Theses and Dissertations
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2018
Music for AI Reports: Dual Prospects in Music Production, Achim Koh
Essays on Wealth Inequality and Asset Pricing, Georgios Koimisis
The Potency of Policy?: A Comparative Study of Filipino Elder Care Workers in the United States and Israel, Abigail F. Kolker
Social Media's Influence on Pre-Trial Publicity, Kelly Kondroski
Moral Mode Switching: From Punishment to Public Health, Stephen Koppel
The Artwork as a Surrogate for Living, Julia Christina Korneffel
Effects of Structural and Electronic Disorder in Topological Insulator Sb2Te3 Thin Films, Inna Korzhovska
The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Poland: Comparative Analysis of Social Structure and Party Strategy, Patrycja J. Koszykowska
Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and Their Implications on Changes in Event Related Potentials: A look into Visual Gating (P50), Katelynn M. Kozak
EmBody: The Transformation of Intimate Knowledges Through Generations in Liberal Societies, Lisa Kronberg
Being in Performance: A Philosophical Account of the Embodied Actor, Brad M. Krumholz
New Roots: A Transracial Adoption Story, Scarlett Kuang
The Gentrification of Drag, Kyle Kucharski
The Advection-Diffusion Equation and the Enhanced Dissipation Effect for Flows Generated by Hamiltonians, Michael Kumaresan
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Garnet-Type Li7La3Zr2O12, Shen Lai
Ulva spp. Bloom Dynamics in a Hyper-Eutrophic Estuary: Jamaica Bay, New York, Annesia Lamb
The Geographic Mosaic of Wolbachia Infection in Melanitis leda Butterfly Populations, Brandon E. Latorre
Delivering Justice: Food Delivery Cyclists in New York City, Do J. Lee
Geometry and Analysis of some Euler-Arnold Equations, Jae Min Lee
Climax Structure in Late Romantic Opera, Ji Yeon Lee
Examining the roles of genetic and environmental factors in Drosophila melanogaster hematopoiesis and innate immune system, Minkyung Lee
Between Settlers and Sovereignty: Literary Solidarity and Anti-Colonial Discourse in Territorial Hawai‘i, 1887–1959, Trevor J. Lee
A Sustainable “No Excuses” Charter School Model, Kelly Lerash
Development of Realistic Stimuli for the Evaluation of Listening Effort using Auditory Evoked Potentials, Christie Hoo Yee Leung
Divergence of CAT(0) Cube Complexes and Coxeter Groups, Ivan Levcovitz
Strategic Communication and Recruitment Practices for Amplifying Racial Diversity in Commercial Real Estate, Brandon Levesque
Tangible Things: The Matter of Susan Howe, Thomas Lewek
The Roscoe Perry House Site: A Long-Term Prehistoric Occupation in the Hudson Valley, Dylan C. Lewis
On the Front Lines: Managerialism in Substance Abuse Agencies, Jocelyn E. Lewiskin
A Qualitative Case Study: Jamaican Nurses Intent to Migrate Internationally, Mabel Lewis
Angelenos, Vivian Liang
Differences in Psychopathy and Associated Traits by Police Officer Rank, Rosanne Libretti
A Mission at 311, Nan Li
We Refugees, Again, Aaron Linas
A 3D Characteristics Database of Land Engraved Areas with Known Subclass, EnTni Lin
Institutional Quality and Illicit Financial Flows in Developing and Developed Countries: An Empirical Assessment, Zin Kyaw Lin
Status, Power, and Apologies: How Status and Power Shape the Willingness to Apologize and the Perception of Victims, Louis Lipani
The Patterns and Prosecutions of Media Leakers, Julia M. Lipkins
Wukongism: Monkey King, Kungfu/Jazz, and Asian/American Performance, Sissi Liu
Essays on Innovation, Analyst Coverage, and Corporate Finance, Yang Liu
Social Influences on Songbird Behavior: From Song Learning to Motion Coordination, Iva Ljubičić
Poverty in New York City: Consumption Expenditure as a Poverty Predictor, Michael Lomtevas
NIMBY: Not In My Backyard, Ariama Long
The Place Where All Ends Meet, Benjamin Long
Memory in Memoir & Biography: Science, Place, and Agency, Johnathan E. Longo
Deconstructing City Hall Park: The Development and Archaeology of the Common, Alyssa Loorya
Just Drop My Body on the Steps of the FDA: Emotion & Activism at ACT UP’s “Seize Control of the FDA” Action, Mariana Lopez de Castilla
Essays on the Economics of Health and Human Capital, Paloma Lopez de mesa Moyano
