Theses/Dissertations from 2025
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
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
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
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
A “Scary Time” to be a Man? Comparing Men’s Engagement with Anti-Sexual Violence Discourses in the Private and Public Sphere, Melissa A. Kinsella
Artificial Intelligence in the Management of Leukemia, Stephanie Koo, Austin P. Runde, and Melvin Speisman
Suicide among youth and young adults in Canada: bereaved parents’ perspectives on the systems of care, Toula Kourgiantakis, Deborah Cooper, David Cooper, Shelley Craig, Eunjung Lee, Jori Jones, Carrie K.Y. Lau, Romy Naïma Tousignant, Jonathan B. Singer, Marjorie Johnstone, and Juveria Zaheer
Interactions between Microplastics, Biofilms, and Antimicrobials in Freshwater Streams, Ryan Thomas Krantz
Let-7I Mirna Antagomir as a Novel Adjuvant Intervention for the Treatment of Ischemic Stroke, Vignesh Raghu Krishnamoorthy
In Living Memory: Curatorial Perspectives of Jewish Heritage in Holocaust Public Histories, Hannah M. Lahti
Encouraging Exploration: How Facilitation Supports Children's STEM Talk in Museums, Neva Lang, Milla Metlicka BS, and Catherine Haden PhD
HOTLangBench, a Tiny Benchmark Suite for Higher-Order Statically Typed Languages, Konstantin Laufer
TLA+ for All: Model Checking in a Python Notebook, Konstantin Laufer and George K. Thiruvathukal
“Buying Time or Doing Harm?”: Tracing Contestation and Consensus in Debates on Puberty Blockers for Trans Youth, Dana R. LaVergne
Understanding Intraminority Collective Action: The Role of Salient Discrimination and Outgroup Identification, Tatum Leclair
Toward a Theory of Resistance for an Emancipatory Social Work, Sungsim Lee, Katherine Tyson McCrea, Brianna L. Sorensen, Nora Wynn, and Kevin M. Miller
Like Teacher, Like Student: An Exploration of Racial Matching on Black Student Identity Development in Secondary Education, Crystal Gloria Lennix
Does the Value Last? Exploring the Longitudinal Value of a Research Experience for Preservice Science Teachers, Elizabeth A. Leong
Modernism’s Mythic Mothers: Queering Motherhood Through Classical Matrilineage, Samantha Marie Lepak
Discerning the Role of Microtubule Acetylation During HIV-1 Infection, Drew Michael Lichon
Behavioral Ecology and Physiology of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata) in a Fragmented and Polluted Landscape, Jessica Rojas Lindberg
Five-Year Outcomes of Water Vapor Therapy versus Doxazosin, Finasteride, and Combination Therapy for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Cohort Data from the Medical Therapy of Prostatic Symptoms (MTOPS) Trial, Bronwyn Long, Amandip Cheema, Olivia Copelan, Cara Joyce, Marina Feffer, and Kevin T. McVary
Examining Pyroptosis in Neutrophil-Like Differentiated Hl-60 Cells, Jared Long
"The Divine Light Illuminates The Intellect:" The Role of Divine Illumination in The Theology of Meister Eckhart, John Marshall Loving
Refinement of Megakaryocyte Lineage Commitment in Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells During Postnatal and Adult Hematopoiesis, Ryan Michael Mack
Tensions Within Digital Whisper Networks: The Role of Social Media in Framing Narratives of Sexual Misconduct on University Campuses, Sophie Rose Maday
M/other Your Politics, a Praxis for the Next Iterations of Humanity, Shelley Maddox
Rethinking the Relationship between Capitalism and Environmental Sustainability: Locating Nigeria within the Globe, Chukwuebuka Emmanuel Madu
An Intervention to Increase Belonging and Support Retention for Faculty of Color and Women Faculty, Robyn K. Mallett, Zahra Naqi-Hasnain, Dana Garbarski, Christine Li-Grining, David Ensminger, Walter Tangarife, and Badia Ahad
Creating a Positive Social-Emotional Learning Environment for Transgender Students: A Post-Pandemic Participatory Action Research, Mark Christopher Maranto
Open-Minded Cognition and Transmission of Norms, Mia Jasmine Martinez
Plastic Mediated Photolysis of Emerging Contaminants in Aqueous Solutions, Xiolmara Martinez
Tu Casa No es Mi Casa: Decolonizing Educational Practices by Accounting for the Experience of Latinx Non-Citizen Permanent Resident College Students, Daniel Francisco Matamoros Viquez
Thienopyrimidine-Based Estrogen Receptor Degraders Adopt Unique Ligand Binding Poses to Elicit Anti-Proliferative Activities in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Cells, Sofia Lucia Mateus
Forgive as We are Forgiven: Reframing a Trinitarian Model of Forgiveness in a Post-Genocide Rwanda, Deogratias Mbonyumugenzi
Skin microbiota differs between Black and White patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Mylee S. McCool, Dania Achmar, and Saima S. Rahman
How Science Denial and Christian Perceptions Shape Policy, Isabella Mednis and Caroline Byrne
Implementing an Evidence-based Bundle Consisting of Tai Chi and Education to Reduce Fall Rates in Older Adults and Improve Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Staff in an Assisted Living Memory Care Facility: A Quality Improvement Project, Dhara Mehta, Audrey Klopp, and Jeanne Heid-Grubbman
A Novel Approach to Treat Trastuzumab Resistant HER2+ Breast Cancer: Activation PKCδ, Maria Grazia Mejia Monroy
Analyzing the Population Structure of the Rhizobia Associated with Astragalus Lentiginosus, Joshua Adam Melnick
