College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Anticipated Intergroup Anxiety & Misattribution of Arousal, Nazia Khan
Family Obligation, School Climate, and the Academic Achievement of Latinx Youth Living in One- and Two-Parent Households, Elizabeth Martinez Charleston
Adult Age Differences in Response to Sociomoral Violations, Alyssa R. Minton
Friendship, FNE, and Confronting a Racist Remark, Kaelan J. Vazquez
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Invisible Disability: A Review of Hearing and Vision Impairment Challenges in the Workplace, Melissa Ann Aguinaldo
Mitigating Sunk Cost Bias for Consumers: Considering Alternatives Within High and Low Construal Levels When Costs are Sunk, Jasmine N. Ahmad
The Positive Impact of Exposure to Nature versus Urban-Environment Images on Cognitive Processing: Working Memory and Problem Solving, Caitlin Julia Ailsworth
Social Zapping: Examining Predictors of Last-Minute Cancelations Among Community Members, Alyssa T. Altieri
Campus Racial Climate and Mentoring: Impact on Academic and School Experience Outcomes, Safa Asad
The Moderating Effects of Acculturative Stress and Ethnic Identity on the Relation between Peer Victimization and Depressive Symptoms among Latinx Youth, Mariana J. Bednarek
Nourishing Family Connections: Exploring the Impact of Mealtime Dynamics on Child Depressive Symptoms, Kyra (Dee) Bekelja
Residential Vacancy and Crime in the Wake of Housing Crisis in Chicago, Shaun Bhatia
Impact of Retinoic Acid Receptor Alpha Conditional Knockout on Ovarian Follicle Development in the Mouse, Zlata Bogin
Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Direction of Effects and Mechanisms of Influence, Bridget Brush
Navigating Sense of Home: Migration experiences of Home and Community, Andrew Peter Camilleri
Conceptualizing Positive versus Negative Awe: Do Connection and Self-Significance Interact to Determine Awe’s Valence?, Christopher Evan Cole
Trainee Perceptions of Structured On-the-Job Training (OJT): The Impact of Trainer Experience and Use of Structured OJT Guides, Jessica Nicole Cooperstein
Critical Civic Engagement of Immigrant-Origin Latinx Youth, Wendy de Los Reyes Moore
Youth Relational History Affecting Mentoring Relationship Quality, Brittanie Nicole Gage
Balanced Negotiations: An Online Negotiation Training for Women, Kaitlyn Rose Gallagher
Retail Workers’ Job Preferences: Uncovering the Drivers of Attraction, Retention, and Attrition, Alyssa Green
Relationship Between Objective Measures of Stress and Child Health Behaviors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Margaret Harrigan Clark
Peer Victimization and Post-Traumatic Stress Problems among Latinx Youth: The Role of Emotional Reactivity and Gender, Ashley N. Harris
The Dangerous Effect of Entitlement on White Nationalist Ideology, Kara Elizabeth Harris
Latinas in Leadership Positions in the United States: Theories, Characteristics, and Recommendations, Fernanda Ibanez
Quiet Quitting: Navigating an Old Phenomenon in the New Normal, Eilish Keane
Thinking Style as Input: Information Seeking and Processing, Youlim Kim
INVESTIGATING THE SALINITY TOLERANCE OF THE SWORDTAIL (Xiphophorus hellerii), Alexandra Megan Krak
Exclusion, Extroversion, and Relationship-Related Thought Accessibility, Stacey L. Kruse
Characterization of the Immune Deficiency Pathway during female meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster, Sarah Mashburn
Do Moral Foundations Predict Views on Morally Contested Issues?, Mackenzie Maria Moreno
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
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
The Prairie State: Using Ecological Niche Modeling to Predict Distributions of Early Land Plants, Zoe Ryan
OPTICAL VARIABILITY OF GREEN PEA GALAXIES, Julissa Marie Sarmiento
All Bi Myself: The Relationship Between Bisexuality and Self-Essentialism, Madeline Lucille Sharmat
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
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
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
Adjustment to Remote Work During COVID-19, Nicholas Carruth
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
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
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
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
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
SPECKLE CORRELATION USING A DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM ON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS, Sanskar Basnet
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
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