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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Nitrate Transport in the Unsaturated Zone, Patience Bosompemaa
Applying Psychological Reactance Theory to Intercultural Communication in the Workplace: Dealing with Technological Change and Tolerance for Ambiguity, Oumaima Boulhna
A Molecular Toolset for the in Vivo Detection of a Sulfolobus Islandicus Leucyl Trna Synthetase Paralog, Nicholas Michael Bretz
The Influence of Instructor Mental Illness Disclosure on the Perceptions of Mental Illness, Classroom Climate, Teacher Credibility, Homophily, and Social Attraction, Kirsten L. Bridgemen
"Do N't Stop Believin'"in a Pair of Socks: How the Sopranos Shapes Our Understanding of Mental Illness, Adam Richard Brockman
The Water Is Always Running: Vaporwave, Fluxus, and the Role of Defamiliarization in Music-Led Virtual Realities, Zachary William Buckley
Testing the Multiple Stressor Hypothesis: Chlorothalonil Exposure Alters Transmission Potential of a Bumble Bee Pathogen but Not Individual Host Health, Austin Christian Calhoun
Adverbial Clauses Introduced with ‘ Cuando’, Julen Carrasco Oteo
Soy Nadie ( I'm Nobody ), Jenny V. Castañon
From the Classroom to the Dean’s Office: Engaging in the Equity Audit Process To Involve Educational Stakeholders To Address Disparities in School Discipline for Students of Color, Trevor Michael Chapman
Visions for Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Practices, and Common Core: Individuality in Large-Scale Reform, Kelsey A. Clarkson
Autoethnography of Laughter: Transforming Identity by Teaching Composition and Linguistics through Humor, Olya Cochran
Role-Differentiated Bimanual Manipulations Efficiency: the Difference in Speed for Rdbms Based on Age, Toy-Type, and Infant Hand Preference, Sarai Mikal Cortina
Mediation among Childhood Sexual Abuse, Self-Objectification, and Risk Recognition, Michelle Maria Coventry
Temperament and Aggression: Examining the Link between a Shy and Inhibited Temperament and Reactive and Proactive Aggression, Samantha L. Croney
The Relationship between the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Health Risk Appraisals in College-Age Students, Brandi Curtis
Small-Town Living: Do Illinois Universities Understand the Rural College Student?, Erik Andrew Dalmasso
Right-Wing Authoritarianism, Moral Disengagement, and Victimization: the Demeaning Socio-Cognitive Attitudes of Bullies, Megan E. Donnelly
Community College Foundation Board Members: the Overlooked Partners, Christopher S. Downing
The Uses, Understandings, and Values of Student Strucutral Assisting Metatexts in College First Year Composition Courses, Joseph Ryan Dundovich
Perceptions of Outreach, Theory, and Practice at Centers for Teaching and Learning, Samantha Dunn
The Impact of Anthropometric Measurements on Lactate Levels at Rest and during Exercise, Ashley Kristine Edwards
Identity Centrality's Influence on the Relation between Disclosure and Mental Health Stigma, Samantha Ege
A Qualitative Study of the Genesis of a Community Food Pantry for Students of Higher Education, Elizabeth Fast
Experiences from City Year: a Glimpse into the Complex Roles of Racially Diverse Americorps Members and What That Means for the Nonprofit Field, Orsolya Ficsor
An Analysis of Campus Services for International Students at Institutions in the Midwest, Sylvia Miriyam Findlay
Residency and Motivation To Exercise in Rural Postmenopausal Women, Lori Sue Fitton
Perceptions of a Small Midwestern Food Cooperative: a Case Study, Rebecca Forsythe
( Dis ) Ability Discourse and the Mediation of Disabled Identity in Young Adult Literature and Television, Daniel Freeman
Rapid Vertical Flow Assay on Aunp Plasmonic Paper for Sers-Based Point of Need Diagnostics, Richard Frimpong
As Good as Woke? : Mutuality and Third Spaces in a Guatemalan Volunteer Tourism Organization, Hannah Gdalman
The ‘ Dialogic’ of Pedagogical Design: Elementary Teachers Who Consistently Integrate Digital Technologies, Aaron R. Gierhart
Factors That Influence Parent Communication Decisions for Their Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child in Illinois, Karla A. Giese
Managing Citizen Engagement: Local Leader Perspectives from a Midwestern Small City, Isabella B. Green
Bioinformatic Analysis of Venom Proteins from Dasymutilla Occidentalis, Eva Gunawan
Men, Women and Witchcraft: the Feminist Reclamation of the Witch in the Modern Horror Film, Brian Joseph Hadsell
Impact of Contrasting Root Systems on Phosphorus Reduction in a Constructed Wetland, Joy Hall
Running from the Touch on My Back: Affect and Technology in a Studio Practice, Anthony Noel Hamilton
A Study of the Efficacy of Machine Learning for Diagnosing Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Non-diabetic Patients, Demond Larae Handley
Hemodynamic Effects of Graston Technique on Trigger Points in the Upper Trapezius in Patients with Neck Pain, Hannah Harris
Students’ Concept Images of Triangle Attributes, Bradley Page Heller
Collaboration in the Technical Communication Classroom: Negotiating Team Contracts in a Pwi, Alyssa Herman
"but We Can Be Friends": an Analysis of Turning Points in Platonic Friendships among Former Significant Others, Desiree Hernandez
Comparing Verbal and Spatial Working Memory in Monolingual and Bilingual Speakers, Rosaury Hernandez
The Battlefield of the Academy: the Resilience and Resistance of Black Women Faculty, Jacqueline Hester
Privacy and the Digital Divide: Investigating Strategies for Digital Safety by People of Color, Denavious Hoover
Social Media Rumination: the Impact of Materialistic Value Orientation, Keeley Hynes
Minor Subjects: Power and Inequity in Children's and Adolescent Literature, Wesley Jacques
Does Our Relationship with Nature Influence Our Argumentation Skills about Biodiversity Conservation?, Iresha Nadeeshani Jayasinghe
A Comparison between General and Special Educators: Elementary Teachers' Efficacy for Teaching Students with Disabilities, Morgan E. Johnson
The Experiences of Black Women in Diversity Roles at 4-Year Predominantly White Institutions, Tristen Brena� Johnson
Determination of the Summer Origins of American Kestrels ( Falco Sparverius ) Wintering in Northern and Central Illinois, Taylor P. Joray
“There’s Something That I Want You To Know ”: an Analysis of Coming out Videos in Relation to Community Building and Co-cultural Theory, Franklin J. Kimmell
The Effects of Handwriting and Typing Practice on Transcriptional Fluency and Written Product Outcomes, Brian Klein
The Magic of Teaching and Assessing Writ [ Rid ] Ing, Kristina Koehler
Impacts of Land-Use Change on the Menominee River in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Preston J. Konop
“Where Words Fail, Music Speaks ”: Emotion Regulation Strategies Using Music When Experiencing Sadness, Kendall M. Ladd
Examining Career and Technical Education Practitioner Preparation and Professional Development Needs, Shane Wilson Lange
Yay or Nay? a Media Analysis of How Deception Is Utilized as a Leadership Tactic in the Television Show Sons of Anarchy, Bruce T. Lanigan
Characterizing the Transport of Parasitoid Wasp Genaspis Hookeri Venom Serca into Host Drosophila Hemocytes, Christopher Lark
Optically Active Gold-Based Composite Particles for Sensing and Catalytic Applications, Jemima Asi Lartey
Netflix and Kill: a Framing and Uses and Gratifications Comparative Analysis of Serial Killer Representations in the Media, Mallorie Margaret Latora
Anxiety in Presentational and Interpersonal Oral Tasks Face-to-Face and Online, Angus Leydic
An Investigation of Gene Regulatory Network State Space Variability, Sara Faye Liesman
The Perceived Effectiveness of Autonomy-Supportive and Controlling Coaching Styles, Kayla Love
Social Media Posts' Influence on College Athletes' Protein Knowledge, Kriston T. Love
Mediating the Relation between Parent-Child Attachment Relationships and Peer Acceptance with Preschoolers’ Self-Regulation, Jessica Nicole Lucas-Nihei
Exploring Emotions at Work: the Effects of Trait Affect and Display Rules on Co-rumination, Miranda Maher
Substance Use and Life-Course Narratives for Criminally Involved Veterans, Tyler J. Marcheschi
Physical Therapists Perceptions of Patient Adherence and Strategies for Facilitating Motivation, Teadora Markovski
The Effects of Nutrition Claims on Consumer Purchasing of Snacks in White Collar and Blue Collar Working Environments, Cecily Rose Martinez
Faculty Perceptions of Students with Mental Health Concerns at a Four-Year Institution: a Qualitative Cross-departmental Analysis, Zach McDowell
By Your Powers Combined: Heroic Solutions to Climate Catastrophes in the Fifth Season, Avengers: Infinity War, and Horizon: Zero Daw N, Kematat Matthew Medrala
"It Does N't Seem like a Big Deal": a Media Ecology Analysis of Digital Teen Sexuality and Sexting Education, Allison Marie Metz
The Underclass Culture Wars: Underclass Ideology and Neoliberalism in the Era of Gangsta Rap Censorship, 1993-2000, Trumaine W. Mitchell
Implicit Attitudes toward Children’s Gender Nonconforming Behavior: the Mediating Role of Stigma by Association When Blaming Mothers, Emily A. Morrow
Collaborative Teacher Action Research: Improvement Science as Professional Development?, Carol L. Munson
Oxadiazinones as Chiral Auxiliaries: Chiral Templates for Asymmetric Conjugate Addition in the Synthesis of ( R )-( + )-Tolterodine, Fatima Olayemi Obe
Investigating the Regulation and Role of P38 Mapk in Collagen-Related Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Briseida Oceguera-Perez
Building College-Going Self-Efficacy for Rural Middle School Students, Laura Ann O'Donnell
Adsorption Behavior of Chemically / Charged Modified Antibodies on Gold Nanoparticles, Samuel Okyem
An Analysis of School Climate Surveys as a Measure of Student Voice, Deanna L. Oliver
Increasing Engagement with Student Government Associations: an Examination of Student Publics, Viraj Patel
Landscape Performance of Annual Bedding Plants Following Foliar Application of Silicon and Titanium, Vania Maria Pereira
Low Muscular Strength, Weight Status, and Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents: Nhanes 2011-2014, Nicholas M. Pilli
Aqueous Kinetics of Α-hydroxyhippuric Acid Derivatives Bearing Electron-Withdrawing Groups as a Function of Ph and Buffer Catalysts, Mohamad Imad Rafie
Theorizing Desire in the Young Adult Romance Genre, Shelby Ragan
Perceptions of the Indonesia National Curriculum in Relation to Integrated Stem Education at the High School Level, Andinisa Rahmaniar
From Cultural to Colonial: Differential Writing Practices and a Negotiation of Genre’s Value-Laden Nature in First-Year-Composition Classes, Md Mijanur Rahman
Orientation and Mobility Service Decisions: What Is Guiding Them if It Is Not Assessment?, Lauralyn Kay Randles
Computational Modeling of Glenohumeral Joint Reaction Force: the Effect of Weighted Baseball Throwing on Joint Reaction Force, Hiroshi Sagawa
The Association of Rate of Perceived Exertion on Vestibular / Ocular Motor Screening, Katherine Elizabeth Salanga
Sleuths as Social Activists: Negotiations of Power & Morality in Ya Sleuthing Stories, Heather Leigh Sanford