Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Exploring Predicted Vs. Actual First to-Second Year Retention Rates: A Study of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Colleges, Brenda Porter Poggendorf
Addressing the Issue of Meta-Analysis Multiplicity in Education and Psychology, Joshua R. Polanin
The Religion of Consumption and Christian Neighbor Love, Christopher Porter
Molecular Functions of MLL PHD3 Binding to Its Ligands Cyp33 and H3K4Me3, Gayathree Raman
Processes Underlying Syntactic Control: Evaluating Linguistically Diverse Children, Vanessa R. Raschke
Effects of Acute Alcohol Exposure on Post Burn Intestinal Immunity: Role of IL-23, Juan L. Rendon
The Civilian and the War on Terror: Do Norms Shape Strategy?, Sherri Replogle
Who's Attending the Party? Elections, Parties, and Democratization in Postcommunist States, Jonathan Windle Riggs
Opening the Black Box: Understanding Adult Inpatient Falls, Laura M. Rogers
Influence of Pramipexole on Probability Discounting and Ventral Pallidal Function: Assessments in Parkinsonian-Like Rats, Sandra Lynn Rokosik-Kletzel
The Role of Linker 2 (L2) Region in RhTRIM5α Assembly and HIV-1 Restriction, Jayalaxmi Sastri
Effectiveness of Graduate Training in School Psychology: Perspectives of Graduate Practitioners, Mary S. Satchwell
A Case Study of a Mixed Methods Study Engaged in Integrated Data Analysis, Daniela Marie Schiazza
A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Perceptions in Early Childhood Intervention Partnership, Ruth Schumacher
The Politics and Practicalities of Reentry: A Case Study of the Reentry Environment in a Suburban Community, Carlene Sipma-Dysico
Looked After Or Left Behind: The Effectiveness of Principal Preparation Programs as Perceived by Generation Y Principals, Chandra D. Sledge
Reducing Narcissistic Defensiveness Through the Activation of Belonging, Jennifer Lee Smith
Hidden Treasure: The Epistemology of Love According to Hans Urs on Balthasar, Timothy John Squier
Religious Pluralism and the Catholic Church: Lonergan's Method and the Jacques Dupuis Controversy, Andrea J. Stapleton Berger
Cheerleaders and Performers: Mental Health Courts in a Midwestern State, Monte Staton
Reaping the "Colored Harvest": The Catholic Mission in the American South, Megan Stout Sibbel
Acculturative Stress and Coping Strategies Used by Asian Indians Living in the United States: A Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry, Ritu V. Thaker
Just Like Everyone Else? Locating South Asians in 21st Century American Popular Media, Bhoomi K. Thakore
Binge Alcohol and Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury, Ian Vaagenes
Biases in Children's Cognitive Styles: Investigating Local, Global, and Rule-Based Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typical Development, Sandra Beatriz Vanegas
Prolegomena to Kant's Theory of the Derangement of the Cognitive Faculties, Gisele Velarde La Rosa
The Costumed Catholic: Catholics, Whiteness, and the Movies, 1928 - 1973, Albert William Vogt III
Understanding the Consequences of Interpersonal Confrontation: The Role of Goal Pursuit in Men's Responses to Being Confronted as Sexist, Dana E. Wagner
Hans Urs Von Balthasar and Kenosis: The Pathway to Human Agency, Timothy J. Yoder
Beyond Retention: Exploring Mental Health Benefits of Living Learning Programs, Christopher Zaddach
Particulates Initiate Immune Response Via Inducing Oxidative Stress-Mediated NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation, Zhenyu Zhong
Identity Negotiation of Young Arab Muslim Women Attending College in the United States and France, Danielle Dunand Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Social Cognitive Predictors for Undergraduate College Student's Choice Goals in Math and Science: Understanding the Role of Coping Efficacy, Matthew David Abrams
Elementary School Teachers' Reasons for Staying in Their Current Schools: A Comparison Study, Luzmila Beanira Adrianzen
The Locus of Preparation and Privilege: College Choice and Social Reproduction, Daniel Allen
Perceptions, Attitudes and Acceptability of HIV Testing Among Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in Chicago, Rita Ndidi Amadi
Neighborhood Attachment Among Latinos in Low-Income Communities, Kathleen Bachtell
A Qualitative Exploration of African American Men's Attitudes Toward Marriage, Rabiatu Barrie
Ontology in Emmanuel Levinas's Philosophy, Stacy Carol Bautista
On Eros in Plotinus: Attempt at a Systematic Reconstruction (with a Preliminary Chapter on Plato), Alberto Bertozzi
The Role of Professional Learning Communities in Developing and Using Common Formative Assessments, Diane Gmitro Betts
An Investigation of the Phospholamban-Serca Regulatory Interaction with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Philip Adam Bidwell
Disturbing the Power Equilibrium: How Notions of Private and Public Construct the Lesbian Educator in the American School System, Lillian Petrovich Brandt
Positive Behavior Intervention and Support: An Alternative Approach, Lucy Bridges
Examining Support That Exists for Social and Emotional Program Implementation in Elementary Charter Schools, Angela N. Brooks
