Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Inhibition of B Lymphopoiesis by Adipocytes and Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells, Domenick Kennedy
Moral Distress and the Health Care Organization, Andy Kondrat
The Best Poor Man's Country?: William Penn, Quakers, and Unfree Labor in Atlantic Pennsylvania, Peter B. Kotowski
Cognitive and Neural Correlates of Coping and Resilience in Depression, Catherine Lee
Monocyte-Induced Regulatory T Cell Differentiation, Jessica Genevieve Lee
Heart and Sole: The Functional Role of Fast-Skeletal Myosin Binding Protein-C in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle, Brian Leei Lin
Emature: Intergenerational Networks in Digital Media Spaces, Andras Lukacs
The Role of Microrna in Cardioprotection: Ischemic Preconditioning and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Paracrine Effects, Kristin Luther
The Amino Terminal Region of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C Is Necessary for Cardiac Function, Thomas Lawrence Lynch
How Can Parent-Child Interactions in a Museum Support Children’s Learning and Transfer of Knowledge, Maria Marcus
Using TOPS for Identification of Gifted Hispanic Students, Barbara Martin
Collaborative Community Prevention: An Ecological Approach to Mental Health Support for Children in Rural America, Adria Casey Mcpherson
Individual Criminal Accountability After Civil Wars: Enforced Disappearances in Algeria and Turkey, Jessica Mecellem
Coping with Trauma: Reflections from Angolan Refugee Returnees, Michael Robert Milco
Simulation Learning and Transfer to the Clinical Environment in Undergraduate Nursing Students, David A. Miles
Men As Caregivers: Latino Fathering of Children with Cancer, Noe Mojica
Philo’s Εὐσέβεια and Paul’s Πνεῦμα: The Appropriation and Alteration of Hellenistic and Greek Philosophical Traditions in Their Ethical Discourses, Nelida Naveros Cordova
The Spatial Dynamics of Shakespearean Drama, Mark B. Owen
Scribal Harmonization in Greek Manuscripts of the Synoptic Gospels from the Second to the Fifth Century, Cambry Pardee
The Chilean Student Movement: A Family Matter. The Intimate and Conflicting Construction of Revolution in a Post Dictatorial Country, Leslie Parraguez Sanchez
Mechanism by Which Commensal Bacteria Limit Inflammation, Mallory Paynich
Community Violence Exposure Among Urban African American Males: Understanding the “Buffering Effect” of Adaptive Social Support Coping on Psychosocial Outcomes, Cynthia L. Pierre
Consequences of Estrogen Receptor Beta Phosphorylation in the Aged Female Brain and Heart, Elena Pinceti
A Concurrent and Longitudinal Examination of a Bio-Neuropsychosocial Model for Predicting Medical Adherence and Responsibility in Youth with Spina Bifida, Alexandra Psihogios
Exploring Conditions for the Enhancement of Acene Semiconductors Through the Use of the Diels-Alder Reaction, Brittni Qualizza Qualizza
Badr al-Dīn Ibn Jamāʿah and the Highest Good of Islamic Education, Omar Qureshi
Trauma in the Classroom: Teachers' Perspectives on Supporting Students Experiencing Child Traumatic Stress, Kassandra Reker
Changing Medical Education: Early Efforts to Integrate Women's Health Into Education and Training, Mary Katherine Rojek
The Role of FoxO Transcription Factors in Alcohol-Induced Deficient Fracture Repair, Philip M. Roper
Exploring the Relationships between Spiritual Well-Being, Team Regard and Turnover Intention of Hospice Social Workers: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction, Kimberly Lynn Sangster
Comparing Predominant Spiritual Approaches in a Chicago Archdiocese Vicariate Using the Spirituality Opionnaire and Assessing Its Reliability, John Peter Segvich
Examining the Effects of Anti-Nogo a Immunotherapy on Post-Stroke Neurogenesis in the Adult Rat, Daniel Shepherd
“I Am Because We Are”: A Portrait of Trans* Postsecondary Educators’ Experiences in Higher Education, Symone L. Simmons
The Impact of Altered T Cell Receptor—Peptide-Major Histocompatibility Complex Interactions on Antigen Recognition and T Cell Function, Timothy T. Spear
Social Learning of Employee Engagement, Swati Sharma Srivastava
Managing Workers Who Are Deaf: A Phenomenological Investigation of Hearing Supervisors, Hayley Sneiderman Stokar
The Responsibility to Protect and United States Intervention in the Libyan Civil War (2011), Paul Tang Abomo
Ecological Factors Promoting Academic Resilience of Latina Students, Rebecca Testa-Ryan
Remember the Word That I Told You: Direct Internal Quotation in the Gospel of John, Jeffrey Michael Tripp
Development of "Inside-Out" Pegylated Crosslinked Hemoglobin Polymers: Novel Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers (HBOC), Kyle Douglas Webster
Defining Quality in Undergraduate Social Work Education, Mary Ruth Weeden
Neural Correlates of Political Attitudes: Emotion and Ideology in the Brain, Dane Gorman Wendell
Olympic Bids, Professional Sports, and Urban Politics: Four Decades of Stadium Planning in Detroit, 1936-1975, Jeffrey R. Wing
Improving Causal Claims in Observational Research: An Investigation of Propensity Score Methods in Applied Educational Research, Julie Diane Wren
Missing Data in the Context of Student Growth, Katherine Wright
Critical Role of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase Signaling in Binge Alcohol-Driven Atrial Arrhythmic Remodeling, Jiajie Yan Yan
