Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Lyapunov-type inequalities and applications to boundary value problems, Sougata Dhar
Geophysical characterization of the big marsh slag site in Chicago, Illinois, Sonny Divita
Immigration, organization-based resources, and urban violence : an analysis of Latino neighborhoods in Chicago, Rodrigo Dominguez-Martinez
Do rumination and social support mediate the association of victimization and depression symptoms?, Nicole Dorio
Gang neighborhood and youth criminal behavior, Uche Eseosa Ekhator
Stereotype threat : a qualitative study of the challenges facing female undergraduate engineering students, J. R. Entsminger II
A dedicated quality control test stand for the g-2 tracker system, Aaron Epps
A study of particle beam spin dynamics for high precision experiments, Andrew J. Fiedler
Karen refugees resettled in Aurora, IL : their identity, their resettlement, their oral histories, Karla Findley
Coparenting among intact families with young adolescents : associations with internalizing and externalizing symptoms, Andrew Joseph Flannery
On morality in minority fiction : subtexts of closeting, communication, and community in "Babel-17" and "Fledgling", Andrea Fryling
Superacid catalyzed reactions : generation of reactive intermediates and their chemistry, Makafui Gasonoo
Investigating the associations among perceived social support, neuroticism, extraversion, and depressive symptoms in early adolescence, Raymond L. Geosling
Evaluation process of paraeducators : perspectives from paraeducators and principals, Lynn Glickman
The states, the Supreme Court, and social change : an analysis of Roe v. Wade and Obergefell v. Hodges, Kaitlyn Gradecki
Engineering and characterization of rhizavidin and Fab affinity reagents that possess unique function, Dionne Hope Griffin
The big picture : the perception of teachers, counselors, and administrators on interdisciplinary instruction, Panagiota Merris Grow
Water quality and physical hydrogeology of the Amarapura township, Mandalay, Myanmar, Michael Grzybowski
The relationships among collective efficacy factors and achievement in Illinois high schools, Matthew E. Haug
"Strong, and I adapt myself" : Saudi women and English language learning, Ashley Steele Heiberger
Physical processes at polar and temperate grounding zones, Timothy O. Hodson
(Re)Inventing mathematical logic : a case study of set-based meanings for conditional truth, Alec William Hub
Illinois's performance evaluation reform act (PERA) and its effect on the dismissal of teachers for unsatisfactory teaching performance : a review of related litigation, Kristin M. Humphries
Examining the association of hypermasculinity and bullying : what is the role of homophobia?, Caicina Jones
Radiation damage in Hamamatsu multi-pixel photon counters, Jacob R. Kalnins
Contextual stress and infant emotion regulation : the buffering effect of positive parenting, Meghan Justina Kanya
Interparental conflict and adolescence : the cognitive-contextual framework, Christine Rachelle Keeports
News media coverage and source selection in U.S. foreign policy debates : the case of Iran deal, Mehrnaz Khanjani
Women lie and other myths : how rape myths impact attributions of blame in a rape case, Kathryn R. Klement
When they say, "Where is your God?", Carmen Klopfenstein
The association between body esteem and school engagement : the role of victimization as a mediator, Jacqueline Klossing
The relationship between teacher induction and teacher satisfaction, Charles A. Kyle
Matching effects of personality traits in individual assessment : an investigation of the similar-to-me hypothesis, Camille Heneghan Lee
The effects of Mg, Al, and Fe on diagenetically induced phase changes in biogenic opal-A : implications for diatom silica [delta]¹⁸O values as a paleoenvironmental proxy, Audrina D. Lehman
Investigations of biologically relevant free radicals utilizing novel gas-phase analytical techniques, Michael Lesslie
Gender queer representation in The box spring, Kim Likier
The effects of utility value interventions on self-discrepancy accessibility, objective self-awareness, and interest, Meghan I.H. Lindeman
Relationships among principal leadership behaviors, teachers' motivation, and teacher job satisfaction, Thomas C. Lind
Bayesian semiparametric accelerated hazards model for arbitrarily censored spatial survival data, Yanjun Liu
Piercy, pop music, and the patriarchy : feminist activism in the sung and written word, Andrea Lohf
A trauma analogue study investigating the role of attentional shifting in emotion regulation, Melissa J. London
Spatial-temporal change point detection problem for dependent data, Khulan Luvsandash
The development of a new comprehensive measure of school climate and associations with school leadership, Christopher J. Maier
Isolation and characterization of SLF genes from a BAC library representing the s-locus of Petunia axillaris, Allison T. Makulec
Violence and heteronormativity in gay-themed films, Anna-Marie Malley
