2008 Master's Projects

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Author:Abkowitz, Alyssa Kate
Title:Fathers and Sons: Two firemen, their sons, and what they learned from each other
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Ablutz, Katherine
Title:Roosevelt Island's Urban-Planning Ghosts
Advisor:Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Format:Print

Author:Aggarwal, Smriti (Sumi)
Title:Breast Cancer Under 40
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Ahren, Raphael
Title:Jews Against the Jewish State: Satmar, Neturei Karta and Orthodox Anti-Zionism
Advisor:Ari Goldman
Format:Print

Author:Ahtone, Tristan
Title:BmX (radio transcript)
Advisor:Lennart Bourin
Format:Radio

Author:Al-Kassim, Mohammad
Title:10,000 Men Philly (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Richard Wald
Format:TV

Author:Appleton, Kate
Title:Degrees of Separation: How the Gender Gap in Education Is Affecting Couples
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Arora, Rupali
Title:Hindu Pundits in America: A Religion Acted Out
Advisor:Nancy Sharkey
Format:Print

Author:Astigarraga, Carolina
Title:Art on the Airwaves: Searching for listeners, licenses and spectrum space
Advisor:Peter Kann
Format:Print

Author:Babayan, Taleen
Title:The Changing Faces of Graffiti in New York City
Advisor:Gwenda Blair
Format:Print

Author:Bachko, Katia
Title:Intern Nation: Internships are a must-have on any college grad's resume. But who really benefits? And who's breaking the law?
Advisor:Lynnell Hancock
Format:Print

Author:Baksh, Stokely
Title:The Business of Immigrant Detention
Advisor:Sheila Coronel
Format:New Media
URL:http://www.businessofdetention.com

Author:Ballantyne, Coco
Title:Synthetic Life Races into the Future: Are we ready for it?
Advisor:Marguerite Holloway
Format:Print

Author:Beardsley, Steven
Title:The family client: As the child welfare system in New York City strives to embrace the community, will the community embrace back?
Advisor:Lynnell Hancock
Format:Print

Author:Bell, Kaitlin
Title:School's Out: can letting kids do what they want be an education? Unschoolers say yes -- a better one
Advisor:Paula Span
Format:Print

Author:Bello, Liz
Title:What About Our Education? Barriers Encountered by Girls Leaving the Foster Care System When Trying to Pursue College
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Berkowitz, Steven
Title:Gen X at 40 or Slackers Still Matter
Advisor:David Blum
Format:Print

Author:Berman, Talia
Title:Cooking Cliff Crooks: The Making of a Chef
Advisor:David Blum
Format:Print

Author:Bernold, Matthias G.
Title:Until the Last Prayer
Advisor:Todd Gitlin
Format:Print

Author:Berretta, Davide
Title:The Writer's Dilemma
Advisor:Alexander Stille
Format:Print

Author:Bettex, Morgan
Title:Donations Gratefully Accepted: The Survival of Brooklyn's Homegrown Museums
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/museum

Author:Berry, Elizabeth Mendez
Title:Can a Gang Change its Colors?
Advisor:Helen Benedict
Format:Print

Author:Beveridge, Sydney
Title:Psychologists and Torture: Putting the Rule of Law on the Couch
Advisor:Bill Berkeley
Format:Print

Author:Biagiotti, Lisa
Title:City Picklers: Reviving local food, one pickle at a time
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL:http://www.CityPicklers.com

Author:Bindley, Katherine
Title:When Love Clashes With Creed: Islam Adds a New Twist to the Challenge of Interfaith Marriage in America
Advisor:Ari Goldman
Format:Print

Author:Binlot, Ann
Title:Decay or Debt: The Failures of America's Dental Care System
Advisor:Kevin Buckley
Format:Print

Author:Birnbaum, Molly
Title:Where are All the Women? The Professional Kitchen's Glass Ceiling
Advisor:Sam Freedman
Format:Print

Author:Bosch, Adam
Title:Cancer survival: 30 years of improvement. How and why cancer survivorship has increased since the 1970s
Advisor:Beth Whitehouse
Format:Print

Author:Botti, David
Title:Security First, Aid Later: The Changing Face of Humanitarian Aid Work
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:Print

Author:Bowers, Mary
Title:One crime, two sentences: I'm asking myself, when am I going to be free?
Advisor:David Hajdu
Format:Print

Author:Browning, Eliza
Title:10,000 Men Philly (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Richard Wald
Format:TV

Author:Bruning, Karla
Title:The Man That Wasn't
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Burdick, Dave
Title:Sustainable and Organic Brewing, Greengrog.com
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:Print

Author:Burrell, Janelle
Title:Young, Black and Elite: A Look Into the Lives of America's Next Generation of Black Leaders
Advisor:Carla Baranauckas
Format:Print

