Theses from 2013
"OH, YOU ARE AN EXCEPTION!" ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND BLACK MALE STUDENTS RESISTANCE TO SYSTEMIC RACISM, LaCharles Travell Ward
Corrosion of Rock Anchors in Illinois Coal Basin Mines, Jason David Weber
Invented Rule as a Language Assessment Tool for Monolinguals and English Language Learners, Amanda Christine Welsh
Ecology of Sulfur Cycling in Flooded Strip Mines, Breanna Michelle Wham
An examination of the Differential effects of social anxiety and depression on interpretation of positive social events, Randy L. Whittles
How Fathers Affect Body Image Perception In their Sons: A Comparison of Four Age Groups, Jacqueline M. Wilcox
FOREST COMMUNITY COMPOSITION ON MESIC SITES IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN, Nick Edward Zaczek
THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE IN CHINA: FOREIGNERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS INACCURATELY TRANSLATED SIGNS, Yilin Zeng
Thermogravimetric Study of Effect of Mineral Content and Maceral Composition on Illinois Coal Gasification, Quan Zhang
Developing chemically mutagenized soybean populations for functional gene anaylses at the Rhg1 locus, Zhou Zhou
The exploration of a possible role for attention in the testing effect, Jian Zhu
STUDY OF ADSORPTION OF NEON ON OPEN CARBON NANOHORNS AGGREGATES, Carl Andrew Ziegler
TEACHER AWARENESS OF FOOD ACCESS, INTEREST, AND BARRIERS TO SCHOOL GARDENS IN FOOD DESERTS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Kate Moriah Zimmerman
Theses from 2012
EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL STORM SURGE AND SEDIMENTATION ON PITCHER PLANTS (SARRACENIA PURPUREA) AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLAGES IN A COASTAL PINE SAVANNA, Matthew John Abbott
STUDY OF PARTICLE SWARM FOR OPTIMAL POWER FLOW IN IEEE BENCHMARK SYSTEMS INCLUDING WIND POWER GENERATORS, Mohamed A. Abuella
Bright Theater, Leslie Elizabeth Adams
FUSION OF ULTRASONIC C-SCAN DATA WITH FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, Olanrewaju Ari Adeniyi
A Fuzzy Rule-Based Model for Predicting Precipitation in the Marion, Illinois Station Area, Cindy-Ann Patricia Alexander
SAUDI STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE UTILITY OF ENGLISH AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO LEARN IT, Mateb Mohammed Alfawzan
IDENTIFYING PROCESS DEVIATION USING MEASURABLE PATH DELAYS, Wisam Abdulrahman Al-Jubouri
Evaluating the Efficacy of Auditory and Visual Signals on Functional Communication Under Escape Conditions, Marissa Allen
Saudi College Students' Independent Language Learning Strategies throught Multimedia Resources: Perceptions of Benefits and Implications for Langauge Learning, Budoor Khaled Al Maghrabi
SPONTANEOUS NETWORKED ORGANIZATION, Saad Dhayfallah Alqithami
p53 Downregulates AKR1B10 As a Negative Feedback Of AMPK Activity, Ahmed Ayad Hamza Al-Salman
LINGUISTIC APPROXIMATION FOR COMPUTING WITH WORDS, Yousef Saleh Althobaiti
Exploring the Guilt-Proneness of Non-Traditional Students, Kristian Leigh Alton
The Role of Motivation in the L2 Acquisition of English by Saudi Students : a Dynamic Perspective, Ali Alzayid
EVALUATION OF SOYBEAN RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES FOR YIELD POTENTIAL AND RESISTANCE TO SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME, James Arthur Anderson
Behavior of wide flange beams with web openings, Akwasi Manu Assenso Antwi
PHONON ENGINEERING OF SILICON NANOWIRES BY CONTROL DOPING, FIRST PRINCIPLE APPROACH, Masoud Babaeian
Role of microRNAs in Cancer, Resha Bajracharya
The Millerite Movement and American Millennial Culture, 1830-1845, John Richard Barnard
