Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Studies Towards Mechanistic Understanding of the Suzuki-Miyaura Catalyst-Transfer Polymerization, Mitchell Tyler Howell
Assessing Fixed-Node Diffusion Monte Carlo for Radical Polymerization Reaction Energetics, Timothy Brian Huber
LEAN ON ME: THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INFORMAL SOCIAL SUPPORT GROUP FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORKPLACE FOR BLACK WOMEN DOCTORAL STUDENTS (BWDS) TO FOSTER DEGREE COMPLETION, Terrica J. Huntley
Assessing the Relationship Between Neighborhood Inequality and Stem Employment for Underrepresented Minorities with Stem Degrees, Brian P. Hurley
A Wasteside Story: Establishment and Evolution of a Wastewater Surveillance Lab, through the Pandemic and Beyond, Syed Shahrukh Hyder
Measuring Interprofessional Practice Skills in Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students, Kelly Free Jackson
An Exploration of the Sense of Belonging for African American Women Licensed Clinicians in a Voluntary Professional Counseling Organization, Raushanah Jackson
Explore the Relationship Between Birth Order and Level of Differentiation of Self, Ruchika Jain
Tax Policy and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries, Lulu Kafunda
Improving Utilization of Nonpharmacological Interventions in Adult Oncology Patients, Alison Keck
Does Path Matter?: A Quantitative Study Examining Mathematics Course-Taking Patterns and Degree or Transfer Attainment, Jacqueline Kraus
Pathology and Diagnosis in Inflammatory-Related Diseases: COVID-19 and Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Zane Russell Lacasse
AI-Based Defect Detection in Aerospace Ultrasonic Signals, Rami Issac Lake
"IT’S HARD TO BE AN ENEMY OF STUDENT SUCCESS”: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY OF A CULTURAL SHIFT TOWARDS STUDENT SUCCESS, Lisa R. Lawless
Helicopter Teaching from the Student Perspective: An Application of Rhetorical and Relational Goals Theory, Denise Victoria Lee
Self-Compassion Intervention for Shame in Trauma-Exposed Gender and Sexual Minorities, Kyla A. Leonard
Digital Art in a High School Art Classroom: Entanglements and Becomings, Nicholas Garrison Leonard
Magnetometer-Less State-Estimation of a Mobile Robot Using Cascaded Kalman Filters, Tommy Le
GMM and Asset Pricing Model, Yuzhou Liu
THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL: SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS’ MOTIVATION FOR SCHOOL GOVERNANCE, Andrew Lobdell
Understanding the Effects of Organizational and Individual Level Motivations on Impression Formation for Persons with Disabilities in the Workplace, Lauren Francesca Luchetti
Essays on Computational and Financial Economics, Mohammadreza Mahmoudi
Faculty Perceptions and Integration of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Programs Designed for Adult Learners, Jennifer Mattingly
The Choice is Hers: Floral Preference and Habitat Use of Early Season Queen Bumble Bees In Restored Ecosystems, Kathryn E. Mccabe
Adult Attachment as Moderating Variable for Parental Burnout, Janell McCann
An Exploration of Factors Influencing Emerging Adults’ Decision-Making Regarding Family Intentionality, Samantha Mckee
Building from the Family Stress Model: Examining the Role of Maternal Impulsivity and Neighborhood Collective Efficacy On Adolescent Psychological Symptoms, Lauren Therese Mcneela
EXAMINING ONBOARDING PRACTICES IN SCHOOL SETTINGS: A SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY PERSPECTIVE, Gabriel Medina
Factors Associated With Human Trafficking: A Quantitative Analysis, Thomas Mejdrech
Examining Relations Among Educator Demands, Burnout, and Engagement: Work Recovery as a Moderator During Covid-19, Kellie Menter
DNA i-Motifs: Biophysical Characterization and Structure-Property Correlation as Foundation for Functional Material Design, Alexander Minasyan