Author:Butler, Elsa
Title:Record Labels Save Themselves
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/music

Author:Cain, Stephanie
Title:New York's Wine Bars Uncorked: Their Proliferation and What It Says About Us
Advisor:Todd Gitlin
Format:Print

Author:Campriello, Susan C.
Title:Is the tide turning? Debating and innovating New York's historical oyster beds
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:Print

Author:Cardwell, Peter
Title:When the war comes home: Living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (broadcast transcript)
Advisor:Betsy West
Format:Radio

Author:Carlyle, Erin
Title:An Unfortunate Inheritance: One Woman's Struggle with a Legacy of Pedophilia
Advisor:Sam Freedman
Format:Print

Author:Caulfield, Philip
Title:In This Corner: Profiles in Boxing
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/boxing

Author:Cernansky, Rachel
Title:The Efficacy of New York State's 2007 Anti-Trafficking Legislation
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:Print

Author:Chang, Ailsa
Title:Career Transitions (radio transcript)
Advisor:John Dinges
Format:Radio

Author:Chang, Arlene M. AiMei
Title:The American Dream: Shattered by reality for immigrant spouses
Advisor:Gwenda Blair
Format:Print

Author:Chase, Britten
Title:Last Stand: One of the last bastions of homophobia is the athletic field. In the NCAA, that may be changing.
Advisor:Pamela Frederick
Format:Print

Author:Chuchmach, Megan
Title:A Leap of Faith: The Changing Face of the Catholic Priesthood
Advisor:Joseph Nocera
Format:Print

Author:Cohen, Jennie
Title:Masters&Hustlers
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:Print

Author:Cohen, Rafael
Title:Ghost Logo
Advisor:Cynthia Zarin
Format:Print

Author:Cohn, David
Title:Drupal Nation: Software to Power the Left
Advisor:Robin Schatz
Format:Print

Author:Conci, Pilar
Title: Mosaics define a neighborhood and a street artist's life: The struggle of Jim Power
Advisor:Robin Schatz
Format:Print

Author:Cooper, Havovi
Title:The Undocumented World
Advisor:Nina Burleigh
Format:Print

Author:Corey-Boulet, Robbie
Title:Can the city's new testing plan make the grade?
Advisor:Jack Schwartz
Format:Print

Author:Corrigan, Conn
Title:My Search for Irish America
Advisor:Kevin Buckley
Format:Print

Author:Cortazal, Manuel
Title:A Dream Foreclosed
Advisor:Lynnell Hancock
Format:Print

Author:Coutts, Sharona
Title:Money, Middle-men and New York's next Mayor
Advisor:Sheila Coronel
Format:Print

Author:Crawford, Amy
Title:Transgender at Work: Changing Sex in Corporate America
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:Print

Author:Cuddehe, Mary
Title:Dinosaurs at Court: Courtroom Sketch Artists in the Digital Age
Advisor:Arlene Morgan
Format:Print

Author:Davis, Kenan
Title:Sustainable and Organic Brewing, Greengrog.com
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL:http://greengrog.com

Author:Delevingne, Lawrence
Title:Black Smoke: New York City's Underground Cigarette Economy
Advisor:Sam Freedman
Format:Print

Author:Dinges, Tomas
Title:Antibiotics and the Chilean salmon industry
Advisor:Wayne Barrett
Format:Print

Author:Dodakian, Rachel
Title:Writing Wrongs: Incarcerated Women Struggle to Become Whole Again in a Connecticut Prison
Advisor:Andie Tucher
Format:Print

Author:Dominguez, Ivan J.
Title:White Shoe Warriors: Corporate Lawyers and the Public Interest
Advisor:Nina Burleigh
Format:Print

Author:Domit, Myrna
Title:Women In Transit: Stories from N.Y.C's Female Cab Drivers
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL:http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/cab

Author:Dorman, John
Title:not yet finished
Advisor:Robin Schatz
Format:Print

Author:Drost, Nadja
Title:From one dirty war to another: Colombians bring their criminal pasts to Iraq
Advisor:Sheila Coronel
Format:Print

Author:Enlow, Callie
Title:All Tomorrow's Parties: New York City Music Lovers Trade the Club for the Basement.
Advisor:Kevin Buckley
Format:Print

Author:Esselstyn, Zeb
Title:Pedicabs in Spring
Advisor:Nicholas Lemann
Format:Print

Author:Fang, Janet
Title:Salamander Eggs and Hyena Phalluses: A Story About Motherhood, Novel Life Histories and Biological Oddities
Advisor:Jonathan Weiner
Format:Print

Author:Farberov, Snejana
Title:The JDate Connection: Young Secular Jews Turn to Cyber-Yenta to Stay in The Fold
Advisor:Josh Friedman
Format:Print

