Dissertations from 2014
The Collaborative Performance of Open Mic Poetry and the Art of Making Do, Joseph Hassert
AN EXAMINATION OF FACTORS THAT PREDICT STUDENT RETENTION AMONG AGRICULTURAL MAJORS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY, Patricia Margaret Hauser
First-generation Graduates and Issues of Employability, Malarvizhi Hirudayaraj
MENTAL HEALTH IMPAIRMENT AND HUMAN CAPITAL ACQUISITION: UNDERAGE DRINKING AS A PREDICTOR OF CONCOMITANT ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE AND POOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, Euchay Ngozi Horsman
IN THE WEB WE CONNECT: USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG THE SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA IN THE U.S., Mohammad Delwar Hossain
EVALUATION OF SEED TREATMENTS ON THE NODULE COMPETENCY OF SOYBEAN INOCULANTS, Chiun-Kang Hsu
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY, JiangBo HuangFu
Evolving Software Development Methodologies: The Search for Accounting Clarity, Amy Igou
The Individual as Ecological: Reconstructing Identity in a Deweyan Vein, Tanya Francis Jeffcoat
THE ROLE OF POU5F1B IN PROSTATE CANCER, Hongmei Jiang
College Students' HPV Knowledge and Intention to be HPV Vaccinated, Chandrika Johnson
THE EFFECTS OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING ON THE ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, Kimberly M. Johnson-Harris
Genetic and Parental Influences on the Development of Emotion Recognition Skills in Children, Sufna Gheyara John
(N)Onomastics and Malory: Anonymity and Female Characters in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'arthur, Jennifer Justice
TEACHER EDUCATORS' TECHNOLOGY DECISIONS AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY MODEL TECHNOLOGIES FOR INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS IN TEACHING METHOD COURSES, Gilbert Kalonde
RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, SELF-CONCEPT, AND RESILIENCE AMONG FEMALE ORPHAN ADOLESCENTS IN MALAYSIA: AN EVIDENCE-BASED GROUP INTERVENTION, Siti Rozaina Kamsani
CLASSIFICATION OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIGNALS, Raghuveer Kanneganti
"Eolas to Ma:" Construction of Postnational Space in the Interstitial Visions of Heaney, Carson and Morrissey, David Gibbons Kelly
CHARACTERIZATION OF A DUAL FUNCTIONING SAM-I RIBOSWITCH AND TRANS ACTING SMALL RNA IN DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS HILDENBOROUGH, Megan Leigh Kempher
A Family Affair: The Political Economy of Media Ownership in the Republic of Korea (1998-2012), Chunhyo Kim
WHAT DO CLINICIANS DO? ADDRESSING WHITE CLIENTS' RACIST COMMENTS IN THE THERAPY ROOM, Melissa J. King
Psychological and Genetic Contributions to the Development of Social Cognition in Children, Jacqueline Marie Klaver
PSEUDO DIAMETER - A NOVEL CONCEPT IN DESIGNING HIGHLY BANDWIDTH EFFICIENT MULTICAST ROUTING PROTOCOLS, Sindoora Koneru
The number of zeros of linear recurring sequences over finite fields, Suwanda Hennedige Yasanthi Kottegoda
In Search of Home: How Kenyans Domiciled in the USA Negotiate Transnational Identities Online., Henry Edward Kyeyune
REGULATION OF EUKARYOTIC GENE EXPRESSION BY mRNA CAP BINDING COMPLEX AND CAPPING MACHINERY, Shweta L. Lahudkar
The Impact of Working Memory Training on Third-Grade Students' Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension Performance, Sylvia Elaine Lee
The Heart Has Its Own Order: The Phenomenology of Value and Feeling in Confucian Philosophy, Yinghua Lu
Utilization of cobalt catalyst for high temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in a fluidized bed reactor, James Mabry
MOBOCRACY: THE MOB AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1782-1851, Michael David MacBride
Teachers' Attitudinal Indicators As Predictors Of Job Satisfaction And Retention By Educational Sector: An Analysis Of The Schools And Staffing Survey, 2007-08, Justin A. Martin
