Theses/Dissertations from 2016
An Integrated Model of Safer Sex Practices among African-American Gay and Bisexual Men, Brian D. Zamboni, Isiaah Crawford, and Fred B. Bryant
Resistance to Gender Stereotyping in Advertising Institutions, Linda Tuncay Zayer, Catherine Coleman, and Ozlem Hesapci
Exploring Patient-Provider Relationships in Preference-Based Health Care Choices, Linda Tuncay Zayer, Cele C. Otnes, and Eileen M. Fischer
Have Changes in Business Practices and Reporting Standards Changed the Taxonomy of Financial Ratios?, Thomas Zeller, John Kostolansky, and Michail Bozoudis
Clusters of Alpha Satellite on Human Chromosome 21 Are Dispersed Far onto the Short Arm and Lack Ancient Layers, William Ziccardi, Chongjian Zhao, Valery Shepelev, Lev Uralsky, Ivan Alexandrov, Tatyana Andreeva, Evgeny Rogaev, Christopher Bun, Emily Miller, Catherine Putonti, and Jeffrey Doering
Lipoate Metabolism in Staphylococcus Aureus Pathogenesis, Maria Azul Zorzoli
Submissions from 2015
Identity, Heritage and Memorialization: The Toraja Tongkonan of Indonesia, Kathleen M. Adams
The Characteristic Polynomial of the Adams Operators on Graded Connected Hopf Algebras, Marcelo Aguiar and Aaron Lauve
Equilibrium in Biblical Exegesis: Why Evangelicals Need the Catholic Church, Robert Andrews
Characterization of Exopolysaccharide (EPS) Produced by Bacillus subtilis Mutants, Alexander Argianas
Reform Through a Student Lens: The Experience of Latino a Students in an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in Chicago, Sandra Arreguin
Do Size and Value Premia Vary Across Industry and Market Conditions? Evidence from the Euro Area, Maher Asal, Abolhasson Jalilvand, and Lars Rolseth
The Protective Effect of Kinship Support on the Adjustment of Youth in Foster Care, Grace Jhe Bai
Daddy Is Involved: How Do African American Fathers Participate in the Education Experiences of Their High School Children?, Gregory Pierre Baker
Instructional Leadership and Deliberate Practice: A Framework for Improving Student Achievement, Matthew Henry Banach
Latino Families' Knowledge of Bilingual Education, Rosalinda Barragan
The Effects of Acculturative Stress on Mental Health Outcomes of African Immigrant and Refugee Youth: Coping as a Moderator, Emma-Lorraine Baaba Bart-Plange
How to Hack it as a Working Parent, Jaclyn Bedoya, Margaret Heller, Christina Salazar, and May Yan
Teacher Retention and Student Achievement: Environmental Factors, Social Capital and Interventions in Urban, Pre-Dominantly Latino Schools, Luis Xavier Benavides
Environmental Ethics: Theory and Implications for Marketing, Raymond Benton Jr.
Raising Pan Americans: Early Women Activists of Hemispheric Cooperation, 1916–1944, Dina Berger
Maurice Blondel: Precursor of the Second Vatican Council, Peter J. Bernardi SJ
"Here there is no Gentile or Jew": Doing Diversity in a Conservative Christian School, Allison Blosser
Hallways and High Schools: Changes in Adult Behavior to Decrease Disruption from Students in Non-Classroom Settings, Hank Bohanon
Embedding Self-determination and Futures Planning within a Schoolwide Framework, Hank Bohanon, Jose Castillo, and Morgan Afton
Somos Familia: Family as an Organizing Trope in 20th-21st Century Latina/o Literature, Victoria Anne Bolf
Messy Archives and Materials that Matter: Making Knowledge with the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Papers, Suzanne Bost
Generation of a Novel Exactly Solvable Potential, Jonathan Bougie; Asim Gangopadhyaya; Jeffry V. Mallow, Emeritus; and Constantin Rasinariu
