Theses/Dissertations from 2024
AI-Based Defect Detection in Aerospace Ultrasonic Signals, Rami Issac Lake
"IT’S HARD TO BE AN ENEMY OF STUDENT SUCCESS”: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY OF A CULTURAL SHIFT TOWARDS STUDENT SUCCESS, Lisa R. Lawless
Helicopter Teaching from the Student Perspective: An Application of Rhetorical and Relational Goals Theory, Denise Victoria Lee
Magnetometer-Less State-Estimation of a Mobile Robot Using Cascaded Kalman Filters, Tommy Le
THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL: SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS’ MOTIVATION FOR SCHOOL GOVERNANCE, Andrew Lobdell
Understanding the Effects of Organizational and Individual Level Motivations on Impression Formation for Persons with Disabilities in the Workplace, Lauren Francesca Luchetti
Faculty Perceptions and Integration of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Programs Designed for Adult Learners, Jennifer Mattingly
The Choice is Hers: Floral Preference and Habitat Use of Early Season Queen Bumble Bees In Restored Ecosystems, Kathryn E. Mccabe
An Exploration of Factors Influencing Emerging Adults’ Decision-Making Regarding Family Intentionality, Samantha Mckee
EXAMINING ONBOARDING PRACTICES IN SCHOOL SETTINGS: A SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY PERSPECTIVE, Gabriel Medina
Implementation of the Stop the Bleed Program at a Local Park District, Emily J. Minerva
Minor Parties in America: National Failure, Some Localized Success, Eman J. Mohammad
The Damaging Dichotomy of Acculturation in Short Stories By U.S. Immigrant and Minority Authors, Max Molchan
A Mindfulness Approach to Regulate Depressive-Associated Emotional Eating, Jillian G. Montefusco
Community College Library Technical Assistant Students’ Experiences with Student-to-Student Engagement in Asynchronous Online Courses: A Qualitative Case Study, Amanda Musacchio
Genomic Clustering and Comparative Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Subvariants in Year 2022, Fatemeh Nazaritiji
Forecasting The One Month Ahead Joint Distribution of The Carhart Four Factor Model Using a Copula Method, Michael Nebor
Clinical Reasoning Development: Exploring The Role of Instructor Feedback During Health Professions Clinical Education Experiences, Ryan T. Orrison
Netflix as A Transverse Transnational Media In Southeast Asia: Exploring the Philippine Context, Lady Aileen Ambion Orsal
A Qualitative Study Investigating Instructors’ Post Pandemic Teaching Using Synchronous Online Learning and their Intention to Use Emotion Artificial Intelligence, Adeolu Tolu Ebenezer Oyebode
Beyond Combat: Moral Injury Exposure In officer and Enlisted Marine Veterans With Diverse Deployment Histories and The Relationship With Posttraumatic Growth, Hira Jean Byrne Paulin
Teachers' Perceptions Regarding Legal Literacy Surrounding Student Discipline in Illinois, Ayla Peczkowski
TEACHER PERCEPTION ON ROLE STRAIN, SELF-EFFICACY, AND CLASS COMPOSITION: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON K-5 TEACHERS’ REMOTE TEACHING EXPERIENCES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Suzana TS Thomas Peterson
The DNA Double Stranded Break Damage Response of U87 GBM Cells Following Irradiation Treatment, Emma Louisa Planck
SEL WALKTHROUGHS: PROMOTING PRACTICES THAT FOSTER SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, Garrett Podgorski
Amazing Or Awful? The Role of Message Frames In Expectancy-Value Based Weight Management Intentions, Xuan Qian
“WE ARE ALL SORT OF FIGURING IT OUT TOGETHER”: A CASE STUDY ON HOW AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING COURSE SHAPES CAREER READINESS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS, Rebecca Reuland
A CASE STUDY OF INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCES TEACHING IN THE HYFLEX MODALITY AT A MIDWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN A POST-PANDEMIC CONTEXT, Jaime Riewerts Budziak