Resilience: An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors for Anxiety and Depression in Children, Rashida Barner
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GIS MAPPING FOR NEXT GENERATION 9-1-1, William Lee Barrett
Organizational Structure and Institutional Support for USDA Forest Service Partnerships, Lori Ann Barrow
Evaulating the Emergence of Untaught Tacts Following the Instruction of Mands Under Transitive CEO Control, Shaina Barry
Using Mindfulness to Increase Positive Teacher-Student Interactions in a Classroom for Students with Autism, Rebecca Batterman
Interactive Visualization of Categorical Data Sets, John Beck
DEPRESSION, LANGUAGE, AND AFFECT: AN EXAMINATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF BASELINE DEPRESSION AND AFFECT INDUCTION ON LANGUAGE, Jared Bernard
Sleeping Site Selection in Relation to the Distribution of Food Resources in Gibbons (Hylobates lar), Jamie E. Berner
FAMILY DINNER TIME: ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A "MEAL WHEEL" TO PROMOTE CONVERSATION, Kelsey Ann Berry
A Vacation Within a Vacation: An Examination of How Child Participation in Day Programs During Family Vacations Influences Parental Satisfaction With The Vacation, Kathrin Mirjam Birchler
EGD2 is a conserved telomere binding protein, Amrita Biswas
Fluorite: A Mineral of Importance in Midcontinental Prehistory, Steven L. Boles
Stent Tester: Design and Application, Dharam Botadra
MOTIVATION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING SETTINGS: THE CASE OF ARABIC IN THE USA, Abdelmohssen Bouteldjoune
Menominee Identity Maintenance Through Termination, Nichole M. Boyd
Voice of Women in Byzantine Music Within the Greek Orthodox Churches in America, Rachel Nicole Brashier
Missouri Mean, Bryan Brower
Varied and Novel Activity Selection by Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Amanda Buchmeier
Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Shifting Standards for Women in the Workplace, Sean Michael Cameron
Arirang Redux, Jung Hae Chae
Examining the Literature of Resistance: The Politics and Poetics of Chinese American Identity in the Works of Frank Chin and David Henry Hwang, Kai Hang Cheang
IMPROVING PATH PLANNING PERFORMANCE BY MONITORING HUMAN DECISIONS, Chee Chian Cheng
THE EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE TAIWANESE COLLEGE STUDENTS' ATHLETIC SHOE PURCHASE INTENTION, Yen-Tin Chen
Domesticating the Vampire: An LGBTQ Audience Reception Study of True Blood, Kelly Lynn Choyke
Sex Estimation from the Clavicle: A Discriminant Function Analysis, Megan Kathleen Cleary
COMPARISON AND OPTIMIZATION OF BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING CONFIGURATIONS BASED ON COMPUTER SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS, Linlin Cong
Reading Wholes in Herbert's Temple, Brian Cook
PROPHETS BLUFF RETROSPECTIVE: AN EXAMINATION OF A FABRICATED HISTORY, Samuel J. Copeland
Metaphysical Investigations in Nietzsche and Schelling, Isaac B. Creek
Modeling the distribution of meadows in arid and semi-arid Patagonia, Argentina: assessing current distribution and predicting response to climate change, Ramiro Daniel Crego
Use of Alternative Lipids and Finishing Feeds to Improve Nutritional Value and Food Safety of Hybrid Striped Bass, Curtis Crouse
Improving Socially Appropriate Responses by Increasing Self-Edited Autoclitic Phrases in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury, Shantel Crownover
The Evolution of Consumerism's Influence on Masculinity: The Gallant, Fop and Metrosexual, Andrew Michael Darr
Access to Fresh Foods: Socio-Economic Characteristics of Illinois Farmers' Markets Participating in Government Funded Food Assistance Programs, Deidra Denice Davis
