College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Thinking Style as Input: Information Seeking and Processing, Youlim Kim
Gender Affirming Anesthesia: It’s More than Pronouns, Matthew Klimesh and Angela Kurth
INVESTIGATING THE SALINITY TOLERANCE OF THE SWORDTAIL (Xiphophorus hellerii), Alexandra Megan Krak
Exclusion, Extroversion, and Relationship-Related Thought Accessibility, Stacey L. Kruse
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Post-dural Puncture headaches: A Video and Simulation for Nurse Anesthesia Trainees, Nicole Kwolek and Samantha Tarnoff
THE OPTICAL COUNTERPARTS OF COMPACT X-RAY BINARIES IN THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 6266, Scott Legeza
Characterization of the Immune Deficiency Pathway during female meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster, Sarah Mashburn
A Systematic Review Examining the Efficacy of Existing Child Abuse Screening Tools Used in the Emergency Department, Kaitlan Meyers and Alyssa Strapko
Do Moral Foundations Predict Views on Morally Contested Issues?, Mackenzie Maria Moreno
Just-In-Time Training Videos for Specialty Operating Room Setups for Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Michelle Murray and Emily Miller
Cultural Values and Internalizing Symptoms among Latinx Youth: The Role of Gender, Paulina Paredes Cienega
How We Feel About Numbers: The Impact of Framing and Number Format on Emotion and Decision Making, Kwame Poku-Acheampong
Implementation and Assessment of a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in General Chemistry, Alissa Potts
Examination of the Relationship Between Breastfeeding Behaviors and Perinatal Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Saher Rehmani and Miriam Kanan
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Simulation-Based Education of Venous Gas Embolism on Novice Nurse Anesthesia Trainees, Angelica Rejczak and Jenna Fitzpatrick
An Exploration of Affective, Physiological, and Environmental Stress Among Adolescents with Chronic Medical Conditions, Brittany Lynn Ricart
Spatiotemporal dynamics of ticks and tick-borne disease at NEON sites across a sub-continental scale, Ana Sofia Rivera
Examining Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ Perspective on the Utilization of Regional Anesthesia in Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery, Hannah M. Robert and Jessica O. Stasinski
The Prairie State: Using Ecological Niche Modeling to Predict Distributions of Early Land Plants, Zoe Ryan
EXPERIENCES OF LATINX NURSES DURING COVID-19, Jennifer Sandoval
OPTICAL VARIABILITY OF GREEN PEA GALAXIES, Julissa Marie Sarmiento
Multiple Myeloma: Validation of the Values and Preferences Elicitation Questionnaire- Cure and Survival Preference Scale (VPEQ-CSPS), Anastasiia Savchenko
All Bi Myself: The Relationship Between Bisexuality and Self-Essentialism, Madeline Lucille Sharmat
The Crystal Structure of Hexagonal Molybdenum Oxynitride Hydride, Shriya Sinha
The Age of Connection: Interdependent Self-Construal Links Age and Prosociality, Jason Snyder
Ageism by a Community Sample of Young Adults: Expanding the Contact Hypothesis to Explore Ageism, Helena Lucia Swanson
The Protective Effects of Physical Activity Coping and Environmental Supports on Academic Stress among Adolescents, Taylor Swenski
The role of anhedonia in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and alcohol use and food addiction in a sample of emerging adults, Mary Takgbajouah
TEFRA 7 Requirements: Assessment of education on CRNA knowledge, Erin Tienhaara
The Influence of Metaphorical and Literal Language on Conspiracy Theory Belief: The Role of Language and Individual Differences, Gabrielle Toups
Profiles of Violence Victimization and Mental Health Outcomes among LGBTQ Survivors in Illinois: A Cluster Analysis, Mary Margaret Tull
The Interplay between Parental Psychological Control and Parental Emotional Overinvolvement on Depressive Symptoms among Early Adolescents, Taylor Breanna Ullrich
OBSERVATIONS OF 25 GHz METHANOL MASERS IN W51A, Peter Wagstaff
Targeting S. maltophilia Biofilms with Phage Bfi2, Lydia Walther
Examining Predictors of Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth among Sexual Assault Service Providers in Rape Crisis Centers, Anna Wegrzyn
Accessibility of Civil Legal Service Provision for Survivors of Sexual Assault in Illinois, Kayleigh Zinter
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Black Adolescent Self-Perceptions: The Roles of Ethnic Identity and Stress Exposure, Kailyn Bare
Cultural Change and Threat Perception: Casual Implications on White Nationalist Beliefs and Outgroup Restricting Policies, Andrea Bellovary
Cultural Change and Threat Perception: Causal Implications on White Nationalist Beliefs and Outgroup Restricting Policies, Andrea Bellovary
Complex Contexts within Oxford, Ted J. Bobak
Analyzing Domain of Convergence for Broyden’s Method, Michael Bonthron
Providing Labor and Delivery Care During the First Wave of COVID-19: Qualitative Interviews with Nurses and CNMs, Nichelle Bush
Adjustment to Remote Work During COVID-19, Nicholas Carruth
Onboarding and orientation of advanced practice providers in metropolitan, Tracie Clisby
Engaging n Service Learning: Using Mixed Methods to Examine Community Partner Perceptions, Kendall P. Crum
