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The world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. PQDT — Full Text includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.  All materials in full text are available to currently-registered students, faculty and staff for free.

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Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master’s theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDT — Full Text provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.

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Leading Womanist Ethicist and Theologian Named New MLK Professor of Religion and Black Studies at STH

Emilie townes says she hopes to foster conversations in an increasingly polarized culture.

Emilie Townes comes to BU from Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School, where she was dean emerita and the Distinguished Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society. She previously taught at Yale University and Union Theological Seminary. Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Divinity School

Emilie Townes was all set to retire in two years from the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University and return to teaching full-time. Then she accepted an invitation to meet with a search committee member from Boston University’s School of Theology regarding a renowned—and recently vacated—professorship bearing the name of civil rights icon and BU alum Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59). 

The committee member advised Townes , Vanderbilt’s E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Ethics and Society and University Distinguished Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society, to view the potential role—newly renamed the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies—as a capstone to a career in theological education that dates back more than four decades.

“I hate that kind of language,” Townes says with a smile. “You don’t have a capstone, you have a job to do, and you do it.”

Townes says she took the meeting “as a courtesy.” It didn’t take long in the interview process, however, for Townes to feel STH was where she needed to be.

“As soon as Emilie Townes applied and expressed interest in the MLK professorship, we knew we need not look any further,” says G. Sujin Pak , dean of STH. “She was not just our top candidate, she is our dream candidate! So, the search process became crystal clear from STH’s view. The possibility of attracting the Emilie Townes is an unparalleled, transformative opportunity.”

Townes will become STH’s new Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies effective July 1. According to STH, the professorship honors King “by modeling the moral authority, prophetic vision of justice, peace, and love, ethical leadership, and global consciousness that he advocated for and embodied.” The chair, previously named the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical Leadership, had been held by longtime STH faculty member Rev. Walter E. Fluker (GRS’88, STH’88, Hon.’24), with whom Townes spoke before accepting the position. Fluker retired from the position in 2020. “He spoke [about the professorship] with a certain amount of affection, which you never really know if that’s what you’re going to hear when you say, ‘Tell me about it,’” Townes says. “He, more than anyone outside of BU, helped convince me this will be a good place.”

Townes’ scholarship has delved into many corners of womanist and Black theology, as well as social issues such as racial health disparities and environmental racism. Before becoming the first Black dean at Vanderbilt Divinity School in 2013, she was the first Black woman president of the American Academy of Religion, the first African American and first woman to serve as associate dean for academic affairs at the Yale Divinity School, and the first Black woman president of the American Academy of Religion. She currently serves as the president of the Society of Christian Ethics, the first Black woman to hold the office.

Pak calls Townes a “trailblazing scholar of remarkable interdisciplinary range,” who has left a mark on every field she touches.

“Emilie Townes is a towering figure and recognizably the leading living womanist ethicist today,” Pak says. “She is not only an astonishing scholar; the incredible gift is this: she is a passionate teacher, a prophetic advocate, an innovative institutional leader, and a beautiful human being. The STH community will reap immeasurable blessings from her experiential wisdom, gifts of discernment, and compassionate counsel.”

Emilie Townes is a towering figure and recognizably the leading living womanist ethicist today. She is not only an astonishing scholar; the incredible gift is this: she is a passionate teacher, a prophetic advocate, an innovative institutional leader, and a beautiful human being. G. Sujin Pak, STH Dean

Townes will not teach any courses this fall, instead using the time to learn about the School of Theology and its curriculum and meet faculty and students. When she does return to the classroom in spring 2025, she says, she’s eager to pull from current events to teach about how the world is structured and humanity’s capacity to create change. “I’ll try to help students get a better sense of the structures we’re dealing with and not just personal opinion or sound bites or all those other things that are not quite what you should be using to build a society that is sustainable, but also where are each of us individually in that structure,” Townes says. “And, how can we be better people in light of it?” 

Townes says a main vision she has for her role is that of unifier.

