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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Covid-19 online Learning: Characteristics and Perceptions of Newly Struggling High School Students, Kristine Webster

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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Factors Associated with Burnout Among Early Childhood Education and Care Providers, Lee Wells

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

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Faculty Engagement with Universal Design for Learning in the College Classroom, Erin Wilhelm

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Chevrel Phase Materials for Electrocatalytic Chemical Conversion, Fan Xia

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Verification of Proton Range Predictions in Proton Treatment Planning Using X-Ray CT or Proton CT Imaging, Nicholas S. Yee

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Impact of Text Complexity Effects across Student Reading Skills, Esther H. Yi

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Examining Measurement Invariance of The Pios and Pios-R across Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Groups, Johanna Anita Younce

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Historical and Future Projections of Supercell Precipitation Contributions to the Hydroclimate of the United States, Aaron Zeeb

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The Mediating Roles of Maternal Psychological Distress and Parenting on The association Between Intimate Partner Violence and Adolescent Delinquent Behavior, Sophie K. Zolinski

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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We Made It. Now What? A Qualitative Case Study Exploring how the Transition of Black Men to a Historically Black Community College is influenced By Orientation 101, Eric R. Agee Jr.

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Impact of Public and Private investments on Economic Growth of Developing Countries, Faruque Ahamed

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Effect of Cash Transfer on Household Fertility Choice and Children's Human Capital Accumulation in Uganda, Shaila Ahmed

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Early Life Stress inoculation Effects on Adult Behaviors, Oreoluwa Ibukunolupo Akinbo

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Secondary School Gifted Students’ attitude toward the Classera Learning Management System in Saudi Arabia, Mansour Alamri

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Babel Fish: Court interpreters in America (1790-1921), John Alcalde

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Understanding the Impact of Collective Efficacy and Race/ethnicity on Child internalizing and Externalizing Symptomatology, Demy Alfonso

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The Gulf Cooperation Council's Policies towards Iran, Mohammed Ahmed Al Sayed

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A Case Study of Using Social Media For ESL Learning: Experiences of Saudi international Students on the Use of Blogs as a Collaborative Learning Platform to Support English Writing, Hana Ali M. Alturki

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Teachers’ Perspectives on the inclusion of Global Citizenship Concepts in Arabic-Language Secondary Curricula in Saudi Arabia, Ebtesam Altwejery

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Representations and Perceptions of Sexual Pleasure in Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) Courses, Brenda Kucha Anak Ganeng

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Perhabs I Will: A Content Analysis and Media Production Focusing on Contemporary Comedy and Comedians, Abs Anderson

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Analyzing Multistationarity in a Model of a Dual Phosphorylation Network, Killian Kearney Anderson

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Exploring The intersection of Nursing Home Culture, Improvement, and Documentation-Related attitudes, Hannah Joy Baker

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Validation of pRMR Equations in a Non-Caucasian Sample – Ethnicity as a Variable in Predicting Resting Metabolic Rate, Erin N. Bannister

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Creating a Sense of Belonging for Latinx Students in Community College: You Matter, You Fit in, and You Belong, Francisco Javier Bataz

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An investigation of the Sled-Push Exercise in Older Adults: Physiological Quantification, Perceived Enjoyment and Body Discomfort, Micheal A. Baumann

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A Machine Learning Approach to Intended Motion Prediction for Upper Extremity Exoskeletons, Justin Berdell

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A Semiotic Phenomenology of Consumptive Pedagogy By College instructors in a General Education Program, Giselle L. Betts

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African American Men in Higher Education: The intersection of Career Development and Educational Success, LaMar Black

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Mentoring Novice Special Education Teachers: A Case Study of Educative Mentors’ Perceptions, Sherry L. Bochenek

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Collaboration Literacy in Technical Communication: Using Workplace-Based Teamwork Practices and Technologies to Teach Distributed Knowledge Work, Marcy Bock Eastley

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Evaluating Holocene Precipitation Variability in the Baltic Region Using Oxygen Isotopes of Lacustrine Carbonate from Estonia, Maxwell Gordon Boes

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The Relationship Between the Diversity of Illinois Community College Staff and Graduates: An Exploratory Quantitative Study, Rachel Boldman

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Do People Want to be Designated as a High Potential? The Relationship Between Designation, Managerial Aspirations, Leader Development Efficacy, and Task Persistence., Alexandria Brown

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Leadership Styles of Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Directors, Dawn Sunshine Brown

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The Political Power of Religious Elites in Shaping Restrictive Reproductive Policies: A Comparative Analysis of Poland and Indonesia, Patricia Buczynski

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Public Health and Civic Engagement, Bryan M. Bulger

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In Search of a Homeland: Jewish-American Women Writers and their Struggle with Cultural Alienation, Alisa K. Burris

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Postsecondary Course-Taking and Academic Performance of Transitional Math Completers: A Quantitative Study of Students in Illinois, Gina Caronna

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Transportation: The Obstacle that Impacts Employment, Postsecondary Education, and independent Living for People with Disabilities, Danielle Carter

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Understanding the Lived Experiences of Counselors-in-Training in a Trauma Certificate Program, Mike Caverly

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Instructors’ and Students’ attitudes and Practices towards Using Critical Pedagogy in Taiwan, Chiaping Jennifer Chang

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informative G-Prior for Linear Models, Yu-Fang Chien

