Theses and Dissertations from DePaul University
Electronic versions of most theses and dissertations awarded by DePaul University since 2009 are archived here. Note that this section may not yet contain all masters theses completed after 2009; some may only be available in the individual degree-granting departments at the current time.
Search the DePaul University Library catalog for print copies of theses and dissertations awarded before 2009.
DePaul University theses and dissertations are also indexed in the proprietary database Dissertations and Theses Full-Text.
Information and support for your thesis, non-thesis final project, or dissertation from inception to completion can be found on the relevant DePaul college, school, or program requirements page such as LAS Graduation Requirements. Contact the awarding student support office directly with questions about your thesis or dissertation.
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
EXAMINATION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL ACCULTURATION THEORY AND ACCULTURATION PROCESS ON LATINAS/OS IN COMMUNAL RECOVERY HOMES, Roberto Lopez Tamayo
Task-management Training for Recognition, Prioritization and Decision-Making for the SRNA, Laura Majewski and Pauline Kenneth Borja Tselonis
PREDICTORS OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG YOUTH WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY, Kathleen E. McAuliff
Geometric Morphometric Analysis of the Pedal Claw of the Early Cretaceous Bird Confuciusornis sanctus (Confuciusornithidae) and Its Functional and Behavioral Implications, Annie P. McIntosh
The Impact of Conformity and Qualifications on Perceptions of Power, Competency, and First Offers in Negotiations, Scott McLuckie
Coping Among Advocates with and without Lived Experience of Sexual Assault, Martina Mihelicova
Minding the gaps: deducing meaning in Sherlock Holmes fanfiction, Christina M. Miranda
Lesbian lingo: slang terminology in English and Spanish spoken by lesbian communities in the United States, Taralee Morgan
The Benefits of a Science Support Program for Low-Income Latina/o Students, Alison L. Mroczkowski
NAFTA and its effect on corn, migration and human rights in Mexico, Thomas Nisivaco
UV-Vis and Fluorescence Studies of Zinc Enzyme Active Site Mimics and Their Binding of Inhibitor Compounds, Aeshah Hussain Niyazi
PREVALENCE OF INDECISION AMONG JAPANESE ADULTS: A COLLECTIVIST LIFESTYLE CONCEPT?, MIki Nomura
Stereotypes of Saudi Women among Saudi College Students, Ali Hadi Omair
Experiencing the Implementation of New Inquiry Science Curricula, Peter S. Ower
Perspective-Taking of the Defendant: Does Race Influence the Final Sentencing Verdict for Mock Jurors?, Matthew A. Pardo
Empirical Assessment of the Role of Technology-Related Factors and Organization-Related Factors in Electronic Medical Records Implementation Success, Rangarajan Parthasarathy
Egg morphology, dispersal, and transmission in acanthocephalan parasites: integrating phylogenetic and ecological approaches, Alana C. Pfenning
Simulation and Curriculum Integration: Does Simulation Improve Clinical Competence, Tamara M. Poole
Effects of Pedagogical Agent Design on Training Evaluation Measures: A Meta-Analysis, Timothy J. Quesnell
The bliss of reaching: an online magazine, Whitney Rauenhorst
The Experience of Mental Health Practitioners With Computer Games Designed to Induce Empathy, Jordan Reed
Socio-political contradictions in Brown’s American Gothic: an important historical precursor to the conceptualization of ideology in modernity, Robert T. Schassler
Similarity Between Actual and Possible Selves and Its Relationship to Self-esteem, Christopher A. Shorten
Theatre of Trauma, Nathan Devanand Singh
Individual and Contextual Factors and the Efficacy of an Experiential Sexism Intervention, Samantha M. Smith
Exploring Ecological Factors Influencing Economic Advocacy for Domestic Violence Survivors, Christina V. Soibatian
Exploring online and gaming communities through community psychology, Crystal N. Steltenpohl
Examining the Role of Mentorship on Urban Youth: The Effect of Locus of Control on Academic Achievement, Stacy Alaina Stewart
Gender ambivalence, fragmented self, and the subversive nature of James Tiptree, Jr.'s science fiction, Mihaela Stoica
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its Impact on Actions: Exploring Social Change through College Students, Rachael Leigh Suffrin
Inferring Character Emotions During Text Comprehension: A Divided Visual Field Study, Blaine Tomkins
From grassroots to global: unintended consequences of a Bolivian quinoa economy, Melissa Trinley
The Role of Therapeutic Engagement, Oral Language Proficiency, and Core Learning Indicators on the Effects of Therapy for Youth with Depression, Amanda E. Wagstaff
Reconstructing whiteness in Ambrose Bierce, Jordan Weber
Conceptions of Self, Other and Society: Exploring the Impact of a Service-Learning for Social Justice Course on Student Positionality, Deborah Rintels Weiner
A consumption of gay men: navigating the shifting boundaries of m/m romantic readership, Kacey Whalen
The New Education Law in Indonesia: Power Relations in the context of National Reformation and Globalization, E. Prasetyo Widodo
The perversion of the absolute: religion and representation in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, Thomas Floyd Wright
Gender and Education: A Qualitative Study of Women's Experiences at Selective Women's Colleges, Staci H. Zake
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
BEYOND RACE: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF THE DISCIPLINE GAP AMONG PREDOMINANTLY BLACK HIGH SCHOOLS IN CHICAGO, Felipe Ignacio Agudelo Acevedo