Author:Faruqui, Fahad
Title:A Bombing in Pakistan Leaves a Trail of Shattered Lives
Advisor:Ari Goldman
Format:Print

Author:Feeney, Lauren
Title:10,000 Men Philly (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Richard Wald
Format:TV

Author:Feliciano, Ivette
Title:Greenpoint Underground: Oil, Health & Politics in the Heart of New York City (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Edward Hersch
Format:TV

Author:Feltz, Renee
Title:The Business of Immigrant Detention
Advisor:Sheila Coronel
Format:New Media
URL:http://www.businessofdetention.com

Author:Ferreira, Susana
Title:Madrassa House Rock!
Advisor:Gwenda Blair
Format:Print

Author:Fisher, Jenny
Title:The Mystery in Jamaica Bay
Advisor:Cynthia Zarin
Format:Print

Author:Fleischfresser, Channtal
Title:Women In Transit: Stories from N.Y.C's Female Cab Drivers
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/cab

Author:Fogle, Asher
Title:Pushing the Tempo: A faster road to Broadway for young musical theater composers
Advisor:Paula Span
Format:Print

Author:Forbes, Ed
Title:Redesigns and reality: Two years into a redesign, the Waterbury Republican-American tries to stay relevant
Advisor:Addie Rimmer
Format:Print

Author:Freiman, Jessica
Title:Poverty and Pain: Holocaust Survivors Confront Old Age
Advisor:Nicole Neroulias
Format:Print

Author:Fung, Evangel
Title:Eco-friendly Event Planning: the Green Way to Party
Advisor:Addie Rimmer
Format:Print

Author:Gadd, Michael
Title:Are You in Good Hands? Car Insurance Companies and Auto-Repair Shops are Fighting Over Your Money, And You Don't Even Know It.
Advisor:William Cunningham
Format:Print

Author:Gaines, Danielle
Title:Major controversy: Does specialization belong in high school?
Advisor:Pamela Frederick
Format:Print

Author:Gersten, Lana
Title:A Liberian Diaspora finds a beacon of hope in a sea of travail
Advisor:Jack Schwartz
Format:Print

Author:Ginlock, Afton
Title:The Struggle of the Spoken Word Culture
Advisor:Gwenda Blair
Format:Print

Author:Glavin, Jessica
Title:Redefining Islam
Advisor:Cynthia Zarin
Format:Print

Author:Goelman, Zachary
Title:A Product in Search of a Purpose
Advisor:Josh Friedman
Format:Print

Author:Gold, Liv
Title:For undocumented students, mixed messages plague path to college
Advisor:Arlene Morgan
Format:Print

Author:Goro, Amalia
Title:The Battle after the War
Advisor:Ann Cooper
Format:Print

Author:Goth, Meghan
Title:The Plagues of Fiterman Hall
Advisor:Wayne Barrett
Format:Print

Author:Guo, Yang
Title:Racism or Illegal Wrongdoings or Something Else Beyond - Hillary Clinton's Campaign Finance Controversy in New York's Chinese Communities
Advisor:Carla Baranauckas
Format:Print

Author:Gupta, Divya
Title:From Burma to New York www.FromBurmaToNewYork.com
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:Print

Author:Hajduch, Katherine E.
Title:The Death of the Graveyard: Why Americans are Shunning Traditional Entombment in Favor of Cremation and Alternative Memorials to the Dead
Advisor:Michael Hoyt
Format:Print

Author:Hall, Terra
Title:Greenpoint Underground: Oil, Health & Politics in the Heart of New York City (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Edward Hersch
Format:TV

Author:Harrison, Lauren R.
Title:A Mother's Work is Never Done: Taking it to the Streets for their Slain Sons
Advisor:Arlene Morgan
Format:Print

Author:Harvey, Sylvia A.
Title:APPLES & ORANGES: Picked From the Same Tree
Advisor:Lynda Richardson
Format:Print

Author:Hatem, Yasmina
Title:A Tumor in the Family: Helping children cope with a parent's cancer
Advisor:Robin Schatz
Format:Print

Author:He, Elaine
Title:Fish Food: How New Yorkers Catch, Cook and Eat Fish
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:Print

Author:Herbaugh, Tracee
Title:Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Advisor:Carla Baranauckas
Format:Print

Author:Hirsch, Adam
Title:When the war comes home: Living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (broadcast transcript)
Advisor:Betsy West
Format:TV

Author:Hirshon, Nicholas
Title:Is Your Cell Phone Really Safe? How a device that emits radiation against your head could lead to brain tumors, cancer and more
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:Print

Author:Holmes, Lylah
Title:Fired Up, Ready to Go (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Betsy West
Format:TV

Author:Holtze, Carla
Title:Is this Love? Learning Pickup from the Asian Playboy
Advisor:Robert Norton
Format:Print

