Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
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
Radicis: Ideology, Argument, and Composition Courses in American Colleges, Donovan Sean Braud
From Trial to Triumph: Representations of African Americans in Museum Exhibits, Derrick Brooms
Uncommon Sense in Renaissance English Literature, Eric Byville
An Historical Analysis of the Chicago Public Schools Policy on the Requirements for the Selection of Principals, 1983-2008, Siobhan Marie Cafferty
Phospholipase D Signaling in T Cells, Uma Chandrasekaran
Developmental Characterization of Cara Mitad: A Drosophila Nuclear Receptor Co-Regulator, Chhavi Chauhan
Transcultural Psychotherapy: Clinical Issues in Working with Korean Immigrant Women, Kyung-Mee Choi
The Impact of Social Stigma on the Therapeutic Relationship for Latino Clinicians: The Elephant in the Room?, Mauricio Jose Cifuentes
Polyomavirus Enhancer Activator 3 (PEA3), a Member of the Ets Family of Transcription Factors, Is a Transcriptional Activator of Notch-1 and Notch-4 in Breast Cancer: An Opportunity for Novel Combinational Therapy, Anthony George Clementz
Coronavirus Replicase Proteins: Multifunctional Mediators of Replication and Innate Immunity Evasion, Mark Anthony Clementz
Sea-Cards for the Impetuous Muse: A Reading of Shaftesbury's Characteristicks, Travis Sean Cook
Towards a New Measure of Playfulness: The Capacity to Fully and Freely Engage in Play, Rebecca Cornelli Sanderson
The Effects of Uncontrollable Stress on Subjective Well-Being and Coping Behavior in Urban Adolescents, Laura Darr Coyle
How Counseling Helps: An In-Depth Look at Domestic Violence Counseling, Sonya V. Crabtree-Nelson
Internet Advocacy Support for Families of Children with Emotional Difficulties, Maureen Elizabeth Curtin
Lysine Specific Demethylase-1 and the Brahma Chromatin Remodeling Complex Regulate Conserved Signaling Pathways During Drosophila Wing Development, Brenda Jean Curtis
The Caller and the Called: How Young Adults Understand Vocation in Their Lives, John A. Dahlstrand
Moral Distress and Avoidance Behavior in Nurses Working in Critical Care and Non-Critical Care Units, Mary Jo De Villers
Uncovering Medical and Mental Health Professionals' Decision-Making in the Treatment of Trans-Variant Patients, Jodie M. Dewey
The Effect of Plea Bargaining Vs. Trial Conviction on the Sentencing of Offenders Charged with a Drug Offense in Cook County, Illinois, Joseph George Dusek
Psychosocial Development, Well-Being, and Internalizing Symptoms During Emerging Adulthood: An Examination of Mediating and Moderating Factors, Jennifer Paley Edidin
The Role of IGF-1 and Notch Signaling in Thoracic Malignancies., Sandra Eliasz
In the Margins: Thresholds of Text and Identity in U.S.-Mexico Border Literature, Allison E. Fagan
School Factors That Promote Academic Resilience in Urban Latino High School Students, Christine Michelle Fallon
Components of Religious Beliefs, Religious Maturity, and Religious History as Predictors of Proscribed and Non-Proscribed Explicit and Implicit Prejudices, Luke Fiedorowicz
Visitors Pass: The Story of a Group of Pakistani Immigrant Students at Sawyer High School, Melissa Gersh Fischer
Storied Memories: Memory as Resistance in Contemporary Women's Literature, Sarah Katherine Foust Vinson
Elementary School Counselors' Perception of Their Role and Function as Case Managers in Chicago Public Schools, Debra J. Franklin
Ten Cents a Dance: Taxi Dancers, a Living Wage, and the Sexual Politics of Women's Work, 1912-1952, Angela I. Fritz
Humanity in the Balance: The Relationship Between the Moral Law and the Promotion of the Moral World in Kant's Ethics, John J. Garcia
The Role of Institutional Relations with Alumni Major Donors in Evangelical Higher Education, Brian Gardner
Proactive Disciplinary Consequences in Three Illinois High Schools, Sara Golomb
From Subject to Citizen: Tarleton Bates and Evolution of Republican Man on the Pennsylvania Frontier, Leo Jon Grogan
Notch Signaling Is Important in the Survival, Proliferation, and Self-Renewal of the Putative Breast Cancer Stem Cell Population, Peter Grudzien
Exploring the Relationship Between Teacher Personality Traits and Teachers' Attitudes and Practices Towards Family-School Partnerships, Anna Rawlings Hamilton
Immigrant Stories: Generation 1.5 Mexican American Students and English Language Learning in an Illinois Community College, Thomas Lloyd Hansen
Joy as Attunement and End in the Philosophies of Martin Heidegger and Henri Bergson, Justin Albert Harrison
The Practice and Meaning of Communitarian Spirituality in the Focolare Movement, Nori Henk
Turmoil, Tirades and Transformation: The Wars for the National History Standards 1991-2004, Phyllis Margaret Henry
Understanding the Relationship Between Social Resources and Levels of Parent Involvement in Illinois Early Childhood Programs: A Program-Level Perspective, Aimee Victoria Hilado
Exploring the Use of Suspension in High School Codes of Conduct for Mild, Moderate, and Severe Behaviors, Amy Beth Horwitz
Exploring the Relationship Between Work, Family and Religion Among Clergy Families, Lenore Johnson
Neuropsychological Assessment of Executive Functioning and Its Association with Depressive Symptomology, Erica Jean Kalkut
Ethanol Impairs Mechanisms of Macrophage Phagocytosis and Cytokine Production, John Karavitis
Factors of Body Image Dissatisfaction Among High School Female Athletes, Trisha Margaret Karr
A Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Improve Social Competence in Early Childhood, Adam Steven Kennedy
Corporations as Group Agents / Responsible Collectives in Theory and in Practice, Kathryn Real King
Development and Validation of the Workplace Intergenerational Atmosphere Scale, Scott P. King
Trauma, Dissociation, and Traumatic Stress at a Trauma Center Serving Low-Income Children and Adolescents, Krista Kohl
First-Year College Students and Faculty: A Comparison of Expectations for Success, Jodi Ellen Koslow Martin
