Dissertations submitted in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Loyola University Chicago.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Neuroscience and Galen: Body, Selfhood and the Materiality of Emotions on the Early Modern Stage, Devon Wallace
Profiles of Neuropsychological Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Spina Bifda, Rachel Wasserman
Some of My Best Dolls Are Black: Colorblind Rhetoric in Online Collecting Communities, Rebecca Joan West
Fitting Things Together: A Grounded Theory Study of Clinical Judgment in Nursing, Mary Elizabeth Wilber
How Do District Level and Building Level Leaders Collaborate to Implement Mandated Change?, Gwendolyn Zimmermann
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A Grounded Theory of How Jewish Experiential Education Impacts the Identity Development of Jewish Emerging Adults, Scott Turberg Aaron
International Education Exposure in Secondary Schooling: Impacting Academic Outcomes Among Urban Girls of Color, Tiffini L. Andorful
Q 10:21-22 and Formative Christology, Olegs Andrejevs
Remembering the Cultural Trauma Legacies of Slavery: African American Young Adult Perceptions on Racism, Ethnic Identity, and Racial Socialization, Kimya Pearl Barden
Social and Emotional Learning: An Argument for Religious Pluralism, Debra Mayconich Baron
A Study of the Therapeutic Potential of AF4 Mimetic Peptides, Nisha N. Barretto
Synthesis and Assembly of Dihydroindolizines on Gold Surfaces for Light Induced Work Function Alterations, Matthew Alan Bartucci
Gothic Slumming: Realist Writers and Gothic Texts in Progressive Era America, Gillian Nelson Bauer
The Rhetoric of Gender in the Household of God: Ephesians 5:21-33 and Its Place in Pauline Tradition, Lisa Marie Belz
Critical Functions Specified by the MLL CXXC Domain Determine Leukemogenic Capacity, Noah Warren Birch
Risk Perception in Cardiovascular Disease, Michelle Ellen Block
The Many Functions of Taste: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Desire in Nineteenth-Century England, Julia Bninski
Effect of Advanced Age on the Innate Immune Response to Cutaneous Wound Infection, Aleah Lin Brubaker
A Phenomenological Study of Indonesian Cohort Group's Transformative Learning, Markus Budiraharjo
Fideism, Evidentialism, and the Epistemology of Religious Belief, Matthew P. Butcher
Towards a Roman Catholic Soteriology for the Sinned-Against Creature: An Intercultural Dialogue between the Soteriology of Edward Schillebeeckx and Korean-American Theologies of 'Han', Kevin Patrick Considine
Ethnicity, Assimilation and Transnationalism: a Comparative Study of Eastern European Migration to the United States (1940-2012), Cezara Olga Crisan
How Do Professional Learning Communities Foster Strong Career and Technical Education Programs of Study in Illinois Public High Schools?, Wendy Custable
The Presence of Empathy in Male Completers of a Partner Intervention Program, Katherine Dahlberg
John the Baptist and the Jewish Setting of Matthew, Brian C. Dennert
Kant's Change of Heart: Radical Evil and Moral Transformation, Christina Drogalis
Characterization of Chronic Glucocorticoid Exposure on Natural Killer Cell Function: A Model for Stress Induced Alterations on the Epigenetic Landscape, Justin Lee Eddy
Visual Analysis of E-Textbooks for Senior High School in Indonesia, Ouda Ena
Funk My Soul: The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. And the Birth of Funk Culture, Domenico Rocco Ferri
The Rebel Leader: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Analysis of Rebel Superintendents in Suburban Public Schools, Christopher Leigh Finch
The World Is Not Yet Completed: Moral Imaginaries and Everyday Politics in Progressive Religious Communities, Todd Nicholas Fuist
Student Achievement in Middle Grades: Gauging the Effect of Teacher Training on Student Learning, Natalya Gnedko
Emergency Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes and Preventive Practices Regarding Firearms and Firearm Injury Prevention for Children, Dorothy Ann Gomez
¿Déjalo Descansar? The Parental Bereavement Experience of Mexican Migrant Mothers, Illeana Gomez
Down to Earth Ethics: Exploring Relation and Environmental Responsibility, Matthew Gowans
The Student's Perspective: Exploring Ethnic Group Variances in Bullying Behavior Using Mixed Methods Research, Stephanie Grunewald
Second-Class Families: The Challenges and Strategies of Mixed-Status Immigrant Families, Diana Maritza Guelespe
The Effects of Organized Activity Involvement on Latino Adolescent Well-Being, Maria D. Guzman
Mothers' Nonstandard Work Schedules and Young Children's School Readiness, Kelly Haas
Perceived Social Class, College Interest, and Post-Secondary Goals: An Application of the Scat Interest and Choice Model, Jason Daniel Hacker
An Investigation of Chinese Graduate Student Understanding of Academic Integrity in U's Higher Education, James E. Hammerschmidt
Making Something Out of Nothing: Asexuality and Narrative, Elizabeth Hanna Hanson
A Historical Analysis of South Holland School District 151 Desegregation Order: An Examination of Superintendent Decisions Based on Board Actions Grounded in the Context of Prevailing Social, Political, Legal and Educational Conditions for the Period 1967-2010, Cecilia Villanueva Heiberger
Toward the Development of the Stereotypical Roles of Black Young Men Scale, Amber Hewitt