Author:Horowitz, Alexandra
Title:Dancing in Circles: New York's Balkan/Gypsy Music Boom
Advisor:Sam Freedman
Format:Print

Author:Hovannisian, Garin K.
Title:The Trouble With Magic
Advisor:Michael Janeway
Format:Print

Author:Huang, Yian
Title:The Selling of the Mind Business
Advisor:Lynda Richardson
Format:Print

Author:Hynes, Casey
Title:Little Girls Lost: Growing up in a world of media and celebrity
Advisor:Addie Rimmer
Format:Print

Author:Ireland, Nicole
Title:Solitary Madness
Advisor:Pamela Frederick
Format:Print

Author:Isensee, Laura
Title:Life in the Aftermath: Immigration Raids Take Toll on Families, Children Left Behind
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:Print

Author:Issa-Fakhouri, Gayle
Title:Families live on the margins of New York City's homeless system
Advisor:Nina Burleigh
Format:Print

Author:Jacobo, Francis M.
Title:Invisible Susidies for Immigrant Students: The Plights of Three Undocumented Women Trying to Pursue Higher Education
Advisor:Joe Cutbirth
Format:Print

Author:Jacobs, Jeremy P.
Title:Trash-Talking All the Way to the Bank
Advisor:Sam Freedman
Format:Print

Author:Jang, Mira
Title:The Asylum Lottery: Immigration Courts and the Illusion of Justice
Advisor:Wayne Barrett
Format:Print

Author:Jones, Kristin
Title:Call it war: Tamil politics in the U.S.
Advisor:Sheila Coronel
Format:Print

Author:Kanfer, Julie
Title:In Development: The Worlds Of People With Disabilities, Past and Present
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:Print

Author:Kaphle, Anup
Title:Waterfront Revisited
Advisor:Josh Friedman
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/waterfront

Author:Kapi, Kyra
Title:Tough Love: Living with Autism (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Lennart Bourin
Format:TV

Author:Kargman, Bess
Title:Auto Thief or Auto Mechanic: A Teen Offender Tries to Beat the System to Steal Back His Future
Advisor:Richard Wald
Format:Print

Author:Kassim, Aliza
Title:Women In Transit: Stories from N.Y.C's Female Cab Drivers
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/cab

Author:Katz, Debra E.
Title:The Gene Stops Here: Prone to breast cancer, one woman turns to a hotly debated reproductive technology to wipe the genetic slate clean.
Advisor:Paula Span
Format:Print

Author:Kennard, Matthew
Title:The new Nazi army: How the U.S. military is allowing the far-right to join its ranks.
Advisor:Sheila Coronel
Format:Print

Author:Kersey, Andrew
Title:Alone Again, Naturally: Single Senior Women Negotiate Love and Sex Against the Odds
Advisor:Richard Bradley
Format:Print

Author:Kessler, Sarah
Title:Welcome to Curley's: The Diner that took on a City
Advisor:Ari Goldman
Format:Print

Author:Khanyile, Ndoni
Title:Pole Power: how women are reinventing the 'F' word
Advisor:Amy Singer
Format:Print

Author:Kiernan, Christine
Title:Battle Cry: Building Evangelical Christianity 12,000 Rocking, Swaying, Abstinent Kids at a Time
Advisor:Paula Span
Format:Print

Author:Kim, Daye
Title:Shattered Dreams: The Making and Breaking of Bodega Life
Advisor:Arlene Morgan
Format:Print

Author:Kim, Elizabeth
Title:The Business of Life: How a financial planner went from mangaging money to managing lives
Advisor:David Hajdu
Format:Print

Author:Kim, Jane Y.
Title:Of Type and Men: The Survival of the Dale Guild Type Foundry
Advisor:Evan Cornog
Format:Print

Author:Kim, Jed
Title:BmX (radio transcript)
Advisor:Lennart Bourin
Format:Radio

Author:King, Anna
Title:Casting About: How Background Actors Find Work
Advisor:Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Format:Print

Author:King, Rachel J.
Title:East Side Dreams? The Future of Manhattan's Art Market
Advisor:David Hajdu
Format:Print

Author:Kordares, Molly
Title:Not Your Grandfather's Taxidermy
Advisor:Tom Edsall
Format:Print

Author:Kowitt, Elizabeth
Title:Growing Pains: Farmers debate Greenmarket's efforts to expand New York City stalls
Advisor:Nicole Neroulias
Format:Print

Author:Krangel, Eric
Title:Fur and Loathing in New York: Furries, America's newest (and weirdest) youth subculture
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:Print

Author:Kucharczyk, Cody
Title:A Work in Progress: Contemporary Art Conservation in the 21st Century
Advisor:Paula Span
Format:Print