Finding Function in the Unknown, Kelly Boyd, Emma Highland, Amanda Misch, Amber Hu, Sushma Reddy, and Catherine Putonti
Bystander Confronting of Anti-Black Racism: Effects of Belonging Affirmation and Confrontation Training, Rayne Bozeman
Injury in Aged Animals Robustly Activates Quiescent Olfactory Neural Stem Cells, Jessica H. Brann, Deandra Ellis, Benson Ku, Eleonora Spinazzi, and Stuart Firestein
Devastation and Rebirth: A Longitudinal Study of Bosnia’s Arizona Market, with Implications for Markets, Marketing and Society, Ruzica Brecic, Clifford J. Shultz, Katherine Sredl, and Natasa Renko
HAsh-MaP-ERadicator: Filtering Non-Target Sequences from Next Generation Sequencing Reads, Jonathon Brenner and Catherine Putonti
The Impacts of Family Environment and Stress Reactivity on Daily Mood for Low-Income Latino Adolescents, Stephanie K. Brewer
Sustainable Chicago 2015: A Political Analysis, Zachary A. Brown
Tasting Life, Fred B. Bryant
A Study of Education Management Organizations: Competition Framing as a Technique in Education Policy, Calli Leigh Burnett
The Role of Instructional Leadership on Teacher Induction and Professional Longevity: A Case Study, Jeremy E. Burnham
Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Maintenance of the Gut Barrier Following Burn Injury, Abigail Rhea Cannon
Profiles of Protective Factors in Urban African American Youth Exposed to Community Violence: A Prospective Study of Resilience, Devin Colleen Carey
The Role of Vocational Hope in the Social Cognitive Career Theory: A Test of Three Models, Andrea Lynn Carr
Leaving the Gang: A Review and Thoughts on Future Research, Dena C. Carson and J. Michael Vecchio
The Modernist Novel in its Contemporaneity, Pamela L. Caughie
Migratory Loss and Depression Among Adult Immigrants of Chinese Descent, Christine Chih-Ting Chang
The Gut-Liver Axis Regulates Pulmonary Inflammation After Intoxication and Burn Injury, Michael M. Chen
Constraints Evolve: Context-Dependency of Gene Effects Allows Evolution of Pleiotropy, James M. Cheverud
The Genetic Architecture of Fluctuating aSymmetry of Mandible Size and Shape in a Population of Mice: Another Look, James M. Cheverud, Larry J. Leamy, Christian Peter Klingenberg, Emma Sherratt, and Jason B. Wolf
Identification of eQTLs for Hepatic Xbp1s and Socs3 Gene Expression in Mice Fed a High-Fat, High Caloric Diet, James M. Cheverud, Sarina Pasricha, Jane Kenney-Hunt, Kristy Anderson, Naderah Jafari, Rabea A. Hall, Frank Lammert, and Richard M. Green
Comparing Acute Effects of a Nano-TiO2 Pigment on Cosmopolitan Freshwater Phototrophic Microbes Using High-Throughput Screening, Binh Chu, Christopher G. Peterson, Tiezheng Tong, Kimberly A. Gray, Jean-François Gaillard, and John Kelly
Historical Perspectives on Trade and Risk on the Silk Road, Middle East and China, E. Mine Cinar, Katherine Geusz, and Joseph Johnson
Young Tableaux, Multisegments, and PBW Bases, John Claxton and Peter Tingley
SEL in Higher Education, Colleen S. Conley
The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Students in Social Work Programs. A Study Report from the CSWE Council on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression, Shelley L. Craig, Lauren B. McInroy, Michael P. Dentato, Ashley Austin, and Lori Messinger
El Sufrimiento en la Literatura y la Cinematografía Latinoamericanas: Un Análisis de las Representaciones y las Experiencias de Sufrir, Adrian Xavier Cuevas
Board Governance, Seeking Best In Class: Perspectives from Chief Executive Officers Serving as Academic Trustees, Donna Blanchard Curin Ed.D.
