Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Reaping the "Colored Harvest": The Catholic Mission in the American South, Megan Stout Sibbel
Motherhood and Love: Beyond the Gendered Stereotypes of Theology, Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar
The Effects of Candidate Religiosity and Candidate Secularism on Voters' Support for the Political Candidate, Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo
Literary and Visual Representations of Traumatic Memory of the Pinochet Dictatorship in Chile, Alison Tange
Acculturative Stress and Coping Strategies Used by Asian Indians Living in the United States: A Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry, Ritu V. Thaker
Just Like Everyone Else? Locating South Asians in 21st Century American Popular Media, Bhoomi K. Thakore
Computational Science, Demystified...the Future, Revealed...and CiSE, 2013, George K. Thiruvathukal
Productivity in the Cognitive Overload Era, George K. Thiruvathukal
The Education Issue, George K. Thiruvathukal
What's in an Algorithm?, George K. Thiruvathukal
Who Needs Tablets? We Do, George K. Thiruvathukal
Gendered Jobs and the New Gender Gap, George K. Thiruvathukal and Jon Ross
Type 2 Diabetes Risk among Asian Indians in the US: A Pilot Study, Annie Thomas and Alyce Ashcraft
Modeling Dengue Virus Infection Patients for Each Severity of Dengue Disease in Thailand, Montip Tiensuwan and Timothy O'Brien
Democracy and Scientific Expertise: Illusions of Political and Epistemic Inclusion, J.D. Trout
Behavior and Ecosystem Effects of the Invasive Asian Clam (Corbicula fluminea) In Urban Streams, Kayla Turek
Expression of Cytosolic Peroxiredoxins in Plasmodium Berghei Ookinetes is Regulated by Environmental Factors in the Mosquito bloodmeal, Benjamin A. Turturice, Michael A. Lamm, James J. Tasch, Angelika Zalewski, Rachel Kooistra, Eric H. Schroeter, Sapna Sharma, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, and Stefan M. Kanzok
Determinants of Causal Ambiguity and Difficulty of Knowledge Transfer within the Firm, Ugur Uygur
Added Complexity of Social Entrepreneurship: A Knowledge-Based Approach, Ugur Uygur and Alexei M. Marcoux
Binge Alcohol and Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury, Ian Vaagenes
Biases in Children's Cognitive Styles: Investigating Local, Global, and Rule-Based Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typical Development, Sandra Beatriz Vanegas
Once Bitten, Thrice Wise: The Varying Effects of Victimization on Routine Activities and Risk Management, J. Michael Vecchio
Prolegomena to Kant's Theory of the Derangement of the Cognitive Faculties, Gisele Velarde La Rosa
The Costumed Catholic: Catholics, Whiteness, and the Movies, 1928 - 1973, Albert William Vogt III
Understanding the Consequences of Interpersonal Confrontation: The Role of Goal Pursuit in Men's Responses to Being Confronted as Sexist, Dana E. Wagner
Chicago Italians and the Concordat of 1929: Remembering the Work of Peter D’Agostino, Elfriede Wedam PhD
A Dialogue of the Seven Cardinal Virtues and the Seven Deadly Sins in British Library MS Harley 2399, Edward Wheatley
Adult Outcomes for Children and Adolescents with EBD: Understanding Parents’ Perspectives, Martha Ellen Wynne, Ashley E. Ausikaitis, and Mary Satchwell
Hans Urs Von Balthasar and Kenosis: The Pathway to Human Agency, Timothy J. Yoder
The Effect of Work-Related Programs on Dropout Rates: A Meta-Analysis, Jill Young
Beyond Retention: Exploring Mental Health Benefits of Living Learning Programs, Christopher Zaddach
Particulates Initiate Immune Response Via Inducing Oxidative Stress-Mediated NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation, Zhenyu Zhong
Identity Negotiation of Young Arab Muslim Women Attending College in the United States and France, Danielle Dunand Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Social Cognitive Predictors for Undergraduate College Student's Choice Goals in Math and Science: Understanding the Role of Coping Efficacy, Matthew David Abrams
Ethnographic Methods, Kathleen M. Adams
Elementary School Teachers' Reasons for Staying in Their Current Schools: A Comparison Study, Luzmila Beanira Adrianzen
The Locus of Preparation and Privilege: College Choice and Social Reproduction, Daniel Allen
Perceptions, Attitudes and Acceptability of HIV Testing Among Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in Chicago, Rita Ndidi Amadi
Ein kurzer Brief Humboldts an den Hofmarschall, Reinhard Andress
Erste Briefe / First Letters aus dem Exil 1945-1950. (Un)mögliche Gespräche. Fallbeispiele des literarischen und künstlerischen Exils, Reinhard Andress
Organized Activity Involvement Across the Transition to College: Multiple Dimensions Predicting Adjustment, Nicole Arola
Cristo Rey and Christ the King Jesuit High School: Two Schools, Two Demographics, Two Realities: One Model, Alfredo Astorga-Velasquez
Neighborhood Attachment Among Latinos in Low-Income Communities, Kathleen Bachtell
A Qualitative Exploration of African American Men's Attitudes Toward Marriage, Rabiatu Barrie
Ontology in Emmanuel Levinas's Philosophy, Stacy Carol Bautista
Parallel Text Immersion, Daniel P. Becker Ph.D.
