Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Understanding Teacher-Child and Peer Interactions during a 12-Week Preschool Art Program, Rebecca Bove
Inclusive Math and Science Spaces through Professional Development: a Qualitative Study Focusing on Educator Views of Multilingual Learners and Educator Identity, Helen Dick Brandon
The Impact of Social Media on the Mental Health of Student-Athletes, Jessica K. Brougham
How the Covid-19 Closures and Restrictions Were Perceived by University Students as It Relates to Physical Activity Behaviors, Madison Brown
But at what Cost? a Rhetorical Analysis of Capitalism, Whiteness, and Their Intersection in Boots Riley's 2018 Sorry To Bother You, Kara A. Brummel
Athletic Training Clinical Education Assessments: an Exploration of the at Milestones, Chelsey Bruns
The Development of a Measure of Parent and Teacher Perceptions of the Importance of Social-Emotional Learning in the Schools, Heather M. Calkins
“Never Again Is Now ” Use of Cultural Frames in a Social Movement Organization, Erik Paul Carlson
The Correlation between Ankle Proprioception and Lower Extremity Muscle Reactions in Response to Simulated Lateral Ankle Sprains, Erin M. Carroll
Isolating Locations of Potential Episodes of Cave Collapse and Their Relationship to Cave Level Development through Major River System Incisions, Ethan William Conley
Covid-19 Mortality Prediction Using Machine Learning-Integrated Random Forest Algorithm under Varying Patient Frailty, Erwin Cornelius
Defining Compulsory Academic Genres: a Feminist Rhetorical Interrogation of Required Institutional Practices, Courtney Cox
Perceptions of Illinois Community College Chief Academic Officers: Fulfilling the Mission, Mark A. Coykendall
Synthesis of Oxyquinoliziniporphyrins and Pyridoquinoliziniporphyrins, Emma Cramer
Community Needs Assessment for Mclean County, Hannah Lynn Curry
A Qualitative Study of the Motivations and Experiences of African Students in Community Colleges in the United States, Ansumana Darboe
Physiological Consequences of Neuromodulation and the Cellular Properties That Underlie Them, Margaret Louise DeMaegd
Barriers to Physical Activity in University Students Referred to an Exercise Is Medicine on Campus Program, Alexander Michael DiSerio
Effects of Crosslinking Density in the Formation of Gold-Polymer Composite Particles and Their Catalytic Applications, Franklin Obinna Egemole
Corruption and Coordination in Russia’s Economy, Peter Kalev Elias
Reducing Seed Coat Fiber Content and Pod Shatter, and Engineering Medium Chain Fatty Acids-Containing Oil, in the Oilseed Crop Pennycress ( Thlaspi Arvense L. ), Maliheh Esfahanian
Helping Students in the Heartland: Student Affairs at Rural Community Colleges, Gabe Estill
Culturally Responsive Practices in Head Start Settings, Kathryn Diane Ferdon
The Effect of a Text-Message Based Hydration Education Intervention on Hydration Knowledge and Behavior of Division I Female Collegiate Soccer Players, Milaena Ferrarese
Non-Violent Resistance Movements and Substantive Democracy, Jalal Fetrati
“Natural Ties for Patriotic Purposes": the Committee on Public Information, Americanization, and Swedish-American Transnationalism, Race L. Fisher
Evaluating the Trauma-Informed Program for Promoting Success, Jessica Foley
Depolicing: an Empirical Analysis, Jacob Terrell Foster
Womanist Ways in a Man's World: Unpacking Anti-blackness in Higher Education Enrollment Management Roles, Mesha C Garner
'Give Us More To See': a Feminist and Queer Look at Stephen Sondheim, Kevin P. Goffard
Rails at Different Scales: Ecological and Evolutionary Drivers of Vocal Behavior in Rallidae, Daniel Lorenz Goldberg
Investigation and Application of Oxidopyrylium-Based [ 5 +2 ] Cycloadditions and the Development of Novel Synthetic Strategies, Jake Grabowski
Delightful Scars, Shahrbanoo Hamzeh
Literate Activity Research and Narrative Analysis as Frameworks for Educational Change: an Examination of Writing Instruction in Two Alternative Education Programs, Leslie Rae Hancock
The Globalgothic Vampire: Application of and Benefits for the English Studies Model, David Lawrence Hansen
Factors Associated with Parent Involvement for African American Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Findings from the Nlts-2012, LaTonya J. Harris
Feeling the Light: Sensory Substitution Devices in Research and Rehabilitation, Stephanie Nicole Hartling
A Multidimensional Analysis of Security Priming and Its Effect on Racial Essentialism and the Perception of Race, Marjorie Kate Hart
Ordinary Power: Frontier Sentimentalism and Cultural Perceptions of Gender in the Nineteenth-Century West, Erin Elizabeth Hastings
Exploring the Impact of Utilizing Real Patients during Nutrition Counseling Training, Ashlyn R. Hayes
Natural Nitrate Removal in Shallow Subsurface Stream Flows, Abigail Heath
Methodological Considerations and Use Wear Analysis of the Late Archaic Sites of Duck Lake and Popper from Grand Island Michigan, James William Hill
Gobelin or Guild? : a Foucauldian Analysis of Teachers' Professional Learning under the Illinois Essa, Carrie Hruby
A Comparison of Financial and Residential Quality of Life by Housing Provision in Taiwan, Chia-Hang Hsu
Intercropping Corn and Soybean: Profitability of Different Agronomic Management Techniques, Raeann Lyn Huffman