Klynac : compact linear accelerator with integrated power supply, A. V. Malyzhenkov
An examination of the pyrite-gold and arsenopyrite-gold systems : implications for hydrothermal gold deposits, Matthew Francis Mann
Race, ethnicity, economics, and federalism : state sentiment regarding noncitizens from 2009 to 2014, Timothy Marquez
Gender differences in verbal and non-verbal communication in mixed-gender groups, Jasmin Martinez
Essays in bank competition and lending behavior, Genuine Martin
The effect of disgust exposure on specific phobia symptoms, Kathleen S. McCraw
Teaching multiplication facts during physical education : the effects on third-grade student academic development and on teacher perception, William Dale McGuire
Communicating church branding through anniversary services, Kate E. Mead
Form and function : settler women as cultural conveyors in narratives of the early frontier, Rowenna Miller
The impact of commitment on risk recognition in sexually violent dating relationships, Jennifer Milliken
Essays in labor economics, Sepehr Moghareh Abed
A utility-value intervention : will it help Hispanic parents to motivate their adolescents in mathematics?, Margaret Molenda-Lesniak
Economic base changes in counties impacted by military base closures, Andrea D. Moore
Development, control, and application of the o-Hydroxychalcone/flavanone molecular switch scaffold, Brian Matthew Muller
L-Tryptophan hydroxamic acid derivatives as Burkholderia pseudomallei IspF inhibitors, Chante Ashley Muller
More than we imagined : toward a map of beliefs and attitudes about creative writing, Kelle Sills Mullineaux
rtfA controls development, secondary metabolism, and virulence In Aspergillus fumigatus, Ryan Myers
Decentralization and public service provision in Indonesia : influence of the middle class, Ronnie Rahman Nataatmadja
"The second barrel is nearly always fatal" : rhetoric in the three trials of Oscar Wilde, Kurt Neumann
DBHGT : the fungal horizontal gene transfer database, Marcus Nguyen
Old English elegies : language and genre, Stephanie Opfer
Sequential Monte Carlo macroeconometrics, Shawn Osell
Severity of illness, parenting, and child psychological adjustment : exploring the associations among mothers with multiple sclerosis, Emily Elizabeth Padgett
Core leadership practices or prior classroom teaching experience and their value when hiring building principals, Patti Palagi
Does evaluation affect teacher self-efficacy? : a qualitative investigation into the effects of evaluation on teachers' sense of efficacy, Anthony J. Palmisano
Role of urdA in regulation of development and secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans, Sandesh S. Pandit
The foundations of modern democracy : Machiavelli and the pursuit of greatness, Katherine Paton
Approximate Bayesian computation in nonparametric Bayesian models, Erina Paul
A comparison of variance and Renyi's entropy with application to machine learning, Adric M. Peccarelli
Helping users learn about social processes while learning from users : developing a positive feedback in social computing, Venkata Sai Sriram Pillutla
"Invisible knapsacks" in education : an autoethnography of privilege and power dynamics in higher education, Elyzia Powers
Beyond feeding the multitude : international nongovernmental organizations and local food systems in Southwestern Haiti, Heather M. Prentice-Walz
Grit, goal importance, and construals, Robert Pulvermacher
Synthetic methods involving cationic electrophiles and intermediates, Ahmad Fawzi Qarah
Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign narrative and the perceptions of the American people, Paige Russell
Survival analysis with Bayesian additive regression trees and its application, Satabdi Saha
The American Adam in New Hollywood : Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Maggie Scanlan
Synthetic methods development with electrophiles, Mark N. Schaeff
Principals' perceptions of working with suburban elementary students from poverty, Kathryn M. Schafermeyer
An investigation of elementary school principals' self-efficacy beliefs, their goal expectations of student achievement, and their impact on student achievement, Paul D. Schrik Sr.
Pre-eruptive constraints for two neighboring volcanic systems in Southwestern Guatemala, Andrew Schwoerer
Student engagement : an application of the theory of planned behavior, Max A. Seisser V
The impact of mindfulness meditation on fear load and fear inhibition : examining parasympathetic activation as an underlying mechanism, Antonia Victoria Seligowski
The Epic of 1804 : based upon and incorporating an English translation of Maurice A. Sixto's J'ai venge la race, Myriam Souffrant
Memes and 4chan and haters, oh my! : rhetoric, identity, and online aggression, Erika M. Sparby
First world problems : neocolonial discourse in contemporary american literature, Tracy Stephens
Conscripting Billy Yank and Johnny Reb : the plight and consequence of conscription dodgers, disruptors, and resisters, Victoria Bryant Stewart