Implementation of the Stop the Bleed Program at a Local Park District, Emily J. Minerva
Minor Parties in America: National Failure, Some Localized Success, Eman J. Mohammad
Explicit Proximal Gradient Methods: Bridging Theory and Practice in Optimization, Cassandra Mohr
The Damaging Dichotomy of Acculturation in Short Stories By U.S. Immigrant and Minority Authors, Max Molchan
A Mindfulness Approach to Regulate Depressive-Associated Emotional Eating, Jillian G. Montefusco
Community College Library Technical Assistant Students’ Experiences with Student-to-Student Engagement in Asynchronous Online Courses: A Qualitative Case Study, Amanda Musacchio
Genomic Clustering and Comparative Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Subvariants in Year 2022, Fatemeh Nazaritiji
Forecasting The One Month Ahead Joint Distribution of The Carhart Four Factor Model Using a Copula Method, Michael Nebor
Oral Cancer Inequalities: Unmasking Health Disparities of Vulnerable Populations in the U.S., Harold Nii-Aponsah
Field-Programmable Gate Array System-On-Chip Based Smart Home System, Jacques H. Ntahoturi
The Glutamine-Asparagine Interplay: Exploring the Role of Asparagine Synthetase in Hepatocellular Cancer Cells, Babatunde George Olawuni
Journalists’ Perception of Artificial Intelligence: the Case of Nigerian Newsrooms, Amaka Peace Onebunne
Clinical Reasoning Development: Exploring The Role of Instructor Feedback During Health Professions Clinical Education Experiences, Ryan T. Orrison
Netflix as A Transverse Transnational Media In Southeast Asia: Exploring the Philippine Context, Lady Aileen Ambion Orsal
A Qualitative Study Investigating Instructors’ Post Pandemic Teaching Using Synchronous Online Learning and their Intention to Use Emotion Artificial Intelligence, Adeolu Tolu Ebenezer Oyebode
Magnetotransport Properties of Dirac Semimetal Taco2Te2 and Ferromagnetic Weyl Semimetal Co3Sn2S2, Samuel Pate
Beyond Combat: Moral Injury Exposure In officer and Enlisted Marine Veterans With Diverse Deployment Histories and The Relationship With Posttraumatic Growth, Hira Jean Byrne Paulin
Teachers' Perceptions Regarding Legal Literacy Surrounding Student Discipline in Illinois, Ayla Peczkowski
Latine Caregiver Perspectives of Their Child’s Speech and Language Services, Marisol Perez
TEACHER PERCEPTION ON ROLE STRAIN, SELF-EFFICACY, AND CLASS COMPOSITION: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON K-5 TEACHERS’ REMOTE TEACHING EXPERIENCES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Suzana TS Thomas Peterson
Race-Based Stressors and Racial Trauma: the Moderating Role of Parental Racial Socialization, Jessica S. Philip
The DNA Double Stranded Break Damage Response of U87 GBM Cells Following Irradiation Treatment, Emma Louisa Planck
SEL WALKTHROUGHS: PROMOTING PRACTICES THAT FOSTER SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, Garrett Podgorski
The Impact of Rater Training and MFRM on Rater Effects for Direct Behavior Ratings Over Time, Abigail Pruitt
Amazing Or Awful? The Role of Message Frames In Expectancy-Value Based Weight Management Intentions, Xuan Qian
Bayesian Analyses for Time-Varying Data and Opinion Dynamics, Torin Quinlivan
Reinterpreting Fort Ancient Plant Relationships Through Native Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Bailey Rae Raab
Student Attitudes Towards Their Program Area of Study in a College of Health and Human Services, Melanie Regan
“WE ARE ALL SORT OF FIGURING IT OUT TOGETHER”: A CASE STUDY ON HOW AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING COURSE SHAPES CAREER READINESS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS, Rebecca Reuland
A CASE STUDY OF INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCES TEACHING IN THE HYFLEX MODALITY AT A MIDWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN A POST-PANDEMIC CONTEXT, Jaime Riewerts Budziak
