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
Bullying, Resilience, and Victimization : An Investigation Among Special Needs High School Students, Sandy Dawoud
The Effects of Handedness on Personal Preferences, Ryan McAllen
Cloning and Expression of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GvFP) from the Clinging Jellyfish (Gonionemus vertens) Using RNA-Seq, Vasilios A. Orologas
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
Reconstructing Barrier Island Behavior from Overstepped Deposits and Relict Onshore Morphology : Modeling and Field Approaches, Daniel James Ciarletta
Choice, Voice, and Agency : A Photovoice Study Exploring Multiple Means of Expression as Inclusive Pedagogy, Francesca M. Ciotoli
The Influence of Meaningful Work on Marital Satisfaction in Dual-Earner Couples with Family Meaning as a Moderator, Nicole Conklin
Speaking of Recovery, Thomas A. Conklin
Exploring the Role of Evaporation and Precipitation Rates on Mangrove Island Morphology, Isamar M. Cortés
The Eternal Detective : Poe’s Creative and Resolvent Duality in the Hardboiled Era, Michael Cresci
The Grey Areas : Ways Teachers Make Meaning of and Describe Enacting Professional Ethics, Charity M. Dacey
One Teacher's Transformation of Practice Through the Development of Covariational Thinking and Reasoning in Algebra : A Self-Study, Jacqueline Dauplaise
Everyday Enactments of Resistance : Portraits of Secondary Public School Teachers Navigating New Professionalism, Susan D’Elia
Do Indirect Predator Cues Affect Behavior of the Freshwater Clam Sphaerium simile?, Jesse Bruce Eichler
The Potential Synergistic Effect f EGCG-S and Antibiotics on the ESKAPE Bacteria Group, Summer Elsayed
Geostatistical and Hydrochemical Trends in The Upper Passaic River Basin : Impact of Road Deicing Application, Connor Evan Firor
Elemental Analysis of Species Specific Wood Ash : A Pyrogenic Factor in Soil Formation and Forest Succession for a Mixed Hardwood Forest of Northern New Jersey, Michael T. Flood
Leadership Conceptualization : The Construct, Jessica Lee Francavilla
Teaching English as a Second Language in an Urban Public University in Sri Lanka : A Reflective Paper, Kasun Gajasinghe Maramba Liyanage
Suicide in Younger and Older Adults : A Comparison of Two Theoretical Models for Suicide, John F. Gunn III
Analyzing the Necessity to Modify Standardized Test Statutes, Ashley Hernandez
Mōnstrum Ex Machina : Reading the Artificial Life as Monster in Three Contemporary Western Narratives, Constance Lynnette Humphrey
Sampling Studies for Longitudinal Functional Data, Toni Jassel
Hidden in Plain Sight : Knowledge Broker Teachers and Professional Development, Margaret M. Jusinski
Assessment of Mean Annual Precipitation and pCO₂ Effect on C₃ Land Plant Carbon Isotope Fractionation, Woohee Kim
“This Unique Empire” : Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton’s Embodied Poetry as L’Ecriture Feminine, Theresa Kircher
Impacts of a Natural Disturbance on Coral Reefs in the Florida Keys and Subsequent Recovery Potential of the Sea Urchin Diadema antillarum, Julia Nicole Kobelt
Embryo Litigation : The Legal Categorization of Embryos as Protected Humans or Property, Caroline Koboska
Assessing the Influence of Salt Marsh Enhancement on Nekton Communities, Evan Thomas Kwityn
Reproductive Success Increases with Age in American Kestrels (Falco sparverius), Especially in Breeding Males, Emilie Rehm Luttman
Refugee Resettlement in America : Exploring The Attitudes and Perceptions of Resettlement Workers and Adolescents, Marisa C. MacDonnell
The Perversion of Dignity in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, Lilian Nyanchama Mayaka
The Effect of Grind Size and Brew Time upon Antioxidant Potential, Sensory Profile, and Consumer Likability of Cold Brew Coffee, Angela Morresi
A Post-Intentional Phenomenological Exploration of a Sense of Safety in Three-Generation Low-Income Families, Kaitlin Brigid Mulcahy
The Effects of Emotion on the Holistic Processing of Faces, Julianna M. Murray
The Lines Between the Checkboxes : The Experiences of Racially Ambiguous People of Color, Tyce Nadrich
Lived Experiences of Indian Women Technology Professionals Working Temporarily in the United States, Sudha Nagarajan
Before Talkies : The Voice of Gesture, Lauren Baine Ohmer
Examining a Hypothyroid Model of Depressive Symptoms in Mice: Tests of Behavioral Measures, Hannah S. Ovadia
Student's Explicit and Implicit Attitudes Regarding Breastfeeding in Public : Analyzed Through FaceReader™ Technology, Kaitlin Doherty Overgaard
Inhibition of HSV-1 Binding by EGCG-Stearate, Valerie Paschalis
"Pure language" : Authenticity, Punk Ideology, and Belonging in A Visit from the Goon Squad, Kimberly Plaksin
