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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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A GLM approach to decomposing wage differential: Evidence from the PSID., Kassahun Mamo Geleta

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Chemical Niche Divergence in Sympatric Lemurs: Understanding Species' Food Selection, Chloe Nicole Marie Gherardi

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A Select Group: When Do Parties in Consensual Democracies Expand Their Leadership Selectorates?, James Godowic

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Particle Swarm Optimization and Ant Colony Optimization For Bi-Objective Optimization For A Single Batch Processing Machine, Sajith Gopinathan

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A New Frontier: The Transformative Essence of F-1 international Students at Suburban Community Colleges in The American Midwest, Gregory Michael Gordon

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Characterization of Potential Anti-infective Agents By Targeting Burkholderia pseudomallei and Escherichia coli IspF, Dakota Lane Grote

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Seismic Imaging of The Lithospheric Structure Beneath The Upper Midwestern United States, Anthony Guajardo

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Knowledge to Support Reading and Writing Among Teachers of Students Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired, Nosheen Gul

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Development of Adolescent Romantic Competencies: interaction of Parental Management, Adolescent Perceptions of Marriage, and attachment, Lauren Elizabeth Hauck

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What Does The Staff Say?: Front-Line Staff Perceptions of Their Role in Student Success, Lee A. Helbert

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Inulin-Containing Fructo-Oligosaccharides and Anxiety Scores in College Students, Spencer Herkes

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Strategic Misrepresentation or Something More Sinister? Deception in George W. Bush's War Rhetoric on Iraq, Cassandra D. Hightower

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Using Logistic Regression to Examine The Relationship Between Early Alert Systems and Success in Mathematics, Jennifer-Anne Tekawitha Hill

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The Balance of online Learning: A Qualitative Case Study Exploring online Students’ Decision Making and Experiences, Jessica Ashley Hill-Jones

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Fly on The Wall: Comparing Arthropod Communities Between Islands with and without House Mice (mus Musculus), Wieteke A. Holthuijzen

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Microfluidics Design Considering Hyperuniformity and Cell Transport in Flow For Improved Circulating Tumor Cell Capture Efficiency, Michael Clarence Hood

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Regaining inbox Control: information and Communication Technology (ICT) Demands, Work Rumination, and Well-Being, Xinyu Hu

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Traffic Fatality Rate Prediction Based on Deep Neural Network and Bayesian Neural Network, Yiqun Hu

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A Time Series Analysis Approach to Forecasting COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: An Analysis of COVID-19 Data in Colombia, Andrea Jackson-Sagredo

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Hydrocarbons in the Niobrara Formation, Powder River Basin, northeast Wyoming, from geophysical well logs, Jennifer Shilo James

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Herlands: Imperial Feminisms from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Wonder Woman, Anna Jankovsky

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Undocumented Community College Students: The Impact of Strategic Enrollment Management Frontline Staff in Level of Undocufriendliness, Melisa Erica Jimenez

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Geometric Properties of Representation Varieties For An Elementary Abelian Group of Rank 2 in Positive Characteristic, Eric Johnson

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Stability of Emotion Regulation Behaviors between infancy and toddlerhood: Bidirectional Effects of Overcontrolling Parenting, Meghan Justina Kanya

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The Making of Monsters: Creativity and Morality in Gothic Novels Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray, Elisa Klaassen

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Coaxially Electrospun fibrous Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration and Drug Delivery, Matthew Michael Kleszynski

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The Effect of Digital Game-Based Learning on Students' Motivation in Math Classes, Rania Abdulkareem Kokandy

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Legal Literacy: A Survey of Research, Legal Content within Educator Preparation Programs and Improvement Through The Development of Professional Learning, Susan A. Kondrat

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The Role of Memory-Based Processing and Coherence Building in Retrieval interference, Ryan D. Kopatich

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It's More Than What You Know: Conceptual Understanding and Spatial Skill Impact Student Sequence Stratigraphic interpretation Skill, Bailey Zo Kreager

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A Dynamic Active Noise Control System for Live Music attenuation, Elliot James Krueger

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Human-aware information-theoretic control of robotic swarms, Rafal David Krzysiak

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Understanding Teacher Legal Literacy in Pre-Service Education Programs and How to Improve Teacher Legal Literacy Through Self-Efficacy Professional Development, Peter T. Kupfer

