Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Hic Rhodus, Hic Salta! Three Conceptions of the Modern Inequality Paradox, Nicoletta Christina Montaner
Seodang: A Pilgrimage Toward Knowledge/Action and "Us-Ness" in the Community, Seungho Moon
Seodang: A Pilgrimage Toward Knowledge/Action and "Us-ness" in the Community, Seungho Moon
The Paradox of Post-Postmodernism, Seungho Moon
Complicated narratives of “Korean-ness”: Towards strategic provisionality in parental involvement, Seungho Moon and Jeesun Jung
Role of Micrornas in Impaired Gut Permeability Following Ethanol and Burn Injury, Niya Latrice Morris
Union Busted: Understanding the Relationship Between Democrats, Republicans, and Teachers’ Unions, Roman Motley
Intercultural Proficiency of Principals Leading Ib Schools in Urban America, Ahlam Bazzi Moughania
Folding of Gα Subunits: Implications for Disease States, Matthew Najor, Brian D. Leverson, Jesse L. Goossens, Saad Kothawala, Kenneth W. Olsen, and Duarte Mota de Freitas
Quiver Varieties and Crystals in Symmetrizable Type via Modulated Graphs, Vinoth Nandakumar and Peter Tingley
Recapturing the Power of Ritual to Enhance Community in Aging, Holly Nelson-Becker and Kimberly Sangster
Undoing Giftedness: Considering Adolescent Latina Identity Performativity in United States Public Schools, Jenna Nelson
Consistency of Health Behaviors and Relations to BMI in First Year College Students, Laura Nicholson
Characterizing the Requirement of the Cmi/Trr COMPASS-Like Complex During Drosophila Development, Timothy Nickels
Uncovering the Mechanisms Underlying the Immunogenicity of Adenovirus Vaccine Vectors, Natalie Nidetz
Crystal Structure of (2-{[(8-aminonaphthalen-1-yl)imino]methyl}-4,6-di-tert-butylphenolato-κ3N,N′,O)bromidonickel(II), Patrick O’Brien, Matthias Zeller, and Wei-Tsung Less
Pain and Academic Performance in Youth with Spina Bifida: The Mediating Role of Neuropsychological Functioning, Diana Margaret Ohanian
Benefaction in Galatians: An Analysis of Paul's Language of God's Favor in Its Greco-Roman Context, Ferdinand Okorie
Inhibition of Mutant EGFR in NSCLC Promotes Endothelin-1-Mediated NSCLC Disease Progression, Stephen Ollosi
Police Beats and City Streets: An Examination of Black American and Latinx Youth Interactions with and Perceptions of Police, Ogechi Onyeka
Immunobiology of Adenovirus-Vector Vaccines for MRSA, Emily Orvis
Reflections on Life: Replication and Extension, Karen Osowski
The Roles of Extraordinary Beliefs in Consumption Rituals, Cele C. Otnes, Linda Tuncay Zayer, Robert Alfonso Arias, and Arun Sreekumar
It's About Time: Length of Incarceration, Gang Membership, and Recidivism among Illinois Prison Releasees, Henry Douglas Otto
Effects of 8-Week Sensory Electrical Stimulation Combined with Motor Training on EEG-EMG Coherence and Motor Function in Individuals with Stroke, Li-Ling Hope Pan, Wen-Wen Yang, Chung-Lan Kao, Mei-Wun Tsai, Shun-Hwa Wei, Felipe Fregni, Vincent Chiun-Fan Chen, and Li-Wei Chou
Effects of 8-Week Sensory Electrical Stimulation Combined with Motor Training on EEG-EMG Coherence and Motor Function in Individuals with Stroke, Li-Ling Hope Pan, Wen-Wen Yang, Mei-Wun Tsai, Shun-Hwa Wei, Felipe Fregni, Vincent Chiun-Fan Chen, and Li-Wei Chou
The Impact of Sociodemographic Factors on Health-Related, Neuropsychological, and Psychosocial Functioning in Youth with Spina Bifida, Jaclyn Lennon Papadakis
Multidimensional Ethno-racial Status in Contexts of Mestizaje: Ethno-racial Stratification in Contemporary Peru, Cristian L. Paredes
The Concept of Matter in Kant's Transcendental Idealism, Kyoungnam Park
Regulation of Bacterial Glycogen Synthesis: Structure-Function Relationship of Adp-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase, Hiral Priyank Patel
Effects of Affiliative Motivation and Confrontation Style on Anti-Black Attitudes and Social Consequences, Jamie Patrianakos
Social Scientists' Conceptualization and Implementation of Research Ethics and Integrity, Heather A. Pease
Responses of Daphnia Magna to Chronic Exposure of Cadmium and Nickel Mixtures, Edgar Pérez and Tham C. Hoang
Mechanistic Investigations of the Iron(iii)-Catalyzed Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis Reaction, Susan Phan
A Study Into the Feasibility of Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning for the Identification of Alcohol Misuse in Trauma Patients, Andrew Phillips
