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 2026
Determining the Relationship Between Health Literacy, Sociodemographic Characteristics, and Health Promoting Behaviors in the Outpatient Oncology Setting, Kimberly Anglin
“Affirming Minds, Lives, and Bodies”: Secondary English Teachers’ Perceptions of Critical and Humanizing Antiracist Pedagogy in Urban Schools, Jennifer Leigh Ankerberg
Antecedents of the Principal Investigator’s Commercial Success When Funded by Small Business Innovation Research Program, Mohammed Bekkour
Mapping the Landscape of Occupational Health Psychology Research on Immigrant Workers: A Systematic Review, Himali Bhandari
Silent or Silenced? A Systematic Review of Deaf and HoH Workers in IO Psychology Research, Lora Bishop
Automation of Discovery and Classification of Compact X-ray Binaries in Globular Clusters, Justin Brooks
Workplace Identity Disclosure: A Systematic Review and Psychometric Meta-Analysis of Measurement and Correlates, Daniel Ryan Charles
Acculturative Stress and Depression in Latinx Youth: Exploring the Roles of Emotion Reactivity and Maternal Attachment, Melisa Dangles
Leadership Approaches in Music Administration: Intra and Interconnections of Adaptive, Servant, and Transformational Leadership in Music Educators Transitioning to Administrative Roles, Joel Raynald DeFayette
Social Capital in the Puerto Rican Deaf Community, Javier Figueroa Quintana
Telehealth Interventions for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Alma Sarai Gonzalez
Seed Consumer Dynamics at a Continental Scale, Jesse Grooms
The Unspoken Struggles and Unseen Strength: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Single Motherhood in Higher Education, Alexis Summer Gunartt
Eagle-winged Worms: Seeing Contingent Faculty Through Currere, Nicholas Hayes
Race-Based Violence against Educators and School Personnel: The Roles of Race and Harm, Jared Hunt
Real Talk: Mental Health Education with DePaul, Meredith Jones
Does One Size Fit All? A Lifespan Perspective on the Relationship Between Work Design and Mental Health, Christina Ju
CONTINUUM OBSERVATIONS OF WATER MASER SITES, Aman Khan
Colonial ambivalence and the self: The psychological legacy of colonization, Nazia Khan
PFAS and Western Diet Effects on Adolescent Rat Feeding and Metabolism, Whesli Kim
Analysis of Clinical Health Worker Notes with Explainable Artificial Intelligence for a Better Perspective in Preventing Readmission, Christopher Scott Klimp
Critical Care, Critical Roles: How Workplace Factors Shape Nurse Practitioner Burnout in the Emergency Department, Alyssa Kondratiuk
Emotion Meta-Perceptions and Political Identity, Mattie Kujawski
The Optical Counterparts of Compact X-ray Binaries in the Globular Cluster NGC 6266, Scott Legeza
BENCHMARKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF DATABASE SYSTEMS, COMPLIANCE, AND OPERATIONS, Ben Lenard
Explainable Artificial Intelligence in the Image Domain and its Applications to the Medical Field, Mirtha Lucas
The Moderating Effect of Gender and Humor on Leader Evaluation, Russell John Marshall
Studies of Rhenium(I) Complexes with Protic Ligand Backbones: Base-Enabled Substitution and CO₂ Reduction, Konkanok Mathuros
Merging for Success: A Case Study on School Mergers as a Sustainable Alternative to Closures in Urban Education, Darcy Lynn Maxim-Otterbacher
Adapting Healthy Coping in Cardiovascular Nurses to Promote Resilience and Mitigate Burnout, Alison Elizabeth McCullough
Exploring the Roles of Grit and Health Anxiety in the Relationship Between Discrimination and Pain-Coping Among Adolescents and Young Adults, Giselle McPherson Isbell
Beyond the Script: A Qualitative Study Exploring Drama Teachers’ Experiences Using Improvisation in Chicago Public Schools, Nicole Theresa Minardi
Technostress, Worker Wellbeing, and Ethics: An Integrative Review, Mackenzie Moreno
Procedural Justice and Instructional Alignment in Body-Worn Camera Policies: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Large U.S. Urban Police Departments, Michael A. O'Connor
Always On, Never Off: A Phenomenological Study of Entry-Level Residence Directors in Coextensive Environments, Brent Ploughe
Using Recommender Systems to Help Revitalize Local News, Payam Pourashraf
Fostering Resilience Among Urban Youth: Protective Settings and Processes, Yaneira Pyszniak
The Impact of Social Support on Somatic Health Symptoms in Emerging Adults: Examining the Role of Cortisol and Cytokines, Autumn Sharon Rajcevich Schwer
Understanding Chronic Bodily Pain Across Multisystemic Illnesses: A Comparative Analysis using Exploratory Factor Analysis and Invariance Testing, Suvetha Ravichandran
Coach Us If You Can: Development and Validation of a Team Coachability Measure, Mounica Reddy
Capability Expansion or Constraint: Examining Equity and Academic Outcomes in Chicago’s Option Schools, Lacherie Reed
Real Talk: Mental Health Education with DePaul, Maricela Rodriguez
A Qualitative Study: How Does The Underrepresentation of Black American Contributions to American Society In K-12 Curricula Affects Black Students' Self-Perception?, Deniece M. Rogers
Advances in the Creation of a DNA Barcoding Reference Library for Freshwater Fishes of Western Ecuador with Emphasis on Metabarcoding Applications, Olivia Grace Schweikart
