Summer 2025 Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The records for the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) submitted by the Graduate School for Summer 2025 have been processed and loaded into SURFACE, Syracuse University’s Institutional Repository. These include fifty-nine (59) submissions from twenty-nine (29) different departments, including:
Anthropology (1); Art Photography (1); Biology (2); Biomedical and Chemical Engineering (4); Chemistry (2); Civil and Environmental Engineering (1); Counseling & Human Services (1); Earth & Environmental Sciences (1); Economics (1); Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (5); Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (1); Exercise Science (3); Food Studies (1); History (1); Information Science & Technology (4); Mass Communications (1); Mathematics (1); Mechanical Aerospace and Engineering (3); Media Studies (1); Philosophy (2); Physics (2); Political Science (1); Psychology (7); Public Relations (1); Religion (2); Science Teaching (1); Social Science (1); Sociology (6); Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition (1).
In SUMMER 2025:
- Forty-nine (49) dissertations were submitted and their records are available at: https://surface.syr.edu/etd/.
- Forty-five (45) dissertations were submitted as Open Access (OA) publications, thirty-five (35) of which are currently available for download on SURFACE. Ten (10) additional dissertations will be available after an embargo period.
- Four (4) additional dissertations were submitted but are only available by subscription through ProQuest, though their records are available in SURFACE.
- The OA rate for dissertations this spring exceeded 91%.
- Ten (10) graduate theses were submitted and their records are available at https://surface.syr.edu/thesis/.
- Nine (9) theses were submitted as OA publications, all of which are currently available for download on SURFACE.
- One (1) additional theses was submitted but is only available by subscription through ProQuest, though the record is available in SURFACE.
- The OA rate for theses was 90%.
- The overall OA rate for all dissertations and theses was approximately 92%.
For anyone desiring additional information at either the departmental or school/college level, please contact the SURFACE team at surface@syr.edu.