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Theses/Dissertations from 2026

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Symbolic Logistic Regression for Interval-Valued Predictors: A Simulation Study and Application to Health Data, Soad Abdullah

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Superelectrophile Promoted Synthesis of Heterospirocycles, Mariam A. Adegbenro

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Faculty Members’ Actual Use and Perceptions of Using Social Networking Sites in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia, Lamyaa Soud Alowaysi

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Exploring Factors Predicting Teachers’ Intentions to Use Digital Games in Saudi Elementary Schools, Thamarah M. Alqahtani

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Impact of Privacy Concerns on Faculty Adoption of Web Conferencing Technology, Ghazi Awadh H. Alqhtani

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Culturally Engaging Campus Environments Model: A Quantitative Evaluation of Governors State University’s Summer Bridge Program, Stacy Amedeo

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Assessing Sustainable E-Cigarette Prevention Messaging in Public Health Communication, Addo Anim Adinkrah

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"Where The Grass Is Greener": Youth Participatory Action Research Examining The Lived Student Experience Through Cross-Campus Shadowing, Justin Matthew Antos

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The Only Duck I’ve Ever Loved is Daffy in Drag: A Textual Analysis of Gender Norm Reinforcement in the Looney Tunes Show, Sara Bahaji

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Identifying Maltreatment Classes and Their Associated Psychological Outcomes from Childhood to Adolescence, Colleen Bartlett

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The Veteran-Student Experience: Exploring Transition Dynamics, Brian A. Berchtold

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Exploring Saudi Arabian EFL Teachers’ Experiences with the Flipped Classroom, Amal Bin Dlil

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Agroclimatology of Historical and Future Crop Condition Estimates in the United States, Logan Ray Bundy

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Influence of Parental Immigration on Children of Latino Immigrants’ Attachment and Substance Use, Leilanis Cancel-Lopez

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Facial Recognition and Social and Academic Outcomes Among College Students, Stephanie Lynn Chase

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What Do They Expect? Understanding Preservice Teachers' Views on a Social Studies Teaching Methodology Course, Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

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4D-QENS and Diffuse Scattering: Analysis of Dynamics and Local Ordering in Superionic Conductors, Jared Coles

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"You're All Thrown into the Fire At Once and Have to Help Each Other Survive": Teacher Residency Programs As Communities of Practice, Kelli Danielski

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Plant Practices and Community at the Heart of Hopewell: Paleoethnobotany at the Overly Site and Beyond, Abigail Deewaard

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Cultural Adaptation as a Catalyst for Creativity: The Role of Immigrant Generation and Bicultural Identity, Milena Demario

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Madness in the Mixtape: Gothic Literature and Pop Music, Nicholas Dertinger

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Longitudinal Dechirping of Electron Beams Using Negative Identity Drifts in a Transverse Deflecting Cavity-Based Chirper, Alex Desimone

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Exploring African Students’ Experiences with Culturally Responsive Mental Health Apps in the U.S., Emelia Essumanba-Josiah

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Book Banning Bureaucrats: Grassroots Parents’ Groups Strategic Rationalization of Book Bans in the 2020s, Ethan M. Forsberg

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New Methods for Bright Electron Beam Generation at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Facility, Emily Frame

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Evaluating the Multifaceted Impacts of Ecological Restoration, Regina Mae Dimalanta Francia

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Bayesian Inference for a 12-Level Galton Board Using Terminal Bin Counts, Ace Frieders

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Application of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for Screening Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors, Diksha Gautam

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Autonomous Coupler Alignment Using Position-Based Visual Servoing in a ROS~2 Framework, Nickolas Giffen

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Dynamic Aperture Maximization Methods, Kevin J. Hamilton

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Walk to Learn Structured Literacy Model: Teacher Perceptions Using the Lippitt-Knoster Model for Managing Complex Change, Blake A. Hand

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Testing a Self-Affirmation Intervention to Increase the Likelihood of Seeking Emotional Social Support, Selena Heinlein

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On Values Taken by Characters of Finite Groups, Christopher William Herbig

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The Sub-lethal Effects of Trematode Parasites on the Migratory Behavior of Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis), Scott Alan Herman

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Hallucination Detection in Scientific Writing: Quantification, Trend Analysis and Benchmarking, Adiba Ibnat Hossain

