Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Examining the Perception of Fresh Produce Growers on Agricultural Sustainability and Diversification, Randy Ackah
Towards a Blockchain-Based Data Trading Protocol, Manish Adhikari
The Influence of Tile Flow on the Transport-Fate of Nitrate in the Vadose Zone of a Saturated Riparian Buffer: a Case Study at the T3 Site in Mclean County, Central Illinois, Benedicta Karl Akrofi
Mothers with Disabilities as Health Navigators: Narratives of Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression, and Parenting, Agnes Amoakwa
Factorization in Cybersecurity: a Dual Role of Defense and Vulnerability in the Age of Quantum Computing, Himateja Arukala
Cyberbullying among College Students, Gifty Yaa Asiamah
No Such Thing as Nappy, Alan Roosevelt Atkins
Decoding the Past: Evolutionary History of North American Deer Mouse Populations on the Gulf Islands, Rachel Ann Berg
The Epistemological Politics of"False Memory Syndrome", Michele Blatzheim
Illuminating How Nestling Mouth Color and Body Size Shape Parental Care in a Cavity-Nesting Species, Shana Border
Navigating Title Ix Changes through the Lived Work Experiences of Title Ix Investigators, Robert Anthony Braswell
Ecological Drivers of Plasticity and Parental Care in Poison Frogs, Olivia Brooks
Commodifying the American Funeral: Impacts on Our Rituals, Grief and Values, Reilly Card
Back in the Ring: a Survey of the Communist Party of the United States: 1956-1976, Zachary Carlson
Systems Efficacy for School Improvement: Creating a Highly Effective, Achievement Centered School Team, Angela Codron
Occentatia: Community and Escapism through Queer World-Building, Ian Cooper
Digital Safe Spaces: Nonbinary Community Building on Tiktok, Alexandra Daggett
Performance of Pennycress in some Illinois Cropping Systems, Rashmi Dangol
Toward More Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in Elementary Social Studies, Laura Delgado
Story Network Theory, Dramaturgy, and Cinderella: an Interdisciplinary Methodization, Jessie Anne Denning
Spectrum of the Lakes: Unveiling Water Color of Minnesota's Sentinel Lakes with Satellite Remote Sensing for Water Quality Monitoring., Andrew J. Dooley
Vanguards of the Apocalypse: How Christian Eschatology Shaped Early Spanish and English Empire in the New World, Brandon Dull
With Love & Rage: a Self Portrait of Borderline Personality Disorder, Sarah Eckstine
Navigating Democracy: Perspectives on Western-Style Democracy in Africa, Matthew Edor
Labor Dissent and Resistance: Unraveling Power Dynamics in the 2023 Ups Dispute through Memes, Millicent Elewosi
Building Community Support: a Multi-scalar Archaeological Analysis of Sewage Infrastructure in Central Illinois, Anastasia Leigh Ervin
Concurrent Validity and Reliability of the Vertical Jump and Standing Broad Jump Tests in Youth, Isaac Faamoe
Growing Trust-Building Habits of Novice School Administrators: a Qualitative Research Study, Stacie France
From Eighty Acres and a Mule to Two Thousand Acres and Twenty-Four Row Planters: Anxieties of Growth in the Agriculture Sector from Family Farms, Riley Marie Francis
A Woman Alone: Aphra Behn and the Symbolic Power of Widowhood, Gillian Kathleen Genardo
Exploring the Impacts of Marketing Structure on Enrollment Yield in Higher Education, Mark D. Gibson
Foster Care, Aces, and Social Communication Development: a Mixed Methods Study, Caroline Marie Giuffre
Tell Me a Story: an Investigation into Culturally Sensitive Activities To Support Latinos' Help-Seeking Behavior, Estrella Jaqueline Gomez Hernandez
#Bicultural: Social Media Use, Needs Satisfaction, and Well-Being of Immigrants, Rachel Juliane Hecke
Courtesy Stigma and Mental Health: Exploring the Lived Experiences of the Mothers of Registered Sex Offenders, Kimberly Ann Ingold
Outcomes for Individuals Born outside of Marriage, Kathryn Dawn Keithley
An Analysis of Fathers’ and Toddlers’ Behaviors during Shared Book Reading, Caitlin Marie Kelly
S ( M ) Othering: a Rhetorical Analysis of Republican Motherhood, Caroline King
An Exploration of Team Cohesion in Collegiate Esports Contexts, Kenneth Thomas Kresina
The Effect of Institutionalized Barriers on Historically Excluded Athletic Training Students, Chelsea Kuehner-Boyer
“I Can Do this Leadership Thing! ”: Training and Female Leaders' Perception of Self-Efficacy in Higher Education, Omolola Lasisi
Effects of Individual Quality on Reproduction: Investigating Double Brooding and Egg Pigmentation in House Wrens ( Troglodytes Aedon ), Lauren Marie Leischner
Postal Delivery Systems and Cryptomarkets, Trevor Lewandowski
Self-Objectification and Disordered Eating: the Role of Fathers, Aleena E. Mangold
When Curriculum Comes to Life: Making French Language ( L2 ) Acquisition a Lived Experience and the Effect of Students' Progression towards Proficiency, Julia Marie Martin
Post-High School Trajectories of Filipino American Students: the Role of Communication, Kathryn Anne Mayer
A Global Health Crisis and Its Effects on Teaching Online at a Midwestern Institution, Kari McMullen
Ecosystem Services Provided by the Novel Winter Cash Cover Crop, Pennycress, Ryan Thomas Meyer
Polyphony: Multitudes of Vietnamese National Identity through Experiential Documentation of Marketplaces, Jade Nguyen
