Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Optimization of Microbial Fuel Cells, Norberto M. Gonzalez
The Enduring Lessons of the Iraq Sanctions, Joy Gordon
The Legacy of the Iraq Sanctions Regime is Alive and Well in US Foreign Policy Today, Joy Gordon
Emmett Till, History and Memory, Elliot Gorn
Every Tool is a Weapon if You Hold it Right: Solidarity, Civics Education, and Use-Oriented Politics, Derek Gottlieb and Amy B. Shuffelton
Perceptions of Cultural Competency Among Premedical Undergraduate Students, Reeti Goyal, Skky Martin, and Dana Garbarski
Think Like a Teacher: How Reflective Educators Use Multiple Data Sources to Inform Their Practice, Jana Grabarek
Zika Virus Inactivates Polyamine Catabolism Via Alternative Splicing to Enhance Infection, Marion Lea Graham
Anatomical Model of The Human Eye, Leanna Greeenlee
The Impact of CS for All on College Placement in Computer Science, Ronald I. Greenberg, Julie Medero, Samuel A. Rebelsky, Frances P. Trees, and Dale Reed
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
Design and synthesis of DapE inhibitors as potential antibiotics with a new mechanism of action, Thahani Shifna Habeeb Mohammad, Tahirah K. Heath Dr., Elliot Gild, Rachel M. Torrez, Anna Starus, Rick C. Holz Prof., Thomas DiPuma, Katie Jane Torma, and Daniel P. Becker Ph.D.
Synthesis of a Protected 2-Aminocyclobutanone as a Modular Transition State Synthon for Medicinal Chemistry, Thahani S. Habeeb Mohammad, Cory T. Reidl, Matthias Zeller, and Daniel P. Becker Ph.D.
Investigating the Mechanism of the Coronavirus Endoribonuclease in Antagonizing Innate Immune Signaling, Matthew Hackbart
Adding the Third Dimension to Studies of Parallel Evolution of Morphology and Function: An Exploration Based on Parapatric Lake-Stream Stickleback, Grant E. Haines, Yoel E. Stuart, Dieta Hanson, Tania Tasneem, Daniel I. Bolnick, Hans CE Larsson, and Andrew P. Hendry
From Political Theology to Critical Political Ethics, Hille Haker
Cheers to Equality! Both Hostile and Benevolent Sexism Predict Increases in College Women’s Alcohol Consumption, Hannah R. Hamilton and Tracy DeHart
Lewis Acid-Carbonyl Solution Interactions and Their Implications in Catalytic Systems, Carly Soren Hanson
Effects of Optic Nerve Head Astrocyte-Derived Exosomes on Neuronal Survival and Differentiation In Vitro in a Model for Exfoliation Glaucoma, Harsh Nilesh Hariani
Teacher Leadership: A Case Study in the Preparation of Future Teacher Leaders, Abigail Hasebroock
Development of precision medicine tools for the study and treatment of Desminopathy, Jomana Hatahet, Chelsea R. White, and Gregory Aubert
Microbiota and Cardiac Autonomic Function, Jomana Hatahet, Chelsea R. White, Raiza Bonomo, Tyler Cook, Virginie Mansuy-Aubert, and Gregory Aubert
Seed Conflicts in Colombia: Ethnorace, Territory, and Violence, Nathalia Hernandez Vidal
Identification of microRNA-mRNA Regulatory Networks in Small Intestinal Epithelial Cells After Alcohol and Burn Injury, Caroline Herrnreiter, Marisa Luck, Xiaoling Li, and Mashkoor Choudhry
Black Women College Students, Impostor Phenomenon, Stereotypes, and Mental Health: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Lincoln Hill
Aerococcus urinae Isolated from Women with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: In Vitro Aggregation and Genome Analysis, Evann E. Hilt, Catherine Putonti, Krystal Thomas-White, Amanda L. Lewis, Karen L. Visick, Nicole M. Gilbert, and Alan J. Wolfe
Interim Report of in vitro Delivery Rate Model Development for Transcleral Retinal Targeting of Vincristine, Etoposide, and Carboplatin in Fibrin Sealant, Christopher Himes, Simon Kaja, and Jawed Fareed
Wayfinder Application for Autistic Occupational Assistance, Nathaniel Edward Hishon