Investigating the Role and Localization of B Cells in the Red-eared Slider, Trachemys Scripta, Whitney Hurst
Does Subjective Time Cost Explain Cognitive Task Choices?, Raina Ashley Isaacs
Embedding Factorizations, Anna Johnsen
The Impact of an Inclusive Curriculum on Attitudes toward Sexual Minority Populations, Kirstin Kaylene Johnson
Peering at the Mirror of Reflection: Agency and Design Thinking in the Development of Writerly Identities, Elizabeth Louise Jones
People Who Mistake Dogma for Reason: Development and Validation of the Pseudo-rationalism Scale, Han Wool Jung
Calculating the Cost of New Student Matriculation in a Midwestern Community College, Daniel Joseph Kelly
Handgrip Strength in Cancer Survivors: 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Ayla Monet Kibler
The Value of an Anthropology Degree: Why Undergraduates Major in Anthropology and How It Prepares Them for Life after College, Maria Kitchin
Towards Constructing Vertex Algebroids, Nicholas J. Klecki
The Reemergence of Eradicated Disease due to Ecological Impact of Climate Change, Claudia Kolakowski
An Autoethnographic Study of My Student and Teacher Experiences in First-Year Composition ( Fyc ) in Ghana: ( Re ) Developing More Inclusive Pedagogies in Fyc in the U.s., Eric Nuamah Korankye
Who Said It First? : Linguistic Appropriation of Slang Terms within the Popular Lexicon, Rachel Elizabeth Laing
The Politics of Di/visibility: Narrative Positioning and Disability Representation in Children’s Literature, Agathe Lancrenon
Incorporating Black Voices and Perspectives into U.s. History Curricula within Small, Rural Midwestern Schools, Jay Ryan Lawler Jr
Spanish Enrollment and Choice in a Rural Secondary Educational Context, Philip Jess Lehman
Phenomenal Women and Their Sexualization in Media, Tyvon Devontae Lesure
The Effects of U.s. Fiscal Policy on Income Inequality ( 1913 – 2013 ), J.D. Lewis
Special Education Preservice Teachers Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy: a Mixed Methods Study, Krystal Lewis-Pratl
Identifying Mislabeling in Machine Learning Based Intrusion Detection System, Bofan Li
Automatic Short Answer Grading Using Deep Learning, Jinzhu Luo
How African-American Community College Online Learners Succeed, Lynn Bailey Mackey
A Thematic Analysis of Parenting Experiences of Women in Prison, Pious Dananai Maedzenge
Increasing Total Lipid Content in Pennycress ( Thlaspi Arvense L. ) Utilizing Crispr-Cas9 and Transgenic Approaches, Damiano Marchiafava
In Defense of Plants: Salicylic Acid in a Host-Parasite-Pathogen System, Timothy Kyle Martin
“It Was Too Many People To Like: ” How Romantic Relationship Partners of Bisexual or Pansexual Individuals Express Jealousy, Emily Jae Mason
Communism and Finance: the Lacanian Non-all and a Critique of Modern Monetary Theory, Michael Brian McCarthy
Microplastic in Agricultural Tile Drainage and Stream Water during Periods of High and Low Flow, Laurel Grace McGinnis
Accounting for Trauma and Mindset in Elementary School Classrooms: a Study of Check-In / Check-Out as Trauma Intervention, Jenifer Lynne McGowan
Queering Genre and Joy: Reclaiming and Navigating Queerness through Hybridity, Rebecca Meier
Keats and Shelley: a Pursuit towards Progressivism, Serenah Minasian
A Computational Investigation of the Biophysical Mechanisms Underlying Thermotaxis in the Afd Neurons of Caenorhabditis Elegans, Zachary Mobille
Searching: Waves, Spencer Molnar
An Investigation of Pre-service Elementary-School Teachers' Knowledge of Properties of Real Numbers, Okemwa Ogega Monandi
Turning the Page: Using Foucauldian Rhetorical Criticism To Evaluate Literacy Center Communication, Sarah Monsma
Bewitching the Blame: the Crucible's Legacy of Appropriation and Sexual Shame in Popular Culture, Hope Kristine Morris
Deepening Partisan-Identity Polarization in the Us: a Content Analysis of Major Party Platforms, 1980-2016, Nicholas Alan Mullins
Professional Sport and Community Outreach: a Content Analysis of Csr Messages Shared by Professional Team Sport Organizations on Twitter, Kelly E. Murphy
The Revolution's Abolitionist Promise: America's Interdiction of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the Long Road to Emancipation, 1820-1862, Matthew H. Nalefski
The Underrepresentation of Minoritized Groups in Stem Education, Kate Neally
Dangerous or Misunderstood? : Attributes Ascribed to Individuals with Mental Illness and Their Effects on Perceived Dangerousness, Sydni Lee Neal
Optimizing University Campuses for Learning, Wellbeing and Equity: an Applied Study of Higher Education Facilities Organizational Systems, Melissa Nergard
Parameter Estimation for the Logistic Regression Model with Errors in Covariate, Huyen Dieu Nguyen
Microplastic Concentrations and Types in a Central Illinois Urban Stream, Caitlin Noseworthy
Exploring African American Vernacular English and Disproportionality in Special Education, Camille O'Quin
Investigating Family Communication Patterns and Parent-Child Relationships in Homeschooling Experiences, Victoria Eleanor Padilla
Treasure, Women, and Agency: Exploring Objectification in a World of Living Objects, Alexa Parker
Blood Glucose as a Predictor of Resting Lactate, Hrpr, and Hra as Measured by Method Cra, Sean Pavlick
On 5-Uniform Delta Systems with 3 Edges, Christopher Michael Pedersen