Theses and Dissertations
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2014
The Privileged "In-Between" Status of Latino Jews in the Northeastern United States, Laura Limonic
The Journey Back: Revisiting Childhood Trauma, Ruth Lipman
The Role of the Striatal Neuropeptide Neurotensin in the Methamphetamine-induced Neural Injury in Mice, Qingkun Liu
Spontaneous Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking in Two Dimensional Electronic Systems, Wei Liu
Synthesis, Fabrication and Characterization of Magnetic and Dielectric Nanoparticles and Nanocomposite Films, Xiaohua Liu
Control of Exciton Photon Coupling in Nano-structures, Xiaoze Liu
Development of Mesoporous Silicas, Responsive Polymer Microgels, and Related Nanocomposites, Yingyu Li
Rotational Form And Sonata-Type Hybridity In The First Movement Of Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony, Charity Lofthouse
Foreseeing Identity in Blank Interstices: New-wave African Migration to the United States and a New Theory of Diaspora, Bernard D. Lombardi
New Portlandia: Rock n' Roll, Authenticity and the Politics of Place in Portland, Oregon, Jeffrey Ross London
Albert Camus' political thought: from passion to compassion, Angel López-Santiago
A Game Changer; Mega-Sporting Events, Illiberal Regimes, and Political Liberalization, Alexander Lord
BLASÉ SPEAKERS; THE TONES OF SPEAKERS IN CARPE DIEM POETRY, Iliana Luciano
America is Not the Heaven We Dream Of: Race, Gender, and Refugee Status among Liberians in Staten Island, New York, Bernadette M. Ludwig
Data-driven Synthesis of Animations of Spatially Inflected American Sign Language Verbs Using Human Data, Pengfei Lu
Confucius, Yamaha, or Mozart? Cultural Capital and Upward Mobility Among Children of Chinese Immigrants, Wei-Ting Lu
Does Warlord Prosection/Arrest Help Deter Child Soldiering?, Olga Lyukina
Representational Implications of the Phonologization of Contour Tones, Benjamin Kirkland Macaulay
Trauma in Foreign Correspondents, Pearl Macek
Dollar Democracy: The Politics of Dollarization in Latin America, Cori Madrid
Self-Determination as a Human Right; On Identity Politics and The Changing Concept of Sovereignty in International Law, Tina Magazzini
The Application of Dispersion Staining and Infrared Microspectroscopy to Analyze Physical Evidence in Developing Countries, Thiti Mahacharoen
El humanismo civico en Castilla a mediados del siglo XV: la Batalla campal de los perros contra los lobos de Alfonso de Palencia, Ruben Maillo-Pozo
Entre Dos Islas: Dialogos Musico-Literarios Entre Manhattan Y Quisqueya. El Rol De La Musica Popular En La Literatura Dominicana Contemporanea, Sharina Maillo-Pozo
Iron regulates mRNA translation initiation through RNA iron responsive element (IRE), Jia Ma
Caffeine's attenuation of cocaine-induced deficiency in acoustic startle response by inhibition of adenosine in a sex and dose dependent manner, Lauren B. Malave
HipsteRevolution, Alessandra Malito
Psychological Contracts in Information Exchanges, Stanislav Mamonov
Exploring The Illusion Of Transparency When Lying And Truth-Telling: The Impact Of Age, Self-Consciousness, And Framing, Jason Mandelbaum
How Childhood Obesity Predicts Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Study, Rachel Lynn Manes
The interaction between arsenic and struvite during coprecipitation and adsorption processes, Ning Ma
Occupy Mall Street? How the Court Conditioned Public Space Where People Go, Anthony Maniscalco
"Do you live on Spruce Street or are you straight?" The Boundaries of Philadelphia's Gayborhood and the Production of Queer Identities, Lauren Elisabeth Manley
Design of Well-Defined Mesoporous Silicas via Surfactant Templating Method Enhanced by the Use of Swelling Agents, Tiffany Man
Households, Landscapes, and Post-Collapse Continuity in Postclassic Jalieza, Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, Elise Marie Maragliano
Art as Dissent in the Midst of Mexico's Drug War, Ana Lorena Marron Nozari
Iggy Azalea: Cultural appropriator or scapegoat for accepted practice?, Malorie Marshall
Women in Space: Feminist Pulp Science Fiction From 1927-1948, Matthew Martin
Works in Progress: Child Characters in Victorian and Postcolonial Fiction, 1814 - 2006, Kiran Mascarenhas
Lady Luck: The Rise of Women Problem Gamblers, Antonia Massa
The Influence of the European Union Membership Requirements on the Development of two Western Balkan Countries, Albania and Macedonia, Bedrie Matoshi
Oxocarbenium Ion and Alkene Metathesis Strategies for the Synthesis of Complex Cyclohexanes, Clayton Errol Mattis
The Perceived Religiousness of the Repertoire of the Muslim Minority in France, Brian Mawyer
The Jacob A. Riis-Theodore Roosevelt Digital Archive, Jonathan Conrad Maxwell
Otoscopic and Tympanometric Outcomes in Haitian Children, Ellen May
Emerging Musical Structures: A method for the transcription and analysis of Electroacoustic Music, Mario Mazzoli
The Representation of Nonmonogamy on Feminist Blogs, Caitlin M.
