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Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

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

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Christianity and Mental Health Counseling: Voices of The Black-Negro American Experience, Kyle Preston Goodwin

Analysis of Localization algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Binary Data, Alexander Joseph Hart

Optimizing Battery Performance: Investigating the Long-Term Impacts of Bidirectional Battery Management Systems on Battery Cells, Drue Nathaniel Haskins

Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Acetyl CoA Synthetase Inhibitors, Michael Emmett Heene

The Ambiguous Loss of Alcohol Use Disorders for Affected Family Members: Can Al-Anon involvement and Psychological Flexibility Make a Difference?, Giselle Hernandez Navarro

Evaluation of a Math and Medication administration Proficiency Program in a Pre-Licensure Nursing Program, Dianne J. Hoekstra

Synthetic Methodologies Using Nucleophile-Electrophile Chemistry, Jacob C. Hood

Retention of Teachers of Color in Predominantly White Suburban Schools, Jessica Lynn Hurt

Teacher Turnover in Urban Schools: A Comparison of Illinois Traditional Public and Charter Schools, Taquia M. Hylton

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: an Understanding of How To Educate Black and Latinx Students, Darius Jackson

Early Intervention Speech-Language Pathologists’ Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Surrounding Culturally and Linguistically Responsive assessment Practices for Dual Language Learners, Rebecca Lynne Jarzynski

Coulomb Blockade-Mediated Field Emission Sources Using Ultra-Nanocrystalline Diamond, Jevin Jensen

Understanding The Impact of Illinois’ Evidence-Based Funding Law: An Examination of Spending for The First Three Years, Christopher T. Johnson

Design and Synthesis of Acetyl CoA Synthetase-1 Inhibitors, Theodore Cormac Jones

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Clinical Effectiveness of Advanced Practice Nurse-Led Virtual Clinically Integrated Practice Model for the Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in an Outpatient Setting: A Comparative Study (Face Study), Simi Jesto Joseph

People with Disabilities, Poverty and Social Cash Transfers: The Politics of Financing Disability-Inclusive Social Protection Systems in Kenya, Tyson Odoo Juma

Advancements in Engineered Nanomaterial Synthesis for Selective Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts and Fundamental Electrochemical Studies of Lead Acid Batteries, Jacob Kaelin

Visualizing Dynamic Multivariate Networks, Bharat Kumar Kale

The Future of Extreme Windstorms in the United States: Insights from Convection-Permitting Simulations, Kristie Kaminski

Applications for Functional Data Analysis, Kacy D. Kane

COVID-19 Stress and Parenting Practices: Maternal Stress and Emotion Regulation Strategies, Jordan R. Kaye

Family Routines and Parental Warmth as Potential Protective Factors on the Relation Between Housing instability and Child Outcomes, Joanna Keane

A Test and Extension of Workplace Inclusion Theory: Clarifying Relationships among Organizational Inclusion Practices, Employees’ Feelings of Inclusion, and associated Well-Being and Work Outcomes, Robert T. Keating

Simulations of Electro-Optically Sampled Arbitrarily Shaped Electron Bunches for Wakefield Acceleratiors, Spencer Joseph Kelham

Surface Modified Titanium and Doxycycline Loaded Pcl/plga Nanofibers for Improved Cellular interaction and Biocompatability, Dexter D. Kling

I. design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of The Human Phoshodiesterase-4 and Fungal acetyl Coa Synthetase Enzyme Inhibitors Ii. evaluation of Biological activity of Kenyan Medicinal Plants, Chaitanya Kondam

Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Rare- and alkaline-Earth Manganese- and Nickel-Based Perovskite Oxides, Elena Krivyakina

The Perspective of Financial Aid Personnel on Middle-income Student Loan Borrowing, Nicole Lacognata

Parent Involvement and Student Teacher Relationships in Predicting Student Outcomes, Riley Laffoon

Engineering pH-Dependent Antibody interactions Through introduction of Linked Protonation Equibria Within The Antigen Binding interface Or Linked Oligomeric interfaces, Tosha Laughlin

Dynamic Overnight Effect on Next Day Stock Market forecasting, Thomas J. Lee

Insight into the Nanostructure of “Water-in-Salt” Solutions: A SAXS/WAXS Study on Imide-Based Lithium Salts Aqueous Solutions, Xinyi Liu

Evaluating the Impact of Bitcoin on international asset Allocation using Mean-Variance, Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR), and Markov Regime Switching Approaches, Mohammadreza Mahmoudi