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Equilibrium in Biblical Exegesis: Why Evangelicals Need the Catholic Church, Robert Andrews
Reform Through a Student Lens: The Experience of Latino a Students in an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in Chicago, Sandra Arreguin
Daddy Is Involved: How Do African American Fathers Participate in the Education Experiences of Their High School Children?, Gregory Pierre Baker
Instructional Leadership and Deliberate Practice: A Framework for Improving Student Achievement, Matthew Henry Banach
"Here there is no Gentile or Jew": Doing Diversity in a Conservative Christian School, Allison Blosser
Somos Familia: Family as an Organizing Trope in 20th-21st Century Latina/o Literature, Victoria Anne Bolf
The Role of Instructional Leadership on Teacher Induction and Professional Longevity: A Case Study, Jeremy E. Burnham
Profiles of Protective Factors in Urban African American Youth Exposed to Community Violence: A Prospective Study of Resilience, Devin Colleen Carey
The Role of Vocational Hope in the Social Cognitive Career Theory: A Test of Three Models, Andrea Lynn Carr
Migratory Loss and Depression Among Adult Immigrants of Chinese Descent, Christine Chih-Ting Chang
The Gut-Liver Axis Regulates Pulmonary Inflammation After Intoxication and Burn Injury, Michael M. Chen
Exploring the Impact of Mindfulness on Adolescents: A Mixed Methods Approach, Poonam Desai
Investigating the Role of Cognitive Biases as a Risk Factor for Depression, Daniel Aaron Dickson
Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Folate Targeted Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy, Laura Jean Donahue
Being and Becoming: A Grounded Theory Study of the Racial and Ethnic Socialization Processes of Fifteen Haitian Immigrants Living in the United States, Lud Abigail Duchatelier-Jeudy
The Trauma Thesis: Medical and Literary Representations of Psychological Trauma in the Twentieth Century, Sarah Louise Eilefson
Contributors to Infant Sleep: Factors Influencing Sleep Consolidation in Five- to Seven-Month Olds, Amber Leigh Evenson
Decision Making of Building Level Administrators and Their Perceptions on Groupthink, Julie Ann Flitcraft
Academic Achievement of Latino Emerging Adults: The Role of Language Brokering, Executive Functions, and Language Proficiency, Valerie Christina Flores
Effects of Aggregated Alpha-Synuclein on Cultured Neuronal Cells, David Freeman
Negotiating Diabetes: Professional Diabetes Care Work in the U.s., Melissa Marie Gesbeck
Regulation of Micrornas by 17β-Estradiol in the Aging Female Brain, Yathindar Satya Giffin-Rao
Competing Voices: Negotiating Power and Place in Mixed-Income Housing Development, Kimberlee S. Guenther
Mother-Infant Relationships in the NICU: A Multiple Case Study Approach, Ilona Helin
Latino Students in Suburban High Schools: An Examination of School Malleable Predictors of High School Graduation, Kira Jean Hicks
L30A Mutation of Phospholemman Mimics Effects of Cardiac Glycosides on Isolated Cardiomyocytes, Ryan David Himes
Detention Center to Home School: The Path of Transition, Sarah Hogeveen
Growing Diversity: Urban Renewal, Community Activism, and the Politics of Cultural Diversity in Uptown Chicago, 1940-1970, Devin Hunter
Public Relations: Diaspora, Media, and the State(s) of American Literature, Nathan Allen Jung
Regulation of CXCR4 Intracellular Trafficking by Ubiquitin, Justine Elizabeth Kennedy
Beyond Dialogue: Avenues Toward Christian Unity, Jeffrey Kirch
The Influence of Racial and Crime Stereotypes on Jurors' Representations of Trial Evidence and Verdict Decisions, Katharina Kluwe
Juvenile Delinquent Strengths Assessment: Evaluating the Gap between Research and Practice, Michael David Knoll
Factors Impacting Student Outcomes in Multicultural Counseling Courses, Kathleen Kordesh
Influence of Maternal Prior Life Adversity on the Psycho-Neuroendocrine-Immune Profile During Pregnancy, Karen J. Kotz
Comparing the Clinical Approaches of Christian Social Workers and Secular Social Workers, Kristin Larsen
Learning from the UN Preventive Deployment Mission in Macedonia: Nothing Fails Like Success?, Mary Frances Rosett Lebamoff
Science Teaching and Learning as Transformation: Making Meaning with My Students, Megan Marie Leider
Incapacitated Fatherhood: The Impact of Incarceration on African American Fathers, Dara Lewis
Uncertainty Before and After Faith: The Dynamics of Belief in Theology and Literature, Brent Little
An Examination of HIV/AIDS Complacency, Attitudes and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for Community Based Prevention Efforts, Practitioners and Social Work Education, Michael Richard Lloyd
Study of Escherichia Coli ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Catalysis: Investigating Critical Roles of Conserved Arg32 and Lys42 Residues, Angela Lynn Mahaffey
DBT and Bereavement: A Multiple Baseline Design, Marissa Marshak
Surviving the Presidency: Presidential Failures in South America, Christopher A. Martinez
Social Justice and Ecological Responsibility: A Moral Case for International Collaborative Action on Environmental Degradation and Climate-Induced Displacement, James Stephen Mastaler
Research and Reality: Towards Responsible Medical Research for Catholic Universities, Michael Patrick Mccarthy