Author:Lacy, Lisa
Title:Slimming Down the Big Apple: The Quest for Urban Food Equity
Advisor:Addie Rimmer
Format:Print

Author:Lang, Alexander
Title:Toking to Treat: Medical marijuana users hide behind smokescreen as New York considers legalization
Advisor:Nicole Neroulias
Format:Print

Author:Larriva Henaine, Sandra
Title:No Place to Pray: Shi'a Muslims in New York Prisons
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/islam/

Author:Larson, Amy
Title:Makeup Matters - Cosmetics: sexy or sexist?
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Leber, Jessica
Title:From Germs to Genes: The World of Modern Microbe Hunters
Advisor:Laura Muha
Format:Print

Author:Lee, Deborah
Title:The Emergence of Progressive Evangelicals (radio transcript)
Advisor:John Dinges
Format:Radio

Author:Lerner, Evan
Title:FOR SALE: Human eggs. About 100 micrometers each. $8,000 or best offer.
Advisor:Michael Hoyt
Format:Print

Author:Lewis, Madeline
Title:Here come the grooms: the legalization of civil unions in New Hampshire
Advisor:Michael Hoyt
Format:Print

Author:Lhee, Euna
Title:The Gardasil mandate: How a virtually untested HPV vaccine in young girls is spurring public health concerns
Advisor:Wayne Barrett
Format:Print

Author:Limm, David
Title:An Ecumenist in Bay Ridge: A Brooklyn Pastor's Faith in Dialogue
Advisor:Michael Hoyt
Format:Print

Author:Lindstrom, Tamara
Title:Losing the Limelight: Life After the Greatest Show on Earth
Advisor:Joseph Nocera
Format:Print

Author:Liu, Irene Jay
Title:Snakehead: Human Smuggling from Fujian to New York (radio transcript)
Advisor:Wayne Barrett, John Keefe
Format:Radio

Author:Lok, Annie
Title:Uneasy Neighbors: Parents clashed over how a school should be run in a gentrifying neighborhood
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Loomis, Nicky
Title:Paparazzi
Advisor:Dale Maharidge
Format:Print

Author:Lussenhop, Jessica
Title:Boots on the Street: The New Face of Homeless Veterans in New York City
Advisor:Peter Kann
Format:Print

Author:Luzer, Daniel
Title:The Problem in the American Middle School
Advisor:Andie Tucher
Format:Print

Author:Lynch, Matthew
Title:Legitimizing the Boneyard Jam: How one ski resort is coping with a generation obsessed with freestyle skiing and snowboarding.
Advisor:Robert Norton
Format:Print

Author:Lynch, Sarah N.
Title:Broken promises: When profit drives colleges to cheat students and taxpayers
Advisor:Sheila Coronel
Format:Print

Author:Lyons, Casey
Title:The Problem of Plastic Bags
Advisor:Todd Gitlin
Format:Print

Author:Mabe, Matt
Title:The Silent War: Chaplains at West Point Manage a Delicate Balance
Advisor:Richard Bradley
Format:Print

Author:Makan, Jami
Title:Fish Food: How New Yorkers Catch, Cook and Eat Fish
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:Print

Author:Margulies, Elana
Title:Converts With Connections: How - and Why - Wall Street Executives Have Become a Key Source of Funding for Presidential Candidates
Advisor:Robert Norton
Format:Print

Author:Martino, Andy
Title:Game of Ideas
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:Print

Author:Mayers, Dave
Title:In This Corner: Profiles in Boxing
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL:
http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/boxing

Author:McCarthy, Tom
Title:The Future of the Book
Advisor:Dale Maharidge
Format:Print

Author:McDonald, Robert
Title:New York's Island of Lost Souls
Advisor:Jack Schwartz
Format:Print

Author:McGee, Jamie
Title:Sex and Sixteen: Navigating the ambiguities of sex as a teen in the Bronx
Advisor:Michael Hoyt
Format:Print

Author:McRoskey, Richard
Title:Back to the Futures: Prediction markets' shaky steps toward the future mirror those of other financial innovations
Advisor:Robert Norton
Format:Print

Author:Meredith, Emily
Title:Go Roids, Go Home: Keeping Performance Enhancing Drugs Out of Sport
Advisor:Sam Freedman
Format:Print

Author:Messick, Molly
Title:Cuisine's Fast Forward
Advisor:Martin Gottlieb
Format:Print

Author:Michalska, Aleksandra
Title:Help Yourself - Self-Help Business and Motivational Speakers.
Advisor:Richard Wald
Format:Print

Author:Miles, Dara L.
Title:The Belnord at 100 - A return to splendor leaves Bohemia behind
Advisor:Lynnell Hancock
Format:Print