Teaching Environmental Ethics to MBA Students, Raymond Benton Jr.
Ritual as Clinical Intervention in Groupwork with African American Women, Kathryn Kristin Berg
On Eros in Plotinus: Attempt at a Systematic Reconstruction (with a Preliminary Chapter on Plato), Alberto Bertozzi
The Role of Professional Learning Communities in Developing and Using Common Formative Assessments, Diane Gmitro Betts
An Investigation of the Phospholamban-Serca Regulatory Interaction with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Philip Adam Bidwell
Team Performance on a Computerized Intellective Task, Joseph Bihary
The Thirty Years' War: Europe's Tragedy, Robert Bireley S.J.
Case example of the implementation of schoolwide positive behavior support in a high school setting, Hank Bohanon, Pamela Fenning, and Kimberly Thier
Integration of Social, Behavioral, and Academic Initiatives: Part I, Hank Bohanon and Meng-Jia Wu
Integration of Social, Behavioral, and Academic Initiatives: Part II, Hank Bohanon and Meng-Jia Wu
Disturbing the Power Equilibrium: How Notions of Private and Public Construct the Lesbian Educator in the American School System, Lillian Petrovich Brandt
Positive Behavior Intervention and Support: An Alternative Approach, Lucy Bridges
When Theory Meets Practice: Challenging Racial Inequality in a Post-Civil Rights Era, Victoria Brockett
Examining Support That Exists for Social and Emotional Program Implementation in Elementary Charter Schools, Angela N. Brooks
MiIP: The Monomer Identification and Isolation Program, Christopher Bun, William Ziccardi, Jeffrey Doering, and Catherine Putonti
Service Learning in the International Context: How Can It Be Beneficial When Studying Abroad?, Marquita Anna-Belle Butler
Barn and Pole Paradox: Revisited, Robert Cacioppo and Asim Gangopadhyaya
The Lord Opened Her Heart: Women, Work, and Leadership in Acts of the Apostles, Teresa Jeanne Calpino
Urspelerpes brucei, Carlos D. Campbell, Trip Lamb, and Joseph Milanovich
Exposure to Community Violence and Social Maladjustment Among Urban African American Youth: The Role of Emotion Dysregulation, Devin Colleen Carey
Divine Will/Divine Command: Moral Theories and the Problem of Arbitrariness, Thomas Carson
Midwife Or Med-Wife: Examining Emotion Work with Midwifery Students in Clinical Training, Jessica Anna Cebulak
Receptor-Mediated Hypertrophic Signaling Via Protein Kinase D and Histone Deacetylase 5 in Adult Myocytes, Chia-Wei Jenny Chang
Rotating Magnets Produce a Prompt Analgesia Effect in Rats, Zhong Chen, Hui Ye, Haiyun Xu, Shukang An, Anmin Jin, Chusong Zhou, and Shaoan Yang
Roman Catholic Masculinities: A Korean Roman Catholic Ethical Perspective, Hoon Choi
A Structuralist Controversy: Althusser and Lacan on Ideology, Won Choi
Serine 910 Phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase Is Critical for Costamere Assembly, Miensheng Chu
Superintendent's Perceptions of Adequacy in Illinois School Finance, Mark Alan Cohen
Treatment Compliance and Recidivism: Following Up on the 2000 Illinois Juvenile Probation Outcome Study, Connor Concannon
Explaining the Longitudinal Association Between Puberty and Depression: Sex Differences in the Mediating Effects of Peer Stress, Colleen S. Conley, Karen D. Rudolph, and Fred B. Bryant
The Crew / of Common Playwrights: Collaboration and Authorial Community in the Early Modern Theater, Lacey Ann Conley
The Effect of Glucose on Transcription at CpxR- and OmpR-Regulated Promoters, Andrew Charles Cosgrove
Family in Context: (Re)entry Narratives of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals, Jennifer Elena Cossyleon
The Systemic Impact of the Implementation of the Response to Intervention Model in Elementary Schools, Annette Robin Cronin
Towards a Multidimensional Model of Adaptation for African American Adolescents Exposed to Racial Discrimination, Jamila Cunningham
The Impact of Algal Community Succession, Taxonomic Composition and Biomass Accrual, On Denitrification Potential of Stream Periphyton, Allison Daley
The Effects of Curriculum and Social Capital on Post-Secondary Educational Attainment Among Public High School Students: A Multi-Level Analysis, Elisabeth Davis
Yo Hablo Ingles: The Influence of Motivation and Group Cohesion on Learning English in a Workplace Setting, Adam Henry Dehoek
After the Last School Bell: An Overview of Afterschool Programs in Chicago, Diana Delfin
Why Don’t Vouchers Do a Better Job of Deconcentrating Poverty? Insights from Fieldwork with Poor Families, Stephanie DeLuca, Philip ME Garboden, and Peter A. Rosenblatt
The Minority Stress Perspective, Michael P. Dentato
In Search of Resilience and Positive Health Outcomes in Low-Income Adolescents with Asthma, Darla Kim Dewolff
Troels Nørager, Taking Leave of Abraham: An Essay on Religion and Democracy, Colby Dickinson
Aliens Found in Waiting: Women of the Ku Klux Klan in Suburban Chicago, 1870-1930, Sarah Elizabeth Doherty