Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Elucidating the Targets and Function of the MLR Compass-Like Complex During Development, David Joseph Ford
Teaching the Town Hall: Incorporating Experiential Learning in a Large Introductory Lecture Course, Jennifer Forestal and Jessie K. Finch
The masked demos: Associational anonymity and democratic practice, Jennifer Forestal and Menaka Philips
Christopher Bigsby, Twenty-First Century American Playwrights, Verna Foster
Student Operation of Avian Relief, Carly Fournier, Mackenzie Roof, Kevin White, and Alicia Vrabec
LitR, a Quorum Sensing Gene in Vibrio fischeri, Differentially Regulates Biofilms, Brittany Fung and Karen L. Visick
Draft Genome Sequence of Proteus mirabilis Strain UMB0038, Isolated from the Female Bladder, Noreen Gallian, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Exactness of SWKB for Shape Invariant Potentials, Asim Gangopadhyaya; Jeffry V. Mallow, Emeritus; Constantin Rasinariu; and Jonathan Bougie
The Youngest Victims: Children and Youth Affected by War, James Garbarino, Amy E. Governale, and Danielle Nesi
"Lifting as We Climb": Black Feminist Action Research with Women of Color Student Affairs Administrators, Paige J. Gardner
Genomic Survey of E. coli From the Bladders of Women With and Without Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Andrea Garretto, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adriana Ene, Zubia Merchant, Aashaka Shah, Athina Gerodias, Anthony Biancofiori, Stacey Canchola, Stephanie Canchola, Emanuel Castillo, Tasnim Chowdhury, Nikita Gandhi, Sarah Hamilton, Kyla Hatton, Syed Hyder, Koty Krull, Demetrios Lagios, Thinh Lam, Kennedy Mitchell, Christine Mortensen, Amber Murphy, Joseph Richburg, Meghan Rokas, Suzanne Ryclik, Pauline Sulit, Thomas Szwajnos, Manuel Widuch, Jessica Willis, Mary Woloszyn, Bridget Brassil, Genevieve Johnson, Rita Mormando, Laura Maskeri, Mary Batrich, Nicole Stark, Jason W. Shapiro, Cesar Montelongo Hernandez, Swarnali Banerjee, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Transforming Growth Factor Beta Suppression of CD8+ T Cell Proliferation, Shena Geisinger
Observing Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic using Worldwide Network Cameras, isha Ghodgaonkar, Abhinav Goel, Fischer Bordwell, Caleb Tung, Sara Aghajanzadeh, Noah Curran, Ryan Chen, Kaiwen Yu, Sneha Mahapatra, Vishnu Banna, Gore Kao, Kate Lee, Xiao Hu, Nick Elliopolous, Akhil Chinnakotla, Damini Rijhwani, Ashley Kim, Aditya Chakraborty, Mark Daniel Ward, Yung-Hsiang Lu, and George K. Thiruvathukal
Probing the Two-Neutrino Exchange Force Using Atomic Parity Violation, Mitrajyoti Ghosh, Yuval Grossman, and Walter Tangarife
Draft Genome Sequence of Aeromonas caviae UFMG-H8, Isolated from Urine from a Healthy Bovine Heifer (Gyr Breed), Silvia Giannattasio-Ferraz, Laura Maskeri, André P. Oliveira, Edel F. Barbosa-Stancioli, and Catherine Putonti
Draft Genome Sequence of Citrobacter freundii UFMG-H9, Isolated from Urine from a Healthy Bovine Heifer (Gyr Breed), Silvia Giannattasio-Ferraz, Laura Maskeri, André P. Oliveira, Edel F. Barbosa-Stancioli, and Catherine Putonti
Draft Genome Sequences of Three Enterococcus casseliflavus Strains Isolated from the Urine of Healthy Bovine Heifers (Gyr Breed), Silvia Giannattasio-Ferraz, Laura Maskeri, André P. Oliveira, Edel F. Barbosa-Stancioli, and Catherine Putonti
Three Draft Genome Sequences of Staphylococcus Species Isolated from the Urine of Healthy Bovine Heifers (Gyr Breed), Silvia Giannattasio-Ferraz, Laura Maskeri, André P. Oliveira, Edel F. Barbosa-Stancioli, and Catherine Putonti
Draft Genome Sequence of Enterobacter asburiae UFMG-H9, Isolated from Urine from a Healthy Bovine Heifer (Gyr Breed), Silvia Giannattasio-Ferraz, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Identifying Transfer of Care Gaps: Electronic Health Record Capture of Perioperative Handoff Communications, Sharon Giarrizzo-Wilson
