Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Evaluating the Impact of Bitcoin on international asset Allocation using Mean-Variance, Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR), and Markov Regime Switching Approaches, Mohammadreza Mahmoudi
OCD and Scrupulosity Symptoms in the LGBTQ+ Community, Katherine Hurley Mangen
Methods for Investigating Geo-Stem Learning Ecosystems: A Case-Study of Illinois Earth Science Teachers, Cheryl L.B. Manning
Intergenerational transmission of parenting: Does emotion regulation buffer the effect of negative early care experiences on the cortisol stress response and subsequent caregiving?, Erin Rochelle Mckay
Using Machine Learning to Search for Vector Boson Scattering at the CMS Detector During Run 2, Mark Mekosh
Macroeconomic Factors influencing foreign Direct investment in Some Selected Countries in Africa, Richard Essel Mensah
Design and Cold Test of A Metamaterial Accelerating Structure for Two-Beam Acceleration, Dillon Christopher Merenich
The Relationship Between Loneliness and Experiential avoidance after Implementation of a Self-Compassion Intervention, Alyssa Mielock
Black Male Sense of Belonging at Predominantly White Institutions, Christopher M.d. Mitchell
Social Media, Gender, and Cancel Culture in The Punk Scene, Elizabeth Alexandra Mitchell
Measuring the Impact of Youth Research in the US Policy Documents, Miftahul Jannat Mokarrama
Police Response To Same-Sex IPV a Qualitative approach, Lena Fae Mutchler
China’s "greek Gift" To africa: a Myth Or Reality, Chibuzo Uchechukwu Victor Obasi
The Role of Machine Learning and Network Analyses in Understanding Microbial Composition in An Experimental Prairie, Ali Eastman Oku
Patterns of Co-optation and Repression in Autocracies: Lessons from Cambodia and Beyond, Limeng Ong
Fidelity In Which School Districts are Prepared To Implement Their Reunification Plan In The Event of Tragedy Or Emergency, Mark E. Orszula
Homeobox Transcription Factor HBXA Influences Expression of Over one Thousand Genes In The Model Fungus aspergillus Nidulans, Sandesh Sharma Pandit
Characterizing VHH Domains as Stabilization and Oligomeric Control Modules, Niyati Patel
Study of the Dynamics of Glasses Using Nuclear Resonance Time Domain interferometry, Marc Pavlik
Association Among Select Conditions for Learning at The School Level, Academic attainment, and Academic Growth in Reading, Cederrall Petties
Alignment and Range Verification in Proton Therapy Using Proton Radiography and Proton CT, Joseph Piet
Computational Studies of The Effects of Substitutions on Silatranes and Ring Strain Energies, as Well as Determination of Aromaticity and Complexation in Polypnictogen Analogues of The Cyclooctatetraenyl Dianion, Alexander Stuart Pixler
The Dances of the Presidency, Robert Chapin Poyser
Late Holocene Terrestrial Hydroclimate Reconstructions from Central and South American Sites, Brittany N. Price
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for N-acetyl-glucosamine production, Anica Tasnim Protity
A State Space Modeling Approach to EEG Artifact Removal, Patrick B. Rafael
Shop Talk: Decreasing The School-to-Prison Pipeline for African American Male Students, Treveda Michelle Redmond
Cybervictimization and Depression In adolescence: an analysis of anxiety, Social Media Rumination, and Gender, Logan Riffle
Assessing Engagement in Bully Participant Behaviors for Children and adolescents with autism Spectrum Disorder, Dashae Rodriguez-Harris
The Impact of Credit on Domestic investment: Case of West African Economic and Monetary Union Countries, Sylvie Sanou
Enhanced Maximum Likelihood Models for Underreported Variables: Extending to Multiple Claims Dimension, Shalaka Sudhanshu Sarpotdar
The Effects of Prenatal and Perinatal Alcohol Exposure on Adult Mouse Behavior, Ericka Ann Schaeffer
Modeling Spatial Access to Healthcare, Yaxiong Shao
Orphan Hermeneutics: Refashioning archetypes In 19th-Century Epic Prose Fiction, John David Sieker
Exploring beaver-facilitated restoration in grassland channelized streams, Jessica L. Sikora
The Impact of Faculty Composition on Cost Per Student: A Mixed Model Approach, Arun Sleeba
Essays on Parental Migration in China and Performance of Two Asset Pricing Models, Yuqing Song
Buddhism and its Role in Khmer Chicagoland: to be Khmer is to be Buddhist., Linna Sophea
Local Radio Journalists’ Usage and Perception of Artificial Intelligence in The Production of Local News, Imani Nia Springer-Norris
Immigrants or Prostitutes? "White Slavery" Panics and Reform in France, England, and the United States, 1885-1915, Journey Steward
Othello as a Political Commentary on "the Myth of Venice", Alejandro Tamayo
A High-Precision Electron Emission Model: Computational Methods for Nanoscale Structures, Alister J. Tencate
No More Prolonging Students’ Sense of Belonging: A Content Analysis on the Issues and Resolutions Regarding Discriminatory School Discipline Outcomes for Students of Color, Taren Renee Turner
Diffuse Scattering and 3D-∆PDF Analyses: Order-Disorder Phase Transitions in (sr1−xcax)3rh4sn13 And Nano2, Puspa Upreti
Variation in Growth Over Time of Minority Religious Groups in the Philippines, Janet Vallejo
Children's Evaluations of Observable vs. Unobservable Properties During Scientific Reasoning, Taneisha Vilma