(Agri)cultural Activism: The Role of Pgaz K’nyau Karen Youth in Sustaining Rotational Farming in Thailand, Mitchell Rigert
Expressive Writing Rooted in Self-Determination Theory: an Intervention for Racial Trauma, Diana A. Robinson
On the Ground and from Above: A Multi-Factor Analysis of the Direct and Indirect Drivers of Tallgrass Prairie Small Mammal Communities, Erin Rowland-Schaefer
Three Essays on the Impact of Debt on Young American Adults’ Lives after Graduation, Sylvie Sanou
Perceptions of Lightboard Videos on Engineering Students' Engagement for Learning: A Mixed-Methods Case Study, Rana Sanyal
A One-Wheeled Robot for Exploring Rolling Disk Locomotion, David H. J. Schmidt
Investigating Native and Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers’ Identities in Saudi Arabia, Stephanie Schmidt
Examining the Rockford Public Schools' Master Scheduling Process as an Open System to Achieve Sustainability, Renee E K Schott
Does Gossip Predict Desire for Apologies?, Teddy Schupack
The Influence of Media Usage on the Outcome of Social Movement Campaigns in Southeast Asia, Rothsethamony Seng
Ascertaining a Biochemical Approach to Chlorophyll d Biosynthesis in Acaryochloris spp., Rashmi Shivni
Exploring the Connection: Field Ecology Research and Student Wellbeing, Elizabeth Small
Service Employees' Occupation-Based Metaperceptions and Coworker Support: A Self-Verification Perspective, Nicholas A. Smith
After the Collapse: Herman Melville’s and Friedrich Nietzsche's Existentialism, Ryan L. Smith
The Human Faces of Dissident Socialism: the Fight for Human Rights in Soviet Ukraine, Alexander Nicholas Sosenko
Attitudes, Perceptions, and Quality of Learning Experience Design in Head-Mounted Virtual Reality for Preservice Educators, Jonathan Steven Spike
Low Back Pain and the Lumbar Multifidus Muscle, Richard E. Sroka
Will the Real J.G. Ballard Please Stand Up?, Scott Richard Stalcup
Julia Limiting Directions of Quasiregular Maps, Julie Marie Steranka
Chamber Tone Poems at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: How the Harp Contributed to their Development, Abigail Hughes Stoner
IODP U1537: Scotia Sea Climatic and Frontal Variation Reflected in Diatom Productivity and Assemblages Since the LGM, Garrett Lewis Strittmatter
The Expansion of Social Assistance Programs: the Politics of Development in Bangladesh, Sumaya Tamanna
THE COMPLEXITIES OF DISPROPORTIONALITY IN A LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT: A LOOK INTO DISTRICT INTERVENTIONS AND IDENTIFICATION PROCESSES, Linnie Tennile Tarrant
AN ANALYSIS OF K-8 SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION: UNDERSTANDING THE NEED, GAUGING THE EFFECTIVENESS, AND DEFINING BEST PRACTICE, LeeAnn D. Taylor
The Surge of College-Credit Accumulation in Early College Programs: Understanding Early College Program Advising, Alexandria Terrazas
The Gentle Powers: the Importance of Unmarried Women in the Middlebrow Novels of Interwar Britain, Caitriona Terry
Re-Feminizing the Divine: Understanding the Cultural Constructs of Gender and Sexuality in a Church-Based Christian Community, Cameron K. Thomas
There is No Substitute for a Lifetime: A Study of Metaphor and Linguistic Autonomy in the Lives and Works of Selected American Poets, Richard Tony Thompson
Stand-Up Leaders: Creation of a Perceived Intentions-Based Taxonomy of Humor, Morgan Gabrielle Tillery
Bidirectional In-Situ Analysis and Visualization of Fluid Structure Interactions with Applications in Blood Flow, Nazariy Tishchenko
SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING: HOW SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ LACK OF BUDGET KNOWLEDGE CAN LEAD TO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON FUNDING, Maria Treto-French
Modern-Day Storyliving in Immersive Learning Environments: the Impact of Cinematic Virtual Reality on Adolescents’ Empathy and Sympathy, Andrea Armour Trudeau