Emetine as an Anti-Cancer Therapeutic in Bladder Cancer, Valerie Davidson
"The Nazi War on Weimar 'Asphalt Culture'" for "Dissonance: Music and Globalization since Edison's Phonograph", David B. Dennis
"Thomas Mann, ‘Expressionism,’ and Ðeath in Venice” for “Death in Venice: Warrington Colescott and Thomas Mann”, David B. Dennis
Exploring the Impact of Mindfulness on Adolescents: A Mixed Methods Approach, Poonam Desai
The Impact of Meaningful High School Computer Science Experiences in the Chicago Public Schools, Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, Steven McGee, and Dale Reed
Slavoj Žižek on Jacques Derrida, or On Derrida’s Search for a Middle Ground Between Marx and Benjamin, and His Finding Žižek Instead, Colby Dickinson
What Christians Need No Longer Defend: The Political Stakes of Considering Antinomianism as Central to the Practice and History of Theology, Colby Dickinson
Investigating the Role of Cognitive Biases as a Risk Factor for Depression, Daniel Aaron Dickson
Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Folate Targeted Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy, Laura Jean Donahue
A Comparison of Secondary Dropout Rates in Rural and Urban Costa Rica, Mary Flynn Doran
Development of the Personal and Professional Self-Care Scale, Katherine Elizabeth Dorociak
Being and Becoming: A Grounded Theory Study of the Racial and Ethnic Socialization Processes of Fifteen Haitian Immigrants Living in the United States, Lud Abigail Duchatelier-Jeudy
The Trauma Thesis: Medical and Literary Representations of Psychological Trauma in the Twentieth Century, Sarah Louise Eilefson
Critical Literacy: Going Beyond the Demands of Common Core, Aimee Ellis and Teddi L. Eberly
Contributors to Infant Sleep: Factors Influencing Sleep Consolidation in Five- to Seven-Month Olds, Amber Leigh Evenson
The Role of Pidd Protein in Adenoviral Induction of Apoptosis, Iris Teresa Figueroa
Decision Making of Building Level Administrators and Their Perceptions on Groupthink, Julie Ann Flitcraft
Academic Achievement of Latino Emerging Adults: The Role of Language Brokering, Executive Functions, and Language Proficiency, Valerie Christina Flores
Tcr Modifications to Enhance Expression, Chain Pairing, and Antigen Recognition for Adoptive T Cell Transfer, Kendra Foley
White Woods and Blue Jasmine: Woody Allen Rewrites A Streetcar Named Desire, Verna Foster
Effects of Aggregated Alpha-Synuclein on Cultured Neuronal Cells, David Freeman
Social Maintenance of Oppressive Structures, Stephen Gabourel
A Gene-Based Association Method for Mapping Traits Using Reference Transcriptome Data, Eric R. Gamazon, Heather Wheeler, Kaanan P. Shah, Sahar V. Mozaffari, Keston Aquino-Michaels, Robert J. Carroll, Anne E. Eyler, Joshua C. Denny, GTEx Consortium, Dan L. Nicolae, Nancy J. Cox, and Hae Kyung Im
The American Student Abroad and the Perceived Impact in the Local Community, Emily Gaul
Review of M. Lee, Body, Dress, and Identity in Ancient Greece, Laura Gawlinski
Defining Character: A Curriculum Analysis of the Boy Scouts of America and the National Kappa League, Helen Marie Gerety
Negotiating Diabetes: Professional Diabetes Care Work in the U.s., Melissa Marie Gesbeck
Regulation of Micrornas by 17β-Estradiol in the Aging Female Brain, Yathindar Satya Giffin-Rao
The Changing Forms of History, Timothy Gilfoyle
Wisconsin Roots: Making History Interviews with Richard M. Jaffee and John W. Rowe, Timothy Gilfoyle
Michael Katz on Place and Space in Urban History, Timothy J. Gilfoyle
An Action Research Project Aimed at Enhancing the Executive Skills of a Departmentalized Seventh Grades Class, Jacqueline M. Gilson
grid, Laura Goldstein
La Poesía de Don Juan de Arguijo: Expresión de una Comunidad, Olympia Gonzalez
The Settlement Stage: How Hull House Bridged Leisure, Creativity, and Play, Ann Goodson
The Influence of Community-Based Summer Programs on Ethnically Diverse, Low-Income Chicago Youth, Amy Governale
Autonomy Support, Elaborativeness, and Problem Solving During Families’ Building Construction in a Children’s Museum, Tayler Grashel
Book Review: Transforming the Dead, Anne L. Grauer
Tools for Outreach Presentations, Ronald I. Greenberg and Dale Reed
The Influence of Backlash on Self-Sexualization and Cognitive Depletion, Mallory Helen Elizabeth Nurse Grembowski
Competing Voices: Negotiating Power and Place in Mixed-Income Housing Development, Kimberlee S. Guenther
