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 deposit@gc.cuny.edu.
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 2024
Stereospecific Cross-Coupling Reactions of Enantioenriched Secondary Alkyltricyclohexyltin Nucleophiles, Meruyert Binayeva
Repurposing BT-11 to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease: Exploring the Glutathione-s-transferase LANCL2 as a Target, Emily Birnbaum
Resilience, Resistance, and Nation-Building Among Internally Displaced Persons: Kites as a Means of Transcending Displacement, Michelle Black
Expanding the Corpus of Vocalized Hebrew Text: Compiling an Unvocalized Text Corpus and Building an Online Interface for Vocalization Annotation, Rachel Shanblatt Bloch
Relationship Quality, Predictors, and Outcomes in Adolescent Age-Gap Relationships: An Exploratory Study, Alexandra Bonagura
Diaspora Documentation of West Albay Bikol, Nhia Borja
Quantics Tensor Trains: The Study of a Continuous Lattice Model and Beyond, Aleix Bou Comas
Racial-Sexual Normativity in/as Narratives of “the Human”, Jeri Brand
The History of “Having It All”: Black and White Women and Work-Life Balance, 1890s-2010s, Amanda W. Brennan
Imaging Markers of Future Neurodegeneration Following Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Daniel Brennan
Examining Visual Processing of Hierarchical Figures through Behavioral Measures and Pupillometry in Relation to Autistic Traits in Adults, Chloe Brittenham
A Journey to a Black Woman’s (Read Black Girl’s) Joy and Her Story of Coming Home, Brittany Lauren Brock
Questionable Intelligence: Secrecy and Espionage in Richard Nixon’s Life, Maayan Brodsky
The Four Seasons: Integrating the Big Four Sports, Joseph S. Brody
Assessing Job Vulnerability and Employment Growth in the Era of Large Language Models (LLMs), Prudence P. Brou
Effect of Magnetic Draping on Satellite Galaxies in Clusters, Vanessa Brown
Henry James and the Act of Speech from Drama to Dictation, Mary Claire Brunelli
A Machine Learning Approach to Discovering Physical Models of Galaxy Formation, Festa Bucinca
The Effects of Mood and Anxiety Sensitivity on Attentional Engagement and Disengagement in Sleep Disturbance, Kara L. Buda
“Back from Cuba with Machetes and Cameras” Feminist Contour Lines through the Venceremos Brigade: 1969-1971 and Today, Nicolette Bull
"White Slaves of California": Race, Religion, and the Railroad in Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton's The Squatter and the Don, Katie Buonanno
Reviewing Inclusive Sex Education Curriculum: A Policy Analysis of California’s Healthy Youth Act (2015), Patrick P. Buzzell
Alianzas Antimodernas: Estudios del Cine Español del Proceso 15M, Pedro Cabello del Moral
Ekphrasis: An Exploration of Poetry Inspired by Art, Caitlin Cacciatore
'Since No Expressions Do': Queer Tools For Studying Literature, Filipa G. Calado
The Charge Forward: An Assessment of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in New York City, Christopher S. Cali
Examining Mental Health Differences Between Traditional and Nontraditional College Students from 2017-2022, Terrence A. Calistro Jr.
Turning Movements into Markets: How Corporations Co-Opt Cultural Values for Profit, Anthony J. Capote
Molecular Roles of Two Small Inner Membrane Proteins in E. coli Lipid Homeostasis, Andrea L. Cardenas Arevalo
Twenty Years of Community-Based College Success: Oral Histories from Practitioners, Partners, and Peer Mentors Supporting City University of New York (CUNY) Students, Benjamin J. Carey
Measuring Intersectional Strength and Stigma Among Racially Minoritized Gender Diverse Young Adults, Joseph Carter
Ghost Bikes of Queens, Brianna Caszatt
From Stars to Moons: Investigating Stellar Rotations, Planetary Interactions, and Exoplanetary Prospects, Rosario Cecilio-Flores-Elie
The Impact of Sport-Related Concussions on the Vestibular System Utilizing the Vestibular Ocular Motor Screening (VOMS) Tool: A Systematic Review for Audiologists, Tina M. Ceriello
Comparative Animal Mucomics, Antonio R. Cerullo
Digital Environments of Reception and Governance: A Landscape Analysis of Immigration-Related Webpages on U.S. State Websites, Orunima Chakraborti
Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment for Combat Systems in Role-Playing Genre Video Games, Cheuk Man Chan
Exciton Dynamics, Interaction, and Transport in Monolayers of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Saroj Chand
Enhancing the Accuracy of the Mild Cognitive Impairment Diagnosis in Community-Based, Racially/Ethnically Diverse Older Adults, Katherine H. Chang
Development of Collagen Mimetic Mini-Fibrils with Tunable Collagenase Susceptibility, Jui Chaugule
A Candidate Needs Approach to Job Advertisements, Yuliya M. Cheban-Gore
Identifying Graduate Students’ Instructional Strategies and Approaches Towards Teaching Employable Skills, Elizabeth S. Che
Unveiling Iolanta: Blindness in Nineteenth-Century Opera, Nafset Chenib
The Sound of Complicity: Fascism, Colonialism, and Music in Novels, Michele Chinitz
