Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Bystanders or Pedagogues? Voter Preferences and Senator Voting Behavior, Steven M. Richardson
Surficial Geology and Provenance of Glacial Deposits of the Saybrook 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Mclean County, Illinois, Ellyn S. Rickels
Optimizing Cross-Battery Assessment Procedures for Reading-Based Specific Learning Disorder Diagnosis: a Monte Carlo Study, Zachary Joseph Roman
Does Gender Still Matter? Child Custody Bias in the Illinois Family Court System, Derek K. Ronnfeldt
Effect of Cover Crops and Nitrogen Application Timing on Nutrient Loading and Concentration through Subsurface Tile Drainage, Michael Douglas Ruffatti
Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Learning through Practice: the Case of Rudy, Theodore John Rupnow
Implementing Prophylactic Amiodarone in Heart Surgery To Reduce Post -operative Atrial Fibrillation, John M. Russell MSN, APN, FNP-BC and Denise Wilson PhD, APN, FNP, CDE
Reveling in Failure and Inertia: Creative Applications of Materialist Feminisms, Marion C. Sakaluk
Examining the Application of Experiential Learning Techniques across Sport Management Programs, Elizabeth Sattler
Disparities in Moldovan Place-Identity a Product of Systemic Stratification, Robyn Savacool
Progress as a Student Teacher: an Autoethnography, Adrielle J. Schneider
An Examination of How One University Is Preparing Elementary and Middle Level Education Majors for Common Core Mathematics, Michelle Elizabeth Schwartze
Systemic Noise: Investigating the Posthuman Rhetorical Movement of"You Did N't Build That", Maclain Bernabei Scott
A Comparative Study of Isocyanates and Isothiocyanates via One Electron Reduction, Mark Alan Servos
Financial Conflict Messages and Marital Satisfaction: the Mediating Role of Financial Communication Satisfaction, Samantha Josephine Shebib
Examining the Role of Executive Functions in Focal Processing of Event-Based Prospective Memory, Tatsuya T. Shigeta
Alternative Pathway for Provision of Acyl Coa Precursors for Fatty Acid Biosynthesis: Purification and Kinetic Characterization of Phosphotransbutyrylase and Butyrate Kinase from Listeria Monocytogenes, Sirisha Sirobhushanam
Analyzing the Leadership Skills of Nurses through Mentoring Relationships, Barbara Jean Siwula
Investigating the Roles and Interactions of Sad-6 within the Parameters of Meiotic Silencing by Unpaired Dna ( Msud )., Zachary J. Smith
“Sparks Fly ”: Connecting Midwestern Historic Forts through a Comparative Study of Gunflints, Jeffrey A. Spanbauer
Effects of Improv Comedy on College Students, Colin Stewart
Attention Deficits and Perception of Emotion in Groups, Agnes Renee Strojewska
Reducing Nitrate Pollution by Redirecting Farm Runoff into the Subsurface of an Herbaceous Riparian Buffer Zone., Tamru Girma Taye
Branching Topology: the Aesthetics and Symbolism of Glass Trees, Michael Lyn Tracy
Macro and Micro Levels of University Identification: Using Social Network Sites To Reactivate Latent Social Identities within College Alumni, Eric James Varney
Arts Integration: Establishing Teacher Candidates' Self-Efficacy When Engaging with the Arts, Michael J. Vetere III
Takeover on the Tallgrass Prairie: How Lespedeza Cuneata Establishes Dominance, Morgan Rae Walder
Hints of Wholeness, Dylan Yvonne Welch
A Vision of Peace through U.s. Leadership: President Jimmy Carter's Moral Foreign Policy Vision and the Panama Canal Treaties, Holly L. Welsh de Paula
Assessing Self-Authorship among Athletic Training Students, Jeffrey G. Williams
Hillman College Is a Different World from Where You Come from: a Thematic Analysis of Relationships in a Different World, Natilie Williams
Casual Sex: Implications, Motivations, and Emotions, Callie Justine Winter
