Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Domination: The Consequence of a Modern Day Monopoly, Matthew Haimson
Understanding the Role of Support Groups in the Lives of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Amelia Leggett
Performance Sports: An Excuse for Doping?, Vladislav V. Loenko
Differentiation of Human, Animal and Synthetic Hair by ATR FTIR Spectroscopy, Jeremy Manheim
Effects of Tax Evasion in the United States, Matthew Morse
Unveiling Fantasy in the American Gothic, Olga Jacqueline Neroni
Selling Bodies and Souls: Human Sex Trafficking in China, Jane Ni
Identifying Genes that Affect Lactococcus lactis Intron Mobility, Mary Njie
Chronic Resveratrol Treatment Ameliorates Cognitive Deficits Associated with a High Fat Diet, Kelsey E. O'Leary
The RCK/p54 Prion-Related Domain and its Influence on the Localization and Function of RCK/p54 During HCV Infection, Lindsey Oltz
Organometallic Carboxylate Resists for EUV with High Sensitivity, James Passarelli
An Analysis of Media Portrayals of Edward Durell Stone’s University at Albany Campus 1962-2014, Emily Pfeil
Use of a pH-Sensitive Probe to Study the Role of PKC-epsilon in Phagocytosis of Pathogens, Rebekah Marie Pierce
Analysis into the Effect the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has had on Investor Confidence in Audited Financial Statements, Richard F. Pino III
Alloy Solute Interactions at Grain Boundaries and Nanoscale Interfaces in Copper, Luke Prestowitz
A Commentary on Women in the Workforce: Has the Issue of Gender Discrimination Pierced through to the Accounting Profession?, Jennifer A. Roman
Social Media: How the Most Influential Marketing Tool in Today’s Society Can Benefit and Enhance Developing Companies, Morgan Ariel Rosh
Decimation, Rejuvenation, Motivation: How Disease and Murder Set the Stage at Saratoga, Nicolas Soto
The Relationship between Positive Parenting Experiences in Childhood and Perpetration of Violence in Adult Dating Relationships, Annette Vernon
Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Small Molecules Directed Against the T-Box Specifier Loop, Spencer Weintraub
Mental Health Care among Latina and African American Women: Literature Review and a Proposed Intervention, Priya Winston
International Dating Violence Study: A Look Between Parental Status and Psychological Aggression, Samantha Winzenried
The Van der Pol Oscillator as a Model of the Hair Cell Auditory Response: A Numerical Study, Thomas Yocono
Role of Recent and Remote Context Exposures on Incubation of Fear Memories, Peter Zambetti
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
“Southerly Mohawk Hudson Convergence”- An exploratory case study of terrain-induced wind convergence on the formation of thunderstorms in New York’s Capital Region, Christine Elizabeth Bloecker
Bio Roll-Up: Self-Assembling Scaffolds For Tissue Engineering, chase Austyn Brisbois
Parallel Adaptation of CD4 in SIV-Endemic Gorilla and Pan Lineages, Katie E. Brown
Journalism Portfolio, William R. Brunelle
Long-term Hospitalization and the Impact on Emotional Well-being of a Child, Ashley Chung
Multimedia Portfolio, Dan Clark
An Assault on Liberty: The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act and the Indefinite Military Detention of US Citizens without Charge or Trial, Matthew M. D'Angelo
Cyber Attacked: Could You Be Next?, Sarah DesJardins
MJO Influence in Continental United States Temperatures, Ernesto W. Findlay
Ideophones in Manyika Shona: A Descriptive Analysis of Ideophones and their Function in Manyika (Bantu), Genevieve E. Franck
Investigating the World of Disney’s Heroines: A Close Analysis of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, Victoria Margaret Gurrieri
Urban Agriculture: An Environmental and Moral Imperative, Bridgit Hohlfeld
Corporal Punishment: An Analysis of the Constitutionality of Domestic Corporal Punishment, Brian Junquera
Tourism and Globalization in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Ethics and Concerns of Mass Tourism and Ecotourism, Dana Kamens
What Effect Do Rumors Have on Publicly Traded Sports Teams?, Paul Karasaridis
In Vivo Analysis of Riboswitch Activity Using Luciferase Assays, Jason Kartis
Y et Là en français franco-américain, Matthew Kelly
The Impact of Fraud Education on Fraud Detection, Michele Leonard
Variations in the Facial Prominence of a Hollywood Action Heroine: The Case of Katniss in the Hunger Games, Alexandra M. Mastorides
Breaking Bad: On the Western Genre and Audience Reception, Marisa Mazart
The Effect of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship between Negative Mood and Risk Taking, Gabriela Melillo
Obsession: Journalistic Pieces Through Four Years, Rebecca Melnitsky
The Sanity of Furor Poeticus: Romanticism’s Demystification of Madness and Creativity, Joseph Meringolo
The Effects of Downsloping on Storm Precipitation Distributions in the Capital District of New York State, Kyle James Pallozzi