Ancestor Worship in the Middle Sicán Theocratic State, Go Matsumoto
Adult attachment and psychopathology: The mediating role of emotion regulation and cognitive factors, Anna Matyja
Risk Propensity, Self-Efficacy and Driving Behaviors Among Rural, Off-Duty Emergency Services Personnel, Michelle Yvonne McLernon
Technological Systems of Small Point Weaponry of the Postclassic Lowland Maya (A.D. 1400 - 1697), Nathan Joseph Meissner
DEVELOPMENT OF IONIC POLYMER NANOBRUSHES WITH APPLICATION IN MALDI-MS, Bojan Mitrovic
FACTORS THAT LEAD MILLENNIAL ALUMNI TO DONATE TO THEIR ALMA MATER, Robert Andrew Morgan
COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: GROUP CAPACITY, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSESSING SUCCESS, Natalie Jones Mountjoy
Use of an Interactive Web-based Platform, Founded on Constructs from the Social Cognitive Theory, to Benefit Eating Competence, Matthew T. Moyer
THE UTILITY OF MOBILE-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (MALL): ESL STUDENTS' BELIEFS ABOUT NEW LITERACY IN SWAZILAND, Mandlakayise Patrick Mthethwa
FATE, TRANSPORT, AND MIXTURE TOXICITY OF TRANSGENIC BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CORN (ZEA MAYS) AND ASSOCIATED INSECTICIDES, Sara Ann Mueting
INTERMEDIA AGENDA-SETTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLITICAL BLOGS AND LEGACY NEWS MEDIA: A STUDY OF THE `OBAMA-IS-A-MUSLIM' RUMOR, Md. Abu Naser
On Motion Mechanisms of Freight Train Suspension Systems, Dennis O'Connor
Applying the SCM and BIAS Map Models to Theories of Sexual Harassment, Dawn Ohse
FACTORS DETERMINING HABITAT SELECTION BY SPRING MIGRATING WATERFOWL ALONG THE WABASH RIVER, ILLINOIS, Ryan O'Shaughnessy
SYNTHESIS AND TESTING OF THRESHOLD LOGIC CIRCUITS, ASHOK KUMAR PALANISWAMY
Constrained Statistical Inference in Regression, Thelge Buddika Peiris
A Qualitative Exploration of Critical Approaches to Social Justice in Student Affairs, Amanda Phillips
From Losing Everything to Finding Community: How Homeless People Narrate their Lived Experiences, Joshua Daniel Phillips
The Ape Ecological Niche: Posture and Hand Use in Gibbons and Macaques and the Influence of Manual Skill on Cognitive Development in Apes and Humans, Jacqueline Marie Prime
GEOCHEMISTRY OF THERMALLY ALTERED COALS AND ORGANIC-RICH SHALES: THE IMPACT OF RAPID HEATING ON PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC MATTER, Mohammad W. Rahman
Targeted Disruption of the Deaf1 Gene in Mouse Brain and the Effects on Behavior and Gene Expression, Shivakumar Rajamanickam
TLR4 is a novel determinant of the response to paclitaxel in breast cancer, Sandeep Rajput
An Empirical Approach to Social Networks, Markum L. Reed
ANALYSIS OF HUMAN DNA MISMATCH REPAIR IN THE CHROMATIN ENVIRONMENT, Elena V. Rodriges Blanko
A Historical Analysis of Women Student Activities during the Inter War Years 1918 -1941, Daniel Martin Ryan
The Effect of Instruction in Alternative Solutions on American Ninth-Grade Algebra I Students' Problem Solving Performance, Erin Elizabeth Sagaskie
EFFECTS OF USING VIDEO, AUDIO, OR MIXED CHANNELS FOR VICARIOUS LEARNER INTERACTIONS IN A SYNCHRONOUS E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, Roman Eduardo Sarmiento
EFFECT OF STRUCTURE IN PROBLEM BASED LEARNING ON SCIENCE TEACHING EFFICACY BELIEFS AND SCIENCE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE OF ELEMENTARY PRESERVICE TEACHERS, Selena K. Sasser
Middle School Students' Attitudes toward Math and STEM Career Interests: A 4-Year Follow-Up, Madalyn R. Schneider
"I Don't Want to Hurt Anyone's Feelings": Using Race as a Writing Prompt in First Year Writing, Dianna Shank
ARCHITECTURE-AWARE HARD-REAL-TIME SCHEDULING ON MULTI-CORE ARCHITECTURES, Mayank Shekhar
