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 2015
Systematics and Biogeography of Orthaea Kloztsch (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae), Nelson Salinas
The Print Portfolio and the Bourgeoisie in Fin-de-Siècle Paris, Britany Lane Salsbury
Mothers' Mental Health Evaluations in Foster Care Practice: A Social Constructionist, Qualitative Data-Mining Study, Michelle Salvaggio
Right to Land and the Rule of Law: Infrastructure, Urbanization and Resistance in India, Preeti Sampat
The Finales of Robert Shumann's Piano Sonatas and Fantasie, Emiko Sato
Before Addiction: The Medical History of Alcoholism in Nineteenth-Century France, Lauren Saxton
Successful Implementation Of Solution-Based Casework; A Child Welfare Casework Practice Model?, Naomi Weisel Schear
Risk factors and costs influencing hospitalizations due to heat-related illnesses: patterns of hospitalization, Michael T. Schmeltz
Self-Esteem as a Predictor of Posttraumatic Growth and Adaptation among Maltreated Early Adolescents, Hadar Schwartz
Foreign Direct Investment and the Chinese Economy: Theory and Impact, Gerasimos Seriatos
Quantum State Discrimination and Quantum Cloning: Optimization and Implementation, Andi Shehu
The Archdiocese Of New York: Transition From Urban Powerhouse To Suburban Institution, 1950-2000 A Case Study, Henry A. Sheinkopf
Essays on the Economic Analysis of Transportation Systems, Hyoungsuk Shim
Ecological Aspects of the Music of John Luther Adams, David Arie Shimoni
Effect of the New York City Overdose Prevention Program on Unintentional Heroin-related Overdose Death, 2000-2012, Anne Elizabeth Siegler
Poetry And The Arab Spring, George A. Simon
Using a Multisystemic Approach to Examine Youth Risky Sexual Attitudes and Behavior, Chamane Melissa Simpson
Modern Era Centaur: the Fusion of Art and Religion, Isabel Sobral Campos
The Three-Quarter House: A Product of The Neoliberal City, Paulette Soltani
Essays in Health Economics of Cigarette Consumption, Yan Song
Pagh-Paan's No-ul: Korean identity formation as synthesis of Eastern and Western Music, Ji Hyun Son
Nuclear Pore Protein Nup211 Is Essential for Cell Cycle Progression and Cell Shape Maintenance in Fission Yeast, Ayisha R. Sookdeo
Assumptions underlying behavioral linkage revisited: A multidimensional approach to ascertaining individual differentiation and consistency in serial rape, Marina Sorochinski
A Cognitive-Based Indicator of Deviant Sexual Arousal: Concurrent Validation of the Emotional Stroop, Ashley H. Spada
Content Analysis Of Applied Learning From High FIdelity Patient Simulation Orientation to Critical Care, Patricia M. Span
The Importance of Bioacoustics for Dolphin Welfare: Soundscape Characterization with Implications for Management, Heather Ruth Spence
The intrinsic and synaptic properties of inverted pyramidal cells within the neocortex, Robert Michael Steger
Investigation of the Effects of Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels on Youth and Adult Smoking Behavior in Southeast Asia, Jessica Brooke Steier
Learning Functional Prepositions, John Stewart
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (The Irish Musicians' Association) and the Politics of Musical Community in Irish Traditional Music, Lauren Weintraub Stoebel
Errant Memory in African American Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century, Tristan Alexander Striker
The Impact of Bank Relationships on Corporate and Investment Decisions, Chih-Huei (Debby) Su
Education as a Site for Ethical Transformation and Activism, Lindsay Sudeikis
Who Stole the Daedalen Statue? Mythographic Humor in Ancient Greek Comedy, Alan Grau Sumler
Effects of Aerosol on Cloud Water Path: Statistical Method a Potential Source for Divergence in Observation-based Correlative Studies, Ousmane Sy Savane
Explicit Solutions of Imaginary Quadratic Norm Equations, Sandra Sze
Equations over hyperbolic groups, Alexander Kai-Chi Taam
The Ecology of School Readiness, Miriam Beth Tager
Performing Blackness in a Mulatto Society: Negotiating Racial Identity through Music in the Dominican Republic, Angelina Maria Tallaj-García
A Light in the Darkness: Argentinian Photography During the Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Ana Tallone
Senescent Changes in Orientation, Frequency, and 3-D Slant and Shape Perception, Danny Tam
On the Midnight Train to Georgia: Afro-Caribbeans and the New Great Migration to Atlanta, LaToya Asantelle Tavernier
Policy Implications of a Predictive Validity Study of the Specialized High School Admissions Test at Three Elite New York City High Schools, Jonathan James Taylor
The Insulin/IGF Signaling Regulator Cytohesin/GRP-1 Modulates Sensitivity to Excitotoxicity in C. elegans, Nazila Tehrani
The Architecture of Nineteenth-Century Cuban Sugar Mills: Creole Power and African Resistance in Late Colonial Cuba, Lorena Tezanos Toral
Organizing Against Discrimination: The Chinese Hand Laundrymen Historical Niche and Ethnic Solidarity in America, Johnny Thach
Arab-American Lives In New York City: the Value Of Creative Non-Fiction Journalism To The Social Sciences, Sofie F. Tholl