“The polarizations we’re living with now are heartbreaking to me,” she says. “I’m feeling like this [professorship] is a great challenge, and more than that, a great possibility to see if there are ways in which the prominence of the chair can help start conversations that lead people to working together as opposed to being at each other’s throats or not listening.”

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All the highlights from Class Day 2024

It was with great pleasure that friends and family members of the Class of 2024 gathered in McCosh Hall on Monday, May 27th for the Economics Department’s annual Class Day celebration.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Economics Department Chair Wolfgang Pesendorfer recognized the many challenges this year’s graduating class overcame when their journey at Princeton began in 2020. 

“Your high school senior year was profoundly disrupted and many of you missed out on your high school graduation ceremonies,” Pesendorfer noted. “Your time at Princeton started out most inauspiciously: First only virtual, then mostly confined to your dorm rooms. I am sure this was not the college experience you had envisioned for yourselves.”

“But here you are, having navigated those challenges with resilience and determination. Congratulations.”

Here’s a quick look at some of the biggest moments from this year’s Class Day celebration.

Shirley Ren awarded the Halbert White ’72 Prize in Economics

Shirley Ren receives the Halbert White ’72 Prize in Economics and the Wolf Balleisen Memorial Prize for the best thesis on an economics subject.

This year’s Halbert White ‘72 Prize in Economics–awarded annually to the department’s top student as evidenced by excellence in department coursework and creativity in their Junior Paper and Senior Thesis–went to Shirley Ren.

In addition to majoring in economics, Ren, whose thesis was titled “ An Asset Demand Approach to Studying Recent Trends in Chinese Equity Markets,” also earned certificates in Finance, Statistics and Machine Learning, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Political Economy, and East Asian Studies.

The 2024 Senior Thesis Prize winners

Every year, the department recognizes students whose Senior Thesis projects exemplify quality, creativity, and academic rigor.

The John Glover Wilson Memorial Award for the best thesis on international economics or politics was awarded to Antek Hasiura for their thesis titled “Currency Crises in the Age of Decentralized Finance.”

The Walter C. Sauer ’28 Prize, awarded annually to the student whose thesis or research project on any aspect of United States foreign trade is judged to be the most creative, was awarded to Dickson Bowman for their thesis titled “An Analysis of the Cross-Border Effects of Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s Cartel Kingpin Strategy.”

The Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies Prizes, awarded to the best policy-relevant theses, were given to:

• Jampel Dorjee for their thesis titled “How the Rich Stay Rich: Intergenerational Wealth Transfer in the British Aristocracy, 1860-2022.”
• Joe Fast for their thesis titled “The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Disability Insurance Recipients.”
• Samantha Lee for their thesis titled “The Effects of Market Exclusivity Loss on Medication Utilization Dynamics: A Comparative Analysis of Cardiovascular and Psychotherapeutic Drugs.”
• Tucker Saland for their thesis titled “Climate Value at Risk: A Model Calibration Approach to Green Financing, Environmental Taxes, and Climate Change.” 
• Aaron Ventresca for their thesis titled “The Effect of the Tax Cuts and Job Acts of 2017 on Private Charitable Giving.”

The Burton G. Malkiel *64 Senior Thesis Prizes in Finance were awarded to:

• Ben Cai for their thesis titled “Examining Changes in Individual Payment Choice Behavior.”
• Bofan Ji for their thesis titled “Liquidity Regime Unveiled: Integrating Liquidity Measures Through Gaussian Mixture-Driven Hidden Markov Models.”

The Elizabeth Bogan Prize in Economics , awarded annually for the best thesis or theses in health, education or welfare, was awarded to Maya Satchell for their thesis titled “The Private Market Meets Affordable Housing: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Properties Improve Low-Income Neighborhoods with Minimal Effects on High-Income Neighborhoods.”

The Daniel I. Rubinfeld ’67 Prizes in Empirical Economics , awarded for the best theses in empirical economics, were given to:

• John Mulunda for their thesis titled “Less Money, More Problems: An Analysis of U.S. Public Pension Plans’ Funded Ratio, Asset Allocation, and Investment Returns from 2001-2022.”
• Michael Zhou for their thesis titled “A Factor Model for Correlation Risk Premium Returns.”