Covid-19 online Learning: Characteristics and Perceptions of Newly Struggling High School Students, Kristine Webster
Is Special Education Effective? a Propensity Score Weighting analysis in Elementary School, Moira Wendel
Chevrel Phase Materials for Electrocatalytic Chemical Conversion, Fan Xia
Verification of Proton Range Predictions in Proton Treatment Planning Using X-Ray CT or Proton CT Imaging, Nicholas S. Yee
Impact of Text Complexity Effects across Student Reading Skills, Esther H. Yi
Examining Measurement Invariance of The Pios and Pios-R across Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Groups, Johanna Anita Younce
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
Impact of Public and Private investments on Economic Growth of Developing Countries, Faruque Ahamed
Effect of Cash Transfer on Household Fertility Choice and Children's Human Capital Accumulation in Uganda, Shaila Ahmed
Early Life Stress inoculation Effects on Adult Behaviors, Oreoluwa Ibukunolupo Akinbo
Babel Fish: Court interpreters in America (1790-1921), John Alcalde
Understanding the Impact of Collective Efficacy and Race/ethnicity on Child internalizing and Externalizing Symptomatology, Demy Alfonso
The Gulf Cooperation Council's Policies towards Iran, Mohammed Ahmed Al Sayed
Representations and Perceptions of Sexual Pleasure in Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) Courses, Brenda Kucha Anak Ganeng
Perhabs I Will: A Content Analysis and Media Production Focusing on Contemporary Comedy and Comedians, Abs Anderson
Analyzing Multistationarity in a Model of a Dual Phosphorylation Network, Killian Kearney Anderson
Collaboration Literacy in Technical Communication: Using Workplace-Based Teamwork Practices and Technologies to Teach Distributed Knowledge Work, Marcy Bock Eastley
Evaluating Holocene Precipitation Variability in the Baltic Region Using Oxygen Isotopes of Lacustrine Carbonate from Estonia, Maxwell Gordon Boes
The Political Power of Religious Elites in Shaping Restrictive Reproductive Policies: A Comparative Analysis of Poland and Indonesia, Patricia Buczynski
Public Health and Civic Engagement, Bryan M. Bulger
In Search of a Homeland: Jewish-American Women Writers and their Struggle with Cultural Alienation, Alisa K. Burris
Transportation: The Obstacle that Impacts Employment, Postsecondary Education, and independent Living for People with Disabilities, Danielle Carter
informative G-Prior for Linear Models, Yu-Fang Chien
Analysis of Sunscreens and Antibiotics in Groundwater During The Covid-19 Pandemic in The Riviera Maya, Mexico, Jackie Cooney
Elementary School Staff Perceptions of ALICE Active Shooter Training, Jennifer Tavine Craig
The Ecology and Dispersal of The Avian Vampire Fly in Its Native and invasive Ranges, Carly M. Crow
Fruits of Our Labor: Exploring The Impacts of A Nonprofit Seed Bank on indigenous Communities in The Southwestern United States, Rachel Mary Davis
Grassland Bird Responses to Bison and Prescribed Fire Disturbances at Nachusa Grasslands and Kankakee Sands, Antonio Del Valle
Magnetic Charge Ordering of Pinwheel Artificial Spin Ice in in-Plane External Magnetic Fields and Its Application For Tunable Vortex Pinning, Timothy Draher
Measuring the Diphoton Production from Higgs Boson Decays and in association with Heavy Flavor Jets, Brianna Lynn Dwyer
The Impact of Self-Compassion on Engagement During a Writing Exposure Session for Posttraumatic Stress, Jessica Rose Ellem
Understanding The Challenges and Ways in Which High School Principals Lead For All, Alexia Adele Ellett
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
Nutrient Scarcity and Cellular Cooperation in a Clonal Hydroid, Weam S. El Rahmany
Exploring The Interconnections of Role Satisfaction, Self-Efficacy, Negative Affect, and Stress Among College Students, Jonathan Emmons
A Threat to Participate: The Impact of Status Threat on Political Participation - Republicans in 2016, Cassandra Epping
The Role of Health Expenditure on Health Outcomes: Evidence in West Africa Countries., Festus Efosa Eriamiatoe
Investigating the influence of Stress on Motivational Dysfunction in Male and Female Rodents, Emily Laine Errante
The Impossibility-Possibility Trilemma, Tammie-Louise Finnegan
Neopatrimonialism and Civil Conflict, Nick Florian
Wetland Restoration Efforts Result in increasing Phylogenetic Diversity, Nicholas T. Foster
An Upgraded Photoinjector for the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator, Emily Frame
Microfabric Analysis of Mid-Pliocene Amundsen Sea interglacial Sediments Demonstrates A Link Between Iceberg Melt and Diatom Productivity (iodp Exp. 379), Heather Leanne Furlong
Student Perceptions of Racial-Ethnic Socialization and Outcomes across Race and Gender, Megan Gilbertson
Through The Labyrinth: Lived Experiences of Women and The Superintendency, Michelle Christine Graham
Transport of Polyethylene Microplastic Spheres in a Sandy Aquifer, Alyssa Marie Graveline
Understanding the invasion history and dispersal patterns of the faucet snail, Bithynia tentaculata, Emma B. Grindle
Methods for Computing the Global Optimum of Non-Convex Objectives, Isaac Michael Hawn
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
