Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Using Modern Motivational Theories as a Design Framework for VR Gamification, Christopher Thomas Boardman
Beyond Coming Out and Queer Tragedy : How Julie Ann Peters, Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera, and Aiden Thomas Navigate Through the Spectrum of Queer Representation, Jacqueline Carey
Instructional Rounds and Teacher Social/Emotional Wellbeing : Investigating the Regenerative Potential of Peer Observation, Lisa Castelluber
Circadian Rhythmicity of Mood : An Exploratory Study, Mara Ashley Cohen
Exploring the Needs of College Students Experiencing Housing Instability, Sandy D. Dawoud
Towards a Pedagogy of Human Connection : Understanding Teachers’ Experiences of Connection During a Pandemic, Michael Diamond
Feature Matching Methods Comparison with Limited Computing Power, Xu Du
Trace and rare earth elements analysis of Oligocene and Miocene diamictites in the Cape Roberts Project, Ross Sea, Antarctica, Celina Flores Garza
Playing With Every Sense of the Word : Lolita Through the Lens of Jacques Derrida, Noelle Marie Florio
Exploring Instability in Dream-Based Narratives : A Comparative Analysis of “Vanilla Sky” and "Inception", Sara Glemaud
Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamics of Marine Food Webs, Julian A. Hernandez S.
Infusing Commonsense via Knowledge Bases in Multipurpose Robotic Task Organization, Rafael Omar Hidalgo
Discovery of DNA Aptamers as Probes for Detecting Ranavirus MCP, Corbin Hudson
Dynamic Genomic Evolution via Active LTR Transposable Elements in Maize, Taylor Isles
Answering the Call Through an Inquiry Circle : English Educators Embark on a Journey to Become Antiracist, Lisa V. Kenny
Transcultural Experiences of Becoming a Teacher Educator : Using Self-Study to Understand the Identity Development of a Sojourner Doctoral Student in the U.S., Kate Meza Fernandez
Assessment of Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrology and Water Resource Availability in the Passaic River Basin, New Jersey, Felix Oteng Mensah
Values Integration and the Professional Counselor, Rebecca Randall
Assessing the Feasibility of Seaweed Farm-Offshore Wind Co-Location in New Jersey, Brianna Delaney Reynolds
Beyond Print : The Web of Egan’s Narrative Universe, Cassandra Sardo
Exploring Teachers’ Lived Literacies : Disrupting Hegemonic Conceptions of Literacy in Schools, Katie F. Whitley
The Independence Polynomial of a Graph at −1, Phoebe Rose Zielonka
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Undocumented Young Adults Navigating Liminal Space to Carve Their Futures in The U.S., Ismat Abbas
The Full Degree Spanning Tree Problem, Sarah Acquaviva
Understanding Multilingual/Multicultural Immigrant High Schoolers’ Multilayered Identities and Imagined Futures, Mehtap Akay
Studies of the Reaction of Rongalite with Epoxides, Anuj Aryal
Carrying the Weight : The Racialized Labor of Multicultural Center Directors of Color in Higher Education, Sherlene Iris Ayala
Faculty’s Experiences Teaching English Language Learners in Higher Education, Chedia A. Ayari
A Qualitative Study Exploring the Lived Experiences of At-risk College Students Who Become Honors Students, Billie June Bailey
Dynamics of Inertial and Non-Inertial Particles in Geophysical Flows, Nishanta Baral
Investigating the Roles of Active Site Residues K59, K119 and E168 in M. tuberculosis Indole-3-Glycerol Phosphate Synthase, Maryum M. Bhatti
Understanding the Induction Experience of Licensed Mental Health Counselors Working in New York City School Based Mental Health Clinics, Raymond Allen Blanchard III
Assessment of Phytoplankton Assemblages and Harmful Algal Blooms in New Jersey, Yaritza Acosta Caraballo
A Bioinformatics Approach for Evaluating Evolutionary Convergence of Gene Family Size in Hematophagous Insects, Mbemba Ceesay
Healing That Leads to Action : Restorative Justice, School Leadership, and Institutional Change, Jose B. Celis
Professional, Personal, Societal : The Detrimental Effects of Identity Revolving around Career in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day, Salvatore Cerchio
Object Detection and Image Categorization by Transferring Commonsense Knowledge with Premises and Quantifiers, Irina Chernyavsky
The Role of Presentation Media and Perspective on Direction Giving, Rebeca Costa do Nascimento
Conversational Dynamics Between Caregivers and Children : The Role of Elaboration and Autonomy Support on Children’s Memory Reports, Whitney L. Dartnell
Curriculum Connectivity in Montclair State University’s Undergraduate Mathematics Program, Ana G. Da Silva Jesus
The Addiction Treatment Experience of Legally Mandated Opioid Users, Kaitlin E. Deitz
The Interconnected Roles of Residues N189, E168, And S220 in M. tuberculosis Indole-3-Glycerol Phosphate Synthase Catalysis, Erik Domlija
Design of Block Copolymer with Tunable Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic/Fluorophilic Interactions, Tatiane de Fatima Dutra
Exploring LGBTQ Latino/a/x Stories of Chosen Families, Carlos A. Flores
The Influence of Community Trauma and the Behaviors of Gang Members, Leshelle Franklin