Finally, the Wolf Balleisen Memorial Prize for the best thesis on an economics subject written by an economics major went to Shirley Ren for their thesis titled “An Asset Demand Approach to Studying Recent Trends in Chinese Equity Markets.”

Expressing gratitude for our outstanding graduate student preceptors and faculty advisers

During this year’s Class Day ceremony, Pesendorfoer also recognized six graduate students for going above and beyond as preceptors. The winners of this year’s Graduate Student Teaching Prizes were Narek Alexanian , Dexin Li , Carol Shou , Rafael Schwalb , Jesse Silbert , and So Hye Yoon .

Professors Mikkel Plagborg-Møller and Kelly Noonan were each awarded the Harvey Rosen Teaching Prize for their outstanding contributions to undergraduate education, and Assistant Professor Karthik Sastry was recognized for his commitment to undergraduate advising.

“He pushed me to think deeper about development economics and the many moving parts that go into implementing a large-scale policy,” one student said of Sastry’s efforts. 

“He provides thoughtful and helpful advice and comments, and never once made me feel rushed.”

Recognizing campus-wide contributions and the department’s all-star student athletes

Finally, Pesendorfer gave special recognition to several students whose contributions to Princeton extended far beyond the department. 

Pesendorfer recognized Stephen Daniels , who was one of eight seniors, out of 180 nominations, to win the 2024 Spirit of Princeton award for his service and contributions to campus life. He also recognized Sydney Eck , who was one of three undergraduates this year to win the Princeton Research Day Orange and Black Award. Eck won the award for her Junior and Senior Independent Work, which focused on health economics in India and China. 

Pesendorfer also recognized many of the department’s student athletes, whose achievements made the entire university proud. Those students include: 

• Cate Bade and the women’s softball team won the Ivy League tournament, the post-season tournament and advanced to the NCAA.  
• Tommy Barnds and Pace Billings, as a part of the men’s lacrosse team, won the Ivy League post-season tournament and advanced to the NCAA.
• William Cauley and Joe Fast were Ivy League champions in men’s track and field.
• Alastair Cho was an Ivy League champion for men’s squash.
• Christian Hartch and the men’s water polo team made it to the final four of the NCAA championship. 
• Ellie Mitchell and the women’s basketball team were Ivy League champions, winning the post-season tournament and advancing to the NCAA. 
• Samantha DeVito , Ellie Mueller , and Grace Tauckus , as part of the women’s lacrosse team, made it to the second round of the NCAA.
• Jen Estes and Marissa Hart , as part of the women’s soccer team, also made it to the second round of the NCAA. 
• Ben Harrington and the men’s volleyball team made it to the quarterfinals of the EIVA tournament.
• Mariachiara (Kikka) Giudici competed with the women’s openweight crew team, which ranked third nationally.

Congratulations to the incredible Class of 2024! We can’t wait to see everything you achieve in the years ahead.

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Spring 2024 Thesis Exhibition Awards

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Walter Beardsley Award (presented by the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art) Joe Matty

The Eugene M. Riley Prize in Photography Joe Matty

Senior BFA Awards

Emil Jacques Medal for Excellence in Studio Art Mae Harkins

Emil Jacques Medal for Excellence in Design Christina Sayut

Mabel L. Mountain Memorial Prize in Painting Jessica Stehlik

The Greif Prize in Studio Art or Design Katherine Gaylord

Radwan and Allan Riley Prize in Studio Art CJ Rodgers

Radwan and Allan Riley Prize in Art History Kendra Lyimo

Radwan and Allan Riley Prize in Design Payton Oliver

Barbara Roche Award of Excellence in Painting Jessica Stehlik

Judith A. Wrappe Memorial Award Katherine Gaylord Mae Harkins

Bill and Connie Greif Art Award Katherine Gaylord Mae Harkins Jessica Stehlik Christina Sayut Luis Sosa Manubes Julia Cutajar

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Father Anthony J. Lauck, C.S.C. Awards Payton Oliver CJ Rodgers Mary Votava