RHOX8 ABLATION USING A NOVEL SIRNA TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODEL YIELDS DOWN REGULATION OF SEX-DETERMINATION GENE, SOX9, Matthew Grauden Davis
POPULATION GENETICS OF GOLDEN MICE (OCHROTOMYS NUTTALLI) AND WHITE-FOOTED MICE (PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS), Jill Christine Devine
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF AN IPAD APPLICATION ON THE EFFICIENCY AND ACCURACY OF DATA COLLECTION IN CLINICAL SESSIONS OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY, Moniek Alicia Dewit
SYNTHESIZING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TITANIUM DIBORIDE FOR COMPOSITE BIPOLAR PLATES IN PEM FUEL CELL, Ramesh Duddukuri
ALTERED HIPPOCAMPAL ASTROGLIAL METABOLISM ASSOCIATED WITH AGING AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION, Jeremy M. Ebersole
"The Legitimate Business of Courtship and Marriage": Searching for Fulfillment in the Turn of the Century American Novel, Jessica D. Eslinger
Shear Forces Developed in Link Beams of Eccentric Braced Frames, John Paul Evans
FOXO1 Expression in Human Pituitary Adenomas, Corrie Lynn Farris
IS THERE JUSTICE IN TRAUMA? A PATH ANALYSIS OF BELIEF IN A JUST WORLD, COPING, MEANING MAKING, AND POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH IN FEMALE SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS, Danielle Grace Fetty
EVALUATION OF GROWING MEDIA FOR ANNUAL HERB PRODUCTION IN GREEN ROOF MODULAR TRAYS, Mary Margaret Fischer
Improving the reliability of wind power through spatially distributed wind generation, Samuel Martin Fisher
Trophic basis of production in a neotropical headwater stream, Therese Clara Frauendorf
DO LARGE, INFREQUENT DISTURBANCES RELEASE ESTUARINE WETLANDS FROM COASTAL SQUEEZING?, Jesse Fruchter
Microsatellite, mitochondrial, and major histocompatibility complex analyses of genetic structure in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, in the western Atlantic Ocean, Jeffrey Walter Gersch
RESPONSE OF REGIONAL SOURCES OF TALLGRASS PRAIRIE SPECIES TO VARIATION IN CLIMATE AND SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, Rachel Kathleen Goad
Dialectal Allophonic Variation in L2 Pronunciation, Aracelis Maydee Gonzalez Johnson
PATTERNS IN ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF WETLAND FUNCTIONING AND SPECIES COMPOSITION IN A COMPLEX PEATLAND, Jeremy A. Graham
Recreational Water Users, Aquatic Invasive Species and Fish Disease: Examining the Usage of Tailored Messaging to Increase Environmental Responsible Behaviors, Lionel DeShaun Grant
Nesting Ecology of Ducks in Dense Nesting Cover and Restored Native Plantings in Northeastern North Dakota, Ryan D. Haffele
REDESIGN OF HVAC SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF EDUCATIONAL BUILDING, Brian Matthew Hagene
Synthesis of Liquid Fuels Over Carbon Nanotube Catalysts, Kyle Alan Halfacre
ENVISIONING ANTI-BLACK ABORTION RHETORIC: AN ANALYSIS OF THE RADIANCE FOUNDATION'S BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN, Ashley Renee Hall
RESPONSES OF HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS TO SUBLETHAL METAL MIXTURES UNDER INCREASING TEMPERATURES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AMPHIBIANS, Tyler Andrew Hallman
THE PRAGMATIC ROLE OF CODE-SWITCHING AND SIMULTANEOUS PRODUCTION DURING PLAY CONTEXTS OF BIMODAL BILINGUAL HEARING CHILDREN OF DEAF PARENTS, John R. Hanson
GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH LANGUAGE USE OF MOCK JURY MEMBERS IN RESPONSE TO CRIMINAL WITNESS TESTIMONY, Teresa Harmon
A Dendrochronological Determination of Historical Fire Occurenence and Recruitment in Southern Illinois Oak-Hickory Forests, Jeffrey Harris