Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Answering the “More and Cheaper ” Push of the Completion Agenda: What Does It Cost an Illinois Public University To Deliver a Bachelor’s Degree?, Melissa R. Pitcock
Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Glioma Cells in Vitro with Implications for Treating Chronic Pain: Development of a Model System, David C. Platt
Sovereignty in Islamist Political Thought: Continuity and Change, Md Mizanur Rahman
Sex, Drugs, and Rock-Lined Privies: an Analysis of Embossed Glass Health Product Bottles from Victorian-Era Brothel and Non-brothel Archaeological Sites by Socioeconomic Status, Erin Lynn Randolph
Manifest Destiny Continued: the Reification and Colonization of Time, Blake Reno
“Picking My Battles ”: Examining the Experiences of Gender Non-binary Identities within the U.s., Mika Raylen Richards
Beyond the Words: Paratextual and Bibliographic Traces of the Other Reader in British Literature, 1760-1897, Jeffrey Duane Rients
Single Leg Hop Landing Analysis in Patients with Chronic Ankle Instability, Lateral Ankle Sprain Copers, and Healthy Individuals, Jordyn Ashlyn Rine
Innie / Outie, Josh Roach
Promoting Persistence among Lgbtq Community College Students, Gregory D. Robinson
We Can Get There: Understanding the High School Experience of Latin@s in a Large Suburban School District, Octavio Rodriguez
Exploring the Influence of Relational Frame Theory on the Treatment Acceptability of Noncontingent Reinforcement, Amanda R. Rohan
Teacher Perceptions of Emergent Bilingual Students and Connection to Pedagogical Resources and Strategy Use, Sarah A. Rozny
"You Want To Be Fooled": Exploring Semiotics, Polysemy, and Strategic Ambiguity in Christopher Nolan Films, Isaac Ruiz
The Effects of Sand, Cloth, and no Tertiary Filtration on Microplastic Particles, Ian Robert Rusthoven
Construction of News in the U.s. and Russian Press: Comparative Analysis, Ekaterina Rybakova
The Comparison of Live Therapist Delivered Music to Original Artist Recording Interventions on Reminiscing Responses in Adults with Alzheimer's, Rajahna Desiree Schneekloth
Characterization of Pth Type-2 Receptor ( Pth2rb ) and Its Endogenous Ligand Pth2 in Zebrafish Development, Nicholas Seitz
Nitrogen and Phosphorus Uptake in an Urban Stream Ecosystem, Nicolette A. Sheffield
Disney World, the Mythic Space, and the Disney Company Mythology, Logan Sean Spence
City-Run Farmers Markets: Local Government Initiatives To Address"Three E's"of Sustainability, Katie Lyn Spoden
The Effects of Race, Affect, Motivation To Control Prejudice, and Perceived Threat on Moral Attributions, Zachery Ean Stillman
The Differential Effects of an Interspersing Procedure among Students at Different Instructional Levels, Samantha DeHaan Sullivan
Public Policy and the Sustainability of Tanzanian Private Universities, Simon Lucas Taabu
The Moderating Effect of Employee Bottom-Line Mentality on the Relation between Personality and Unethical Pro-organizational Behaviors, Jordan Thomas
High-Resolution Mapping of Subsurface Tile Drainage in Agricultural Fields Using an Unmanned Aerial System ( Uas )-Based Radiometric Thermal and Optical Sensors, Tewodros Aboret Tilahun
Broadening Our Understanding of Noble-Wieting: a Langford Tradition Village in Central Illinois, Kristin R. Travis
"We Need To Stop Temporarily Caring: "Pulse, Spoken Word Poetry, and Audience Counter-Narrative Creation, Hannah G. Trew
Knowledge, Concerns, and Interventions Related to D / Deaf English Learners, Molly Beth Turner
Influence of Language Ideologies and Positioning on Emergent Bilinguals Linguistic Identity, Sarah Christine Urbanc
Police Body-Worn Camera Perceptions Pre/post Deployment, Aaron Veerman
Nature, Identity, and Pastoralism: Changing Landscapes and Shifting Paradigms in the Mongolian Taiga, Jessica Vinson
Development of 31 P Nmr Assay for the Kinetic Evaluation of Recombinant Choline Kinase from Leishmania Infantum, Jacob A. Walker
