Theses/Dissertations from 2021
“They Just Think No one Struggles Here”: A Qualitative Case Study on The Experiences of Students with Food insecurity at A Small, Liberal Arts College in The Midwestern United States, Rachel Costello Pridgen
Why Older Adults Do Not Engage in Formal and Nonformal Educational Programs, George Psaras
Barcode Biosensors Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance, Sneha Ramesh
The Power of Presidential Rhetoric: The State of the Union and Legislative Productivity, Kaylar M. Recker
The Monster as Queer Opportunity: Monstrous (Re)Construction, Embodiment, and Approbation on The Boulet Brothers' Dragula, Adam Harrison Reedy
Steepest Descent, Elastic Energy, and Stability in infinite Dimensional Hilbert Manifolds, Scott W. Rexford
The Student Experience with Success Coaching as a Retention initiative, Lisa Richardson
Simulation of Particle Transport in a Multi-component Flow with a High Viscosity Ratio Driven by Slender Structures, Michael Roeing-Donna
Legal Literacy of Educators: The Implications and Critical Next Steps in A Litigious Society, Tricia L. Rollerson
Developing A Standard Platform to Predict The Drag Coefficient of Irregular Shape Particles, Amin Roostaeehosseinabadi
Cumulative Risk, Parenting, and Adolescents’ Problem Behaviors in Ghana, Braima Salaam
Here to Stay: Understanding the Political Activism and Legal Consciousness of Undocumented Latinx Students, Ashley Arely Sanchez
Developing a Machine Learning Framework for Upwind Surveyed Regions, Witenberg Santiago Rodrigues Souza
Clinical Applications and Feasibility of Proton CT and Proton Radiography, Christina Marie Sarosiek
The Chemistry of Superelectrophilic Phosphonium Ions, Nathan David Scanlon
The Effects of Mini-Lectures on Students’ Academic Achievement in an Adaptive e-Learning Environment: A Mixed-Methods Case Study, Antonella Scarpiello
Cue polarization and representation in mouse home-base establishment, Ericka Ann Schaeffer
Advising Matters: An Exploration of Trio Students’ Experiences with Advising, Kari Schimmel
The Impact of An Immersive Virtual Reality Learning Environment with Computer-Aided Design and Three-Dimensional Modeling Through Stem Middle-School Education Programming, Danielle Eve Schneider
Investigation of A Possible Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary Layer in The Hell Creek Formation Near Ekalaka, Montana, U.S.A., Joshua Marvin Schwartz
ASEAN's ineffective Response to The South China Sea Disputes, Rithiya Serey
Diversity and Taxonomy of Malagasy Pygmy Hippopotamuses, Allison Shackelton
The Characterization of The Function(s) of Crag in Basement Membrane Polarity, Hemin Pankajkumar Shah
Bayesian Tail Probability Estimation and Model Selection, Nan Shen
NGS RNA-Seq Reveals Bromovirus Encapsidate Native and Recombinant Viral RNAs, as Well as Cellular RNAs From The Host, Nipin Shrestha
Development of Prototype RF Front-End Electronics For Linear Accelerator Beam Position Monitoring System, Edward Matthew Siebert
Beam Phase Space Diagnostic Techniques Along the Fermilab Muon Campus Extraction Line, Benjamin Simons
Ascension to The Presidency: A Narrative inquiry of African American Women, Konya Monique Sledge
Grief Experiences of Counselors: A Photovoice Exploration and interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Paige S. Spangler
Goal Programming Approach For Bi-Objective Optimization For A Single Batch Processing Machine, Dheeban Kumar Srinivasan Sampathi
Experimental Exploration of Shared Magnetic Phases Between Diverse Systems of Iron-Pnictide Superconductors, Ryan Scott Stadel
Exploring the Causal Role of inferences Elicited By Accompanying Text in Aesthetic Experiences, Christian C. Steciuch
Weather-related carbon monoxide poisoning in the United States: 2000-2019, Bailey Raine Stevens
Midwestern U.S. Diurnal Temperature Range: Spatial and Temporal Trends From 1900-2018, Kelly Ann Swaney
The Mediating Role of Post-Event Processing in The Relationship Between Shyness Mindset and Social interaction Anxiety, Sebastian Szollos
That Push Helps: A Qualitative Case Study Exploring Students' Responses to Receiving an Early Alert, Eric Tammes
Understanding Subtle Age Discrimination: investigations into The Daily Effects of Selective incivility Based on Age, Courtney L. Thomas
The influence of Defendants' Nonverbal Behaviors on Juror Liking, Sympathy, and Sentencing, Joseph Thomas
Object Detection and Tracking with Occlusion Handling in Autonomous Vehicles, Bhuvan Tiruttani Reddy
Views From The Retail Apocalypse: Store Closures, Spatial Accessibility, and Last Mile Delivery Via Drone, Joseph Tokosh
Phylogeography, Diversification, and Historical Demography of The White-toothed Rats (berylmys) in indochina, Kristy Lee Tuttle
High School Student-athlete Sleep Habits Using Activity Monitoring, Corey Thomas Ungaro
Transmission of Emotion Regulation From Parent to Child: indirect Effect of Maternal Emotion Regulation Through Parenting Behaviors, Sabrina D. Ung
Experimental and Numerical investigation of instabilities in A Two-Mirror Fabry-Perot Resonator, Matthew J. Urfer
Optimizing Sensor Locations to Improve The Worst Case Detection Performance of Sensor Detection Systems, Ryan Taylor Vegrzyn
Becoming a Stimulant User, Emily Wagner
Quantifying the effects of early competition on niche specialization: A natural experiment in a restored system, Christy Nicole Wails
Acquisition of The Spanish Preterite and Imperfect By Non-Native Students in A Traditional Classroom Vs. A Hybrid Setting, Erin Christine Paulli Weldon
The Role of Parent inattentive Symptoms on Parent involvement in Child Education, Moira Wendel
Through The Lens of Reality Television: Human Translation and Subtitling, Sarah Elizabeth Wieczorek
Understanding Prosocial Teasing in Early Adolescence, Kristina Wiemer
Stochastic infection in Network Models with Applications to Pollution Analysis, Alexander Thor Wold
The Relationship Between Academic Coaching and Student Retention For Community College Students Enrolled in Developmental Education Courses, Tanya Woltmann
Impact of Passage Effects on Oral Reading Fluency Administration and Scoring, Esther H. Yi
Community College Full-Time Faculty Members’ Perceptions of Course Grading, April C. Zawlocki
Gene-Based Disease Classification Using Bayesian Self-Organizing Map Neural Networks, Guangting Zhou
New Features For Speech Processing Standard Pronunciation Classification, Mutian Zhuang
Assessing Faculty Perceptions of a Guided Pathways Model, Lesley Lynn Zimmerman-Cooper
Some Special Cases of the andrews-Bowman Continued Fraction, Bryan Thomas Zollinger
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