Completed Dissertations

  • Berberich, Kristin, 2021, Discursive Construction of Neighborhood Across Brooklyn: A Corpus Ethnographic Approach.
  • Colaianni, Nicole, 2024, Obviously Bad for Business. The Role of the U.S. Private Sector in the Conceptualization of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, 1975–2017.
  • Eisler, David, 2021, Unburdened: Civil-Military Relations, Cultural Authority, and Contemporary American War Fiction.
  • Güngör, Aylin, 2024, 'Race' and Cultural Dimensions of Trust in Los Angeles and Atlanta.
  • Jetter, Claudia, 2021, Sacred Texts and the Transformation of Religious Authority in Mid-Nineteenth Century America.
  • Keller, Judith, 2023, No Place to Call Home, No Place to Trust: Reconsidering the Spatial Dimension of Trust during the American Housing Crisis.
  • Lin, Shasha, 2024, Trust in Fair College Admissions and Policy Acceptance: A Comparative Study of Chinese, Filipino, and Vietnamese Americans in the Debate over Affirmative Action.
  • López-Liendo, Valentina, 2024, Prestige, Identity and Authorship: Situating Colson Whitehead in the Literary Field.
  • Manger, Edward, 2023, Religion and Trust in the Theological Defence of the Confederacy.
  • Polinska-Nestmann, Aleksandra, 2021, Understanding Asymmetries: Distinct Qualities of Media Distrust Between Progressives and Conservatives in the United States and Their Implications for the Future of American News Media.
  • Rever, Lauren, 2024, Trust And Shared Authority: Historic Sites & Tourism In Urban Environments. The Case Of Washington, D.C.
  • Sommer, Tim, 2019, Transatlantic Authority: Carlyle, Emerson, and Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Literary Space.
  • Wallbraun, Stefanie, 2024, American Gun Culture and Its Potential to Polarize the Society: An Analysis of Harmful Effects on Institutional Trust and Government Authority in the United States.
  • Werner, Cosima, 2021, At the Store: Convenience Stores as Social Spaces in Deprived Neighborhoods in the United States.
  • Wolff, Georg, 2021, American Conservatism and the Struggle against Federal Authority: Grassroots Organizing, Activism, Discourse.