Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Insights on the Cranial Anatomy and Osteohistology of Cyonosaurus, Alexander Acker
Alienation on Campus: Students, Agency, and a 'Praxis of Possibility', Julia R. Allison
A Fijian Barkcloth in the May Weber Ethnographic Study Collection, Delaney M. Bahns
An Examination of Lysine Acetylation in the Context of Bacterial Metabolism, Translation, and Regulation of Gene Expression, Thomas Patrick Bank
Calculating the Abundance of Primordial Black Holes, Babel Barm and Cole Owen Bucholtz
Chinese Dragon Robe, Kate E. Beaver
Optimising Time for Schoolwide Improvement: Developing a Time-Use Study Process for MTSS Leadership Teams, Hank Bohanon, Eleanor Charlton, Alejandra Vazquez, and Anna Press
Migrant Domestic Workers as Disposable Kin in Global Capitalism'S Care Economy, Miguel Ceron Becerra
The Ingroup-Outgroup Effect: Effects on Open and Closed-Minded Cognitive Style, Ava Jackson Dempsey
Understanding Early Childhood Community Collaborations (Ecccs) in Relation to Systems Change, Rebecca Waterstone Halperin
Chemically Installed Organic Metal Nucleation Inducers on Molecular Materials for Ultrathin Metal Electrodes, Diman Hosseini
Interactions between Microplastics, Biofilms, and Antimicrobials in Freshwater Streams, Ryan Thomas Krantz
Valuation. A Husserlian Account, Richard Andrew Krema
Science Denial and Public Policy, Mary Kae Kuenster
The Effect of Specific Nurse Manager Attributes on the Clinical Work Environment, Janet Marie McCarthy
Investigating Host Factors in Coronavirus Assembly and Egress, Surovi Binte Sharmin Mohona
Vital Environs: Ecologies of Modernism and the Nature Tradition, Danielle Nasenbeny
Revisiting Collective Efficacy: Insights from Cognitive Interviews and Experimental Surveys, Tori Kay Olson
Evaluation of Bacteriophage Infection of Enterococcus faecalis in a Monolayer, Alexandria Osborn
Participatory Budgeting and Electoral Outcomes in North American Cities, Gabriela Raluca Pavel
Capturing Diverse Adolescents’ Social Contexts: The Development of an Ethnic-Racial Microaffirmations Scale for Peer Interactions, Maria Radulescu
The Bacterial Sensing Nuclear-Oligomerization Domain 2 Receptor in the Brain: Location and Potential Function, Julia Smyth
Reconceptualizing Christian Nationalism, Robert Stevenson
Selling The Spell: The Commodification of Feminist Witchcraft, NOËL SUBRINA SUCESE
Commuter Student Engagement - Undergraduate Project, Soktear Anita Suon, Annette Parcero, Andrea Perla Olvera, and Marko Kiperovic
Intital Characterization of Phosducin-Like Protein 3 in the Malaria Vector Anopheles Stephensi, Samantha Rose Webster
Scrolling for Meaning: How Social Media Influence Young People’s Spirituality and Trust in Scientific Authority, Archna Yadav
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Epistemic Injustice: A Portraiture of Doctoral Socialization, Alaa Adel Elsayed Abdelghaffar
Cultivating Community-University Partnerships within the Chicago Region Food System, Hanan Abdillahi, Vivian Cossey, Tania Schusler, Kevin Erickson, Karen Schauwecker, Sarah Ku, and Ray Dybzinski
The Effects of Targeted Interventions on Student Engagement with Feedback: A Meta-Analysis, Andy A. Accettola
Not-so-Secret Authentication: The SyncBleed Attacks and Defenses for Zero-Involvement Authentication Systems, Isaac Ahlgren, Rushikesh Shirsat, Omar Achkar, George K. Thiruvathukal, Kyu In Lee, and Neil Klingensmith
Assessing Functional Changes in the Gut Microbiome in CTCL Patients Pre- and Post Therapy, Merjaan Ahmad and Sophia Rahman
ARLP Pitch, Adnan Y. Aldaas
Parental Autonomy Support and Children’S Affect as Predictors of Children’S Stem Engagement in an informal Educational Context, Bianca Martins Aldrich
Returning to Simplicity in Early Daoist and Ancient Greek Thought, Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Alfailakawi
Investigating the Consequences of Conjugated and Secreted ISG15 on Coronavirus Pathogenesis, Mudassir Syed Ali
The Experience of Transition to Self-Management for Saudi Adolescents with Type I Diabetes, aeshah m. almulhim
The Social Aesthetics of Recognition, Italo Alves
Evolution of Bacteria: The Subsequent Relationships between Different Species and Their Hosts, Helen Appleberry
Biophysical Effects of Altered Myosin Binding Protein Stoichiometry in Atrial Myofilaments, Kelly N. Araujo
ML Model to Better Identify Instances of Bullying Faced by Members of the LGBTQ+ Community, Muhammad Arslan
Development of Analytical Methods for Heavy Metal Detection in Soil, Morgan Ashauer and Lizzy Bruening
Selecting for Lysis in a Temperate Phage Population, Haley Atkins
Deciphering the Source of Escherichia Coli in Urinary Tract infections: A Comparative Metagenomic Analysis of the Female Urogenital Microbiome, Alexis Annabel Avalos
Targeting EYA1 Phosphatase Activity in MLL-Rearranged Leukemia, Lola Badmus
Narcissism and Situation Specific Open-Minded Cognition, Brandon Ballard
Discovery of a New Class of Polymorphic Rhs Toxins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Pleotropic Effects on Interbacterial Competition, Bacteriophage Antagonism, and Host Virulence, Abigail Nicole Banas
