Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2022
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
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
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
Defending Gender: Transprejudice as Gender System Maintenance, Linas Mitchell
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
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
The Role of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Β (GSK-3β) at the Cardiac Myofilament, Marisa Jean Stachowski
Healing Earth in a Time of Crisis: Curriculum for Integral Ecology, Caleb Steindam
The Political Economy of Capitalism in the Digital Age, Economic Democracy, and the Case for the Digital Commons, Alec Stubbs
Predicting Asian American College Women’s Leadership Intention Using Social Cognitive Career Theory, Jeong-Eun Suh
Turn Not Thine Eyes: Holy Faces, Saving Gazes, and the Theology of Attention, Jacob W. Torbeck
Differences in Health Literacy and Healthcare Utilization for Uninsured Patients With Type II Diabetes, Whitney Key Towey
“The Saloon Is Their Palace”: Race, Immigration, and Politics in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1874–1933, Ella Wagner
A Feminist Political Theological Ethics of Formation: Being and Becoming Christian in the Face of American Christian Nationalism, Sara Wilhelm Garbers
Does Co-Speech Gesture Support Children’s Analogical Reasoning? An Investigation Into the Differential Effects of Gesture on Learning, Amy Michelle Wilkinson
It Doesn’t Get Better with Time: The Effect of Housing Insecurity on Rearrest in Polk and Palm Beach County, Quintin Williams
Elucidating the Mechanisms Underlying How VMP1 Regulates Inflammatory Responses, Stephanie Zack
Elucidating the Mechanisms of Immune Regulation by Bacillus Subtilis, Jesus Zamora-Pineda
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Genre of a Meal: The Prototypical Instantiation of the Lord's Supper in 1 Corinthians 11: 17-34, Paul Olatubosun Adaja
Dismantling Tools of the Incompetent: Exploring Cultural Competence Training in Undergraduate Education Policy and Education Studies Programs, Ashley P. Allen
William of Auxerre and Thomas Aquinas on Simultaneous Faith and Knowledge, Jacob Joseph Andrews
Refuting the Single Story of Political Action in Hannah Arendt: Navigating Arendt's Eurocentrism and Anti-Black Racism, Katherine Brichacek
Emancipatory and Controlling: Examining the Negotiation of Masculinity-Centered Practices by Women's and Gender Equity Center Practitioners, Ashley M. Brown
Characterizing Galectin and Lysosomal Rupture's Role in Spreading Parkinson Disease Pathology, Kevin Burbidge
Exploring School Psychologists' Perceived Preparedness, Self-Efficacy, and Motivations for Practice in Urban Schools, Kiley Callahan
Political Justificationism: A More Realistic Epistemology of Political Disagreement, Randolph Jay Carlson
Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalizations and the Return to School: School-Based Provider Perspectives on Commmunication, Collaboration, and Systematic Practices, Lauren Elizabeth Carr
Uncovering a Face: Filipino American Christian Ethics, Gabriel Jay Catanus
Domestic Violence and South Asian American Women, Natasha Chander
Investigating the Roles of Lipids in Staphylococcus Aureus Infection, Xi Chen
Peace Bodies: Women, Encampments, and the Struggle Against Nuclear Weapons during the Cold War, 1979-1992, Janette Clay
The Upstart Peril in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel, Lydia Craig
Investigating the Effects of TGF-β on T Cell Activation-Induced Cell Death, Christina Rose Cunha
Disrupting the School-To-Prison Pipeline: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review of Alternative Discipline Practices to Reduce Exclusion and Promote Equity, Cara Diclemente
Examining the Interplay of Mental Health, Family Conflict, and Body Mass Index among Mexican Origin Families: A Cross-Lagged Model, Laura Margaret Lehman Distel
Impact of Violence Exposure on Children's Mental Health and Family Functioning: An Ecological-Transactional Approach, Rice Mary Dusing
Reading Ethics: Modernism, Narrative, Violence, Katie Dyson
"Stop Giving Up on Us": The Experiences of First-Generation Latinx Students in their College Choice Process, Lillianna Shantey Franco Carrera
Promoting Early-Adolescent Dual Language Learners' Language Use & Reading Skills, Holly Griskell
Development of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Therapeutic Target Enzymes: Paths to Discover Novel Antimicrobials, Thahani Shifna Habeeb Mohammad
Understanding the Role of Lipids Derived from the Gut Microbes in a Mouse Model of Obesity-Induced Peripheral Pain, Raiza Rafael-Bonomo Hardy
Slavery, the Enslaved, and the Gospel of Matthew: A Narrative, Social-Scientific Study, Jonathan Hatter
Elementary Principals' and Teachers' Educational Beliefs and Practices in Inclusive Schools, Dawn Hill
Ecological Systems in the Contexts of Foster Care and Parental Incarceration, Lauren A. Hindt
Adherence to a Mindfulness App for College Students with Depression: Patterns, Predictors, and Outcomes, Brynn Marie Huguenel
From the Outside Looking in: Black Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Men Experiences in Men of Color and Black Male Initiative Mentorship Programs in Higher Education, Quortne Reginald Hutchings
Perceptions of Funder-Mandated Performance Metrics on Nonprofit Service Provision, Melissa Iverson
The Role of Neighborhood Factors in School Choice Decisions, Sarah Jefferson
