Theses/Dissertations from 2021
A GLM approach to decomposing wage differential: Evidence from the PSID., Kassahun Mamo Geleta
Chemical Niche Divergence in Sympatric Lemurs: Understanding Species' Food Selection, Chloe Nicole Marie Gherardi
A Select Group: When Do Parties in Consensual Democracies Expand Their Leadership Selectorates?, James Godowic
Particle Swarm Optimization and Ant Colony Optimization For Bi-Objective Optimization For A Single Batch Processing Machine, Sajith Gopinathan
A New Frontier: The Transformative Essence of F-1 international Students at Suburban Community Colleges in The American Midwest, Gregory Michael Gordon
Characterization of Potential Anti-infective Agents By Targeting Burkholderia pseudomallei and Escherichia coli IspF, Dakota Lane Grote
Seismic Imaging of The Lithospheric Structure Beneath The Upper Midwestern United States, Anthony Guajardo
Knowledge to Support Reading and Writing Among Teachers of Students Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired, Nosheen Gul
Development of Adolescent Romantic Competencies: interaction of Parental Management, Adolescent Perceptions of Marriage, and attachment, Lauren Elizabeth Hauck
What Does The Staff Say?: Front-Line Staff Perceptions of Their Role in Student Success, Lee A. Helbert
Inulin-Containing Fructo-Oligosaccharides and Anxiety Scores in College Students, Spencer Herkes
Strategic Misrepresentation or Something More Sinister? Deception in George W. Bush's War Rhetoric on Iraq, Cassandra D. Hightower
Using Logistic Regression to Examine The Relationship Between Early Alert Systems and Success in Mathematics, Jennifer-Anne Tekawitha Hill
The Balance of online Learning: A Qualitative Case Study Exploring online Students’ Decision Making and Experiences, Jessica Ashley Hill-Jones
Fly on The Wall: Comparing Arthropod Communities Between Islands with and without House Mice (mus Musculus), Wieteke A. Holthuijzen
Microfluidics Design Considering Hyperuniformity and Cell Transport in Flow For Improved Circulating Tumor Cell Capture Efficiency, Michael Clarence Hood
Traffic Fatality Rate Prediction Based on Deep Neural Network and Bayesian Neural Network, Yiqun Hu
A Time Series Analysis Approach to Forecasting COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: An Analysis of COVID-19 Data in Colombia, Andrea Jackson-Sagredo
Hydrocarbons in the Niobrara Formation, Powder River Basin, northeast Wyoming, from geophysical well logs, Jennifer Shilo James
Herlands: Imperial Feminisms from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Wonder Woman, Anna Jankovsky
Undocumented Community College Students: The Impact of Strategic Enrollment Management Frontline Staff in Level of Undocufriendliness, Melisa Erica Jimenez
Geometric Properties of Representation Varieties For An Elementary Abelian Group of Rank 2 in Positive Characteristic, Eric Johnson
Stability of Emotion Regulation Behaviors between infancy and toddlerhood: Bidirectional Effects of Overcontrolling Parenting, Meghan Justina Kanya
The Making of Monsters: Creativity and Morality in Gothic Novels Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray, Elisa Klaassen
Coaxially Electrospun fibrous Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration and Drug Delivery, Matthew Michael Kleszynski
The Effect of Digital Game-Based Learning on Students' Motivation in Math Classes, Rania Abdulkareem Kokandy
Legal Literacy: A Survey of Research, Legal Content within Educator Preparation Programs and Improvement Through The Development of Professional Learning, Susan A. Kondrat
The Role of Memory-Based Processing and Coherence Building in Retrieval interference, Ryan D. Kopatich
It's More Than What You Know: Conceptual Understanding and Spatial Skill Impact Student Sequence Stratigraphic interpretation Skill, Bailey Zo Kreager
A Dynamic Active Noise Control System for Live Music attenuation, Elliot James Krueger
Human-aware information-theoretic control of robotic swarms, Rafal David Krzysiak
Closing The Opportunity Gap in The Advanced Placement Program, Julie H. Lam
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
Sociodemographic factors influencing choice of career training program: An analysis of Washington State technical colleges, Scott J. Latiolais
An investigation into The Legal Literacy of Educators: A Professional Development Approach, Ariana L. Leonard
Spectral Analysis of Cyclotron Radiation for Electron Beam Diagnostics, Brendan Leung
Log Analysis and Visualization of HPC Application Performance Data, Ryan David Lewis
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
K-6 Saudi Arabian Teachers' Implementation of Electronic Textbooks: Factors Associated with Behavioral intention, Hamed Alghamdi
Perceptions of Collaboration with a Doctor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Leah Jane Ames
Growth Optimization of Zinc-Oxide Nanowires/Nanorods Using Hydrothermal Synthesis on Silicon Wafers, Mythili Ananthula
An Analysis of online Faculty Training Practices in the Illinois Community College System, Melissa Andrews
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
Case Study Examining Foreign Language Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (tpack) in Teaching Listening and Speaking Skills in Virtual Worlds, Rahmi Hartati Aoyama
A Phenomenological Examination of Womanist Leadership in an Urban Community College, Cynthia Denise Armster
