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

Follow

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

PDF

Saturation effects in active noise control systems, Madhusudhan R. Gunnala

PDF

Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control for robotic manipulators, Yuzheng Guo

PDF

Social facilitation and human computer interaction minimum stimulus, Arlest Byron Hall

PDF

Transcendent transformation : transformational adult learning through transcendent encounters, Daniel J. Hamil

PDF

Reliability and validity of low back strength/endurance field tests in adolescents, Norman S. Hannibal III

PDF

Photochemistry of all-trans-retinal and all-trans-retinal derivatives related to human retinal lipofuscin, Willa Sue Harper

PDF

A Critique of sexism and racism in undergraduate art history textbooks, Melissa A. Hebert

PDF

Communication assessment : a study of inter-rater reliability, Sara B. Hegge

PDF

The effects of lesions of the auditory pathway on the processing of an auditory safety signal for conditioned fear, Scott A. Heldt

PDF

Understanding the formation of community in a new school : a case study of River Bluff High School, Denise L. Herrmann

PDF

Peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder in victims of child physical abuse and child sexual abuse, Melanie D. Hetzel

PDF

How organizational citizenship behavior influences group effectiveness, Kelly D. Higgins

PDF

Children's understanding of reputations, Valerie A. Hill

PDF

Residential segregation : socioeconomic and racial factors: an attitud[i]nal study, Angela Hines

PDF

The Tabun C2 mandible : an assessment of mandibular ramus and retromolar space morphology, Nathan E. Holton

PDF

The effects of bisethylpolyamine analogs on eukaryotic cell growth and antizyme expression, Michelle S. Holtorff

PDF

Two operational definitions of suppression and their effects on physiological reactivity : emotional thought suppression and the suppression of emotional expression, Je t'aime Hood

PDF

Cognitive features of social phobia subtypes, Julie N. Hook

PDF

Un poco de todo : teaching high school Spanish to students with reading, writing, and processing difficulties, Heidi S. Huck

PDF

A qualitative study of learner-centered training : a corporate view of web-based instruction, Sharon M. Hudson

PDF

The management of time within the school day : trends, motivations, and obstacles in Illinois high schools, Gary B. Hutchinson

PDF

Adolescents managing conflicts at school, Kari Janecke

PDF

Employees' perceptions of management's commitment to quality service in continuing-care retirement communities, Marti Jatis

PDF

Perceptions of sexual harassment in educational organizations by Illinois unit school district certified personnel and the implications on policy, procedure, and product, Carla Johnson-Disbrow

PDF

Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of C(CAGE)-appended carborane ligands, Grayden T. Johnson

PDF

A Naturalistic inquiry investigating the experiences of four English language learners during the ninety-minute literacy block, Jill A. Jones

PDF

How new business owners learn about employment law(s), Leigh M. Jones

PDF

Asymmetric information, migration, and self-employment, Saibal Kar

PDF

Damage assessment at crack tips in graphite/epoxy composites using ANSYS, Sudhakar Katukam

PDF

Gaining insight and exploring the experiences, perceptions, and contextual aspects that influence students with behavior disorders in the general physical education setting, Kara Anne Knickerbocker

PDF

Community empowerment and social action : an afrocentric perspective of adult learning in community settings, Joy L. Knight

PDF

Diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss in children : as experienced by parents, Jessica A. Knudtson

PDF

Social development at home and school, Donald E. Koelpin

PDF

National Initiatives in alternative teacher certification : advantages and disadvantages of alternative instructional licensure, Julie M. Koller-Morris

PDF

Route optimization for mobile internet protocol, Vijay Kolli

PDF

The association between cigarette smoking and body image satisfaction in high school females, Adrienne N. Kraemer

PDF

Evaluating the city manager's performance : a study of the processes, satisfaction levels, and organizational contexts associated with executive appraisal in local government management, Gregory T. Kuhn

PDF

Clarifying the meaning of computational self-awareness in multisource feedback : investigating measurement equivalence through the application of differential item functioning analyses, John T. Kulas

PDF

Multicultural education as a tool for problematizing racism : theorizing an effective framework, Mary Landeros

PDF

Constructing teaching consciousness : the perceptions of student teachers and their school-based supervisors, John D. Lange

PDF

A study of nominees for the Illinois Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching : perceptions of characteristics of exemplary elementary science teachers and their development, Nancy O. Leifheit

PDF

Students' achievement gap in Illinois : socioeconomic status or school district, Larry J. Lindenmier

PDF

Impact of a brief curriculum on interpreter use for young deaf adults, Lauren B. Litowsky

PDF

Development of a model of applicant reactions to cognitive ability tests : shedding light on racial subgroup test score differences, Jennifer M. Lonergan

PDF

The examination of human performance technology efforts within antagonistic environments, Marnell W. Love

PDF

The rhetoric of evasion in Illinois's underground railroad, James W. Macon

PDF

Exploring the fringes of the world system : ceramics from the cathedral of Comayagua, Honduras, Eva L. Martinez

PDF

Out of dreams deferred : culturally grounded community and adult education : Laurence C. Jones and Piney Woods School, Lee Martin

PDF

A policy analysis of selected public virtual universities in the United States, Douglas Royce McCoy

PDF

Regulated potassium and calcium transport in pancreatic zymogen granules : a potential role in granule osmotic swelling and membrane fusion, Heath Allen McDonald

PDF

Kendang penca : the instruments, music, and recent evolution of a traditional Sudanese musical ensemble, Christopher Allen Miller

