Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Effectiveness of an Inquiry Based Professional Development Program, Lynne Beyah El-Amin Muhammad
Working Together Toward a Common Goal: A Grounded Theory of Nurse-Physician Collaboration, Lori Lynn Fewster-Thuente
Haiti's Troubles: Perspectives From the Theology of Work and From Liberation Theology, Lys Stéphane Florival
Political Activity as Advocacy: Through the Eyes of the Illinois Superintendent, Julie Fogarty
A Phenomenological Study Exploring the Undergraduate Mcnair Program Experience of Program Alumni Currently Serving as College Faculty, Lunaire D. Ford
An Exploratory Study of the Curricular Integration of Ethics in Executive Mba Programs, Jaime M. Franco
The Role of Nogo-A in Memory and Neuronal Plasticity in the Aged Rodent Brain, Rebecca Lynn Gillani
Family Satisfaction, Ethnic Identity, and Subjective Well-Being Among Urban Youth, Kenia Loiret Gomez
Expression and Regulation of Osteopontin in the Diabetic Heart, Abigail Goodman
High School Transfer Student Transitions and Changes: Risk, Success, Failure, and the Vital Role of the Counseling Curriculum, Benjamin M. Grais
How Does Internet Facilitated Communication Impact Teacher and Parent Partnerships?, Mara Paich Grujanac
Hope Is the Ticket to Life: Insights From Disadvantaged African American Youth, Deanna D'amico Guthrie
William G. Spady, Agent of Change: An Oral History, John Anthony Hader
The Principle of Subsidiarity and Catholic Ecclesiology: Implications for the Laity, Kathryn Reyes Hamrlik
Chemoprevention of Familial Melanoma, Vidhya Hariharan
What Books Don't Tell You: Teacher-Eye-View of Universal Design for Learning and the Implementation Process, Marylou Hatley
Molecular Expression of Neuroprotective and Neurodestructive Signaling Systems Following Axotomy-Induced Target Disconnection: Relevance to ALS, Melissa Marie Haulcomb
Empirical Data Mining: Conservation of Nursing Energy and Care Capacity in Medical-Surgical Hospital Work Environments, Ann L. Hendrich
mGluR5 Involvement in Methamphetamine Reward and the Co-Morbidity of Schizophrenia and Stimulant Use Disorders, Amy Anne Herrold
From Classroom to Workplace: Becoming a Social Worker, Sarah Louise Hessenauer
The Seduction of Feminist Theory, Erin Amann Holliday-Karre
Service-Learning and Jesuit Pedagogy: A Critical Analysis, Nichol Elizabeth Hooker
Marx's Concept of the Transcendence of Value Production, Peter Hudis
Contemplation and the Human Animal in the Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, Edyta M. Imai
Justice Across Group Boundaries: Extending Empathy-Motivated Helping to Out-Groups, Elizabeth K. Jacobs
A Case Study of the Effects of a School-Based Wraparound Approach on Students with Behavioral Difficulties, Jennifer Mills James
Riding the Wave of Gentrification: Selected Principals' Perceptions of Gentrification's Impact on Leadership and School Culture, Jose Antonio Jimenez
Considering Care: Infant Teachers, Reflective Function and the Care Environment in Child Care Centers, Cynthia C. Jurie
Rigorous Honesty: A Cultural History of Alcoholics Anonymous 1935-1960, Kevin Kaufmann
Role of Notch Signaling in T Cell Polarization, Shilpa Keerthivasan
The Impact of Treating Major Depression During Pregnancy on the Postpartum Phase, Jamie Kent
Factors Related to the Racial Socialization of Asian American Children, Kimberly Langrehr
Community Assessment of Cardiovascular Health and Risk Among People of Mexican Descent in Berwyn, Illinois, Karen Ann Larimer
The Figure of Adam in Rom 5:12-21 and 1 Cor 15:21-22, 45-49: The New Creation and Its Ethical and Social Reconfigurations, Felipe De J. Legarreta
