Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Collisional methods with applications to charged particle beams, Afnan Al Marzouk
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
On the self-force problem of point-like charged particles in classical electrodynamics, Kevin J. Hamilton
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Controlling Lonicera maackii (amur honeysuckle) : basal bark and prescribed fire efficacy and impacts, Kaleb Baker
Possible hydroseismic triggering for small earthquakes occurring within the Fox River Valley, Northeastern Illinois, James Benco
From Tony Soprano to Donald Trump : situating the rhetoric of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign in the antihero genre, Harry Bodell
Development of chromatography and mass spectrometry methods for enzyme kinetics and inhibition in glycolysis and the methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathways, Allison Fabino Carr
Discovery and study of single-phase and single-ion manganese perovskite multiferroics, Kamal Chapagain
Educational Experiences of 1.5 Generation Cambodian Americans, Kassandra A. Chhay
The search for 'home' : Anglo-Burman identity at the end of empire, Katrina Chludzinski
Exploring the relationship among students' preconceptions, attitudes, and major, Matthew Dwyer
Effects of habitat disturbance on the teeth of Propithecus diadema in the forests of Tsinjoarivo, Madagascar : implications for species viability and conservation, Katie Susann Heffernan
The good, the bad, and the uncivil : an anlaysis of uncivil members of Congress from the 45th to the 113th Congresses, Nathan L. Holm
Cultural models of democracy among Burmese residents in Chicago, Illinois, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, John Hillory Hood
The roadmap to liberalization : Myanmar's transition from military to civilian rule, Nicole Loring
Tools for understanding static structure factors and their application to simulations of liquids, Travis Mackoy
UNSC legitimacy as a tool for misdirection, Medha Monjaury
Why we turn the page : a literary theory of dynamic structuralism, Justin J.J. Ness
Evaluating spatial distributions of scent-marks in semi-free-ranging groups of Lemur catta at the Duke Lemur Center, Shallu Prasher
Exceptionalism and transatlanticism in early American literature (1760-1860) and classic Hollywood cinema (1930-1960), John M. Price
Student and teacher response to formative assessment feedback in eighth-grade mathematics : a design experiment, Desiree Dawn Rones
Rate my professors : electronic word of mouth and expectancy violations theory in the classroom, Dathan Nathaniel Simpson II
ITA language proficiency testing : recommended replacement for the SPEAK test, Anne M. Stoughton
Funding and high school student achievement in the State of Illinois, Michael E. Tresnak
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of potential Burkholderia pseudomallei IspF inhibitors, Sydney Watkins
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Three essays on congressional influence in American foreign policy, Afrimadona
Control of ferroelectrcity in ATiO₃ (A= Ba₁ and Sr) by isoelectronic Ti-site substitutions, Saber Alfurhud
Role of colony integration in metabolic scaling of colonial animals, Maram Almegbel
Synthesis of N-heterocyclic-substituted indanones through the superelectrophilic Nazarov cyclization, Harouna Amadou
Light transport and amplification for a proof-of-principle experiment of optical stochastic cooling, M. B. Andorf
Elite-peasant relations in post-authoritarian Indonesia : decentralization, dispossession, and countermovement, Iqra Anugrah
The role of "because" in mechanistic and teleological explanations in science, Lillian K.E. Asiala
Testing the impact of state-society relations on human security, Ilhan Aydemir
Effective school leaders and student achievement : an examination of 265 schools in Northern Illinois, Jason Bednar
Anatomy of a precision grip in human and non-human primates, Caitlin Marie Bemis
Diet and vegetation impacts of a reintroduced bison herd, Ryan Christopher Blackburn
Tugging at time : the role of temporal processing in the organization of string-pulling, Ashley Blackwell
The space-time continuum : examining the cortical contributions to spatial and temporal processing, Philip A. Blankenship
Testing the effects of expressive writing on PTSD symptom reduction : examining the role of event centrality, Derrecka Myschele Boykin
From Chadha to Clinton : the Supreme Court in legislative process separation of powers cases, Christopher B. Brough
Heteronormative consumptive patterns in American wedding media, Claire M. Buchanan
Search for charged Higgs Bosons in the [tau]+lepton final state with 36.1 fb⁻¹ of pp collision data recorded at [square root]s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS experiment, Blake Burghgrave
Evolution of panic grasses (Panicoideae; Poaceae) : a plastome phylogenomic study, Sean Vincent Burke
Oprah Winfrey and Shonda Rhimes : changing the faces and stories on contemporary American television, Caprice Butts
Gender differences in perceived barriers of aspiring superintendents, Maureen Cassidy
Multifunctional nanocomposites in coating technology : synthesis, characterization, formulation, evaluation and application, Sudeshna Chakraborty
Bayesian methods for optimal treatment allocation, Saptarshi Chatterjee
Sentiments and asset markets, Haritima Chauhan