Commonsense Knowledge in Sentiment Analysis of Ordinance Reactions for Smart Governance, Manish Puri
Least Action Principle Applied to a Non-Linear Damped Pendulum, Katherine Rhodes
“A Present Tense People, Modern, Relevant, Alive” : Writing Against Erasure in Tommy Orange’s There There, Greg Riggio
Evaluating the Relationship Between Depression, Perceived Stress, Sleep Quality, and Lure Discrimination, Jessica Rothberg
Microbial Community, Functioning, and Its Relationship with Heavy Metals in an Urban Brownfield, Jay Prakash Singh
The Impact of Deicing Materials on the Middle and Lower Passaic River Basins, New Jersey : A Geostatistical and Hydrochemical Analysis, Peter Joseph Soriano
Glauconite Formation in Late Eocene ODP Site 696 Sediment in West Antarctica, Abbey States
Data Mining and Predictive Policing, Chanté L. Stewart-Wallace
Assimilating Mathematical Thinking to the Learning of Shadows, Taheeda Shwana Street-Conaway
Curcumin and Hispolon as Potential Antibacterial Agents, Haleigh Elizabeth Sullivan
Dark Triad Unleashed : Examining Trait-Activating Effects on Counterproductive Work Behavior, Danielle Tarantino
Light Addressable Electrode for Neurotransmitter Sensing, Irina Michelle Terrero Rodríguez
Indole-3-glycerol Phosphate Synthase Ligand Binding Interactions, Oshane Thomas
You Can Go Your Own Way : Examining the Pathways of College Student Leaders, Margaret Judith Toich
Perceptions of Age, Maturity, and Self-Control, Nicole S. Troy
Effects of Astragaloside IV on GSK-3β and S6K1 Phosphorylation in C2C12 Muscle Cells, Kyle James Tuohy
Ecocriticism and the Trans-Corporeal : Agency, Language, and Vibrant Matter of the Environmental “Other” in J.R.R Tolkien’s Middle Earth, Garrett Van Curen
Targeted Resequencing of CRISPR Cas9 Mediated ICER Knockout in SK-MEL-24 Cells, Justin Wheelan
Statistical Modeling of Count Data with Over-Dispersion or Zero-Inflation Problems, Chengxin Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Antimicrobial Activity of Lipophilic Green Tea Polyphenols on S. mutans and the ESKAPE Pathogens, Mathew Milad Abtahi
Music Therapists’ Experience with Resistance in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting, Mark E. Ackerman
Analysis of Daily Precipitation Data from Selected Sites in the United States, Sahar Ahmed
An Assessment of Daily Plain Water Intake Level and Its Association with Total Energy Intake Among College Students, Maria Alanazi
Dynamics of Coupled Particles in a Time-Dependent, Double-Gyre Flow, Manuel Albrizzio
Lessons from Isadora : Re-Examining a Century Old Creative Process to Create New Movement and Expression, Rebecca Allen
Interlace Polynomials of Cycles with One Additional Chord, Jhonny Almeida
An Enthalpy Model for the Dynamics of a Deltaic System Under Base-Level Change, William Anderson
“An Eye Opener” : The Meaning of Latin@ College Students’ Experiences in a Bilingual Latin@ Family Class, Gloria A. Andrade
The Effect of Dark Personality Traits and Cultural Logics on Counter-Productive Work Behaviors, Anastasia I. Angelbeck
Green Tea Polyphenol EGCG-S as an Antimicrobial Agent, Theresa Renee Aponte
Inertial Particle Transport by Lagrangian Coherent Structures in Geophysical Flows, Alexa Aucoin
Resolving the Populist Paradox : Politics, Perception, and Identity in the United States, Pierre Avalos
The Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Urban Brownfield Soils, Jennifer Rosalia Balacco
The Culture of Nondisclosure of Sexual Abuse, Veronica R. Barrios
State of Mind : A Poststructural Analysis of Governmentality and Teacher Education Professionalism Using Policy Texts, Todd A. Bates
Establishing a Method to Detect Fragile X CGG Repeats within the FMR1 Gene of Embryo Trophectoderm Biopsies, Jenna Bedard
Evaluating the Success and Monitoring the Usage of Wildlife Crossing Structures in Bedminster, NJ, Nicole Heather Bergen
How is Fanfiction Framed for Literacy Education Practitioner Periodical Audiences : Media Frame Analysis (2003 - 2013), Drew Emanuel Berkowitz
Learning to Teach Physics : Exploring Teacher Knowledge, Practice, and Identity, Nellista E. Bess
Collaborative Teacher-Driven Professional Development : The Documented Journey of a Practitioner Action Research Teacher Study Group, Brenna D. Bohny
Is the Trail-Following Behavior of Juvenile Physa acuta Influenced by Kinship and Familiarity?, Tiana Bonventre
Economic and Environmental Assessment of Advanced Biofuels : Adoption Under Uncertainty, Farmer Willingness, and Land Use Implications, Pralhad Burli
Drume Mi Negrita : A Choreographic Spiritual Journey of the Goddess Yemaya, Beatrice Capote
Seasonal Switching Affects Bacterial-Fungal Dominance in an Ecological System, Kristin Carfora