Territories of Contestation in Medellín: Destierro, Memory, the Youth, and the State, Joan C. Lopez
Singing and Stress, Joseline Lopez
Unpacking Ostalgia: Where Biography Meets History, Melanie Lorek
This Land Is Ours Land, Richard J. Loria
Compact Gene Regulatory Cassettes Support Hallmark Features of T-Cell Receptor (TCR)-alpha Gene Locus Control Region (LCR) Activity, Jordana Lovett
Remembrances Reconsidered: Site-Specific Affective Retellings, Melanie W. Lozier
When Humor Hurts: The Detrimental Effect of Humor on Brand Attitudes After a Brand Transgression, Lama Lteif
Grieving Behaviors During Parental Bereavement in Western Societies, Victor A. Luna
Interdisciplinary Studies of Complex Network and Machine Learning and Its Applications, Shaojun Luo
Assessing the Outcomes of a Jail-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program: A Quasi-Experimental Approach, Laura Lutgen
The Y-Screen Assay: Validation and Evaluation of Subsequent STR Success, Kassandra Luyando
The Dark Side of Charismatic Leadership: A Social Exchange Perspective, Bin Ma
“Community in Solitude”: The Solitary Self, Social Critique, and Utopian Longing, Colin S. Macdonald
"Betwixt the World Destroyed and World Restored": Subjectivity and Paradisal Recovery in John Milton's Late Poems, Chihping Ma
Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceived Self-competency Regarding Individualized Developmental Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Patricia Macho
Surviving A Death Sentence, Amy K. Mackinnon
De-centering the Monolingual: A Psychophysiological Study of Heritage Speaker Language Processing, Christen N. Madsen II
The Effects of Pyramidal Training on Staff Acquisition of Five Behavior Analytic Procedures, Lindsay M. Maffei-Almodovar
Still ACTing UP? Voices from ACTUP's Oral History Project on the Current State of the LGBTQ Community, Michael D. Mahana
Feminism Under and After Franco: Success and Failure in the Democratic Transition, Kathryn L. Mahaney
The Musicality of Salsa Dancers: An Ethnographic Study, Janice Mahinka
The Psychology of Plato's Republic: Taking Book 10 into Account, Daniel Mailick
Taxonomy, Taphonomy, and Bioerosion of Lamniform and Carcharhiniform Shark Teeth from Onslow Bay, North Carolina and an Example Extension from the Gulf Coastal Plain of the U.S.A., Harry M. Maisch IV
Neural Underpinnings of Walking Under Cognitive and Sensory Load: A Mobile Brain/Body Imaging Approach, Brenda R. Malcolm
On paper, immigrant detention centers meet standards to prevent sexual assault. But assault continues. Why?, Samantha A. Maldonado, Sarah V. Matusek, and Paula Moura
Essence, Explanation, and Modal Knowledge, Antonella Mallozzi
Guardians of Virtue, Tamsen Maloy and Tasia Jensen
An Analysis of Successful and Unsuccessful Terrorist Assassinations: Informing Counterterrorism Through Situational Crime Prevention, Marissa Mandala
Economics, Politics and the Environment, Ron Mandelbaum
Opposition to the Eighteenth Amendment in the House of Representatives, Henry J. Manwell
The Distribution of Totally Positive Integers in Totally Real Number Fields, Tianyi Mao
Colorism in Assessor Ratings: Exploring the Roles of Social Dominance Orientation, Metaphorical Associations and Skin Tone Stereotypes, Tiwi D. Marira
Neonatal Stimulation of PKC Epsilon Signaling Normalizes Fragile X-Associated Deficits in PVN Oxytocin Expression and Later-Life Social and Anxiety Behavior, Alexandra E. Marsillo
Sunken II Chords and Inwardness: A Correspondence Complex in Robert Schumann’s Liederjahr Songs, Alexander J.J. Martin
Unlocking the mysteries of Weed and Mexico, Eddy Martinez
There’s Nothing Here: Tenure, Attachment, and Changing Perceptions in Gentrifying Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Sara Martucci
The Dictators’ Dilemma: Repression or Concessions in the Face of Resistance, Chris Massaro
Violence in Prostitution, Serena Maszak
James Baldwin's Soundscape and Grain of the Racialized Body, Vallerie M. Matos
Standard and Anomalous Wave Transport Inside Random Media, Xujun Ma
OPERAbbit, Mariel C. Mayz
To Be Everything: Sylvia Plath and the Problem That Has No Name, Alanna P. McAuliffe
The Brotherhood: Black Officers, Prisoners, and New York’s Crisis in Corrections, 1962–1984, Katherine Logan McBride