An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Displacement from Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Housing, Camilla Cummings
Exploring the Dimensional Structure of a Measure of Supervision Competence and its Prediction of Trainee Development, Jacqueline Davis
How the Readability Level of Prior Text Impacts Comprehension of Subsequent Text, Benjamin Jerry Dumont
Opinion Profile Dynamics with Uniform Bounded Confidence: Analysis & Simulations, Jason Echevarria
Characterization of a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bacteriophage, Edward Eshoo
The Influence of Sleep Quantity on Externalizing Behaviors in Adolescents: The Mediating Effect of Inhibition, Emily Feldman
Temperature Effects on the Development of the Axial Skeleton and Body Shape in Astyanax mexicanus (Teleostei: Characidae), Joseph David Forberg
Niche overlap in sympatric Rocio (Teleostei: Cichlidae) of Guatemala, Cesar Estuardo Fuentes Montejo
The Relationship Between Youth Adult Sexual Communication and Risky Sexual Behavior in Adolescence, Erin Geary
The Relationship Between Youth Adult Sexual Communication and Risky Sexual Behaviors in Adolescence, Erin Geary
"Examining Continent-scale Variation in Aerial Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Communities Using eDNA, Raechel Hearth
Translation and Validation of the Caprini Risk Assessment Score for Urdu Speakers, Khairunisa Lalani
Understanding Teamwork Using Dynamic Network Models, Ashlyn Paige Lowe
Examining COVID-19 Long-Haulers Along Gender, Race Stress and Social Support Variables, Brianna Mabie
Under the Skin Social Stress: Physiological Effects of Racial Discrimination and Family Communication During Adolescence, Dana Mansfield
Perspective Taking: A Tool for Improving Team Member Relationships and Performance, Mikayla Ann Marcinkowski
A Syndemic Perspective on Anti-Asian Racism and Asian American Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Rebecca McGarity-Palmer
Too Much for a Heart to Bear: A Systematic Review and Mini Meta-Analysis on The Role of Skin-Deep Resilience in the Weathering of Black People in America, Chantelle Miller
Road Salt Effects on Leaf-Level Isoprene Emission, Aarti Mistry
Why People Share When They Shouldn't: Antecedents and Consequences of Impulsive Secret-Sharing, Natalie Ann Mordini
The Impact of Workplace Protections on Worker Wellbeing During the COVID Pandemic, Brooke Nyberg
Relationship Building in E-negotiation: Dyadic Effects on Subjective Negotiation Outcomes, Mounica Reddy
Latinx Parent-Child Acculturative Stress Profiles and their Relation to Expressed Emotion and Academic Achievement, Laura Saldana
Examining Psychosocial Interventions for Refugees from Asia: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review on Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Cultural Tailoring, Mengxue (Fiona) Sun
Apoyo Deseado: The Role of Parental Support for Latinx First-generation College Students, Grevelin Ulerio
APRNs' Experience in the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Sahar Vardy
How Individual Differences and the Use of Humor Shape Relationships in Teams Over Time, Melissa Vazquez
HIGH MASS STAR FORMATION AND METHANOL MASERS, Nathanael Wilson
Social Identity Threat: Implications for Coachability, Lauren Zervos
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
A Life Course Person-Centered Approach to Adult Trauma Histories and Examination of Intergenerational Trauma in Preschoolers, Jessica Annabel Arizaga
The Role of Functional Disability and Social Support in Psychological Outcomes for Individuals with Pediatric Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Keely Huntley Bieniak
Role Shifting in Organizational Teams: Grounded Theory and Scale Development, Tatem H. Burns
SPECKLE CORRELATION USING A DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM ON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS, Mark Calvin
Multilevel Stakeholder Perspectives on the Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions in a Large, Urban School District, Ashley Sahel Castro
To Engage or Disengage: The Impact of Coping Strategies, Sex, and Stress History on Cortisol Reactivity Among Urban Adolescents, Madeline Curzon
Enhancing the Braden Scale Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Cohort Study, Rachel Deutsch
Service utilization among Latina survivors of intimate partner violence, Alyssa Donovan
Reciprocity: An Antecedent to Fraud Compliance and Unethical Behavior, Charles E. Drehmer
True Self in Threat Resilience: Using Essentialist Self-Views to Neutralize Personal Morality Threats, Ellen S. Dulaney
Influence of Ethnic-Racial Similarities and Ethnic-Racial Support on Student Well-being: The Role of Natural Mentors, Yesenia Garcia
Prenatal Stress & Socioemotional Outcomes in School-Aged Children: A Meta-Analytic Review, Michelle Anne Gilchrist
Identifying the Strategic Core of Interactive Teams, Morgan Elizabeth Gleason
LGBTQIA+ Care Simulation: Examining Participating Students’ Attitude and Comfort, Grezelro Gonzalez
ANALYZING NANOSCALE THERMAL TRANSPORT USING TIME-RESOLVED X-RAY DIFFRACTION, James Grammich
The Association Between Community-Level Factors and Police Decisions to Found Sexual Assault Cases, Erin Elizabeth Hoffman