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 2013
Cafeteria, Commissary and Cooking: Foodways and Negotiations of Power and Identity in a Women’s Prison, Amy Brooks Smoyer
Pathways of Activity: Lessons from Dominican College Students, Monika L. Son
Blogging Chronic Illness and Negotiating Patient-hood: Online Narratives of Women with MS, Collette Sosnowy
Neurophysiological Indices of the Effect of Cognates on Vowel Perception in Late Spanish-English Bilinguals, Carol A. Tessel
(In)Justice on the Streets: The Long Housing Crisis in Hungary from Above and Below, Éva Tessza Udvarhelyi
Dipolar Interactions, Long Range Order and Random Fields in a Single Molecule Magnet, Mn12-acetate, Bo Wen
Script Fading for Children with Autism: Generalization of Social Initiation Skills from School to Home, Alison Marie Wichnick
Metaphysical Dependence and Set Theory, John Wigglesworth
The Digital Diaspora in Sunset Park: Information and Communication Technologies in Brooklyn’s Chinatown, Sarah Wendolyn Williams
Understanding and Interpreting Japanese NP1 WA NP2 DA Sentences: Mechanism and Contextual Factors, Megumi Yoshida
Free from Jazz: The Jazz and Improvised Music Scene in Vienna after Ossiach (1971-2011), Thomas Albert Zlabinger
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2012
Strategic Citizenship: Dual Marginalization and Organized Transnational Political Mobilization among Ecuadorian and Dominican Migrants, Howard Caro-Lopez
The Metaphysics of Improvisation, Tobyn C. DeMarco
Aspects of Adaptation in the Egyptian Singing Film, Margaret Jean Farrell
Social Aspects of Developing and Sustaining Voluntarily Reduced Consumption Activity in New York City, Kirsten B. Firminger
Beyond the Scores: Mathematics Identities of African American and Hispanic Fifth Graders in an Urban Elementary Community School, Paula Jenniver Fleshman
(Re)Forming Italians: Children's Literature in Italy, 1929-1939, Marisa Giorgi
Reading Through Prayer: Lectio Divina and "Liturgical Reading" in Some Medieval Texts, Marie Schilling Grogan
Global Wreckage and Consumer Illusions: Responses to the Human Effects of Economic Globalization in Sub-Saharan African Francophone Novels and Films, 1973-2006, Sara C. Hanaburgh
Risky Businesses: A Micro-Level Spatiotemporal Analysis of Crime, Place, & Business Establishment Type, Christopher R. Herrmann
The Work of the Urban Commons: Limited-Equity Cooperatives in Washington, D.C., Amanda Huron
The Syntax of Non-Verbal Causation: The Causative Apomorphy of 'From' in Greek and Germanic Languages, Alexandra Ioannidou
Twentieth-Century Catalogs: The Poetics of Listing, Enumeration, and Copiousness in Joyce, Schuyler, McCourt, Pynchon, and Perec, Timothy Krause
Aperture Array Photonic Metamaterials: Theoretical Approaches, Numerical Techniques and a Novel Application, Eli Lansey
Grunt Work for the Avant-Garde, Andrea A. La Rose
Politics, Improvisation, and Musicking in Frederic Rzewski's "Which Side Are You On?" from North American Ballads, Andrea A. La Rose
Essays in Health Economics, Leigh Ann Leung
Criminal, Antisocial, and Temporal Patterns in the Histories of Serial and Non-Serial Sexual Murderers, Victoria Blair Mesa
Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S.-Based Refugee Resettlement Program: A Survey of International Rescue Committee Employee Perceptions, Jennifer Mincin
The Prison Fix: Race, Work, and Economic Development in Elmira, New York, Andrea R. Morrell
Essays on Firm Behavior, Priya Nagaraj
Population Dynamics and Occupancy Patterns of Eastern Screech Owls (Megascops Asio) in New York City Parks and Adjacent Suburbs, Christopher M. Nagy
Exploring Change in Local Criminal Justice Systems: An Examination of the Implementation of the Justice Reinvestment at the Local Level Model in Three U.S. Counties, Suzanne Rebecca Neusteter
History of the Performance Practice of Mozart’s Fantasie and Sonata K. 475/457, Mikako Ogata
An Investigation of the Relationship Among Social Support, Motivation, Perceived Competence, and Pursuit of a Baccalaureate Degree Among Associate Degree Nurse Graduates, Margaret Joyce Reilly
Optomechanics of Cavity Driven Nanoparticles, Joel T. Rubin
Geometric Graph Theory and Wireless Sensor Networks, Deniz Sarioz
Oh Canada, Your Home on Native Land: Settlement, Development, and Conflict in Southern Ontario, Shana Siegel
Reducibility, Degree Spectra, and Lowness in Algebraic Structures, Rebecca M. Steiner
The Museum of Modern Art's "What Is Modern?" Series, 1938-1969, Jennifer Tobias
Effects of Video-Based Peer Modeling on the Question Asking, Reading Motivation and Text Comprehension of Struggling Adolescent Readers, Kallen E. Tsikalas
The Creeks, Beaches, and Bay of the Jamaica Bay Estuary: The Importance of Place in Cultivating Relationships to Nature, Kristen L. Van Hooreweghe
Facebook: Shifting Privacy, Identity, and Power Online, Rachel Verni
Recollecting Turbulence: Catastrophe and Sacrifice in the "History of My Life" by Henry Darger, Carl Watson
Yayoi Kusama: Biography and Cultural Confrontation, 1945–1969, Midori Yamamura
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2011
The Vocal Behaviors of North American River Otters (Lontra Canadensis) Individual Differences and Shared Repertoires, Carla Almonte
The Role of Mdm2 in Estrogen-Mediated Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation, Angelika Brekman
Hořava Gravity: Symmetries and Generalized Particle Dynamics, Dario Capasso
"... Rivalry, Hostility, and Romanita." An Ethnographic Study of AS Roma's Ultras, Mark Wayne Dyal
In Favor of Teleosemantics: A Millikanian Treatment of the Intentional Content of Mental Representation, Pierre Faye
A R&D Based Real Business Cycle Model, Ka Wai Terence Fung
Getting into Character: Cultivating Identities in a Teen-theatre Peer-education Program, Valerie A. Futch
Call of Duty: A Question of Police Integrity, Albert O. Gamarra
When Women Migrate: Children and Caring Labor in Puebla, Mexico, Denise Geraci
MyTH4 and FERM Have Overlapping and Distinct Roles in the Function of Myo1, a Class XIV Myosin in Tetrahymena thermophila, Michael Gotesman
Tiebout Sorting and Jurisdictional Homogeneity: Empirical Validity and Ethical Implications, Lee Hachadoorian
Faunal Analysis of the Early Modern Bishop's Farm at Skalholt, Arnessysla Iceland, George Hambrecht
Franz Joseph Rosinack (1748-1823): A Bohemian Oboist and Music Arranger at the Fürstenberg Hofkapelle, Jan Oliver Homann
Re-locating Recycling: A Contextual Analysis of Recycling Behavior in the USA and Germany, Tsai-Shiou Hsieh
The Relationship of Race and Social Integration on the Health Status of Older Adults in An Urban City, Thomas T. Jordan
The Impact of Trial Consultants on Perceptions of Procedural Justice and Juror Verdicts: An Empirical Investigation, Jennifer Burke Katz
Personal Narratives of Women's Leadership and Community Activism in Cherkasy Oblast, Martha Kichorowska Kebalo
The Art Songs of Tom Cipullo, Elizabeth Bell Kling
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
