Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Troubled Waters: Security, Economic Development, and the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands., Kevin McKenzie
Coming Home Hybrid: Returned Sojourner Identity in Everyday Life, Jon Benjamin McNair
Ideological Trends in Film Adaptations of Children's Literature: Children's Books on the Big Screen, Meghann Meeusen
P_4-Decomposability in Regular Graphs and Multigraphs, David Joshua Mendell
The Relationship between Environmental Factors and Cyanobacteria Population in Lake Bloomington and Evergreen Lake in Mclean County, Illinois, Matthew Douglas Meyers
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors in College Age Students, Natalie Rose Micinski
Citizens Without a Nation: The Construction of Haitian Illegality and Deportability in The Dominican Republic, Saha Miranda
Hegemonic Resistance in Hip-Hop Music: a Gramscian Rhetorical Criticism of Tupac Shakur, Scott Andrew Mitchell
Modernism on Trial: an Analysis of Historic Preservation Debates in Chicago, Stephen M. Mitchell
Victim Response to Hurtful Teasing Episodes: Perceptual and Behavioral Responses of Middle School Boys, Edward Mockus
Effects of Pretreatment with Citalopram on Ventral Pallidal Neuronal Activity, in Vivo, Lynn Moore
Moderators of the Relationship between Perceived Employability and Voluntary Turnover, Joseph Kenneth Morrison
Relationships between Humeral Retroversion, Anterior Glenohumeral Laxity, and Forward Scapular Posture in Collegiate Baseball Players, Yuya Mukaihara
Location, Location, Location, the Impact of Registered Sex Offenders on Home Sale Prices: a Case Study of Mclean County, Illinois, John C. Navarro
A Comparative Study of Upper Limb Mechanical Stress in the Pre-colombian Tennessee River Valley, Deborah Lyn Neidich
Crime and Poverty in Detroit: a Cross-Referential Critical Analysis of Ideographs and Framing, Jacob Jerome Nickell
Influence of Seductive Details, Belief-Congruence, and Repeated Testing on Memory for Controversial Information, Daniel Adam Nuccio
Perceptions and Practices of Hydration in Triathlon, Corey Stephen O'Connor
Perceptions of Cooperating Teachers Concerning the Student Teaching Field Experience, Dawn Marie Paulson
More than a Personality Match? High School Administrator Views on the Process, Factors Relevant, and Effectiveness of the Selection of Cooperating Teachers, Julie Lickfelt Pavlini
Limitation, Subversion, and Agency: Gendered Spaces in the Works of Margaret Mahy, Cynthia Voigt, and Dia na Wynne Jones, Elizabeth Ann Pearce
Latino Emergent Bilingual Students' Experiences with the Middle School Transition, Kerry Pecho
Doctor Who and the Creation of a Non-gendered Hero Archetype, Alessandra J. Pelusi
Development and Application of Sers Based Immunoassay Using a Gold Plated Membrane for Use in Flow-through Immunoassay, Michelle Ashely Penn
Essentially Point-Less: the Influence of Alternative, Non Points-Based Grading on Teachers' Instructional Practices, Jay C. Percell
Current Trends in Concussion Management among Athletic Trainers in Different Workplace Settings, Katelyn Persoage
Another Kind of Pink Tide? an Investigation into the Rapid Expansion of Lgbt Rights in Latin America, Christopher Joseph Petkus
The Effects of Focality of Processing and Delay on Event-Based Prospective Memory, Samantha Nicole Petrella
Padania or Federalism? an Examination of the Spatial Demands of Italy's Northern League, Anthony Vincent Pierucci
Fashioning a Rhetoric of Style: a Rhetorical Analysis of Urban Street Style Representations in New York City, Amber Pineda
Assessing Students' Attitudes towards Geography in a Problem-Based Learning Environment, Andrew Jasper Quain
Integrating Gis and Hydrology for Flood Risk Analysis, Anas B. Rabie
Cultural Identity and Heritage Language Learners, Lydia Reitz
Studies of Rhenium Based Clusters Containing Nitriles and Heterocyclic Ligands, YiXin Ren
Identifying the Visible: a Look at How Economic Class and Ethnicity Influence Women's Visibility within a Household, Cori Elise Rich
District Size and Implementation of High School School Improvement Grants, Marla Robinson
Identifying Program Needs of Women Detainees in a Jail Environment, Jeanna Michele Rodda
Firefly Song, Lasantha Rodrigo
Tammy Rae Carland's Queer Riot Grrrl Zine"I ( Heart ) Amy Carter": a World of Public Intimacy, Annah-Marie Rostowsky
Olympian Sponsorship Roles: Sports Identification, Credibility, and Intent To Purchase, Amy Alexis Rothblum
A Model of Organization Alignment: Identifying Predictors and Outcomes, Frances Rynders
V.D. Savarkar and the Impossibility of Hindutva: a Rereading of Schmitt on the National Myth, Varun Sanadhya
Design of an Rfid System for Asset Tracking and Inventory Management at Illinois State University, Ranathunga Arachchige Madhusha Sarathchandra
Determining the Source of Anomalous Segments in a Karst Stream, Kathryn Emily Schroeder
A Holy Peace: Abrahamic Interconnectivity and Collective Identity Framing in Israel / Palestine, Michael James Schumacher
A Quantitative Examination of Known Exonernations and the Factors That Have Contributed to the Wrongful Convictions of Innocents, Meagan Andrea Semmelroth
All Systems Go, Harry William Sidebotham
Fundamental Investigations of Pyranone Activation to Oxidopyrylium Intermediates and Corresponding [ 5 +2 ] Cycloaddition Processes, Justin Adam Simanis
Academic Hiring Gatekeeper & Employer Perceptions of Online Degrees and the Acceptability of Online Degrees for Faculty and Administrator Employment in Higher Education, Renee Sinow-Mandelbaum