Administrator Support of Social-Emotional and Academic Needs of Students at a Selective Enrollment High School, Therese Elizabeth Plunkett
Mario Kart 8: A Case Study In Total Internal Reflection, Robert Polak, Vincent Acuesta, Jonathon Cirone, Matthew B. Conway, Joseph Summers, and Lana Tinawi
Time Course of Brain Network Reconfiguration Supporting Inhibitory Control, Tzvetan Popov, Britta U. Westner, Rebecca L. Silton, Sarah M. Sass, Jeffrey M. Speilberg, Brigitte Rockstroh, Wendy Heller, and Gregory A. Miller
Studying the Antagonistic Relationship Between NKG2D and TGF-β Signaling in CD8+ T Cells, Kushal Prajapati
Draft Genome Sequence of an Active Heterotrophic Nitrifier-Denitrifier, Cupriavidus pauculus UM1, Catherine Putonti, Nathaniel Polley, and Domenic Castignetti
Draft Genome Sequence of an Active Heterotrophic Nitrifier-Denitrifier, Cupriavidus pauculus UM1, Catherine Putonti, Nathaniel Polley, and Domenic Castignetti
The Experience of Mentors in a Cross-Age Peer Mentoring Program: Exploring the Helper Therapy Principle, Dakari Quimby
A Discrete Loop in SERCA N-Domain Plays a Role in SERCA Headpiece Dynamics and Function, Olga N. Raguimova
Counter-Narratives of Latino Men and Machismo in Higher Education, Hiram Ramirez
Chronic Effects of Lead Exposure on Topsmelt Fish (Atherinops Affinis): Influence of Salinity, Organism Age, and Relative Sensitivity to Other Marine Fish, Erik J. Reynolds, Tham C. Hoang, D. Scott Smith, and Jasim M. Chowdhury
Never Silent: Evolution of Black Women's Anti-Rape Organizing, 1965 - 1985, Keisa Rochelle Reynolds
Review of Judith A. Merkle, Beyond Our Lights and Shadows: Charism and Institution in the Church, Daniel P. Rhodes
Culturally Relevant Choral Music Pedagogy and Student Feedback, Theoni Richardson
Are You a H.e.r.o.?: A Mixed Methods Study of the Relationship between Illinois Principals' Psychological Capital and School Culture, Karen Marie Ritter
Blood from the Sky: Miracles and Politics in the Early American Republic, Kyle Roberts
How Does She Do It All? a Test of the Social Cognitive Career Theory Self-Management Model of Women’s Multiple Role Management, Meghan Roche
Idle Talk, Deadly Talk: The Uses of Gossip in Caribbean Literature, Ana B. Rodriguez Navas
Stream Microbial Communities Show Resistance to Pharmaceutical Exposure, E. J. Rosi, H. A. Bechtold, D. Snow, M. Rojas, A. J. Reisinger, and J. J. Kelly
Universal Design for Learning: An Examination of Leadership Promoting Student Learning for All, Martha Ryan-Toye
Digital Storytelling: Tools, Techniques, and Traditions, Melanie Sage, Jonathan B. Singer, Andrea LaMarre, and Carla Rice
PBW Bases and Marginally Large Tableaux in Type D, Ben Salisbury, Adam Schultze, and Peter Tingley
On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life, Stephen Schloesser
What Is an Interruption? A Concept Analysis of Interruption During Nursing Medication Administration, Ginger L. Schroers
Addressing Environmental Gentrification: Improving Environmental Health for Children and Youth without Displacement, Tania Schusler and Amy Krings
Addressing Environmental Gentrification: Improving Environmental Health for Children and Youth without Displacement, Tania Schusler and Amy Krings
Sartre, Camus and a Marxism for the 21st Century, David Schweickart
Pay Transparency: What Do Employees Think, Dow Scott and Devin Jordan
The Future of Work and Rewards: A Survey of Reward Leaders, Dow Scott and Devin Jordan
Asian American Engagement in Racial Justice: Journeys Through Identity Development and Critical Consciousness, Megan Segoshi
The Gender Politics of Spectacle in Staging Sarah Ruhl's Adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando and ATHE 2018: Theatres of Revolution, Ann M. Shanahan
Caspase-3 suppresses diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocyte death, compensatory proliferation and hepatocarcinogenesis through inhibiting p38 activation, Na Shang, Thomas Bank, Xianzhong Ding, Peter W. Breslin, Jun Li, Baomin Shi, and Wei Qiu
Gene Co-occurrence Networks Reflect Bacteriophage Ecology and Evolution, Jason W. Shapiro and Catherine Putonti
Gene Co-occurrence Networks Reflect Bacteriophage Ecology and Evolution, Jason W. Shapiro and Catherine Putonti
