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All Montclair State University theses starting with 2010 can be found below. Print theses from before that date are being digitized based on the availability of funding, and may be listed below. All print and electronic theses and dissertations that have been cataloged can be found by searching the Library catalog.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Investigating Spinal Cord Injury at Different Locations on the Spinal Cord Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Haley Nauman

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Quantifying Local and Regional Effects of Human Development on Centennial Barrier Island Evolution : Insights from Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, Shane Nichols-O’Neill

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Seasonal Variations in Nutrient and Total Suspended Solids Sources and Fluxes in Rivers of Northern New Jersey and Newark Bay, USA, Jing Nie

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A Computational Study of the Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Boronic Acids, Kevin Nyhuis

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Trends in Nestling Body Size in a Declining Population of American Kestrels, Kristina M. Ollo

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An Examination of Faith and Faith-Based Practices on Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Afro-Caribbean Immigrants in the United States, Shanta K. Pamphile

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Parental Influences on Korean Youth Academic-and Career-Related Motivation During the Transition to Tertiary Educational Settings : A Situated Expectancy-Value Theory Approach, Jeanie Park

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Parameter Optimization for Excitable Cell Models, Amrit Parmar

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Privacy-Enhanced and Outsourced Power Usage Control in Smart Grids, Hemadri Patel

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Social Influence on Risky Decision Making, Kesha Patel

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An Ecofeminist Investigation of How Research Experiences for Science Teachers Influence Their Conceptualization of the Nature of Science and Their Construction of Storied Science Identities, Suzanne Poole Patzelt

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The Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on Empathy and Quality of Life, Nicholas James Pek

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Investigation of Microplastics in River Bottom Sediment along the Musconetcong River, Nicole Perkins

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Secondary Analysis of ChIP-SEQ Dataset and Genomic Interactions of ICER, Karem Rivera

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Road Salt-Induced Salinization of the Upper Paulins Kill River in Newton, New Jersey, Kristine Emily Rogers

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Wild Sea Cucumber Trade in Rural Madagascar : Consequences for Conservation and Human Welfare, Emily L. Rothamel

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The Role of Attentional Control and Social Influence in Risky Decision Making, Samantha Salernitano

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Potential of Increased Thermal Tolerance as a Response to Acute Heat Stress in a Disease-Transmitting Mosquito Species, Nicole Ashley Scanlon

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A Quantitative Analysis of Inner Speech Between Monolingual and Bilingual Speakers, Thomas Sears

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Trophic Assessment of the Invasive Hydrozoan Gonionemus vertens Using Stable Isotope Analysis : You are What You Eat, Diana Sisk-Gritz

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Future Time Orientation and Criminal Thinking Style, Danielle Squillaro

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A Survey of Knowledge and Beliefs on Child Maltreatment, Brooke R. Stettler

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Ecocriticism and the Young Adult Audience in Dry and The Islands at the End of the World, Nicole Marie Sysyn

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Sylvia Plath as a Confessionalist Writer : The Queen Bee, Alexandra Tangarife

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The Impact of Acculturative Stress on Internalizing Problems Among Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Adolescents and Young Adults in the U.S. : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Petty Tineo

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The Association of Mindfulness, Passive Social Media Use, Social Comparisons, FoMO and Depression in College Students, Cody Weeks

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The Ghost of the Neo-Slave Narrative : Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing and the Evolution of the Black Gothic, Kabria Wimbush

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The Relationship Between Poverty and Behavior Problems : Examining the Role of Family and Parental Factors from an Ecological Systems Perspective, Alaina Marie Wodzinski

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How Race and Gender Moderate the Effect of Facial Trait Inferences on Leadership Perception, Calista Wong

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“It Was Like Double Damage” : An Exploration of Clergy-Perpetrated Sexual Abuse, Institutional Response, and Posttraumatic Growth, Krystal Lynne Woolston

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Accent Discrimination Across Different Language Families, Jee Mei Yeoh

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The Construction of a Static Source Code Scanner Focused on SQL Injection Vulnerabilties in Java, Carla Zurita Rubin de Celis