Neuroticism as the Intensity, Reactivity, and Variability in Day-to-Day Affect, Garrett C. Hisler, Zlatan Krizan, Tracy DeHart, and Aidan G.C. Wright
Underfeeding Patients with Critical Illness: Making Sense of Recent Data, Jacklyn C. Hook and Patricia M. Sheean
Put a Curse On My Enemy - Encoding the Poetry of Meir of Norwich, Eliora Horst
Transitions into Higher Education, Brynn M. Huguenel and Colleen S. Conley
Regulation of the ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: Probing Different Allosteric Activation Signals with Sited Directed Mutations, Rania Ali Z Hussien
Improving Diversity, Inclusion and Data Equity in Social Services, Kira Lee Hutson
Crowdsourcing Detection of Sampling Biases in Image Datasets, Xiao Hu, Haobo Wang, Anirudh Vegesana, Somesh Dube, Kaiwen Yu, Gore Kao, Shuo-Han Chen, Yung-Hsiang Lu, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Ming Yin
Factors Associated with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Quality of Life Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Saudi Arabia, Awatef Ibraheem
Recognition and Positive Freedom, David Ingram
When Microcredit Doesn’t Empower Poor Women: Recognition Theory’s Contribution to the Debate Over Adaptive Preferences, David Ingram
The Culture We Belong To, Anna Clara Ionta
Induction of Zika and Dengue Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells by Means of DNA Vaccine, Natalie Jachym
You Can't Go Home Again: Art as Therapy, Photovoice, and Housing Instability, Willie Walter Jackson
The Expression of the col2a1b Gene During Zebrafish Embryogenesis, Indre Januskeviciute, Vanessa Lee Pahlow, Timoteea Saitis, and Austin Runde
Utopian Discourse in Contemporary Speculative Fiction, Casey Alan Jergenson
Impact of Rossby wave breaking on ozone variation in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, 1985–2015, Ping Jing, Swarnali Banerjee, and Megan Barrera
Reconstructing North America: The Borderlands of Juan Cortina and Louis Riel in an Age of National Consolidation, Benjamin H. Johnson
Exploring Flow in the Mobile Interface Context, Clark D. Johnson, Brittney C. Bauer, and Nitish Singh
Draft Genome Sequences of Two Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from the Female Urogenital Tract, Genevieve Johnson, Carine R. Mores, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Bacteriophages VS Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms, Genevieve Johnson and Catherine Putonti
Is It Because I'm Black Or a Woman? Constructing An Intersectional and Trauma-Informed Model of Social Support, Moriah Lynn Johnson
Caspase 8 is selectively required for preventing Ripk3 mediated necroptosis in cKit+ Hematopoieitic stem and progenitor cells(HSPC) but not cKit- hematopoietic cells, Kanak Joshi and Jiwang Zhang
Studies of the Photo-transformation of Emerging Contaminants Adsorbed onto Plastic in an Aqueous Environment, Nicolas Jozefowski, Kate Hebert, Luke Reckamp, Xiolmara Martinez, and Paul Chiarelli Ph.D
Savoring the Moment: A Link Between Affectivity and Depression, Ian J. Kahrilas, Jennifer L. Smith, Rebecca L. Silton, and Fred B. Bryant
Draft Genome Sequence of Enterococcus faecalis UMB7780, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Martin Kalski, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Character Displacement in the Midst of Substantial Background Evolution in Anolis Lizard Island Populations, Ambika Kamath, Nicholas C. Herrmann, Kiyoko M. Gotanda, Kum C. Shim, Jacob LaFond, Gannon Cottone, Heather Falkner, Todd S. Campbell, and Yoel E. Stuart
Predicting Drug Misuse Status Using Machine Learning on Electronic Health Records, Robert Arnold Kania
Analysis of Elemental Content of Organic Samples by Total X-Ray Reflection Fluorescence and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Szymon Kasperek and Martina Schmeling Ph.D.
