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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Factors Contributing to College Counselors’ Probability to Take A Client’s Sexual History, Adam Gregory

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Understanding the invasion history and dispersal patterns of the faucet snail, Bithynia tentaculata, Emma B. Grindle

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Methods for Computing the Global Optimum of Non-Convex Objectives, Isaac Michael Hawn

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Perceived Social and Environmental Impacts of the Maya Train Project on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico: A Case Study of Puerto Morelos, Emely Hernandez Yac

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investigating Implicit Cognitive Bias toward Guilt and Shame Among individuals with Histories of Childhood Emotional Abuse, Sarah B. Hill

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An Exploratory Case Study on the Perspectives of African American Men Pursuing a Career and Technical Education (CTE) Pathway at an Urban Community College in Illinois, Kimberly Kay Hollingsworth

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Perceptions of Family-of-Origin Belief Systems Among Cisgender Men in Outpatient Treatment for Sexual offending: A Phenomenological investigation, Jessie K. Huebner

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Three Essays Examining The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave offers on Women’s Labor Market Outcomes, Murshed Jahan

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Forecasting Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin Prices Using Machine Learning, Sai Prabhu Jaligama

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Medical Laboratory Professional Faculty Perspectives on Academic integrity: A Narrative inquiry, Andrea L. Jensen

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Development of The Moral Disengagement and Bullying Scale, Shengse Ruth Jeong

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Three Essays Examining The Effects of Labor Market Conditions on College Enrollment and Completion, Dezhi Jiang

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Optimize The NIU Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Apparatus For Conducting High Strain Rate Tensile Test on S304 Foils, Jiale Ji

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investigating Boredom within The Context of Sixth-Grade Mathematics Classes, Tammy S. Judkins

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Preservice Teacher Socialization For Social Justice: Exploring Stances and Enactments of Social Justice Pedagogies, Eric R. Junco

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Midrash Therapy: A Hermeneutical inquiry, Robert T. Jury

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A New Boundary interlock Geometry Design Method For Fdm Multi-Material Part Strengthening, Shivaram Sree Venkata Shanmukha Kakaraparthi

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'Black Knight' Effect: The Role of Russia in Countering Democratization in Montenegro and Serbia, Danilo Kalezic

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Social Support Networks as Buffers against The association Between Covid-19 Related Stress and Depression: a Latent Profile, Three-Way Interaction approach, Kathleen Kelly

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The Role of Childhood Abuse in Subsequent Event-Level Risky Sexual Behavior and Substance Use, Megan C. Kennedy

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Microbial Community and Soil Responses to Land Management Practices in Remnant and Restored Tallgrass Prairies, Desirae Marie Klimek

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Longitudinal associations Between Parenting Stress, Adolescent Temperament, and Externalizing Behaviors, Kristina Kochanova

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Impact of Prairie Restoration on Geochemistry and Microbial Communities in Groundwater, Kayla Koenig

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Temperature analysis of a square lid-driven cavity with particle suspensions, Justin Kortge

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Promoting Personal and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, Karisa L. Kuipers

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Coming off Mute: A Case Study of Elementary Students' Perceptions of Remote Learning During the Height of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Karen L. Ladendorf

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Parental Smartphone Use and Parent-Child interactions During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Giana G. Lagioia

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Value and Impact of Nurse innovators Working in Academic, industry, and Government Settings: A Qualitative Study, Olivia A. Lemberger

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Sexual Satisfaction and Dysfunction in Female Survivors of Sexual Violence: The Moderating Effect of Sexual Motivations, Kyla A. Leonard

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Heathen Husband: The Corrupting Patriarchal Hierarchy in Shakespeare’s Othello and Its Absence in Cinthio’s Gli Hecatommithi, Heavyn Renee Lester

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The Effect of Fatigue on Lower Extremity Electromyography During Clean Performance in Elite Female Weightlifters, John A. Littner

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Fundamental Study of Dopant Effect and toxicity in Perovskite Materials, Xun Li

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Changing The Narrative of Disengagement: Exploring Academic Identity Formation For Non-Ethno-European Students, Luis E. Lopez

