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The Graduate School and E.H. Butler Library post electronic copies of master’s theses written by students at Buffalo State. Theses submitted before fall 2011 are generally available only in print unless digitized by departments.

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Theses from 2016

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The Role of Performance and Gender in Hiring Decisions, Hayley Capshaw

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Behavioral Differences Between Native and Exotic Invertebrate Prey Affect Susceptibility to Predation by a Native Amphibian Predator, Zachary Cava

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Comparing the Quantitation of Opiates from Possible Drug Overdose Cases Using Results of Blood Analysis and Liver Analysis, Lee Ann Garozzo

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An Empirical Study of Earnings of Immigrants and Native-Born Americans in the U.S. Labor Market Given Different Levels of Educational Attainment, Yuli P. Gomez Bravo

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Teachers' Perceptions of Students' Creativity Characteristics, Serap Gurak-Ozdemir

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Teacher Job Satisfaction in Public Schools: The Relation to the Years of Teaching Experience, Xiaoyan Gu

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Land Use and Land Cover Based Habitat Analyses of Invasive Species Along the Lower Tonawanda Creek Applying Unmanned Helicopter Remote Sensing, Chenliuli Jiang

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Assessment of 70 nm Citrate‒Capped Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs) for Surface‒Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Substrate Using Rhodamine 6G, Caitlin M. Johnson

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When Ink Turned into Bullets: The Effect of the Press in Buffalo, New York and the Nation along with Its Role in Igniting a Civil War, Nicole C. Kondziela

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Ann Radcliffe's Superpaternal: A Study of the Supernatural in The Romance of the Forest and The Mysteries of Udolpho, Lynn Kramer

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An Analysis of Morphometric Differentiation in Lake and River Populations of the Emerald Shiner, Notropis Atherinoides, John J.V. Lang

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From the Classical School to Today: The Evolution of Stagnation Theories, Francis J. Lukacovic II

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Economic Growth, Natural Mineral Resources and Education in Developing Countries, Kasimu J. Mayundo

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Determination of Kinetic Parameters of Equilibrium Peracetic Acid and Hydrogen Peroxide to Calculate Self-Accelerating Decomposition, Ricky Mittiga

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Women, the Church and Equality: The Religious Paradox, Donna M. Nowak

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Forest Islands in a Sea of Urban Habitat, Michael J. Olejniczak

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Portfolio Asset Allocation On a Sector Rotation Strategy Triggered by Fed's Discount Rate, Jorge Luis Orozco

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Do Novel Weapons that Degrade Mycorrhizal Mutualisms Explain Invasive Species Success?, Philip L. Pinzone Mr.

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Assessment of Calcein Dye Method to Observe Cell Volume Regulation, Danielle M. Precourt

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An Examination in the Evolution of Iroquois Lacrosse, Christopher P. Root

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Influences of Western Philosophy and Educational Thought in China and their Effects on the New Culture Movement, Anthony C. Sturniolo

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It’s Complicated: Does Food Web Structure Affect Detrital Processing in Streams?, Stephen H. Tentinger

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Reconsidering the Economics of Public Policy: An Institutionalist Critique of Neoclassical Welfare Economics, Ryan J. Undercoffer

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Effects of Watching Feature Films in English Learning for Chinese College Students, Chun Wang

Theses from 2015

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The Static Future of the International Financial System, Brad M. Agen

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Analysis of the Euro and the European Monetary System and Its Effect on Greece in the Light of the European Financial Crisis, Mohamed Alinur

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A New Approach to Measuring Poverty in the United States: A Household's Ability to Consume, David Ashelman

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Drosophila Can Overcome the Loss of One Allele of Hsp110 by Over Expression of the Hsp110 Protein from the Other Allele, Melissa L. Boler

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Incomplete Conversions: Intentions of Indigenous Idolatry in Early Colonial Latin America, Amanda Boos

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Raymond E. Jackson and Segregation in the American Federation of Musicians, 1900-1944, Lance Boos

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Microfabrication of Single Cell Hydrogel Array for Studying Cell Volume Regulation, Casey L. Brown

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Rareness Starts Early for Disturbance-Dependent Grassland Plant Species, Matthew Candeias

