Theses from 2012
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
L1 adaptive control for ball and beam system, Madhusudhana Haveri Narayana
Perceived risk of homeland security incidents: The insignificance of actual risk factors, Melissa R. Haynes
NARRATIVES OF ABUSE: A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIVES OF BATTERED WOMEN AND THE MAKING OF THE FILM, IN THE EYES OF OTHERS, Elisa Herrmann
Symbolism and Use of Human Femora by the Zapotecs in Oaxaca, México during Prehispanic times, Ricardo Higelin Ponce de Leon
IS IT REALLY MORE EXPENSIVE TO EAT HEALTHY FOODS? A CASE STUDY APPROACH, Laura Elizabeth Hilliard
RELATIONS BETWEEN SUBJECTIVE SLEEP QUALITY, SLEEP SELFEFFICACY AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN YOUNG AND OLDER ADULTS, EiEi Hlaing
The Effect of Compost and Seed Inoculation Treatments on Selected Physical and Biochemical Properties of the Soil, Nodule Occupancy, and Soybean Yield, Kathleen Elizabeth Holthaus
TENSILE STRENGTH OF STEEL PLATES USING LONGITUDINAL WELDS, Chad Ifland
Tree-ring Chemistry and Growth Response to Experimental Watershed Acidification, Nicole K. Jensen
Motivation and Attitudes Toward Learning French in the University's Foreign Language Classroom, Brianna Johnson
Noise Exposure System for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Adam Michael Johnston
NITRIFYING BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS IN WETLANDS, Nicole Jean Jones
Effects of the Methyltrimethoxysilane Coupling Agent on Phenolic and Miscanthus Composites Containing Calcium Sulfite Scrubber Material, Sean Charles Jones
DANDELION SALAD AND LEMONADE: THE LIGHTING DESIGN FOR CRAZY FOR YOU, Christopher Eugene Jorandby
Cost-Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Agriculture Mechanics, Travis Jumper
Net Zero Building Energy Conservation, Rohit Kadam
THE USE OF STOMP TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF HETEROGENEITY ON LNAPL POOL CONFIGURATION, Saroj Kandel
Interactionist Labeling: Formal and Informal Labeling's Effects on Juvenile Delinquency, Daniel Ryan Kavish
Two Dimensional Hydrodynamic Numerical Simulation of Flow Around Chevrons, Anish Khanal
Vicarious Perceptions of Post-Traumatic Growth, Megan Kloep
Foraging for Demand: Applying Optimal Foraging Theory to Decisions in a Simulated Business Context, Jared Lee Klotz
THE ROLE OF METABOLIC REORGANIZATION AND MITOCHONDRIA IN EOC, Sara Ladley
FORTIFICATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS AFTER OSTRACISM AND THE EFFECTS ON INFORMATION SHARING BEHAVIOR, John Daniel Lambertus
Development Of Food Guide Pyramid For Individuals With Achondroplasia, Kathryn Elizabeth Lamb
EVIDENCE OF MARINE CONDITIONS IN THE UPPER PART OF THE DEGONIA SANDSTONE (ELVIRAN STAGE, CHESTERIAN SERIES) IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN, John Michael Larson
The Use of Bonus Contingencies to Increase On-Task Behavior Among Adults With Developmental Disabilities, Shana Elizabeth Little
COMING TO THE TORCH FESTIVAL: RITUAL PRACTICE, STATE POLICIES, AND ETHNIC MINORITY IDENTITY IN LIANGSHAN YI AREA, Jiaying Liu
Understanding the role of the nucleosomal disassembly factor, FACT, in myogenesis, Alexandra Lolis
The Effects of Vocational Skills Training on the On-Task Participation of Individuals With a Dual Diagnosis, James LoPresti
Fostering Learning Communities in the First-Year Composition Classroom: An Exploration of Group Conferencing as a Response Strategy, Ashley Marie Ludewig
The Forkhead Transcription Factor, FOXO1, is Present in Quiescent Pituitary Cells During Development and in Adulthood, Sreeparna Majumdar
A Temporal Examination of Achievement Goals, Motivational Climate, and Anxiety in Collegiate Swimmers, Brittany Deanne Massengale
Foucault, Feminism, and Royce, Kara McCollum