A Poetics of Violence: Representations of Violence as Storytelling and World-Building Tools of the Theater, Richard Gilbert
Cultural Production in Chicago: Making History Interviews with Barbara Gaines, Criss Henderson, and Carlos Tortolero, Timothy Gilfoyle
Final Chapters [Margaret Garb obituary], Timothy Gilfoyle
Introduction: Urban History, Arnold Hirsch, and the Second Ghetto Thesis Redux, Timothy J. Gilfoyle
Rebecca Yamin & Donna J. Seifert. 2019. The archaeology of prostitution and clandestine pursuits. Gainesville: University Press of Florida; 978-0-8130-5645-6 hardback $85., Timothy J. Gilfoyle
Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld by Dominique Kalifa, Timothy J. Gilfoyle
The Influence of Media Violence Exposure on Explicit and Implicit Emotional Face Processing, Zoa Glab, Laura Stockdale, Sylena Wilson, Marley Hornewer, Sydney Samoska, Joseph Vukov, Rebecca Silton, and Robert Morrison
Modular Neural Networks for Low-Power Image Classification on Embedded Devices, Abhinav Goel, Sara Aghajanzadeh, Caleb Tung, Shuo-Han Chen, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hisang Lu
Using Network Cameras to Observe COVID-19 Social Distancing, Abhinav Goel, Aditya Chakraborty, Akhil Chinnakotla, Ashley Kim, Caleb Tung, Damini Rijhwani, Fischer Bordwell, Gore Kao, Isha Ghodgaonkar, Kate Lee, Nick Eliopoulos, Sara Aghajanzadeh, Sneha Mahapatra, Sripath Mishra, Wei Zakharov, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hisang Lu
Low-Power Object Counting with Hierarchical Neural Networks, Abhinav Goel, Caleb Tung, Sara Aghajanzadeh, Isha Ghodgaonkar, Shreya Ghosh, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hisang Lu
A Survey of Methods for Low-Power Deep Learning and Computer Vision, Abhinav Goel, Caleb Tung, Yung-Hsiang Lu, and George K. Thiruvathukal
Knowing Your Rights in Trump’s America: Paper Trails of Community Empowerment, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz
Deportees in Mexico City, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz, Esmeralda Flores Marcial, Ana Laura Lopez, Magdalena Loredo, Adriana Sandoval, Reyna Wences, Dolores Unzueta, Rosi Carrasco, and Martin Unzueta
Fight For The City: Policing, Sanctuary, and Resistance in Chicago, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz and Reyna Wences
Draft Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae UMB8492, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Suma Gondi, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Optimization of Microbial Fuel Cells, Norberto M. Gonzalez
The Enduring Lessons of the Iraq Sanctions, Joy Gordon
The Legacy of the Iraq Sanctions Regime is Alive and Well in US Foreign Policy Today, Joy Gordon
Emmett Till, History and Memory, Elliot Gorn
Every Tool is a Weapon if You Hold it Right: Solidarity, Civics Education, and Use-Oriented Politics, Derek Gottlieb and Amy B. Shuffelton
Perceptions of Cultural Competency Among Premedical Undergraduate Students, Reeti Goyal, Skky Martin, and Dana Garbarski
Think Like a Teacher: How Reflective Educators Use Multiple Data Sources to Inform Their Practice, Jana Grabarek
Zika Virus Inactivates Polyamine Catabolism Via Alternative Splicing to Enhance Infection, Marion Lea Graham
Anatomical Model of The Human Eye, Leanna Greeenlee
The Impact of CS for All on College Placement in Computer Science, Ronald I. Greenberg, Julie Medero, Samuel A. Rebelsky, Frances P. Trees, and Dale Reed
Humanity in the Classroom: An Exploration of Race in Teacher Behavior and Interaction with Students, Briellen Elizabeth Griffin
Reducing Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, Jorge Humberto Guzman Gonzalez
Design and synthesis of DapE inhibitors as potential antibiotics with a new mechanism of action, Thahani Shifna Habeeb Mohammad, Tahirah K. Heath Dr., Elliot Gild, Rachel M. Torrez, Anna Starus, Rick C. Holz Prof., Thomas DiPuma, Katie Jane Torma, and Daniel P. Becker Prof.