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Caregivers’ inclination to See Their Children as Psychological Agents and Its Antecedents: A Cross-Cultural Study of Parental Bonding, Reflective Functioning, and Maternal Mind-Mindedness, Chun-Hao Chiu

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Analysis of Sunscreens and Antibiotics in Groundwater During The Covid-19 Pandemic in The Riviera Maya, Mexico, Jackie Cooney

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State Divestment in Higher Education and Students of Color attending Four-Year Public institutions in Illinois, Sirena M. Covington

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Elementary School Staff Perceptions of ALICE Active Shooter Training, Jennifer Tavine Craig

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Underlying Factors of Laboratory Safety Behaviors in College Students Using The Theory of Planned Behavior and Risk Perceptions, Michele M. Crase

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The Ecology and Dispersal of The Avian Vampire Fly in Its Native and invasive Ranges, Carly M. Crow

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Examining Teaching Styles and Classroom Management Through The Lens of Self-Determination Theory: Implications For Race, Culture and Discipline, Peter J. Cunningham

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A Qualitative Case Study Examining Women of Color’s Experiences as They Pursue A Criminal Justice Degree, David John Dammon II

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Breast Cancer Knowledge, Attitude, and Screening Practices in African American College Students, Shubhagata Das

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Fruits of Our Labor: Exploring The Impacts of A Nonprofit Seed Bank on indigenous Communities in The Southwestern United States, Rachel Mary Davis

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Estimating The Sex of A Skeleton Using Measurements of The Femur: assessing Accuracy Among People of Different Ancestry and Historic Periods, Hannah Decker

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Grassland Bird Responses to Bison and Prescribed Fire Disturbances at Nachusa Grasslands and Kankakee Sands, Antonio Del Valle

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Magnetic Charge Ordering of Pinwheel Artificial Spin Ice in in-Plane External Magnetic Fields and Its Application For Tunable Vortex Pinning, Timothy Draher

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Measuring the Diphoton Production from Higgs Boson Decays and in association with Heavy Flavor Jets, Brianna Lynn Dwyer

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Perspectives of Power: Phenomenological inquiry Exploring the Manifestation of Power in Doctoral Programs, Sharazazi Dyson

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A Phenomenological Study of individuals Who Practice A Religion Based on Yorùbá Traditions and Have Formally Engaged in Professional Counseling, Jamille J. Edwards

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The Impact of Self-Compassion on Engagement During a Writing Exposure Session for Posttraumatic Stress, Jessica Rose Ellem

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Understanding The Challenges and Ways in Which High School Principals Lead For All, Alexia Adele Ellett

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Efficacy and Possible Mechanisms of Change in Written Exposure Therapy in Undergraduates with PtSS: A Randomized Trial of Wet Compared to Trauma-Focused Expressive Writing, Robyn Alyssa Ellis

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Nutrient Scarcity and Cellular Cooperation in a Clonal Hydroid, Weam S. El Rahmany

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Exploring The Interconnections of Role Satisfaction, Self-Efficacy, Negative Affect, and Stress Among College Students, Jonathan Emmons

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A Threat to Participate: The Impact of Status Threat on Political Participation - Republicans in 2016, Cassandra Epping

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The Role of Health Expenditure on Health Outcomes: Evidence in West Africa Countries., Festus Efosa Eriamiatoe

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Investigating the influence of Stress on Motivational Dysfunction in Male and Female Rodents, Emily Laine Errante

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Un Estudio Sociolingüistíco Del Español De Hombres Con Descendencia Mexicana Que Se Identifican Como Homosexuales, Víctor Bulfrano Estanislao

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Stress Analysis on Walls in Complex Fluids with Fluid-Solid Interaction, Dehong Fang

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Prisión Y Género: La Prisión Como instrumento De Dominación Patriarcal. Un Análisis De San Lunes: Panóptico En Dos Estaciones, Alberto Fernandez Del Valle

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The Impossibility-Possibility Trilemma, Tammie-Louise Finnegan

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Neopatrimonialism and Civil Conflict, Nick Florian

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Wetland Restoration Efforts Result in increasing Phylogenetic Diversity, Nicholas T. Foster

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An Upgraded Photoinjector for the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator, Emily Frame

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Upper Body Joint Angle Calculation and Analysis Using Multiple inertial Measurement Units, Aaron S. Freedkin

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A Phenomenological Study Exploring Arab Muslim Students at Community College and Islamophobia, Dustin French

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Exploring the associations among Life Stress, State Anxiety, Academic Resilience, and Program Completion for Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Mary Jo Frichtl

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Microfabric Analysis of Mid-Pliocene Amundsen Sea interglacial Sediments Demonstrates A Link Between Iceberg Melt and Diatom Productivity (iodp Exp. 379), Heather Leanne Furlong

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Risk-Aware Path Planning For Autonomous Vehicles, Shaghayegh Gaeini

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The influence of Losing a Parent in the Development of Anxiety, Depression, and Academic Motivation in Latino College Students, Sandra Luz Galvan

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Student Perceptions of Racial-Ethnic Socialization and Outcomes across Race and Gender, Megan Gilbertson

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Through The Labyrinth: Lived Experiences of Women and The Superintendency, Michelle Christine Graham

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Transport of Polyethylene Microplastic Spheres in a Sandy Aquifer, Alyssa Marie Graveline

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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