Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Development of Dyes for Photocatalysis and Biological Sensing, Sara Abuhadba
Daring Dames and Dirty Deeds: Chicago Burlesque, Drag, and Censorship Politics, 1850-1980, Lucas Andrew Bensley
Jesus, the Temple, and Early Christian Memory, Scott K. Brevard
The Impact of Risk and Trust on Confrontations of Sexism: The Role of Goals, Emily H. Budde
Diagnosing Silent Forgiveness at the Dialogical Limit in Endō Shūsaku’s Novel Silence, Catherine Buescher
Racialization’s Influence on African American Male University Attrition: Is it Culture Shock or Is There More to the Story, Joseph M. Butler
Racializing Digital Campus Spaces: A Critical Phenomenological Approach to Understanding (Re)Production Of Whiteness in Digital Campus Ecology, Victoria Elizabeth Callais
One Tiger, Many Lions: Uneven Adoption of China's Political and Economic Investment Among Democracies in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tommy Callan
In Pursuit of Racial Equity: The Role of Women Presidents and Senior Leadership Teams in Higher Education, Lisa Castillo Richmond
The Undocu-Competence of College and University Websites: A Lonestar State Analysis, Karina Castro-Pavon
Clinical Social Workers, Telemental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Juli Chaffee
A DACA Initiative: Transformative Organizational Change at the School of Medicine, Cynthia Chaidez
Factors Impacting the Empirical Identification of the Bifactor IRT Model of Rating Data, Wenya Chen
Disambiguation of Aerococcus Urinae Species Diversity, Brian Ian Choi
Exploring the Incumbent Early Childhood Workforce as Teachers Who Student and Students Who Teach: A Phenomenological Study, Kate Maxine Connor
Characterization of the Glyoxal Response in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Christopher James Corcoran
Controlling the Skies: Leveraging Airspace as a Foreign Policy Tool, Samantha Costas
The Climate-Conflict Nexus: Urban Migration and Methodological Innovations, Elisa D'Amico
Multiracial Congregations: Transformative or Status Quo?, Michelle Dodson
Elucidating the Underlying Mechanisms Polyamines Play on Coxsackievirus B3 Infection, Mason Richard Firpo
Identifying and Characterizing Cognitive Profiles in Midlife Females: A Latent Profile Analysis, Hannah Hagy
Warm Bodies, Strong Attachments, and the Search for Better Bonds: The Politics of Human-Animal Entanglements In U.S. Fiction and Media, John Charles Hawkins
Elucidating Enterococcal Mechanisms Underlying Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections, Baylie Hochstedler-Kramer
Resiliency and Positive Childhood Experiences: Implications for Black Youths' Mental and Behavioral Health and School Engagement, Sharnequa Nashay Hunter
Molecular Mechanisms and Targeted Therapies for Ocular Surface Disease, Sana Iqbal
Ou Pa Moun Bò Isit: Haitian Imaginaries of Non-Governmental Organizations, Stephanie Jean-Baptiste
Understanding Stress, Strengths, and Strategies to Support Immigrant Youth: A Bundled Dissertation, Sarah Jolie
Jewish Laws for Gentiles: Purity in the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies, Joshua T. King
Genetic, In Vitro Phenotypic, and Clinical Characterization of Atypical Enteropathogenic E. coli Infection and Pathogenesis, Sarah E. Kralicek
Exploring the Relationship between Teachers' Religious Identity and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Candace M. Kyles
Development and Benchmark of Polarizable Models for Ions, Luke Landry
Reconceiving Virtue: A Mengzian Adaptation of Eudaimonic Virtue Ethics in Response to Contemporary Criticisms, Gina Elizabeth Lebkuecher
Synthetic Assembly of Antibacterial Agents and Metal Chelating Ligands, Zachary Joseph Liveris
Christotechtonics: Dildonic Prostheticity in Theological Formulation, Evan Taylor Marsolek
Regulatory, Structural and Functional Studies of the ADP-glucose Pyrophosphorylase from Photosynthetic and Heterotrophic Organisms, Gabriela Martinez-Ramirez
Establishment of an In Vitro HBV Infection System and Investigation of a Recently Emerged HBV Genotype, Delaina N. May
Tensions Between Catholic Identity and Academic Achievement: Roles of Catholic School Leaders in Southeastern Nigeria, Augustina Ngozi Mbata
An Insider's Perspective to Mentoring Novice Math and Science Teachers in a University Mentoring Program: A Self-Study, Krishna R. Millsapp
Reading the Prologue of John's Gospel as Midrash with a View to Examinging a Local Parting of the Ways, Joseph Mukuna
Early Childhood Foundations of Adolescents' Critical Consciousness in Under-Resourced and Minoritized Communities: The Roles of Prosocial Behavior and Cognitive Self-Regulation in Middle Childhood, Zahra F. Naqi-Hasnain
Navigating Culture and Family in Post-Secondary Education as Nigerian American College Students, Funmilayo Ojikutu
Comparing Caregiver-Teacher-Adolescent Mental Health Reporting: Examining Changes Over Time and Related Outcomes Among Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System, Jennifer Osborne
Understanding Political Rigidity: Exploring the Epistemic Underpinnings of Political Ideology, Chad Mitchel Osteen
Development and Preliminary Validation of the Internalized Heterosexist Racism Measure for Sexual Minorities of Color, Juan Pantoja-Patino
Napping, Sleep, and Affect in Adolescents: A Daily Diary and Actigraphy Study, Elizabeth Rea