Reference Normative Values for Aspects of Skill-Related Physical Fitness in Active Children and Adolescents, Alex Michael Wolfe
Illinois Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Advanced Placement® and Dual Credit Courses, Glenn A. Wood
Validating Culturally Responsive Teaching: the Keystone of Success for Latin@s in Higher Education, Maria Luisa Zamudio - Mainou
Out the Window: the Coalescence of Internal and External Space, Micah Allen Zavacky
Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties of Career Indecision Profile-65 Scores: College Student and Non-college Samples, Casey J. Zobell
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Sensitivity Analysis for the Winning Algorithm in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining ( Kdd ) Cup Competition 2014, Fakhri Ghassan Abbas
Identification of the Practices, Preferences, Knowledge, Attitudes and Barriers to Strength Training Participation of Young College Aged Women, Brianna Ackerman
Empowerment through Transformations in Agency-Influence of Self Help Groups on Women's Empowerment in Rural Nepal, Shikshya Adhikari
No Longer Working in Silos: a Systems Approach to Improving School Climate, Catherine Ahsell
Synthesis and Characterization of Neo-Confused Porphyrins and Related Systems, Arwa Salem Almejbel
The Effect of a Fruit and Vegetable Program on Diet Quality and Produce Consumption, Jeanne Arbuckle
Executive Coaching as a Model of Professional Development for School Superintendents, Timothy Brian Arnold Jr.
Model of Residence Time and Analysis of Nitrogen Removal for Two Constructed Wetlands at the Franklin Demonstration Farm in Lexington, Illinois, Emma Singh Baghel
Measuring Predictors of Groupthink: Instrument Development and Validation, Richard Walter Baptist
A Qualitative Assessment of Eating Behaviors in Adults with Autism, Samantha Barbier
Transition Metal-Olefin Bonding Interactions: a Density Functional Theory Study [ M ( Co ) X ( Æ? 2-C 2 H 3-C 6 H 4-Y) ], Michael John Berninger
Subsistence Strategies in the Upper Illinois River Valley: the Kuhne Site Case Study, Autumn Beyer
The Effects of Modafinil and Atomoxetine on Dopamine Signaling in the Striatal Subregions of the Rat, Martin Bobak
The Effects and Comparisons of Receptive Live Music Listening and Expressive Music Making on Mood with Elderly Adults in a Congregate Residential Setting, Rory Kendall Bolton
Emerging Adult's Marriage Expectations: the Influence of a Relationshipâ??s Type of Love or an Individualâ??s Gender Role, Sarah T. Bradshaw
Characterization of Cytidylyltransferase Enzyme Activity through High Performance Liquid Chromatography, James Brault
Task-Switching in Bilinguals: Further Investigation of the Bilingual Advantage, Jennifer M. Brown
Aggregation and Satiation: Finding Meaning in Repetition, Samantha Buchanan
Analysis of Heart Rate Training Responses in Division I Collegiate Athletes, Maria Canino
The Relationship between Bmi and Body Composition in Collegiate Athletes, Kelli Carlson
God's Eye News: the Use of Drones in Journalism, a Documentary Film, Robert Lance Carroll
Best Forms of Involvement for First-Year Student Veterans for Academic Success, Saipraseuth Chaleunphonh
Modeling Cholera Using Engineered Genetic Algorithm, Irina Nikolayevna Chubarova
Assessing the Perceptions of Faculty Advisors and Green Industry Professionals on the Value of Student Participation in a Professional Development Competitive Event, Katelynn Diane Clement
Expect the Unexpected: an Autoethnography of Typhoon"Yolanda"( Haiyan ), Ashley Conrad
Stakeholder Perspectives of the Effectiveness of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Techniques in Children with Autism, Daria Constantinescu
Comparing Time and Event Based Prospective Memory: Effects of Delay, Angela Conte
