Dissertations from 2019
SEMKEYPHRASE: A NOVEL UNSUPERVISED APPROACH FOR KEYPHRASE EXTRACTION FROM MOOC VIDEO LECTURES, Abdulaziz Ali Albahr
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NEW MODELS AND METRICS FOR THE ASSESSMENTS OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS, Wisam Subhi Talib Al-Dayyeni
The Influence of TPACK on the Perceptions of Al-Jouf University’s Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Future Use of Technology in the Classroom, Fatimah Alenazi
SIMULATION OF A NOVEL MEDIATED OXYCOMBUSTION SYSTEM, Hussein M. Al Mrayatee
RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES TOWARD SOCIAL MODERNIZATION AND THEIR IMPACT ON STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA FROM THE 1920s TO THE 1970s, Faris Muteb Almutairi
TITLE: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S.: BELIEFS ABOUT ESL/EFL CONTEXTS AND THE EFFECT ON FLUENCY, Mashael Alnefaie
SELECTIVE EXPOSURE THEORY IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA: EXAMINING SELECTIVITY ON TWITTER AMONG STUDENTS AT KUWAIT UNIVERSITY, Mohammad Alotaibi
UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM BY WHICH TBX3 PROMOTES MYOGENESIS, AIYSHA NASSER ALTHOBAITI
CONSERVATION GENETICS OF PADDLEFISH: GENETIC EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE AND RANGEWIDE GENETIC STRUCTURE, Allison Marie Asher
JOURNALISM AT GROUND ZERO: IMPERIAL WARS AND PRECARIOUS LABOR IN FRONTLINE NEWS PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN, SYED IRFAN ASHRAF
Cotton Production in Southern Illinois: Reviving a Crop, William Aycock
USING REFLECTION WRAPPERS AS A SELF-REGULATED LEARNING TOOL TO IMPROVE SAUDI ARABIAN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ METACOGNITION, AMANI ABDULLAH BIN JWAIR
AN EXAMINATION OF MORAL INJURY, ACCEPTANCE, MEANING-MAKING, AND POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH SYMPTOMS OF PTSD, Christine Breazeale
J20 DEFENDANTS: DISRUPTING STIGMA THROUGH IDENTITY MANAGEMENT, Lacey Brown
THE EFFECTS OF ATTENTIONAL CONTROL AND ATTENTIONAL BIAS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANXIETY AND STRESS RESPONSE, Moselle Campbell
LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SLEEP PROBLEMS AND EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN: INVESTIGATING GENETIC AND TEMPERAMENTAL MODERATORS, Gabriel Casher
Development and initial validation of the Perceived Classism Questionnaire, Klaus Eickhoff Cavalhieri
CHARACTERIZATION AND STUDY OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF CTL0511, A CHLAMYDIAL PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE TYPE 2C, Ja Claywell
Biological Stress and Sociocultural Reactions to Environmental Change on the Central Coast of Peru: A Case of the Lima From Huaca 20 in the Maranga Complex, Megan Kathleen Cleary
PERCEPTIONS OF ALUMNI OF CHILD WELFARE REGARDING SUPPORTS RELATED TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS WELL-BEING: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY, Tanya L. Collins
STUDY OF EXO1-DEPENDENT AND EXO1-INDEPENDENT MISMATCH REPAIR MECHANISMS IN HETEROCHROMATIN AND EUCHROMATIN, Basanta Krishna Dahal
REMEMBERING BY WAY OF THE RACHEL:TRUE WOMANHOOD, SLAVERY, AND AMERICAN NAUTICAL IMAGINATION, Jennifer Davenport
AT HOME FOOD SAFETY BEHAVIORS OF OLDER ADULTS: ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF ATTITUDES, SUBJECTIVE NORMS, AND BEHAVIORAL INTENTION, Cataria Coquese Davis
Regulator of G-protein Signaling 17 – A key modulator in Cisplatin-induced Hearing Loss, Asmita Dhukhwa
ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL STEPS OF THE BUILDING OF A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION IN A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY (PLC): A CASE STUDY, Ndeye Helene Diack
Analyzing asymmetric nonlocality experiments with relaxed conditions, Daniel Dilley
The Gender Wage Gap of Civil Service Employees at Illinois Public Four-Year Universities, Cara Doerr
THE LINE AND THE REAL: TOWARD A NON-LINEAR ONTOLOGY OF TIME, Matthew Z. Donnelly
A Look into Student Critical Thinking Skills in the Southern Illinois University Electrical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Program., Dave Edgington
