Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses published by Northern Illinois University through The Graduate School.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Communicating church branding through anniversary services, Kate E. Mead

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A preliminary investigation on hardness performance of LENS-processed 316 stainless steel (SS), Sri Sai Kartheek Meka

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Influence of school librarians as change agents : strategies using the power of digital tools for creating change, Sara Meyer

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Exploration of the lived experiences of chronic pain sufferers : an interpretative phenomenological investigation, Margo Danielle Milano

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Form and function : settler women as cultural conveyors in narratives of the early frontier, Rowenna Miller

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The impact of commitment on risk recognition in sexually violent dating relationships, Jennifer Milliken

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Essays in labor economics, Sepehr Moghareh Abed

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Study of oxide film formed on aluminum electrode in aluminum-air battery, Abdul Kaleem Mohammad

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A generic memory design for a memoryless metaheuristic with the application of flowshop scheduling problem, Shayan Mohammadi

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Study of thermal history in hollow cylinder under laser-assisted machining process using FEM, Mujahid Mohiuddin Mohammed

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A utility-value intervention : will it help Hispanic parents to motivate their adolescents in mathematics?, Margaret Molenda-Lesniak

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Economic base changes in counties impacted by military base closures, Andrea D. Moore

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Development, control, and application of the o-Hydroxychalcone/flavanone molecular switch scaffold, Brian Matthew Muller

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L-Tryptophan hydroxamic acid derivatives as Burkholderia pseudomallei IspF inhibitors, Chante Ashley Muller

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More than we imagined : toward a map of beliefs and attitudes about creative writing, Kelle Sills Mullineaux

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The relationship between body image and eating patterns in collegiate cross country runners, Justine Myers

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rtfA controls development, secondary metabolism, and virulence In Aspergillus fumigatus, Ryan Myers

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Computation of common normal between wheelset and rail : a comparative study, Khashayar Namiranian

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Developing champions in the classroom : a critical examination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's division I's policies and procedures for academic success, Randi Napientek

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Decentralization and public service provision in Indonesia : influence of the middle class, Ronnie Rahman Nataatmadja

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Voices of Latina/o parents : sending a child to college, Karla Neal

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"The second barrel is nearly always fatal" : rhetoric in the three trials of Oscar Wilde, Kurt Neumann

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DBHGT : the fungal horizontal gene transfer database, Marcus Nguyen

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The relationship between advanced placement course completion and college readiness, John Novak

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The effect of temperature on the formability of commercial pure titanium foil, Alexander Nunnally

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Students' attitudes and perceptions about writing : what do they think?, Michelle L. Olson

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Associations between eating behaviors and body image of women during the postpartum period, Erika Oltmanns

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A multiple case study : gauging the effects of poverty on school readiness amongst preschoolers, Melissa J. Onesto

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Old English elegies : language and genre, Stephanie Opfer

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Educational journey of first generation, foreign-born immigrant students in the U.S. : transnational experiences and the role of cultural capital in pursuing higher education, Gulshirin Orazova

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Sequential Monte Carlo macroeconometrics, Shawn Osell

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Metagenomic analysis of deep-branching firmicutes and new representatives of known genera from the Calumet wetlands, a highly alkaline environment, Jay T. Osvatic

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Severity of illness, parenting, and child psychological adjustment : exploring the associations among mothers with multiple sclerosis, Emily Elizabeth Padgett

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Core leadership practices or prior classroom teaching experience and their value when hiring building principals, Patti Palagi

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Does evaluation affect teacher self-efficacy? : a qualitative investigation into the effects of evaluation on teachers' sense of efficacy, Anthony J. Palmisano

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Role of urdA in regulation of development and secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans, Sandesh S. Pandit

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The foundations of modern democracy : Machiavelli and the pursuit of greatness, Katherine Paton

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Approximate Bayesian computation in nonparametric Bayesian models, Erina Paul

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A comparison of variance and Renyi's entropy with application to machine learning, Adric M. Peccarelli

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School counselor clinical supervision : an exploration of relationships between supervision training, professional experience, professional identity, and site supervisor self-efficacy, Tracy Peed

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The art of transformational leadership : a study of Sun Tzu's strategic philosophy applied to managing civil service employees, Jesus N. Perez

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Helping users learn about social processes while learning from users : developing a positive feedback in social computing, Venkata Sai Sriram Pillutla

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Development of the Self-Directed Learning for Exercise Scale (SDLES) and the Education Resource Assessment (ERA), Tim Piper

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The effect of silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles on the thermal decomposition characteristics of molten salts at elevated temperatures, Shalini Pogula

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Theories impacting art foundations course descriptions in the United States, Alyson Pouls

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"Invisible knapsacks" in education : an autoethnography of privilege and power dynamics in higher education, Elyzia Powers

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Beyond feeding the multitude : international nongovernmental organizations and local food systems in Southwestern Haiti, Heather M. Prentice-Walz

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Grit, goal importance, and construals, Robert Pulvermacher

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Teachers' strategies for involving parents in the development of their children's literacy skills, Sadia Qamar

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Synthetic methods involving cationic electrophiles and intermediates, Ahmad Fawzi Qarah

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Perceptions of acceptability and level of aggressiveness of female-perpetrated, versus male perpetrated, intimate partner violence, Sarah Ramsey

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Atomic simulation of scratch behavior of ceramic-metal nanolaminates, Adnan Rasheed

