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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Identification of Transcriptionally Quiescent Regions in the Neurospora Crassa Genome, Katie Marie Groskreutz
Understanding the Role of Post-Secondary Coaches in High Schools: a Social Capital Analysis, Lynne Haeffele
Exploring the Relationship between Faculty Perceptions of Chairperson-Faculty Member Communication Exchanges and Department Climate, Jodi Lynn Hallsten Lyczak
Seeking a Better Understanding of Cyber Infidelity: Applying Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love to an Atheoretical Field, Lauren Elizabeth Hardy
U.S.- Educated Multilingual Students in Community College: Transitioning from Esl to English 101, Melinda S. Harrison
Reflections of Self: Images of People with Specific Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit / Hyperactive Disorder in Children's Literature, Elizabeth R. Hayes
When Can We Meet for Coffee? : Strategies in Online Dating To Build Liking When Exchanging Mediated Messages, Jacob I. Hazzard
Working Class Women, Body Image Resiliency, and Media Depictions of the Female Body, Emily K. Healy
A Multi-method Examination of Pre-service Teacher Attitudes toward Gay and Lesbian Parents, Julie Herbstrith
Examination of Quasienantiomers of Oxadiazinanones Which Fail To Fractionally Crystallize, Patricia Ann Higgins
Building Parent Support for Implementation of Assessment for Learning ( A4 L ) at the High School Level, Sarah Highfill
What Limits Clutch Size in Female House Wrens ( Troglodytes Aedon )?, Christine Joan Hodges
Spatial Variability of Erosion Patterns along the Eastern Margin of the Rio Grande Rift, Lauren Hoffman
The Effects of Cognitively Engaging Physical Activity on the Executive Function of Sixth Graders, Alyssa Michele Humphreys
Pre -service School Psychologists' Racial and Weight-Related Biases and the Relationship that Taking Diversity Courses Has on these Biases, ShaErica Jackson
College Student Unions: a Delphi Study Regarding Purposes, Amenities, Barriers and Future Influences, Michelle Annette Janisz
Advocating for Advocacy: How Academia Affects Students' Civic and Political Engagement Outcomes, Chandler S. Johnson
Children's Experiences with Relational Aggression and Their Disclosure to Their Friends: an Evaluation of Dyads, Friendship Networks, and Peer Groups, Jayme Lee Jones
Imitation Skill Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Teacher-Directed versus Child-Directed Tasks, Claire Elizabeth Karlen
Effects of Graston Technique on Blood Flow in the Upper Extremity, Ashley Nicole Keck
The Effects of a Foot-Toe Orthosis on Dynamic Balance and Hallux Valgus Angle, Adam Richard Kelly
A Moral Panic? a Content Analysis of Prominent Newspapers and Their Portrayal of Tik Addiction, Chiara Keune
How Superintendents Facilitate or Effect Instructional or Curricular Change in Their Districts, Carolyn Schaab Koos
Perceptions of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program: a Survey of Superintendents on University-Affiliated Golf Courses in the U.s., Jacob Joseph Kuban
Relationships between Depression, Obesity, and Physical Fitness in University Students, Troy Lee Kuster, Jr.
The Etiology of the Horizontal-Oval Mandibular Foramen and a Reassessment of Its Usefulness for Paleoanthropological Studies, Katherine Marie Lacy
Culturally Responsive Teaching: What Do Mexican American Students Have To Say?, Laura Terese LaSalle
Police Officer Job Satisfaction and Officer-Sergeant Educational Levels: a Relational Demography Perspective, Sung Uook Lee
Perpetuating Social and Racial Linguistic Inequalities: Sentence-Level Pedagogies in the Anti-grammar Age, Stefanie Mescal Lovelass
My One Week, Two Month, Three Year Stand: Identifying the Sexual Script of the Booty Call Relationship, Kayla Marie Lucht
Modified Nutrition Facts Panels Help in Identifying Healthier Options, Courtney Marie Markey
Learning To Practice Leadership for Social Justice: an Autoethnography, David S. Martin
Cell Wall and Autolytic Properties of a Cold-Sensitive Listeria Monocytogenes Mutant Deficient in Branched-Chain Fatty Acid Biosynthesis, Anthony M. Martini
Acceptance, Rejection, or Somewhere in-between: Family Communication Regarding Interracial Relationships, Lisa Martin
The Effects of Opedix < Sup > Tm < / Sup > Knee Support System, Philip Mathew
A Comparative Study of the Practitioner's Role To Integrate Technology within an Inquiry-Based Learning Environment, Ashley C. Mayor
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