OCD and Scrupulosity Symptoms in the LGBTQ+ Community, Katherine Hurley Mangen

Methods for Investigating Geo-Stem Learning Ecosystems: A Case-Study of Illinois Earth Science Teachers, Cheryl L.B. Manning

Exploring Social-Emotional Supports in Preschool: A Mixed Methods Case Study of a Preschool for All - Expansion Program, Hailey Alixandra Manzano

Food Security, Factors Influencing Food Acceptance, and Preferred Food Assistance Delivery Modalities: A Survey of Students Attending a Medium Sized, Primarily Residential Emerging Research institution, Amy Caroline Martin

Intergenerational transmission of parenting: Does emotion regulation buffer the effect of negative early care experiences on the cortisol stress response and subsequent caregiving?, Erin Rochelle Mckay

A Single-Case Alternating Treatments Design Utilzing Quantitative Electroencephalography to Observe and Measure Mental State Trends During individual Participant Non-Nature-Based Small initiative Adventure Therapy Experiences, Patrick Lane Robert Mcmillion

Why Does UN Peacekeeping Fail to Disarm and Demobilize Warring Parties in Intrastate Conflicts? A Cross-Case Comparative Analysis of Cambodia and Angola, Socheata Meas

Using Machine Learning to Search for Vector Boson Scattering at the CMS Detector During Run 2, Mark Mekosh

Macroeconomic Factors influencing foreign Direct investment in Some Selected Countries in Africa, Richard Essel Mensah

Design and Cold Test of A Metamaterial Accelerating Structure for Two-Beam Acceleration, Dillon Christopher Merenich

The Relationship Between Loneliness and Experiential avoidance after Implementation of a Self-Compassion Intervention, Alyssa Mielock

Black Male Sense of Belonging at Predominantly White Institutions, Christopher M.d. Mitchell

Social Media, Gender, and Cancel Culture in The Punk Scene, Elizabeth Alexandra Mitchell

Prioritized Object Detection Integrating Fuzzy Logic Risk assessment and Planned Path., Khatereh Mohammadi

Measuring the Impact of Youth Research in the US Policy Documents, Miftahul Jannat Mokarrama

Dietitians’ Self-Efficacy for Implementation Strategies and Evidence-Based Practice Guideline Implementation Behaviors: A Mixed Methods Study, Lisa Moloney

What a Difference a Day Makes. a Qualitative Case Study on Student Experiences of Involvement In Clubs and Organizations During Covid-19, Luevinus Muhammad

Police Response To Same-Sex IPV a Qualitative approach, Lena Fae Mutchler

Vanadium Partitioning Between Magnetite, Hematite, and A Hydrothermal Fluid: Implications for Iocg and IOA Deposits, Jeremy Raymond Nederbo

China’s "greek Gift" To africa: a Myth Or Reality, Chibuzo Uchechukwu Victor Obasi

Tagalog and English Core Communication Boards for Tagalog-English Bilingual Children in the Philippines, Vianca A. Ocampo

The Role of Machine Learning and Network Analyses in Understanding Microbial Composition in An Experimental Prairie, Ali Eastman Oku

Patterns of Co-optation and Repression in Autocracies: Lessons from Cambodia and Beyond, Limeng Ong

Fidelity In Which School Districts are Prepared To Implement Their Reunification Plan In The Event of Tragedy Or Emergency, Mark E. Orszula

Design and Development of a Smartphone App for Health Monitoring and Alerts for Farm Workers, Omer Oztoprak

Homeobox Transcription Factor HBXA Influences Expression of Over one Thousand Genes In The Model Fungus aspergillus Nidulans, Sandesh Sharma Pandit

Characterizing VHH Domains as Stabilization and Oligomeric Control Modules, Niyati Patel

Study of the Dynamics of Glasses Using Nuclear Resonance Time Domain interferometry, Marc Pavlik

Association Among Select Conditions for Learning at The School Level, Academic attainment, and Academic Growth in Reading, Cederrall Petties

Placement Measures in Dual Credit: A Quantitative Study, Jessica I. Pickel

Alignment and Range Verification in Proton Therapy Using Proton Radiography and Proton CT, Joseph Piet

Computational Studies of The Effects of Substitutions on Silatranes and Ring Strain Energies, as Well as Determination of Aromaticity and Complexation in Polypnictogen Analogues of The Cyclooctatetraenyl Dianion, Alexander Stuart Pixler

¡Puedes Hacerlo! A Qualitative Case Study Exploring the Experience of Latina Community College Students With Aspirations to Transfer, Sandra Pizano

