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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Non-Zero Sum Sport: Pickleball and the Theory of Coopetition, Max Arthur Manthou
Chop Suey Habits: the State of the American Chinese Restaurant during Covid Times, Rebecca Ma
Burned Beauty: Stories of How Black Women Burn Survivors Manage Their Trauma & Recovery, Bree McCall
Shifting from a System of Grades to a Culture of Learning: Moving toward a More Equitable Culture of Assessment, Jennifer Pamela McCoy
Numeracy, Consistency, and the Allais Paradox, Sean J. McGinity
Experimental Evolution under Varying Sex Ratio and Behavioral Plasticity in Response to Perceived Competitive Environment Independently Influence Male Cricket Calling Effort, Jack Thomas McKermitt
Exploring Informal Mentoring Relationships between Faculty and Undergraduate Students at a Midwest, Urban Institution, Thomas O'Ryan Menchhofer
“Who Will Guard the Guards Themselves ”: a Phenomenological Discourse Analysis on How Whiteness and White Supremacy Are Upheld by White Hearing Officers on Community College Campuses, Amanda Jane Mesirow
Mental Health Service Preferences among Illinois Dairy Producers: a Best-Worst Scaling Approach, Brianna Messman
A Descriptive and Comparative Case Study of Undergraduate Psychology Students' Feedback Processes When Developing a Research Proposal Paper, Derek John Herrmann Meyers
Investigating Heterologous Transgene Expression in N. Crassa, James Christopher Mierendorf
In Debt and Educated Af! the Pursuit of Learning and the Will To Teach: Black Educators' Perspectives, Myskeshia Latrice Mitchell
Fever City: Memory, Truama, and Storytelling via Hybrid Writing Methods: a Creative Dissertation, Samantha Moe
Not in this House, Satan! an Integrative Framing Analysis of Body-Positive Posts on Instagram, Gladys Mana Momade
Illustrating Postcolonial Margins: Locating Experimental, Collaborative, Indian Graphic Narratives in the Twenty-First Century, Sayanti Mondal
Asian Americans, Latinos, and the Hana Center: Solidarity through Community Organization in Northeastern Chicago, Janeth Montenegro Marquez
Revisitng the Violence and Social Order Conceptual Framework: a Case Study of China, Nur E Jannat Moon
Becoming a Reflective Practitioner: an Analysis of Student Teacher Reflection, Thunsinee Muangthong
Translingual Pedagogy in the First-Year Composition Classroom: an Examination of Divergent Student Uptake, Ashton Taylor Myerscough
Effect of Nitrogen on Seed Sugar Content in White Corn ( Zea Mays L. ), Douglas Otieno Ndege
"Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin"Does N't Feel like Love: Exploring Queer Former Catholics' Narratives of Lived Experiences, Taylor Kay Newswander
Concerto for' Smacken, Zachary Jinpui Noland
Building Authentic Relationships: Creating a Supportive Environment for Black, Indigenous, and / or People of Color, Kimberly M. Norton
Understanding Groundwater Flow in a Saturated Buffer Zone ( Sbz ) Using Numerical Models: Case Study of T 3 Site, Mclean County, Central Illinois, Nnaemeka Henry Nsude
Hyperplane Arrangements over the Ring of Integers Modulo N., Ehiareshan James Obeahon
Measurement of Ankle Joint Kinematics Using Imus during Countermovement Jumps and Lateral Skater Jumps, Ifeoluwa Olawore
An Authoethnographic Study of My Biliteracy Writing Practices as an Akan Speaker of English: Implications for L 2 Writing, Gabriel Opare
Omnipotence and the Psyche: on a New Psychoanalysis, Dani Park
Identifying Handsaws from Cut Marks on Bone: a Microscopic Trait Analysis, Sarah Elizabeth Patterson
Mothering Experiences of Women in Jail, BOTHWELL PIASON
Lynch Law in the Land of Lincoln: African American Intellectuals and Early Twentieth Century Race Riots, John Patrick Pleming
Community-Based Risk Communication during the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Biwoc Framework, Raven Latice Preston
Dad Talk: Father-Child Communication When a Parent Has Cancer, Elizabeth A. Reed
An Augustinian Pedagogy Approach to Integrative Stem Education: the Candle Learning Model, David Joseph Relstab
Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Spore Killing by Neurospora’s Meiotic Drive Elements, Nicholas Rhoades
Parenting Characteristics and the Development of Self-Compassion: a Look at Self-Warmth and Self-Coldness, Meghan Rogers
Identification of Gap Junction Genes Involved in the Tail-Flip Escape Circuit of Marbled Crayfish, Rajit S. Roy
Memorable Health Messages and Their Influence on Health Behavior, Benjamin Brew Sam-Paintsil
Electron Affinity Equilibrium Studies of Synthesized N 1-and N 2-Phenyl-1,2,3-Triazole Isomers through Potassium Metal Reduction, Joe Santarelli
Investigating Eco-evolutionary Interactions between Hosts and Members of Their Gut Microbiota, Logan A. Sauers
Characterization of the Autoinhibition Mechanism of the Heterotrimeric Kinesin-2 Motor Protein Kif3a / Kif3 B, Caleb Ayooluwa Sawe
Tale of Two Toddlers: an Exploration of Policies and Procedures for the Magnet School Process, Mary A. Schloz
The Moderating Influence of Individual Differences between Perceived Organizational Support and Effort, Michael Schneider
The Association between Immigration and Recidivism among Juveniles: Exploring the Effects of Acculturation, Moral Disengagement, Employment and Community Involvement., JUANITA MIREKUAA SEFA
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Kills Staphylococcus Aureus in a Polyphosphate-Dependent Manner, Ritika Sujit Shah
Getting Straight to the Point: a Bystander Training for College Students To Address Sexuality-and Gender-Specific Microaggressions in Schools, Caroline Signa