PDF

Acousto-optic background correction for inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, Heather M. Miller

PDF

Adult education and community building in Africa : a critical study of popular theater for development, Samuel Kirk Mills

PDF

Eduard C. Lindeman : beyond The meaning of adult education, toward a view of professionalization in adult education and social work, Sandra Janine Mills

PDF

The ecology of a reptile assemblage in a semiarid community in north-central Chile, Alexandra Minn

PDF

The influence of educational administrators' leadership behaviors on student achievement in reading, Robert C. Mocek

PDF

Tests for misspecification in binary regression using the generalized estimating equations approach, Ayrin Calachan Molefe

PDF

ASEAN, Japan, and the United States in the ASEAN Regional Forum : a constructivist approach to the study of an emerging multilateral security regime in the Asia Pacific, Noel M. Morada

PDF

Critical issues impeding criminal justice continuing professional education, Terry M. Mors

PDF

Education's role in statewide telecommunications network policy development : three models, Sandra Lynn Murphy

PDF

The association of proactive parenting strategies with compliance, impulsivity, and social competence in three-year-olds, Susan B. Myket

PDF

AC-DC boost converter stability analysis based on open loop measurement, Raghuram Narasimhan

PDF

The social value of the GED : how students and teachers make meaning, Adell V. Newman

PDF

Got wasps? : a natural survey of parasitoid wasps on a northern Illinois dairy farm, Debra L. Olbrich

PDF

Contrada pitrazzi : cultural continuity in burial practices in interior western Sicily, Rebecca A. Osborn

PDF

A description of vocabulary learning in at-risk college freshmen cooperatively involved in generative study of self-selected words, Janet L. Pariza

PDF

Resilient African-American high school graduates : individual, familial, and community factors that have contributed to their academic success, Pamela J. Parker

PDF

Sense and sensibility of nineteenth-century Irish women poets : rescuing our poetic grandmothers, Katherine A. Parr

PDF

Functional anatomy of the callitrichine tarsus, Michael S. Pasin

PDF

Intimacy, differentiation, and marital satisfaction, Shawn J. Patrick

PDF

Ray Hicks and the Jack Tales of Appalachia : their origins and significance, Christine L. Pavesic

PDF

Measuring and relating selected variables in DLA simulated watershed networks, Craig T. Perciante

PDF

A comparison of time management behaviors between the physical education setting and the coaching setting of five middle school teachers, Gaile Pigula

PDF

Status and health at the Dallas site (7, 8HA1) : a biocultural study of a late Mississippian population, Amanda L. Pippitt

PDF

The pedagogical desires of an all-girl math class, Jody S. Piro

PDF

Toward group problem-solving guidelines for 21st-century teams : a case study at a global consulting corporation, Kathryn L. Ranieri

PDF

Consequences of the Riemann Hypothesis, Matthew Read

PDF

Manual digits III and IV in thirteen anthropoid genera and implications for the development of hominid bipedalism, Kimberly S. Reed-Deemer

PDF

Effects of supplemental, small-group instruction on at-risk kindergartners' metalinguistic awareness, Teresa L. Reed-Schuster

PDF

Survivor as independent observer : attributions of responsibility for a sexual assault, Laura A. Rhoton

PDF

Cultural identity work among non-traditional Pennsylvania Germans, J. Marc Rittle

PDF

Functional approach and job attitudes : a moderator of job satisfaction relationships, Joanne E. Roberts

PDF

Self-injury in adolescents : an investigation of a non-clinical high school population, Paul J. Rodriguez

PDF

Profiles in success : the leadership role of the principal as initiator, facilitator, and sustainer of change in blue ribbon elementary schools in Illinois, Kenneth E. Rose

PDF

Factors that make outstanding professors successful : a connection to inspiration, Jeanette Rossetti

PDF

A GIS analysis of the paleoclimate of the upper Midwest, Karen Lee Russ

PDF

An adult education comparative study of two experiential education fields : adventure education and popular education, Richard C. Rutschman

PDF

Teaching ethics in business in the community college : a comparative study, Jarvis T. Sanford

PDF

Late Cretaceous theropod teeth from Utah, Christopher Schierup

PDF

El pensamiento anarquista de Pío Baroja : los personajes de Aurora Roja, Marcela Hernández Schmidt

PDF

Pioneer girls : a history of the first thirty years, 1939-1969, Marilyn Justus Schneider

PDF

A new George Eliot notebook : an edition with an introduction and notes, Joann Lea Scholtes

PDF

Quality indicators of optimal inclusive service delivery for students with learning disabilities : attitudes and barriers identified by secondary educators, Kristen Kay School

PDF

Public self-consciousness, impression motivation, and social physique anxiety : a comparison of correlations, Lisa A. Schuler

PDF

The principal's role in developing a culturally sensitive public school environment that promotes the academic achievement of African-American students, Anthony Scott

PDF

A critical case study of police training : implications for professionalism and continuing professional education in law enforcement, Edward W. Shannon

PDF

Selection of optimal batch size to reduce cycle time by setup reduction, Kwangjin Shin

PDF

Relations between parental management of peers and adolescent friendship quality and loneliness, Shelley A. Silvers

PDF

Reconceptualizing the development and maintenance of support services for college students who are deaf or hard of hearing, Steven R. Sligar

PDF

Development of an enthalpy-based finite element model for laser-irradiated metal heating and melting process, Dharani Sowdari