Facial Shape and Allometry Quantitative Trait Locus Intervals in the Diversity Outbred Mouse Are Enriched for Known Skeletal and Facial Development Genes, David C. Katz, J David Aponte, Wei Liu, Rebecca M. Green, Jessica M. Mayeux, K Michael Pollard, Daniel Pomp, Steven C. Munger, Stephen A. Murray, Charles C. Roseman, Christopher J. Pericval, James M. Cheverud, Ralph S. Marcucio, and Benedikt Hallgrimsson
Multicultural competencies for school psychologists: A systematic review of measures, Prabha Kaundinya and Markeda Newell
Perceptions of Illinois Superintendents Regarding Implementation of Principal Evaluation Instruments after Senate Bill 7 Authorizations, Brian Anthony Kaye
Origin of Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter Via Secret Neutrino Interactions with Vector Bosons, Kevin J. Kelly, Manibrata Sen, Walter Tangarife, and Yue Zhang
Draft Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus epidermidis UMB7765, Isolated from the Urobiome of a Woman with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection, Lucy Kemper, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Economy of Condescension: John Henry Newman's Trinitarian Theology, Matthew Kemp
Taking Risks with Cybersecurity: Using Knowledge and Personal Characteristics to Predict Self-Reported Cybersecurity Behaviors, Shelia Kennison and Eric Chan-Tin
Fragmented Spectatorship and Artistic Beholding in The Red Badge of Courage, John Kerkering
Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus crispatus UMB1163, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Fabeiha Khan, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Estrogen Regulation of miR-9-5p and miR-9-3p Stability and Localization in the Aging Female Brain, Chun Kim
The Effect of Plastic on Leaf Litter Breakdown in Urban Streams, Lisa Haneul Kim
Natural Law in Mencius and Aquinas, Richard Kim
The Influence of Dialecticism on Savoring Across Cultures, Soyeon Kim
The Role of trc in the Development of Glia in the Nervous System, Andrea M. Kirincic, Nicole Saylor, and Jennifer Jemc Mierisch
Different Approaches to Wealth Creation: A Comparative Study of the American and Japanese Automobile, Kanji Kitamura
Synthesis and Application of Folate-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy Agent Modeled in Zebrafish Embryos, Aishah Kothawala and Allison Monterastelli
Environmental Justice Organizing in a Gentrifying Community: Navigating Dilemmas of Representation, Issue Selection, and Recruitment, Amy Krings and Colette Copic
Equity in sustainable development: Community responses to environmental gentrification, Amy Krings and Tania Schusler
Environmental Social Work in the Disciplinary Literature, 1991–2015, Amy Krings, Bryan G. Victor, John Mathias, and Brian E. Perron
Family functioning guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida, Tessa K. Kritikos and Grayson Holmbeck
A critical discourse analysis to explain the failure of BoP strategies, Nancy E. Landrum
Investigating Dispersal Ability to Infer Diversification in the Birds of Madagascar, Robert D. Lauer
ivPair: context-based fast intra-vehicle device pairing for secure wireless connectivity, Kyuin Lee, Neil Klingensmith, Dong He, Suman Banerjee, and Younghyun Kim
Tumor Immunology: Understanding the Immune System and Cancer to Enhance the Efficacy of Cancer Immunotherapies, Natasha Malibu Lenart
Reducing Reperfusion Injury in An Adult Rat Stroke Model with ST-115 Treatment, Morgan Rae Lenz
Depletion of Acetyl-CoA Pools Within Primary CD4+ T-cells Negatively Impacts HIV-1 Mediated Stabilization of Acetylated Microtubulin, Drew Lichon, Edward Campbell PhD, and Harry E. Taylor
IL-10 PRODUCTION BY TH1-POLARIZED NEONATAL T CELLS, Yi Wei Lim, Aleksandra Vuchkovska, Ramiah Jacks, Paula White Prock, Jonathan Muraskas, and Makio Iwashima
Investigation and Bioengineering of Chromate Reductase YieF for Heavy Metal Detoxification and Bioremediation, Samantha Michelle Linek
Accessibility Enhanced by Sound and Haptics, Andrew Paul Littleton and Jack O'Hare
Conducting Research in Non-Traditional Settings: Research Assistant Experiences in a Gay Bathhouse, Michael R. Lloyd; Michael P. Dentato PhD, MSW; Brian Kelly; and Hayley Stokar
Filial Descent: The African Roots of Postcolonial Literature in Italy, Cristina Lombardi-Diop
Facilitating Growth through Frustration: Using Genomics Research in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience, David Lopatto and Jennifer Jemc Mierisch
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
Effects of Pharmaceutical Contamination on Sedment Microbial Communities in Streams, Benjamin Joseph Lorentz
IL-27 PROMOTES INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL PROLIFERATION AND TIGHT JUNCTION EXPRESSION AFTER ETHANOL INTOXICATION AND BURN INJURY, Marisa Luck, Caroline Herrnreiter, Xiaoling Li, and Mashkoor Choudhry
Method development for detection of heavy metals; lead, copper and cadmium, in biological materials on graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS), Michelle Lund and Martina Schmeling Dr.
Reforming Sensory Disability in Early Modern England, Mary Lutze
Carborane‐Containing Matrix Metalloprotease (MMP) Ligands as Candidates for Boron Neutron‐Capture Therapy (BNCT), Marlon R. Lutz Jr, Sebastian Flieger, Andre Colorina, John Wozny, Narayan S. Hosmane, and Daniel P. Becker Ph.D.
Understanding the Role of Relationship Satisfaction in Social Support Provision for Youth in the Child Welfare System, Nathan Michael Lutz
A Review of the Preclinical and Clinical Efficacy of Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, and Lopinavir-Ritonavir Treatments against COVID-19, Dawid Maciorowski, Samir Z. El Idrissi, Yash Gupta, Brian J. Medernach, Michael B. Burns, Daniel P. Becker Ph.D., Ravi Durvasula, and Prakasha Kempaiah
ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF KMT2D IN HER2+ BREAST CANCER, Emily Ma, Jeffrey Ng, Andrei Zlobin, Debra Wyatt, Andrew Dingwall, and Clodia Osipo
