Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Predicting Suitable Habitat Decline of Midwestern United States Amphibians and Quantifying the Consequence of Declines Using Pond-Breeding Salamanders, Brock Struecker
Global Human Trafficking: New Insights on an Old Crime, Joanna Surma
Differential Functional Connectivity of Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex During Emotional Interference, Akos Szekely, Rebecca L. Silton, Wendy Heller, Gregory A. Miller, and Aprajita Mohanty
The Responsibility to Protect and United States Intervention in the Libyan Civil War (2011), Paul Tang Abomo
Ecological Factors Promoting Academic Resilience of Latina Students, Rebecca Testa-Ryan
Beyond Pythagoras, George K. Thiruvathukal
El Fin, George K. Thiruvathukal
How AI is bringing Hollywood to life, George K. Thiruvathukal
An Qualitative Study of the Meaning High School Students Ascribe to Occult Media Consumption, Jalisha Tolbert
Risk and Resilience Factors Among Low-Income Latino Adolescents: The Impact on Daily Ratings of Mood, Stephanie Andrea Torres
Music and Aggression: Effects of Lyrics and Background Music on Aggressive Behavior, Andrew Triplett
Remember the Word That I Told You: Direct Internal Quotation in the Gospel of John, Jeffrey Michael Tripp
Evolution of Entrepreneurial Judgment with Venture-Specific Experience, Ugur Uygur and Sung Min Kim
Grit in the Classroom, David Anthony Vaughn
University and College Counseling Centers' Commitment to Social Justice, Elizabeth M. Vera, Julia C. Phillips, Suzette L. Speight, Thomas M. Brounk, Deidre Weathersby, Rufus Gonzales, and Kathy Kordesh
Filipinos for Garcetti: Ethnic Political Organizing in Los Angeles and Asian American Civic Engagement in Cities, George Villanueva
Communication Asset Mapping: An Ecological Field Application Toward Building Healthy Communities, George Villanueva, Garrett M. Broad, Carmen Gonzalez, Sandra Ball-Rokeach, and Sheila Murphy
The Unified Outcomes Project: Evaluation Capacity Building, Communities of Practice, and Evaluation Coaching, Jay Wade, Leanne Kallemeyn, David C. Ensminger, Molly Baltman, and Tania Rempert
ADHD and Attention Problems in Children With and Without Spina Bifida, Rachel M. Wasserman, Alison M. Stoner, Alexa Stern, and Grayson N. Holmbeck
Development of "Inside-Out" Pegylated Crosslinked Hemoglobin Polymers: Novel Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers (HBOC), Kyle Douglas Webster
Defining Quality in Undergraduate Social Work Education, Mary Ruth Weeden
Neural Correlates of Political Attitudes: Emotion and Ideology in the Brain, Dane Gorman Wendell
Pharmacogenetic Discovery in CALGB (Alliance) 90401 and Mechanistic Validation of a VAC14 Polymorphism That Increases Risk of Docetaxel-Induced Neuropathy, Heather E. Wheeler
Variants in WFS1 and Other Mendelian Deafness Genes are Associated with Cisplatin-Associated Ototoxicity, Heather E. Wheeler, Eric R. Gamazon, Robert Frisina, Carlos Perez-Cervantes, Omar El Charif, Brandon Mapes, Sophie D. Fossa, Darren Feldman, Robert Hamilton, David J. Vaughn, Clair Beard, Chunkit Fung, Chiristian Kollmannsberger, Jeri Kim, Taisei Mushiroda, Michiaki Kubo, Shirin Ardeshir-Rouhani-Fard, Lawrence H. Einhorn, Nancy Cox, M. Eileen Dolan, and Lois Travis
Survey of the Heritability and Sparse Architecture of Gene Expression Traits across Human Tissues., Heather E. Wheeler, Kaanan P. Shah, Jonathon Brenner, Tzintzuni Garcia, Keston Aquino-Michaels, GTEx-Consortium, Nancy J. Cox, Dan L. Nicolae, and Hae Kyung Im
Survey of the Heritability and Sparse Architecture of Gene Expression Traits across Human Tissues, Heather Wheeler, Kaanan P. Shah, Jonathon Brenner, Tzintzuni Garcia, Keston Aquino-Michaels, GTEx Consortium, Nancy J. Cox, Dan L. Nicolae, and Hae Kyung Im
Defining the Role of a Putative Peptidase in Staphylococcus Aureus Quorum Sensing and Pathogenesis, Chelsea Rose White
“Church” in Black and White: The Organizational The Organizational Lives of Young Adults, Rhys H. Williams, Courtney Ann Irby, and R. Stephen Warner
A Bioluminescence Sensor of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation, Michael Alexander Winek
Group-Level Differences of Moral Foundations, Jeremy Winget
Olympic Bids, Professional Sports, and Urban Politics: Four Decades of Stadium Planning in Detroit, 1936-1975, Jeffrey R. Wing
Improving Causal Claims in Observational Research: An Investigation of Propensity Score Methods in Applied Educational Research, Julie Diane Wren
Missing Data in the Context of Student Growth, Katherine Wright
Critical Role of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase Signaling in Binge Alcohol-Driven Atrial Arrhythmic Remodeling, Jiajie Yan Yan
The Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation on Longitudinal Associations between Stress and Mental Health in College Students, Evan Zahniser
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