(Agri)cultural Activism: The Role of Pgaz K’nyau Karen Youth in Sustaining Rotational Farming in Thailand, Mitchell Rigert
On the Ground and from Above: A Multi-Factor Analysis of the Direct and Indirect Drivers of Tallgrass Prairie Small Mammal Communities, Erin Rowland-Schaefer
Perceptions of Lightboard Videos on Engineering Students' Engagement for Learning: A Mixed-Methods Case Study, Rana Sanyal
A One-Wheeled Robot for Exploring Rolling Disk Locomotion, David H. J. Schmidt
Examining the Rockford Public Schools' Master Scheduling Process as an Open System to Achieve Sustainability, Renee E K Schott
The Influence of Media Usage on the Outcome of Social Movement Campaigns in Southeast Asia, Rothsethamony Seng
Service Employees' Occupation-Based Metaperceptions and Coworker Support: A Self-Verification Perspective, Nicholas A. Smith
After the Collapse: Herman Melville’s and Friedrich Nietzsche's Existentialism, Ryan L. Smith
Will the Real J.G. Ballard Please Stand Up?, Scott Richard Stalcup
Julia Limiting Directions of Quasiregular Maps, Julie Marie Steranka
Chamber Tone Poems at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: How the Harp Contributed to their Development, Abigail Hughes Stoner
THE COMPLEXITIES OF DISPROPORTIONALITY IN A LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT: A LOOK INTO DISTRICT INTERVENTIONS AND IDENTIFICATION PROCESSES, Linnie Tennile Tarrant
AN ANALYSIS OF K-8 SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION: UNDERSTANDING THE NEED, GAUGING THE EFFECTIVENESS, AND DEFINING BEST PRACTICE, LeeAnn D. Taylor
The Surge of College-Credit Accumulation in Early College Programs: Understanding Early College Program Advising, Alexandria Terrazas
Re-Feminizing the Divine: Understanding the Cultural Constructs of Gender and Sexuality in a Church-Based Christian Community, Cameron K. Thomas
There is No Substitute for a Lifetime: A Study of Metaphor and Linguistic Autonomy in the Lives and Works of Selected American Poets, Richard Tony Thompson
Bidirectional In-Situ Analysis and Visualization of Fluid Structure Interactions with Applications in Blood Flow, Nazariy Tishchenko
SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING: HOW SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ LACK OF BUDGET KNOWLEDGE CAN LEAD TO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON FUNDING, Maria Treto-French
Housing Markets, Residential Preferences and Segregation: Unraveling Spatial Dynamics in Quito, Ecuador, Felipe Miguel Valdez Gomez De La Torre
Cold Testing of a Prototype Superconducting Radiofrequency Electron Gun and Ancillary Systems for the LCLS-II-HE Project, Kaela Michele Villafania
Modulating CO2 Electrocatalytic Conversion to Organics Pathway by Nanoconfinement Effects and the Catalytic Site Dimension, Jianxin Wang
Motivation, Engagement, and the Student-Teacher Relationship as Predictors of Academic Outcomes, Courtney Weaver
An Investigation of the Impact of Esser Relief Funds on Illinois High Schools, Douglas J. Wildes
Green Spaces and Socioeconomic Disparities in São Paulo City, Brazil: A Spatial Analysis Approach, Flavia Vieira Xavier
Associations Amongst Basic Psychological Needs and Burnout Amongst Illinois Principals, Matthew Zediker
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Nigerian Media: A Comparative Media Analysis, Temilade Inumidun Adeeko
Thermal Analysis of Thermal Shield for PIP-II SSR1 Cryomodule, Victor Aguado Rodriguez
The Standard Model Precision Parameters at 200 GeV, Zamiul Alam
Using UTUAT to Investigate Corporate Acceptance of Optional Online Training Programs in Saudi Arabia, Asma Albahli
investigating Determinants of Faculty Members’ intentions to Use Mobile Learning for Educational Purposes, Ibrahim Abdullah Albahli
