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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Teacher Perceptions and Experiences with Self-Regulation Strategies in General Education Classrooms, Sofia Flores-Perez

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Elucidating the Targets and Function of the MLR Compass-Like Complex During Development, David Joseph Ford

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"Lifting as We Climb": Black Feminist Action Research with Women of Color Student Affairs Administrators, Paige J. Gardner

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Identifying Transfer of Care Gaps: Electronic Health Record Capture of Perioperative Handoff Communications, Sharon Giarrizzo-Wilson

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A Poetics of Violence: Representations of Violence as Storytelling and World-Building Tools of the Theater, Richard Gilbert

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Optimization of Microbial Fuel Cells, Norberto M. Gonzalez

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Think Like a Teacher: How Reflective Educators Use Multiple Data Sources to Inform Their Practice, Jana Grabarek

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Humanity in the Classroom: An Exploration of Race in Teacher Behavior and Interaction with Students, Briellen Elizabeth Griffin

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Reducing Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, Jorge Humberto Guzman Gonzalez

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Investigating the Mechanism of the Coronavirus Endoribonuclease in Antagonizing Innate Immune Signaling, Matthew Hackbart

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Lewis Acid-Carbonyl Solution Interactions and Their Implications in Catalytic Systems, Carly Soren Hanson

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The Situational Context of Safety Culture from the Perspective of Medical-Surgical Staff Nurses and Nurse Leaders in a Hospital, Lisa Harton

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Teacher Leadership: A Case Study in the Preparation of Future Teacher Leaders, Abigail Hasebroock

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Seed Conflicts in Colombia: Ethnorace, Territory, and Violence, Nathalia Hernandez Vidal

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Black Women College Students, Impostor Phenomenon, Stereotypes, and Mental Health: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Lincoln Hill

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Regulation of the ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: Probing Different Allosteric Activation Signals with Sited Directed Mutations, Rania Ali Z Hussien

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Factors Associated with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Quality of Life Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Saudi Arabia, Awatef Ibraheem

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You Can't Go Home Again: Art as Therapy, Photovoice, and Housing Instability, Willie Walter Jackson

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Utopian Discourse in Contemporary Speculative Fiction, Casey Alan Jergenson

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Perceptions of Illinois Superintendents Regarding Implementation of Principal Evaluation Instruments after Senate Bill 7 Authorizations, Brian Anthony Kaye

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Economy of Condescension: John Henry Newman's Trinitarian Theology, Matthew Kemp

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Estrogen Regulation of miR-9-5p and miR-9-3p Stability and Localization in the Aging Female Brain, Chun Kim

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The Influence of Dialecticism on Savoring Across Cultures, Soyeon Kim

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The Shadow-Beast: The Influence of Critical Consciousness on Resilience Narratives of Latinx/a/o College Students, Norma Lopez

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Testing an Ecological Model of Obesity Among School-Age Children: Identifying Targets for Tailored Intervention, Dorothy Mcleod Loren

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Reforming Sensory Disability in Early Modern England, Mary Lutze

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Mortality Salience, Group Membership, & Reciprocity, Fatima A. Martin

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The Impact of Positive School Culture on School Success: A Principal's Self-Study of Transformational Leadership, Sean Mcnichols

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The Extent Professional and Moral Authorities Are Evident in Federal Inclusive Education Policies, Lucille Marie Melchert

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Black Males Accessing and Usage of Sex Education in Mississippi, Devin D. Moss

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Evaluating the Impact of Marriage Renewal Workshop on Marital Satisfaction, Communication, Conflict Management, and Forgiveness: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, Hien T. Kim Nguyen

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Determining the Genetic and Phenotypic Profile of Cord Blood Derived T Regulatory Cells and the Effect of Calcitriol on Immune Suppression, Anya Nikolai-Yogerst

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The Phenomenology of Accompaniment: A Journey of Transformation, Siobhan O'donoghue

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Useful for Life: Women, Girls, and Vocational School Reform in Chicago, 1880-1930, Ruby Oram

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A Self-Study of the Relationships between My Leadership and the Promotion of a Supportive School Environment, Cory Overstreet