Examination of an Integrated Protection Motivation Model in the United States Army, Garrett Slack
The United States Immigration Policy Debate: Framing Strategies and Human Rights, Keith Michael Smilie
To Thine Own Self Be Cruel: an Analysis of the Use of Self-Deprecating Humor as a Rhetorical Strategy by Figures in Positions of Authority, Brian Sorenson
Social Capital and Relational Work: Uncertainty, Distrust, and Support in Azerbaijan, Dustin S. Stoltz
A Sequence of French Vernacular Architectural Design and Construction Methods in Colonial North America, 1690 -- 1850, Wade Terrell Tharp
Nitrate Uptake in Central Illinois Streams: a Comparison along a Transient Storage Gradient, Kristen Lynn Theesfeld
The Effect of Self-Monitoring on Academic Engagement of Students with Emotional Disturbance, Clayton Theisinger
Distinguishing Assessment from Accountability: Honoring Student Learning and Values in Assessment, Erin Elizabeth Pearce Thomas
Articulating the Experiences and Perceptions of Graduates from an Inner City Field-Based Teacher Preparation Program: a Sociocritical Perspective, Cynthia Lucretia Thompson
The Sprouts Early Childhood Program: an Evaluation of Child Outcomes, Lauryn Michele Toby
This Wall Speaks: Graffiti and the Location of Transnational Space Palestine, Ashley Toenjes
Reexamination of the Intratextual Fundamentalism Scale Structure: the Impact of Additional Items, Ryan Michael Tuggle
Using Deuterium and Garp To Estimate Geographic Extents of Source Populations of Hoary ( Lasiurus Cinereus ) and Eastern Red ( Lasiurus Borealis ) Bats Killed at a Central Illinois Wind Facility, Rachael Anne Van Essen
The Effects of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law Adjustment and Hold Harmless Provision on Equity in the Illinois General State Aid Funding System, 2000-2011, Toni Marie Waggoner
Gettin' Weird Together: the Performance of Identity and Community through Cultural Artifacts of Electronic Dance Music Culture, Andrew Matthew Wagner
Predictive Modeling and Alumni Fundraising in Higher Education, Mark Walcott
'I like You both the Same, but for Different Reasons': Differences between Communication Mediums Related to Self-Disclosure, Responsiveness, and Self-Awareness, Kevin Joseph Wallpe
Mckinney Vento Legislation: a Policy Analysis of the Evolution of Homeless Law in Illinois, Cathleen J. Weber
Nitrogen Rate Optimization for Grain Yield within Fall and Spring Applications, Justin Wheeler
An Examination of Teachers' Perceptions and Implementation of Learning Trajectory Based Professional Development, Megan Hope Wickstrom
Saleswomen and the Middle-Class: Gender and Class Conflict within the Chicago Department Store, 1880-1930, Laura Wiggers
Patterns of Local Intergovernmental Cooperation in Illinois School Districts, Kathleen Wilkey
A History of Academic Freedom in America, John Karl Wilson
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Hexarhenium Selenide Cluster Complexes Containing Carbon-Coordinating Ligands, Wade Bruce Wilson
Effect of Food Aid Delivery Mode on Food Production in Recipient Nation, Steven Marc Wolf
Engaging Engagement: Framing the Civic Education Movement in Higher Education, Chad Woolard
A Comparison of Biofeedback Tools on Transverse Abdominis Activation, Jessica Marie Wooldridge
Contradicting Conventional Wisdom: Women Presidents' Abilities To Forge Purposeful and Instrumental Relationships for Institutional Outcomes, Susan Amy Woollen
"some Things Are Worth the Pain They Cause": a Study of Self-Awareness, Voice, and Assessment in a High School Memoir Project, Christopher Randall Wyant
Factors Influencing the Major Satisfaction and Leadership Aspirations of Men and Women in Traditional and Nontraditional Fields, Jennifer Yeoward
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Bundle Burials in the Middle and Late Woodland Periods: Mortuary Practice as a Reflection of Settlement Organiztion and Social Identity, Jessica Leigh Albrecht
Financial Retrenchment: a Phenomenological Study of Two Public School Districts in One Community, John Andrew Asplund
The Effects of Manipulating Problem Completion Rates on Assignment Choice and Preference Consistency, Kiley Bliss
Personal Characteristics and Learning Preference in End-of-Life Decision Making of Chronically Ill Community Dwelling Elders, Leigh Ann Bonney
Further Development of a Model of Environmental Commitment, Shane Boyd
Preliminary Findings of the Long Term Effects of the Death of a Peer while in High School, Jenny M. Bradley
Understanding Turnover Propensity via Affective Beliefs, Adam Bradshaw
Tight Void, Brooke Burns
Punch-Drunk, Ian T. Carey
Factors Affecting Student Satisfaction in Different Learning Deliveries, Kuang-yu Chang
Implementing Nclb: a Case Study in Local Urban School Leadership and School Improvement, Michael James Chinino
Maternity, Activism, and the Creation of a New Identity: the Characters of Las Madres De La Plaza De Mayo for the English-Speaking Scholar Derived from Scholarship, Video, and Film, Gloria Diane Clark
Homophonic Translation, Appositional Writing, and the Monster, Ryan Landry Clark
Does a Weak Social Fabric Fuel the Predatory Lending Industry? The Link Between Payday Lending Activity and Community Trust, Alyssa H. Curran
Gender Transformation at the Grassroots: A Gender and Development Program from the Practitioners' Perspective, Tyler Curtis
The Essential Value of Lgbt Resource Centers, Matthew Raymond Damschroder