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Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Reconstructing the Kantian Ends of Reason: Holiness Analytically Entailing Beatitude in an Eternal Highest Good, Anthony Gudwien

Dungeons & Dragons & Dewey: Toward a Ludic Pedagogy of Democratic Civic Life Through the Philosophy of John Dewey and Tabletop Role-Playing Games, Susan Haarman

Artapanus and Greek Colonial Poetics, Scott Harris

Role of Micrornas in Intestinal Inflammation and Barrier Homeostasis after Alcohol and Burn Injury, Caroline J. Herrnreiter

Peer Culture of Block Play in an Early Childhood Classroom, Missi Jacobson

Using Natural Language Processing to Evaluate Electronic Health Records of Patients with Ovarian Cancer for Documentation of Goals of Care, Hillarie Elizabeth Joehl

Cancer Survivor Empowerment Through Patient-Reported Outcomes, Mary Patricia Johnston

Role of Ripk3 in the Pathogenesis of TET2 Mutant Hematopoietic Malignancies, Kanak Joshi

Comparative Analysis of Classification Performance for U.S. College Enrollment Predictive Modeling Using Four Machine Learning Algorithms (Artificial Neural Network, Decision Tree, Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression), Anna Kye

Past and Progress: Producing History at Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair, Cate Liabraaten

The Importance of Caregivers, Family, and Context for Child Welfare Involved Youth and a National Child Sample: A Structural Equation Modeling Perspective, Nathan Michael Lutz

Key Stakeholders' Perceptions of Stem Education in Zambia: A Mixed Methods Inquiry, Choobe M. Maambo

Environments of War: The Pacific Northwest and the Waging of World War Ii, Katherine L. Macica

What’s Medical School Got to Do with It?: Health Professionals and Medical Education in Maternal Health Disparities, Skky Martin

Creative Disobedience: Dorothee Sölle's Political Theology and Ethics for U.S. Christian Contexts, Dannis Matteson

Ethnic-Racial Socialization Practices of Dominican Mothers with Their Young Children: Understanding Practices with a Sociohistorical Context Framework, Sabrina Altagracia Mendez-Escobar

None of Us Are Safe: How Leaders Sustain Culturally Responsive Elementary and Middle School Improvement Planning, Jerry B. Michel

The Forgotten Minority—the Experiences of Somali-Jareer Bantu Students in Higher Education: “I Don’t Even Exist at This Institution. I’m Barely Recognized as a Human Being”., Arli Mohamed

Lung Resident Memory B Cells Maintain Allergic IgE Responses in the Respiratory Tract, Alexander James Nelson

Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: How Millennial Black Women Teachers Navigate K-12 Educational Spaces, Janese L. Nolan

The Value of Engagement: Examining the Relationship between LGBTQ+ Student Involvement & Alumni Engagement, Jonathan J. Okstad

Barriers and Facilitators to Library Social Work Practice in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Study, Margaret Ann Paauw

Examining the Bidirectional Associations between Parenting and Adolescent Coping in the Context of Exposure to Community Violence, Jenny Phan

Quantifying Non-Muscle Myosin 2 Filament Dynamics, Melissa Ann Quintanilla

Establishing a Health-Based Social Hierarchy, Akila Salaam Raoul

Measuring the Effect of an Intervention on Student Engagement and Reading Comprehension, Kaitlin Reichart

Elucidating the Role of a Staphylococcal Glucosaminidase in Host Innate Immune Responses, Zachary Resko

The Ethics of Advance Care Planning, Ciaran Folliard Rhys

Institutional Experiences of Justice-Involved Adolescents: Profiles, Predictors, and Post-Release Associations, Elizabeth Sargent

Higher Education, Neoliberalism, and Conflict: A Case of the University of Balochistan in Pakistan, Syed Amir Shah

Characterization of MroQ-Dependent Regulation of Staphylococcus Aureus Quorum Sensing, Madison Ruth Stock

Interactions of Lewis Acids and Carbonyls in the Presence of Ligands Or Additives: How Solution Behavior Differs and the Implication on Catalytic Systems, Sophi Rose Todtz

A Descriptive Exploration of Quality and Opportunities in Outdoor Urban Play Spaces: The Case of Chicago Public Schools, Katherine Anne Varey

