Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
As of 2014, all Graduate Center dissertations, theses, and capstone projects are posted to Academic Works. Some are immediately available to read and download, and some become available after an embargo period set by the author. All pre-2014 dissertations and doctoral capstone projects are available to the CUNY community via our Retrospective Dissertations, 1965-2013 database (CUNY Login required).
Some pre-2014 works have been added to this collection at the author's request. If you graduated before 2014 and would like to add your own GC dissertation, or for information about changing your embargo settings, please email [email protected].
Dissertations, theses, and capstone projects are listed by year below. To browse by program, go to the Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects by Program page.
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2026
Dumatree: Free Online Education in Bridging the Migrant Digital Divide, Mia Lee
Assessing the Influence of Disability Views on Perceptions of Hearing Aids Among Older Korean Adults, Stasha Lee
Contesting the Sacred: Ideology and Church Music Reform in Spain, 1850–1900, Francisco J. Legasa
Finding Luis: A Creative Nonfiction Account of Law & Society, Jason M. Leggett
Investigating Individual and Group Level Mediators of Fear Acquisition, Rachel S. Lese
Aphrodite in Movement and Miniature: Knidian Statuettes of the Ancient and Modern, Jacqueline M. Lewis
Buchenwald, Palestine: A Kibbutz, Idan P. Liav
Forms of Encounter: The Genre of Displacement in the Contemporary Novel of Migration, Jonathan Liebembuk
Whitney Extension Problem for Fractional Sobolev Spaces and Besov Spaces, Han Li
Shifting to Using Desmos or GeoGebra Graphing Calculators in High School Mathematics Classrooms, Nancy Lin
Absences that Matter: Performative Transmissions in the Americas, Maria Litvan
Materializing the Interface: Personal Data Feeds Generative Art, Erin Livingston
The Micro Origins of Macro Predictability: Cross-Sectional Anomalies and Time-Series Dynamics, Yanran Li
6D Rigid Object Pose Estimation Using Deep Learning, Zhujun Li
La Segunda Piel: The Fight for Indigenous Textiles in Post-Genocide Guatemala, Regan Loggans
21st Century Hackers, Kenji Logie
Alive and thriving: Ancestral wisdom usage among US based Latine clinical social workers in psychotherapy practice, Yaneth Lombana
Domestic Disruptions: Detective Fiction and the English Home, 1880–1920, Alyssa Mackenzie
Towards Unbordered Worlds: Mutual Aid Amid Border Internalisation in New York City, Holly Maclean
Variational Methods for Semilinear PDEs with Dirac Singularities, Samuel J. Magill
4E-BP1 Differentially Regulates Translation of a Subset of Human mRNAs, Mehreen Mahbub
Social and Structural Factors in the Development of Baltimore's Low Back Vowels, Aidan J. Malanoski
Mediating Energy and Charge Transfer Dynamics of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals via Surface Chemical Approaches, Aaron S. Malinoski
Exploring Native and Designed Elastins as Protein-Based Elastocaloric Materials: A First Investigation, Dharshika Malwane
The Exception: Refugee Camps and Governmental Control, Kyle L. Mans
Unrepresentable Objects: Neoliberalism in the Contemporary Novel in French, Alicen Marie
Universal Photonic Circuits with Interlaced Operator Architectures, Matthew Markowitz
The Lives of English Catholic Seminarians before Rome, 1598–1609, John Thomas Massey
The Correlation Between Racial Inequality and Rent Stabilization Apartments in New York City, Juan G. Mayancela
A Photographic Gendered History of the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62), Maura E. McCreight
Voices of Agency: Unpacking Student Insights on NYSED Content Standards, Local Curricular Practices, Pedagogy in New York State Schools, and their Educational Implications, Alprentice Ashanti Talibudeen McCutchen
Making Nature's Nation: The Revolutionary War and Environmental Interdependence in New York, 1775–1783, Blake McGready
Deep Learning Models for Conversational Dynamics, Matthew McNeill
Electromagnetic Counterparts to Active Galactic Nucleus Disk-Embedded Binary Black Hole Mergers, Emily McPike
Typeface: Machine-Viewing Gentrification on Storefront Imagery in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Alexander McQuilkin
Self-organized criticality in biased activated random walk, Joshua Meisel
Latino Immigrant and Second-Generation Small Food Business Owners' Survival Strategies in New York City in a Time of Crisis, Ivana Mellers
Unveiling the Impossible: The Intentional Fantastic in Ancient Greek Literature, Alessandra Migliara
Architects of mRNA Fate: Molecular and Cellular Control of P-body Organization in the Drosophilia melanogaster Female Germline, Samantha Milano
How Temporal Integration and Complexity Drive Musical Enjoyment, August Miller
Rideout!: Freedom and Collective Movement in Black Biking Subcultures, Kristen L. Miller
Sensing Prehistory: A Framework Reconciling Scientific Modeling and Human Experience Through Affordance Theory, David S. Milley
A Data Analysis Study of Temperature Based on California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CALCOFI) Data., Afsana Mimi
Geometric and topological invariants of curves on hyperbolic surfaces, Sayantika Mondal
No Tech for Apartheid Memory: Oral Histories of Google Worker Organizing, Zelda Montes