Student Criminality: the Influence of Strain, Family and Peers, Annie Cvetan
Living in and between"Two Different Worlds": Arab American Women, Identity, and Their Interethnic Romantic Relationships, Samar Dababneh
Predicting Risky Sexual Behavior: the Role of Family Context Factors and Socioeconomic Status, Kori Daniel
Institutional Factors Influencing African-American Male Involvement in Undergraduate Student Organizations, John Mark Davenport
Examining Female Offender Perceptions of the Moms and Babies Program at the Decatur Correctional Center, Lynn Alan Dexheimer
Multimodality, Migration, and Accessibility in Online Writing Instruction, Jason M. Dockter
Behavioral Plasticity in Response to Perceived Predation Risk in Breeding House Wrens, Erin Emily Dorset
The Impact of Military Experience on the Higher Education Experiences of Veterans, Jeff Dougherty
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Identity Development: the Role of Attachment and Self-Esteeem, Joel David Dukett
Exploring the Dark Side: Investigating the Relationship between Creativity and Perceptions of Dishonesty, Kiera Michelle Dymit
Longitudinal Effects of School Climate on Middle-School Students' Academic, Social-Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes, Jennifer Lynn Engelland-Schultz
Sexual Minority Educators and Public Disclosure: How Identity and Culture Influence the Decisions To Be Out in School Settings, BreAnna Evans-Santiago
When Lovers Become Friends: Rules of Post-dissolutional Friendships, Annelise Nicole Ewing
You're like Me and I Like You: Variables Mediating the Similarity-Attraction Link in a Social Interaction Study, Amanda N. Fisher
Ideographs and American Mass Media: Understanding the Narrative on the Israel-Palestine Conflict and Its Influence on Publics, Savanna Lynn Fowler
Cherokee Community Coalescence in East Tennessee, Melissa Frederick
Live like You Were Dying: How Transitions Affect Decisions of Undergraduate University Students, Danielle N. Freund
Raising the Standard: an Assessment of Peer Collaboration as an Enhancer of Speech Evaluation Fidelity, Terrell Kody Frey
Exploring Sibling Bereavement, Amy Marie Funk
Workplace Stressors and Employee Well-Being: the Roles of Affect, Boredom Proneness, and Counterproductive Work Behaviors, Kamila Gabka
Examining Possible Perceptual Proxies of Flow State, Devin Michael Gill
Cognitive Flexibility as a Moderator of the Relation between Reading Strategy Use and Reading Comprehension, Emily K. Gnaedinger
Caution, Traffick Ahead: Determining Message Design Features from Anti-human Trafficking Non-profit Organizations, Elayne Goldman
Ways in which Participation in Intercollegiate Athletics Contributes to the Learning and Development of Student-Athletes, R. Chad Good
A Democracy, if We Can Keep It: Democratic Engagement Policy in Higher Education, Maegan Gorham
Synthesis and Characterization of Naphthocarbaporphyrins and Related Systems, Eric Grabowski
Signature Pedagogies In Undergraduate Theatre As Revealed Through Assessment: An Exploratory Study, Chris Gray
Stoichiometric Controls on Denitrification in High Nitrate Watersheds, Brian Grebliunas
The Effect of Muscle Energy Technique on Forward Shoulder Posture, Pectoralis Minor Length, and Upper Extremity Blood Flow in Collegiate Female Swimmers, Elizabeth Gross
We've Been Here: Possibilities for Prolonging Experiential Intimacy in Art, Christopher Kevin Hagen
A Case Study of University Archives: Illinois State University Archives as a Model Archive, Tammy M. Hansen
Hatching Asynchrony in European Starlings ( Sturnus Vulgaris ), Jason Hanser
Integrating Experiential Learning into Animal Science Curriculum through a Hands-on Beef Cattle Management and Marketing Contest, Corinne J. Harrison