Theses/Dissertations from 2025
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
Complete genome sequence of vaginal swab isolate Enterococcus faecalis UMB6935B, including two complete plasmids, Olive Kolar, Helen Appleberry, Alan J. Wolfe, Alex Kula, and Catherine Putonti
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
Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus haemolyticus UMB6531B, isolated from a perineal swab, Alex Kula, Olive Kolar, Karolina Gilewicz, Zainab Qureshi, Anmol Singh, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
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
Exploring Latinx Students' Experience With School Connectedness: A Hybrid Thematic Approach to Deductive and Inductive Analysis, Maria Olivia Mendez
Bilingual Latinx Adolescents Experiences in a Predominantly White Institution: A Mixed Method Study, Danieli Marie Mercado Ramos
“A bond as strong as a lock and chain”: Youth of color in low-income communities use photovoice to theorize developmentally nurturing processes of their cross-age mentoring programs, Kevin M. Miller, Katherine Tyson McCrea, Victor Sarna, William Donnelly, Grace Ann Fitzgibbons, Jamie Kessler, Cynthia Onyeka, Chana Matthews, Maryse Richards, Elijah Daniels, and Dreyce Denton
Investigating the Reinforcing Effects of Optogenetic Stimulation of Lateral Hypothalamus Projections to the Laterodorsal Tegmental Nucleus and Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus in Mice, Jacqueline Moghadam
Immigration Law Insights: My Internship at Borjas Law Group LLC, Keila Moncada
Self-efficacy is not just about the Self: African American cross-age youth mentors, Amzie Moore, Maria Wathen, Katherine Tyson McCrea, and Maryse Richards
Encrypted Network Traffic Analysis: To Website Fingerprinting and Beyond, Madeline Moran, Joshua Honig, Nathan Ferrell, Shreena Soni, Sophia Homan, Eric Chan-Tin, and Mohammed Abuhamad
Encrypted Network Traffic Analysis: To Website Fingerprinting and Beyond, Madeline Moran, Joshua Honig, Nathan Ferrell, Shreena Soni, Sophia Homan, Eric Chan-Tin, and Mohammed Abuhamad
Phage Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections: Progress and Challenges Ahead, Chase J. Morgan, Haley Atkins, Alan J. Wolfe, Linda Brubaker, Saima Aslam, Catherine Putonti, Michael B. Doud, and Lindsey A. Burnett
Statistical Approaches in Evolutionary Biology: Using Threespine Stickleback Fish to Test Fisher's Geometric Model and Evaluate Methods for Handling Missing Data, Aaron Mathew Myrold
Fear of Victimization, Trust, Security, and Public Spaces in Guatemala, Keyla Navarrete
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACTS OF XBP1S OVEREXPRESSION IN OLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENTIOR CELLS IN A REMYLINATING MOUSE MODEL OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, Grace E. Newell and Kody ellen Bruce
Science Communication and Religious Tensions in Healthcare, Emily Ngo
Regulation of Spermatogenesis by the Notch Signaling Pathway, Emma O'Flaherty
How Language at Post-Intervention Predicts Psychological Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis of Language Trends Using LIWC-22, Bradley W. Orzada, Kirby Knapp, Zuzu Trottier, and Colleen Conley
Evaluation of Bacteriophage Infection of Enterococcus faecalis in a Monolayer, Alexandria Osborn
Examining the Response of River Discharge to Accelerated Hydrologic Cycle in High Latitude Eurasia, Eve Owens and Debjani Ghatak
“The Wonderful Swiftness of the Soul”: Mental Movement and Religious Ethics in Medieval English Literature, Abigail Palmisano
Pre-Migration Victimization and Fear of Violent Crime among New Arrivals in Chicago / Victimización y miedo al crimen violento en el país de origen de los migrantes recién llegados a Chicago, Cristian L. Paredes, Keyla Navarrete, Anna E. Bullock, Brianna Hernandez, and Raymond A. Akumbilim
Maternal Access for Depression in Rural Environments, Simone Parlier
Refining cross-population polygenic risk scores across diverse populations, Mansi Patel
A Bishnoi Woman’s Odhani: Gendered Labor, Environmental Ethics, and Textile Traditions in Rajasthan, Nidhi Patel
Healthy Lifestyle in the Framework of the Community Education Project Nourish Chicago, Sia Patel and Polina Pine
The Other-Race Effect in Racial Minority Infants, Emily Pawelko
The Role of Social Media in Climate Change Information, Patrick Peralta
The Role of Shot in Spermatogenesis, Maya Petryszak
The Stay SAFE Project: Implementation of an Evidence-Based Interruption Management Strategy with Novice Nurses, Jill Pfieffer and Ginger Schroers