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Examining Mental Health and Resiliency Factors of Gifted and Talented Students Participating in An Accelerative, Residential Program, Kevin Kusy

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Closing The Opportunity Gap in The Advanced Placement Program, Julie H. Lam

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Oh, You're the one That's Keeping Us Open: Senior Student Affairs officers' Crisis Leadership and Decision Making in Response to COVID-19, Michael R. Lango

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Sociodemographic factors influencing choice of career training program: An analysis of Washington State technical colleges, Scott J. Latiolais

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An investigation into The Legal Literacy of Educators: A Professional Development Approach, Ariana L. Leonard

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Spectral Analysis of Cyclotron Radiation for Electron Beam Diagnostics, Brendan Leung

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Log Analysis and Visualization of HPC Application Performance Data, Ryan David Lewis

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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K-6 Saudi Arabian Teachers' Implementation of Electronic Textbooks: Factors Associated with Behavioral intention, Hamed Alghamdi

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Ethnic-racial identity and psychological adjustment: An examination of identity coherence and identity confusion as mediators, Cara Allen

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Perceptions of Collaboration with a Doctor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Leah Jane Ames

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Growth Optimization of Zinc-Oxide Nanowires/Nanorods Using Hydrothermal Synthesis on Silicon Wafers, Mythili Ananthula

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Assessment of Faculty Acceptance of, Behavioral intention to Use, and Actual Usage Behavior of Technology in inquiry-Based Learning in Medical Education: Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology, Max Carl Anderson

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An Analysis of online Faculty Training Practices in the Illinois Community College System, Melissa Andrews

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Fiscal Triumvirate: Analyses of Crowding Out from Deficit Spending, of Domestic Migration from State Taxes, and of the Irrelevance of Credit Ratings on Municipal Debt Yields, Erwin John Antoni III

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Case Study Examining Foreign Language Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (tpack) in Teaching Listening and Speaking Skills in Virtual Worlds, Rahmi Hartati Aoyama

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A Phenomenological Examination of Womanist Leadership in an Urban Community College, Cynthia Denise Armster

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Wading in a Glycan Sea: investigations of, and Developing Bioinformatic tools for, Carbohydrate Active Enzymes and Gene Clusters in Prokaryotes, Catherine Ann Ausland

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How Adult Learners Participate in Collaborative Learning within a University Environment, Dennis Keechul Awen

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Unraveling a Lifetime of Racism and Sexism: An Autoethnography of the Educational Journey from Kindergarten to Doctoral Education for an African American Woman, Sandy Lee Barney-Inniss

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Elementary School Teacher Characteristics associated with Self-Efficacy for Using Technology to Implement Constructivist Content Instruction: An Explanatory Correlational Study, Patricia Barton

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Identifying Barriers Faced by Adult Learners in General Educational Development Programs, Matthew Patrick Beasland

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A Qualitative Study: Black Male College Students’ Perceptions of Campus Law Enforcement officers on a College Campus, Junelle M. Bennett

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What Epidemic? Rural, Suburban, and Urban Community Members' Perceptions of Opioid Use in the Current Epidemic, Carly A. Besler

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Lane Detection of Autonomous Vehicles Using Clustering and Augmented Sliding Windows Techniques, Keerti Chand Bhupathi

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Multi-Channel ANC System for ICU Patient Beds, Congzhi Bi

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Tunable Refractive Index through Spatially Modified Nanoparticle Films for Long-Range SPR Biosensing Applications, Stephen Joshua Binderup

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Alumni Perceptions of Trio Student Support Services' Contribution to their Success, Shatoya S. Black

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Hippocampal Cholinergic Function and Exploratory Behavior Throughout Development in a Genetic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Ashley Andrea Blackwell

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Examining Boundary Conditions to the attitude Consistency Effect, Dylan Blaum

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Personal Epistemological Beliefs and Teaching Practices: A Case Study of Three High School History Teachers, Monica Boehle

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It’s a Family Affair: Exploring the Needs of Families in Supporting Trio Upward Bound Students, Tashena Denise Briggs

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A Search for Resonant and Non-Resonant Di-Higgs Production in the γγbb Channel Using the ATLAS Detector, Tyler James Burch

