Dissertations from 2024
THE PERFORMANCE OF PSEUDOARCHAITY AT THE HOOTIN AN HOLLERIN FESTIVAL OF OZARK COUNTY 2019, Angela Duggins
SPATIAL AND BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF WHITE-TAILED DEER: IMPLICATIONS FOR WILDLIFE DISEASE TRANSMISSION, Michael Egan
'Crowned with the Wreath of Immortality': Martyrdom, Death, and the Afterlife in North African Religious Discourse, Matthew William Egbert
EFFECT OF BROMOFORM ON ENTERIC METHANE, AND RUMEN FERMENTATION CHARACTERISTICS, Mohamed G. Embaby
VICTIM’S EMOTIONS IN CONTEXT: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EMOTIONAL VICTIM EFFECT IN DIFFERENT SEXUAL ASSAULT SCENARIOS, Christina Marie Engelken
ROLE OF TMEM97/∑2 RECEPTOR IN REGULATING ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ACTIVITIES IN PROSTATE CANCER, Xiangwei Fang
Smoke and Mirrors: Exploring Stigma in the Cannabis Industry, Robert G. Fiedler
EXPLORING SUBCLINICAL DELUSIONAL IDEATION WITHIN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY MODEL, Caleb Spencer Fogle
DEVELOPING LOW-COST, HIGH-PERFORMANCE METHODS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR HYPERPOLARIZATION OF 129XE AND 131XE FOR NEXT-GENERATION BIOMEDICAL AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS APPLICATIONS, Abdulbasit Tobi Gafar
TELEHEALTH ACCESSIBILITY FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES IN OLDER ADULTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Steven Gear
IDENTITY MANIFESTATIONS IN FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION: A CONTENT ANALYSIS STUDY, Andrew Goforth
THE IMPACT OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP ON SOCIAL LOAFING IN THE WORKPLACE: EXAMINING MECHANISMS AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS., Brandon Antoine Griffin
SKELETAL MUSCLE ATROPHY ASSOCIATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG1A AFFECTS GLOBAL CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS IN C2C12 MYOTUBES, Shalini Guha
DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND OPTIMIZATION OF RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, Dulaj Heshan Gunasinghe
Brain Resting-State Salience and Executive Network Connectivity Predictors of Smoking Progression, Nicotine-Enhanced Reward Sensitivity, and Depression,, Matthew Phillip Gunn
Convective Fluid Flow Dynamics and Chaos, Siyu Guo
A Joint Reading of the Second Amendment and Militia Clause for an Analytical Framework of Firearms Laws, Nathan L. Holm
Rural Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of STEM Education Following STEM Kits Intervention, Marcy Hood
ESSAYS IN MACROECONOMICS, Olaniyi Stephen Ige
An Attentionless Account of the Attentional Blink, Matthew Stephen Junker
EVOLUTION OF AN RSB PARTNER SWITCHING MECHANISM INVOLVED IN REGULATION OF CELL DIFFERENTIATION IN PATHOGENIC CHLAMYDIA, Shiomi Junker
MICRO/NANO PARTICLE LABELED ANTIBODY/APTAMER BASED IMMUNOASSAYS FOR THE DETECTION OF OVARIAN CANCER USING LASER BASED SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES, Robinson Karunanithy
Role of Social Support in the Adjustment of International Student during the Process of Acculturation, Aimee Kathleen
GROWTH AND VOLATILITY RELATIONSHIPS REEXAMINED: THE ROLE OF AGGREGATION, Haya Khan
A CONSTRUCTIVIST GROUNDED THEORY EXPLORATION OF INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA AMONG LGBTQ+ BIPOC INDIVIDUALS, Satveer Kler
IMPROVING SOYBEAN SEED SUGAR CONTENT AND DECIPHERING THE SUGAR BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAY, Dounya Knizia
Occupational Stressors and Their Moderators in the Academic Research Workforce, Sarah Wilson Kroenlein
Help-Seeking for Children's Behavioral Health Concerns, Monica Kruse
Resource Optimized Scheduling For Enhanced Power Efficiency And Throughput On Chip Multi Processor Platforms, Shivam Kundan
GRATITUDE AND WELL-BEING OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH KOREA, Jungsun Lee
DEVELOPMENT OF NATURE OF SCIENCE UNDERSTANDINGS AND SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS IN PRE-SERVICE ELEMENTARY SCIENCE EDUCATION CONTENT AND METHODS COURSES, Duane Joseph Lickteig
ESSAYS ON THE EFFECTS OF RESOURCE WEALTH AND US INFLUENCE ON EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND EXPORT STRUCTURE, Lyndrison Garthfield Lincoln
LEVELING UP: THE RISE OF CHINA’S GAMING INDUSTRY IN THE RECONFIGURATION OF TRANSNATIONAL CAPITALISM, Menglu Lyu