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An Examination of Observed Maternal Social Coaching Strategies and Early Adolescents' Social Adjustment, Natalie Low

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Counterexample to Eremenko's Conjecture, Paradise Low

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Building an Imperial World: Ideologies of Imperialism and the Tariff Reform Movement in Britain, 1900-1914, Kevin Jennings Luginbill

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Bowling online: introduction to Social Worlds in Second Life, Hope Mac Donald

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The Moderating Effects of Disability on The Relationship Between Job Embeddedness and Turnover intention Among Veterans, Beverly Maier

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Touchpoints: How Faculty and Advising Understand and Colloborate on Guided Pathways Reforms to influence and Support Major Choice in a Community College, Bryant Bates Manning

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Administrator Impact: A Survey of The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy, Mckinney-Vento Legal Literacy, and Program Effectiveness in Ensuring The Educational Stability of Homeless Youth., Anthony J. Marinello

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Not A Good Fit For The Job: An intersectional Study of Occupational Stereotypes in The Field of Technology, Jesus Jose Martinez

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Assessment of Adolescent Anxiety, Anna E. Martinez-Snyder

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A Quantitative Analysis of Factors Contributing to Adult Education Students’ Transition to Credit Courses, Heather Martin

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Comparison of topsoil Moisture in E3SM Model Simulations and in-situ Observations Over Illinois, Jacinda Lee Mayer

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Integrating Experimental Parameter Space for Granular Flow within Polygon Tumblers, Michaela Mcmahon

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“it Takes A Village”: Student Mothers’ Experiences with Barriers and Support While Navigating Community College, Jeanine Mcmillen

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Writing in Film Studies: Poetics and Pedagogy, Bryan Mead

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Locus of Control, Burnout, and Work Engagement among K-12 Teachers During COVID-19 Remote Learning, Kellie Menter

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Teaching and Learning Numeracy in Health Sciences: A High School Health Classroom Case Study, Jasmina Mesic

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An Observational Study of Maternal Parenting Behavior and Adolescent Social Anxiety, Cassandra R. Mick

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Merely Mortal: A Quantitative Examination of the Dehumanization of First Responders, Kari M. Mika-Lude

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Cadet Perceptions of Learning Using Police Video Simulators, Stephen Francis Miko

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Mu2e Pion Degrader For Detector Calibration, Jessie Bouche Miles

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Stories of Teaching on a Conceal and Carry Stage: A Dramaturgical Narrative inquiry, Christopher J. Miller

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Development of pH-Sensitive and Amine-Reactive Lifters for the Detection of Latent Fingermarks, Andrei Gregory Mlakar

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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Ecological Systems: An Examination of Child Perception on School Climate and Connectedness, Siddhant Modi

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Fluorescent Cellular assays For Kinase inhibitors, Myar Mohamed

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A Parametric Study of Thermochemical Energy Storage Using Chemical Looping For Concentrated Solar Power (csp) Plants, Imran Anees Mohammed

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Dissociating Sensorimotor and Posterior Parietal Contributions to Fine Motor Control in Female and Male Mice, Jenna Rae Osterlund Oltmanns

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Parent Training Workshop for Children with Selective Mutism: a Randomized-Controlled Trial, Jacqueline M. Pabis

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Retaining Los Maestros: Exploring The Working Relationship and Role of Principal in Support of Latinx Teachers, Arturo Senteno

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A Principal's PLC: Supporting the Development of Professional Learning Communities Through the Lens of a School Leader, Allison Beth Stein

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Is Special Education Effective? a Propensity Score Weighting analysis in Elementary School, Moira Wendel

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Biomechanical Evaluation of Hand Representation for Typing In Virtual Reality, Mobasshira Zaman

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Medical Cannabis and Counselor Education: Examining the Relationship Between Counselor Education Curriculum and the incorporation of Medical Cannabis, Anne Catherine Adrian

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Frequentist Methods in Handling Misrepresentation Risk, Rexford Mawunyegah Akakpo

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Factors influencing Faculty Members’ Behavioral intentions to Use Flipped Classrooms in Saudi Arabia at Taif University, Abier Jaber Akiry

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Electrochemical Study of the Performance of Manganese Vanadium Oxide Cathodes in Zinc Batteries, Sarat Alabidun

