Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Vigilance of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Timothy Finn
Teacher Perceptions and Experiences with Self-Regulation Strategies in General Education Classrooms, Sofia Flores-Perez
Elucidating the Targets and Function of the MLR Compass-Like Complex During Development, David Joseph Ford
"Lifting as We Climb": Black Feminist Action Research with Women of Color Student Affairs Administrators, Paige J. Gardner
Identifying Transfer of Care Gaps: Electronic Health Record Capture of Perioperative Handoff Communications, Sharon Giarrizzo-Wilson
A Poetics of Violence: Representations of Violence as Storytelling and World-Building Tools of the Theater, Richard Gilbert
Optimization of Microbial Fuel Cells, Norberto M. Gonzalez
Think Like a Teacher: How Reflective Educators Use Multiple Data Sources to Inform Their Practice, Jana Grabarek
Humanity in the Classroom: An Exploration of Race in Teacher Behavior and Interaction with Students, Briellen Elizabeth Griffin
Reducing Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, Jorge Humberto Guzman Gonzalez
Investigating the Mechanism of the Coronavirus Endoribonuclease in Antagonizing Innate Immune Signaling, Matthew Hackbart
Lewis Acid-Carbonyl Solution Interactions and Their Implications in Catalytic Systems, Carly Soren Hanson
Teacher Leadership: A Case Study in the Preparation of Future Teacher Leaders, Abigail Hasebroock
Seed Conflicts in Colombia: Ethnorace, Territory, and Violence, Nathalia Hernandez Vidal
Black Women College Students, Impostor Phenomenon, Stereotypes, and Mental Health: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Lincoln Hill
Regulation of the ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: Probing Different Allosteric Activation Signals with Sited Directed Mutations, Rania Ali Z Hussien
Factors Associated with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Quality of Life Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Saudi Arabia, Awatef Ibraheem
You Can't Go Home Again: Art as Therapy, Photovoice, and Housing Instability, Willie Walter Jackson
Utopian Discourse in Contemporary Speculative Fiction, Casey Alan Jergenson
Perceptions of Illinois Superintendents Regarding Implementation of Principal Evaluation Instruments after Senate Bill 7 Authorizations, Brian Anthony Kaye
Economy of Condescension: John Henry Newman's Trinitarian Theology, Matthew Kemp
Estrogen Regulation of miR-9-5p and miR-9-3p Stability and Localization in the Aging Female Brain, Chun Kim
The Influence of Dialecticism on Savoring Across Cultures, Soyeon Kim
The Shadow-Beast: The Influence of Critical Consciousness on Resilience Narratives of Latinx/a/o College Students, Norma Lopez
Testing an Ecological Model of Obesity Among School-Age Children: Identifying Targets for Tailored Intervention, Dorothy Mcleod Loren
Reforming Sensory Disability in Early Modern England, Mary Lutze
Mortality Salience, Group Membership, & Reciprocity, Fatima A. Martin
The Impact of Positive School Culture on School Success: A Principal's Self-Study of Transformational Leadership, Sean Mcnichols
The Extent Professional and Moral Authorities Are Evident in Federal Inclusive Education Policies, Lucille Marie Melchert
Black Males Accessing and Usage of Sex Education in Mississippi, Devin D. Moss
Evaluating the Impact of Marriage Renewal Workshop on Marital Satisfaction, Communication, Conflict Management, and Forgiveness: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, Hien T. Kim Nguyen
Determining the Genetic and Phenotypic Profile of Cord Blood Derived T Regulatory Cells and the Effect of Calcitriol on Immune Suppression, Anya Nikolai-Yogerst
The Phenomenology of Accompaniment: A Journey of Transformation, Siobhan O'donoghue
Useful for Life: Women, Girls, and Vocational School Reform in Chicago, 1880-1930, Ruby Oram
A Self-Study of the Relationships between My Leadership and the Promotion of a Supportive School Environment, Cory Overstreet
Cultural Responsiveness among Teachers and School Discipline, Sharon K. Perry
Suffocated CD8 T Cells in the Hypoxic Tumor Microenvironment, Lourdes Beatriz Plaza Rojas
Neuropsychological Correlates of Chronic Pain: The Influence of Anxious Arousal on Cognitive Control, Kelly L. Polnaszek
Interpreting Minorness and Minor Characters in the Victorian Novel, Grace Pregent
Distinct Roles for Carbohydrate and Protein Receptors in Coronavirus Infection, Enya Qing
Institutions-Based Influence: The Vatican's Mediations of International Conflicts, Mamy Wilson Daniel Randriamanantena
Job Satisfaction, Burnout, Occupational Intentions, and Stress Coping Styles among Illinois School Psychologists, Courtney Ratliff
Investigating Exclusionary Discipline: Teachers, Deficit Thinking, and Root Cause Analysis, Kelsie N. Reed
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
Human Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Enzymes, Joseph Valentein Roman
An Ecological Model of Transmission of Depression: Risk and Protective Factors for Mexican Immigrant Mothers and Children Living in Poverty, Anna Maria Ros
O'Shaughnessy Program Review, Natalya Sagalov