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The Ideal Museum vs. The Real Museum: How do Museums in Western New York Implement Preventive Conservation?, Jennifer R. Conn

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Confining Country, Confining City: Real and Imaginary Places in the Work of Sam Selvon, Anthony J. DiGesare

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Racial Impartiality: The Women of the Abolition Movement as Depicted in Dessa Rose and The Invention of Wings, Chelsea B. Garbe

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More than Movement – Ant Seed Dispersal Inhibits Phytopathogenic Fungi, Charlene H. Gray

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Home Range, Habitat Use, and Movements of Native Northern Map Turtles (Graptemys geographica), and Sympatric Invasive Red-Eared Slider Turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans), in the Upper Niagara River, Brian E. Haas

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“A More Stainless and Splendid Name?” Contrasting the Wartime and Peacetime Strategies of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1757-1778, Lori Ann Holmes

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Distinguishing Originality from Creativity in ADHD: An Assessment of Creative Personality, Self-Perception, and Cognitive Style among Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Adults, Jean-Pierre J. Issa

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The Effect of Warming and Simulated Rainfall on Soil Microbial Community Structure and Function, Torri A. Ivancic

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Expression and Characterization of Connexin31 Mutations Associated with Skin Disease and Deafness, Shahd Abdulamer Kadhim

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Forest Sustainability in an Altered Landscape Requires Human Intervention, Adam C. Labatore

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Distinct Physiological Roles for the Two Isoforms of the ER Chaperone GRP170 in Caenorhabditis elegans, Yuanyuan Li

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An Evaluation of the Proposal to Implement a Chained Weighted CPI, David Lock

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Economic Growth and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America: The Impact of Human Capital, Angui D. Macham

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Forensic Significance of Teal Colored Cashmere and Black Acrylic Fibers, Nicole M. Martin

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“Inhumanly Beautiful”: The Aesthetics of the Nineteenth-Century Deathbed Scene, Margo Masur

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Sensory History and Multisensory Museum Exhibits, Naomi Reden

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Differential Regulation of the Two grp170 Paralogues of Caenorhabditis elegans, Antonio L. Rockwell

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Consumer Assessment of New Creative Products Across China and the United States, Eva Teruzzi

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Accommodating Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Museums, William S. Tyler

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The Anglo-American Reception of Carl Schmitt from the 1930s to the Early 2000s, Benjamin T. Watkins

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Prevalence of a Chytrid Pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in Eastern Hellbender Salamanders in New York and Pennsylvania, Linxuan Wu

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Spatial Analysis of Distributions and Habitat Conditions of Fallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed) Invasive Species Applying Unmanned Helicopter Remote Sensing, Jiazhen Zhang

Theses from 2014

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Revolution, Rebellion and Subversion in US History: Government and Public Response, Christie F. Andrle

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Comparison of Movement Patterns in Captive-Released Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) Using Three Different Release Methods, Julie A. Boerner

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A Form in the Road: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Path Toward Globalization in the Middle East, 1945-2014, Joshua P. Brotka

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Rap Aesthetics and the Postmodern Imaginary, Timothy A. Collins

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Salvation Through Storytelling: Examining Storytelling in Modern Children’s Literature, Devon A. Cozad

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Motivation and Retention of Instrumental Music Students in a Suburban School District, Megan M. Dray

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Effects of Round Goby Presence on Invertebrate and Microbial Communities in Decaying Leaf Matter of a Lake Erie Tributary Stream, Allyse M. Fischer

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Quantification of trans-10-Hydroxy-2-Decenoic Acid and Adenosine in Royal Jelly Products Purchased in USA via HPLC, Sheila A. Hagerty

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Feminist and Lesbian Relations in Buffalo, New York and the Nation During the 1970s, Alyssa Hickey

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Conversion Factors for Dreissena spp. Biomass, Paul M. Juette

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Suppression of Neurodegenerative Symptoms via Suppressor of levy Mutation in Drosophila melanogaster, William Kaputa

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"God Loves All Them Feelings": Renegotiating Faith and Sexuality in The Color Purple and Angels in America, April L. OBrien