The Lord Opened Her Heart: Women, Work, and Leadership in Acts of the Apostles, Teresa Jeanne Calpino
Receptor-Mediated Hypertrophic Signaling Via Protein Kinase D and Histone Deacetylase 5 in Adult Myocytes, Chia-Wei Jenny Chang
Roman Catholic Masculinities: A Korean Roman Catholic Ethical Perspective, Hoon Choi
A Structuralist Controversy: Althusser and Lacan on Ideology, Won Choi
Serine 910 Phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase Is Critical for Costamere Assembly, Miensheng Chu
Superintendent's Perceptions of Adequacy in Illinois School Finance, Mark Alan Cohen
The Crew / of Common Playwrights: Collaboration and Authorial Community in the Early Modern Theater, Lacey Ann Conley
The Systemic Impact of the Implementation of the Response to Intervention Model in Elementary Schools, Annette Robin Cronin
Towards a Multidimensional Model of Adaptation for African American Adolescents Exposed to Racial Discrimination, Jamila Cunningham
The Effects of Curriculum and Social Capital on Post-Secondary Educational Attainment Among Public High School Students: A Multi-Level Analysis, Elisabeth Davis
Yo Hablo Ingles: The Influence of Motivation and Group Cohesion on Learning English in a Workplace Setting, Adam Henry Dehoek
In Search of Resilience and Positive Health Outcomes in Low-Income Adolescents with Asthma, Darla Kim Dewolff
Aliens Found in Waiting: Women of the Ku Klux Klan in Suburban Chicago, 1870-1930, Sarah Elizabeth Doherty
Coping Mechanisms Among Lebanese First-Time College Students, Rita Doumit
Protective Factors Against Intergenerational Conflict in Chinese Immigrant Families: A Pilot Study, Xiaoyan Fan
The Confluence of Attachment Style, Perceived Social Support, and Role Attainment in Women Experiencing Postpartum Mood Disorders, Carrie Jennifer Feig
According to What Nomos: Understanding Romans 2 in Conversation with Diaspora Jewish Conceptions of Nomos, Kyle Fever
Imprisoning Chicago: Incarceration, The Chicago City Council, Prisoners, and Reform, 1832-1915, Susan Marie Garneau
Secondary School Science Department Chairs Leading Change, Julie Ann Gaubatz
Rethinking Nation-Building: A Christian Socio-Ethical and Theo-Political Task for Appropriating the Common Good, Artemus Wlemongar Gaye
Positive Emotions and Immune Respose to Influenza in Medically Stable Older Adults, Maryann J. Gierloff
Perceptions of Middle School Teachers on the Quality of Professional Development, Safurat Anike Giwa
Forebrain Noradrenergic Alterations and Anxiety After Myocardial Infarction, Jaimee Glasgow
Divine Sovereignty, Divine Providence, and Prayer in the Thought of Evagrius Ponticus, Chris Steven Gombos
Compositional Determinants of the Pharmacological Actions of Heparins, Angel Lee Gray-Shah
Liturgical Celebrations with Emotional Expectations in Auxerre, 840-908, Thomas A. Greene
Agnes Nestor: Labor Leader, Politician, and Social Reformer--A Portrait of a Leader, Timothy Michael Grivois-Shah
On the Move: Games and Gaming Figures in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature, Douglas Anthony Guerra
How Adopting Stereotypical Roles May Impact Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young African American College Women, Essie Hall
How Do Secondary Science Teachers Understand and Implement Technological Design in Their Classrooms?, Kathryn H. Heroux
Culturally Responsive Teaching: An Investigation of Effective Practices for African American Learners, Antonia L. Hill
The Courage to Attune: The Promise of the Poetic for Naming the Experience of God in the Context of the Self-Other Relation, Andrea Hollingsworth
Introversion and the Use of Parasocial Interaction to Satisfy Belongingness Needs, Carol Laurent Jarzyna
Risk Perception, Psychological Well-Being, and Health-Promoting Behaviors in Persons Informed of a Coronary Artery Calcium Score, Jennie Elizabeth Johnson
Wet Chicago: Prohibition and the Development of the Informal Alcohol Economy, Brian Doumeth Jolet
Preschool Educators' Perceptions of Practice in Facilitating/modeling Oral Language Acquisition and Development, Nicole Alissa Jones
The Development of Trust in the Nurse-Patient Relationship with Hospitalized Mexican American Patients, Sharon M. Jones
Examining Female Principals That Lead Within the Same Schools That They Once Taught, Erica Michele Jordan
Moral Landscapes: Religion, Secularism, and Symbolic Boundaries, Thomas Jose Josephsohn
Modernism En Vogue: Popular Periodicals and Their Engagement with Modernist Culture, Natalie Kalich
The Relationship Between Infant Crying and Father Well-Being, Leslie Katch
Superintendent Leadership and Student Achievement in Suburban High Schools: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Analysis, Steven Reese Kellner
Acute-To-Home Care Nursing Handoffs: Distributed Cognition Across Patterns of Knowledge, Rosemary Kennedy
An Exploration of Current Practices in Curricular Design of Resident Assistant Training Programs, Virginia Albaneso Koch
Mystery Motivator Calendar: An Interdependent Group Contingency, Variable Ratio, Classroom Intervention, Eva Aleksandra Kowalewicz