Regulation of nuclear phase of eukaryotic gene expression by ubiquitin-proteasome system., Jannatul Ferdoush
Gender and the Enactment of Suicide Bombings by Boko Haram, Jordan N. Galehan
DFT STUDIES OF SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULES FOR APPLICATIONS IN MALDI MASS SPECTROMETRY AND SOLAR CELLS, Chelsea Nicole Gemeinhardt
RECOVERY OF THE EASTERN WOODRAT IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: DISTRIBUTION, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND NONINVASIVE MONITORING, Aaron Clinton Gooley
EXAMINING CROSS-RACIAL MENTORSHIP THROUGH THE LENS OF GRADUATE STUDENT HUMAN SERVICE PROFESSIONALS, Ramar Henderson
SWAMP RABBIT RESPONSES TO HABITAT CONDITIONS IN BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Elizabeth M. Hillard
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICE PATTERNS ON EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A BRAIN INJURY, Heaven Hollender
PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHER SUPERVISION BY PROFESSORS AND THEIR SUPERVISORS IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN NICARAGUA, Guillermo Antonio Hurtado Reyes
MODEL-FREE MEASUREMENT OF CASE INFLUENCE IN STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING, Fathima Jaffari
INVESTIGATING SAUDI EFL INSTUCTORS’ PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES IMPLEMENTING TESOL STRATEGIES, Itithaz Jama
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR CRITICAL PATHS SELECTION AND FAULT COVERAGE IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, Pavan Kumar Javvaji
"IT'S SO HARD TO BE ME": REBELDE AND THE SUBGENRE OF THE TEEN TELENOVELA IN MEXICO, Laura Veronica Jimenez Morales
PRESCRIBING DIFFERENCE: MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY AT CROSSFIT, Ann Johnson
DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT IN MONOLAYER MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE (MoS2) UNDER STRAIN, Khadija Abul Khair
PROMOTING ROLE OF AKR1B10 IN HER2+ BREAST CANCER AT EARLY STAGE, Ramina Khoshaba
DESIGN METHODS FOR ROCK BOLTS USING IN-SITU MEASUREMENT FROM UNDERGROUND COAL MINES, Todd Kostecki
NEW DESIGN CONCEPTS TOWARDS MOLECULAR BOWLS, HYPERVALENT IODINE BASED MATERIALS, AND ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS, Gajanan C. Kulkarni
TALKING ABOUT RACE AND GENDER WITH TINDER: RACED AND GENDERED VISIBILITY OF NON-WHITE WOMEN, Jin Lee
FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF ORPHANS: GENDER, RACE, AND RELIGION IN VIETNAMESE ADOPTION, Lu Li
ANIMATING KNOWLEDGE: RITUAL, POWER, AND RELATEDNESS AMONG LIANGSHAN YI IN SOUTHWEST CHINA, Jiaying Liu
VISUAL SALIENCY ANALYSIS, PREDICTION, AND VISUALIZATION: A DEEP LEARNING PERSPECTIVE, Ali Majeed Mahdi
Labor Market Experiences of Hispanic and Black Immigrants in the United States, Hared Mah
ENHANCING FAIRNESS AND PERFORMANCE ON CHIP MULTI-PROCESSOR PLATFORMS WITH CONTENTION-AWARE SCHEDULING POLICIES, Theodoros Marinakis
BIOACCUMULATION, TROPHIC MAGNIFICATION, AND MATERNAL TRANSFER OF LEGACY AND ALTERNATIVE FLAME RETARDANTS IN SHARKS OF THE NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN, Hillary Rose Marler
THE IMPACT OF DIVERSITY RELATED CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ENGAGEMENT AND PERSON-ORGANIZATION FIT ON ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRACTIVENESS AND JOB CHOICE, Raquel Mendizabal Martell
What is the meaning of meaningful work? Expanding the theoretical models using cluster analysis, Aaron David Miller
Multigenerational Perspectives on Job Satisfaction among Hotel Employees, Masita Misdi
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE RETENTION OF A SAMPLE OF WOMEN IN STEM IN THE UNITED STATES, Christine Frances Norris
Zambian Secondary School Pre-service science Teachers' Pedagogical Orientations and Beliefs about science Teaching, Euginia Mukhala Nyirenda
Listening to Learners’ Voices about their Experiences in a Sheltered Immersion/Newcomers Program., Alba Olaya Leon
THE INTERACTION OF HERBIVORY AND POLLINATION, Heather Osborn
Detection of Small Molecule Analytes with Biosensors based on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Madhavi L. Pali
Generalized Semiparametric Approach to the Analysis of Variance, Chathurangi Heshani Karunapala Pathiravasan