Complicating Advocacy with Intersectional Technofeminism: a Social Justice Methodology for Digital Rhetorics, Public Rhetorics, and Technical Communication, Sarah J. Warren-Riley
Surficial Geology and Aquifer Sensitivity of the Gibson City East 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Ford and Champaign Counties, Illinois, Andrew L. Watson
Prominence of Slut Shaming Connected with Sexual Objectification: Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will Be Sluts, Christina M. Whitaker
Self-Affirmation Theory and the Change of Perception of Self and Threats, Isaac Wicker
"Is this Animal Going To Help or Will It Hurt? ” College Administrators’ Response to Requests for Emotional Support Animals on Campus, Rachel Wimberly
Impact of a Single Injury Prevention Instructional Session on the Incidence of Injury among U.s. Army Rotc Cadets, Joshua Wooldridge
Chilled to the Bone: an Analysis on the Effects of Cold Temperatures and Weather Conditions Altering the Decomposition Process in Pig ( Sus Scrofa ) Remains, Katharine C. Woollen
Let’s Be Perfectly Clear about Ambiguity: Exploring Instructor Use of Strategic Ambiguity To Enhance Student Work and Learning Outcomes, Anna M. Wright
The Use of Discursive Features as a Representation of Voice and Identity in L2 Writing: a Case Study of Multilingual Graduate Students, Demet Yigitbilek
Social Learning in the Digital Age: the Impact of Technoference on Mother-Child Attachment and Social Skills, Danielle N. Zayia
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Perceptions of Illinois State University Students Regarding Sexual Assault on Campus, Brittany Lee Acquaviva
A Mixed Methods Study of the Implementation of Collaborative Technology Tools for Enhancing Collaboration and Student Engagement in Online Learning: Faculty Experiences and Student Perspectives, Ayshah Abdullah Alahmari
The Impact of Mentoring At- Risk Youth on the Socialization Process of Pre-service Teachers, Theresa Allgaier
Identification of Age-Related Downstream Targets of P38 B Mapk, Michael James Almassey
Out of the Shell: Exploring the Phagocytic Capabilities of the B Cell and Isolated Lymphoid Follicle-Lie Structures in the Red-eared Slider, Trachemys Scripta, Marc A. Ashford Jr.
Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk and Thyroid Dysfunction in U.s. Adolescents: Nhanes Iii, Jonathan Austin
Comparing Bmi Perceptions of Self-and Others between Kinesiology and Non-kinesiology University Students, Dzenita Bahtic
Pit Features: a View from Grand Island, Michigan, Emily R. Bartz
Los Pronombres De Segunda Persona Del Singular Y La Cortesía Verbal En Español Peninsular Y En Euskera, Gorka Basterretxea Santiso
“Black Is Powerful ”: a Gramscian Rhetorical Analysis of Post-racialism at the University of Missouri, Taylor Bauer
Improving Access to Ministerial Training through the Use of Electronic Devices: a Qualitative Study of Educators in Developing Nations, Andrew John Beaty
The Readers Constructed by Shakespeare Anthologies and Pedagogical Scholarship, Andrea Berns
The Relationship between Perceptions of Vocal Quality and Function with Self-Esteem in Older Adults, Victoria Berto
Learning About and Becoming Aware of Reading Strategies and Metacognition in English by Adult Second Language Learners, Aline Biazotto André
Every Rose Has It S Thorn: a Feminist Critique of How the Bachelor Communicates Ideal Femininity, Katy Biddle
The Influence of Social and Economic Factors on Breastfeeding and Rural Mothers, Rachel Ellen Borton
Changes in Teacher Thinking and Action in Response to the Next Generation Science Standards, Angela R. Bowden
Resilience and Academic Achievement in Minority Students, James A. Britton
The Effects of Instructors Discussing Alcohol in the Classroom on Student Perceptions of Their Instructor, Nathaniel Swiech Brophy
Contemplating Beauty, Mariko Brown Harkin