Exploring the Effectiveness of a Case Management Model, Abigail Salat
Voices of African American Women in Computer Science: Implications for K-12 Stem Education and Beyond, Yolanda B. Sanders
Mobilizing the Past: Local History and Community Action in Modern Metropolitan Chicago, Hope Shannon
Behavioral Symptoms, Inflammation and Cortisol: Relationship to Cardiac Health and Quality of Life in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients, Deborah Anne Sindewald
Victims of Child Sex Trafficking: Are U.S. Pediatricians Ready to Identify, Assess, Treat and Protect Them?, Bidisha Sinha
Modernism's Legacies: Forms, Feelings, and Figures, Shelby Sleevi
Developing Caspase-1 Biosensors to Monitor Inflammation in Vitro and in Vivo, Sarah Talley
Heard Least but Matter Most: Listening to Youth Voice to Understand the Process of Youth Empowerment, Carly Michelle Tindall-Biggins
Storefront: Local Businesses Acting Locally in Two Chicago Neighborhoods, Steven Tuttle
Best Leadership Practices and Actions for Leading a Transition in Curriculum Framework in Secondary Schools, Jennifer Lynn Tyrrell
Targeting EPHA2 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Uncovering Its Therapeutic Potential and Beyond, Hao Wang
Movement on the Margins: Exploring the Leadership and Agency of Women of Color Student Activists in Predominantly White Higher Education Institutions, Cobretti Williams
The Patient Speaks: a Phenomenological Exploration of the Patient's Experience of Psychoanalysis, Katherine Williams
The Flexible Impact of Affective States on Group Decision-Making and Ideational Creativity, Young-Jae Yoon
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Collective Responsibility by Agreement, David Atenasio
Binge Alcohol Drinking Exacerbates Ulcerative Colitis Flare, Abigail Cannon
Retrieving and Reimagining Sanctuary and Solidarity: Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality, Alyson Capp
Regulation of Acetyl Phosphate-Dependent Acetylation and Identification of Novel Lysine Acetyltransferases in Escherichia Coli, David George Christensen
Women's Decision-Making for Subsequent Pregnancy After a Cesarean Delivery, Melinda Dixon
Modulating the Tumor Microenvironment to Induce Cross-Priming for Cancer Immunotherapy, Erica Fleming-Trujillo
Latina College Student Leadership Development at a Historically White College/university, Kristina Garcia
Teacher Preparation and English Language Learners: The Negotiation of Teaching Identities in Communities of Practice, Eleni Giatsou
Staphylococcus Aureus Evasion of the Innate Immune System, James Paul Grayczyk
Membrane Microdomains as Platforms for Extra-Cellular Fusions, Michael Hantak
Aerococcus Urinae: Establishing the Pathogenesis of an Emerging Uropathogen, Evann E. Hilt
Determination of Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling Targets in Activated T Cells, Ramiah Jacks
From Design to Implementation: A Case Study of a New Two-Year College, Brian M. Knetl
Alcohol Induced Bacterial Changes in the Setting of Colitis, Paulius Kuprys
Charter Schools and Special Education Enrollment Rates, Mary Ann Lind
Predicting Decision-Making in Relation to Health-Risk Behavior in College Freshmen, Anne Bijumon Luckose
The Effectiveness of an Ambulatory Care Health System Redesign on Patient Engagement, Healthcare Utilization, and Clinical Indicators, Nancy Johansen Madsen
The Social and Contextual Mechanisms of Children's Learning in Museums, Lindsay R. Maldonado
The Practice of Assessment Data Use in Student Affairs: The Need for an Expanded Conceptualization, Mark D. Manderino
A Self Study of My Leadership as Principal to Improve Student Achievement in Literacy in the Middle Grades, Latrese Tonya Mathis
Exhibiting Sovereignty: Tribal Museums in the Great Lakes Region, 1969-2010, Meagan McChesney
Generating Biologic and Genetic Research Tools to Investigate Serotype I Feline Coronaviruses, Robert Christian Mettelman
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
Characterization of the Effects of Sex and Estrogen Receptor Signaling on Antigen-Specific T Cells for Immunotherapy, Flor Cecilia Navarro Negredo
Protection from Staphylococcus Aureus Bloodstream Infection by Probiotic Exopolysaccharide, Wonbeom Paik
The Study of Evaluative Inquiry within a Business Context: Social Learning Processes, Team-Level Infrastructure, and Guidelines for Practical Application, Marie Elizabeth Paydon
DAXX as a Restrictor of Tumor Initiating Cell Survival in ER+ Breast Cancer and its Therapeutic Implications, Daniel Seamus Peiffer
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
Assessing the Temporal Dynamics of the Lower Urinary Tract Microbiota and the Effects of Lifestyle, Travis Kyle Price
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
Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanisms of Electrically-Induced Cardioprotection, Anne Elizabeth Roessler
Behavioral Symptom Clusters, Inflammation, and Quality of Life in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients, Anitha Saravanan
Feminism and School Leadership: A Qualitative Study Utilizing Effective Women Principals' Self-Perceptions to Determine What Makes Them Successful, Christina Maria Sylvester