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Role of the OsaA Transcription Factor Gene in Development, Secondary Metabolism and Virulence in the Mycotoxigenic Fungus Aspergillus flavus, Farzana Ehetasum Hossain

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Beyond Discipline: Creating Academic Structural Systems to Foster Success for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Richard Jasch

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A Study on the Internet’s Impact on Industrial Location: Comparing the Spatial Locations of Industrial Cluster Organizational Network and Social Media Network, Yiwei Jin

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Fiscal Illusion and Property Tax Porportionality, Cathy Lynn Johnson

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Self-Movement Cue Ability as a Potential Moderator for the Relationship Between Binge Drinking and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Dominoe Anna Jones

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Effects of Desiccation on Invasive Faucet Snail (Bithynia tentaculata) and Trematode Survival, Elise Marie Jordahl

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Evaluating Large Language Models in Healthcare: Multi-Specialty Reasoning and Clinical Benchmarking, Dalia Khaizaran

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Towards an Electronically Programmable Paper Based Nucleic Acid Diagnostic Assay, Bilal Mohammed Khan

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Survivors of Historical Intergenerational and Familial Trauma Scale for Black American Descendants of Enslaved People: A Development and Initial Validation Study, Loryn Chás Kimbrough

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How You Hold the Bomb Matters: Nuclear Posture and Counterproliferation Effectiveness, Casey A. Kruger

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Hot Topic of the Cold War: Analyzing the Bomb in American Media During the Late Twentieth Century, Ryan Lambert

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Photovoice Exploration of Afghan Refugee Background Women's Food-Related Well-Being, Eileen C. Lindemann

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Test of Harmonic Coil Accuracy Using a Multi Vertex Probe, Claire Mae Lofquist

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A Multi-Study Examination of Student-Athlete Mental Health and Mental Health Service Delivery in Mid-Major College Athletic Programs, Grace Louis

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α-Mixture Survival Model: Estimation and Generalization, Feng Luan

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Flirting Motivations Across Communication Media: Face-to-Face Versus Online Context, Charles Afful MacCarthy

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The Hidden Drivers of Budget Transparency: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of The Role of Finance Officers’ Professionalism and Public Service Motivation, Tochukwu C. Madueke

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“Don’t Let Your Disability Be Your Weakness, Let It Be Your Greatest Strength”: A Phenomenological Study of Nursing Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Randa Melms

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Competencies and Professional Development Needs for Online Teaching Among Kiswahili Language Instructors, Fortunata Upendo Msilu-Agrey

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The Lived Experiences of LGBTQIA+ Community College Students Regarding Their Science Identity and Sense of Belonging, Moria L. Nagy

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Association Between Caregiver Status and Physical and Mental Health Among National Senior Games Athletes, Chibuzo Uchechukwu Victor Obasi

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The Geminivirus AL2 Protein Interacts with Host Proteins Involved in the Plant Antiviral Response, Pheobean Atieno Odongo

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A Multi-Case Qualitative Study Exploring Counseling Skills Courses for the Presence of the Practice of Counselor Reflexivity, Timothy Marlin Olsen

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Nutritional Niche Separation Amongst Sympatric Threatened Lemurs: The Role of Micronutrients in Food Selection and Implications for Physiological Health, Maire K. O'Malley

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Monetary Sovereignty in Peril? Cryptocurrencies, Capital Controls and Exchange-Rate Volatility: A Quantitative Global Analysis, Mckeown Boadi Owusu

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Mechanical Characterization and Quench Propagation Study on REBCO Tape Stack, Sai Srinivas Ganesh Panda

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Preparing Students For What Comes Next: A Qualitative Study of District Approaches to Postsecondary and Career Readiness, Amanda C. Pelsor

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Lucretius, Ovid, and Milton in Seventeenth-Century England: First Matter, Creation, and Food Of Angels, Conny M. Pfeifer

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Simulation and Experiment of Two-Bunch Wakefield Dynamics and Energy Recovery in Dielectric-Lined THz Structures, Calcifer Phillips

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Management-Driven Shifts in the Bison Fecal Microbiome and Its Relationship to STEC Prevalence, Ritesh Ray

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The Effects of Problem-Based Learning on Mathematical Creativity and Self-Efficacy of High School Students, Margaret Remus

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Replacement Technology Adoption by Higher Education Faculty: A Qualitative Case Study of the Innovation Diffusion Theory and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Frameworks, Stephanie Layne Richter

