Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
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
“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
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
Assessment of Relationships Between Quality and Staffing in the Ambulatory Care Environment, Rachel E. Start
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
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
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
Factors Impacting the Empirical Identification of the Bifactor IRT Model of Rating Data, Wenya Chen
Disambiguation of Aerococcus Urinae Species Diversity, Brian Ian Choi
Exploring the Incumbent Early Childhood Workforce as Teachers Who Student and Students Who Teach: A Phenomenological Study, Kate Maxine Connor
Characterization of the Glyoxal Response in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Christopher James Corcoran
Controlling the Skies: Leveraging Airspace as a Foreign Policy Tool, Samantha Costas
The Climate-Conflict Nexus: Urban Migration and Methodological Innovations, Elisa D'Amico
Multiracial Congregations: Transformative or Status Quo?, Michelle Dodson
Understanding Dual Language Teachers' Language Ideologies Using Translanguaging Theory and Pedagogy: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Joseph P. Elliott
Elucidating the Underlying Mechanisms Polyamines Play on Coxsackievirus B3 Infection, Mason Richard Firpo
Identifying and Characterizing Cognitive Profiles in Midlife Females: A Latent Profile Analysis, Hannah Hagy
Warm Bodies, Strong Attachments, and the Search for Better Bonds: The Politics of Human-Animal Entanglements In U.S. Fiction and Media, John Charles Hawkins
Elucidating Enterococcal Mechanisms Underlying Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections, Baylie Hochstedler-Kramer
Resiliency and Positive Childhood Experiences: Implications for Black Youths' Mental and Behavioral Health and School Engagement, Sharnequa Nashay Hunter
Molecular Mechanisms and Targeted Therapies for Ocular Surface Disease, Sana Iqbal
Ou Pa Moun Bò Isit: Haitian Imaginaries of Non-Governmental Organizations, Stephanie Jean-Baptiste
Understanding Stress, Strengths, and Strategies to Support Immigrant Youth: A Bundled Dissertation, Sarah Jolie
An Aviation Curriculum for an Urban Diverse School District: The Need and Possibility, Stephanie Kiley
Jewish Laws for Gentiles: Purity in the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies, Joshua T. King
Genetic, In Vitro Phenotypic, and Clinical Characterization of Atypical Enteropathogenic E. coli Infection and Pathogenesis, Sarah E. Kralicek
Exploring the Relationship between Teachers' Religious Identity and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Candace M. Kyles
Development and Benchmark of Polarizable Models for Ions, Luke Landry
Reconceiving Virtue: A Mengzian Adaptation of Eudaimonic Virtue Ethics in Response to Contemporary Criticisms, Gina Elizabeth Lebkuecher
Synthetic Assembly of Antibacterial Agents and Metal Chelating Ligands, Zachary Joseph Liveris
Christotechtonics: Dildonic Prostheticity in Theological Formulation, Evan Taylor Marsolek
Regulatory, Structural and Functional Studies of the ADP-glucose Pyrophosphorylase from Photosynthetic and Heterotrophic Organisms, Gabriela Martinez-Ramirez
Establishment of an In Vitro HBV Infection System and Investigation of a Recently Emerged HBV Genotype, Delaina N. May
Tensions Between Catholic Identity and Academic Achievement: Roles of Catholic School Leaders in Southeastern Nigeria, Augustina Ngozi Mbata
An Insider's Perspective to Mentoring Novice Math and Science Teachers in a University Mentoring Program: A Self-Study, Krishna R. Millsapp
Reading the Prologue of John's Gospel as Midrash with a View to Examinging a Local Parting of the Ways, Joseph Mukuna
Early Childhood Foundations of Adolescents' Critical Consciousness in Under-Resourced and Minoritized Communities: The Roles of Prosocial Behavior and Cognitive Self-Regulation in Middle Childhood, Zahra F. Naqi-Hasnain
Navigating Culture and Family in Post-Secondary Education as Nigerian American College Students, Funmilayo Ojikutu
Comparing Caregiver-Teacher-Adolescent Mental Health Reporting: Examining Changes Over Time and Related Outcomes Among Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System, Jennifer Osborne
