Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
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
Social and Emotional Learning in the Schools: The Effects of WhyTry as An Alternative to Suspension Program, Kathy Kula
Statin-Mediated Attenuation of Chemokine Expression in Peripheral Nerve Vascular Endothelial Cells, Kelly Ann Langert
Effects of Binge Alcohol Exposure on Canonical Wnt Signaling During Fracture Repair, Kristen Leigh Lauing
Shades of Grey: An Exploration of the Student Learning Experience in Diagnostic Radiology Education, Kathleen Linda Linaker
Mothers' Perceptions of Social Work Helpgiving Practices: Implications for the Role of the School Social Worker, Kristina Lind
Romans 1:18-2:11 and the Substructure of Psalm 106(105): Evocations of the Calf?, Alexander James Lucas
Measures of Executive Functioning and Their Relation to Functional Outcomes in a Sample of Youth with Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder (add), Amy Marie Lyons Usher
Crisis Preparedness, Charles Maida
Predictors of Thriving Among Native American Youth, Josef Makatewassi
Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 Signaling and Trafficking, Rohit Malik
Vascular Kv7 (KCNQ) Potassium Channels As Therapeutic Targets in Cerebral Vasospasm, Bharath Kumar Mani
Nietzsche's Theory of Cognition: An Interpretation and Defense of Perspectivism, Justin R. Marquis
Measuring the Impact of a Residential Learning Community on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Art Students in Higher Education, Deborah Katherine Martin
Flowers in Chicago: Counterculture in Chicago in the 1960s, Ronald Martin
Redefining Sisterhood: The New Nuns, Laywomen and Catholic Feminist Activism, 1953-1992, Alexandra Elizabeth Michaelides
A Portrait of Christ the Hero in the Epistle to the Hebrews, Jeremy Miselbrook
The Mystery of God in Situations of Suffering: Toward the Universality of Christ and a Reconstruction of African Identity, Leocretia L. Muganda
Theological Plunderphonics: Public Theology and "the Fragment", William Myatt
Parents' Perceptions of Teenage Pregnancy, Mayra Nava
Educational Leaders Serving Language Minority Students (1965-2001), Jenny Maria Neal
African American Male Student-Athletes: Identity and Academic Performance, Kathryn Mary O'Brien
Neuropsychological Functioning, Parenting Behaviors, and Healthcare Behaviors Among Youth with Spina Bifida, Lauren Kelly O'Hara
The Things That Remain: People, Objects, and Anxiety in Thirties British Fiction, Emily O'Keefe
Transnationalism, Immigration Stress and Subjective Well-Being Among Ecuadorian Immigrants in London, Lucia E. Orellana-Damacela
Constructs of Parenting in Urban Ghana, Molly Pachan
Analysis of Illicit Drugs, Their Metabolites and Other Micropollutants in Water by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Deepika P. Panawennage
Cruel Sorority, Or, Feminizing Enjoyment in American Romance, Carina Dionne Pasquesi
Half-Day and Full-Day Kindergarten: Key Factors That Make a Difference in the Reading Achievement of Struggling Readers Receiving Literacy Intervention, Kari Elaine Pawl
Juvenile Injustice: Disproportionate Minority Contact in Oklahoma's Juvenile Justice System, Patrick M. Polasek
The Role of Cyp33 in MLL Mediated Gene Repression, Steven D. Poppen
The Computer Integration Into the Efl Instruction in Indonesia: An Analysis of Two University Instructors in Integrating Computer Technology Into Elf Instruction to Encourage Students' Language Learning Engagement, Pius Nurwidasa Prihatin
Bullying (1950 - 2010): The Bully and the Bullied, Steven Arthur Provis
The Road to Virtue and the Road to Fortune: The Scottish Enlightenment and the Problem of Individualism in Commercial Society, Sarah Ramirez
Desire and Agency in the Modern Women's Sonnet, Catherine Anne Ramsden
The Differences between Novice and Experienced Public Middle School Principals in the Decision to Remediate a Tenured Teacher, Andrew James Reuland
Image Slavery and Mass Media Pollution: Examining the Sociopolitical Context of Beauty and Self Image in the Lives of Black Women, Jennifer Richardson
Social Cognitive Functioning and Social Competence in Children and Adolescents with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus: Social Cognitive Neuroscience As a Model, Caitlin Reid Roache
Reification and the Closed Mind, Mark D. Rockwell
Serving Through Adversity: Community-Based Nonprofits Negotiating Race, Place, and a State Budget Crisis, 2007-2011, Eilleen Rollerson
Cultural Competence--Does It Matter?: Lessons from a Mixed-Methods Study of Wraparound Practice, Jennifer James Rose
Examining the Transition Experience of Students from Multiage Elementary Programs to Single-Grade Classrooms at the Middle School, Cindy Lynn Ruesch
You Had Me at Helen: The Name Letter Effect in Judgments of Humor, Jenna Ryan
An Exploration of the Experiences of First-Generation College Students in Lasallian Higher Education, Kurt Schackmuth
Internet Support Groups for Parents of Children with Add: An Examination of the Characteristics of Group Members and the Impact of Social Support on Parent Functioning, Kriston B. Schellinger
A Case Study: The Impact of An Immersion Experience on the Vocation of Lay Teacher-Leaders in American Jesuit High Schools, Martin Joseph Schreiber
The Voice of the Negro: African American Radio, WVON, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Chicago, Jennifer Searcy
The Women's Movement and the Development of Family Leave Policies in the United States and Canada, Megan Sholar
Parental Involvement in the Lives of College Students: Impact on Student Independence, Self-Direction, and Critical Thinking, Patrick Thomas Spence
A Qualitative Exploration of the Influence of Racism on Identity Development for African American Adolescent Males, John Corey Steele
The Intersections of Social Activism, Collective Identity, and Artistic Expression in Documentary Filmmaking, John Abraham Stover Iii
Cell Biology of Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells, Mariko Takami
An Exploratory Evaluation of a Culturally Specific Model of Psychological Well-Being for An African American Population, Kyle J. Telander
Intimate Partner Violence As a Risk Factor for PTSD in Female Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Meta-Analysis, Selena Tramayne
The Impact of Involvement in Mortar Board Senior Honor Society on Lifelong Views of Civic Engagement and Leadership, Daniel James Turner
The Effects of Smooth Muscle Cells on Engineered Microvasculatures in Fibrin Hydrogels, Areck A. Ucuzian
Beyond the Hold of Death: The Issues and Concerns of Women Formerly on Death Row in the Philippines, Diana Therese Montejo Veloso
Attitudes and Inclusion: An Examination of Teachers' Attitudes Toward Including Students with Disabilities, Thomas James Walker
If We Could Learn to Learn from Pain: A Contemporary Literary Ethics of Women's Suffering and Self-Sacrifice, Cynthia R. Wallace
Leadership Team Actions That Manifest Collective Autonomy and Their Impact on Student Growth and Curriculum, Brian Keith Wegley
Beyond Utility, Rights, and Care: An Alternative Approach to Global Poverty, Timothy Weidel
Eating Disorders and Health Related Quality of Life: What Residential Treatment Can Do, Robyn Michelle Welk-Richards
An Exploratory Study of Principals' Attitudes Regarding the Provision of Special Education Services Using the Traditional Special Education Model Compared to Using the Response to Intervention Model, Deirdre Marie Williams