Blended Learning Motivation Support at The Saudi Electronic University: Utilizing Self-Determination Theory, Mona Alenezi
K-12 Teachers’ Perceptions and Experiences in their Teaching Practices of Utilizing Multimedia integrating with online Classroom Technology, Rateeba Turki Algoufi
Improving The adelic Version of The Minkowski-Hlawka Theorem, Fatmah Alnaser
Kenyan Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Global Health Engagements in Relation to The Covid-19 Pandemic, Erick Amick
Climatology of the Elevated Mixed Layer Over the Contiguous United States and Northern Mexico: 1979–2021, Margo Siciliano Andrews
Evaluating The Contribution of adjacent Charges on The Observed pH-Dependent Binding Profile for a VHH/antigen Interaction with a Linked Histidine Protonation Equilibria, Kiruthika Arulmoly
Forest County’s Historically Underrepresented Rural Students and Barriers to College, Tracy Ash
School Librarian Self-Efficacy Beliefs About integrating Technology During inquiry-Based Learning: A Mixed Methods Study, Joseph James Babb
Factors Leading to Satisfaction Following a total Knee Arthroplasty, Scot Bauman
The Relationship Between Campus Dining, Student Learning, and Student Success, John Boswell
Experimental Evaluation of Micro-Epidermal Actuators on Flexible Substrates, Courtney D. Bradley
Elementary Education Teachers' Experiences Teaching Students with Trauma to Learn How to Hope, Betsy Ann Brantner
Standards-Based Grading in Traditional-Grading Contexts: A Case Study in Asynchronous Professional Development, Christopher A. Bronke
Interventions Utilized to Improve Attendance Amongst Secondary Students Experiencing School Refusal Behaviors, Kristen E. Bronke
Does the Degree Matter? Understanding Employer Hiring Perspectives on Community College Health Information Technology Program Graduates, Tricia L. Broughton
Influence of land use, precipitation, and seasonality on surface water quality in the East and Upper South Branches of the Kishwaukee River Watershed (ESBKR), Ashley Irene Broussard
Herstory 101: Examining The Representation Gap of BIPOC Women Educational Leaders, Kinasha Brown
Evaluating The Impact of Examiner Variability on The Verbal Comprehension index of The WISC-V, Brooke A. Butcher
Numerical and Experimental Study on a Multistage Process for Micro Channel Forming, Levee Callahan
Undocumented Students’ Voice, MTSS, and School Counselors’ Mental Health advocacy: a Transformative Mixed Methods Study, Oliver Camacho
Efficacy of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Not-Just-Right Experiences, Samuel Richard Cares
Reconfigurable Microfluidic Circuits through Modular Surface Driven Microfluidic Diode Valves, Selina Cervantes
Structural Violence and Cooperation for Survival: Exploring Livelihood Strategies In Rural Mexico, Luis Chavez
Systematic study of projection biases in Weak Lensing analysis, Prudhvi Raj Varma Chintalapati
Bioanalytical Studies of Disease Protein Profiles: MALDI-ToF MS, Prajkta Satish Chivte
Examining the Feasibility of Identifying Tau Neutrino Charged Current Events in the DUNE Far Detector, Sarah Choate
Fourth and Fifth Grade Reading Teachers' Perceptions of Differentiated Reading Instruction, Amanda Lee Clark
Princes, Princesses, and Socialites: Feminism and Class Transgression In Hollywood Romantic Comedies, Justina Marie Clayburn
Young Adolescents’ and Parents’ Attitudes and Perspective Taking About Appropriate Mobile Phone Use, Stephanie Jean Cleary
High School Interrupted: A Case Study of Postsecondary Pathways and College Choices Following the Covid-19 Pandemic, Robert Cook
Serious Conduct Problems and Callous Unemotional Traits In offending adolescents: Unique and Shared Contributions of Parenting and Community Risk, Elizabeth R. Corning
artificial Intelligence and Multi-Physics approach for Electrocoagulation Parameter Selection, Adam Cotton