Resettling the City? Settler Colonialism, Neoliberalism, and Urban Land in Winnipeg, Canada, Owen Toews
The Labyrinths of Venice: Environment and Identity in Anna Pavignano's Novel "Venezia, un sogno" and Other Works in Literature and Film, Viviana Torrero
Where's the Staying Power? Factors Influencing Dropping Out Among Black Students, Judy Touzin
Phylogeography of Southeast Asian flying foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Pteropus), Susan Man Shu Tsang
The Effect of Retention Interval on Temporal Control of Responding in Rats on the Peak Interval Procedure, Catherine Tsiris
Problems, Puzzles, and Paradoxes for a Moral Psychology of Fiction, Katherine Tullmann
Imperial Priests and Martyrs: Pretexts for State Violence and Religious Change in France, 1848-1871, Benjamin Tyner
Working Memory Deficits and Emotion Dysregulation in Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Understanding Relationships and Treatment Implications, Jodi Zehava Uderman
Characterizing Migratory Signaling Pathways Of Transplantable Retinal Progenitor Cells And Photoreceptor Precursor Cells Toward Restoration Of Degenerative Retina ' A Systems Biology Approach, Uchenna John Unachukwu
Representation without Thought: Confusion, Reference, and Communication, Elmar Geir Unnsteinsson
Matrix Stiffness Regulates Glial Cell Morphology and Differentiation, Mateusz M. Urbanski
Siento una Flauta: Improvisational Idiom, Style, and Performance Practice of Charanga Flutists in New York from 1960 to 2000, Jessica Lynne Valiente
Attention in HIV, Kathleen Marie Van Dyk
Francisco da Costa y su Cancionero. Lirica y dramaturgia desde el exilio africano en el contexto de la unión ibérica., Vasiliki Velliou
Attitudes of Normal Hearing Listeners Towards Personal Sound Amplification Products: Sound World Solutions CS50, Marisa Viets
Geometric Separation and Packing Problems, Ivo Vigan
'May God Cure You': Contemporary Egyptian Therapeutic Landscapes Between Qur'anic Healing And Psychiatry, Ana Maria Vinea
Object Categorization in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Jaime Vitrano
Children First Reforms, Fair Student Funding and the Displacement of Accountability in the New York City Department of Education, Daniel Voloch
Educating Desire: Auto/bio/graphical impressions of addiction in/and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Peter Waldman
Touching Time: Forms of Romantic Temporality, Leila Walker
The Measure of a Man: The Role of Measurement in Shaping Our Understanding of College Graduation along Ethnic Lines, Andrew Middleton Wallace
Dramatic Form and Embodiment: Robert Browning and the Epistemology of Romantic Drama, Laura Helen Wallace
Emotion Dysregulation: A Predictor For Cbt Treatment Outcomes In A Comorbid Ptsd And Sud Population, Jennifer Robin Wallach
Unhappy Together: Chinese Diaspora In Film, Jo Hsin Wang
Essays on Disclosure and Individual Investors, Yakun Wang
An Exploratory Study Of The Role Of Cooperating Teachers In Preparing Teacher Candidates For Academic Success With Students Of Color In High-Need Schools, Audra Michelle Watson
Does Financial Openness Affect Economic Growth in Asian Economies? A Case Study in Selected Asian Economies, 1980-2010, Hsinrong Wei
Civil War Incentives, Identities, And Group Allegiances In Syria's Contested Provinces: A Case Study On Civil War, Hilary Weitze
Biomolecule Mediating Synthesis Of Inorganic Nanoparticles And Their Applications, Zengyan Wei
Technology and the Glass Imagination: Isolation and Closeness from the Window to the Screen, Sarah Elizabeth Welsh
The Moduli Space of Rational Maps, Lloyd William West
Triple Stigma in Forensic Psychiatric Patients: Mental Illness, Race, and Criminality, Michelle Leigh West
The Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Parenting, Erin Ann Williams
Engendering Islands: Representations of Difference in the Seventeenth-Century French Caribbean, Ashley Meredith Williard
New Results on Randomized Matrix Computations, Jesse Lowell Wolf
The Fengsu-Driven Practice of Sending Infants to China: The Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Mothers in New York, Kitching Rhoda Wong
Environmental Expertise In The Age of Research: Institutional Process And Environmental Science In the American Far West, 1950-2014., Nathan D. Woods
Actuality Or Mystifying Spectacle? War In Cinema And Electronic Gaming, Christopher Robert Workoff
Taking the Venereal out of Venereal Disease: The Public Health Campaign Against Syphilis, 1934-1945, Erin Wuebker
Earnings Forecast and Stock Recommendation by Security Analysts, Cunyu Xing
Preconditioning For Matrix Computation, Xiaodong Yan
Optimal Measurements Tasks and Their Physical Realizations, Vadim Yerokhin
Why Do Victims Not Report?: The Influence of Police and Criminal Justice Cynicism on the Dark Figure of Crime, Seokhee Yoon
Accurate Deterministic Solutions for the Classic Boltzmann Shock Profile, Yubei Yue
Tales Of Language Loss And Language Maintenance: Elicited Ancestral Language Use In Lazuri-Turkish And Turkish-German Caregiver-Child Dyads During Structured Play, Peri Ozlem Yuksel-Sokmen
