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Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Gobelin or Guild? : a Foucauldian Analysis of Teachers' Professional Learning under the Illinois Essa, Carrie Hruby

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A Comparison of Financial and Residential Quality of Life by Housing Provision in Taiwan, Chia-Hang Hsu

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Intercropping Corn and Soybean: Profitability of Different Agronomic Management Techniques, Raeann Lyn Huffman

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Investigating the Role and Localization of B Cells in the Red-eared Slider, Trachemys Scripta, Whitney Hurst

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Does Subjective Time Cost Explain Cognitive Task Choices?, Raina Ashley Isaacs

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Navigating Glucosinolate Biosynthesis and High Oleic Acid Seed Oil Production in Pennycress ( Thlaspi Arvense L. ) Utilizing Crispr / Cas9 Genome Editing, Brice Jarvis

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Embedding Factorizations, Anna Johnsen

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The Impact of an Inclusive Curriculum on Attitudes toward Sexual Minority Populations, Kirstin Kaylene Johnson

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Peering at the Mirror of Reflection: Agency and Design Thinking in the Development of Writerly Identities, Elizabeth Louise Jones

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People Who Mistake Dogma for Reason: Development and Validation of the Pseudo-rationalism Scale, Han Wool Jung

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Calculating the Cost of New Student Matriculation in a Midwestern Community College, Daniel Joseph Kelly

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Handgrip Strength in Cancer Survivors: 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Ayla Monet Kibler

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The Value of an Anthropology Degree: Why Undergraduates Major in Anthropology and How It Prepares Them for Life after College, Maria Kitchin

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Towards Constructing Vertex Algebroids, Nicholas J. Klecki

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The Reemergence of Eradicated Disease due to Ecological Impact of Climate Change, Claudia Kolakowski

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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

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Who Said It First? : Linguistic Appropriation of Slang Terms within the Popular Lexicon, Rachel Elizabeth Laing

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The Politics of Di/visibility: Narrative Positioning and Disability Representation in Children’s Literature, Agathe Lancrenon

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Incorporating Black Voices and Perspectives into U.s. History Curricula within Small, Rural Midwestern Schools, Jay Ryan Lawler Jr

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Spanish Enrollment and Choice in a Rural Secondary Educational Context, Philip Jess Lehman

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Phenomenal Women and Their Sexualization in Media, Tyvon Devontae Lesure

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The Effects of U.s. Fiscal Policy on Income Inequality ( 1913 – 2013 ), J.D. Lewis

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Special Education Preservice Teachers Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy: a Mixed Methods Study, Krystal Lewis-Pratl

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Identifying Mislabeling in Machine Learning Based Intrusion Detection System, Bofan Li

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Automatic Short Answer Grading Using Deep Learning, Jinzhu Luo

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How African-American Community College Online Learners Succeed, Lynn Bailey Mackey

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A Thematic Analysis of Parenting Experiences of Women in Prison, Pious Dananai Maedzenge

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Increasing Total Lipid Content in Pennycress ( Thlaspi Arvense L. ) Utilizing Crispr-Cas9 and Transgenic Approaches, Damiano Marchiafava

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In Defense of Plants: Salicylic Acid in a Host-Parasite-Pathogen System, Timothy Kyle Martin

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“It Was Too Many People To Like: ” How Romantic Relationship Partners of Bisexual or Pansexual Individuals Express Jealousy, Emily Jae Mason

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Communism and Finance: the Lacanian Non-all and a Critique of Modern Monetary Theory, Michael Brian McCarthy

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Microplastic in Agricultural Tile Drainage and Stream Water during Periods of High and Low Flow, Laurel Grace McGinnis

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Accounting for Trauma and Mindset in Elementary School Classrooms: a Study of Check-In / Check-Out as Trauma Intervention, Jenifer Lynne McGowan

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Queering Genre and Joy: Reclaiming and Navigating Queerness through Hybridity, Rebecca Meier

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Keats and Shelley: a Pursuit towards Progressivism, Serenah Minasian