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The Efficacy of Educational Robotics in an Integrated Stem Elementary Curriculum, Colleen Marie Cannon-Ruffo

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Thought-Action Fusion: Comparative Relationship with Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Eating Disorders, Samuel Cares

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The Fog of Blackacre: Exploring Depression, Anxiety, and Stress of the American Law Student, Amanda Carey

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High-Impact Practices Support Second-Year Students' Academic Success, Engagement and Persistence, Melissa M. Cavazos-Eichelberger

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An Automated Method for Detecting Water Levels using Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence, Priyanjani Chowdary Chandra

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Examination of the Adhesiveness of the Nanotube Layer on Anodized Commercially Pure Titanium Samples using the Micro-Limiting Dome Height Test and the Tensile Test., Joshua Manohar Chinthapalli

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Motivating High School Students in a Blended Physical Education Learning Environment: A Self-Determination Theory Analysis, Soyini Chism

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The Transnational Construction of National Music (Kugak): Musicking in The Korean Diaspora, 1903-1945, Heeyoung Choi

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Surface Modification of Titanium for Orthopedic and Drug Delivery Applications, Prantik Roy Chowdhury

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Model-Based Network Reconstruction from Cascade Dynamics, Katherine Irena Chwistek

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Real-Time Traffic Sign Detection and Classification Based on a Video Feed, Victor Ciuntu

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Investigating Achievement and Mental Health Through the Dual-Factor Model, Kelly Clark

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Trans*forming Educational Spaces: The Experiences of Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming Students in the Community College Environment, Lori Clark

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The influence of Student Discipline Practices on Students, School Climate and Culture, Matthew J. Clark

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Connecting Evidence Use and Practice in K-12 Education: Discovering and Planning for Research Practice Partnerships, Amy Jo Clemens

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Environmental Discriminators for Significant Tornadoes and Hail in the U.S. Using Proximity Soundings, Cody Michael Converse

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Cobalt Partitioning and Solubility in Low-Temperature Carbonate-Hydrothermal Systems, Seth Kurtis Coursey

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The Acculturation Experience of College of Lake County’s International Students, Jacob Cushing

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On the Verge of Violence: How Bar Staff Manage Trouble Customers, Anthony Paul Cusumano

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Writing and Well-Being: Comparing Varied Expressive Writing Tasks on Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Life Satisfaction, Zena Dadouch

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The Role of Prediction Error in A Behavioral Memory Reconsolidation intervention For The Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: Original Proposal and Update Due to The Covid-19 Global Pandemic, Benjamin Darnell

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The Synthesis of Pb2Sr2Sm1-xCaxCu3O8 AND Characterization of its Structural and Superconducting Properties., Deblina Das

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Harsh Parenting and Familism: Examining The influence of Cultural Schemata on Parental Reactions to Child Transgressions, America Lizbeth Davila

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Peer Social Support in the Classroom, Dennis Paul Debeck

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Attachment Dynamics as a Precursor For Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors in Emerging Adulthood (18-25 Years Old), Eimileanne Delaney

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Analysis of Emissions inventory Challenges Across the U.S. Supported by the Case Study of DeKalb, Illinois, Using ClearPath, Emery Taylor Dhanens

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The Roles of Rumination and Social Support in Victimization and Depression, Nicole Dorio

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Understanding The Responder Experience: Trauma, Peer Support and Resilience, Diane L. Downie

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Perceptions on Teacher and Collective Efficacy While Platooning over an Academic Year: A Case Study of Three Elementary Educators, Alison Kay Ducharm

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Post-Traditional Student Perceptions of Academic Advising in Community Colleges, Lindsay Rae Eickhorst

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Adolescents’ Student Engagement as A Moderator of the Association Between Bullying Role Behaviors and Internalizing Problems, Morgan Eldridge

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Sources of Social Support and their Relation to Stress and Engagement among College Students, Jonathan D. Emmons

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The Effects of in-Season Training Changes on Body Composition in Division I Collegiate Football Players, Kayla Emory

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Engineering Ph-Dependent Antibody interactions Through Linked Protonation Events in Interdomain Interfaces, Hyeyoung Eom

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A Comparison of BDSM Sadism and Everyday Sadism in Multiple Adult Populations, Jennifer Erickson