Victimization, Cultural Identity, and Delinquency: Extending an Integrated General Strain Theory to Native American Youth, Korey Shawn Phelan
A Preliminary Examination of the ACT Matrix as a Brief Therapeutic Intervention, Sunni Primeaux
DEVELOPING WAX-ON-PLASTIC PLATFORMS FOR BIOANALYTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Ahmad Zaman Qamar
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS, EXPORTS, AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN BANGLADESH, Sungida N/A Rashid
Inference for Some GLMs and Survival Regression Models after Variable Selection, Rasanji Chathumali Rathnayake
THE IMPACT OF MESSAGE FRAMING WITH ADVERTISING APPEALS ON CONSUMER ATTITUDES AND BRAND CHOICE, Monika Rawal
THE ORGANIZATION OF FUNCTIONAL AND EFFECTIVE CONNECTIVITY OF RESTING-STATE BRAIN NETWORKS IN ADOLESCENTS WITH AND WITHOUT NEURODEVELOPMENTAL AND/OR INTERNALIZING DISORDERS, Audreyana Cleo Jagger Rickels
THE SYNTHESIS OF PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AND ONLINE EDUCATION: TOWARDS A MODERN-DAY TEACHING MACHINE, William Root
Individuals Perception of the Double Value Coupon Program and it's Administrative Scope in Southern Illinois: A Qualitative Study, DOMINIQUE M. ROSE
Joint exit time and place distribution for Brownian motion on Riemannian manifolds, Rupassarage Upul Hemakumara Rupassara
HEALING THROUGH CONNECTION: THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND VETERANS DIAGNOSED WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, Barbara Sue Rushing
CONTENT MARKETING AND PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF INFORMATION EXCHANGE ON B2B LEAD GENERATION: THE ROLE OF CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT, Jose Luis Saavedra Torres
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGAGMENT LEVELS AND PLAYERS’ INTENDED BEHAVIORS IN GAME-BASED TRAINING FOR CYBERSECURITY., Rana Salameh
ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY EFFECTS ON DIVERSITY AND NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS FROM SOIL IN RESTORED PRAIRIE, Drew Austin Scott
The Politics of Christian Religious Movements in the United States, David Keith Searcy
EFFECTS OF BISPHENOL A ANALOGUES (BISPHENOL E AND BISPHENOL S) ON REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION IN MICE, Mingxin Shi
FIRST COMES LOVE: RITUAL AND DOMESTICITY IN THE ASPIRATIONAL LEISURE-LABOR ECONOMY OF THE 21ST CENTURY, Jennifer Sigler
A framework for flexible comparison and optimization of X-ray digital tomosynthesis, Frank A. Smith
Value and Depositional History of Early Maya Pottery in the Petén Lakes Region of Guatemala, Katherine E. South
CLASSROOM RACIAL POLITICS, FACEWORK, AND FACE THREAT: THE IDENTITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF BLACK MALE TEACHERS, Antonio L. Spikes
Forkhead Factors FOXO1 and FOXO3 in Pituitary Gland Development and Function, Caitlin Stallings
EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF RELATIONAL TRAINING PROCEDURES ON INTELLIGENCE, ACADEMIC PERFOMANCE AND IMPULSIVENESS IN CHILDREN, Caleb Stanley
THE IMPASSIONED SELF: ANGER AND THE ROMANTIC AUTHOR, Zachary Thomas Suetta
DESIGN AND NUMERICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ULTRAFAST III-NITRIDE MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-DOTS-IN-NANOWIRE LASER AND ITS APPLICATIONS, Mayada Taher
BEYOND OUTBIDDING: SOCIAL CLEAVAGES, ELECTORAL RULES AND INTRAETHNIC PARTY COMPETITION., Soran Tarkhani
Essays On Sovereign Debt, Governance And Inequality, Nachiket Jayeshkumar Thakkar
The Impact of Sexual Orientation Change Efforts on Transgender Individuals, Heather Tillewein
A Novel Approach to Examining the Role of Anxiety in Social Situations Using the Social Information Processing Model, Megan McCrary Trask
MALE REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN WILD NORTHERN PIG-TAILED MACAQUES (MACACA LEONINA): TESTING THE PRIORITY-OF-ACCESS MODEL, Florian (Allen Trebouet
SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS: CHARACTERIZING THEIR USE AND CESSATION, Richard Vernon Turner
BULLYING VICTIMIZATION: THE PERCEIVED EMOTIONAL RISK FACTORS AND CONSEQUENCES FOR VICTIMIZED STUDENTS, Chelsea VanderWoude
INTESTINAL IMMUNITY AND GUT MICROBIOTA IN ALDO-KETO REDUCTASE 1 B8 DEFICIENT MICE, Xin Wang