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A Computational Investigation of the Biophysical Mechanisms Underlying Thermotaxis in the Afd Neurons of Caenorhabditis Elegans, Zachary Mobille

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Searching: Waves, Spencer Molnar

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An Investigation of Pre-service Elementary-School Teachers' Knowledge of Properties of Real Numbers, Okemwa Ogega Monandi

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Turning the Page: Using Foucauldian Rhetorical Criticism To Evaluate Literacy Center Communication, Sarah Monsma

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Bewitching the Blame: the Crucible's Legacy of Appropriation and Sexual Shame in Popular Culture, Hope Kristine Morris

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Deepening Partisan-Identity Polarization in the Us: a Content Analysis of Major Party Platforms, 1980-2016, Nicholas Alan Mullins

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Professional Sport and Community Outreach: a Content Analysis of Csr Messages Shared by Professional Team Sport Organizations on Twitter, Kelly E. Murphy

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The Revolution's Abolitionist Promise: America's Interdiction of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the Long Road to Emancipation, 1820-1862, Matthew H. Nalefski

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The Underrepresentation of Minoritized Groups in Stem Education, Kate Neally

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Dangerous or Misunderstood? : Attributes Ascribed to Individuals with Mental Illness and Their Effects on Perceived Dangerousness, Sydni Lee Neal

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Optimizing University Campuses for Learning, Wellbeing and Equity: an Applied Study of Higher Education Facilities Organizational Systems, Melissa Nergard

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Parameter Estimation for the Logistic Regression Model with Errors in Covariate, Huyen Dieu Nguyen

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Microplastic Concentrations and Types in a Central Illinois Urban Stream, Caitlin Noseworthy

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Exploring African American Vernacular English and Disproportionality in Special Education, Camille O'Quin

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Investigating Family Communication Patterns and Parent-Child Relationships in Homeschooling Experiences, Victoria Eleanor Padilla

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Treasure, Women, and Agency: Exploring Objectification in a World of Living Objects, Alexa Parker

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“They're Issuing Edicts and Proclamations about Your Life, and You're Expected To Follow Those": Living up to Communicated Parental Expectations about College, Anjali Patel

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Blood Glucose as a Predictor of Resting Lactate, Hrpr, and Hra as Measured by Method Cra, Sean Pavlick

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On 5-Uniform Delta Systems with 3 Edges, Christopher Michael Pedersen

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Assessing the Impact of Regional Climate on the Sudd Wetland, Geno Salvatore Persico

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Investigating the Role Video Game Players’ Supportive Communication Plays in Moderating the Effects of Toxicity in Online Gaming, Duy Pham

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Investigating the Role Video Game Players' Supportive Communication Plays in Moderating the Effects of Toxicity in Online Gaming, Duy (Tyler) Pham

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Differences in Mother’s Use of Spatial Language with Male and Female Infants during a Block Play Scenario, Elizabeth Phillis

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A Teacher Shortage and Lack of Representation in the Classroom: a Neoliberal and Critical Race Study of the Broken Teacher Pipeline and the Impact on Education Majors, Sara Piotrowski

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Perceptions of Masculinity and Femininity in Online Dating Profiles of Men: Intersections with Race, Luke Alexander Ploessl

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Effects of Exercise Intensity and Type on Executive Function in Elementary-Aged Children, Patrick Pommier

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Aid Worker Burnout as Injury: Policy Implications for the Aid Sector, Melissa Lynn Quimby

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Legitimation Strategies of Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: a Comparative Study of Bangladesh, Hungary, and Turkey, Md. Sohel Rana

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“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

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Material Witnesses: Deconstructing Networks of Credibility and Objectivity in Medical Narratives from Mary Toft to the Contraceptive Pill, Krista Elizabeth Roberts

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Rethinking the Refugee Regime: Would a Human Rights-Based Approach to the Issue of Climate Refugees Produce Just Outcomes?, Gordon Robinson