Exploring External Engagement in Higher Education Through Defining Partnerships, Colleen Reaney
A Womanist Narrative Ethics of Survival: an Exploration in African American Meaning Making, LaShaunda Janeice Reese
Stepparenting and Schooling: Challenges, Reconstitutions, and Outsider Perceptions, Christopher Repa
CPSF6's Nuclear Localization Signal Mediates HIV-1 Intranuclear Events Following Nuclear Import, Nick Rohlfes
Abriendo Caminos: A Case Study of an Online Bilingüe MSW Program, Celeste Natividad Sanchez
Child-Parent Psychotherapy in Child Welfare, Michelle Saulnier
Assessing the Role of Psychological Self-Sufficiency and Organizational Factors in Achieving Economic Self-Sufficiency Among Low-Income Populations, Alanna Jeeyoung Shin
Early Childhood Educators’ Perceptions of How Leadership Relates to their Workplace Well-Being, Joanna Skourletos
Enzymological Revisionism: Employing Transient State Approaches to Define the Catalytic Sequences of Poorly Understood Systems, Madison M. Smith
The Meaning of Life’s Broken Fragments: A Constructive Theology of Fragmentation Grounded in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theological Ethics, Meghan Toomey
Investigating the Role of Diet in Modulating Neuroinflammation in Health and Disease, Rasa Valiauga
Liberating Bioethics Through Agape: A Feminist Perspective from the Periphery, Kimberly Vargas Barreto
[2Fe–2E] Model Compounds: Synthesis, Kinetic Studies, And Atom Transfer Reactivity, Erwin Anuruddhika Weerawardhana
Experiences of School Climate Among Sexual Minority Students of Color, Brandon Westerman
Generations After US (Undergoing Stress): An Exploration of Interpersonal Violence and Loss on Psychosocial Functioning at the Parent, Child, and Family Level, Kaleigh Valencia Wilkins
The Role of Affect in Regulating the Influence of Belief Superiority on Open-Minded Cognition and Information Selection Bias, Whinda Yustisia
The Role of Extracellular Vesicles and Their Cargo in Intercellular Communication, Chongyu Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Identifying Factors Affecting Saudi Nurses’ Intentions to Report Medication Errors in Arar Hospitals, ohoud aldughmi
Enshrining Memory: The Production of an American Catholic Past, Emily Arledge
An Ethnic Studies Introduction to Conscientizaçao: Latinx Studies and Its Impact on Latino College Students' Ethnic Identity, Carlos Octavio Ballinas
A Social Ontological Account of Alienation and Its Place in the History of Alienation Theory, Philip William Bauchan
Investigating Smooth Muscle Myosin Dynamics and Assembly in Physiology and Pathology, Maggie Bennett
Σπλαγχνιζομαι and the Characterization of the Markan Jesus, Jonathan W. Bryant
Warmth and Support: The Importance of Parenting Behaviors on Child Symptoms Among Mexican Immigrant Families, Yvita Bustos
Play On; Give Me Excess of It: Intercorporeality and Musical Definitions, Abram Basil Soucy Capone
Dynamic Control of the Cardiac Calcium Pump, Sean Robert Cleary
The Way to Well-Being Through Safety, Trust and Freedom: A Youth-Driven Framework for Older Youth in Child Welfare, Bridget Marie Colacchio
Establishing a Novel Lipid-Polyamine Metabolic Connection to Virus Replication, Yazmin Edith Cruz Pulido
Pandemic Pedagogies: Fatalistic Or Black Feminist?, Sydney Marie Simone Curtis
Queer(ly) Lingering in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Emily Datskou
An Examination of Various Dimensions Associated with Nonprofit Board Member Diversity: The Significance of Organizational Factors, Patrick Luke Decker-Tonnesen
Raising the B A.R.: Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator Via Critical Reflection: Using Critical Whiteness Studies in Pursuit of Racial Equity in A White Teacher’s Classroom, B. Jacob Del Dotto
Identification of Conditions That Promote Biofilm Formation by Vibrio Fischeri and Elucidation of The Underlying Signal Transduction Pathway, Courtney Noelle Dial
Between Script and Scripture: Performance Criticism and Mark's Character(ization) of the Disciples, Zechariah Eberhart
Investigating the Impact of Nonenzymatic Lysine Acetylation on the Function of the Bacterial Ribosome, Sarah Caldwell Feid
Investigating the Impact of Nonenzymatic Lysine Acetylation on the Function of the Bacterial Ribosome, Sarah Caldwell Feid
Design and Synthesis of Novel Antibiotics and Anticancer Agents Targeting Pharmaceutically Relevant Enzymes, Sebastian Flieger
Mammalian Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase: Employing Transient State Kinetic Methods to Determine Catalytic and Inhibitory Mechanisms, Dariush Forouzesh
Gardening and Watering 21st Century Soil: Culturally Responsive and Technology Enhanced Instructional Design in K12 Schools, Elissa W. Frazier
Applying Organizational Learning Theories to Continuous Improvement Practices Through Self-Study Methodology to Better Reflect upon and Understand Factors that Influence School Improvement Efforts, Morgan Daniel Gallagher
Method Development for the Quantification of Heavy Metals in Biological Matrices and Its Application to Clinical and Environmental Samples, Michelle Catherine Gende
Regulatory Mechanisms Controlling Pneumococcal Capsule Synthesis, David George Glanville
"To This You Were Called": Discipleship, Suffering, and Social Identity in First Peter, Shane Patrick Gormley
Belonging in the Borderlands: Questioning Catholic Ethics, Molly Greening