Culture and Its Discontents: Versions of Matthew Arnold from the 1860s to the 1980s, Jarrett Moran
Maintenance Mode for Digital Dwellers, Maci Morris
The Constant Cause of Friction: Maud Mosher and Gendered Authority in the Indian Service and at Ellis Island, Ella Morton
Twitteratura: Digital Social Reading and Active Reception of Literary Texts in the Context of Italian Contemporary Literature, Iuri Moscardi
Foreign Songs, Occitan Voices, and the Guitar in Early Modern France (c. 1570-1650), Ana Beatriz Mujica Lafuente
A Predictive Coding Account of Spatial Working Memory Following Prophylactic Levetiracetam Administration Prior to Traumatic Brain Injury, Omeima Mutwali
Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Ferns: Potential Habitats, Range Shifts, Distribution, and Niche Estimation, John K. Mwihaki
An Investigation of the Impact of Privacy on Sexual and Reproductive Health Using Reports on the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti, Jillian E. Myers
The New Middle Cinema: Aesthetic Restraint, the Urban Middle Class, and the Reconfiguration of Mainstream Bollywood (2007–2017), Hasnatun Nabi
Discovery and Characterization of Novel Transcripts in Immunity and Venom, M. Praveena Naidu
Reimagining Folk Songs: A Bridge Between Tradition and Innovation in Georgy Sviridov’s Music, Polina Nazaykinskaya
Theatrical Agency in the Constitution of Logical Space, Esther Marveta Neff
Conceptual Learning of “Do Something Different” and Working Memory in the Fancy Rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica), Melissa J. Nelson Slater
Unraveling Hemispheric Specializations in the Mouse Auditory Cortex: From Diseased Model Comparisons to Development, Demetrios Neophytou
Race and the Enduring Logic of Exclusion in U.S. Immigration Policy, 1882–2025, Kejda Nikollaj
Revolutionary Petunias in the Hallways: Adultification, Identity, and Black Girls’ High School Experiences, Renee Niles
Too Fast, Too Slow: Girlhood, Temporality, and Eugenics in Twentieth Century Film, Alessandra Occhiolini
Wageless by Design: Dependency in U.S. Visa Regimes, Cristina Ochoa Echeverri
Joy Beyond the World, Poignant as Grief: Fantasy as a Literature of Continuance, Natasha Ochshorn
Algorithmic Problems in Automorphic Orbits of Free Groups, Siobhan B. O'Connor
Urban Sacred Grove: A Visioning for Collective Care, Preservation, Environmental Justice, and Resilience, Oluwadara A. Ojugbele
Managing Multi-Channel Service Operations, Omer Berk Olmez
An Absolute Manner of Seeing: Flaubert, 1848, and the Development of Modernist Style, Nicholas Olson
Public Finance, Private Profit: The Contradictions of Public Resource Capture by Financialized Landlords in North America, Sophie O'Manique
Mapping Nucleosome Stability: Linking Oncogenic Structural Alterations to Long-Range Allosteric Communication, Augustine C. Onyema
"Who Am I? Who Are We? What Are We Going to Do About It?": Testimonios of Latinx Social Justice High School Alumni, William Salomon Orellana
Goddess in a Trash Can: Religious Ritual Disposal in New York City Public Parks, Zoe Oro-Hahn
On the Treatment of Animals: Animalier Art and Animal Welfare in France Between 1840 and 1890, Anna Orton Hatzis
The Maghrebi Silk Road: A Medieval Exploration, Malak Ouammou
New Age Spirituality in Post-Secular Turkey: Navigating Secular Sensibilities and Class Privilege, Zeynep Ozbarlas
Essays on Health and Immigration Policy, Selen Ozdogan
Exploring Police Decision-Making on COVID-19 Vaccination: A Moral Panic Framework Analysis of Two Pivotal Points of the Pandemic, Jill Paccione Frometa
The Perceptual Gap: How Voters See the Ideological World, Javier Padilla
New Cities, Old Names, Jason J. Palladino
Sugar-Induced Cell Death Is a Common Phenomenon in Yeast Mediated by the Production of Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Compounds, Raveena Parbhudayal
Tejiendo Conocimientos: Pláticas, Testimonios, and the Pedagogies of Immigrant-Origin Latinx Teachers in New York City, Veronica I. Paredes
Invasive Species Across Kingdoms: Mapping, Monitoring, and Quantifying Impacts on Forest Biogeochemical Cycles, Kelsey Parker
The Soviet New Wave: A Comparative Analysis, Katarina Parks
Subjects of Resistance: Multispecies Political Struggles in Chile, Lindsay Parme
Characterization and Advancement of Molluscan Venom Gland Cell Model Systems, James V. Parziale
Computational Insights into Nucleosome Dynamics in Epigenetics Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Rutika Patel
The Impact of Multi-Brand Promotions on Visual Distinctiveness and Consumer Choice, Melanie Isabel Paul Austin
Somatosensory Cortex Responses to Illusory Touch in a Visual-Tactile Integration Task, Aditi Surendra Pawar
G&P2P: A Multi-Source Approach to Grapheme to Phoneme Conversion, Chun-Yi Peng
Undoing Ableism: The Dramaturgy of Relaxed Performance and the Making of Neurodivergent Bodies, Hui Peng
Sleep Deprivation Changes Social Behavior in African Cichlid Fish (Astatotilapia burtoni), Bryan M. Perez Valverde
A Simulation to Compare Models for a Longitudinal Ordinal Response with a Multilevel Cross-Classified Data Structure, Rachel S. Perlin
Bimodal-Bilingual Advantage: Neural Patterns of ASL Interpreters During Narrative Encoding, Gina F. Piersanti Gioe
New York City Women’s Experiences with Perinatal Depression Inquiries, Diagnosis, and Treatment Initiation, Caterina Pisciotta
