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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
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
Black American Students with and without Disabilities: Stress and Coping Strategies, Gabriel Asare Sarpong
International Marriages: Culture, Identity Formation, Social and Historical Context, Alec Bryan Schaer
Being Black while Leading: a Mixed Methods Study of Black Administrators' Experiences in U.s. Public Schools, Latasha Marie Schraeder
The Optimal Treatment Time of Dry Cupping Therapy To Induce Changes in Local Blood Flow at the Upper Trapezius, Emily Schultz
Social Support, Mental Health Problems, and Rule Infractions: a Study of Female Inmates, Suraiya H. Shammi
The Development of a New Entry Point into Enantiomerically Enriched Sulfinyl Derivatives, Jessica Shaw
Bull and Vine, Hunter Houk Sheaffer
A Study of Covid-19 Mortality under Varying Patient Frailty, Alison N. Sifuentes
Black while Leading: Unmasking the Anti-black Lived Experiences of Senior-Level Black Men Administrators at Historically White Institutions, DuJuan Eugene Smith
The Role of Floating Gardens To Alter the Water Quality of the Chicago River: Chicago, Il, Emmett Andrew Spooner
The Beast and the Revival of Rome: Mussolini and Rome in the Premillennial Imagination, Jon Stamm
Development and Characterization of Robust Methods for Field Investigations with Portable Mass Spectrometry, Ashley Rose Stelmack
How Negative Information and Trust in Government Shape Protest Voting, Rhiannon Lu Stringer
Increased Usage of Cash Rent: Factors Influencing Illinois Farmland Leases over the Past Two Decades, Jacob Styan
The Reading Eye, Ruminating Body, and Regulated Gaze: ( Re ) Constructing Gender in the Old English Lives of Saints, Thelma Trujillo
( Re ) Mapping Bisexuality through Space and Place in Young Adult Literature, Jennifer Tullos
Barriers and Drivers Influencing the Growth of E-commerce in Uzbekistan, Madinakhon Tursunboeva
Developing and Comparing Sensor for Movement Analysis and Biofeedback, Umaiyaal Vasudevaraja
Special Education Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Cooperating Teachers’ Co-teaching Relationships: a Qualitative Study, Christianna N. Vehlow
The Impact of Colorblind Racial Attitudes and Implicit Bias in Evaluations of Student Behavior, Khyati Verma
The School Leader Paradigm: Field Testing for the Development of Principals along a Continuum of Improvement, Todd John Vilardo
Voice, Choice, and ( Material ) Agency: the Sexualized Feminine Body in Young Adult Literature, Tharini Viswanath
Sprint Speed and Musculoskeletal Fitness Test Performance in Youth, Brittany Nicole Walleck
Reconsidering Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology Curriculum, Eric Michael Walsh
Elucidating the Role of the High Aliphatic Glucosinolate ( Hag ) Genes in Pennycress ( Thlaspi Arvense L. ) Glucosinolate Production, Dalton Williams
Mediation among Maladaptive Perfectionism, Maladaptive Emotion Regulation, and Distress, Jennifer L. Woodrum
A Resistance in Red: Ideographs in the Handmaid's Tale, Jessica Marie Wozniak
Human Social Services in Central Illinois: Making Sense of State Divestment and the State Budget Impasse, Erik William Zdansky
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Interface of Glass and Topology, Travis Adams
The Relationship between College Health Professionals' Communicative Behaviors, Students' Satisfaction, and Students' Perceived Quality of Healthcare, Prince Adu Gyamfi
Examining the Effect of Boundary Strength at Home on Work-Family Conflict-Outcome Relationship, Mahbuba Akter
Teachers' Perceptions of English Learners: a Multidimensional Scaling Approach, Cyndy Alvarez
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Lake Water Quality Indicators on Small Lakes, Lake Bloomington and Evergreen Lake in Central Illinois, Using Satellite Remote Sensing, Gare Ambrose-Igho
Kwame Nkrumah, His Afro-american Network and the Pursuit of an African Personality, Emmanuella Amoh
Exploring Microaggressions among Trans Populations: Effects on Feelings of Social Exclusion, Stephanie M. AuBuchon
Explorations into Socialization and the Positioning of “Self ” in Relation to an Academic Identity in High School, John Ryan Bierbaum
Women in Fantasy: Healing Worlds from Trauma via Ethics of Care, Ann J. Borow
Do College Students’ Perceptions of the Police Differ by Education Level and Major?, Lashanti Wilson Brown
Beyond the Sentimental Cliche: How Local Communities Impact Residents and Shape Public Opinion, Kate Brunk
Potential for on-Site, Prosecutorial Evidence from Drug Residues Collected on Plasmonic Paper: a Pilot Study for Sers-Psi-ms, Daniel S. Burr
Decoded: the Influence of Hip Hop Culture on an African-American Male's Culturally Responsive Leadership, Brandon L. Caffey
Resist and Rebel: Life Narrative Subjects That Use Gender Performance To Subvert Patriarchal Ideals, Elizabeth Calero
Parent and Teacher Perceptions of the Importance of Social-Emotional Learning in the Schools, Heather Mae Calkins
Deciphering the Consequences of Yolk Testosterone Metabolism in Birds, Nicole A. Campbell
A Critical Walk down Illinois Career Pathways, Michael Cermak
Understanding Community: Microwear Analysis of Blades at the Mound House Site, Silas Levi Chapman
The Québecois Connection: the French-Canadian Diaspora in Jack Kerouac’s on the Road, Justin Charron
Examination of Student-Athletes' Developmental Transition from Youth Sport to College Sport, Coleman Childers
Gender and Persistence in Stem Careers: Predictors and Barriers, Margaret Rose Christie
Labeling Intimacy: Examining Attitude Differences about Romantic and Sexual Intimacy in Sexual and Asexual People, Alyssa N. Clark
Turning the Inside out: Understanding Cultural Formation within National Panhellenic Conference Sorority Collegiate Chapters, Suzette Walden Cole
When Affect Meets the Relational: a Dialogical, Life Writing Approach to English Studies, D. Shane Combs
Navigating for the Adult Student: Ways To Help Adult Students Transfer Successfully from Community Colleges to Universities, Bethany M. Craig
Preservice Teachers Making Sense of Fraction Concepts and Operations in a Mathematics Education Content Course, Deksiyos Demissie Desta
The Tragedy of Theresa Sturla: Murder, Insanity, and Womanhood on Trial in Nineteenth-Century Chicago, Jake Engelman
Influence of Authority and Message Framing on Compliance with Mental Health Treatment Recommendations, Morgan A. Ess
Overcompensation in Aedes Mosquitoes Populations: Field Tests on Likelihood and an Agent-Based Model To Investigate the Influence of Cohort Structure, Katherine G. Evans