TOWARDS A UNIVERSAL DEFINITION AND MEASURE OF SPIRITUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE, Uday Shinde
The Effects of Foreign Aid on Government Policies: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses, Hyeon Joon Shin
AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES, Sara Shirley
LEARNING STYLES, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND ACHIEVEMENT OF NURSING ASSISTANT STUDENTS IN ILLINOIS: IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP?, Nishala Iroshini Silva
STOCHASTIC MODELS IN POPULATION DYNAMICS., Pathiranage Lochana Pabakara Siriwardena
Conditional Reinforcement: A Comprehensive Review and Investigation of Terminal Link Stimulus Functions, Travis Ray Smith
THE INFLUENCE OF RACE, CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION, & IN-GROUP FAVORITISM ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES, Matthew Evan Sprong
A Look at the Decision Making of Mutual Fund Families, Jeffrey R. Stark
GEOGRAPHIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MAJOR RURAL LAND COVERS OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES, Timothy J. Stoebner
Ars rhetorica et sacrae litterae: St. Patrick and the Art of Rhetoric in Early Medieval Briton and Ireland, Brian James Stone
PHYSICAL THERAPISTS' CLINICAL PRACTICES REGARDING INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC FALL RISK FACTORS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD THE USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE, Michael Alan Stroud
ATOMISTIC MODELING OF PHONON BANDSTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT FOR OPTIMAL THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN NANOSCALE DEVICES, Sasi Sekaran Sundaresan
Modified Stochastic Sine-Gordon Equation, Abdallah M. Talafha
Host-Pathogen Ecology: Effects of Species Ecology and Environmental Factors on the Intensity and Distribution of Disease Among Illinois Amphibians, Brooke Lee Talley
THE CHALLENGES OF EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION, Yonmon Tchinsala
Composition, Pedagogy, and the Development of Effective Student-Teachers: A Comparative Analysis of Training Programs for Teaching Assistants in English Departments, Ryan James Thornsberry
Ecology of the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in southern Illinois: wetland dynamics, metapopulations, and trophic position, Jorista van der Merwe
THE ROLE OF ADAPTATION AND INFORMATION IN AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE, Sarah Varble
Ghost, Animal, Android: Trauma, Posthuman Ethics, and Radical Vulnerability in American Literature, 1940-2010, Tony M. Vinci
Living The Crisis: Identities And Materialities In A Transnational Greek Setting, Leonidas Vournelis
Cinematic Accounts of a Neoliberal Hong Kong: Post-1997 Urban Cinema and the Human Cost of Neoliberalization, Mark Walters
Chronic Impact Of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles On Solanum Lycopersicum L. And Brassica Rapa L., Qiang Wang
Parameter Estimation in the Advection Diffusion Reaction Model With Mean Occupancy Time and Boundary Flux Approaches, Xiuquan Wang
CUSTOMERS' EMOTIONAL AND COPING RESPONSES TO SERVICE FAILURES: THE ROLE OF SELF-CONGRUENCE, Shuqin Wei
The Dark Cloud of Jeffersonian Philanthropy: Native American Assimilation and the Critique of the Frontier Romance, Stanley (Buck) Weiss
Web Walkers, A Phenomenological Study of Adult Native American Distance Learning Experiences: Toward a Standard Model of Indigenous Learning, Sandra D. Weiterman Barton
Choice Overload and Maximization: Implications for Disordered Gambling, Seth William Whiting
UTILIZING VROOM'S EXPECTANCY THEORY AS A PREDICTOR OF STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS ON THE ILLINOIS NURSE ASSISTANT COMPETENCY EXAMINATION, Kelli D. Whittington
An Adornoesque Ethics: The Problem of Damaged Life, Heather Wilburn