The Effectiveness of a Camp-Based Intervention to Promote Health-Related and Social Functioning in First Time Campers with Spina Bifida, Elicia C. Wartman

Parenting and Psychosocial Functioning in Youth with Spina Bifida: Making Connections with Other CNS-Related Chronic Health Conditions, Adrien M. Winning

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Investigating the Bactericidal Activity of Lactobacillus Crispatus Cell-Free-Supernatant, Omar Majed Abdul-Rahim

Supporting Latine Children’s Informal Engineering Learning and Spatial Thinking Through Tinkering and Storytelling, Diana Acosta

Broaching the Topics of Religion and Spirituality in Therapy: Considering the Influence of Therapist Competence and Organizational Competence, Papa N. Adams

The Impact of Democratically Elected Islamist Governments on the Implementation of Foreign Policy: Cases of Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, Taghreed Alsabeh

Detrimental Influences: Chicago and the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, 1933-1940, Matthew Amyx

Maternal-Fetal Attachment and Its Relationship to Quality of Life in Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Cheryl Ann Angel

Facing the Mass Exodus: Reconsidering the Moral Responsibilities for and Obligations Toward Large Numbers of Refugees in an Age of Global Crises, Muhammet Ali Asil

The New Temporary Labor: Regulating the Gig Economy in Austin, Chicago and New York, Ashley Baber

Communicating Student Outcomes: A Mixed Methods Study of Communication Effectiveness, Nicholas Branson

B Cells in the Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT), Ameera Bukhari

Structural and Transient Kinetic Analysis on Mechanism-Based Inactivators of Human Ornithine Aminotransferase, Arseniy Butrin

An Ethics of Doctrinal Emergence: Reading Newman with Augustine and Contemporary Information Theory, Jeffrey John Campbell

Toward an Eco-Cosmopolitanism: Wendell Berry and Ecowomanism in Conversation, Wade Casey

Schooled to the Streets? Exploring the Relationship between K-12 Educational Experiences and Early Careers in Activism, David Abraham Castro

Distinct Roles for Free Fatty Acid Receptor 3 (FFAR3) in Vagal and Spinal Afferents Regulating Energy Balance and Glucose Homeostasis, Tyler M. Cook

International Student Mobility and Migration: Policy Pervasion and the Student Experience, Max Crumley-Effinger

The Role of Lived Experiences in Culturally Responsive School Leaders’ Administrations: A Phenomenological Case Study, Angela Dolezal

An Interpretive Phenomenological Study of Women’s Struggles, Hopes and Reasons for Participation in Professional Power-Based Community Organizing in Chicago, Mary Dungy-Akenji

Reclaiming the Patria: Sinarquismo in the United States, 1936-1966, Nathan Ellstrand

Influences of Child and Caregiver-Directed Home Visitor Behaviors on Caregiver Engagement and Caregiver-Child Interactions, Mary Kienstra Frese

Knowledge and Political Interest: Politico-Epistemic Injustice in the United States Under Capitalist Democracy, Philipa Friedman

Therapist Broaching Behavior in Cross-Racial Therapy: Exploring Affective Responses to Racism and Cultural Humility as Predictors, Sarah C. Galvin

Understanding Teacher Reported Experiences of Trauma Professional Development/Training, Mayra Alejandra Gaona

Molecular Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress-Induced Corneal Damage and the Use of Antioxidants and Therapeutics, Anita Kirti Ghosh

The Impact of Peer Supportive Accountability on Use of a Mindfulness App in Depressed College Students: A Mixed Methods Study, Carol Hundert Gonzales

Does Co-Speech Gesture Support Children’s Analogical Reasoning? An Investigation Into the Differential Effects of Gesture on Learning, Katharine F. Guarino

A Transformative Framework to Investigate the Influences of Chineseness on Chinese International Students’ Learning Experiences on U.S. College Campuses, Wenjin Guo

The Role of Gut Microbiome and SCFA Butyrate in the Development of Obesity Associated Pre-HFpEF, Jomana Hatahet

Impact of Parent Presence on Stress in Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Susan M. Horner

A Past Not Present: Memory, Christianity, and Indian Removal Mission Sites in the Great Lakes and the South, Sean Thomas Jacobson