Export Quality, Trade, and Environment, Shahroo Malik
Influences of Temperament, Parents, and Friends on Prosocial Behaviors and Conduct Problems in Middle Childhood: A Behavioral Genetic Analysis, Riley Marshall
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS FOR UNDERSTANDING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN PREGNANCY, Michelle Rae McDaniel
DEFINING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MANAGEMENT: AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS ON PERCEPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF LEADERSHIP, Aarren Anthony Minneyfield
DEEP LEARNING-BASED IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION FROM MULTIMODE FIBER: COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF VARIOUS APPROACHES, Mohammad Mohammadzadeh
THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF IN-VITRO TISSUE DIGESTION AS A MEANS OF PRODUCING SPECIES-SPECIFIC LARVAL DIETS AND THE IMPACT OF DIETARY PROTEIN COMPOSITION ON GROWTH AND METABOLISM IN FRESHWATER FISH, Giovanni Settle Molinari
MORALITY AND HEALTHCARE: AN SEM INVESTIGATION OF ADULT ATTITUDES TOWARDS TRANSGENDER ADOLESCENTS' HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY CHOICES, Ann Miranda Nelson
LEFT OR RIGHT: DISENTANGLING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND SERVICE QUALITY EXPECTATIONS, Nasim Nouhzadehmalekshah
THE EVOLUTION OF HYLOBATID POSITIONAL BEHAVIOR AND POSTCRANIAL OSTEOLOGY, Matthew Gerard Nowak
Sublimity, Wonder, and Modes of Knowing: A Poetic Genealogy from Milton to Romanticism, Rachel Nozicka
Parental Negative Talk, Child Negative Affect, and Parent Personality in the Development of Aggression in Preschoolers, Emily Catherine Pali
HYPERVALENT IODINE BASED MACROCYCLES AND THEIR SUPRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS WITH GUESTS, Krishna Pandey
ALLELE-SELECTIVE RNA-FOCUSED THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES FOR REPEAT EXPANSION DISORDERS, Mansi Anil Parasrampuria
CANNABIDIOL VERSUS CHEMO BRAIN: TACKLING DOXORUBICIN-DRIVEN ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, Bristi Poudel
Studies on molecular and morphological evolution and biogeography of squids, Abigail M. Pratt
USING A HYPOTHETICAL PURCHASE TASK TO INFORM THE SELECTION OF TERMINAL REINFORCERS IN A TOKEN ECONOMY, Marty D. Price
USING HUMAN CELL LINE MODELS TO UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISMS OF POLG MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE AND MEHP-INDUCED MITOCHONDRIAL TOXICITY, Md Mostafijur Rahman
HIGH-PERFORMANCE ALUMINUM COMPOSITES: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, AND DAMPING BEHAVIOR OF ALUMINUM ENHANCED BY CARBON NANOPARTICLES, Wilson Emilio Rativa Parada
Iwasawa Algebras and Parabolic Induction of p-adic Banach Representations, Jeremiah Roberts
I’m Dreaming of a TV Christmas: Calendrical Experience and Collective Narratives from Dickens to Netflix, Max Romanowski
SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL PERFLUORINATED ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES AGAINST HYDROGEN PEROXIDE DEGRADATION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES, Elizabeth Waleade Salako
Transmission Rituals and Ritual Transmissions: A Reclamation of James Carey's Dichotomy, Zachary Sapienza
Individual Differences In Perceptions Of Organizational Career Culture: A Fit Theory Perspective, Diogo Alberto Seixas
Component analysis and training of the Step it UP! Game to staff working with adults with disabilities in a residential and vocational facility, Rebecca Seward
Younger is Better but Only for Males: Social Behavioral Development Following Juvenile Traumatic Brain Injury to the Prefrontal Cortex, Sophie Shonka
TROPES OF IMPRISONMENT AND SOCIAL STASIS IN VICTORIAN FICTION, Courtney S. Simpkins
SIMPLE SMALE FLOWS ON S3 USING EMBEDDED TEMPLATES WITH TWISTED BANDS, Anthony Sloan
LIFE, ARISTOTLE, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: REIMAGINING VIRTUOUS ACTION AS A HIGHEST GOOD FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, Asterios Stamatikos
A BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF HIV VACCINE ACCEPTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES, Promise Tewogbola
UNVEILING NOVEL GENES: EXPLORING THEIR POTENTIAL ROLES IN HUMAN ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL FIBROBLAST CELL DECIDUALIZATION, Rupak Thapa
