All Montclair State University theses starting with May 2017 can be found below. Theses and dissertations from before that date can be found by searching the Library catalog.
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Tension Within Immigrant Identity in South Asian and Asian Characters in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Everything I Never Told You, and Disgraced, Dania Abdelsalam
Synthesis of Amide and Sulfonamides as PDE11 Inhibitors, Noor Abouchakra
Euripides : Suppliant to the Divine Feminine, Liz Amato
Antisemitism Today and Its Relationship to Jewish Identity and Religious Denomination, Michaela Ambrosius
Discovery of Single-Stranded DNA Aptamers for the Detection of Ranavirus, Allyssa Angel
Re-envisioning Sections of Anything Goes to Address Gender Identity, Laurena Barros
Question-Asking in Conversational Tasks : A Gender Comparison, Courtney Bell
Design of Strips with Geometry Shapes and Mathematical Analysis, Somia Benali
Manuel Puig y los espacios queer : Una tercera lectura de la realidad, Matthew Berg
Size Does Matter : Exposure and Effects of Microplastics on the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica), Erika Bernal
The Spatial Economics of Clean Energy in New Jersey, Anthony J. Bevacqua
The Influence of Heteronormativity on Sexual Health Disparities in Queer and Heterosexual Women, Jacqueline Bible
Testing Multiple Climate Stressors at the Cold Range Limit of a Marine Calcifier, Christian R. Bojorquez
Video Case Materials and the Development of Collective Professional Knowledge, Victoria D. Bonaccorso
Parenting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder : Child Symptom Behaviors, Stigma, and Parental Stress among Minorities and Non-Minorities, Kayla Renee Breeden
Beliefs and Perceptions of Millennials Pertaining to Climate Change and Sustainability, Rae Cade
"A" is for Ambivalence : Hester Prynne's Conflicted Response to Motherhood in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Stephanie Morecraft Carlson
“Mutually Exclusive” : Exploring Gender and Sexuality in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Caitlin Moran Casey
Response to Phototaxic Stimulation in Relation to Sex and Reproductive State in the Urban Adapted Mosquito, Culex pipiens f. molestus, Karen M. Catalina
From Social Exclusion to Social Inclusion : A Feminist Action Research Intervention for Low Income Latina Mothers, Diana Cedeño
Preparation and Crystal Structures of Racemic and Quasiracemic Imidazole or N-Methyl Imidazole Copper Complexes Containing Substituted N-Benzoylalanines, Emily Catherine Chong
The Impact of Social Support, School Connectedness, and Community Organization on Academic Achievement Among Black & Hispanic Adolescents in an Urban Low-Income School District, Stephanie M. Compasso
Clinical Supervisor Self-Perceived Addiction Competencies in Response to the Opioid Epidemic, Elizabeth A. Conte
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy : The Views of Latinx Students Inform Teacher Professional Development on Critical Consciousness, Florita Cotto
“Life Swarms with Innocent Monsters” : the Monstrosity of Gender Inversion in Bram stoker’s Dracula, Natalie Diane Cottrill
Bullying, Resilience, and Victimization : An Investigation Among Special Needs High School Students, Sandy Dawoud
Simulation Based Inference in Epidemic Models, Tejitha Dharmagadda
The Effect of Metabotropic Glutamate 5 Receptors Stimulation on Delayed Non-Match to Odor Performance in Long-Evans Male Rats, Stacy Jesus Duarte
Beloved : An Immersive Theater Experience, Caitlin Dutton-Reaver
The Antiviral Effects of Embelin on HSV-1 in Cultured Vero Cells, Tony Elias
The Expression of Circadian Rhythms in the Non-Diapausing Mosquito Culex pipiens f. molestus, Natalie Rachel Epstein
Lineage and Legacy : Horton Through the Ailey Lens, Then and Now, Lakey Evans-Peña
Outsiders in the Circle : Examining the Lived Experiences of Gay Afro-Caribbean Male Immigrants Living in the United States, Alfonso L. Ferguson
Control of Secondary Extinctions in Stochastic Food Webs, Dunia M. Fernandez
Identification and Quantification of Black Carbon Particulates in Urban River Sediments Involving a Multi-tiered Analytical Approach, Anastasia Figueroa
The Spaces Between : Reimagining and Rebuilding Sokolow’s Slaughter of the Innocents, Samantha Géracht
Stellar Transfigurations of Disabled Bodies : Wangechi Mutu and Afrofuturism, Addys Lorenzo Gonzalez
A Comparison of Antioxidant Potential, Total Phenolic Content, and Cannabidiol (CBD) Content of Cannabis Infused Hemp, MCT, and Olive Oils, Alexa Gruschow
"Gazing on Vacancy" : Charlotte Bronte's Critical Portrayal of Church Life in Shirley, Emily Pataki Hamburger
Sanctuary : Shaping Frames and Shifting Perspectives, Lindsey Anne Hanson
A Choreographic Exploration of Bullying Through Contemporary Dance, Mark A. Harootian
Trace Element Accumulation and Distribution in Two Turtle Species, Malaclemys terrapin and Chelydra serpentine in New Jersey, USA, Molly Hillenbrand
Analysis of the Spatial Distribution, and Recruitment of Native and Non-Native Tunicate Species on Zostera marina in New Jersey, Sarah Hoffman
Home Range Size and Habitat Use : Analysis on the State Endangered Bobcat (Lynx rufus) in Northwestern New Jersey, Rita Isabel Matos
Using Video to Reframe the Teacher Evaluation Process as a Professional Learning Experience : An Action Research Study, Andrew C. Matteo
Grassroots Professional Learning : The Homegrown and Human Dimensions of Teacher Learning, Heather A. Frank Matteo