Ex Vivo Induction of Human Regulatory T Cells, Kathleen Elizabeth Jaeger
The Mother of Chaos and Night: Kant's Metaphilosophical Attack on Indifferentism, Matthew Allen Kelsey
Psychotherapist Understanding of Genital Self-Mutilation Amongst Male to Female Transsexuals, Michael Robert Kenney
Stereotypes and Patient-Provider Communication: Testing the Effects of Depression, Socioeconomic Status, and Race, Amy N. Kerr
Liberian Refugee Women's Personal Narratives on the Effects of War on Motherhood, Florence Wanjiru Kimondo
Psychosocial Distress Mediates Immune Dysregulation Through Alterations in Global Epigenetic Patterns and Chromatin Remodeling Proteins, Karen Krukowski
First Ladies of the United States-Advocates for Children, Women Leadership and Social Causes: A Historical Examination of Nancy Reagan and Hillary Rodham Clinton, Nimsiha Bhatt Kumar
discovered by the Process: A Methodology for Twentieth-Century Moral Fiction, Sean Adriaan Labbe
Word of Life, Word of God: An Examination of the Use of the Term Logos in the Johannine Literature, Joseph Michael Latham
A Survey Study of Prepare Workshop Participants' Application of Knowledge, Confidence Levels, and Utilization of School Crisis Response and Recovery Training Curriculum, Brian Richard Lazzaro
Targeting the Notch-1/IGF-1R/Akt Axis in at Orthotopic Model of Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Shuang Liang
Utilizing Response to Intervention (roti) As a Means of Studying Capacity Building and Motivation of Staff by School Leadership Teams, Brian James Mahoney
Significance of Protein Interactions in Mediating AF9 Function, Bhavna Malik
The Game They All Played: Chicago Baseball, 1876-1906, Patrick Mallory
Impact of Team Citizenship Behaviors on Performance in Women's Sports Teams, Rachael Nichole Martinez
Latino Academic Achievement: Impact of Individual, Family, School, Community and Immigration Factors, Jessica Catharine Martone
Evading Innate and Adaptive Immunity During Adenovirus Cell Entry, Shauna Marvin
Open Enrollment in Advanced Placement Courses: Experiences of Traditional and Non-Traditional Students, Scott Errol Mcalister
An Event History Analysis on the Effects of Academic Integration Factors on Degree Completion of Low-Income Underrepresented Minority Students, Lisa Marie Metzger-Mugg
A Meta-Analysis of School Belonging and Academic Success and Persistence, Isabel Moallem
Effects of Electrical Stimulation and Testosterone in Translational Models of Peripheral Nerve Injury, Gina Monaco
The Effects of an Experiential Learning and Mentorship Program Pairing Medical Students and Persons with Cognitive Impairment: A Qualitative Content Analysis, Darby J. Morhardt
Characterization of the Novel Response Regulator Sype: A Dual Regulator of Biofilm Formation and Colonization in Vibrio Fischeri, Andrew Robert Morris
High School Curriculum Tracks as Determinants of Post-Secondary Outcomes: A Study of Track Mobility and Its Effects, William Morrison
Defining a Role for Inducible Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70i) In Mediating Autoimmune Vitiligo, Jeffrey Alan Mosenson
Preserving the Bond: Child Welfare Professionals' Perspectives on the Opportunities and Challenges of Parent-Child Visitation, Lina M. Munoz
Biophysical Characterization of Tryptophan Locales, Mg²+ Binding and Protein Folding in Gα Subunits, Matthew Najor
Complexity, Conflict, and Cooperation: The Micropolitics of American Civil-Military Relations in Small Wars, 1945-Present, Michael P. Noonan
Not Peace But the Sword: Violence in Contemporary American Catholic Literature, Michael O'Connell
Novel Role of ErbB-2 in Inhibition of Jagged-1-Mediated Trans-Activation of Notch in Breast Cancer, Kinnari Pandya
Exploring Predicted Vs. Actual First to-Second Year Retention Rates: A Study of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Colleges, Brenda Porter Poggendorf
Addressing the Issue of Meta-Analysis Multiplicity in Education and Psychology, Joshua R. Polanin
The Religion of Consumption and Christian Neighbor Love, Christopher Porter
Molecular Functions of MLL PHD3 Binding to Its Ligands Cyp33 and H3K4Me3, Gayathree Raman
Processes Underlying Syntactic Control: Evaluating Linguistically Diverse Children, Vanessa R. Raschke
Effects of Acute Alcohol Exposure on Post Burn Intestinal Immunity: Role of IL-23, Juan L. Rendon
The Civilian and the War on Terror: Do Norms Shape Strategy?, Sherri Replogle
Who's Attending the Party? Elections, Parties, and Democratization in Postcommunist States, Jonathan Windle Riggs
Opening the Black Box: Understanding Adult Inpatient Falls, Laura M. Rogers
Influence of Pramipexole on Probability Discounting and Ventral Pallidal Function: Assessments in Parkinsonian-Like Rats, Sandra Lynn Rokosik-Kletzel
The Role of Linker 2 (L2) Region in RhTRIM5α Assembly and HIV-1 Restriction, Jayalaxmi Sastri
Effectiveness of Graduate Training in School Psychology: Perspectives of Graduate Practitioners, Mary S. Satchwell
A Case Study of a Mixed Methods Study Engaged in Integrated Data Analysis, Daniela Marie Schiazza
A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Perceptions in Early Childhood Intervention Partnership, Ruth Schumacher
The Politics and Practicalities of Reentry: A Case Study of the Reentry Environment in a Suburban Community, Carlene Sipma-Dysico