Investigation of Carbon Dioxide Oxidation Reaction Pathways on Rh(111) Via Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy (rairs), Elizabeth A. Jamka

Understanding the Process of Health Goal Achievement among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Chicago: An Exploratory Qualitative Study, Anthony Johnson

Individual Differences and Neural Correlates of Emotion Reactivity and Regulation: Potential Intervention Targets in Depression, Ian James Kahrilas

A Phenomenological Study of Catholic Priests Working and Headteachers in Government - Funded Catholic Secondary Schools, Joseph Kaye

Burnout, Collective Efficacy, and the Social Network of a Unit, Amy Kiefer

Rhodium-Catalyzed Decarbonylation of Aroyl Chlorides, Wiktoria M. Koza

Imagining Otherwise: Designing and Implementing a High School Writing Center, Sheldon Cale Krieger

The Emotional Side of Dynamic Assessment: L2 Writing from Vygotsky's Perezhivanie Lens, Ali Kushki

On the Uses and Misuses of Interpretive Charity in Philosophy, Claire Abbott Lockard

Elucidating the Role of KMT2D in HER2+ Breast Cancer, Emily Ma

ABL2 Promotes Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease via PPAR Gamma Regulation, Gregory Malnassy

Soul as Paraphrase: The Formalism and Minority of Prayer, Kimberly Matheson

Deep Deification: Soteriology for a World in Ecological Crisis, Kathleen Mcnutt

Las Chingonas: An Ecological Approach to Latina Student Mothers’ Journey Through College, Emely Elizabeth Medina-Rodriguez

A Comparison of Education in Post-Revolutionary Mexico and Post-Independence India, Yver Alonso Melchor-Hernandez

Resisting a Political Ontology of Threat by Embracing Stories of Survivance Through Storytelling, Conversation, and Joy: An Intimate Insight Into the Lives of Undocumented Students, Julia F. Mendes

Defending Gender: Transprejudice as Gender System Maintenance, Linas Mitchell

The Souls of Black Folks in the Twenty-First Century: Self-Efficacy, Grit, and Their Development in Low-Income Urban Black Youth, Amzie Moore

Cultivating Teacher Expertise in the Landscape of Green Chemistry: The Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Beyond Benign’s Lead Teacher Program, Philip Charles Nahlik

Unlocking Desistance: The Role of Executive Functioning in the Rehabilitation of Correctional Populations, Danielle Nesi

The Roles of a Probiotic Exopolysaccharide in Breast Cancer, Mai Rachel Nguyen

Consistency of Sleep Across Development and Relations to Executive Functions; Applications to Emerging Adults Transitioning to College and Adolescents with Spina Bifida, Laura Nicholson

A Longitudinal Study of Pain in Youth and Young Adults with Spina Bifida: Three Studies Based on the Bio-Neuropsychosocial Model, Diana Margaret Ohanian

Pupils of the Pipeline: Exploring the Role of School Discipline and Disciplinary Actors on Adolescent Psychosocial Functioning, Ogechi Onyeka

Assessing Nursing Student Engagement in Clinical and Simulation Experiences, Karrie Osborne

Constructing Engineering Knowledge Through Tinkering, Reflection, and Digital Storytelling, Lauren C. Pagano

White Enigma: Opacity, Perspective, and the Theological Formation of White Subjectivity, Nathan David Pederson

Teaching Presence in Online Discussions: Relationship-Based Learning by Design, Mary Quest

Measuring What They Value: Exploring the Meaning of Student Success for Community College Students of Mexican Origin, Destiny M. Quintero

Leveraging Moral Foundations to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination, Cara Elizabeth Ray

Effectiveness of a Virtual Learning Environment on Pediatric Students’ Knowledge, Self-Confidence and Satisfaction with Learning Growth and Development Concepts, Laura Marie Robbins-Frank

Things of Beauty: Aesthetics for Environmental Education, Annie Schultz

Things of Beauty: Aesthetics for Environmental Education, Annie Schultz

School Leaders’ Assessment of Teachers’ Preparedness for Culturally Responsive Teaching, Victoria Maria Siliunas

Changes in Teacher Pedagogy and Student Engagement in Elementary 1:1 Classrooms, Adam Douglas Smeets