A History of Programs Implemented by the Chicago Police Department within Chicago Public Schools, Stacy Ann Lewis
A Developmental Model Predicting Adjustment in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Role of Executive Functions, Social Impairment, and Friendship Quality, Rebecca Wasserman Lieb
Personal Beliefs and Public Print: The Influence of Pre-Existing Attitudes and Pretrial Publicity Information on Final Verdicts, Sara Marie Locatelli
Mechanisms of Adenovirus Membrane Permeabilization, Oana Maier
Illinois Administrator's Perception of the Existence and Implementation of School Policies and Practices in Teacher Classroom Supervision in Schools Having Kindergarten to Fifth Grade, Maria Martinez-Valiukenas
The National Council of Teachers of English and Federal Education Policy, 1958-1966, Curtis Mason
The Color(s) of Perfection: The Feminine Body, Beauty Ideals, and Identity in Postwar America, 1945-1970, Elizabeth M. Matelski
High School Teacher Attitudes Toward Implementing Positive Behavior Support Systems, Lauren McArdle
An Investigation of the Relationships of Teacher Professional Development, Teacher Job Satisfaction, and Teacher Working Conditions, Thomas Meagher
Response to Intervention: Staff Perception of the Implementation and Development of a Three-Tier Model of Intervention, Erika L. Millhouse-Pettis
Acts-Hf: Attention, Cognition and Self-Care in Heart Failure, Catherine M. Murks
Filiación-Fraternidad: The Hope of Human Existence in Light of Global Disparity. Exploring the Theological Anthropologies of Karl Rahner and José Ignacio González Faus., Scott M. Myslinski
Perceptions of Mentor Teachers in a Professional Development School, Gertrude Nalumansi
Collecting Culture in the 'Imaginary Musical Museum': General Music Textbooks 1971 - 2005, Corinne Ness
To Advance a Race: A Historical Analysis of the Intersection of Personal Belief, Industrial Philanthropy and Black Liberal Arts Higher Education in Fayette McKenzie's Presidency at Fisk University, 1915-1925, Christopher Nicholson
Education Language Policy Process in Multilingual Societies: Global Visions and Local Agendas in India, Nigeria and Unesco, Desmond I. Odugu
The Synthesis and Host-Guest Applications of Synthetic Receptor Molecules, Zachary Richard Osner
The Destructive Nature of Suffering and the Liturgical Refashioning of the Person, Jesse Perillo
Serotonin 1A Receptor Signaling in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus of the Peripubertal Rat, Maureen Lynn Petrunich Rutherford
A Case Study: Understanding the Bridges Program Through the Lens of Stakeholders, Marion Elizabeth Platt
Neuroendocrine Consequences of Binge Alcohol Exposure During Peri-Puberty on Functioning of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis, Magdalena Malgorzata Przybycien-Szymanska
Doing History in the Adirondacks: Interpreting the Park, the People, and the Landscape, Maria F. Reynolds
The Effectiveness of Isolation Timeouts for Students with Severe Emotional Disabilities Attending a Therapeutic Day School, Kathryn Thomas Ridgley Frampton
The Specific Role of the MLL CXXC Domain in MLL Fusion Protein Function, Laurie Ellen Risner
Mechanism for Pre-B Cell Loss in Mutant Ali/Ali Rabbits, Gregory Robert Robbins
Black Club Women's Purposes for Establishing Kindergartens in the Progressive Era, 1890-1910, Jean Marie Robbins
The Holy Ghost Beyond the Church Walls: Latino Pentecostalism(s), Congregations, and Civic Engagement, Norman Eli Ruano
The Impact of Using Formative Assessment Attributes in Daily Instruction on Student Affect, Joshua William Ruland
Moving to the Level of Representation to Explain Variations in Family Child Care Provider Sensitivity and the Effectiveness of Child-Related Training, Diana Davidson Schaack