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Essays on U.S. Narrative Tax Changes and Volatility in Housing Market, Masud Alam

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Imu-Based Estimation of Body Posture in Commercial Fishing, Umme Kawsar Alam

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Relationship Between Student Personality Traits and Continuance intention to Use Massive Open online Courses (MOOCs), Rakez Mahmoud Al-Ararah

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Comparing Students’ Academic Achievement and attitudes in Undergraduate Flipped and Non-Flipped Classrooms: A Mixed-Methods Study, Rabab Alareifi

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An Exploration of the Technological, Technological-Pedagogical, and Technological and instructional Challenges that Saudi Faculty Face in their Transition to online Education, Mshael Aldakheel

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Examining Teachers' Use of Adaptive Diagnostic Assessment to Improve Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Dalal H. Alfageh

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Collisional methods with applications to charged particle beams, Afnan Al Marzouk

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Collisional Methods with Applications to Charged Particle Beams, Afnan Al Marzouk

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Using Community of inquiry to Examine the Effect of Station Rotation Strategy in Elementary Mathematics, Ahmad Alshahrani

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Investigating the Determinants of Mobile Computer Acceptance by Special Education Teachers, Rashed Alsulami

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Remote Sensing Applications in Population Estimation, Regression Analysis, and Urban Growth Simulation Modeling for a Middle Eastern City, Elaf Amer Alyasiri

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International Graduate Students’ interactions with their Writing Tutors and the Role of Writing Center in their Academic Experiences, Chynar Amanova

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Collective Teacher Efficacy and its Enabling Conditions: Measurement and Associations, Christine Marie Anderson

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Differential Mechanisms Linking Early Childhood Violence Exposure and Social/Environmental Deprivation to Adolescent Conduct Problems: Exploration of a Gene-By-Environment interaction, Samantha R. Awada

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Exploration of Principals’ Leadership Qualities and their associations with a School Learning Environment and School Outcomes, Gultekin John Aytekin

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How College and University Women Navigate Rape Culture and Fear of Sexual assault on Campus: A Phenomenological Study, Robert Babcock

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Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain-Transfer Emulsion Polymerization and its Application to Waterborne Coatings, Andrew Balgeman

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Cultivating a Stem investigation: Reading and Task Expectations for introductory Biology Courses, Tina M. Ballard

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The Effect of Priming Metacognition and Critical Thinking on Dispelling Psychological Misconceptions, Marissa Renee Bamberger

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Trends in Observed and Simulated Radar Reflectivity for the 21st Century, Christopher Michael Battisto

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Warm Unit Rod Movement Stand for Proton Improvement Project II, Christopher Shohei Becker

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Widening the Pathway to a Degree: The Impact of Accepting Credit for Prior Learning at a Community College, Jessica Berek

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Investigation of Spontaneously Patterned Nanoporous Organosilicate Thin Film Channels for Liquid Chromatography Applications., Ashwin Sanjay Bhaskaran

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Signal-Background Analysis for new Physics at Particle Colliders and the Criteria for its Discovery, Prudhvi Nikhil Bhattiprolu

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Dominance or Leverage? An Analysis of Female Power in Captive Varecia, Jessie E. Birckelbaw

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A "Warm" or "Cold" Early Mars: Evidence From Valley Networks, Xuezhi Cang

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"Sup Bro": Constructions and Perceptions of Masculinity and Gender Identity Among Division III Student-Athlete Men, Mark Carbonara

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Secret Literate Lives: Rural Adolescent Title I Reading Students, Zoe A. Cassady

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Marginalized Experiences Expose the Problems of Nuance-Deprived Perspectives in the Short Stories of Lourdes Ortiz, Sarah Margaret Cerovac

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Design and Characterization of Piezoelectric Actuator on Flexible Substrate for Conductive Hearing Aids, Sandhya Chapagain

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Impact of Acquiring Childhood Cooking Skills on Adults’ Dietary Behaviors, Suzanne Check

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COVID-19 Effects on instructor Behavior: Instructor Self-Efficacy and Self-Disclosures Through Communication Privacy Management Theory, Rebekah Melanie Chiasson