Who Will Save Diversity? Ethics and Effectiveness in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Implementation, Ebuka Okoli
Analysis and Critique of Character Creators in Role-Playing Video Games towards a More Inclusive Gaming Environment, Ellie Parvin
Comparing Asian Immigrants Offending Rates with Other Immigrants., Shamim Ara Pia
Programs and Services That Contribute to African-American Males' Academic Success at Predominantly White Institutions, Aaron Posey
Effective Communication and Collaboration in Project Management: a Study of the Use of Document Version Control in Higher Education, Laura Primozic George
Amide Assisted Dearomative Intramolecular Oxidopyrylium Based ( 5+2 ) Cycloaddition Reactions, IFEANYICHUKWU EMMANUEL PROMISE
Road Maintenance through Machine Learning, yashwanth sai Rachala
Acculturation Strategy of the First-Generation Immigrants: a Study on the Muslim Parents in the United States, Eshrat Rahman
Using an Anti-deficit Framework To Explain the Academic Achievement of Black Men in Higher Education: a Narrative Inquiry, Donald E. Reed
Asset Pricing Bubbles in Agricultural Commodities, Samuel Riffle
By any Means Necessary: How Black Women Academic Deans Sustain in White Spaces, Tiffani Robertson
Insights Derived in Silico on the Nature of the Halogen · · · Halogen Bond at Ordered Surface Interfaces, Jarrod George Sage
Life after Sports: a Career Transition Program for Graduating Collegiate Student-Athletes, Melvin Sangalang
A Network Meta-analysis Comparing Traditional Acupuncture Points and Ashi-points: Dealyed Onset Muscle Soreness, YUFANG SHAO
What Special Education Teachers Need To Remain: a Qualitative Study, Corey Michael Sharp
Calhoun’s Shadow: Memory, Identity and the Commemorative Landscape in Charleston, South Carolina, Alex Silverman
“Drink the Kool-Aid, She Said ”: Female Villiany and Agency in Peoples Temple, Courtney Paige Smith
A Poetics of Entanglement: the Enmeshed Creation of Interrogative Space, Phil Spotswood
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescents’ Sense of Self Outcomes: the Moderating Role of Student-Teacher Relationships, Meredith Spraggon
Deciphering How Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Defends Itself against the Neutrophilic Oxidant Hypochlorous Acid, Sadia Sultana
Beyond Referrals: Examining Teacher Sentiment and Racial Disparities in Exclusionary Discipline, Sherrilyn Thomas
Impact of Ableist Microaggressions on Dis / Abled Youth: Perceptions of School Climate and Academic Motivation, Nitza M. Torres Gonzalez
Migration and the Life Course: a Case Study of African Female International Graduate Students at Illinois State University., Vivian Yawson
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Mutations in Lamin and How It Causes Multiple Tissue-Specific Disorders, Bismark Acquah
All That Is Cyber Melts into Control: a Rhetorical Analysis of Cybernetic Metaphors, Cem İsmail Addemir
Temporal and Spatial Profiling of Priority Soil Pollutants Using Filter Cone Spray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry ( Fcsi-ms ), Rosemary Addo
What Black Students Need from White Teachers: a Qualitative Inquiry, Renee Sherie Andrews
How I Got over: a Phenomenological Study of Black Vertical Transfer Students’ Academic and Interpersonal Validation at Historically White Institutions ( Hwis ), Brittany Michelle Barber
Nitrogen Tethers as a Route to Net Intermolecular Silylox Ypyrone-Based Oxidopyrylium-Alkene [ 5 + 2 ] Cycloadditions, Andy M. Barnes
Perceptions of High Quality Professional Development: Do Teachers and Administrators Agree?, Daniel L. Brown
Digital Citizenship: a Journey to Internet Safety, Lynn Brown
From La Cosa Nostra to La Cultura Del Narcisismo: Psychoanalysis as Public Philosophy in the Sopranos, Thomas Patrick Brown
The Seven Chambers of Prince Prospero, Elliot Paul Butler
The Experiences of Microaggressions among Latiné Health Service Graduate Students and the Supervisory Relationship, Mackenzie Callahan
A Hedonic Analysis of Thoroughbred Horses in Online Auctions, Madalynn Nicole Camp
Synthesis and Biological Assessment of Alkyl Pyridine Antimicrobials, Juan Canchola
Reframing Writing Teachers as Writers: Using Online Messages as Teaching Tools during Crisis and Beyond, Emily Capan
Awe and Positive Affect: the Role of Self-Transcendence and Self-Focused Attention, Autumn Chall
Exploring the Heterogeneity of Dopamine Signaling in the Rat Striatum, Rebecca Louise Chicosky
Can Video Comparison Facilitate Children's Stem Learning?, Alexis Rene Colwell
Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Variations in Chloride Concentration in an Agricultural Tile-Drained Area in Central Illinois, Okiemute Commander
False Memories for Stereotypes: Effects of Attention and Delay, Maria Corea Dubon
Expression of Rcrb Confers Resistance to Hypochlorous Acid in Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli, Mary Crompton
Investigation of Intramolecular Oxidopyrylium-Based [ 5 +2 ] Cycloadditions, Kwabena Darko
Modelling Multivariate Dependence among Cyber Risks, Oliveira Ann Gyamfua Darkwah
How Do Dispositional Mindfulness and Statistical Anxiety Affect Student Performance on an Exam?, Mario Diaz