Theses/Dissertations from 2025
The Impact of Intersensory Redundancy on Face Processing in 12-Month-Old Infants: An Investigation Using Behavioral Methods and ERPs, Aslı Bursalıoğlu
Elucidating the Genetic Regulation of Zebrafish Type Ii Collagen Alpha 1 B, Angelina Renee Carcione
Implications of Neural Compression to Scientific Images, João Phillipe Cardenuto, Joshua Krinsky, Lucas Nogueira, Aparna Bharati, and Daniel Moreira
Characterizing Problematic Images in Retracted Scientific Articles, João Phillipe Cardenuto, Daniel Moreira, and Anderson Rocha
Strengthening Scientific Integrity: Digital Forensics for Biomedical Research Imaging, João Phillipe Cardenuto, Daniel Moreira, and Anderson Rocha
Examining Secretory Pathways in Inflammasome Activated innate Immune Cells, Alejandra Castellanos Urquidez
Using Light to Dissect Mechanisms of Septin Recruitment, Shreya Chandrasekar
The Development and Validation of the Measure of Critical Reflection, Yea Jin Chang
Bringing Different Disciplines and Competitions in your Classroom, Eric Chan-Tin and Mohammed Abuhamad
Investigating Queer Asians' Accultrative Resilience and Wellbeing, Yiyu Cheng
Youth and Parent Knowledge and Perceptions of Spina Bifida: Associations with Neurocognitive Factors, Self-Management, and Quality of Life, Olivia Emery Clark
A glyoxal-specific aldehyde signaling axis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa that influences quorum sensing and infection, Christopher J. Corcoran, Bonnie J. Cuthbert, David G. Glanville, Mailyn Terrado, Diana Valverde Mendez, Benjamin P. Bratton, Daniel E. Schemenauer, Valerie L. Tokars, Thomas G. Martin, Lawrence W. Rasmussen, Matthew C. Madison, Andrew F. Maule, Joshua W. Shaevitz, Boo Shan Tseng, Julian P. Whitelegge, Catherine Putonti, Amit Gaggar, Jordan R. Beach, Jonathan A. Kirk, Alfonso Mondragón, Abby R. Kroken, Jonathan P. Allen, Celia W. Goulding, and Andrew T. Ulijasz
Endings of Half-Lines in the Middle English Alliterative Joseph of Arimathea, Ian Cornelius
Culture Trap: Male Educators of Color and the Academic Role Deficit, Javin Cotton
Comparative Utilization of Neuroimaging in Telemedicine Versus In-Person Visits for Migraine and Headache Management: A Retrospective Analysis, Noemi Csutak and Jessica Reini
Benefits and challenges of collaborative networks addressing food system disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dikshya Dahal and Tania Schusler
The Economic Motivations Behind Climate Change Denial, Eliza Daigle and Brooks Duprey
Philosophical Purification as Liberation and Transformation, LaChanda C. Davis
The Role of Thioredoxin Reductase Paralogs in Prostate Cancer, Carleen Danielle Deegan
Evaluating Sympton Clusters in First-Time Ischemic Stroke Survivors Who Discharge From the Hospital to Home, Paula de la Pena
Methylglyoxal Glycation Competes with Ubiquitination, Disrupting Sarcomere Funciton, Christine Elizabeth Delligatti
The Ingroup-Outgroup Effect: Effects on Open and Closed-Minded Cognitive Style, Ava Jackson Dempsey
Examining The Sexual Identity Disclosure Process Among Black Queer Femmes And Their Families, Kaylah Denis
Development of Chemical Modifications to the Electron Transport Layer of Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Kevin DePope
The Forced Sterilization of Quechua-Speaking Women in Peru: The Role of Epistemic injustice in The Perpetration of Genocide, geraldine diaz
Competency Alignment and Competency-Based Education in Higher Education: institutional Perspectives from Illinois’ Early Childhood Workforce initiatives, Erika Gustafson Dietz
Two Leading Female Figures of the Anti-Colonial Struggle in Africa, Marie-Ange Anezi Djie
The Impact of Child and Parent Trauma Exposure on a School-Based Trauma-Focused Child Intervention, Andrea Donis
Exploring the Ecological Relevance of Biotic and Abiotic Stressors in Structuring Legume Microbial Communities, Cian Dotson