Comics and Conflict: War and Patriotically Themed Comics in American Cultural History From World War Ii Through the Iraq War, Cord A. Scott
Collateral Damage: The De-Americanization of Muslim Americans After 9/11, Saher Farooq Selod
Spirituality and Physical Health: Identifying Possible Mediators Utilizing the Quadripartite Framework of Spirituality, Meghanne Reilly Sennott
Effects of Electrical Stimulation and Testosterone in Translational Models of Facial Nerve Injury, Nijee Sharma
Abstention to Consumption: The Development of American Vegetarianism, 1817-1917, Adam Daniel Shprintzen
Cofactors in Coronavirus Entry, Ana Shulla
Role of Non-Coding RNA NC4 in MLL and CYP33 Mediated Regulation of HOXC8, Jessica Arvindbhai Solanki
Being and Becoming a U.S. Iraq War Veteran: An Exploration of the Social Construction of an Emerging Identity, Anna Stachyra
Professional and Personal Lives of Psychologists: Spillover, Family Functioning, and Life Satsiafction, Pedja Stevanovic
Exploring Justice for Crime Victims: Characteristics and Contexts of Crime Victims' Experiences with the Criminal Justice System, Phillip James Stevenson
Teachers' Perspectives on Race and Gender: Strategic Intersectionality and the Countervailing Effects of Privilege, Laurie Cooper Stoll
Parental Perceptions of the Diagnosis Process of Their Young Child with Special Needs, Sue Stolzer
Globalizing Kenyan Culture: Jua Kali & the Transformation of Contemporary Kenyan Art: 1960-2010, Margaretta H. Swigert
Three Instances of Western Colonial Governments and Christian Missions in Cameroon Education: 1884-1961, Asenju Callistus Tamanji
Positive Peers: Exploring How and Why to Incorporate Peers Into HIV Prevention Services, Allison Tan
Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: Discourse Ethics and Amnesty for Undocumented Immigration, Kyle Thomsen
Sibling Suicide in Indo-American Families: Acculturation, Acculturative Stress, and Family Relationships, Suresh Unni
Spiritual Care in Advanced Practice Nursing, Barbara Baele Vincensi
Religion, Science, and the Conscious Self: Bio-Psychological Explanation and the Debate Between Dualism and Naturalism, Paul J. Voelker
Pax Ecclesia: Globalization and Catholic Literary Modernism, Christopher Wachal
Trilectic of Testimony: A Phenomenological Construal of the Eucharist as Manifestation-Proclamation-Attestation, Donald Lee Wallenfang
Negotiating the Boundaries of Mental Health and Illness: A Study of Recovery in Permanent Supportive Housing, Dennis P. Watson
Bystander Behavior: Understanding Undergraduate Male Involvement in Dangerous Drinking Situations, Christopher Allen Waugh
Post-Correctional Education Interventions: A Phenomenological Case Study of Empowerment Education Curriculum for Formerly Incarcerated African American Males, Rolanda Jean West
The Role of SDF1/CXCR4 Signaling in Opioid-Induced Hypernociception, Natalie Wilson
On the Needs of Human Persons, Gregory Wolcott
Repression of Protein Kinase C Delta in Human Squamous Cell Carcinomas by Ras, Fyn and NF-Kappa B Signaling, Vipin Yadav
Autonomy Through Social Skill Development: A Camp Intervention for Young People with Spina Bifida, Lauren Nicole Zurenda
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Perceptions of Care: Self Reflections of Women Teachers of African Descent Who Teach in Urban Settings, Elizabeth A. Abioro
Agape and Personal Knowledge, Peter Eric Bergeron
Digging Below the Demographic Level: Examining the Effects of Internalized Racial and Social Attitudes on White Physicians-In-Training Self-Reported Cross Cultural Competency, Sha'kema Maigre't Blackmon