Operationalizing Process Mapping for Small-to-Medium Enterprise Erp Implementation, Matthew Simeroth
Student Learning and Literacy Practices When Video Games Are Incorporated into a Secondary Classroom, Amy Smith
What Factors Motivated Female and Minority Students To Pursue a Career in Healthcare, Ken Smith
The Effects of Target Facial Stimuli Race, Emotional Expression, and Time Delay on Facial Recognition Memory, MaKayla Smullin
Characterizing the Editing Modes of Duplicated Leucyl-Trna Synthetases in the Archaea Sulfolobus Islandicus, Evan T. Strandquist
Shifting the Academic Leadership Paradigm: Culturally Responsive Associate Deans in Illinois Community Colleges, Cathy Y. Taylor
On Your Block: Familial Representations within the Hit Netflix Show on My Block, Grace Telfer
Human Impacts on Erosion in Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, Usa, Savannah Leigh Thielbar
These Blues Are Inspite of You Mr. Charlie: Oral Histories of Black Chicago Blues Musicians Discussing Matters of Race, Andrew T. Thomas
Transition Planning and the School to Prison Pipeline: a Phenomenological Study Investigating the Lived Experiences of Alternatively Placed High School Black Males with High Incidence Disabilities, Brandon Garrett Thornton
Global Sounds: Uncovering Music from Popular Refugees as a Space for Counternarratives, Henrique Villela
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Host Immunity in the Drosophila-parasitoid System and Its Application in a Course-Based Research Experience, Ashley Waring-Sparks
Multi-Year Analysis of Groundwater Temperature Fluctuations in a Shallow Aquifer Sysytem Influenced by a Tile-Drain, Jack Thomas Wassik
Training Caregivers of Young Children Who Are Deaf / Hard of Hearing To Implement Communication Facilitation Strategies, Rachel Lynn Wells
Class, Politics and Family Life: a Study of Progressive Working-Class Parenting, Elise Danielle West
The Moderating Effect of Volunteer Motives on the Relation between Job Demands and Exhaustion, Aaron Whitely
The Effect of Percussion and Rhythm-Based Interventions on Children with Social, Emotional and Behavioral Goals, Lesli Woods
Designing for Multigenerational Households in the United States, Dongniya Xiu
Critical Choices: an Attempt at Understanding What I'm Trying To Understand through Drawing through Drawing, Amy Yeager
Impact of Farm and Producer Characteristics on the Adoption of Best Management Practices among Popcorn Producers in the United States, Benjamin Yeboah
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Bombazo Epistemology a Syllabus of Survival: Dismantling Settler Colonialism's Philosophy in the Stolen Land, Armen Alvarez
The Genre of Modern Motherhood, Nicole M. Arnold
Gone with the Soul, Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng
Faculty Voices in Faculty-Led Programs Abroad, Tara M. Augspurger
British Colonial Strategies To Control the Influenza Epidemic of 1918 to 1919 in Ashanti, Dennis Baffour Awuah
Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Categorical Reasoning and Knowledge Transfer on Definition Tasks with Two Dimensional Figures, Seyedehkhadijeh Azimi Asmaroud
National Athletes' Perceived Image of the Government in the Development of Sports in Malaysia, Danial Bin Azizan Durisic
Curriculum in the Crosshairs: Power and Critical Race Theory in an American History Textbook, Christopher Anton Bergschneider
"You Have To Find Your People: "a Design-Based Approach to Transforming Teacher Practices Using Socially Just Innovation, Sarah Bonner
Investigating How Ecologically Relevant Thermal Conditions Affect Gonadal Development in a Turtle with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination, Anthony Trey Breitenbach
Establishing the Non-canonical Nature of a Leucyl-Trna Synthetase Paralog in Sulfolobus Islandicus, Jonathan Blair Brewster
Do “You Have To Be Better? ”: a Narrative Inquiry Exploration of Black Female Former Ncaa Division I Student-Athletes’ Experiences in Athletic Departments, Jessica Jeanne Brown
Thanatechnology: Designing for Death, Samantha Grace Bruner
The Impact of Implicit Education Debt on the Lives of African American Mothers in Phd Programs: a Phenomenological Research Study, Tiffany S. Bumpers
Democracy or Capitalism? the United States and Latin America, Grace Burgener
The Regulation of Oxidative Stress in Age-Related Diseases, Jesica Burkhart
The Effects of Co-planning on Co-teaching Service Delivery Models, Amber Elizabeth Buss
Cultural Exchange: Defining the Native American and African Slave Interaction at Rich Neck Plantation, Theartis R. Butler
An Other Word for It Is Us, Aca Carle
Transforming Words into Action: Exploring Moderators to Racial Social Justice Action by White College Students, Lindsay Nicole Chassay
Sulustar Kꭢstybetter, Sargylana Cherepanova
Parent Shaming: the Impact of Race and Ability Status on Perceptions of Parenting, Kara Sue Cicciarelli
White Faculty Responses to Implicit Racial Bias and Racially Responsive Pedagogy in the Community College Classroom, Julie Anne Clemens
Working with Great Expectations: the Impact of Met and Unmet Expectations on Employee Engagement and Intent To Leave, Megan Daigle
Exploring Second Language Writing Pedagogy in the Saudi Univeristy Context: a Descriptive Case Study of Writing Instruction and Feedback Strategies, Talal Waleed Daweli
The Impact of Flipped Learning on the Language Performance and Attitudes of Beginning Spanish as a Second Language Learners, Susana Dimas
Educating through Democracy: a Critical Analysis of Classroom Discourse, Jill Ann Donnel