Synthesis of a Protected 2-Aminocyclobutanone as a Modular Transition State Synthon for Medicinal Chemistry, Thahani S. Habeeb Mohammad, Cory T. Reidl, Matthias Zeller, and Daniel P. Becker Ph.D.
Investigating the Mechanism of the Coronavirus Endoribonuclease in Antagonizing Innate Immune Signaling, Matthew Hackbart
Cheers to Equality! Both Hostile and Benevolent Sexism Predict Increases in College Women’s Alcohol Consumption, Hannah R. Hamilton and Tracy DeHart
Lewis Acid-Carbonyl Solution Interactions and Their Implications in Catalytic Systems, Carly Soren Hanson
Effects of Optic Nerve Head Astrocyte-Derived Exosomes on Neuronal Survival and Differentiation In Vitro in a Model for Exfoliation Glaucoma, Harsh Nilesh Hariani
Teacher Leadership: A Case Study in the Preparation of Future Teacher Leaders, Abigail Hasebroock
Development of precision medicine tools for the study and treatment of Desminopathy, Jomana Hatahet, Chelsea R. White, and Gregory Aubert
Microbiota and Cardiac Autonomic Function, Jomana Hatahet, Chelsea R. White, Raiza Bonomo, Tyler Cook, Virginie Mansuy-Aubert, and Gregory Aubert
Seed Conflicts in Colombia: Ethnorace, Territory, and Violence, Nathalia Hernandez Vidal
Identification of microRNA-mRNA Regulatory Networks in Small Intestinal Epithelial Cells After Alcohol and Burn Injury, Caroline Herrnreiter, Marisa Luck, Xiaoling Li, and Mashkoor Choudhry
Black Women College Students, Impostor Phenomenon, Stereotypes, and Mental Health: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Lincoln Hill
Aerococcus urinae Isolated from Women with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: In Vitro Aggregation and Genome Analysis, Evann E. Hilt, Catherine Putonti, Krystal Thomas-White, Amanda L. Lewis, Karen L. Visick, Nicole M. Gilbert, and Alan J. Wolfe
Interim Report of in vitro Delivery Rate Model Development for Transcleral Retinal Targeting of Vincristine, Etoposide, and Carboplatin in Fibrin Sealant, Christopher Himes, Simon Kaja, and Jawed Fareed
Wayfinder Application for Autistic Occupational Assistance, Nathaniel Edward Hishon
Neuroticism as the Intensity, Reactivity, and Variability in Day-to-Day Affect, Garrett C. Hisler, Zlatan Krizan, Tracy DeHart, and Aidan G.C. Wright
Underfeeding Patients with Critical Illness: Making Sense of Recent Data, Jacklyn C. Hook and Patricia M. Sheean
Put a Curse On My Enemy - Encoding the Poetry of Meir of Norwich, Eliora Horst
Transitions into Higher Education, Brynn M. Huguenel and Colleen S. Conley
Regulation of the ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: Probing Different Allosteric Activation Signals with Sited Directed Mutations, Rania Ali Z Hussien
Improving Diversity, Inclusion and Data Equity in Social Services, Kira Lee Hutson
Crowdsourcing Detection of Sampling Biases in Image Datasets, Xiao Hu, Haobo Wang, Anirudh Vegesana, Somesh Dube, Kaiwen Yu, Gore Kao, Shuo-Han Chen, Yung-Hsiang Lu, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Ming Yin
Factors Associated with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Quality of Life Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Saudi Arabia, Awatef Ibraheem
Recognition and Positive Freedom, David Ingram
When Microcredit Doesn’t Empower Poor Women: Recognition Theory’s Contribution to the Debate Over Adaptive Preferences, David Ingram
The Culture We Belong To, Anna Clara Ionta
Induction of Zika and Dengue Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells by Means of DNA Vaccine, Natalie Jachym
You Can't Go Home Again: Art as Therapy, Photovoice, and Housing Instability, Willie Walter Jackson
The Expression of the col2a1b Gene During Zebrafish Embryogenesis, Indre Januskeviciute, Vanessa Lee Pahlow, Timoteea Saitis, and Austin Runde