Wading in a Glycan Sea: investigations of, and Developing Bioinformatic tools for, Carbohydrate Active Enzymes and Gene Clusters in Prokaryotes, Catherine Ann Ausland
How Adult Learners Participate in Collaborative Learning within a University Environment, Dennis Keechul Awen
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
Identifying Barriers Faced by Adult Learners in General Educational Development Programs, Matthew Patrick Beasland
A Qualitative Study: Black Male College Students’ Perceptions of Campus Law Enforcement officers on a College Campus, Junelle M. Bennett
What Epidemic? Rural, Suburban, and Urban Community Members' Perceptions of Opioid Use in the Current Epidemic, Carly A. Besler
Lane Detection of Autonomous Vehicles Using Clustering and Augmented Sliding Windows Techniques, Keerti Chand Bhupathi
Multi-Channel ANC System for ICU Patient Beds, Congzhi Bi
Tunable Refractive Index through Spatially Modified Nanoparticle Films for Long-Range SPR Biosensing Applications, Stephen Joshua Binderup
Alumni Perceptions of Trio Student Support Services' Contribution to their Success, Shatoya S. Black
Hippocampal Cholinergic Function and Exploratory Behavior Throughout Development in a Genetic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Ashley Andrea Blackwell
Examining Boundary Conditions to the attitude Consistency Effect, Dylan Blaum
Personal Epistemological Beliefs and Teaching Practices: A Case Study of Three High School History Teachers, Monica Boehle
It’s a Family Affair: Exploring the Needs of Families in Supporting Trio Upward Bound Students, Tashena Denise Briggs
A Search for Resonant and Non-Resonant Di-Higgs Production in the γγbb Channel Using the ATLAS Detector, Tyler James Burch
The Efficacy of Educational Robotics in an Integrated Stem Elementary Curriculum, Colleen Marie Cannon-Ruffo
Thought-Action Fusion: Comparative Relationship with Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Eating Disorders, Samuel Cares
The Fog of Blackacre: Exploring Depression, Anxiety, and Stress of the American Law Student, Amanda Carey
High-Impact Practices Support Second-Year Students' Academic Success, Engagement and Persistence, Melissa M. Cavazos-Eichelberger
An Automated Method for Detecting Water Levels using Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence, Priyanjani Chowdary Chandra
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
Motivating High School Students in a Blended Physical Education Learning Environment: A Self-Determination Theory Analysis, Soyini Chism
The Transnational Construction of National Music (Kugak): Musicking in The Korean Diaspora, 1903-1945, Heeyoung Choi
Surface Modification of Titanium for Orthopedic and Drug Delivery Applications, Prantik Roy Chowdhury
Model-Based Network Reconstruction from Cascade Dynamics, Katherine Irena Chwistek
Real-Time Traffic Sign Detection and Classification Based on a Video Feed, Victor Ciuntu
Investigating Achievement and Mental Health Through the Dual-Factor Model, Kelly Clark
The influence of Student Discipline Practices on Students, School Climate and Culture, Matthew J. Clark
Connecting Evidence Use and Practice in K-12 Education: Discovering and Planning for Research Practice Partnerships, Amy Jo Clemens
Environmental Discriminators for Significant Tornadoes and Hail in the U.S. Using Proximity Soundings, Cody Michael Converse
Cobalt Partitioning and Solubility in Low-Temperature Carbonate-Hydrothermal Systems, Seth Kurtis Coursey
The Acculturation Experience of College of Lake County’s International Students, Jacob Cushing
On the Verge of Violence: How Bar Staff Manage Trouble Customers, Anthony Paul Cusumano
Writing and Well-Being: Comparing Varied Expressive Writing Tasks on Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Life Satisfaction, Zena Dadouch
The Synthesis of Pb2Sr2Sm1-xCaxCu3O8 AND Characterization of its Structural and Superconducting Properties., Deblina Das
Harsh Parenting and Familism: Examining The influence of Cultural Schemata on Parental Reactions to Child Transgressions, America Lizbeth Davila
Peer Social Support in the Classroom, Dennis Paul Debeck
Attachment Dynamics as a Precursor For Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors in Emerging Adulthood (18-25 Years Old), Eimileanne Delaney
Analysis of Emissions inventory Challenges Across the U.S. Supported by the Case Study of DeKalb, Illinois, Using ClearPath, Emery Taylor Dhanens
The Roles of Rumination and Social Support in Victimization and Depression, Nicole Dorio
Understanding The Responder Experience: Trauma, Peer Support and Resilience, Diane L. Downie
Perceptions on Teacher and Collective Efficacy While Platooning over an Academic Year: A Case Study of Three Elementary Educators, Alison Kay Ducharm
Post-Traditional Student Perceptions of Academic Advising in Community Colleges, Lindsay Rae Eickhorst
Adolescents’ Student Engagement as A Moderator of the Association Between Bullying Role Behaviors and Internalizing Problems, Morgan Eldridge
Sources of Social Support and their Relation to Stress and Engagement among College Students, Jonathan D. Emmons
The Effects of in-Season Training Changes on Body Composition in Division I Collegiate Football Players, Kayla Emory
Engineering Ph-Dependent Antibody interactions Through Linked Protonation Events in Interdomain Interfaces, Hyeyoung Eom
A Comparison of BDSM Sadism and Everyday Sadism in Multiple Adult Populations, Jennifer Erickson