Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Development and Prototyping of a Modular Quadruped Towards Testing Standardization for Legged Robot Stability, Michael Conner Larsen
The Emotional Burden of Teaching: Understanding and Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress in Middle School Teachers, Lisa Marie Lazansky-Roach
Experimental Demonstration of a Metallic Sub-Terahertz Structure for High-Gradient, High-Efficiency Acceleration, Brendan Leung
Three Essays on Asset Pricing and Risk Factors, Yuzhou Liu
Moral Bonds, Modern Subjects: Pecúlio, Property Rights, and the Abolition of Slavery in Rio de Janeiro, 1822-1888, Alexander Joseph Lundberg
A Quality Improvement Project on Risk Stratification and Screening for Sleep Apnea in Cardiology Outpatient Setting, Ma Vanessa S. Mabazza
How Do First-Generation Latinx Students at an HSI Community College Navigate Financial Aid Barriers?, Gema M. Mariscal
Climate Change Effects on the 2022–2023 High Impact Series of Atmospheric Rivers Along the United States West Coast, Hunter Martinez-Buehrer
Geology, paleoecology and vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation, Carter County, Montana, USA, Joshua Collin Mathews
Academic Entitlement: Why Gen Z Students Believe They Deserve Good Grades for Academic Success Regardless of their Performance, Clinton Stephen Mawusi
To Negotiate a Labyrinth: Indonesia Within and Without ASEAN During the Third Indochina War (1978-1991), Daniel McCoy
Comparing Elements of the Community of Inquiry Framework in an Asynchronous and Synchronous Student Success Course in Nursing School, Megan McInnis
Creating Counternarratives To Heteronormativity in Art Education: Portraits of the Lives of Five Gay Art Teachers, Bradley Mckinney
Optimizing Advance Care Planning: Leveraging an Electronic Medical Record Prompt to Impact Advance Directive Documentation, Annette L. Meares
Reducing Acute Care Visits in Oncology: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project, Judy Metropulos
Theoretical and Applied Considerations in Dynamical Sampling, Brendan Miller
Universality of Complex Valued Neural Networks, Sauvik Mondal
Constraining the Timing and Degree of Metamorphism in the Echo Canyon Region: Evidence for a Cryptic Contact Aureole, Keanu Montañez
Predictors of Dietary Meat Reduction in Gen Z College Students: a Cross-Sectional Survey Using the COM-B Model, Deanne Moosman
Leveraging Synthetic Data for Efficient Training of AI Models for Real-World Object Detection, Reinaldo A. Moraga
Exploring Glioblastoma Caregiving: From Personal Narratives to AI-Driven Insights and Real-Time Data, Christina Muasher-Kerwin
"OH, I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT. THIS IS GOOD!": A CASE STUDY OF THE VALIDATION EXPERIENCES AND RESILIENCY OF FOSTER CARE ALUMNI IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Candida Mumford
A Comparison of Two Motivational Tasks in Male and Female Rats Under Acute Stress, Stephanie M. Muscott
The Reception of Turkish Dramas in Iran, Azin Naderi Fasarani
Covariance Matrix Forecasting of Equity Portfolios, Michael Nebor
Serving Scholarly Practitioners: The Role of Faculty and Pedagogy in Community College Leadership EdD Programs, Lindsey Nemcek
SUPERINTENDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE: AN ANALYSIS OF KEY CHARACTERISTICS IN SOUTH COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Dana R. Nichols
Climate Migration and Urban Survival: Evidence from Chittagong’s Slums, Mohammad Nur Nobi
An Exploration of Social Isolation’s Effects on the Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Health of a Social Mammal, Daniel Adam Nuccio
Health Expenditure and Health Outcomes in Developing and Emerging Economies, Muritala Olayemi Ogunsiji
Functional Characterization of the hdt5 Gene in Aspergillus flavus Morphogenesis, Mycotoxin Production, and Fungal Phytopathogenicity, Brenda Omburo
Causal Attributions of Social Rejection and Acceptance Following Childhood Emotional Abuse, Laura Ong
Efficient Algorithms for Nearest Correlation Matrix Computation with Missing Data, Ibrahim Eniola Oyeyinka
Size Dependent Thermodynamic Properties of DPPC, Zhenghao Pan
Girl, You Betta Testify!: Exploring Brave Narrative Spaces and the Transformative Impact of Story-Sharing Among Women of Color in Pre-K–12 Educational Leadership, Amonaquenette Parker
MD Simulation of Femtosecond Laser-Controlled Melting of Multiple Core-Shell Nanoparticle Systems, Shivansh Patel
Scratching Behavior of Copper-Niobium Nanolaminates, Matthew C. Peterson
Impact of Academic Advising on Student Satisfaction and Persistence, Michelle Pickett
Vamos A Pláticar Sobre Nuestra Historia: De Mi Relación Con Mi Familia Al Éxito, Ana K. Pizano
A Qualitative Examination of Multilingual Latino Students’ Perspectives of their Educational Journeys in Preparation for Careers in STEM, Rebecca S. Powers
Graduate Students in Medical School: Navigating Their Roles as Students and Parents, Laura Rafaj
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment Data Caching with Frontier, Alexander Rahe
