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 2011
Intergroup Dialogue: An Evaluation of a Pedagogical Model for Teaching Cultural Competence Within a Framework of Social Justice in Social Work Programs, Mayra Lopez-Humphreys
American Manpower: Work and Masculinity in the 1970s, Victoria Ludas
The Interpersonal Foundations of Anti-Atheist Prejudice, Michael W. Magee
Mother Country: Reproductive Tourism in the Age of Globalization, Lauren Jade Martin
Influenza A and Flavivirus Manipulation of Cell Death, Jeffrey E. McLean
Smoking, Drinking, and Binge Drinking: An Empirical Study of the Role of Price on Consumption by High School Seniors, Jorge L. Medina
Phenolic Constituents from Garcinia intermedia and Related Species, Ulyana Muñoz Acuña
Becoming Normal: The Social Construction of Buprenorphine and New Attempts to Medicalize Addiction, Julie C. Netherland
Genetic, Morphological and Ecological Relationships Among Populations of the Clam Shrimp, Caenestheriella gynecia, Jonelle Orridge
Governance and Merger Activity in Banking, Thomas J. Piskula
Phytosociology, History and Diversity in Farmer-Managed Landscapes on the Tonle Sap Floodplain, Cambodia, Andrew S. Roberts
Demand for Cigarettes by Teenagers and Young Adults and Their Smoking Transitions, Ce Shang
Moral Mental States: Four Methods in Metaethics, Christopher Alen Sula
Essays on Foreign Direct Investment, Trade and Development, Jing Sun
Education Policy and the Mathematics Curriculum in New York City Middle Schools, 1958 to 2002, Joseph Valley
Education Policy and the Mathematics Curriculum in New York City Middle Schools, 1958 to 2002, Joseph Valley
Identity and Behavior: Exploring an Understanding of “Being” and “Doing” for Catholic Priests Accused of the Sexual Abuse of Minors in the United States, Brenda K. Vollman
Phosphorus Transport in the Bronx River: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis, Jingyu Wang
Holomorphic Motions and Extremal Annuli, Zhe Wang
Stem Cell Replacement Therapy for the Mammalian Inner Ear: A Systematic Literature Review, Robin Warwick
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2010
A Critical and Cultural Poetics of the End: Self, Space, and Volatility in Los Angeles, Pamela Albanese
Modern Time: Photography and Temporality, Kris Belden-Adams
Discrimination of Tone Contrasts in Mandarin Disyllables by Naïve American English Listeners, Shari Salzhauer Berkowitz
Children's Tolerance of Word-Form Variation, Paul Reeves Breuning
Mensura Incognita: Queer Kinship, Camp Aesthetics, and Juvenal's Ninth Satire, Michael Broder
Teaching Style: An Investigation of New York City Public High School Teacher Dress Practices, Anne J. Brownstein
Qualitative and Quantitative X-Ray Diffraction Analysis for Forensic Examination of Duct Tapes, Rebecca E. Bucht
Synesthetic Landscapes in Harold Pinter’s Theatre: A Symbolist Legacy, Graça Corrêa
Skin and Redemption: Theology in Silent Films, 1902 to 1927, Susan Craig
Essays on Economic Policy: Income Inequality and Health Insurance, Eric Doviak
Automatic Readability Assessment, Lijun Feng
Forget Burial: Illness, Narrative, and the Reclamation of Disease, Marty Melissa Fink
The Impact of Mood Disorders on Cognitive Function in Post-menopausal Women Undergoing Treatment for Early-stage Breast Cancer, Margery E. Frosch
The Effect of Teaching Attending to a Face on Joint Attention Skills in Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Tina Rovito Gomez
The Piano Works of Páll Ísólfsson (1893–1974): A Diverse Collection, Nina Margret Grimsdottir
Madness, Sexuality, and Gender in Early Twentieth Century Music Theater Works: Four Interpretive Essays, Megan B. Jenkins
Colombian Artists in Paris, 1865-1905, Maya Jiménez
Railroads and Economies of Scale and Scope in U.S. Manufacturing Industries: 1850-1880. Chandler Revisited, Michael Kalson
Mátyás Seiber’s Twelve-Tone Technique, Bettina Lee
Doing Good by Doing Well? The Political Economy of the Medical Biotechnology Industry in the United States, Volker Lehmann
Three Essays on the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Haitao Liang
Experiences with Infant Mortality as Reported by Middle Class Black Women in Their Own Words, Lisa Paisley-Cleveland
Semi-Supervised Learning for Connectionist Networks, Rebecca Robare
The Influence of Cross-Linguistic Input and L2 Proficiency on L2 Reading Comprehension Among Spanish-Speaking Adults Learning English as a Second Language, Astrid Sussette Rodríguez
Design and Performance Analysis of Genetic Algorithms for Topology Control Problems, Cem Safak Sahin
"If You See Something, Say Something": The Power of the 'War on Terrorism' to Name What We See, Polly Sylvia
Default Risk, Zeynep Topaloglu