Comprehending Students' Experiences with a Language Learning Resource Center: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study of College Life and Belonging, Paulina Dzieza
Pruning One More Token is Enough: Leveraging Latency-Workload Non-Linearities for Vision Transformers on the Edge, Nick Eliopoulos, Purvish Jajal, James C. Davis, Gaowen Liu, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hsiang Lu
Expansions on Empathy for Autistic Experiences, Kris D. Enrile
Interrogating the Dispersal Process and Relevant Genes in Vibrio fischeri, Jeremy Esin
Investigating the Role of the NSP15 Amino-Terminal Domain in NSP15 Function, Viral Replication, and Pathogenesis, Monika Evdokimova
More than trauma: The story of intergenerational survival, Tiffany Fang
Institutional Belonging and College Success in a Neoliberal Environment, Alicia C. Figueroa
Developing Chemically Defined Serum-Free Medium for Leukemic Blast and Stem Cell Expansion, Carmen Eva Finley
Teaching Since 2020: Inhabiting Professionalization, Autonomy, and Classroom Teaching, Melissa Fisher
Experiences and Perceptions of Gaslighting in the Workplace, Lauren Flanagan
Systematic Review Examining How Black Youth in the United States Cope with Stressful and Traumatic Experiences, Marcus Aaron Flax
Viral Cell-to-Cell Spread: A Promising Antiviral Target, Manuel German Flores
Evaluating the Active Learning Experience of Prelicensure Nursing Students by Role and Level in Simulation, DeLisa Flynn
Podcasting as an Innovative Pedagogical Tool in Social Work Education, Mim Fox and Jonathan B. Singer
In Vitro Modulation of IgE Response, Veronica Cecilia Fuentes Rodriguez
Genetic and Biochemical Analyses Reveal LitR's Role in Vibrio fischeri Biofilm Formation, Brittany Loi Fung
Exploring Attentional Mechanisms of Speech-Gesture Integration across Development, Lisa Gallo and Elizabeth Wakefield
Ecosystem Stability in the Late Cretaceous Preceding the Chicxulub Impact, Anna Gamal and Anthony Uriarte
Improving the Measurement of Gender in Surveys: Effects of Categorical Versus Open-Ended Response Formats on Measurement and Data Quality Among College Students, Dana Garbarski, Jennifer Dykema, James A. Yonker, Rosie Eungyuhl Bae, and Rachel A. Rosenfeld
Student Voices on Trauma and Resilience: A Critical Phenomenological Study of Gun Violence and College Student Experiences, Lucia Helena Garcia
Ultramodern Racism: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Impact of Anti-Crt Legislation on Us History Curriculums, Amelia Gernand
The Influence of Defects: Oxidation of Non-Planar Transition Metal Model Catalysts, Maxwell Gillum
The Meaning of Mission at a Catholic, Liberal Arts College, Ashley Nora Gisiger
Situational safety: exploring the relationship of environmental change & sense of belonging for GSM students in academic-required internships, Nancy Goldberger
Nahua Wrap-skirt from Acatlán, Guerrero, Mexico, Brianda Gonzalez
Paleopathology in the JAS: Peering Back and Looking Forward, Anne L. Grauer and Rebecca L. Gowland
Special Education Disproportionality in Illinois: What Are We Doing?, Kaelyn Chanel Green
Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits in African Ancestries Across Diverse Environments, Isadore Gregga
Inferring Cinematic Aesthetic Biases from the Statistics of Early Movies, Daniel M. Grzywacz and Norberto M. Grzywacz
A Computational Analysis of the Effect of Hard Choices on the Individuation of Values, Norberto M. Grzywacz
Perceptual Complexity as Normalized Shannon Entropy, Norberto M. Grzywacz
Early Social Experience and Biased Attention to Threat-Related Emotion in Infancy, Cidnee Hall
Perverse Convergences: Aelred of Rievaulx and the Queerness of Waiting, Zaccary A. Haney
Mass higher education and voter turnout in the U.S, Eric R. Hansen