Effects of an In-Person Preoperative Mohs Surgery Consultation on Reducing Patient Postoperative Complications, Ravina Shah
Socio-Informed Policing: Applying Bourdieu to Mandatory Police Reform Training, Neil T. Shelton El
Crisis Leadership in the Ivory Tower: Surviving the Enrollment Cliff and the Tenure Time Trap, St. Arbin Smith
Surviving The Hood: An Autoethnography on Violence, Trauma, and Agency, Deonte Tanner
IMPROVING VECTOR EMBEDDING GENERATION THROUGHPUT FOR NEURAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL MODELS, Conrad Tkacz
Early-Life Exposure to PFAS Affects Adolescent Neuroimmune Activity, Gia Marie Valdez
Hemispheric Processing of Conspiracy Theories: The Role of Inference Constraint and Individual Differences, Abigail Van Nuland
The Impact of Family Relationships and Communication on the Mental Health of Urban Immigrant Adolescents, Gayatri Vatsavai
The Impact of Leadership of International Baccalaureate Schools in Low Socio-economic Communities, Sheena Wallker-Carruthers
Redefining Retention: Analyzing the Experiences of Black Men in Higher Education Through the Lens of Race, Masculinity, and Strength-Based Approaches, Roderick Waters
Steer for the Deep Waters Only: Exploring Student Value Creation through Dialogue and Art, Amy Weatherford
Changing Course, Margo Weinstein
The Perceptions of Early Adolescents: Academic Stressors Within Under-Resourced Schools, Problem Solving, and Important Adults, Aliyah White
A Phenomenology on the Possibility of Freedom, Grounded in the Lifeworld, Sheldon T. White
The Relationship Between Culturally Based Mentoring and Academic Persistence in African-American and Latino Male Community College Students, Corey M. Williams
Behavioral Strategies and Mental Health Reactions to Social Preference Insecurity: The Effect on Social Preference and the Moderating Role of Machiavellianism, Alexandra Zingarelli
Retirement Investment Behaviors of ITIN Immigrants, Krzysztof Zoltek
Targeting Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Biofilms with Phage Bfi2 and Antibiotics, Sophia Zygowski
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Understanding Age Differences in the Effects of Group Exercise Messaging, Sydni N. Adams
Developing Transferable Skills Not Just GPA: The Case of a University Lab, Mopelola F. Adelakun
Emotional Intelligence in Higher Education: The Importance of Recruiting Emotionally Intelligent Leaders, Baker H. Alfarajat
The Impact of the Co-Teaching Model on the Academic Growth of the General Education Student, Paula Matkov Andries
The impact of temperature induced vertebral anomalies on C-start swimming performance in Astyanax mexicanus (Teleostei: Characidae), Kaleigh Arnold
GI, Pain, Anxiety, and Mood Symptoms among Youth with FAPDs, Helen Bedree
ZEEMAN EFFECT OBSERVATIONS OF WATER MASERS IN THE STAR FORMING REGION NGC 7129 FIRS2, Marina Bethann Beltran
Liberated Education: Sustainable Paradigms and Pathways for Black and Latino Communities Beyond Formal Education, Stephanie C. Bennett
Exploring South Asian Parent Perceptions of Involvement in Their Child’s Schooling, Qazi Mohammed Faaizuddin Biabani
Unraveling the Decline: A Phenomenological Narrative Exploration of Chinese Students' Experiences and Decisions in Selecting U.S. Higher Education, Lorne K. Brandt
1 Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Apolipoprotein-E in Alzheimer’s Disease: Virus Entry and Innate Immunity, Jim Camilleri
Shared Culture in Intimate Relationships, Jackelyn Castaneda
Navigating Knowledge: An Autoethnographic Journey Through Instructional Decision-Making and Educational Technology Development, Daniel James Clark
The Reality of Reason: Fiction, Method, and Modernity in the Metaphysics of Francisco Suárez, William Martin Nee Cox
Social Support as a Buffer of the Association Between Intimate Partner Violence and Anxiety among Sexual and Gender Minorities Assigned Female at Birth, Shariell T. Crosby
Pain Dismissal, Anxiety, Depression, and Substance-use Coping in Emerging Adults with Chronic Pain, Elizabeth Felice Fenelon
A Multilevel Analysis of Arrest for Sexual Assault in the United States: The Effect of Incident, Police Department, and Community Factors, Erin Elizabeth Hoffman
Computational thinking, informal learning, and makerspace, Redar Ismail
Drag attack, Chase Jones
Blind School Saved My Life: An Autoethnography on the Benefits of Visual Impairment Schools, Valenzuella Jordan
Psychic life: the Freud-Bergson convergence, Bryan Maddox
Chicago Detective Explorers: Examining the Effects of Applied Social Emotional Learning Practices on Project-Based Forensic Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Within Out-of-School Time Programs, Jesus Roberto Magallon
Self-Assessment in Educational Makerspaces: Exploring Self-Regulated Learning as a Formative Assessment Tool, Sarah Margalus
Melanin Pedagogy: Black K-12 Public School Educators' Intention to Stay in or Decision to Leave Teaching, Erin M. Mason
The Impact of Moral Courage on Peer-Reporting Intentions, Taterial A. McClendon
A Case Study of an Instructional Design Model for Creating Scalable Courses in Healthcare, Zoaib Mirza
Evaluating wrist placement and signal processing techniques for real-world HRV monitoring using PPG, Andrew Murphy