Analysis of the Effect of Surface Roughness in additive Manufacturing on Thermo-Hydraulic Performance by ML Models supported by Physics-Based Modeling, Kaylen A. Platt

The Dances of the Presidency, Robert Chapin Poyser

Study Protocol to Analyze the Effects of Occupational Exoskeleton Use on Balance Control, Vishnu Sai Prabhakarababu

Late Holocene Terrestrial Hydroclimate Reconstructions from Central and South American Sites, Brittany N. Price

Exploring Veteran Teachers’ Implementation of Social Emotional Learning Interventions, Timothy Pritchard

Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for N-acetyl-glucosamine production, Anica Tasnim Protity

A Survey Research Study of Conference attendance and Change: What Do Educators Gain From Anti-Bias/anti-Racist Professional Development?, Erin Rae

A State Space Modeling Approach to EEG Artifact Removal, Patrick B. Rafael

Open Educational Resources and Student Success in a Hispanic Serving Community College: Do Ethnicity and Financial Needs Matter?, Vasumathi V. Raman

Shop Talk: Decreasing The School-to-Prison Pipeline for African American Male Students, Treveda Michelle Redmond

Perceptions of Mental Health Support Services Among South Asian Students, Naina Richards

Cybervictimization and Depression In adolescence: an analysis of anxiety, Social Media Rumination, and Gender, Logan Riffle

Feedback in Context: A Case Study of Students’ Perceptions of The Role, Value, and Use of Instructor Feedback in A College Writing Course, Susan J. Roach

The Quality of Centers of Teaching and Learning: What We See and What We Don’t, Darrell H. Robin

The Relationship Between attributes of mHealth App Acceptability and The Likelihood of Mhealth App Adoption in The 18–19-Year-Old College Freshman, Celeste Rochelle

Interactions of Sexuality Training, Sexual Awareness, and Comfort With Sexual Discourse in Counselors-in-Training, Katie Adeline Rodenkirch

Assessing Engagement in Bully Participant Behaviors for Children and adolescents with autism Spectrum Disorder, Dashae Rodriguez-Harris

"It solidified my position that I should be in science": a case study on how participating in a STEM Intervention Program influences the science identity development of low-income students in STEM at a community college., Manuel Rodriguez

Sampling Methods and Transportation analysis of Shipping Containers, Omar Roman-Sanchez

Global Perspective inventory Analysis on international Education Experience: Differences Between Colombian Mba Alumni Who Participated in A Dual Degree Program and Those Who Did Not, Luis N. Romero

Who Helps The Helper? a Phenomenology of The Impact of Secondary Trauma During Covid-19 on Student affairs Professionals In Dean of Students offices, Case Management Roles, Residential Housing and Cultural Resource Centers, Jeffrey M. Salmon

The Impact of Credit on Domestic investment: Case of West African Economic and Monetary Union Countries, Sylvie Sanou

Investigating Changes in Permeability Caused By The Transport and Retention of Microplastics in Saturated Sand Columns, Iliansherry Santiago

Enhanced Maximum Likelihood Models for Underreported Variables: Extending to Multiple Claims Dimension, Shalaka Sudhanshu Sarpotdar

The Effects of Prenatal and Perinatal Alcohol Exposure on Adult Mouse Behavior, Ericka Ann Schaeffer

An Experimental investigation of Gold incorporated into Bornite, intermediate Solid Solution (iss), and Pyrrhotite: Implications for Porphyry Ore Deposits, Carli Lynn Schmidt

Well-Being in Graduate Health Professions Education: Exploration of Programmatic interventions, The Student Experience, and Students’ Support Preferences, Katherine Schultz

Self-Reported Tea Consumption and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in U.S. Adults, Lindsey Halasz Shaffer

Modeling Spatial Access to Healthcare, Yaxiong Shao

Identification of Rickettsia Prowazekii Methionine aminopeptidase Inhibitors and Development of Thermal Shift assays for Burkholderia Pseudomallei Ispf and Sars-Cov-2 3CL Protease, Ishpriya Sharma

Exploration of the Influence of Perceived Discrimination and Academic Stress on Dating Satisfaction For College Students of Color, Jahleel D. Shepherd

Orphan Hermeneutics: Refashioning archetypes In 19th-Century Epic Prose Fiction, John David Sieker

Exploring beaver-facilitated restoration in grassland channelized streams, Jessica L. Sikora

The Impact of Faculty Composition on Cost Per Student: A Mixed Model Approach, Arun Sleeba