Prior Experience and State Legislative Effectiveness, Eric R. Hansen and Sarah A. Treul
The Century Magazine/The Saturday Review of Literature, Quinn Hasselgren, Tess Shirley, Austin Cutter, Nani Hammad, and Chistopher Cardenas
The Association of Interoception, Emotion, and Reasoning in Social Conflict and Moral Decision Making, Jackson Thomas Hassler
Investigating the Mechanism of Resistance to IDO1 Enzyme Inhibitor Treatment in Human Glioblastoma, Kyla Shivakumar Hatton
Investigating the Proviral and Immunogenic Effects of Sars-Cov-2 Accessory Protein 7A, Grant Michael Hawkins
Unlocking the Potential of Refugee Students, Aisling Heaphy
Transcleral Chemotherapeutic Delivery by Fibrin Sealant in the Treatment of Retinoblastoma, Christopher Himes
What Makes a Teacher a Teacher: A Philosophical Approach Aligned with Plato, Sojung Kim Hinterkopf
The Hitching Post: American Poetry and Chinese Mythology, Xiamara Elena Hohman
Developing and Validating the Perceived Youth Barriers Scale (PYBS): A Bottom-Up Approach to Assessing Barriers Faced by Underprivileged Young Adults, Rana Hong, Philip Young P. Hong, and Ja-Young Cho
Family Matters: Experiences of Family Stigma, Addiction Recovery & The Role of Self-Compassion, Kennedy Hoying
Low Code/No Code Meets the Metaverse, George F. Hurlburt, George K. Thiruvathukal, Nir Kshetri, and Norita Ahmad
Anti-Inflamatory Mechansim of Bacillus Subtilis Derirved Exopolysaccharide, ADRIAN TAYLOR IBARRA
Give People Money: The Effect of Perceived inequality in Everyday Life and Previous Cash-Transfer Programs on Support for Universal Basic income, David Thomas Igliozzi
Draft genome of Corynebacterium glycinophilum S209 isolated from healthy human skin, Sandra Jablonska, Lila Nelson, Grace Finger, Alex Kula, and Catherine Putonti
Draft genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus N208 isolated from a nasal swab of a healthy female, Sandra Jablonska, Lila Nelson, Grace Finger, Alex Kula, and Catherine Putonti
Draft genome sequences of Staphylococcus hominis strains O226 and O218 and Micrococcus luteus O220 isolated from the buccal swabs of healthy individuals, Sandra Jablonska, Lila Nelson, Grace Finger, Alex Kula, and Catherine Putonti
Draft genome sequences of Staphylococcus species isolated from urine samples from asymptomatic females, Sandra Jablonska, Lila Nelson, Grace Finger, Alex Kula, and Catherine Putonti
Characterizing Niche Specialization in Staphylococcus Epidermidis, Sandra Jablonsk
"I'm Not Having Fun Anymore": A Qualitative Analysis of Gender and Harassment in Bars and Clubs, Phoebe Marie Jackson
Token Turing Machines are Efficient Vision Models, Purvish Jajal, Nick Eliopoulos, Benjamin Shiue-Hal Chou, George K. Thiruvathukal, James C. Davis, and Yung-Hsiang Lu
Insights into Female Urinary Microbiota through Long-Read 16S rRNA Sequencing, Jerrin John
Anthropogenic Litter in Freshwater Ecosystems: Effect on Ecosystem Processes and Spatial Distribution, Emily Johnson
Analyzing Adversarial Strategies and Countermeasures for Cyberbullying Detection, Maddie Juarez, Eldor Abdukhamidov, Manuel Sandoval, Deborah Hall, Mujtaba Nazari, George Thiruvathukal, Tamer Abuhmed, Yasin Silva, and Mohammed Abuhamad
Structure, Function, and Therapeutic Potential of PLP-Dependent Macromolecules: Case Studies on Bacillus subtilis GabR and Human GABA Aminotransferase, Nicholas Eugene Kaley
Characterizing the Role of the FAK-HIF1a-CTGF Axis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Claudia Rose Keating
Enzymatic Characterization of Bacterial Enzymes and Inhibitors as Potential Antibiotics with New Mechanisms of Action, Emma Helene Kelley
Understanding of Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors Among Youth Who Are Racial Minorities: Identification of Race-Specific Violence Protective Factors, Caleb Kim, Rana Hong, Hien Nguyen, and Raheleh A. Fakhrabadi
