Theses and Dissertations
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2014
The Amphibious Public: A historical geography of municipal swimming and bathing New York City, 1870 - 2013, Naomi Miriam Adiv
Counterfeit Ed, Meral Agish, Sarah Barrett, Mark Fahey, Audrey McGlinchy, Jacob Naughton, and Oresti Tsonopoulos
Chemistry of 6-Monobrominated Indigo, MBI, Hiroko Ajiki
Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions involving secondary and tertiary alkyl nucleophiles, Amruta Ajit Joshi
Dead Women and White Men: Why Are Today’s Hit Noir Shows Still Stuck in the Gender/ Race Politics of the ‘40s and ‘50s?, Zainab Akande
The Music and Multiple Identities of Kurdish Alevis from Turkey in Germany, Ozan Aksoy
A NEW KIND OF POLITICS; GAURAKSHA AND HINDU-MUSLIM COMMUNALISM IN BENGAL, 1890-1899, Ishtiaq Alam
Studies in Volatility, Nazli Sila Alan
Scheduling And Resource Allocation In Wireless Sensor Networks, Yosef Alayev
Ridiculous Geographies: Mapping the Theatre of the Ridiculous as Radical Aesthetic, Kelly Aliano
Marvel Comics and New York Stories: Anti-Heroes and Street Level Vigilantes Daredevil and The Punisher, Jesse Allen
Formative Assessment Through Written Feedback: Examining Elementary School Teachers' Written Feedback Beliefs and Practices, and the Effect of Models on Written Feedback, Caterina Almendral
Effects of Phonological Neighborhood Density on Lexical Access in Adults and Children with and without Specific Language Impairment, Diana Almodovar
Latinas Converting to Islam in New York: Habitus’ influence in modern identity formation, Amalia Alonzo
Synthesis of Biologically Important C-glycosides from Simple C-glycosyl Alkenes, Ahmad Sabri Altiti
The Developmental Trajectory of Contour Integration in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Ted S. Altschuler
Questioning Our Moral, Ethical, Aesthetic Convictions and Social Conventions, Dieuveuille Amilus
Computational Insights Into The Oxygen Evolving Complex Of Photosystem ΙΙ, Muhamed Amin
THE ORDINARY MAGIC OF DAUGHTERS, Dfaye Anderson
For Love and for Justice: Narratives of Lesbian Activism, Kelly Anderson
SKIN, Colin Archdeacon
Supraspinal And Spinal Mechanisms Of Morphine-Induced Hyperalgesia, Caroline A. Arout
An algorithmic approach to the differential Galois theory of second-order linear differential equations with differential parameters, Carlos Eduardo Arreche Aguayo
The Interpolated Narrative and Identity Formation in the Eighteenth-Century Novel, Berna Artan
Corticospinal Integration in Healthy Humans, Amanda Asmar, Leandra Manfredini, Kerri McLean, and Christina Scannapieco
Diaspora As Development Actors: A Source Of Human And Social Capital For Local Development In Turkey, Meryem Senay Ataselim
An Equine-Facilitated Prison-Based Program: Human-Horse Relations And Effects On Inmate Emotions And Behaviors, Keren Bachi
Conformational features of the human U2-U6 snRNA complex, Ravichandra Bachu
The Indian Aesthetic in Ninth-Century Japan; A Study of Foreignness in Early Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Art, Alison Badassano
Women in Foreclosure: Social Reproduction & Mortgage Strain in the Subprime Era, Amy Baker
Versions of Now, Robert Balun
Attention shapes our expectations and perceptions: The neural mechanisms of top-down attention during adulthood and development, Snigdha Banerjee
Reclaiming Space: Buildings in Modernist Literature and Film, Sreenjaya Ria Banerjee
Well-born: Black Women and the Infertility Crisis No One is Talking About, Kaara Baptiste
Turning Waste into Resources in Haiti, Alexis Barnes
Minorities' Perceptions of Minority-White Biracials: The Role of Identification for Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Responses, Sabrica Barnett
Benefit and Quality of Life Improvement in Older Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients: A Review of the Literature, Theresa Bartoldus
Don't Push Me Over the (Knowl)Edge: The Social Correlates of Latino High School Dropouts, Robert Charles Baskerville
Assessing the Impact of International Human Rights Pressures: the Dominican Republic and China, Limer Batista
Assessing the Impact of International Human Rights Pressures: the Dominican Republic and China, Limer Batista
A Behavioral and Biopsychological Investigation of the Role of the Illusion of Control and Perseverative Chasing Between Problem and Non-problem Gamblers, Brett Evan Bauchner
Sovereign Debt and Tax Collection Dynamics in Argentina, Kyle Royal Bauser
Examining the association of medication complexity with health-related quality of life in older adults receiving community-based long term services and supports, Claudia Ann Beck
Hockey's Cutting-Edge Canvas – The Art of the Goalie Mask, Jacob Becker
Cortical Modulation of Spinal Reflexes in Healthy Humans, Caitlin Bedell, Joseph Capogrosso, Kristin Thomas, and Charlotte Westmoreland
Where is the International Community? The Implementation of Responsibility to Protect in Libya, Syria, Kenya and Mali, Gonul Begum
Consonantal voicing effects on vowel duration in Italian-English bilinguals, Ylana Beller-Marino