Author:Miller, Jennifer
Title:Frybread Highway
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Moraes, Tais
Title:A La Cart: Street Vendors of New York City (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Phil Scheffler
Format:TV

Author:Morgan, Sarah
Title:The Church of the Non-Believer
Advisor:Ari Goldman
Format:Print

Author:Moscatello, Caitlin
Title:Sweetheart
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Moscrip, Lara
Title:Transgender at Work: Changing Sex in Corporate America
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:Print

Author:Mucino, Kristel
Title:Hispanic Suicides (radio transcript)
Advisor:John Dinges
Format:Radio

Author:Muhlhausen, Emily
Title:Of Muskrats and Men: The New Jersey Meadowlands
Advisor:Laura Muha
Format:Print

Author:Mulero, Eugene
Title:Getting Away With Murder
Advisor:Wayne Barrett
Format:Print

Author:Munshi, Neil
Title:Auto
Advisor:Tom Edsall
Format:Print

Author:Murphy, Kyle
Title:In This Corner: Profiles in Boxing
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/boxing

Author:Mustain, Andrea
Title:Prenatal Testing and Down Syndrome (radio transcript)
Advisor:John Dinges
Format:Radio

Author:Negussie, Tesfaye
Title:BmX (radio transcript)
Advisor:Lennart Bourin
Format:Radio

Author:Nepal, Indu
Title:Identity theft: How advancing technology and murky laws are making it the fastest growing crime in the country
Advisor:Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Format:Print

Author:Nunes, Alexis
Title:Anabolic steroids and the guy next door
Advisor:Kostya Kennedy
Format:Print

Author:Nusca, Andrew
Title:Philadelphia's Fall From Grace: How a Once-Proud City Became Its Own Punch Line
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL:http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/philly

Author:Obusan, Claire
Title:Greenpoint Underground: Oil, Health & Politics in the Heart of New York City (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Edward Hersch
Format:TV

Author:O'Connor, M.R.
Title:Trying to Save Darfur: How the American activist movement has obstructed peace in Sudan
Advisor:Addie Rimmer
Format:Print

Author:Oliveira, Denise
Title:Civil Guideon for New York City Housing Court
Advisor:Wayne Barrett
Format:Print

Author:Onufrak, Julie
Title:Mr. Chips Goes to Grade School: Male Teachers Who Thrive in a Woman's World
Advisor:Ari Goldman
Format:Print

Author:Peterson, Tim
Title:Waterfront Revisited
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL:
http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/waterfront

Author:Phillips, Nicholas
Title:Sanctuary Shop
Advisor:Alexander Stille
Format:Print

Author:Piard, Mathilde
Title:Inside Home Birth
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/birth

Author:Pierce, Olga
Title:A painful balance: How methadone became a killer before anyone noticed
Advisor:Wayne Barrett
Format:Print

Author:Polanco, Joy
Title:The Main Event: Class Size Matters vs. Department of Education
Advisor:Tom Edsall
Format:Print

Author:Pompeo, Joe
Title:Alone On the Bowery
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Pratten, Olivia
Title:Waterfront Revisited
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL:http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/waterfront

Author:Protess, Benjamin
Title:The Crime Lab Swindle: How a rogue Justice Department agency weakened the criminal justice system's strongest weapon
Advisor:Sheila Coronel
Format:Print

Author:Rao, Vidya
Title:Crack in a Climate of Fear: Sentences eased two decades later as myths about the drug unravel
Advisor:Andie Tucher
Format:Print

Author:Raviv, Sivan
Title:Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors (radio transcript)
Advisor:Julianne Welby
Format:Radio

Author:Reardon, Ashe
Title:Tough Love: Living with Autism (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Lennart Bourin
Format:TV

Author:Rebich, Cissy M.
Title:Serbian Church Choirs: A Musical Tradition (radio transcript)
Advisor:Kerry Donahue
Format:Radio

Author:Reich, Ronni
Title:Their Headbanging Music Is Beethoven: Classical Music Fans of Facebook
Advisor:Michael Janeway
Format:Print

Author:Remilien, Sandra
Title:Success Amid Different Dynamics
Advisor:Peter Kann
Format:Print

Author:Ressel, David Lee
Title:Forgotten Victims: Linking Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse
Advisor:Thomas Edsall
Format:Print

Author:Richardson, Steven Matthew
Title:Battling Back: Boxing's Resurgence in the Big Apple
Advisor:Peter Kann
Format:Print

Author:Riedel, David
Title:DIY Musicians: Making it Without Making It
Advisor:Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Format:Print

Author:Rivette, Sarah
Title:The Search for a Father: Lost American Soldiers in North Korea
Advisor:Lynnell Hancock
Format:Print

Author:Rosenthal, Rachel
Title:Keepers of the Flame: The Rare Creatures of the Rare Book World
Advisor:Ari Goldman
Format:Print