Analysis of Antibody Affinity Maturation and Thermal Stability of Proteins Using Photophysical Approaches, Claire Baxter
The Impact of Race and Gender on Benevolent Sexism Endorsement, Kelsey Berryman
Embodied Freedom: Nietzsche on Agency, Health, and Value, Nathan University Berthiaume
Investigating the Role of Endothelin-1 in Reactive Astrocytosis, Candace Betancourt-Szymanowska
Pyrazole-Based Inhibitors of the Bacterial Enzyme DapE as Potential Antibiotics, Alayna Bland, Emma H. Kelley, Thomas DiPuma, Teerana Thabthimthong, and Daniel P. Becker
How to Run (from) a Meeting: The Art of Structure, Humanity, and Follow-Through, Hank Bohanon
Small Starts and Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports, Hank Bohanon
Buddy the Elf and PBIS: When Good Intentions Are Misunderstood, Hank M. Bohanon
Jewish College Students' Experiences of Belonging, Identity, and Inclusion within Campus DEI Initiatives, Laurence Allen Bolotin
The Impact of Lactobacillus Supplementation on Gut Microbiome Composition and Phage induction in Mice, Kimia Boreiri
Trash Trap: Categorizing Plastic Pollution in Chicago's Montrose Harbor, Thomas Botsford-Rhodes, Aana Shenai, and Andrew Conover
Promoting Wellbeing & Quality of Life Through Behavioral Support: My Internship Journey at Misericordia’s PEP Program, Brionna Brown
Poverty, internationalization, and environmental injustice: A postcolonial theoretical perspective, Garry D. Bruton, Sadek Showkat, and Tianyue Zhan
Electric Stimulation Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: from Modern Treatments to bench study with Aplysia californica, David Brynski and Hui Ye
Investigating the role of out-of-school experiences in racial and ethnic identity formation for Black youth within an ecological model, Maureen Burns
The Impact of Intersensory Redundancy on Face Processing in 12-Month-Old Infants: An Investigation Using Behavioral Methods and ERPs, Aslı Bursalıoğlu
Elucidating the Genetic Regulation of Zebrafish Type Ii Collagen Alpha 1 B, Angelina Renee Carcione
Implications of Neural Compression to Scientific Images, João Phillipe Cardenuto, Joshua Krinsky, Lucas Nogueira, Aparna Bharati, and Daniel Moreira
Characterizing Problematic Images in Retracted Scientific Articles, João Phillipe Cardenuto, Daniel Moreira, and Anderson Rocha
Strengthening Scientific Integrity: Digital Forensics for Biomedical Research Imaging, João Phillipe Cardenuto, Daniel Moreira, and Anderson Rocha
Examining Secretory Pathways in Inflammasome Activated innate Immune Cells, Alejandra Castellanos Urquidez
Using Light to Dissect Mechanisms of Septin Recruitment, Shreya Chandrasekar
The Development and Validation of the Measure of Critical Reflection, Yea Jin Chang
Bringing Different Disciplines and Competitions in your Classroom, Eric Chan-Tin and Mohammed Abuhamad
Investigating Queer Asians' Accultrative Resilience and Wellbeing, Yiyu Cheng
Youth and Parent Knowledge and Perceptions of Spina Bifida: Associations with Neurocognitive Factors, Self-Management, and Quality of Life, Olivia Emery Clark
Endings of Half-Lines in the Middle English Alliterative Joseph of Arimathea, Ian Cornelius
Comparative Utilization of Neuroimaging in Telemedicine Versus In-Person Visits for Migraine and Headache Management: A Retrospective Analysis, Noemi Csutak and Jessica Reini
Benefits and challenges of collaborative networks addressing food system disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dikshya Dahal and Tania Schusler
The Economic Motivations Behind Climate Change Denial, Eliza Daigle and Brooks Duprey
Philosophical Purification as Liberation and Transformation, LaChanda C. Davis
The Role of Thioredoxin Reductase Paralogs in Prostate Cancer, Carleen Danielle Deegan
Evaluating Sympton Clusters in First-Time Ischemic Stroke Survivors Who Discharge From the Hospital to Home, Paula de la Pena
Methylglyoxal Glycation Competes with Ubiquitination, Disrupting Sarcomere Funciton, Christine Elizabeth Delligatti
Examining The Sexual Identity Disclosure Process Among Black Queer Femmes And Their Families, Kaylah Denis
Development of Chemical Modifications to the Electron Transport Layer of Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Kevin DePope
The Forced Sterilization of Quechua-Speaking Women in Peru: The Role of Epistemic injustice in The Perpetration of Genocide, geraldine diaz
Competency Alignment and Competency-Based Education in Higher Education: institutional Perspectives from Illinois’ Early Childhood Workforce initiatives, Erika Gustafson Dietz
Two Leading Female Figures of the Anti-Colonial Struggle in Africa, Marie-Ange Anezi Djie
The Impact of Child and Parent Trauma Exposure on a School-Based Trauma-Focused Child Intervention, Andrea Donis
Exploring the Ecological Relevance of Biotic and Abiotic Stressors in Structuring Legume Microbial Communities, Cian Dotson
Pruning One More Token is Enough: Leveraging Latency-Workload Non-Linearities for Vision Transformers on the Edge, Nick Eliopoulos, Purvish Jajal, James C. Davis, Gaowen Liu, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hsiang Lu
Expansions on Empathy for Autistic Experiences, Kris D. Enrile
Interrogating the Dispersal Process and Relevant Genes in Vibrio fischeri, Jeremy Esin
