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Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

This site showcases the works of Suffolk University undergraduate students.

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

Decoding Influence: Cosmetic Industry Strategies, Media Beauty Standards, and Their Mental Health Impact on Generation Z Consumers, Tatiana Avila Velasquez

Husbandry of Jellyfish and Ctenophores: Why gelatinous forms thrive in their natural habitat and yet often struggle to survive in aquaria, Regina Garza Ramirez

Manufactured Superiority: The War on Terror, United States Dominated Media, and the Global Implications of American Exceptionalism, Ayan Mohamed

Measuring the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on Adolescents’ Self-Esteem and Self-Appraisal: How Can School-Based Interventions Help?, Kayla M. Moses

Spanish Heritage Speakers and Latinidad: How Spanish Fluency Influences Self-Perceived Latinidad Among Heritage Speakers, David Alejandro Rivera Sandoval and Gladys Valle

The Experience of Codependency in Young Adult Romantic Relationships, Amanda S. Soares

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Toward a More Inclusive English Major: Current Realities, Especially for Students from the Black Diaspora in the United States, Isabelle L. N. Belice

Generational Trauma and Its Effects on Newer Generation Parents, Hailey I. Bravo

Sexual Assault Disclosure: Understanding How the Reception of Disclosure Effects Survivors’ Mental Health, Jade Buchanan

Reconstructing Modernism: How Literary Experimentation Created Outlets for Faulkner and Toomer to Reinterpret the American South’s History, Jack Cattie

Holding States Accountable: An Analytical Review of Reintegrative Laws, Policies and Programs for Felons and Ex-Offenders, Samira Kerkach

Language as Power: How LGBTQIA+ Gen-Z Use Language for Identity and Liberation, Kayci Resende-Abbott

Collateral Consequences and the Bars Outside of Incarceration: An Assessment of Massachusetts State Policies Surrounding Reentry, Nisa Rivera

From Stardom to Stunted: The Rise and Fall of Sports Icons, Julia Simone

Empowering Latino Immigrant Parents: Navigating Challenges and Fostering Child Well-Being ina New Culture, Alexandra M. Vera

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Low-Income Caregivers with Young Children Experience Risk and Resilience Through Pandemic-Related Stressors, Nicole Kingdon, Molly DuBuc, and Rosemarie DiBiase

The Lingua Anglica, Liliana Kotval

External Support: The importance of community support in disability healthcare, Kian McCabe

An Overview of Sino-Indian Relations in the Last 15 Years, Suchi Patel

An Analysis of Community Health Workers and its Prospect as a Profession, Medea Sanabria

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Biden’s Options: Policy Recommendations on the US-China Trade War, Marley Taylor Belanger

The Relationship Between Migrants, Education, and Income in the EU, WenDi Jiang

Female Victimization in the 1970s and 1980s Slasher Film, Sarah Lukowski

The Texas Heartbeat Act and Patriarchal Power: The Role of Reproduction in the Social, Cultural, and Political Subordination of Women, Grace Murphy

The "Middle Ground" of Products Liability Analysis, Patrick Shalvey