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Metaphor Detection in Poems in Misurata Arabic Sub-Dialect : An LSTM Model, Azza Abugharsa

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An Exploratory Study of Conversational Discourse Produced by Persons with Aphasia Using Speech Function Analysis, Christa M. Akers

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The Effects and Costs of Changes in River Flooding in New Jersey, Yousef Alagrabawi

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Modeling the Dynamics of Excitable Cells, Asja Alić

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Examination of Changes in Gene Family Size in Carnivorous Plants Through Genomic Analysis, Moonia Ammari

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A Critical Exploration of Ideology and Agency in Intensive Motherhood Literature, Maya Autret

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Strict Prime-Intersective Polynomials for a Fixed Prime Number, Rob Rexler Baello

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Embedded Memories & Community Imprints : The Scars that Live Within Us, Marisa F. Ballaro

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Determining the Feasibility of a Sponge City Design on Montclair State University Campus, Megan Elizabeth Barron

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Using a Novel Experimental Paradigm to Investigate Whether Individuals with Trauma Exposure are at an Increased Risk of Pleading Guilty Falsely, Jennifer M. Bartlett

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Effect of Soil Conditions on Invasive Purple Loosestrife Compared to Native Species, Madeline Ruth Baum

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The Framing of Black and White Masculinities in Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Felesha Beckford

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Community-Based Programs as Spaces for Critical Consciousness, Not Containment : Exploring the Perspectives of Black Youth, Carrie Bergeson

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The Impact of Social Controls and Vaccination on the Spread of COVID-19 in New Jersey, Ariel J. Bonneau

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Mediation of Intergenerational Trauma Transmission by Family Variables in Children of Rwandan Survivors of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, Jessica L. Bonumwezi

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Assessment of the Asexual Reproductive Strategies of the Invasive Clinging Jellyfish Gonionemus vertens, Valin Jarred Booker

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Role of E168D in M. tuberculosis IGPS Catalysis, Hedda Booter

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Socioeconomic Status, Gender, and Diet, Alexander Dean Bracken

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Testing the Effectiveness of Data- and Narrative-Based Messages in Mitigating Racial Bias in Size and Threat Judgments, Alexandra Brosseau

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Good Science Teaching in an Urban Middle School Context : An Examination of the Relationship Between Science Teachers and Their Students, William J. Brown

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Layered : A Film that Investigates Dance, Installation and Location, Andrea Burr

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Development and Validation of the Muslim Identity Socialization Scale (MISS), Mamona Butt

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The Privacy Leakage of IP Camera Systems, Lee R. Castro

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Targeting Prosthetic Joint Infections Using Modified EGCG Derivatives with Antibiotics, Kavneet Chahil

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Assessing Potential of Dual Use Solar Development in New Jersey Preserved Farmlands, Gary Ryan Chapman

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Analyzing the Reported Professional Learning of Ninth-Grade Teachers Participating in an Interdisciplinary Team, Glynnis J. Childress

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Investigating the Collaboration of Teachers of Students with Disabilities and Teaching Assistants in the Classroom, Sa-Qwona S. Clark

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Gaging Downstream Transport of Cyanobacteria in the Raritan River Basin, Kyle R. Clonan

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Development and On-Road Applications of a 1/10-Scale Autonomous Vehicle, Laura Cornejo Paulino

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Teacher Activism for Emergent Bilingual Learners : A Qualitative Study, Cyrene A. Crooms

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The Relationship Between Racial Microaggressions, Mental Health, and Academic Self- Efficacy in Black College Students : Is a Supportive Mentor Protective?, DeVanté J. Cunningham

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Identifying Functional and Non-functional Software Requirements from User App Reviews and Requirements Artifacts, Dev Jayant Dave

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Viewpoints on Motherhood, Margot de La Barre

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Multiple Risk Factors for Schizotypy in a Non-Clinical Population : Exploring the Continuum of Psychosis Two Years Later, Jill Del Pozzo

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New Black Carbon Isotopes from the Eastern Tethys and Earth System Modeling During the PETM, Maurizia De Palma