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Reforming Christianity by Reforming Christians: Devotional Writings of the Late Medieval and Reformation Era, Christopher J. Quail

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Application of Microcredit to Haiti’s Economy: A Step Towards Poverty Reduction, Jimy Rosemberg

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Artist Practice in the Elementary Classroom: Redefining Art Teaching Through Artist-Teacher Philosophy, Ashley Smith

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The Power of Corrupt Political Environments and its Effects on Museums: A look at Egypt’s Modern-Day ‘Indiana Jones’: Dr. Zahi Hawass, Christine Smith

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Urban Undertaking: Changes in the Land and the Decline of Spatial Quality in Buffalo, NY, 1951-2011, Timothy Tielman

Theses from 2013

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Victorian Women and Their Working Roles, Kara L. Barrett

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The War of 1812: The End of an Uncommon Alliance, Ryan Barrett

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Conservative Revolutionary Intellectuals in the Weimar Republic and National Socialist Germany: Carl Schmitt, Martin Heidegger, and Ernst Jϋnger, Vincent S. Betts

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The Incidence of Antibiotic Resistance in Mesophilic Aeromonas Isolated from the Buffalo River and from a Non-Urban Site Upstream, Amy L. Chapman

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The Lovecraft Look: An Examination of Lovecraftian Themes in Film, Michael A. Church

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The Telling Line: The Relationship between Cognitive Style and Fashion Design Sketching, Mary K. Culpepper

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The Effects of Calcium Concentration and Food Levels on Daphnia, Fawn Goodberry

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Indira Gandhi: India’s Destined Leader, Josclyn C. Green

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Conservation Genetics of New York’s Giant Salamander: The Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), Meghan K. Jensen

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Industrial Machine Analysis: Economic Quality Control, Vandyke Kotoroka-Yiadom

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Homing Behavior in Response to Displacement and Orientation of the Northern Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, Nicole M. Lainhart

Exploring Cross Culture Validity of FourSight with Taiwanese Population, Yu-Mei Lien Ding

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X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analyzer - Theory, Utility, and QA/QC for Environmental and Commercial Product Samples in Cambodia, Sereyrath Lim

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(Re)Visions of Gender: Reading the Uncanny in Virginia Woolf, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Hilda Doolittle, Joelle Mann

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From Mutation to Disarticulation: Terror and the Body in Don DeLillo’s Falling Man, Sarah A. McMichael

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Influence of Corruption, Foreign Direct Investment and Net Domestic Credit on Economic Growth, Meng Mi

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Fraunces Tavern Museum: Revolutionizing Collections Care in a Small Museum Environment, Suzanne Prabucki

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Capital Infusion, Dedication to Current Infrastructure and Workforce Development: The Three-Pronged Approach to Strategic Industrial Growth in Western New York, Clinton J. Ronan and Gina Pizziconi-Cupples

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Changes in Tissue-Specific Fatty Acid Composition of the Freshwater Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) in Response to Temperature, William D. Schregel

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Impact of Oil Prices Fluctuations on Economies in the Age of Globalization, Ancel Raynaud Soh feussi

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Preserving Imperial Sovereignty in the Changing Political Order of Prewar Japan, Shane Vrabel

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Now, in the Time of Salpiglossis: A Study of Sound and Image in the Poetry of Stevens, Moore, and Bishop, Heidi E. Wallace

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Robert Nathaniel Dett and the Music of the Harlem Renaissance, Daniel Weaver

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The Road Opens: From Escape to New Truth on the Road in American Literature, Peter J. Wiesen

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Wartime Art: A Study of Political Propaganda and Individual Expression in American Commercial and Combat Art during World War II, Jennifer M. Wilcott

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Comparative Metabolism of Phenanthro[3,4-b]Thiophene and Benzo[c]Phenanthrene, Jaquan M. Williams

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The Impact of US Subprime Mortgage Crisis on the Chinese Real-estate Market, Yiwen Zhou

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Forecasting Foreign Exchange Rates, Timothy M. Znaczko

Theses from 2012

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Effect of Government Spending on Economic Growth: A Case Study of Saudi Arabia, Fayez Saeed Alshahrani