Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
"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
The Effects of the 2008 Financial Recession on Superintendents’ Leadership and Decision Making, Elizabeth Ann Mcnamara
Easing My Burden: A Grounded Theory Study of Kidney Transplant Recipients' Experience with Their Transplant Coordinators, Gwen E. Mcnatt
Backlash Against Working Mothers, Kala Jean Melchiori
Shifting Professional Culture in Catholic Schools: A Case Study, Mariagnes Menden
The MIR-17-92 Cluster Contributes to MLL Leukemia Development Through the Repression of the Meis1 Competitor Pknox1, Yousaf Anwar Mian
Theology and Ideology Critique, Silas M. Morgan
Shifting Professional Culture in Catholic Schools: A Case Study, Sandria Morten
Resipwosite, Benefis Mityel and Solidarite: A Case Study of Global Service Learning Partnerships in Post-Earthquake Ayiti, Jessica Darnell Murphy
Characterization of the Effect of Anti-Nogo-A Antibody Treatment on Sensorimotor Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury, Stephen Nawara
Omnis Determinatio est Negatio: A Genealogy and Defense of the Hegelian Conception of Negation, Russell Newstadt
The Dialectics of Secularism and Revivalism in Turkey: The Case of Said Nursi, Zubeyir Nisanci
Signaling between Two Sensor Kinases Controls Biofilms and Host Colonization in a Bacterial Symbiont, Allison N. Norsworthy
Censorship and Intolerance in Medieval England, Richard Obenauf
Not the Whole Story: Narrative Responses to Contemporary Globalization, Sean Patrick O'brien
“He Has Given Us of His Spirit”: A Search for Pneumatological Precedents to 1 John, Lauren O'connell
Unius Regulae Ac Unius Patriae: A Standardizing Process in Anglo-Saxon England, Daniel Matteuzzi O'gorman
Speculation: The Future(s) of a Global Education Market, Kaine Osburn
Emergent Literacy Skills in Print and Electronic Contexts: The Influence of Book Type, Narration Style, and Attention, Kathryn Joyce O'toole
The Global Dystopian: Twenty-First Century Globalization, Terrorism, and Urban Destruction, Ryan Frank Peters
Extended Treatment Window Exists for Improving Sensorimotor Recovery Using Anti-Nogo a Immunotherapy in Adult Rats with Chronic Stroke Deficits, Katherine Marie Podraza
The Effects of a Multi-Layer Accountability System on Teacher Self-Efficacy and Classroom Goal Orientations and Its Impact on Student Performance, Christine Poindexter-Harris
The Role of Cultural Climate, Racial Identity, and Mentoring Relationships on African American College Success, Kia-Rai Michelle Prewitt
Waiting on Hollywood: The Tale of an Italian Bit Player, Kirby Thomas Pringle
Surviving History of Sexuality: A Feminist-Foucauldian Approach to Sexual Violence and Survival, Merritt Rehn-Debraal
A Comparison of Extra-Curricular Codes of Conduct at Two Suburban Illinois High School Districts (1986-2011), Ted Robbins
The Representation of God in First Corinthians 8-10: Understanding Paul in the Context of Wisdom, Philo, and Josephus, Trent Alan Rogers
The Role of Neighborhood and Parenting in the Development of Effortful Control and Subsequent Social Competence During Early Childhood, Edna Y. Romero
Creating a Culture of Belonging: The Significance of Student Belonging and the Ethical Frameworks That Influence High School Leaders as They Sustain and Enhance Cultures of Belonging, Patrick James Sassen
Who Cares? the Role of Nursing Assistants in the Labor Process of Hospital Nursing, Grace Eileen Scrimgeour
Mandated Reporting: An Examination of Training and Practice of School Psychologists, Katie Nicole Bradshaw Sears
Mechanisms of Estrogen Receptor Alternative Splicing and the Consequences for Aging in the Female Brain, Cody Lee Shults
The Role of Alveolar Macrophages in Pulmonary Inflammation After Intoxication and Burn Injury, Jill Ann Shults
A Historical Analysis of the Pioneers and Advocates of Autism Spectrum Disorder (1980-2013): Examining the Evolution of the Diagnosis and the Influences That Have Shaped What the Diagnosis Is Today, Cynthia Marie Sikora
Self-Perceived Stress of Undergraduate Students Before and After Participation in a Breathing Meditation Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study, Cindy Oneida Sloan
Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Regulates G0/G1 Transition and Cell Growth, Anna Sobol
Participant Engagement in Home Visits: A Missing Piece in the Puzzle of Evidence Based Programs and Implementation Science?, Mariel Sparr
Shifting Narratives in Doctoral Admissions: Faculty of Color Understandings of Diversity, Equity, and Justice in a Neoliberal Context, Dian Drew Squire
Brushing It Off? Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to Dental Visit Behavior, Rebecca Starkel
The Influence of Media Violence on the Neural Correlates of Empathic Emotional Response, Laura Stockdale
Shifting Professional Culture in Catholic Schools: A Case Study, Debra Sullivan
Incomplete Reporting: Addressing the Problem of Outcome-Reporting Bias in Educational Research, Brian Patrick Trainor
Synthesis and Testing of Photosensitizer-Folate Conjugates and Potential Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy, Jeffrey A. Trautmann
The Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport Pathway Mediates Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 Akt Signaling by Promoting Lysosomal Degradation of mTOR Antagonist Deptor, Rita Ramkaran Verma
A Multi-Method Analysis of Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, and Executive Functions Among Urban Minority Girls, Amanda K. Ward
Gender-Homogenous Mentoring, Spiritual Wellbeing, and Self-Efficacy Beliefs in African American Male Adolescents: A Test of Three Models, Toussaint David Whetstone
Teacher Mathematics Language: Its Use in the Early Childhood Classroom and Relationship with Young Children's Learning, Emma Whitman
Structure and Molecular Mechanism of a PLP/GABA Dependent Transcription Regulator GabR, Rui Wu
Herbert Spencer and His American Audience, Joel F. Yoder
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Mutations in Phospholamban Alter the Structure and Function of the Calcium ATPase Regulatory Complex, Neha Abrol
An Ethnographic Study of Psychiatric Assistants: The Social Processes Involved in the Subordination of Workers in a Psychiatric Hospital, Terrence Allison
Revitalizing the Catholic Identity of Schools: Ecclesial Leaders of the Catholic Church on Methods of Providing an Outstanding Catholic Formation and Education for Students, Linda Ann Andrejek
Investigating the Role of the PGF2 Alpha/Calcineurin-Signaling Pathway in the Regulation of Adipogenesis, Damodaran Annamalai
Empowering Homeless Youth in Transitional Living Programs: A Transformative Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Their Transition to Adulthood, Ashley Etzel Ausikaitis
