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Dissertations from 2023
Public Transit Funding Through Real Estate: Opportunities for Agency Reform, George Chichirau
E-Quality: An Analysis of Digital Equity Discourse and Co-Production in the Era of COVID-19, Kelsey E. Edmond
Dissertations from 2022
Caged Animals: The Reproduction of Social and Educational Inequalities in Indian Secondary Schools, Vishakha Agarwal
Assessing Without Proficiency: The Impact of Standardized Testing on English Learners in Massachusetts, Michael Berardino
The Impact of ADHD Diagnosis on the Experiences of People Involved in the Justice System, Sarah Kuck Jalbert
Opening the Halls of Power: Implementing a Community Organizing Approach to Parent Engagement in New York City’s Community Schools, Andrew R. King
Essays on Race, Class, Hospital Cultural Competence and COVID-19 Disparities, Rumel Mahmood
Dissertations from 2021
Sustainable Investing in U.S. Private Sector Workplace Retirement Plans: A New Institutionalist Perspective, Bridget Bearden
Assessment of Housing Mismatch: Learning from Slum Communities in Small Cities of India, Namesh Killemsetty
Stayers and Leavers: Using Care Work Theory and The Functional Taxonomy to Understand Turnover among Family Child Care Providers, Colleen Fay Manning
Dissertations from 2020
Potty Politics: Investigating the Policymaking Processes of Sanitation Service to the Urban Poor in Delhi, Tanushree Bhan
Doctor-Patient Communication by Email: Trends, Determinants, and Effects of Digital Disparities on Email Use and the Association between Email Use and Quality of Communication in Health Care, Dragana Bolcic-Jankovic
Housing First: Defining and Analyzing a New Treatment Paradigm for Homelessness in the United States, Caitlin A. Carey
How Universal are Democratic Values? A Study of the Urban Middle Class’s Valuation of Core Democratic Ideals in a Hybrid Regime, Priyanka Kabir
How Does Grading Schools Impact Florida’s Teachers and Students? The Need for a New Approach to School Accountability, Luke Aubry Kupscznk
What does Social Agency have to do with it? Positive Pathways to Adulthood for Groups of Opportunity Youth and College Students in Rhode Island, Perri S. Leviss
Innovation Through Popular Diffusion: Seeking Social Equity Through Cannabis Legalization in Massachusetts, Jeffrey Moyer
Participate for Peace: The Impacts of Participatory Deliberative Democracy on Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Central America, Marcia D. Mundt
Women’s Pathways to Political Leadership in Kenya: Institutional and Cultural Factors Impacting Women’s Political Leadership in County Level Government, Rose A. Nyaondo
Using Lenses to Understand Policy Failures: The Case of the 2012 Census in Chile, M. Angélica Pavez
Lost in Translation: Understanding Education Policy Implementation in Nepal, Sushmita Subedi
Dissertations from 2019
Welfare Reform and the Health of Low-Income Single Mothers: The Impact of Policies Under the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunities and Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), Allyson L. Baughman
To Adopt or Not to Adopt: Factors Impacting States’ Pursuit and Implementation of ACA’s Home and Community-Based Programs, Lisa Kalimon Beauregard
Place, Preferences, and Policy: An Analysis of Funding Education Along the Urban-Rural Divide, Kattalina Berriochoa
Dissertations from 2018
Carbon Pricing in a Complex Adaptive System, Merritt Randall Hughes
Beyond the Tower of Babel: Finding a Better Path to Reconciling and Uniting Namibians, A Case Study of Windhoek Surburbs/Townships, Ndumba J. Kamwanyah
The Effect of Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Disparities in Access to Care and Health Status, Hyunjung Lee
Tobacco Advertisements and Compliance at the Point of Sale: The Case of Massachusetts, Omobukola Usidame
Dissertations from 2017
Understanding Romani Deprivation in Serbia: From Symbolic Inclusion Prescriptions to Meaningful Pathways to Economic Integration, Marija Bingulac
Regional P20 Councils: Addressing the Education Pipeline through Regional Learning and Cross-Sector Collaboration, Elaine K. Donnelly
Understanding How State Legislators Define Problems: The Case of High and Rising Healthcare Costs in Massachusetts, Monica C. Garlick
Civil Society Organization Practices to End Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities in Mexico, Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez
Understanding University Graduates’ (Un) Employability in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Cameroon, Alvine Murielle Tchuathi Sangang
Performance Management and Decision-Making in State Agencies: The Case of Massachusetts, Ryan M. Whalen
Dissertations from 2016
'Whose Goals Am I Meeting?' Policy and Practice Dilemmas in Adult Basic Education (ABE) in the Era of Accountability, Alma Hallulli Biba
Dissertations from 2015
Frontline Youth Workers: Meaning-Making and Street-Level Policy, Sarah Hogue
Mind the Gap: The Integration of Physical and Mental Healthcare in Federally Qualified Health Centers, Karen R. Monaghan
The Politics of Official English: Exploring the Intentions and the Outcomes behind English-Only Policies in the United States, David Gonzalez Nieto
Dissertations from 2014
Weighing the Benefits and Risks Associated with Proprietary School Attendance for Low-Income Single Mother Students, Carolyn L. Arcand
Constructing the American Dream: How Beliefs Influence Decisions about Homeownership, Rachel Bogardus Drew
Economic Development in the Massachusetts Life Sciences Cluster: Shared Prosperity or a Big Tradeoff?, Brandynn Holgate
An Analysis of the Influence of the Supervisory Agency in Determining Community Reinvestment Act Performance Evaluation Grades, Howard Payton
A Fresh Perspective: Public Choice Theory and the Massachusetts Legislator, John F. Quinn
Engaging Youth: Linking Design and Implementation Choices of Out-Of-School Time Programs in Boston to the Development of Political Engagement Attitudes in Youth Age 14 to 18, Felicia M. Sullivan
Dissertations from 2013
Producing Space: Block-By-Block Change in a Gentrifying Neighborhood, Jen Douglas
Microfinance: A Tool for Financial Access, Poverty Alleviation or Gender Empowerment ? - Empirical Findings from Pakistan, Ghazal Mir Zulfiqar
Dissertations from 2012
The Economic Relationships Between Institutions of Higher Education and Municipalities, Dale H. Allen
Health Reform Challenges: Understanding Low-Income Massachusetts Residents Who Remain Uninsured, Michael Tutty
Dissertations from 2011
Interpersonal Conflicts in Hospitals: Their Fingerprints, Consequences and Resolution, Talia Berman-Kishony
Knots of Knowledge: How Community-Based Organizations Advance Social Change, Jennifer Cohen
Youth Employment and Unemployment in Developing Countries: Macro Challenges with Micro Perspectives, Berna Kahraman
It's not so Simple: Understanding Participant Involvement in the Design, Implementation, and Improvement of Cash & Counseling Programs, Erin E. McGaffigan
Legal Experiences of Women Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Need for Policies that Address the Justice Gap, Kimberly Ann Puhala
The Value of Getting Out: The Impact of School Leaders' International Experiences, Shelley Tinkham