans Latinx de Nueva York, Oscar Molina and Ariel Goodman
Returning to Childhood: Memoirs of Childhood Reading, Stephanie Montalti
The Role of Attentional Processes in the Associations Between Syndemics and HIV Risk, Raymond L. Moody
Psychopathy and Police Officers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Relationship Between Psychopathic Traits and Police Work Across Temporal Factors, Hunter N. Moore
Revisioning Popular Narratives of Trans Lives, 1952–1976, Melina A. Moore
The Contribution of Trait Emotional Intelligence to the Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Pscyhiatric Symptoms in Adulthood, Aura-Maria Morales