Author:Rothstein, Craig
Title:Hot Town: Can green roofs keep cities cool in a warming world? (or, Doom Wears Galoshes)
Advisor:Michael Janeway
Format:Print

Author:Rubinstein, Dana
Title:One of God's Cruel Jokes: Growing up trans and the growth of New York's trans movement
Advisor:Barry Bearak
Format:Print

Author:Rudnick, Natasha
Title:Hollywood Under the Microscope: Depicting Forensic Science on Television
Advisor:John Dinges
Format:Print

Author:Sadakova, Yaldaz
Title:The hot zone
Advisor:Richard Wald
Format:Print

Author:St Jean, Martha
Title:Battle for the Bronx
Advisor:Ann Cooper
Format:Print

Author:Salvaterra, Neanda
Title:Taking on Goliath
Advisor:Robert Norton
Format:Print

Author:Santiago, Katherine
Title:Living with Strangers
Advisor:Peter Kann
Format:Print

Author:Schirtzinger, Alexa
Title:Where Did All the Locavores Come From? A Look at How and Why Local Food Took Over New York
Advisor:Josh Friedman
Format:Print

Author:Schultz, Erin
Title:No One to Take Her Place - From the Fillmore to Penn Station: examples of women saving the mainstream music industry
Advisor:Andie Tucher
Format:Print

Author:Scott, Aaron
Title:The Science of Love (radio transcript)
Advisor:Ann Cooper
Format:Radio

Author:Serwer, Adam
Title:Blogging While Black: The Rise Of The Black Blogosphere (radio transcript)
Advisor:Amy Costello
Format:Radio

Author:Shader, Maggie
Title:What To Do With The Failing Student
Advisor:Todd Gitlin
Format:Print

Author:Sharma, Betwa
Title:Modern-Day Love Stories in Age-Old Conflicts
Advisor:Josh Friedman
Format:Print

Author:Sheldon, Linzi
Title:Fired Up, Ready to Go (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Betsy West
Format:TV

Author:Shilling, Erik
Title:The New Music Economy Is Getting Better, Just for Those Who Pay Attention
Advisor:Nicholas Lemann
Format:Print

Author:Shishkin, Konstantin
Title:Building Something Green: Environmentally Conscious Architecture in New York City
Advisor:Alexander Stille
Format:Print

Author:Simmons, Gregory
Title:Fired Up, Ready to Go (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Betsy West
Format:TV

Author:Simon, Ben
Title:Allah Made Them Funny: The Rise of Arab and Muslim Comedy in America Since 9/11
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:Print

Author:Sipprelle, Susan M.
Title:The VA fails in its mission: even its most generous program helps few of today's vets
Advisor:Lynnell Hancock
Format:Print

Author:Sky, Shira
Title:A Jewish Anti-Zionist
Advisor:Sam Freedman
Format:Print

Author:Smith, Jordan
Title:When the war comes home: Living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (broadcast transcript)
Advisor:Betsy West
Format:Radio

Author:Smooha, Shahar
Title:Shell Shocked: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among Israeli Reservists in the Second Lebanon war
Advisor:Neil Hickey
Format:Print

Author:Soldak, Katya
Title:Record Labels Save Themselves
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/music

Author:Soliman, Omar
Title:The New McCarthyism: Khalil Gibran and the Modern Tribalists
Advisor:Addie Rimmer
Format:Print

Author:Srinivasan, Ranjini
Title:Tough Love: Living with Autism (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Lennart Bourin
Format:TV

Author:Stark, Elizabeth R.
Title:City Picklers: Reviving local food, one pickle at a time
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL:http://www.citypicklers.com

Author:Steadman Charkes, Juli
Title:Natural Burials
Advisor:Bruce Porter
Format:Print

Author:Steinhauser, Gabriele
Title:CHOKING: A Neighborhood's Struggle With Air Pollution and Asthma
Advisor:Gwenda Blair
Format:Print

Author:Stockman, Michelle
Title:Inside Home Birth
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/birth

Author:Stone, Jett
Title:Generation Abracadabra: Study Doping and the ADHD Conundrum in Higher Education
Advisor:Gwenda Blair
Format:Print

Author:Subramanian, Sushma
Title:Aging Out: Four Men's Experiences after Leaving Foster Care
Advisor:Richard Bradley
Format:Print

Author:Suddath, Claire
Title:The Last Days of the Chelsea Hotel
Advisor:David Hajdu
Format:Print

Author:Sundberg, Sarah Clyne
Title:Brooklyn Chemical Romance: why there is a radioactive and hazardous waste station in Williamsburg
Advisor:Gwenda Blair
Format:Print