LAND COVER CHANGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE GREATER SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST, Saroj Thapa
ESSAYS ON MOBILE MONEY ADOPTION AND HOMEOWNERSHIP DYNAMICS: CONSUMPTION PATTERN, MONETARY POLICY, AND RISKY ASSET CHOICE, Stephen Troveh
THE POWER OF LABELS: HOW CERTIFICATION LABELS AFFECT CONSUMERS’ PURCHASE INTENTIONS AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY HIGHER PRICES FOR PLANT-BASED NON-FOOD PRODUCTS, Bhaskar Upadhyaya Subedi
GETTING TO THE ROOT OF WHETHER TOOTH EXTRACTION INFLUENCES NEUROANATOMY AND BEHAVIOR: A STUDY OF NAKED MOLE-RAT BEHAVIOR AND THE AFFECTIVE ASPECTS OF DENTITION, Natalee Jordan Marcena von Keyserling
ON THE GENERALIZATION AND ROBUSTNESS OF ML-BASED NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS, Minxiao Wang
MAGNETOTRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF POLYCRYSTALLINE Mn_(3-x)Fe_xSn (x = 1, 2) THIN FILMS, Duston Wetzel
Nowhere People: Working-Class Academics and the Changing Financial Landscape of Higher Education, Anna Wilcoxen
MODULATION OF PIEZO MECHANOSENSORS: EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF PROTEINOGENIC SULFUR-CONTAINING AMINO ACIDS AND PROPOFOL, Donggyeom Yu
BRIDGING THE GAP: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL STORE PRESENCE IN BOOSTING CONSUMERS’ ONLINE PURCHASE INTENTIONS IN HYBRID RETAIL, Hongnai Zhang
AFRICAN FEMINISM AND POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN SHORT STORIES BY ZIMBABWE WOMEN WRITERS., Christivel Clara Zulu
Dissertations from 2023
Organic Petrography and Geochemistry of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, ND USA, Zain Abdi
ESSAYS ON FOREIGN DEVELOPMENT AIDS AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES, Adebukola Adeleke
WINTER CEREAL COVER CROPS AND NITROGEN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR INCREASING FARM PROFIT AND MINIMIZING NITROGEN LOSSES IN CORN-SOYBEAN AGROECOSYSTEMS, Oladapo Adeyemi
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ASYLUM-SEEKING, MIGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE, Olawale David Adisa
CONSTRAINED INFERENCE IN A SCALED LINEAR MIXED MODEL FOR MULTIPLE OUTCOMES., Md Mostak Ahammed
ON THE RICCATI-TYPE DIAGONAL STABILITY, Ali Abdullah Algefary
Investigating Adult ESL Students' Experiences with Learning English Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jinan Al-Hunayan
CARBON NANOTUBES IN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES , Rana Hussan Alkhaldi
Effect of Misspecified Covariance Matrix on Constrained Hypotheses Test For Two- Stage Samples, Afnan Almazmomi
THE ROLE OF PLATOONING IN FREIGHT TRANSIT EFFICIENCY, Reem Alshiddi
CNN MODEL FOR RECOGNITION OF TEXT-BASED CAPTCHAS AND ANALYSIS OF LEARNING BASED ALGORITHMS’ VULNERABILITIES TO VISUAL DISTORTION, Noorbakhsh Amiri Golilarz
DEMOGRAPHICS AND STATUS OF THE EASTERN WOODRAT IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Tiffanie Atherton
ATTITUDES OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN-TRAINING TOWARD INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, Anwer Ul Azim
UBIQUITIN-PROTEASOME SYSTEM REGULATION OF THE CHROMATIN REMODELING AND MODIFICATION FACTORS IN ORCHESTRATING GENE EXPRESSION, Priyanka Barman
COGNITIVE CONTROL AND REPETITIVE NEGATIVE THINKING HAVE AN INDIRECT EFFECT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP AND AFFECT, Emily Marie Bartholomay
Psychology in a Podcast Context: Do Brand Personality Perceptions and Social Nudges Explain Consumers’ Behavioral Intentions to Subscribe to Breaking Points?, Stephen D. Berry
AN INVESTIGATION INTO INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN HUMAN SKELETAL SEXUAL TRAIT MORPHOLOGY, Kaleigh Christine Best
THE ROLES OF INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, Wafa Naif S Binmahfuth
EXPLORING EXPERIENCES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, STIGMA, AND ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS IN THE RURAL ILLINOIS DELTA REGION, Rebecca Sue Bolinski
SHORT AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF TOBACCO ABSTINENCE, BUPROPION AND NICOTINE ON BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING A VISUOSPATIAL TASK, Ugo Bruzadin Nunes
An Examination of a Brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention Targeting Perfectionism, Amanda Chamberlain