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Do They Know or Do They Think They Know? Analyzing Pre-service Teachers Perceived Cultural Awareness, William Javier Rodriguez-Nieves

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Effects of the Antidepressant Drug Vortioxetine on Ventral Pallidal Neuronal Activity, Respiration, and Heart Rate in the Rat, Piper Rogers

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Narrating the Movement: a Rhetorical Analysis on the Digital Mobilization, Remix, and Hijack of #metoo, Rocky Roque

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Modeling Individual Muscle Forces in the Lower Extremity during Loaded and Unloaded Hexbar Vertical Jumps, Abigail Salvadore

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Scouting Knots Are Not the Same Knots When Knotted, Andres Sanchez

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Arreidis ( Roots ): Fala Language and It S Quest for Identity, Claudia Sánchez Sánchez

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How HBO's a Black Lady Sketch Show Utilizes Humor To Cope and Resist against Racism and Sexism, Regina Lynnette Sanders

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Perceived Discrimination and Emotional Distress Experienced by Queer vs Heterosexual People of Color, Moderated by Perceived Distal or Proximal Social Support, Sanjana Satishkumar

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Evaluating the Multi-level Community Effects of Root Hemiparasites in Northern Illinois, Anna Marie Scheidel

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Biomechanical Assessment of the Lower Extremity Following an Unexpected Ankle Perturbation, Emilia Gladys Schempp

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Total Suspended Sediment and Phosphorus Transport in Response to Storm Events in an Agriculturally Dominated Watershed, Elijah John William Schukow

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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

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Relationship between Acute: Chronic Ratio and Injury in Women's Collegiate Soccer Players, Jake A. Schwab

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Socialization and Civic Engagement in the Virtual Field of Video Games, Jackson C. Schwalb

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On the Spectrum Problem for a Class of 3-Uniform Hypergraphs with 5 Edges, Kaitlin Elizabeth Shoukry

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Characterizing Self-Inserting Carbon-Fiber Microelectrode Arrays for Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry, Brad M. Smith

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Pulling Back the Carpet on the Non-tenure Track Faculty Experience: Perceptions of Support in Postsecondary Education, Rachel E. Smith

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Proposing Alternative Methods for Testing Heterogeneity of Studies in a Meta-analysis, Teagen Smith

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Say Her Name: the Narrative Afterlives of Breonna Taylor, Tyler S. Smith

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Investigating Intersubjectivity between Preschool Teachers and Children during Instruction: a Case Study, Andrianna Eleni Smyrniotis

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Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: an Application to Student Affairs, Alexander David Snowden

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The Pen Is the Sword: Fighting by Writing for Our Future, Clinton Alexander Soper

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The Effectiveness of Music Therapy through Telehealth in Addressing Quality of Life and Mood in Those with Alzheimer’s Disease, Taylor Margaret Stengren

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The Effect of Dietary Fiber on Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression in Hemodialysis Patients, Isabelle Strack

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The Effect of Load on the Kinetics and Kinematics of the Lower Extremity during Landing, Michael Akira Sullivan

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Lost in Translation: South Asian Muslim Women's Interpretation of Religious Gender Role Expectations, Women's Agency, and Women's Identity, Tamanna Tasmin

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Perceptions of Residents Living in a Food Desert on the Impact of a Community-Supported Agriculture Pilot Program, Jessica Thome

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A Rhetorical Analysis of Higher Education’s Mental Health Messaging, Gabrielle Thompson

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Beyond the Mathematics Major: Identifying the Pedagogical Content Knowledge Exhibited by Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers, Steven R. Turner

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I Contain Multitudes: Identity Shift Effects of Diametrically Opposed Self-Presentations, Jacob John Valov

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Mediation among Depression, Acceptability of Emotions, Emotional Intensity and Emotional Disclosure, Brandie Vera

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Four Scenes from Berenice, a One-Act Opera, Carlos Eduardo Verdam Maria

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Creating a Society of Active Citizens: a Study of the Civic Engagement of Alternative Breaks Alumni, Annjanette Maire Weaver

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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