Author:Sundby, Alex
Title:A Place to Call Home: After spending years in the foster care system, three young men finally have a permanent place where they are always welcome.
Advisor:Martin Gottlieb
Format:Print

Author:Swindler, Josie
Title:The Baby Blues: Meet the Fringe Group of Activists Fighting to Outlaw Adoption
Advisor:Michael Hoyt
Format:Print

Author:Taing, Mengly
Title:I AM LEGENDARY
Advisor:Robert Love
Format:Print

Author:Taske, Christian
Title:New York City's Prostituted Youth: Criminals by Law or Slaves of the 21st Century?
Advisor:Cynthia Zarin
Format:Print

Author:Thompson, Rhema
Title:The Long Road Home (radio transcript)
Advisor:Ann Cooper
Format:Radio

Author:Thompson, Robert
Title:A La Cart: Street Vendors of New York City (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Phil Scheffler
Format:TV

Author:Thorpe, Kimberly A.
Title:A Last Resort: Intervention Before a Small Church Dies
Advisor:William Cunningham
Format:Print

Author:Troiano, Jessica
Title:Thor Drops the Hammer on Coney Island: The Battle for New York's Oldest Playground
Advisor:Paula Span
Format:Print

Author:Trop, Jaclyn
Title:Donations Gratefully Accepted: The Survival of Brooklyn's Homegrown Museums
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/museum

Author:Udasin, Sharon
Title:A Woman of Valor: Raising a Large Lubavitch Family
Advisor:Ari Goldman
Format:Print

Author:Vanger, Anthony
Title:La Monteria
Advisor:Bill Berkeley
Format:Print

Author:Ventura, Michael P.
Title:Back to the Streets: A cure for what ails journalism may be found in old-fashioned street reporting
Advisor:Dale Maharidge
Format:Print

Author:Vij, Radha
Title:Masters&Hustlers
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:Print

Author:Vilaga, Jennifer
Title:A Friendly League of Their Own
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Villarreal, Yvonne
Title:Gossip Girl Fans Offer Their Own Dish Online
Advisor:Alexander Stille
Format:Print

Author:Vo, Lam Thuy
Title:From Burma to New York
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL:http://www.FromBurmaToNewYork.com

Author:Wahba, Philippe
Title:Retuning the Guitar
Advisor:Judith Dobrzynski
Format:Print

Author:Weinstein, Adam
Title:Do kill, but don't ask and don't tell: To help veterans who feel guilt from killing, the military may have to break a big taboo
Advisor:Peter Kann
Format:Print

Author:Whitton, Lindsey
Title:The Trouble with Perfect: A charter school model that just might work still might not be the solution to closing the national achievement gap
Advisor:Michael Hoyt
Format:Print

Author:Wilner, Anne Charlotte
Title:The House That Zorn Built
Advisor:Paula Span
Format:Print

Author:Wilson, Carmen Alarcon
Title:The Virgin of Guadalupe: The New face of Catholicism in New York
Advisor:Robin Schatz
Format:Print

Author:Wilson, Lerone D.
Title:The Next Generation of News: How the Web and Aggregation Technology is Reshaping the Future of Journalism
Advisor:Arlene Morgan
Format:Print

Author:Wilson, Michele
Title:Stepping Past Race: Two high-school step teams prove that skin color doesn't matter
Advisor:Alexander Stille
Format:Print

Author:Winchester, Stuart
Title:Battles of Blood, Battles of Building
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Witherington, Laurence
Title:The Demise of the British Mafia
Advisor:Robert Love
Format:Print

Author:Woolsey, Matt
Title:Don't they know they've won
Advisor:David Klatell
Format:Print

Author:Yakas, Benjamin
Title:The Club Is Open: The Secret World of Robert Pollard and His Fans
Advisor:David Hajdu
Format:Print

Author:Yaloyan, Marina
Title:Passion to Play
Advisor:Kevin Coyne
Format:Print

Author:Yarbil, Gizem
Title:A La Cart: Street Vendors of New York City (documentary transcript)
Advisor:Phil Scheffler
Format:TV

Author:Zakari, Zainab
Title:YOGA IN COLORS: Where are the Black Yogis?
Advisor:Paula Span
Format:Print

Author:Zaragovia, Veronica
Title:No Place to Pray: Shi'a Muslims in New York Prisons
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL: http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/newmedia/2008/masters/islam/

Author:Zembik, Josh
Title:Soldiers of Conscience: War and Peace in Iraq
Advisor:Michael Janeway
Format:Print

Author:Zeveloff, Julie M.
Title:Rethinking Sex Education: New York City Gears Up for the Graying of AIDS
Advisor:Andie Tucher
Format:Print

Author:Zraick, Karen
Title:From Burma to New York
Advisor:Sree Sreenivasan
Format:New Media
URL:
http://www.FromBurmaToNewYork.com