Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Mechanisms of genetic risk in Alzheimer’s disease 

      von Maydell, Djuna (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)
      Sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) accounts for the majority of dementia cases worldwide, yet effective treatments remain limited. Genetic variants associated with AD provide insight into disease etiology and highlight ...

    • The Realm of Grace 

      Mathew, Abraham (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)
      This dissertation examines three familiar interpersonal phenomena—repentance after wronging another, forgiveness in the wake of being wronged, and reciprocation after being helped—and what they teach us about moral obligation ...

    • Presuppositionless proxies of politeness: An (eventually) Optimality-Theoretic account 

      Wang, Ruoan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)
      Recent research has seen growing interest in the nature of social meaning, “the constellation of qualities and properties that linguistic forms convey about the social identity of language users” (Beltrama 2020, see also ...