Theses/Dissertations from 2026
‘SIGNATURE GESTURES’: ANCHORING THE BLACK DIASPORIC FEMINIST PRAXIS IN ENGLISH STUDIES, Sonia Adams
TOWARDS IMPROVED TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT: DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF INHALABLE LINEZOLID AND NISIN SPRAY-DRIED PARTICLES FOR COMBINATION THERAPY, Peter Steve Astriab
EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF COLORATION IN POISON FROGS, WITH NOTES ON MOLECULAR EVOLUTION IN ECTOTHERMIC VERTEBRATES, Juan David Carvajal Castro
EXPLORING ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS SELF-PERCEIVED TEACHING ATTITUDES AND PRACTICAL CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING (CRT) STRATEGIES IN LIBRARY INSTRUCTION, Jocelyn Castillo
A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR COMPREHENSION OF AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE AMONG ADOLESCENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, Gonzalo Grant Castro
FIRST, BUT NOT ALONE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF SIBLING DYNAMICS IN FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS, Alison Celaya
EMOTIONAL VALENCE IN SUSTAINABLE FASHION ADVERTISING AND THE COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE DRIVERS OF CONSUMER RESPONSE AS DETERMINANTS OF DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT BEHAVIOR, Cassidy Jane Cisz
PEEKING BEHIND THE VEIL OF THE DISTRICT-LEVEL LITERACY LEADER: DOES RESEARCH MATCH REALITY?, Kristel R. Collins
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHER SELF-EFFICACY AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, Rowena Costa
CONTENT-AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE ADOLESCENT LITERACY CRISIS, Shari Curry
A CASE STUDY ON IMPLEMENTING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SUSTAINING EDUCATION: TESOL TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON SUPPORTING CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANT ELL STUDENTS, Barbara DeLaleu
HOMEWORK AND WELL-BEING: A CASE STUDY OF EDUCATOR, ADMINISTRATOR, AND PARENT PERSPECTIVES IN A LONG ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Marie Frances Fonzo
ROOTED IN EDUCATION: DEFINING AND EXPLORING CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOL LEARNING GARDENS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON STUDENT DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN SETTINGS, Jason Samuel Fuller
IN THE WAKE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE: THE ECOPOETICS OF SHAKESPEAREAN FILM ADAPTATIONS, Ioannis Garganourakis
UTILIZING A GENETICALLY DIVERSE SPECIES TO INVESTIGATE GENE-DRUG INTERACTIONS AND DRUG EFFICACY, Jerry Nawongbay Gbarlea
EXAMINING FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND FINANCIAL EXPERIENCES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC, Anika Dorsey Good
EQUITY IN THE DIVERSITY OF REPRESENTATION IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE - TARGET AGE SIX YEARS OLD TO TEN YEARS OLD - PROBABILITIES OF CHANGE AND GROWTH, Kathrine Leigh Hurt
INVESTIGATING THE PRACTICALITY OF PARENT-IMPLEMENTED INTERVENTION IN LITERACY FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM RESIDING IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES, Chasidy P. Kennedy
EXPLORING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS: EFFECT ON ACADEMIC MOTIVATION, Tolisa Khelawan
THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: THE PERCEPTIONS OF ADMINISTRATORS AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATORS, Caitlin Krauszer
PERCEPTION OF ADOPTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BEGINNING TEACHERS’ LITERACY PRACTICES, Logan Krisl
EVALUATION OF PULMONARY TOXICITY TO INHALED ERBIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN GOLDEN SYRIAN HAMSTERS, Randy Liang
ANTICANCER EFFICACY OF METHYL-CANTHARIDIMIDE (MCA) IN LIVER CANCER, Yidong Li
ADVISING WITH HEART: HOW INSTITUTIONAL SELECTIVITY AND SIZE SHAPE EMOTIONAL LABOR IN HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMIC ADVISING, Dallas W. Maddox
IDENTIFYING AT-RISK READERS: THE ROLE OF ADVANCED NONSENSE WORD FLUENCY PROBES IN EARLY LITERACY SCREENING, Lindsay K. McDermott
EXPLORING THE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF LGBTQ+ SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF THE CLOSET, Andrew McIntosh
THE LATENT LENS: EXPLORING HETEREOGENEITY IN THE USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS VIA LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS AND THE LENS MODEL, Andrew Miele
BIOGOTHIC: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE HAUNTED SPACES OF NINETEENTH CENTURY GOTHIC FICTION, Jessica Mintzes