Voluntary engagement and college retention : does the type of engagement predict retention for different types of students?, Sarah Louise Coley
Comparing relaxation versus mastery micro-break activity : a within-task recovery perspective, Amanda Lynn Conlin
Peer social support, self-efficacy beliefs and social anxiety in adolescence : a test of competing models, Samantha Coyle
Special education teacher preparation programs and their influence on self-efficacy, Mary B. Davis
Quantitation without calibration : response profile as an indicator of target amount, Mrittika Debnath
Social judgments of electronic multitasking in the workplace : the role of contextual and individual difference factors, Rushika De Bruin
Estimation of ring strain energies of organic and metallacycles and the mechanistic study of the reduction of ketones with 1-hydridosilatrane, Ashley M. De Lio
The synthesis of Ba₁₋ₓNaₓFe₂As₂ and Its structural and magnetic properties, Ryan DeRose
Improved approximate Bayesian computation methods for censored and uncensored data, Tatiana Dmitrieva
The use of an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapy to restore vestibular function in the mouse model of usher syndrome, Tia Nicole Donaldson
It's a dangerous world in there : leadership methods and actions of school administrators during emergency situations and times of crisis, James J. Drake
The "vile commodity" : convict servitude, authority, and the rise of humanitarianism in the Anglo-American world, 1718-1809, Nicole K. Dressler
Dietary constraints and strategies in the red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer), and their implications for conservation, Amanda Marie Du Bour
Social movement rhetoric and the digital shift, Matt DuPuis
Inhibited temperament and overcontrolling parenting : an examination of longitudinal bidirectional associations, Erin Shishilla Edwards
Three essays examining early life shocks that affect human capital production, Uche Eseosa Ekhator
The connection between principal leadership behavior and school climate, Raymond H. Epperson
"The lives of the wicked" : love, death, and the hero in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, Amy Erickson
Mathematical programming and Magic: The Gathering®, Alexander Esche
Effects of management on functional diversity in restored tallgrass prairie plant communities, Anna K. Farrell
Event segmentation and expertise, Daniel P. Feller
Title IX of the Education amendments of 1972 and its impact on interscholastic athletics : a review of related litigation, Rebecca P. FitzPatrick
Intense beam dynamics in arbitrary structures, Anthony Gee
Studies on selected enzymes involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis in Escherichia coli, Debarati Ghose
Bicarbonate enrichment may mitigate oxidative stress in two octocorals and their photosynthetic symbionts, Jeffrey Golladay
Fundamental studies of chemical stability and carrier process in hybrid Perovskite materials, Jue Gong
Tracing the ghost of "Black House" : Dickensian heteronormative proprietorship in Jessie Redmon Fauset's Plum bun : a novel without a moral, Paul Grosskopf
Occupational seasonality and paleoenvironmental reconstruction at Quebrada Jaguay 280, Stephanie Melissa Gruver
Efficiently comparing mental representations : visualizing and matching causal networks, Vishrant Krishna Gupta
Electron beam shaping and its applications, Aliaksei Halavanau
Exploring the role of urban early career teachers' perceptions of social elements of the school context and their feelings of teacher efficacy, Kristine Anne Herrell
The schoolhouse gate in the digital age : examining the first amendment when student electronic speech targets school employees, Jessica Herrmann
Witnessing interparental violence : implications for rejection sensitivity and psychological abuse perpetration, Mikhaella Angela Hodges
Evaluation of IspE for inhibitor design in the non-mevalonate pathway, Kataryzna Barbara Hoerchler
Online values intervention for mothers : associations with valued living, affect, and stress, Nicole J. Holmberg
Examining cross-lagged relations between behavioral inhibition and inhibitory control during early childhood : predicting subsequent internalizing and externalizing problems, Jacob Benjamin Holzman
Does active leisure improve worker well-being? : an experimental daily diary approach, Xinyu Hu
War of words : can protest repression manifest organizational stigma?, Raymond Jenkins
Visualization of large diverse collections of scholarly output, Bharat K. Kale
The effect of inclusion on identity management decisions in the workplace : the roles of organizational support, anticipated stigma, and state psychological well-being, Robert Thomas Keating
East, west, and gendered subjectivity : the music of Wong Kar-Wai, Erik Kersting
Sodic alteration in magmatic-hydrothermal systems, Sean Patrick Kerwin
A baseline osteological analysis of prehistoric human skeletal remains recovered from the Terminal Archaic Morse site (11-F-220), Fulton County, Illinois, M. Shawn Kinzer
Parenting stress, parenting, and adolescent externalizing problems : exploring the associations among parents of adolescents, Kristina Kochanova
Escalation and radicalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina : a micro-comparative study of genocide, Damir Kovacevic
A neonicotinoid affects the mating behavior of the biological control agent Spalangia endius, Aspen Kremer
Diffuse scattering and local order in lead-based relaxor ferroelectrics, Matthew J. Krogstad