The Effects of Handedness on Personal Preferences, Ryan McAllen
Servant Leaders as Facilitators of Couple’s Meaningfulness at Work and Home, Kristine Milorava
Contrasting Seasonal Presence of West Nile Virus in Mosquitos Between Coastal and Inland Communities of New Jersey, Domenica Mousa
Womens’ Bodies, Womens’ Stories : A Multi-Media Reflection on Fertility and Childbearing, Rebekka Nodhturft
Stochastic Modeling of Zoonotic Disease, Sausan Odatalla
Assessing the Capabilities and Limitations of Privatizing State Environmental Remediation Programs, Robert B. Oleksy
A Study and Synthesis : Bronze Compounds, Patricia Rose Olsen
Socioeconomic Analyses of Renewable Energy Options for Sub-Saharan Africa : A Regional and National Approach, Sydney Oluoch
Cloning and Expression of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GvFP) from the Clinging Jellyfish (Gonionemus vertens) Using RNA-Seq, Vasilios A. Orologas
“There is Power in a Woman’s Wit and Will” : Womanly, Wit, Will, and Wiles in Gothic Works of Louisa May Alcott, Alexandra Ortea
Preparing Preservice Teachers To Be Critical Literacy Educators : Co-Constructing an Early Childhood Critical Literacy Junk Art Club, Angela F. Pack
Anti-Semitism in American Realist Literature: Edith Wharton’s Sim Rosedale - a Thorn in American Identity, Elizabeth Pantirer
Do Chemical Cues Influence Giant Waterbug Belostoma flumineum Say (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) Turning Behavior?, Olivia Paradis
A Network Thermodynamic Game-Theoretic Approach to Modeling Amyloid-beta Aggregation Along Competing Pathways, Joseph Pateras
Young Adult Future Outlook in the Context of Parent Advice, Parent-Young Adult Closeness, and Young Adult Ability Self-Concept, Jennifer A. Pax
Institutional Racism and the Transformative Practices of Black Women Educators in New York City Alternative Education, Gail M. Perry-Ryder
When Kumbhakar Swallowed a Dead Dog : A Diasporic Rendering of the Reamker, Emmanuele Phuon
Finding Their Way : The Journey from Foster Care to Emerging Adulthood, Venita Rawal
Exploring Ways that Women Veterans Describe Their Experience of Transition into the Civilian World of Work, Meghan Reppert
Environmental and Trophic Factors that Influence the Prevalence of Gonionemus vertens in the Northeastern United States, Matthew Rigby
Lateralization of Pitch Processing, Daniel Rynerson
Understanding Epistemic Cognition : Aspects that Emerge When Early Childhood Teachers Consider Materials and Plan Instruction for Literacy Learning, Kit Marie Saiz De La Mora
Tap Dance : The Heartbeat of American Dance Culture, John Scacchetti
Somatic Awareness and Meaning-Making in Choreography, Candice Schnurr
Politically Correct Language in George Carlin, Alan Schultz
A Comparative Study of Drug Affinities Determined by Thermofluor and Kinetic Analysis, Oruba Shatnawi
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Movement and Mortality in the Flat Brook-Roy Catch and Release Section of New Jersey, Christopher J. Shea
Shared Leadership Approaches in Teams : How Understanding Leadership Impacts the Perceived Presence of Shared Leadership, Dana Noelle Sobel
Tag-Team Back Again : Using Memory as Method to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Egalitarian Parenting in My Black Family, Rebecca M. Swann
A Community of Practice Approach to Teacher Learning, Jayne L. Tanis
Magic in the Classroom: The School Story and the Implications of Discipline in Harry Potter, Megan Thompson
The Social Capital in Teacher Leadership Activities, Kristen Trabona
Ride of the Waelcyrges : Combating Notions of Feminine Passivity and Monstrous Deviance in Anglo-Saxon Literature, Shaina Marie Strang-Wolf Tullo
Making Meaning : Death, Dignity, and Dasein in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, Angel Katrina Tuohy
The Rise of Defense Spending in the United States, Ashlee Marie Vaca
Physical Listening : The Influence of the Black Arts Movement on Free Jazz-Inspired Movement, Lauren Putty White
The Beginning : Exploring Educational Experiences of Black Boys in State-Funded Preschools, Keisha M. Wint
The Effects of Group II Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Antagonism on Delayed Non-match to Odor Performance in Male Long-Evans Rats, Andrew Wolfarth
Ferrate(VI) for Wastewater Treatment : Phosphorus Removal, Lei Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
A Privacy-Preserving Framework for Collaborative Association Rule Mining in Cloud, Salha Albehairi
A Privacy-Aware Framework for Friend Recommendations in Online Social Networks, Mona Fahad Alkanhal
Examining Students’ Covariational Reasoning Through Mathematical Modeling Activities Embedded in the Context of the Greenhouse Effect, Debasmita Basu
Queer Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence : Developing Queer Theory and Practice for Responsive Service Provision, Autumn M. Bermea
Assessing Resilience to Flooding and Human Wildlife Conflict in Developing Countries : A Case Study of Flood Related Trauma and Human Wildlife Conflict in Nepal, Gita Bhushal Adhikary
Content Area Teaching in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms, Meghan Odsliv Bratkovich
Characterization of Red Mangrove Proproot Epibiont Communities of St. Johns USVI, Alan M. Buob
Promoting Community-Based Affirmation for Diverse LGBTQ+ Youth, Lisa M. Chauveron
Saturated Hydrocarbon Analysis of Liberty State Park Soils, Matthew Chi-Hymn Cheung