Neoclassicism in eighteenth-century literature: an analysis of realistic conventions in Cleland and Hogarth, Norah Alsuhaibani
Midcentury modern: a memoir, Christian Browning Anderson
The battle of Kosovo, hero cults, and Serbian state formation: an analysis of Serbian political culture, Tena Korac Andric
Effects of Multinational Team and Team Member Characteristics on Subgroup Formation, Group Identification, and Trust in Team, Gamze Arman-Incioglu
DNP Project: Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Current Technology to Prevent Drug Diversion, Grant T. Balbarin
How I Screwed Up My Thesis Production and Forgot Everything I Knew About Directing, Brian Balcom
Development of an Educational Seminar on Coping with Stress for Nurse Anesthesia Trainees, Becky Belk
Mutagenic Analysis of SH3 Binding Site in the Avian ChB6 Alloantigen, Rohini Bhattacharya
DNP Project: Effectiveness of Video Simulation Training to Increase Knowledge and Confidence in the Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Mishawna K. Bohner
The Janus-face of capitalist labor: gender, race, and work in early modernity, Ashley J. Bohrer
DNP Project: Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Current Technology to Prevent Drug Diversion, Cheryl Botsford
The transforming heroine: becoming a wife in the Austen marriage plot, Jessica Brown
Naturalistic Allocation: Working Memory and Cued-Attention Effects on Resource Allocation, Shanique G. Brown
Neighborhood and School Influences On Academic Achievement and Educational Attainment, Crystal Monique Coker
Anesthesia Providers' Knowledge and Attitudes on Fire Risk Assessment During Time-out in the Operating Room, Kathryn D. Coletto
Examining the Intersection of Gender and Age on Backlash Effects in Negotiations, Amber Cotton
An Examination of the Effectiveness of a Bibliotherapy Version of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Julie Christine D'Amico
The invention of order: modern spatial concepts and the emergence of the Americas, Don T. Deere
The story of a video game: reading the Assassin's Creed universe, Karina Diaz
Affective and Deliberative Processes in Decision Making: Option Framed Scenarios, Charles E. Drehmer
Artificial perspectives: how science fiction grapples with the growing power of artificial intelligence, Marcus Emanuel
Enzyme-Mediated and Mechanistic Investigations of Tetrahydroisoquinoline Synthesis through the Pictet-Spengler Reaction, Jordan Elise Fauser
EFFECTS IF CLARITY AND LOCUS OF CONTROL ON OUTCOMES OF RJPS, Gregory F. Fernandes
Understanding Perceived Overqualification: Expanding the Criterion Space, Establishing Drivers, and Developing a Model, Gregory Francis Fernandes
Effects of Religious Participation on Negative Mental Health Symptoms among Low-Income, Urban African American Adolescents, Alfonso L. Floyd
A discourse of the non-discursive in Plato and pseudo-Dionysius, Benjamin Frazer-Simser
Exploring the Self-Referent Meaning Mechanisms of Terror Management Theory and Socioemotional Selectivity Theory, Joseph A. Galluzzo
Bridging the Digital Divide Were any Divides Bridged, Andrew Gibbs
A Needs Assessment for the Development of the TIME Anesthesia Handoff Tool, Courtney K. Gibney
Chemical Reaction Kinetics of the Pictet-Spengler Reaction, Jo Ann K. Girel
The Rise of Neoliberalism - A Transrational Analysis: Towards a New Vision for Urban Education, Dennis Kevin Gregory
The Muted Expert: A Qualitative Study on the Principals’ Perceptions and Experiences of the Current Teacher Evaluation System, Denitra Griffin
Thinking About Race: The Development and Implication of Racial Ideology, Robert E. Gutierrez
Competency Modeling as an Organizational Development Intervention, Sarah Michelle Haynes
The Response of Religious Leaders to Intimate Partner Violence: Overcoming the "Holy Hush", Jaclyn Danielle Houston-Kolnik
In the Service of What? A Phenomenological Exploration of African American High School Students' Self-Efficacy in Service Learning, Charemi A. Jones
Using a Dynamic Domain-Specific Modeling Language for the Model-Driven Development of Cross-Platform Mobile Applications, Christopher A. Jones
An Application of Wavelet Methods to the Search for Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, Kevin Michael Kadowaki
A house on the border, Libby Kalmbach
Learning Needs Assessment of CRNA Clinical Instructors, Karen Kapanke
DNP Project: Effectiveness of Video Simulation Training to Increase Knowledge and Confidence in the Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Erica Anna Kubis
EXAMINATION OF THE b COEFFICIENT IN GaP CRYSTAL UTILIZING SINGLE AND DOUBLE PHOTON ABSORPTION, Ines Kusmic
YOUNG SURVIVORS OF DISASTER: A META-ANALYTIC REVIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, Theressa L. LaBarrie
Patterns and Predictors of Parent-Child Endorsement Discrepancies among Youth at Chronic-Risk for Depression, Bridget A. Makol
The Effects of Sexual Orientation and Behavioral Style on Perceptions of Leadership Potential and Effectiveness, Kristin Elizabeth Mann
Wellness Interventions in an Asian American-Specific Mental Health Setting, Pui Kwan Ma
State-Level Anti-Bullying Policy: Toward A System-Level Implementation Framework, Andrew Martinez
DNP Project: Reversal of Neuromuscular Blockade with Neostigmine: Development of an Evidence-based Practice Protocol, Kyle L. Mayer
DNP Project: Anesthesia Cost Awareness Project: Price List of Common Anesthetic Drugs, Betty L. Mestousis
That's Ru-volting! how reality TV reimagines perceptions of American success, Megan M. Metzger
Capstone: Child Temperament and Parenting Styles as Predictors of BMI, Sophia A. Mir
Humor and the absolute: comedy and irony in the philosophical projects of G.W.F. Hegel and Friedrich Schlegel, Karolin Mirzakhan