FROM BURNOUT TO BALANCE: THE INFLUENCE OF SEL ON EDUCATOR WELL-BEING AND RETENTION, Megan Murphy
DECONSTRUCTING SHIFTING NARRATIVES: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF TERMINOLOGY TRENDS IN UNFPA’S STATE OF WORLD POPULATION REPORTS (1978-2024), Naqib A. Noory
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE OCCURRENCE AND PREVALENCE OF STRESS AND ANXIETY ON COLLEGE STUDENTS, Pushpita Paul
HOW DOES A WELLNESS PROGRAM SUPPORT STUDENTS’ PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE?, Zully M. Petrucci
AN EXPLORATION OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF BLACK WOMEN LEADING INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS PROGRAMS, Leslie Zeelika Pieters-Klatsky
READING COMPREHENSION FOR THE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNER: ORAL OR SILENT READING WHICH METHOD OF INSTRUCTION IS MORE EFFECTIVE?, Rosanne Ravo-Vernon
RETENTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONALS: A DISTRICT-LEVEL CASE STUDY OF LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATION, AND SYSTEMIC SUPPORT, David L. Renahan
POLICE SUPERVISOR SELECTION PROCESS AND THE NEED FOR UNIFORMITY IN PRACTICES TO IMPROVE POLICE LEADERSHIP IN THE USA, Catrina M. Rhatigan
COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF ELECTRONIC WARFARE THREATS TO GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS, Matthew P. Robinson
SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN HIGH SCHOOLS: GRADUATION RATE AND REGENTS PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH, Saida Rodriguez-Tabone
VIOLENCE, ALCOHOLISM, AND MARRIAGE IN NINETEENTH CENTURY NEW YORK, Gina Rossetti
READING BETWEEN THE LINES: EXPLORING HOW TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS NAVIGATE RACE AND NEURODIVERSITY THROUGH LITERACY PRACTICES, Genesis A. Ryant
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN K–12 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS AND SELF-EFFICACY FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT, Meg Anne Sheehan
THE EFFECTS OF YOUTH EXTRACURRICULAR INVOLVEMENT ON THE HOME ENVIRONMENT OF MILLENNIAL AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES, Joyce Merius Speed
DISABILITY AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFLUENCES ON ADVANCED PLACEMENT CALCULUS PERFORMANCE: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, Edward J. Storck
THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL TYPE, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL FACTORS ON SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN NEW YORK, John Trotta
DOMESTIC WORKER ABUSE AMONG DIPLOMATIC FORCE: THE NEED TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION FOR DOMESTIC WORKER SAFETY, Martyne A. Volcy
THE ENGAGEMENT OF ONE-TO-ONE DEVICES IN A COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION PUBLIC SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, Leonard William Wright
MECHANISTIC PHARMACOLOGY AND PRECLINICAL RESEARCH OF STIRIPENTOL, A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC FOR GLIOBLASTOMA, Anjali Yadav
INITIAL PHONEMIC AWARENESS INSTRUCTION WITH PRINTED WORDS COMPARED TO ORAL-ONLY INSTRUCTION: SEGMENTING, BLENDING, AND LETTER–SOUND LEARNING, Jill R. Zablocki
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
REFLECTING UPON WRITING CHALLENGES AMONG STUDENTS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, Claudia Rose Addeo
SYNTHESIS AND SAR OF PARP INHIBITORY QUINOXALIN-2(1H)-ONE DERIVATIVES CARRYING POTENCY- AND SELECTIVITY-DRIVING ADENINE-BINDING MOTIFS, Ugochi Ann Adiele
POETICS OF RELIGIOSITY: T.S. ELIOT’S POETRY AND RELIGIOUS SENSE, Endrit Agolli
DISTURBING THE MACHO: RE-IMAGINING GENDER RELATIONS IN FEMINIST SPECULATIVE FICTION OF THE 20TH CENTURY, Nouf Abukhater Arige
UNRAVELING THE ROOTS: A HISTORICAL AND SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE OF FAMILY LITERACY PRACTICES AND PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN BLACK COMMUNITIES THROUGH A CRITICAL LENS, Tasean D. Baldwin
SLEEP’S IMPACT ON MUSIC PROCESSING IN THE DEVELOPING BRAIN, Rigel Leonard Baron
THE LONG SHADOW OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE ON CONTEMPORARY FICTIONS OF ARRANGED MARRIAGE AND MARRIAGES OF ALLIANCE, Candice Belluscio
UNDERSTANDING THE INEQUITIES OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN POST-COVID NEW YORK STATE, Erwin Bernal
SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS: A CASE STUDY, Rebecca Bilski
PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNSELORS ON THE ADAPTATION AND INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING STANDARDS IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS, Meva Black Rhooms