Utopian Discourse in Contemporary Speculative Fiction, Casey Alan Jergenson
Impact of Rossby wave breaking on ozone variation in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, 1985–2015, Ping Jing, Swarnali Banerjee, and Megan Barrera
Reconstructing North America: The Borderlands of Juan Cortina and Louis Riel in an Age of National Consolidation, Benjamin H. Johnson
Draft Genome Sequences of Two Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from the Female Urogenital Tract, Genevieve Johnson, Carine R. Mores, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Bacteriophages VS Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms, Genevieve Johnson and Catherine Putonti
Is It Because I'm Black Or a Woman? Constructing An Intersectional and Trauma-Informed Model of Social Support, Moriah Lynn Johnson
Caspase 8 is selectively required for preventing Ripk3 mediated necroptosis in cKit+ Hematopoieitic stem and progenitor cells(HSPC) but not cKit- hematopoietic cells, Kanak Joshi and Jiwang Zhang
Studies of the Photo-transformation of Emerging Contaminants Adsorbed onto Plastic in an Aqueous Environment, Nicolas Jozefowski, Kate Hebert, Luke Reckamp, Xiolmara Martinez, and Paul Chiarelli Ph.D
Savoring the Moment: A Link Between Affectivity and Depression, Ian J. Kahrilas, Jennifer L. Smith, Rebecca L. Silton, and Fred B. Bryant
Draft Genome Sequence of Enterococcus faecalis UMB7780, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Martin Kalski, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Character Displacement in the Midst of Substantial Background Evolution in Anolis Lizard Island Populations, Ambika Kamath, Nicholas C. Herrmann, Kiyoko M. Gotanda, Kum C. Shim, Jacob LaFond, Gannon Cottone, Heather Falkner, Todd S. Campbell, and Yoel E. Stuart
Predicting Drug Misuse Status Using Machine Learning on Electronic Health Records, Robert Arnold Kania
Analysis of Elemental Content of Organic Samples by Total X-Ray Reflection Fluorescence and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Szymon Kasperek and Martina Schmeling Ph.D.
Facial Shape and Allometry Quantitative Trait Locus Intervals in the Diversity Outbred Mouse Are Enriched for Known Skeletal and Facial Development Genes, David C. Katz, J David Aponte, Wei Liu, Rebecca M. Green, Jessica M. Mayeux, K Michael Pollard, Daniel Pomp, Steven C. Munger, Stephen A. Murray, Charles C. Roseman, Christopher J. Pericval, James M. Cheverud, Ralph S. Marcucio, and Benedikt Hallgrimsson
Multicultural competencies for school psychologists: A systematic review of measures, Prabha Kaundinya and Markeda Newell
Perceptions of Illinois Superintendents Regarding Implementation of Principal Evaluation Instruments after Senate Bill 7 Authorizations, Brian Anthony Kaye
Origin of Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter Via Secret Neutrino Interactions with Vector Bosons, Kevin J. Kelly, Manibrata Sen, Walter Tangarife, and Yue Zhang
Draft Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus epidermidis UMB7765, Isolated from the Urobiome of a Woman with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection, Lucy Kemper, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Economy of Condescension: John Henry Newman's Trinitarian Theology, Matthew Kemp
Taking Risks with Cybersecurity: Using Knowledge and Personal Characteristics to Predict Self-Reported Cybersecurity Behaviors, Shelia Kennison and Eric Chan-Tin
Fragmented Spectatorship and Artistic Beholding in The Red Badge of Courage, John Kerkering
Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus crispatus UMB1163, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Fabeiha Khan, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti