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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
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
Assessing the Impact of Regional Climate on the Sudd Wetland, Geno Salvatore Persico
Investigating the Role Video Game Players' Supportive Communication Plays in Moderating the Effects of Toxicity in Online Gaming, Duy (Tyler) Pham
Differences in Mother’s Use of Spatial Language with Male and Female Infants during a Block Play Scenario, Elizabeth Phillis
Perceptions of Masculinity and Femininity in Online Dating Profiles of Men: Intersections with Race, Luke Alexander Ploessl
Effects of Exercise Intensity and Type on Executive Function in Elementary-Aged Children, Patrick Pommier
Aid Worker Burnout as Injury: Policy Implications for the Aid Sector, Melissa Lynn Quimby
Legitimation Strategies of Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: a Comparative Study of Bangladesh, Hungary, and Turkey, Md. Sohel Rana
“It Was Nice To Know I Was N’t the Only One Struggling: ” Establishing Empathy and Communal Awareness Using Life Writing at the Middle Level, Kristin Danielle Reynolds
Material Witnesses: Deconstructing Networks of Credibility and Objectivity in Medical Narratives from Mary Toft to the Contraceptive Pill, Krista Elizabeth Roberts
Rethinking the Refugee Regime: Would a Human Rights-Based Approach to the Issue of Climate Refugees Produce Just Outcomes?, Gordon Robinson
Do They Know or Do They Think They Know? Analyzing Pre-service Teachers Perceived Cultural Awareness, William Javier Rodriguez-Nieves
Effects of the Antidepressant Drug Vortioxetine on Ventral Pallidal Neuronal Activity, Respiration, and Heart Rate in the Rat, Piper Rogers
Narrating the Movement: a Rhetorical Analysis on the Digital Mobilization, Remix, and Hijack of #metoo, Rocky Roque
Modeling Individual Muscle Forces in the Lower Extremity during Loaded and Unloaded Hexbar Vertical Jumps, Abigail Salvadore
Scouting Knots Are Not the Same Knots When Knotted, Andres Sanchez
Arreidis ( Roots ): Fala Language and It S Quest for Identity, Claudia Sánchez Sánchez
How HBO's a Black Lady Sketch Show Utilizes Humor To Cope and Resist against Racism and Sexism, Regina Lynnette Sanders
Perceived Discrimination and Emotional Distress Experienced by Queer vs Heterosexual People of Color, Moderated by Perceived Distal or Proximal Social Support, Sanjana Satishkumar
Evaluating the Multi-level Community Effects of Root Hemiparasites in Northern Illinois, Anna Marie Scheidel
Biomechanical Assessment of the Lower Extremity Following an Unexpected Ankle Perturbation, Emilia Gladys Schempp
Total Suspended Sediment and Phosphorus Transport in Response to Storm Events in an Agriculturally Dominated Watershed, Elijah John William Schukow
Discussion Boards in the Online Classroom: Are They Actually Influencing Instructor Mediated Immediacy, Student Motivation, Student Affective Learning, Student Connectedness, and Online Learning Climate?, Samantha Lynn Schultz
Relationship between Acute: Chronic Ratio and Injury in Women's Collegiate Soccer Players, Jake A. Schwab
Socialization and Civic Engagement in the Virtual Field of Video Games, Jackson C. Schwalb
On the Spectrum Problem for a Class of 3-Uniform Hypergraphs with 5 Edges, Kaitlin Elizabeth Shoukry
Characterizing Self-Inserting Carbon-Fiber Microelectrode Arrays for Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry, Brad M. Smith
Pulling Back the Carpet on the Non-tenure Track Faculty Experience: Perceptions of Support in Postsecondary Education, Rachel E. Smith
Proposing Alternative Methods for Testing Heterogeneity of Studies in a Meta-analysis, Teagen Smith
Say Her Name: the Narrative Afterlives of Breonna Taylor, Tyler S. Smith
Investigating Intersubjectivity between Preschool Teachers and Children during Instruction: a Case Study, Andrianna Eleni Smyrniotis
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: an Application to Student Affairs, Alexander David Snowden
The Pen Is the Sword: Fighting by Writing for Our Future, Clinton Alexander Soper
The Effectiveness of Music Therapy through Telehealth in Addressing Quality of Life and Mood in Those with Alzheimer’s Disease, Taylor Margaret Stengren
The Effect of Dietary Fiber on Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression in Hemodialysis Patients, Isabelle Strack
The Effect of Load on the Kinetics and Kinematics of the Lower Extremity during Landing, Michael Akira Sullivan
Lost in Translation: South Asian Muslim Women's Interpretation of Religious Gender Role Expectations, Women's Agency, and Women's Identity, Tamanna Tasmin
Perceptions of Residents Living in a Food Desert on the Impact of a Community-Supported Agriculture Pilot Program, Jessica Thome
A Rhetorical Analysis of Higher Education’s Mental Health Messaging, Gabrielle Thompson
Beyond the Mathematics Major: Identifying the Pedagogical Content Knowledge Exhibited by Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers, Steven R. Turner
I Contain Multitudes: Identity Shift Effects of Diametrically Opposed Self-Presentations, Jacob John Valov
Mediation among Depression, Acceptability of Emotions, Emotional Intensity and Emotional Disclosure, Brandie Vera
Four Scenes from Berenice, a One-Act Opera, Carlos Eduardo Verdam Maria
Creating a Society of Active Citizens: a Study of the Civic Engagement of Alternative Breaks Alumni, Annjanette Maire Weaver
Individualized Music Relaxation and Composition as a Coping Skill for Survivors of Intimate Partner Abuse in and out of the Therapeutic Setting, J. Juliet Weight