THE BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES HELD BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON EMOJI USAGE FOR COMMUNICATION, Stacy Bonano
BEYOND THE BORDER: ANALYZING THE ROLE OF UNJUST U.S POLICIES IN SHAPING THE MIGRANT CRISIS IN NEW YORK CITY., Elvita Bouzy
BARRIERS TO SUCCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR SECOND-GENERATION CARIBBEAN AMERICAN MEN, Leonard S. Breton
BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL EVALUATION OF AMIDE-BASED CJOC42 DERIVATIVES AS POTENTIAL GANKYRIN-INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BREAST, LUNG, AND LIVER CANCER, Benita Britton-George
EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL INTERVENTIONS USING SINGLE-CASE DESIGN METHODOLOGY IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY JOURNALS, Kendall H. Catanzaro
BROAD AND SPECIFIC PARENTING PRACTICES’ EFFECTS ON TODDLERS’ PROSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A THREE-MONTH LONGITUDINAL STUDY, Cassandra Cheeseman
AN EXAMINATION OF INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM (IBDP) HISTORY TEACHERS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES, Karen F. Chernoff
THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A SPANISH VERSION OF THE ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS SCALE-2 SHORT FORM IN A MEXICAN SAMPLE, Verónica Compeán
A TEACHER LIKE ME: PERSPECTIVES OF HISPANIC ENGLISH AS A NEW LANGUAGE (ENL) TEACHERS ON THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL REPRESENTATION IN SCHOOLS, Stephany Contreras
SONIC FUTURES: EXPLORING PODCASTING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF COMPOSITION, Grant David Crawford
OUR MORALITY OR YOUR MORALITY? AN EXPLORATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF GROUP MEMBERSHIP ON MORAL JUDGMENT AND THE MODERATING INFLUENCE OF THEORY OF MIND, Phoebe Flora Dadson
ROLE OF MACROPHAGE INDUCIBLE C TYPE LECTIN (CLEC4E) RECEPTOR IN METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED STEATOHEPATITIS (MASH) AND LIVER FIBROSIS, Rajvee Manan Dave
NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT AND COVID-19 MORTALITY, Patrick Dawid
ELECTROCHEMICAL AND CONFORMATIONAL PATTERNS OF S-GLYCOSIDES AND THE SYNTHESIS OF SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI ANTIGENS, Bhavesh Rajendra Deore
NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL INDICES OF LEXICAL TONE PROCESSING IN CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGE BACKGROUND, Andres Felipe Diaz
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GAZE BEHAVIOR: AN EYE- TRACKING STUDY OF FIXATION DURATION IN SOCIAL DECISION-MAKING, Rebeca Dobson
THE IMPACT OF AN EXPERIENTIAL FINANCIAL LITERACY WORKSHOP ON FIRST-GRADE STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION OF FINANCIAL CONCEPTS, Deirdre Donnelly
IT’S COMPLEX: TEACHER PRAXIS AND CRITICAL PEDAGOGIES, AnnMarie Dull
A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF TEACHER EFFICACY IN THE READING CLASSROOM, Anne Dunphy
FIRST-SEMESTER COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR POSTSECONDARY EXPERIENCES WITH LEARNING SOFT SKILLS, Malcolm M. Ebanks
CO-TEACHING IN A SECONDARY ENL SETTING, Helen Efkarpides
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ITS EFFECTS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, Mohaned Elgizawy
ADSORPTION AND RECOVERY STUDIES OF CADMIUM AND LEAD IONS USING BIOWASTE ADSORBENTS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, Liang Feng
THE IMPACT OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ON HISPANIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, José M. Fernández
HISTORICAL LITERACY FOR PRESERVICE SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Vincent J. Gaccione III
OPERATION AIRLIFT AFRICA: AMERICAN EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE LEADERS FROM BRITISH COLONIES IN EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, David N. Gachigo
EXPLORING THE SHARED LIVED EXPERIENCES OF ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC: A HERMENEUTICAL PHENOMENOLOGICAL QUALITATIVE STUDY, Jeremy Garritano
HOW THERAPISTS’ PERCEPTIONS IMPACT DISSEMINATING AND IMPLEMENTING TRAUMA-FOCUSED COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, Maddi R. Gervasio
AS I TYPE: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF ITALIAN (SICILIAN) FAMILY LITERACIES ACROSS GENERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, Kailyn Nicole Giaccone
AN ETHNOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF HISPANIC PARENTAL EXPERIENCES WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION, Leila Fox Goldsmith