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Cultural Responsiveness among Teachers and School Discipline, Sharon K. Perry

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Educational Leadership Model: An Historical Analysis of Arne Duncan (2001-2015) as Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools and as Secretary of Education of the United States of America, and Impact of His Leadership Style on Implementation of Educational Initiatives, Jodilyn Maria Pinkerton

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Suffocated CD8 T Cells in the Hypoxic Tumor Microenvironment, Lourdes Beatriz Plaza Rojas

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Neuropsychological Correlates of Chronic Pain: The Influence of Anxious Arousal on Cognitive Control, Kelly L. Polnaszek

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Interpreting Minorness and Minor Characters in the Victorian Novel, Grace Pregent

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Distinct Roles for Carbohydrate and Protein Receptors in Coronavirus Infection, Enya Qing

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Institutions-Based Influence: The Vatican's Mediations of International Conflicts, Mamy Wilson Daniel Randriamanantena

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Job Satisfaction, Burnout, Occupational Intentions, and Stress Coping Styles among Illinois School Psychologists, Courtney Ratliff

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Investigating Exclusionary Discipline: Teachers, Deficit Thinking, and Root Cause Analysis, Kelsie N. Reed

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Development of Methods for the Removal of Selected Pollutants from Several Matrices and Identification of Unknown Pollutants Adsorbed onto Plastics Collected from Freshwater, Kathryn Marie Renyer

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Human Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Enzymes, Joseph Valentein Roman

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An Ecological Model of Transmission of Depression: Risk and Protective Factors for Mexican Immigrant Mothers and Children Living in Poverty, Anna Maria Ros

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O'Shaughnessy Program Review, Natalya Sagalov

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Exploring the Effectiveness of a Case Management Model, Abigail Salat

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Voices of African American Women in Computer Science: Implications for K-12 Stem Education and Beyond, Yolanda B. Sanders

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Mobilizing the Past: Local History and Community Action in Modern Metropolitan Chicago, Hope Shannon

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Behavioral Symptoms, Inflammation and Cortisol: Relationship to Cardiac Health and Quality of Life in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients, Deborah Anne Sindewald

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Victims of Child Sex Trafficking: Are U.S. Pediatricians Ready to Identify, Assess, Treat and Protect Them?, Bidisha Sinha

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Modernism's Legacies: Forms, Feelings, and Figures, Shelby Sleevi

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Developing Caspase-1 Biosensors to Monitor Inflammation in Vitro and in Vivo, Sarah Talley

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Heard Least but Matter Most: Listening to Youth Voice to Understand the Process of Youth Empowerment, Carly Michelle Tindall-Biggins

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Storefront: Local Businesses Acting Locally in Two Chicago Neighborhoods, Steven Tuttle

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Best Leadership Practices and Actions for Leading a Transition in Curriculum Framework in Secondary Schools, Jennifer Lynn Tyrrell

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Targeting EPHA2 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Uncovering Its Therapeutic Potential and Beyond, Hao Wang

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Movement on the Margins: Exploring the Leadership and Agency of Women of Color Student Activists in Predominantly White Higher Education Institutions, Cobretti Williams

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The Patient Speaks: a Phenomenological Exploration of the Patient's Experience of Psychoanalysis, Katherine Williams

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Bridging the in Between: A Portrait of Asian American Student Affairs Professionals in Asian American Cultural Centers, Joliana Yee

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The Flexible Impact of Affective States on Group Decision-Making and Ideational Creativity, Young-Jae Yoon

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Collective Responsibility by Agreement, David Atenasio

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Binge Alcohol Drinking Exacerbates Ulcerative Colitis Flare, Abigail Cannon

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Retrieving and Reimagining Sanctuary and Solidarity: Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality, Alyson Capp

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Regulation of Acetyl Phosphate-Dependent Acetylation and Identification of Novel Lysine Acetyltransferases in Escherichia Coli, David George Christensen

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Liberal Democratic Civic Education and Rampage School Gun Violence: Why We Need an Alternative Theory of Democracy to Guide Contemporary Civic Education, Samantha Deane