"With the Class-Conscious Workers Under One Roof": Union Halls and Labor Temples in American Working-Class Formation, 1880-1970, Stephen McFarland
A Brief History of the Irish-American Athletic Club: The "Winged Fists" of Celtic Park, Ian McGowan
The Bitter Pill: How Second-Wave Feminism Failed, and Why It Doesn't Matter, Brianna McGurran
Regional Integration and People-Centeredness; An Assessment of the Mechanisms for Popular Involvement in the Decision-Making of the East African Community, Louise M. Mdachi
From Backlash To Mobilization: Muslim American Prayer Spaces In Post-9/11 New York, George E. Melissinos
A psychoanalytic exploration into the memory and aesthetics of everyday life: Photographs, recollections, and encounters with loss, Dimitrios Mellos
In and Out of Uniform: The Transition of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans into Higher Education, Vienna Messina
Nature's Goodness: An Aristotelian Account, Nathan K. Metzger
Reliability-Based Progressive Collapse And Redundancy Analysis Of Bridge Systems, Feng Miao
Asymptotic Invariants and Flatness of Local Endomorphisms, Nikita Miasnikov
Aging Out of the Spectrum of Cultural Visibility, Darthea M. Miller
The Other Tribeca: Immigrant Work and Incorporation amid Affluence, Elizabeth A. Miller
The Writing Process of Donald Barthelme, John Miller
Why Should One Reproduce? The Rationality and Morality of Human Reproduction, Lantz Fleming Miller
Musical Landscapes: Theophile Gautier and the Evolution of Nineteenth Century French Poetry, Dana Milstein
The Computational Complexity of Some Games and Puzzles With Theoretical Applications, Vasiliki Despoina Mitsou
School Librarians and the Common Core: How They Can Help Teachers and Students Through the New Standards, Enito Mock
Ethnic Language Maintenance: A Case Study of Second-Generation Iranian Americans in the Northeastern States, Maryam Moeini Meybodi
Public Space--Urban Spaces Of Multiple And Diverse Publics, Antti Moelsae
Physiological Correlates of Emotion Regulation in Depersonalization Disorder, Kai-Mosadi Monde
The Impact of Saccadic Eye Movement Training on Saccade Accuracy and Latency, Stephanie Montenegro
Effect of Institutional Design Features on the Security in International River Basins, Jennifer Moore
In Harm's Way: How Philadelphia's Urban Renewal Practices Steered Marginal People to Marginal Land, Katera Ya'Shea Moore
Investigating Innate Immune Signaling Cross-Talk in a Drosophila Tumor-Inflammation Model, Rebecca Moore
Undocumented Transgenders Fear Getting Sent Back Home Where They Were Discriminated, Denisse Moreno
Executive Dysfunction and Reward Dysregulation: Interactions in Drug Addiction, Kristen Paula Morie
Where is all the conservative comedy?, Oliver Morrison
Age-related Aspects of Mirror-use by Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Rachel A. Morrison
Morris-Jumel Mansion and the American Colonial Revival, Ken Moss
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: More than a lame duck, Julius Motal
International norm echoing in rebel groups: The cases of the Kosovo Liberation Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Jennifer A. Mueller
Concerto For Violin & Chamber Orchestra, Gregory Munna
"When I Heard about the March": Testimonies and Participatory Archiving in Peacebuilding, Carolina Muñoz Proto
Origins of the Movement and the Development of Protest: The Birmingham Campaign, 1963, James Munro
Tableaux Vivant for Suffrage; An Evening of Art and Politics at the Maxine Elliot Theatre, Shannon Murphy
Work-Life Experiences for People with Mobility Disabilities in New York City, Jessica A. Murray
Design And Optimization Of A De Novo Protein Charge Separation Dyad, Andrew C. Mutter
The Grammar of Choice: Charles Dickens's Existential Idea of Religion, Hai Na
Mayibuye! Let Us Reclaim! Assessing the Role of Memorialization in Post-Conflict Rebuilding, Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman
The Meaning, Experience, and Value of 'Common Space' for Women and Children in Urban Poor Settlements in India, Anupama Reddy Nallari
Mosque Infiltration: How They Fought Back, Reem Nasr
Not By Accident: How Egyptian Civil Society Successfully Launched A Revolution, Helen-Margaret Nasser
The Presentation of Trans in Everyday Life: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Gendered Performance, Elijah C. Nealy
Conditional Discriminative Functions of Meaningful Stimuli and Enhanced Equivalence Class Formation, Roxana I. Nedelcu
Exquisite Corpses: Fantasies of Necrophilia in Early Modern English Drama, Linda K. Neiberg
The Characterization Of Pb2+ Toxicity In Rat Neural Development: An Assessment Of Pb2+ Effects On The Gaba Shift In Neural Networks And Implications For Learning And Memory Disruption, Lorenz Simon Neuwirth
RESPONSES OF UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO BLAST LOADING, Soufiane Nezilli
In Vietnam, a Chinese Skytrain Sheds Light on Tough Bilateral Ties, Chau Ngo
The Politics of Transportation Megaprojects, Patrizia Christa Nobbe
A Structural Approach to the Analysis of Rock Music, Drew F. Nobile