Exoskeleton Gait Training to Improve Walking Adaptability in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis, Alfonse Gaite
Effects of Time, Temperature, and Cooking Vessel on Antioxidant Potential, PH, and Degrees Brix in the Processing of Black Garlic, Victoria Gargano
An Analysis of the Sophistication–Maturity of Justice and Non-Justice Involved Youth and Young Adults, Lauren Grove
Optimizing CRISPR/Cas9 Transfection Protocol to Generate a Tet-on Inducible Sk-Mel 24 Cell Lines to Better Study ICER, Abdulkader Hallak
The Language of Mechanical Support in Children: Is It ‘Sticking’, ‘Hanging’, or Simply ‘On’?, Julia Marie Hauss
Contextualizing the Guilty Plea Experiences of Individuals Charged with Sex Crimes, Conor Hogan
Effects of Guest Interactions on Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) Behavior in a Zoo Touch Tank, Lauren Hope
Black Garlic Extract as an Antiviral for Herpes Simplex Virus-2 in Lung Cells, Jenna Rose Horowitz
On the Way to Maturity, Mikhail Ilyin
Gendered Leadership and Patriarchy : A Healing Feminist Autoethnography, Necole Jadick
Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Pliocene from Sedimentological Interpretation of Ocean Drilling Program Site 1097, Ridley Joseph
Adult Age, Moral Foundations, and Moral Stereotyping, Peter Khalatian
A Functioning Code May Not Be a Secure Code : A Preliminary Study on the Students' Complacency with Secure Coding, Jeremiah Niiquaye Kotey
The Antioxidant Content of Wong Lo Kat Tea, Valerie Kwong
Neural Correlates of Sub-Clinical Grandiose Cluster B Personality Disorders, Adriana LaVarco
Environmental Drivers of Stress in Red Pandas (Ailurus fulgens) : Behavior and Space Use Changes in Response to Redesigned Naturalistic Enclosures, Alexis Michelle Lawson
The Fate of Fraxinus spp. in New Jersey : A Physioeconomic Evaluation of the Forest System and Infrastructure Implications, Erik W. Lyttek
Language Switch Costs in Urdu-English Bilinguals : A Behavioral Study, Ranjeeta Mahraj
Barriers to Treatment for Socially Anxious Black American Students in Urban Public Schools, Grace Martin
Racial Capitalism in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad, Daniel Paul Marx
Adult Women in the Wizarding World : Rowling’s Ideal Female in the Harry Potter Novels, Grace Ann McCarthy
The Commercialization and Imposed Voices of Femininity in The Summer I Turned Pretty, Danielle McClelland
The Identification of Rogue Access Points Using Channel State Information, Irene McGinniss
Women Baby Boomers’ Experiences of Personal Growth Through Later-Life Divorce After a Long-Term Marriage, Lisa Silva McHale
Social Exclusion : How Inhibition and Excitation of the Dorsal Lateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC) Influences Feelings of Social Exclusion, Anthony Minervini
Heat Stress Effects on Culex pipiens Mosquitoes, Valeria Montoya
Investigating the Effects of E219 Mutations in M. tuberculosis Indole-3-Glycerol Phosphate Synthase, Cinthya Moran
The characterization of miniCoopR cell line clones for the expression of wild type form of ICER, Samantha Moscoso
Investigating Spinal Cord Injury at Different Locations on the Spinal Cord Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Haley Nauman
Quantifying Local and Regional Effects of Human Development on Centennial Barrier Island Evolution : Insights from Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, Shane Nichols-O’Neill
A Computational Study of the Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Boronic Acids, Kevin Nyhuis
Trends in Nestling Body Size in a Declining Population of American Kestrels, Kristina M. Ollo
An Examination of Faith and Faith-Based Practices on Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Afro-Caribbean Immigrants in the United States, Shanta K. Pamphile
Parameter Optimization for Excitable Cell Models, Amrit Parmar
Privacy-Enhanced and Outsourced Power Usage Control in Smart Grids, Hemadri Patel
Social Influence on Risky Decision Making, Kesha Patel
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
The Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on Empathy and Quality of Life, Nicholas James Pek
Investigation of Microplastics in River Bottom Sediment along the Musconetcong River, Nicole Perkins
Secondary Analysis of ChIP-SEQ Dataset and Genomic Interactions of ICER, Karem Rivera
Road Salt-Induced Salinization of the Upper Paulins Kill River in Newton, New Jersey, Kristine Emily Rogers
Wild Sea Cucumber Trade in Rural Madagascar : Consequences for Conservation and Human Welfare, Emily L. Rothamel
The Role of Attentional Control and Social Influence in Risky Decision Making, Samantha Salernitano
Potential of Increased Thermal Tolerance as a Response to Acute Heat Stress in a Disease-Transmitting Mosquito Species, Nicole Ashley Scanlon
A Quantitative Analysis of Inner Speech Between Monolingual and Bilingual Speakers, Thomas Sears
Trophic Assessment of the Invasive Hydrozoan Gonionemus vertens Using Stable Isotope Analysis : You are What You Eat, Diana Sisk-Gritz
Future Time Orientation and Criminal Thinking Style, Danielle Squillaro
A Survey of Knowledge and Beliefs on Child Maltreatment, Brooke R. Stettler