ADDRESSING GENDER DISPROPORTIONALITY WITHIN MICHIGAN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, Katlyn Ploss
Exploring General Education Teachers' Awareness of Ableism in Elementary School, Hana Elizabeth Polachek
Teaching and Learning with Feeling: A Qualitative Case Study of Teacher Candidates’ Experiences with Socio-Emotional Learning, Anna Melinda Press
NOMA: The "Non-Overlapping" Magisteria, Reese Quival
Capturing Diverse Adolescents’ Social Contexts: The Development of an Ethnic-Racial Microaffirmations Scale for Peer Interactions, Maria Radulescu
Analysis of β-glucosidase Mutant T352V, John Ratz and Sufia Khan
Anxiety Symptoms Are Distinctly Related to Working Memory Deficits in Adults with ADHD, Andrew Asa Rauch
Improving the Reproducibility of Deep Learning Software: An Initial Investigation through a Case Study Analysis, Nikita Ravi, Abhinav Goel, James C. Davis, and George K. Thiruvathukal
The Effects of a Tier 1 Self-Regulation Intervention on Elementary Students’ Engagement and Reading Comprehension, Kaitlin Reichart, Hank Bohanon, and Gina Coffee
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Strengthen MTSS within Catholic Schools, Kaitlin Reichart, Adam B. Lockwood, and Jessica Pizzute
A Kuba Raffia Cut-Pile Textile from the May Weber Ethnographic Study Collection, Stella Riehl
Comparing Human Skeletal Collections at Loyola University Chicago: Impacts on Education and Research, Stella Riehl
CELTS Reflection, Ingrid Rivera
Murine TBK1 regulates MPP3-type HSPCs and circulating leukocytes in normal hematopoiesis and FLT3+ LSCs in MLL-AF9-driven leukemia, Austin P. Runde, Joseph Cannova, Ryan Mack, Kanak Joshi, Mark Sellin, Rohit Thalla, Allan Youmaran, Mattias Lenz, Peter Breslin, Wei Wei, and Jiwang Zhang
Emotional Intelligence Training Correlates With Medical Students’ Apprehension of AI in Healthcare: A Single-Institution, Observational Study, Austin P. Runde, Shambhavi Mishra, Marina Feffer, and Ramzan Shahid
Medical Students Trained in Emotional Intelligence Seem to be More Apprehensive of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Austin P. Runde, Shambhavi Mishra, Marina Feffer, and Ramzan Shahid
Final Report - Portfolio Management, Anthony Rynes, John Wimmer, Samy Uscher, and Evan Markworth
The Effectiveness of a Race-Based Stress Reduction Intervention on Improving Stress-Related Symptoms and Inflammation in African American Women at Risk for Cardiometabolic Disease: Protocol for Recruitment and Intervention for a Randomized Controlled Trial, Karen L. Saban, Cara Joyce, Alexandria Nyembwe, Linda Janusek, Dina Tell, Paula de la Pena, Darnell Motley, Lamise Shawahin, Laura Prescott, Stephanie Potts-Thompson, and Jacquelyn Y. Taylor
Understanding Middle Managers in Community Colleges, Mason Salazar
Development of a Humanized SCFV Antibody: Step Towards Treatment of Neuropathic Pain, Gurpreet Sandhu
Identifying Cyberbullying Roles in Social Media, Manuel Sandoval, Mohammed Abuhamad, Patrick Furman, Mujtaba Nazari, Deborah Hall, and Yasin N. Silva
Relationship Between Racial Discrimination, Anxiety and Risk for Depression in Pre-Licensure Nursing Students of Color, Kyla Cassandra Santos, Dian D. Squire, and Dina Tell
The Impact of Substrate Structure and Catalyst Identity on the Lewis-Acid Catalyzed Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis Reaction, Cory William Schneider
Preparation for Workplace Realities: Educating Nursing Students on how to Manage Interruptions, Ginger Schroers, Jill Pfieffer, Katie Vanderzwan, Laura Klenke-Borgmann, Sue Kilroy, Dina Tell, and Jenny O'Rourke
Practitioners’ perspectives on preventing environmental gentrification in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Tania Schusler and Amy Krings
Intracellular Persistence of Cytotoxic Strains of P. Aeruginosa Isolates Is Enabled by Bistable Expression of the Type Three Secretion System, Gustavo Serrato
Decoding the Origins of Infection: A Machine Learning Framework, Nirupama G. Shanbhag
Examining the Current Utilization of Conceptual Data Modeling in Database Modeling Practices: Mixed Methods Research, Abhishek Sharma
From Unmotivated to Motivated: Hermeneutic Inquiries of Experience of Community-Based BSW Students in an Innovative Internship Seminar, Hyungjung Shin, Rana Hong, and Philip Young P. Hong
Keep It in Your Pants: How Sexual Regulation Becomes Identity Regulation, Madelyn Shoemaker
Thermostability and catalytic activity analysis of protein mutant 𝛽- glucosidase B (BglB) A88E, Taneesha Sinha and Alana Pereira
Presence With Purpose: Growing Fair Trade Awareness, Tabitha Skyles, Sofia Mir, Natziry Lavanderos, Mason McCreary, and Anoushka Maller