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Women's Decision-Making for Subsequent Pregnancy After a Cesarean Delivery, Melinda Dixon

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Modulating the Tumor Microenvironment to Induce Cross-Priming for Cancer Immunotherapy, Erica Fleming-Trujillo

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Structure-Guided T Cell Receptor Mutations that Alter Antigen Specificity, Cross-Reactivity, and Polyfunctional Phenotypes in Gene-Modified T Cells, Kendra Foley

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Latina College Student Leadership Development at a Historically White College/university, Kristina Garcia

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Teacher Preparation and English Language Learners: The Negotiation of Teaching Identities in Communities of Practice, Eleni Giatsou

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Staphylococcus Aureus Evasion of the Innate Immune System, James Paul Grayczyk

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Membrane Microdomains as Platforms for Extra-Cellular Fusions, Michael Hantak

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Aerococcus Urinae: Establishing the Pathogenesis of an Emerging Uropathogen, Evann E. Hilt

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Determination of Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling Targets in Activated T Cells, Ramiah Jacks

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From Design to Implementation: A Case Study of a New Two-Year College, Brian M. Knetl

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Alcohol Induced Bacterial Changes in the Setting of Colitis, Paulius Kuprys

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Explicitly Teaching Scientific Argumentation: Using Action Research to Study High School Science Readiness and Detracking, Ami Lefevre

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Charter Schools and Special Education Enrollment Rates, Mary Ann Lind

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Predicting Decision-Making in Relation to Health-Risk Behavior in College Freshmen, Anne Bijumon Luckose

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The Effectiveness of an Ambulatory Care Health System Redesign on Patient Engagement, Healthcare Utilization, and Clinical Indicators, Nancy Johansen Madsen

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The Social and Contextual Mechanisms of Children's Learning in Museums, Lindsay R. Maldonado

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The Practice of Assessment Data Use in Student Affairs: The Need for an Expanded Conceptualization, Mark D. Manderino

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A Self Study of My Leadership as Principal to Improve Student Achievement in Literacy in the Middle Grades, Latrese Tonya Mathis

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Exhibiting Sovereignty: Tribal Museums in the Great Lakes Region, 1969-2010, Meagan McChesney

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Generating Biologic and Genetic Research Tools to Investigate Serotype I Feline Coronaviruses, Robert Christian Mettelman

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What Have We Done? An Analysis of Student Handbooks of Public High Schools in a Suburban County in the Wake of Illinois Senate Bill 100, Melissa Delarosa Moore

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Characterization of the Effects of Sex and Estrogen Receptor Signaling on Antigen-Specific T Cells for Immunotherapy, Flor Cecilia Navarro Negredo

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Protection from Staphylococcus Aureus Bloodstream Infection by Probiotic Exopolysaccharide, Wonbeom Paik

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The Study of Evaluative Inquiry within a Business Context: Social Learning Processes, Team-Level Infrastructure, and Guidelines for Practical Application, Marie Elizabeth Paydon

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DAXX as a Restrictor of Tumor Initiating Cell Survival in ER+ Breast Cancer and its Therapeutic Implications, Daniel Seamus Peiffer

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My Role as an Administrator in Supporting the Implementation of MTSS (Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports) Tier 3 Students: A Self-Study in a Public School System, Terrycita Delight Perry

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Assessing the Temporal Dynamics of the Lower Urinary Tract Microbiota and the Effects of Lifestyle, Travis Kyle Price

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Positive Behavior Intervention Supports and Relational Trust in an Elementary School: A Self-Study of a Principal's Impact on Supportive Environment and Student Achievement, Marilou Salcepuedes Rebolledo

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Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanisms of Electrically-Induced Cardioprotection, Anne Elizabeth Roessler

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Behavioral Symptom Clusters, Inflammation, and Quality of Life in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients, Anitha Saravanan

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Feminism and School Leadership: A Qualitative Study Utilizing Effective Women Principals' Self-Perceptions to Determine What Makes Them Successful, Christina Maria Sylvester

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Prevalence and Potential Buffers of Intergenerational Trauma in African American and Latinx Parent-Child Dyads, Kandace Thomas