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Adolescent Cognition as a Dynamic System : Examining Complex Cognition, Concepts and Context, Rachael R. Doubledee

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Calcium Intake Among Parents and Caregivers of Children with a Milk Allergy or Intolerance : A Comparative Analysis, Ilana Dubrovsky-Razam

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Studying Alive : An Application for the Wellness of College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Natasia Fernandez

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“I’m not like that!” : Reframing Contemporary Ecopoetic Criticism and De-Metaphorizing the Nonhuman Animal, Alexandra Franke

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What Do You See When You Look At Me? : An Exploration of Identity, Personal Stories, Perceptions of Others and Looking Beyond the Surface, Lara Friedman-Kats

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The Women of Brewster Place : A Dream Deferred and Unactualized, Lauren Fuentes

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Telecommuting Antecedents and Outcomes Within a Turbulent Global Context : The Incremental Explanatory Utility of Technostress and Role Strain, Renata Garcia Prieto Palacios Roji

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The Lived Experiences of Traditionally Aged College Women in Abusive Relationships, Kelly Gentry

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Investigating Elementary School Students’ Reasoning about Dynamic Angles, Erell Germia

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Finding the Means : The Bilingual Disparity in Semantic Context Use for Processing, Iyad Ghanim

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Preservice Teacher Action Research : Making Meaning and Generating Knowledge Through Inquiry, Rachel Ginsberg

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“Don’t Call Me a Crouton” : A Case Study on the Use of Humor in Organizational Relationships on Twitter and Facebook, Hannah Grinberg

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Secure Retrieval of Encrypted Similar Documents using Bloom Filters, German Guzman

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Muslim Young Adult Graphic Novels : Destabilizing Perceptions, Sidra Habal

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Into the Roach’s Mouth: Beyond the Postmodern Discourse on Silence in Clarice Lispector’s The Passion According to G.H., Eman Halimeh

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Feeding Preference of the Sea Urchin Arbacia punctulata for Algal Turf Over Kelp in a Degraded Kelp Forest Ecosystem, Kenneth J. Hamel

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Lift Every Voice : Black High School Students’ Lived Experiences with Racism and Discrimination Through a Critical Race Theory Lens, Lucinda Harris

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Ascending from Dust : The Ring Shout, Morgan Hawkins

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Breath and Intention : An Exploration of Movement Clarity Within the Ballet Form, Rebecca Herrin

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Resisting Dominican Motherhood across Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Ana Hilario

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“To Feel Myself Beloved on the Earth” : Hauntology and Memory in the Films of Alejandro Gonzalez lnarritu, Elizabeth Denny Hook

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Caliban the Savage : Shakespeare’s Critique of Colonialist Misappropriation of Indigenous Identities, Leonard Aquil Hughes

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Arsenic : Risk, Exposure, Policy and Management, Nadia Binte Jamil

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Cas9 gRNA and Homologous Recombinant Plasmid Integrate Inducible HA-N-ICER in the AAVS1 Locus of SK-MEL-24 Cells, Douglas Job

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間 Between Heaven and Earth - An Immersive Installation, Jennifer Leung Johnson

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Distributed Energy Resources : An Assessment of New Jersey’s Clean Energy Future, Mary Elizabeth Kenny

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SecREP : A Framework for Automating the Extraction and Prioritization of Security Requirements Using Machine Learning and NLP Techniques, Shada Khanneh

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Parasite Variability in the Invasive Crayfish, Faxonius rusticus, in Northern New Jersey, Nathan Martin Klunk

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Does Target Race Moderate the Effect of Trustworthiness on Face Memory?, Sharon Ada Kobinah

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Susceptibility to Online Disinformation, Ryan Christopher Lesica

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Using Teacher Noticing and Video-Mediated Professional Learning to Develop Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge for Teaching the Derivative, Alfred M. Limbere

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Something Borrowed, Something New : A Cognitive and Experiential Exploration of the Creative Process, Joyce Lo

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“How Am I a Maker Making a Makerspace?” : A Focus on Teachers in Practice Self-Authoring as Makers in Constrained K-8 Spaces, Bridget Looney