Voices of Cooperating Teachers: Comparing Experiences of Professional Development School and Traditional Student Teaching Models, Katherine Hlavach Bruemmer
Emotional Overtones of Professional Jargon as Experienced by English and Bilingual Speakers, Daisy Bueno
Place as a Sieve for the Self, Felicia Cannon
Experiential Similarity of Depression and Interpersonal Empathy, Sarah E. Caputo
A Generational Study of Collectivism in the United States, Tyler Carter
Internalizing Outcomes of Self-Objectification as Predictors of Behavior in Sexual Situations, Kyla Marie Cary
Dietary Sodium and Blood Pressure Changes in Hemodialysis Patients Undergoing a Liberalized Renal Diet Intervention, Lauren Eve Chan
Using the Extended Parallel Process Model To Influence Adoption of a Plant-Based Diet, Ka Kei Cheong
Future Melting Away: Water Stress as a Threat to Human Security in Bangladesh and the Role of International Community, Farzana Afroz Chowdhury
Relationship Closeness and Joint Action Coordination, Vincent Tyler Cialdella
Food Discourse: the Communicative Gateway toward Understanding Formerly Colonized Representation in Parts Unknown, Mitch Combs
More than Just a Job: a Social Enterprise's Response to Homelessness, Molly Cook
Dynamics of Perception of Affordances for Reaching for Self and Other, Alex Dayer
“Destined To Make an Era ”: Elizabeth Palmer Peabody’s Transcendentalist Collaborations, Andrew Del Mastro
Writing Counternarratives: Authorizing the Black Woman’s Autobiographical Voice by Reading Ntozake Shange’s for Colored Girls as Life Narrative, Chereka C. Dickerson
Learning and Behavior in Hatchling Trachemys Scripta Exposed to Bisphenol-a during Embryonic Development, Justin E. Dillard
Constructing a Data-Based Mortality Profile for Avian Tower Kills at Telecommunication Towers in Illinois, Rachel DiPietro
Working Women: Agricultural Intensification, Osteoarthritis in Females, and Subadult Health in Illinois Woodland and Mississippian Mortuary Contexts, Paige M. Dobbins
Alkyne Combustion: Experimental and Computational Studies of Formyl Radical Production, Matthew Charles Drummer
Exploring the Terminal Investment Hypothesis in a Nuptial Gift -giving Cricket Species, Gryllodes Sigillatus, Kristin Rae Duffield
The Look of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Middle School Statistics, Dhimitraq Duni
You Have Seventy-Two Hours: How the City Complaint System Enables Criminalization of the Unsheltered Population, Lindsey Grace Earl
Learning To See the Forest for the Corn: Establishing Sense of Place and Community in a Field-Based Ecology Course for Pre-service Educators, Michelle Edgcomb Friday
Communication between Home and School for Parents of Children with Chronic Illness, Keri Edwards
A Critical Interpretation of Study Abroad, Participant Identity, and Second Language Learning, Laura Edwards
From Ideology to Ideologue: How the Mormon Church Utilizes the Ideograph to Interpellate Identity, Alexander Ewers
Framing Faith: a Media Analysis of the Ordain Women Movement within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Jasmin Falk
Women of the Future: the Performative Personhood of Elizabeth Robins, Djuna Barnes, and the Baroness Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven, Michelle Feda
Seeing Reading in First-Year Composition, Matthew Felumlee
Does a Positive Illusory Bias Mediate the Moderating Effect of Achievement Orientation on Response to Exclusion in Boys with Adhd?, Alexandria G. Fladhammer
The Plight of Wage-Earning Women in Peoria, 1905-1915, Cheryl Kay Fogler
Is the Montessori Method a Solution To Improve Public Education? Comparing Two Pedagogical Models in Urban Schools, Iwona Beata Franczak
Teaching To Assess: an Evaluation of Assessment Education for Secondary Teacher Candidates, Daniel M. Frederking
Emotional Overtones of Terms That Parents Encounter in Individualized Education Program ( Iep ) Meetings, Kristin Gallaway