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Balancing the Mission with the Math: A Phenomenological Study of Financial Decision Making by Chief Financial Officers in Illinois Community Colleges, Colleen M. Rockafellow

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RNTuple for ATLAS Analysis Workflow, Fatima Ariana Rodriguez

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The Effect of Scanning Strategy and Build Conditions on the Residual Stress of a DED System with Realistic Clad Geometry, Christopher Matthew Roeder

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The Current State Of Behavioral Health Curriculum Within Professional Athletic Training Programs, Bethany R. Rohl

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Development and Characterization of Flat and Flexible REBCO Cables for High-Field Accelerator Magnets, Emily Romancew

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K–12 Teacher Intention to Use a Makerspace: An Analysis Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology, Kevin W. Rutter

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An Examination of the Self-Regulation Strategies of Students in an Inquiry-Based Learning with ALEKS Support Course, Peter Sassman

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Advancing Anomaly Inspection with AI in the Wild: Trustworthy, Scalable, and Generative Frameworks, Venkata Devesh Reddy Seethi

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High-Throughput Strip Clustering on FPGAS for the HL-LHC, Hayden Shaddix

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Beam Dynamics of Non-Relativistic Proton Bunch Compression in Extreme Space Charge: Setting the Stage for Next Generation Intensity-Frontier Machines, Benjamin Simons

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Rural Black Church Leadership and Community Development in Midwest Illinois, Derrick Smith

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Mistreatment as Instrumental or Obstructive? How Appraisals of Customer Mistreatment Impact Entrepreneurial Action, Nicholas A. Smith

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The Influence of China’s Economic Soft Power: The Perceptions of Youth in the Case of Cambodia as a Small State, Mommarolin Srey

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Navigating Digital Crisis Management: A Qualitative Multiple-Site Case Study of Regional Public Universities and Colleges in the United States, Kathleen Stompor

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A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Structural Design and Modifications of Li and Na – Ion Battery Cathodes for Performance Optimization, Maksim Andreyevich Sultanov

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Comparing Consent Culture: Are Kinky People More Concerned About Consent?, Hannah Tarleton

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Grades and Grading Practices and Their Associations to Student Motivation, Rob Tesmond III

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How Autistic Children Define Novel and Real Words, Henry James Tomiser

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Moral Distress of the Professional ADN Gatekeeper During Early COVID-19: An Interpretivist Qualitative Study, Kimberly Triche

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Persisting Through Dimensions: Exploring the Relationships Between Term Length, Modality, and Student Success Outcomes at a Rural Community College in Ohio, James M. White

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Psychosocial Distress: Incidence and Indicators After Physical Trauma, Elizabeth Williams

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Can a "Good Jab" Lead to a "Good Job?": Teasing as an Organizational Performance Feedback Tool, Jared P. Wilson

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Instruction vs. Infrastructure: Asymmetric Returns in U.S. Higher Education, Shaibu Yahaya

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An Integrated Pull System Framework for Disassembly Industries: Bridging the Supply-Demand Mismatch in Duck Meat Processing, Hongchao Yu

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Modeling Inundation Susceptibility, Dengue Fever Risk, and Social, Ecological, and Technological Vulnerability to Climate Change at Small Geographic Scale in Thailand, Zachary Alan Zoet

Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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Insect Foraging Behaviors Across Habitat Types in Weddell’s Saddle-Back Tamarins, (Leontocebus Weddelli Weddelli) in Pando, Bolivia, Brianna Nicole Abba

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Instructional Strategies for Teachers in Inclusive Classrooms: Implications for Pakistani Classroom Contexts, Rahma Abbasi

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Natural Resources and the Role of Political Parties in Perpetuating Authoritarian Regimes in Indonesia and Cambodia, Azriansyah A. Agoes

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Core-Shell Electrospun Fibers for Enhanced Tissue Engineering Application, Farid Ahmadpour Esmaeilabadi

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Meaningful Legislative Conflict: the Role of Party Competition, Nader Omar Alghoul

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Factors Related to Teachers’ Behavioral Intention to Continue Using Digital Game Based Learning to Teach Arabic, Hassan Alhashimalsayed

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The Relationship Between Motor Abilities and Cultural Factors in Autistic Children, Lindsey Marie Anderson

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The Roles of Parental Self-Efficacy and Educational Instrumental Support in Predicting Academic Motivation and Reading Skills Among Students with ADHD Symptoms, Saheli Anil