Bodies that Traverse: Colonial Fantasies of Oriental Incorporations in Late Medieval England, Soojung Choe
Some New Properties of Random Groups in the Density and Few-Relator Models, Anastasiia Chorna
Placemaking and Placewashing in Manhattan's Chinatown: Capitalist vs. Community Interests, Mary Chu
Evaluating Climate Sentiment in SEC 10-K Filings: S&P 50 Companies, Ruby Chu
A Comparison of Temporary Threshold Shifts in Dentists, Hygienists, and Dental Assistants, Sabina E. Ciaccio
Clustering of Patients with Heart Disease, Mukadder Cinar
Modeling of COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes in Mexico: An Analysis of Demographic, Clinical, and Chronic Disease Factors, Livia Clarete
In My Softest & Most Liberatory Dreams: Reflections on Holding Complexity & Decentering Whiteness, Richard C. Clark
Mechanistic and Engineering Studies of LOV Photoreceptors in Yeast, Matthew M. Cleere
Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Usage of Hearing Protection in Volunteer Firefighters, Rachel S. Combs
Loneliness and the Urban American (Non-)Romantic, Sarah C. Cook
Culturally and Socially Responsive Teacher Professional Learning at the American Museum of Natural History, Jessica Correa
Turf War: Interstate Banking and Industry Consolidation, 1965–1998, Erin Cully
Learning from Their Flocks: Analyses of Power on Hudson River Valley Livestock Farms, Mark D. D'Alessandro
Careful Compositions and Careless Constructions, Timothy Dalton
Rational Design of Peptide-Based Materials Informed by Multiscale Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Dhwanit Rahul Dave
A Comparison of the Islamophobic Experiences of the Female Convert and Immigrant Muslims in America, Aliaa Dawoud
The Core of it All: From the Forest to the Concrete Jungle, Ayo Andra J. Deas
Worldbuilding: A Theory of Resilience in Transgender and Gender Expansive Young People, Jennifer DeBower
Positron Emission Tomography in Oncology and Environmental Science, Samantha Delaney
Hagia Sophia: Politics of Space and Hauntology, Hazal Demir
Who Are You Rooting For? T20 Cricket World Cup 2024, USA & WI, Purvesh Desai
Greek Tongues: Tragic Histories in Early Modernity, Nicholas Devlin
Assessing the Influence of LLMs on Online Review: Identifying and addressing the Rise of Convincing Fake Reviews, Zico Abhi Dey
Intimate Partner Violence and Negotiation During COVID-19: Stressors, Resources, and Perception, Victoria P. Diamond
Grieving: A Record of My Becoming, Neyshka Diaz Maldonado
Illustris-TNG Simulated Central Black Mass(MBH) and Galaxy Properties Correlations with a Machine Learning Approach, Imani L. Dindy
Tarot Fabula: Radical Digital Cards, Shuffled Narrative Structures, and Playing the Future in an Era of Algorithms, Rachel M.L. Dixon
Galina Ustvolskaya's Writing for Violin and Piano, 1952–1964, Patrick Doane
The True and Only Technic: Technological Ubiquity and its Critics, Heretics, and Zealots, Hampton A. Dodd
Religious Communication in Interfaith Romantic Relationships: Positive Approaches to Improve Relationship Outcomes, Jaclyn K. Doherty
The Effects of Social Media Attention on Retail Investors’ Non-GAAP Trading, Huy Nguyen Do
The Truth and Other Fictions: The Nuance of Truth in Medieval Literature, Mark-Allan Donaldson
The Complete Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time Database, Katie Donia
Electoral Competitiveness and Legislator Responsiveness, Joseph Donza
Misrecognition and Misrepresentation: A Critical Analysis of the Trajectory of Migrant Students - F1 Students, in the U.S., Domitila dos Santos Bicudo
Cross-Linguistic Differences in Neural Encoding and Processing of Stop Consonants: The Impact of Language Experience on Attention Allocation, Aline dos Santos Oliveira
Three Essays Applying Dynamic Models in Economics, Finance, and Machine Learning, Lucas C. Dowiak
Comprehension and Production of Contrastive Reference in Autism, Georgia Drakopoulou Kalantzi
The Art of Mathematics: Modernizing K-12 Mathematics Education in the USA, Lirak Drenica
Communication Challenges in Underwater Wireless Networks: MAC Protocols and Software Solutions, Dmitrii Dugaev
Meconium: A Potential Means to Predicting Later-Life Cognition, Leah Duran
Modeling Hydroxide in Classical Proton Hopping Simulations and Amyloid beta Membrane Pores, Ankita Dutta
Essays in Macroeconomics and Finance, Archil Dvalishvili
The Village on the Stage: Dramaturgies of Modernity in African Concert Dance, Margit N. Edwards
Late-Life Depression: The Interplay Between Cerebrovascular Risk, Cortical and Subcortical Atrophy, and Treatment Response, Dakota Egglefield
Protein-Protein Interactions in Cell Cycle Proteins: An In silico Investigation of Two Important Players, Andriele Eichner
Newly Synthesized Pyroglutamate Amide and its Neuroprotective Effect Against Neurotoxicity Induced Cell Death in Alzheimer's Disease, Nourelhouda Joutey Elamrani
Fornix Integrity and Reaction Time to Novel Scenes and Objects in Visual Recognition Memory, Melissa Elder
Preschoolers’ Generation of Quantity Implicatures, André Eliatamby