Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Ultramodern Racism: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Impact of Anti-Crt Legislation on Us History Curriculums, Amelia Gernand
The Influence of Defects: Oxidation of Non-Planar Transition Metal Model Catalysts, Maxwell Gillum
The Meaning of Mission at a Catholic, Liberal Arts College, Ashley Nora Gisiger
Situational safety: exploring the relationship of environmental change & sense of belonging for GSM students in academic-required internships, Nancy Goldberger
Special Education Disproportionality in Illinois: What Are We Doing?, Kaelyn Chanel Green
Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits in African Ancestries Across Diverse Environments, Isadore Gregga
Perverse Convergences: Aelred of Rievaulx and the Queerness of Waiting, Zaccary A. Haney
Investigating the Mechanism of Resistance to IDO1 Enzyme Inhibitor Treatment in Human Glioblastoma, Kyla Shivakumar Hatton
Investigating the Proviral and Immunogenic Effects of Sars-Cov-2 Accessory Protein 7A, Grant Michael Hawkins
What Makes a Teacher a Teacher: A Philosophical Approach Aligned with Plato, Sojung Kim Hinterkopf
The Hitching Post: American Poetry and Chinese Mythology, Xiamara Elena Hohman
Anti-Inflamatory Mechansim of Bacillus Subtilis Derirved Exopolysaccharide, ADRIAN TAYLOR IBARRA
Give People Money: The Effect of Perceived inequality in Everyday Life and Previous Cash-Transfer Programs on Support for Universal Basic income, David Thomas Igliozzi
Characterizing Niche Specialization in Staphylococcus Epidermidis, Sandra Jablonsk
"I'm Not Having Fun Anymore": A Qualitative Analysis of Gender and Harassment in Bars and Clubs, Phoebe Marie Jackson
Insights into Female Urinary Microbiota through Long-Read 16S rRNA Sequencing, Jerrin John
Structure, Function, and Therapeutic Potential of PLP-Dependent Macromolecules: Case Studies on Bacillus subtilis GabR and Human GABA Aminotransferase, Nicholas Eugene Kaley
Characterizing the Role of the FAK-HIF1a-CTGF Axis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Claudia Rose Keating
Enzymatic Characterization of Bacterial Enzymes and Inhibitors as Potential Antibiotics with New Mechanisms of Action, Emma Helene Kelley
A “Scary Time” to be a Man? Comparing Men’s Engagement with Anti-Sexual Violence Discourses in the Private and Public Sphere, Melissa A. Kinsella
Interactions between Microplastics, Biofilms, and Antimicrobials in Freshwater Streams, Ryan Thomas Krantz
Let-7I Mirna Antagomir as a Novel Adjuvant Intervention for the Treatment of Ischemic Stroke, Vignesh Raghu Krishnamoorthy
In Living Memory: Curatorial Perspectives of Jewish Heritage in Holocaust Public Histories, Hannah M. Lahti
“Buying Time or Doing Harm?”: Tracing Contestation and Consensus in Debates on Puberty Blockers for Trans Youth, Dana R. LaVergne
Understanding Intraminority Collective Action: The Role of Salient Discrimination and Outgroup Identification, Tatum Leclair
Like Teacher, Like Student: An Exploration of Racial Matching on Black Student Identity Development in Secondary Education, Crystal Gloria Lennix
Does the Value Last? Exploring the Longitudinal Value of a Research Experience for Preservice Science Teachers, Elizabeth A. Leong
Modernism’s Mythic Mothers: Queering Motherhood Through Classical Matrilineage, Samantha Marie Lepak
Discerning the Role of Microtubule Acetylation During HIV-1 Infection, Drew Michael Lichon
Examining Pyroptosis in Neutrophil-Like Differentiated Hl-60 Cells, Jared Long
"The Divine Light Illuminates The Intellect:" The Role of Divine Illumination in The Theology of Meister Eckhart, John Marshall Loving
Refinement of Megakaryocyte Lineage Commitment in Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells During Postnatal and Adult Hematopoiesis, Ryan Michael Mack
M/other Your Politics, a Praxis for the Next Iterations of Humanity, Shelley Maddox
Creating a Positive Social-Emotional Learning Environment for Transgender Students: A Post-Pandemic Participatory Action Research, Mark Christopher Maranto
Plastic Mediated Photolysis of Emerging Contaminants in Aqueous Solutions, Xiolmara Martinez
Tu Casa No es Mi Casa: Decolonizing Educational Practices by Accounting for the Experience of Latinx Non-Citizen Permanent Resident College Students, Daniel Francisco Matamoros Viquez
Thienopyrimidine-Based Estrogen Receptor Degraders Adopt Unique Ligand Binding Poses to Elicit Anti-Proliferative Activities in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Cells, Sofia Lucia Mateus
Forgive as We are Forgiven: Reframing a Trinitarian Model of Forgiveness in a Post-Genocide Rwanda, Deogratias Mbonyumugenzi
Analyzing the Population Structure of the Rhizobia Associated with Astragalus Lentiginosus, Joshua Adam Melnick
Exploring Latinx Students' Experience With School Connectedness: A Hybrid Thematic Approach to Deductive and Inductive Analysis, Maria Olivia Mendez
Bilingual Latinx Adolescents Experiences in a Predominantly White Institution: A Mixed Method Study, Danieli Marie Mercado Ramos
Statistical Approaches in Evolutionary Biology: Using Threespine Stickleback Fish to Test Fisher's Geometric Model and Evaluate Methods for Handling Missing Data, Aaron Mathew Myrold
Fear of Victimization, Trust, Security, and Public Spaces in Guatemala, Keyla Navarrete