Mental Health and Belongingness of Doctor of Physical Therapy Students: a Mixed Methods Study Centering Black Student Voices, Robyn Redline
Examining the Role of Affective Arousal in Future-Choice Processing, Justine Sara Rivard
Identification of Potential Superconductor Quench Precursors Using Frequency Domain Feature Analysis, Benjamin C. Roehrig
The Association of Vitamin D Supplement Intake on Cardiovascular Health Outcomes Among U.S. Adults, Using NHANES Data., Lamisa Tanzim Ruhin
Does Fairness Shape Environmental Attitudes? Evidence from Nigeria’s Extractions, Isaiah Chukwudi Samuel
Hidden Wounds and Secret Scars: the Post-World War II Western as a Cinema of Trauma, Maggie Sue Scanlan
Norm Conflicts in International Criminal Tribunals, Megan Schaefer
The Impact of Teaching Students Stress and Trauma Alleviation Techniques for Coping with Distressing Materials in First-Year Composition, Faye Monique Scott
Investigating the Experiences of Sales Trainees, Sales Instructors, and Sales Leaders Regarding Workplace Training Delivered Through Immersive Virtual Reality in a Remote Work Setting, Gregory Christopher Scott
Understanding Motivations for Graduate Assistant Unionization at a Large, Private, Elite Research University in the Midwest, Cynthia Shannon-Hutchison
God and Gender Parity in Public Policies: the Role of Religion Across Issues and Regimes, Farzana Sharmin
Nourishing Flourishing: Elevating Elementary Educator Jouissance, Julie T. Siemianowski
The Impact of Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Self Efficacy and Implicit Biases on Teachers’ Perceptions of Student and their Behaviors, Andrew Edward William Slany
"I Always Thought That I Could Be Both Gay and Religious, but I Am Not So Sure Anymore": A Conversation of the Lived Experiences of Gay Men at Religious Institutions, Christopher Smith
New Graduate Nurse Professional Perseverance Strategies in a Time of Crisis, Jennifer E. Smith EdD
Another Kind of First Year Experience: A Narrative Inquiry of the Experiences of International Students' Transition in the First Year, Arezou K. Soto
Order Acceptance and Detailed Scheduling in a Make-to-Order Job Shop with Discrete and Batch-Processing Machines, Dheeban Kumar Srinivasan Sampathi
Cultural Model of Indigenous Custom Marriage, Maria G. Stapleton
The Influence of Japanese Art and Aesthetics on the Paintings of Théodore Rousseau, Erinn Alexis Stuart
Facial Reduction of Semidefinite Relaxations of Binary Quadratic Problems, Ian Sugrue
Knörr Lattices for Elementary Abelian Groups Over Unramified Extensions of Z_p, Marie Swartz
Moral Injury in First Responders: the Potential Ameliorative Role of Self-Disclosure, Peter Tappenden
Alternative Mechanisms for the Control of House Flies, Elizabeth Taylor
Simulated Efficiency of a Modified BMW i3 Traction Motor Operating as an Isolated DC-DC Converter, Shayne Taylor
The Role of Disgust in Contamination-Related Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms, Jonathan A. Teller
The Impacts of Trust in the Time of COVID-19, Hannah Temes
"Why Am I Still Here?": Identity-Conscious Supervision and the Experiences of Black Residence Hall Directors, Lauren Teso
Ethnic Insurgency of Myanmar: Resilience and Fragility, Lei Tong
Audit Culture and a Nonprofit in Northern Illinois, Onyenum Ruth Udoh
Self-Esteem Moderating Multiracial Identity and Social Anxiety in Asian Americans, Hoa Vo
An Analysis of Mental Health and Workplace Absenteeism, Kristin Marie Vrona
“A LIFT-UP, NOT A HANDOUT”: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF RESOURCE SCARCITY AND EMERGENCY MICROGRANTS ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, Heather Weinstein
“No Regrets, Just Adjustments”: The Role of Mental Health Services in Redefining Community College Student Success, Leslie Wester
QUALITY CONTROL: HOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS DEFINE, RECRUIT, AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS, A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY, Tandalaya White
Thai Pre-Service and Early-Career Teachers' Professional Identity Formation, Duangkamon Winitkun
Applications of Bayesian Functional Data Analysis, Zhexuan Yang
Long Term Dynamics of a Stage Structured Population Model with Nonlocal Dispersal, Md Yasin
Stop Shying Away from Race: Black Americans’ Cultural Models for Shyness, Carrie Zack
Essays in Applied Econometrics, George Agbenyega Zumanu
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Using Ex-Situ and In-Situ Mössbauer Spectroscopy to Study the Degradation of Nafe(1−x)(ni0.5mn0.5)x O2 Batteries, Iddrisu Bachokun Abdul Razak
Temporal Microplastic Concentration Fluctuations within an Agricultural Creek and Groundwater in Relation to Farming Practices, Jennifer Abel
Genetic Engineering of Escherichia Coli for the Production of Riboflavin, Adeyemi Adesanwo
Guardians of the Community: A History of Provident Hospital, 1891-1950, Lenie Annoh Adolphson
A Qualitative Case Study of the Equity-Minded Institute Faculty Reflections: Designing Transformative Faculty Learning Communities, Maria Aguilar Beltran
A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective on Online University Education Adoption in Nigeria, David Seyi Akanbi