Are Un-Registered Hedge Funds More Likely to Misreport Returns?, Jorge Perez
The Black and the Blue: Comedy, Laughter, and Deformity in Ellison’s Invisible Man, Olivia Grace Popiel
The Politics of Happiness in the Workplace, Jacob Shay Sherretts
The Cost of Corporate Carelessness, Genesis Tejeda
Adjectives, Be Verbs, and Derterminers in Manyika Shona, Grace Teubl
The Role of Transfer-Appropriate Processing in the Testing Effect, Mary T. Veltre
Theoretical Consequence of Social Media and Retail Marketing, Jessica Wald
Ideology and Subversion: Linguistic Registers in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible, Natalie Wallace
Cruise Industry: Size Matters, Christina Antoinette Wedderburn
Are You Trying to Recruit Suicide Bombers or Something?, Suzanne Weedon
The Effect of Harsh Parenting on Anxiety Levels in Adolescents as Moderated by RSA and Family Stability, Laura B. Welburn
Riffing on The Past: Jazz and Signifying in Ishmael Reed’s Mumbo Jumbo, Kevin Wheeler
The Isolated Self: A Re-imaging of the Individual in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell, Emily Wierzbowski
The Role of Social Expressiveness Expectancies and Body Image in College Students’ Alcohol Use: A Moderation Model, Ashley Zenner
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Factors Affecting the Detection of Relationship Status Deception, Fatima Aboul-Seoud
Cypriot Religion of the Early Bronze Age: Insular and Transmitted Ideologies, ca. 2500-2000 B.C.E., Donovan Adams
Walking Corpses & Conscious Plants: Possibilist Ecologies in Graphic Novels, Julie Ann Bingham
Exiting the Porkway: The Transformation of Transportation Politics, Jeffrey A. Brauner
Metal Oxide Nanocomposite Nanoliter Reaction Chamber Fabrication and Applications for Harsh Environment Gas Sensing, Michael C. Briggs
The Rise of Totalitarianism in Germany, As Seen in Albany Editorials: 1933-1941, Jamie Rose Brinkman
The Relationships among Sharing Behaviors, Social Skills, and Problem Behaviors in Preschool Children, Taylor P. Bulman
Molecular Actions of the Vitamin D Receptor in Mammary and Skin Carcinogenesis, Samantha L. Chu
The Media's Impact on College Students' Career Aspirations With a Focus on Minority Students, Natasha Cooper
$1,000: The Price of Life and Honor in the 1834 North Carolina Supreme Court Case, State v. Will, Bria Cunningham
Social Story Intervention for Children with Autism to Decrease Challenging Behaviors During Homework, Arianna Doss
Charging and Self-Assembly of Fullerene Fragments, Michael V. Ferguson
What is a Sport Injury?, Emily Fiorini
Corporate Social Responsibility: Is what’s Good for Society also Good for Business?, Nicole Elizabeth Gillette
Differences in the Health of Domesticated Sheep (Ovis aries) Pastured in Wild and Agricultural Landscapes, Corine Giroux
Does Going Green Mean Losing Green? Bank of America vs JPMorgan Chase, Heather Goldstein
Selected Writings, Ian Goldstein
Connection Between Cannabis Use and Psychosis and the Direct Vs. Indirect Form of Inquiry to Combat Self-Report Bias, Lauren Grady
Investment in Treasury Bills as a Means of Stock Portfolio Revenue Generation, Ryan Heller
Advancements Towards Single Site Information Storage and Processing Using HfO2 Resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM), Michael Quinlan Hovish
High Element Gold Nanorod Plasmonic Sensing Array for Harsh Environment Gas Detection Grant Proposal, Brian Janiszweski
A Brief Exploration of the Development of the Japanese Writing System, Brianna Jilson
The Moderating Effect of Skin Conductance Level on the Relationship between Family Conflict and Disordered Eating Behaviors, Laura B. Kenneally
Social Media Fetishism: The Substitution of Life, The Disavowal of Death, and The Zombie Syndrome, Ian Andrew Lepkowsky
From Pulp to Webpage: Homestuck and Postmodern Digital Narrative, Austin Gunner Litwhiler
Generation of SAWs in GHz Range for Nanoscale Particle Removal, Leigh Kent Lydecker IV
The Iron Fist and the People’s Will: An Analysis of the Bulgarian Anti-Communist Movement and Meanings of Democracy, Mariela Mihaylova
State Compliance on the CDC Recommendations for Hepatitis C Testing, Amanda Norcott
Equity through Education: Adapting the US Education System to a 21st Century Student Body, Meghan Nyman
Language Contact and Variation in the Spanish of Catalonia, Nikoleta Papa
Comparing Grief as a Negative Emotion to Survival for Memory Enhancement, Sarah Pate
Implications of Tanzanian Culture on Nutrition and their Effects in People Living with HIV/AIDS, Jennifer Pollard
Do Mutual Fund Managers Outperform by Low-Balling their Benchmarks?, Matthew James Scala
A Senior’s Anthology, Jason Robert Seligson
Molecular Modulation of Single and Multi-species Biofilm Formation by Orally-associated Bacteria, Daniel Sellers
The Effects of Progesterone Receptor on Development of Serotonergic Circuits that Mediate Cognition, Heather Smith