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Thermal analysis of selective laser melting (SLM) process for metallic additive manufacturing, Shiva Ratakonda

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Rapport-development practices of outstanding college faculty, Robert A. Remedi

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Creative convergence in practice and its effects on higher education : a mixed-methods, neopragmatist study examining media arts, Terre Layng Rosner

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The use of clitic pronouns and clitic climbing by intermediate-level learners = el uso de pronombres cliticos y el ascenso de clitico por los alumnos de nivel intermedio, Ryan Royer

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Augmented reality (AR) : a school library app to engage high school reluctant readers to read for pleasure, Kai Rush

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Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign narrative and the perceptions of the American people, Paige Russell

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Survival analysis with Bayesian additive regression trees and its application, Satabdi Saha

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Hydraulic bulge testing to determine the formability of 38-micron commercially pure grade 2 titanium foil, Greg Sassi

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The American Adam in New Hollywood : Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Maggie Scanlan

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Synthetic methods development with electrophiles, Mark N. Schaeff

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Principals' perceptions of working with suburban elementary students from poverty, Kathryn M. Schafermeyer

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A study of first-grade teachers using instructional technology for literacy instruction : the contributing factors, Teresa C. Schneider

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An investigation of elementary school principals' self-efficacy beliefs, their goal expectations of student achievement, and their impact on student achievement, Paul D. Schrik Sr.

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College students and the stigma of developmental reading : examining students' experiences, perceptions and academic performance, J. Schwartz

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Pre-eruptive constraints for two neighboring volcanic systems in Southwestern Guatemala, Andrew Schwoerer

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Using GRASP to minimize the number of tardy jobs in a two-stage flowshop with batch processing machines, Joshua Screnock

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Student engagement : an application of the theory of planned behavior, Max A. Seisser V

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The impact of mindfulness meditation on fear load and fear inhibition : examining parasympathetic activation as an underlying mechanism, Antonia Victoria Seligowski

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Design and analysis of CRV components in the Fermilab Mu2e experiment, Jaime M. Serrano Zaldo

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Adverse eating attitudes and inadequate calcium intake and their relationship to the prevalence of skeletal fracture injuries among competitive American figure skaters, Dana T. Sivak

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Analysis of audio fingerprinting techniques, Satish Kumar Siva Sankaran

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Nanoscale deformation mechanisms in bulk hexagonal hydroxyapatite and effect of defects on mechanical properties, Alexander D. Snyder

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The Epic of 1804 : based upon and incorporating an English translation of Maurice A. Sixto's J'ai venge la race, Myriam Souffrant

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Memes and 4chan and haters, oh my! : rhetoric, identity, and online aggression, Erika M. Sparby

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Prevalence and transmission of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections amongst lemurs, humans, domestic mammals and invasive rats in Tsinjoarivo, Madagascar, Laurie Spencer

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Optimization of process parameters for commercially pure titanium in the laser engineered net shaping process, Adam N. Springer

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Feline and canine figures in the art of Teotihuacan, Mexico : a review and reassessment of major interpretations of predatory animal imagery in the city of the gods, Charles R. Stapleton

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First world problems : neocolonial discourse in contemporary american literature, Tracy Stephens

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Conscripting Billy Yank and Johnny Reb : the plight and consequence of conscription dodgers, disruptors, and resisters, Victoria Bryant Stewart

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Education impacts of zero-tolerance expulsions on now-incarcerated individuals, John D. Suarez

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Flow characterization and stability analysis in rectangular lid-driven cavities with particle suspensions, Abhishek Sunkavalli

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Parental self-efficacy and parenting practices in parents of young children with and without disabilities in physical development, Myung Ha Sur

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Getting out the vote : studying the influence of social pressure on registered non-voters, Michael Sweeney

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Race, gender, and the stigma of homelessness, Jeff Syverson

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Documenting indigenous Tagbanua practices that support environmental conservation in Palawan, Philippines, Shannon E. Thomas

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Development of boron-arsenide-based composites as thermal interface materials for high power generating electronics modules, Vignesh Varadaraju

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Does self-efficacy crossover between mentors and proteges within mentoring dyads? :b examining the facilitating role of perspective taking in the crossover process, Lebena Varghese

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Effect of nutrition and growth conditions on d-cycloserine sensitivity of Escherichia coli, Poornima Vasireddy

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The effect of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on the phase diagrams and thermophysical properties of nitrate molten salts, Vamshidhar Reddy Vedire

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Yesterday, today, and tomorrow : a study of Aurelio Tolentino's articulation of nationalism and identity through theatre in the Philippines during the American colonial period, Lily Ann Bolo Villaraza

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Interplay of structure and dynamics in biomaterials, Preeti Vodnala

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The use of choice to reduce negative reactions to online interstitial advertising, Paul Vogt

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Principal motivation in the era of accountability, Matthew Vosberg

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Reactions to age metastereotypes in the workplace : challenge, threat, and boost, Elora C. Voyles

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The effect of whole-language ICALL programs on student achievement scores, Jeffrey Ware

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Exploring the transition experiences of first generation adult learners to undergraduate education : a qualitative case study, Russell D. Wartalski

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School librarians' self-efficacy in the multiple literacies : a mixed-methods study, Kristina J. Weber

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Structural evolution and paleohydrology of a tertiary salt weld, Willouran Ranges, South Australia, Nicholas James Williams