Evaluation of Bacteriophage Infection of Enterococcus faecalis in a Monolayer, Alexandria Osborn
“The Wonderful Swiftness of the Soul”: Mental Movement and Religious Ethics in Medieval English Literature, Abigail Palmisano
Maternal Access for Depression in Rural Environments, Simone Parlier
Refining cross-population polygenic risk scores across diverse populations, Mansi Patel
Exploring General Education Teachers' Awareness of Ableism in Elementary School, Hana Elizabeth Polachek
Teaching and Learning with Feeling: A Qualitative Case Study of Teacher Candidates’ Experiences with Socio-Emotional Learning, Anna Melinda Press
Capturing Diverse Adolescents’ Social Contexts: The Development of an Ethnic-Racial Microaffirmations Scale for Peer Interactions, Maria Radulescu
Anxiety Symptoms Are Distinctly Related to Working Memory Deficits in Adults with ADHD, Andrew Asa Rauch
Understanding Middle Managers in Community Colleges, Mason Salazar
Development of a Humanized SCFV Antibody: Step Towards Treatment of Neuropathic Pain, Gurpreet Sandhu
The Impact of Substrate Structure and Catalyst Identity on the Lewis-Acid Catalyzed Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis Reaction, Cory William Schneider
Intracellular Persistence of Cytotoxic Strains of P. Aeruginosa Isolates Is Enabled by Bistable Expression of the Type Three Secretion System, Gustavo Serrato
Decoding the Origins of Infection: A Machine Learning Framework, Nirupama G. Shanbhag
Examining the Current Utilization of Conceptual Data Modeling in Database Modeling Practices: Mixed Methods Research, Abhishek Sharma
Keep It in Your Pants: How Sexual Regulation Becomes Identity Regulation, Madelyn Shoemaker
Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor 1: Implications for Precision Medicine and Rett Syndrome Therapeutics, Mackenzie Smith
Development of Novel Force Fields for Metal Ions, Madelyn Smith
The Bacterial Sensing Nuclear-Oligomerization Domain 2 Receptor in the Brain: Location and Potential Function, Julia Smyth
Assessment of Relationships Between Quality and Staffing in the Ambulatory Care Environment, Rachel E. Start
Reconceptualizing Christian Nationalism, Robert Stevenson
Ethnicity through Education: An Analysis of the Influence of Formal Education on Ethnicity in Garo Hills, Samirkumar Benedict Talati
Mirrors and Windows: Exploring Queer Identity Representation in Graduate Curriculum, Brody C. Tate
Can We All Get Along? Assessing Interdisciplinary Collaborations at a School of Health Sciences, Merly Thomas
Critical Philosophy, Crisis, and Joy: A Theory and Praxis, Maria Rebecca Valeriano-Flores
Effectiveness of a Classroom-Based Stress Awareness and Coping Skills Program Among Adolescents from Diverse Backgrounds, Adriane Van Zwoll
Effects of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and the Fungicide Azoxystrobin Additions on Larval and Post-Metamorphic Fitness of American Toads (Anaxyrus Americanus), Michael Vosburgh
Polycystin-2 Is Cardioprotective Against Myocardial Infarction by Regulating the Calcium-Mediated Er-Stress Response, Virdjinija Vuchkovska
Cyclical Matters: Black Labor, Temporality, and the Incomplete Reconstructions within African American Literature, Courtney Walton
Intital Characterization of Phosducin-Like Protein 3 in the Malaria Vector Anopheles Stephensi, Samantha Rose Webster
The Role of Social Support on Discrimination and Planned Retirement, Diane Williams
School Psychologists’ Experiences and Roles in Trauma-Informed Practices, Taylor Williamson
Apocalyptic Masculinity: Messiahs, Monsters, and Men Out of Time, Megan Wines
Voices of Chinese American Emerging Adults: Complex Racial Identities, Family Dynamics, and Mental Health Experiences, Maxwell Lou Xu
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase 4 Mediates Sex Specific Outcomes in Sepsis Induced Cardiomyopathy, John Yap
Role of Coronavirus Envelope Protein on Infectivity, Garrett E. Zaagman
The Beloved Disciple in Performance, Eric Christian Zito
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Development of Dyes for Photocatalysis and Biological Sensing, Sara Abuhadba
Daring Dames and Dirty Deeds: Chicago Burlesque, Drag, and Censorship Politics, 1850-1980, Lucas Andrew Bensley
Jesus, the Temple, and Early Christian Memory, Scott K. Brevard
The Impact of Risk and Trust on Confrontations of Sexism: The Role of Goals, Emily H. Budde
Diagnosing Silent Forgiveness at the Dialogical Limit in Endō Shūsaku’s Novel Silence, Catherine Buescher
Racialization’s Influence on African American Male University Attrition: Is it Culture Shock or Is There More to the Story, Joseph M. Butler
Racializing Digital Campus Spaces: A Critical Phenomenological Approach to Understanding (Re)Production Of Whiteness in Digital Campus Ecology, Victoria Elizabeth Callais
One Tiger, Many Lions: Uneven Adoption of China's Political and Economic Investment Among Democracies in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tommy Callan
In Pursuit of Racial Equity: The Role of Women Presidents and Senior Leadership Teams in Higher Education, Lisa Castillo Richmond
The Undocu-Competence of College and University Websites: A Lonestar State Analysis, Karina Castro-Pavon
Clinical Social Workers, Telemental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Juli Chaffee
A DACA Initiative: Transformative Organizational Change at the School of Medicine, Cynthia Chaidez