Estandarizacion linguistica y construccion nacional: La norma espanola y la norma americana (1823-1857), Laura Villa
Essays in Corporate Finance, Milos Vulanovic
Stability and Change in New York State Regents Mathematics Examinations, 1866-2009: A Socio-Historical Analysis, Robert Stephen Watson
“We Went to the Hills": Four Afghan Life Stories, James M. Weir
Music and National Identity: A Study of Cello Works by Taiwanese Composers, Yu-Ting Wu
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2009
Making up the Difference: Ecuadorian Women Engaged in Direct Selling, Erynn Masi Casanova
Structural Studies of Biopolymers Using Computer Simulations, Optical and Magnetic Spectroscopy, Subhasish Chatterjee
Anger Et Cetera: Understanding the Emotions in Ethics, Damien DuPont
Eduardo Chibás: The Incorrigible Man of Cuban Politics, Ilan Ehrlich
The Church and Convento of Santo Domingo Yanhuitlan, Oaxaca: Art, Politics, and Religion in a Mixtec Village, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries, Alessia Frassani
The Gatekeeping Behind Meritocracy: Voices of NYC High School Students, Arlene Melody Garcia
Breach of Trust: Customary/Commercial Documents and Practices of Private Law in an Egyptian Port, Christine Hegel
Biodegradation of Fuel Oxygenates in Northeastern United States Aquifers with an Analysis of Underground Storage Tank Leaks, Gordon Hinshalwood
Beyond Observation: Literature and Science in Kafka, Rilke, Mann and Musil, Katya Ilina
Navigating the Gaze: Young People's Intimate Knowledge with Surveilled Spaces at School, Patricia Krueger
Raising Children the American Way: Court-Mandated Parenting Education in Alameda, California, Nicole D. Laborde
Memorial Laws: Social and Media Construction of Personalized Legislation, 1994-2005, Faith H. Leibman
Resisting Regulation: LGBTQ Teens and Discourses of Sexuality and Gender in High Schools, Darla Linville
"A Kind of Construction in Light and Shade": An Analytical Dialogue with Recording Studio Aesthetics in Two Songs by Led Zeppelin, Aaron Liu-Rosenbaum
"Reconnecting to Resilience" A Historical Study of Slave Narratives with Implications for Social Work Practice with African American Youth from High Risk Environments, Barbara E. Milton II
Essays on the Impacts of the Great Moderation on Business Cycle Modeling, Andre R. Neveu
Computer-Aided Reasoning about Knowledge and Justifications, Natalia Novak
Youth in Out-of-Home Care: The Question of Psychological Agency, Lauren M. Polvere
Divided Men: The Masculinity/Marriage Dilemma in the Novels of George Eliot, Danny Sexton
Music for the (American) People: The Concerts at Lewisohn Stadium, 1922–1964, Jonathan Stern
Are Sisters Doing It (All) for Themselves? Elderly Black Women and Healthcare Decision Making, Carlene Buchanan Turner
The Outsourcing of National Defense, Christopher Weimar
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2008
Involvement of Inflammation in Tau Pathology and Mechanisms That Drive Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease, Lisette T. Arnaud
Essays on Dynamics of Financial Markets, Esin Cakan
Meritocracy: A Socio-Educational Policy Conundrum Transversing Selected Works of James Bryant Conant, Benjamin Enoma
Predicting Within-Source Agreement in Multisource Feedback Ratings: An Examination of Characteristics of the Rater Group and the Focal Manager, Christine Schrader Fernandez
L1 Acquisition of Japanese Particles: A Corpus-Based Study, Mari Fujimoto
Markers of Dyslexia in Adult Spanish-Speakers Who Report Severe Difficulty Learning English, Elizabeth Ijalba
Rigidity and Stability for Isometry Groups in Hyperbolic 4-Space, Youngju Kim
Employee Ownership and Participation Effects on Firm Outcomes, Brent Kramer
Complexity Issues in Justification Logic, Roman Kuznets
Turning Space into Place in the Sprawling “New City”: Shrinking Space, Visions of Place, Homeowners in Conflict, Lael Leslie
The Impact of a Home-Based Intervention Program on Maternal Reflective functioning in First-Time Mothers, Maia Rebecca Miller
Synergistic Surfactant Interactions and the Consequences on Phase Behavior, Interfacial Tension Reduction and Hydrophobic Surface Wetting, Makonnen Mateós Payne
Development of Lexical Tone Production in Disyllabic Words by 2- to 6-year-old Mandarin-speaking Children, Puisan Wong
The Phenomenon of Amoralism: An Investigation of the Cognitive and Emotive Roots, Andrei G. Zavaliy
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2007
Provocative Enactments as Regulators of Underarousal and Its Associated Affects, Steven Bashkoff
Foraging Ecology of Black-crowned Night-Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) in the New York City Area, Andrew James Bernick
Post-error Slowing in Preschool Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Olga G. Berwid