Welcome to the SUNY Cortland Master's Theses @ Digital Commons. You will find here electronic versions of Master's Theses from the Departments of English, History, Kinesiology, Physical Education, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies and Sport Management.
SUNY Cortland Master Theses are protected by copyright. The collection includes Open Access Theses, which may be viewed or downloaded from this site for the purposes of research and scholarship, and Access Restricted Theses, which access may require off-campus users to create a Digital Commons account using their cortland.edu email accounts. Reproduction or distribution for commercial purposes is prohibited without written permission of the author. All Master Theses can be accessed while on-campus.
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Finding the Middle Zone; Redefining Spirituality Through Contemporary American Literature, Mickey McPoland
I’ll be goldenrod and you’ll be aster: the case for revolutionizing Western methods of teaching using Indigenous ontologies, Joanna LoGerfo
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
An exploration of postural control in young adults, Paul Franzese
Ankle dorsiflexion range of motion, dynamic balance, and static balance in Division III collegiate gymnasts, Emily Sabo
A pandemic of greed and a disease of poverty in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death", Benjamin Herrick
Body dissatisfaction in Division III collegiate male athletes: an exploratory study, Andria Merrill
Exploring the benefits of peer tutoring on elementary students' academic outcomes, Jacqueline Gardner
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s homme épuisé: usurping the “madwoman” in Tender is the Night (1934) [2022], Emma Hill
How a Book Changed a Nation [2022], Teodora Buzea
Impact of movement breaks on student focus, Marissa Malyszek
Social emotional learning in an elementary school, Abigail Cook
The effects of incorporating kinesthetic learning on learning outcomes and on-task behavior, Katherine Sauro
The impact of peer tutoring on elementary students’ mathematical education, Kristen Clapp
The impacts of cooperative learning in classrooms on student social skills, Joseph Larson
The influence of short-term goal setting on student performance and motivation, Amber LeFever
The mythos of Lilith: a collection of madwomen, Megan Mau
Use of encouragement in the classroom to help students succeed [2022], Erin Fieldhouse
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Analyzing intramural sport participation at the State University of New York College at Cortland 2021, Stephen D'Alessandro
An interdisciplinary approach: schizophrenia derails heteronormative expectations in psychological narratives 2021, Bobbie Jo Weaver
Developing an adaptive rock climbing curriculum for SUNY Cortland Outdoor Pursuits 2021, Rebekah Mills
'Disembodied Bones': recovering the poetry and prose of Elinor Wylie 2021, Sarah R. Bullock
Found media: interactivity and community in online horror media 2021, Jax Mello