Raped and Escaped: A Colombian Mother’s Fight to Protect her Sons, Melanie Bencosme
Evolution And Ethics, Franklin Roy Bennett
Policy Partners in the Neoliberal Age: Corresponding School and Prison Reforms Since 1970, Jeremy Paul Benson
Dominican Gaga Music and Dance: The Remaking of a Spiritual Performance in the City of New York, Marimer Berberena
Clinical Implications of Binaural Interference: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Michael Bergen
A Comparison of Vocabulary Learning From Joint Reading of Narrative and Informational Books With Dual Language Learner Children, Deborah Bergman Deitcher
Applying Psychopharmacology To Two Characters in Shakespeare, Chanan Berkovits
Bureaupathology and Organizational Fraud Prevention: Case Studies of Fraud Hotlines, Chelsea Ann Binns
Ain't No Love in New York City, Jason Bisnoff
Conflicts of Soviet Ideology in Sergei Prokofiev's Film Score for Ivan the Terrible, Elizabeth R. Blaufox
Straight Record and The Paper Trail: From Depression Reporters to Foreign Correspondents, Magdalena Bogacka-Rode
Candida Albicans Als5p Amyloid In Host-Microbe Interactions: A Ceanorhabditis Elegans Study, Michael Bois
Message Passing Techniques For Statistical Physics And Optimization In Complex Systems, Lin Bo
The Interchange of Plain Velar and Aspirate in Kronos/Chronos: A Case for Etymological Equivalence, Roberto Peter Bongiovanni
Manuel de la Cruz Gonzalez: Transnationalism and the Development of Modern Art in Costa Rica, Lauran Bonilla-Merchav
Methodological advancements for improving performance and generating ensemble ecological niche models, Robert Boria
A Chant of Dilation: Walt Whitman, Phrenology, and the Language of the Mind, Anton Borst
The Effects of Fiscal Policy on Savings and Investment, Andrew A. Bossie
The Relationship of Nursing Career Perception Congruence and Perceived Social Support on Hispanic Middle School Female Nursing Career Choice, Karen Vicino Bourgeois
Ecology of Terrorism: Cross-National Comparison of Terrorist Attacks, Katharine A. Boyd
Coda, James Boyle
The Long-Term Effects of Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) Combined with Complex Decongestive Therapy (CDT) in the Treatment of Breast Cancer Lymphedema: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study, Olivia Bramlett, Igor Daysudov, Toshi Odaira, and Bethany Rodriguez
The Influence of Pseudo-relatives on Attachment Preferences in Spanish, David Branco-Moreno
The Neurodevelopment Of Basic Sensory Processing And Integration In Autism Spectrum Disorder, Alice Brown Brandwein
Two-way street: A parent-child approach to learning could close the nation's inequality gap, Rebecca Bratek
The Black Vigilance Movement in Nineteenth Century New York City, Jamila Shabazz Brathwaite
For Right and Might: The Militarization of the Cold War and the Remaking of American Democracy, Michael Brenes
Between sites: Critical convergences at the personal, interpersonal, and institutional levels in a service learning course, Kendra Rashaun Brewster
Historical Relationships between Land Elevation and Socioeconomic Status in New York City: A Mixed Methods GIS Approach, Jennifer Brisbane
Comparing NMES Stimulation Intensity at Various Lengths of the Tibialis Anterior, Brent Brookbush, Maya Hakami, Jennifer Wolff, and Amy Zelin
Financial Reporting Differences and Debt Contracting, Anna B. Brown
Collective Memory, Women's Identity and the Church, Jo Ana Elise Brown
Rebranding Religion, Parker Brown
Dans les collines de jardins de Pierres Sacrées In the Hills of Gardens of Sacred Stones, William Apollo Brown
Politics as a Sphere of Wealth Accumulation: Cases of Gilded Age New York, 1855-1888, Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer
Our Bodies Moving North, Jamie Lynn Bruce
Racial Gap in Income, Wealth and Asset Allocation Between Ethnic Groups in America, Herby Brutus
Elysium, Darren Bulhak
Iron Tower, Laura Bult
The Vastness of Small Spaces: Self-Portraits of the Artist as a Child Enclosed, Matthew John Burgess
Educative Metafiction; The Interplay of Learning, Literacy and Language in Shakespearean Drama and Modern Metafiction, Stacie Burrough
The New Deal in Puerto Rico: Public Works, Public Health, and the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, 1935-1955, Geoff G. Burrows
The Fight Over John Q: How Labor Won and Lost the Public in Postwar America, 1947-1959, Rachel Burstein
Property Enhancements of Dielectric Nanoparticles via Surface Functionalization, Andrew Byro
Characterization of wide band gap semiconductors and multiferroic materials, Bo Cai
Dynamics and Manipulation of Nanomagnets, Liufei Cai
Transformative Science Education Through Action Research And Self-Study Practices, Olga Calderon
A Parent at War and the "Invisible Wounds" They Carry Home: PTSD in Military Veterans and a Review of Psychosocial Family System Challenges, Melina Sofia Calle
The Gawain-Poet and the Textual Environment of Fourteenth-Century English Anticlericalism, Ethan Campbell
"If She Can Do It, So Can I": An Ethnography of a Supportive Living Environment for Women in the Criminal Justice System and their Children, Regina Cardaci