School Standpoint': Understanding Effects of Personal Experiences within School-Based Social Work Practice, Emily Shayman
Prevalence and Predictors of Low Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D among Female African-American Breast Cancer Survivors, Patricia M. Sheean, Claudia Arroyo, Jennifer Woo, and Melinda Stolley
Nutrition Risk Among an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Patricia M. Sheean, Isabel C. Farrar, Suela Sulo, Jamie Partridge, Linda Schiffer, and Marian Fitzgibbon
Relationships Between Neuronal Birthdates and Tonotopic Positions in The Mouse Cochlear Nucleus, Austin R. Shepard, Jennifer L. Scheffel, and Wei-Ming Yu
The Monstrosity of Parental Involvement: Formation Through Reading in Shelley and Rousseau, Amy B. Shuffelton
Exploring Community College Practitioners' Cultivation and Praxis of Antiracist and Asset-Based Approaches to Education: A Phenomenological Study, Ester Ulibasa Sihite
Toddler Activity Recognition Using Machine Learning, Pinky Sindhu
'The Good Shepherd Lays Down His Life for the Sheep' (John 10:11, 15, 17): Questioning the Limits of a Johannine Metaphor, Christopher W. Skinner
The Educated Hustlers and Divas: How Black Youth Use Black Television as a Tool to Communicate While in School., Kiersten M. Smith
Gendered Market Subjectivity: Autonomy, Privilege, and Emotional Subjectivity in Normalizing Post-socialist Neoliberal Ideology, Katherine Sredl
The Creation and Destruction of the Great American Middle Class (1930-2010), Stanley F. Stasch
Critical Conversations with Suburban Administrative Leaders on Special Education Disproportionality: Case Studies of Suburban School Districts, Jennifer Colleen Sterpin
Tradition as Innovation: Dialect Revalorization and Maximal Orthographic Distinction in Rural Norwegian Writing, Thea R. Strand
Cryptic Diversification of Two Widespread Species in Madagascar, Lynika Sharlice Strozier
Cross-referencing social media and public surveillance camera data for disaster response, Chittayong Surakitbanharn,; Calvin Yau; Guizhen Wang; Aniesh Chawla; Yinuo Pan; Zhaoya Sun; Sam Yellin; David Ebert; Yung-Hsiang Lu; and George K. Thiruvathukal
Workplace Climate and Job Satisfaction: A Test of Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)'s Workplace Self-Management Model with Sexual Minority Employees, Alexander Tatum
The Power of a Stereotype: American Depictions of the Black Woman in Film Media, Brittany Terry
2018 Low-Power Image Recognition Challenge, George K. Thiruvathukal
Understanding Turning Radius and Driving in Convex Polygon Paths in Introductory Robotics, George K. Thiruvathukal, Ronald I. Greenberg, and David Garcia
Metrics Dashboard: A Hosted Platform for Software Quality Metrics, George K. Thiruvathukal, Shilpika, Nicholas J. Hayward, and Konstantin Läufer
Culturing of Female Bladder Bacteria Reveals an Interconnected Urogenital Microbiota, Krystal Thomas-White, Samuel C. Forster, Nitin Kumar, Michelle Van Kuiken, Catherine Putonti, Mark D. Stares, Evann E. Hilt, Travis K. Price, Alan J. Wolfe, and Trevor D. Lawley
Culturing of Female Bladder Bacteria Reveals an Interconnected Urogenital Microbiota, Krystal Thomas-White, Samuel C. Forster, Nitin Kumar, Michelle Van Kuiken, Catherine Putonti, Mark D. Stares, Evann E. Hilt, Travis K. Price, Alan J. Wolfe, and Trevor D. Lawley
Nitric Oxide Inhibits Biofilm Formation by Vibrio Fischeri Via the Nitric Oxide Sensor Hnox, Cecilia Thompson
An Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing the Success of Refugee Youth in College and University, Lea Tienou-Gustafson
Listen, Share, Play: Lessons from Preschool for Problem Solving, Peter Tingley
International Student Intersectionality in the Trump Era, Sarah Tolman
Sex Trafficking of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth in the United States, Meaghan Tomasiewicz
Theology and the City in Africa: The Significance of Contemporary African Urban Experience for Theological Reflection, Dominic Fungai Tomuseni
Managing the Academic Racehorse: Bioaccountability, Surveillance, and the Crafting of Docile Faculty in Mexican Universities, Blanca Minerva Torres-Olave and Maria Elena Torres-Olave
The Impact of Mood on Health Behaviors and Quality of Life for Women with Cardiovascular Disease, Jacqueline Ann Tulley
Citizens and Kings: Dramatic Genre and Social Consciousness in Early Modern England, Anna Ullmann
