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 2011
Residence hall sense of community in physical and technology-based spaces: Implications for alcohol-related attitudes and behaviors, Benjamin C. Graham
"WHAT ARE YOU CRYING ABOUT? IT'S NOT YOUR REAL JOB!” EMOTIONAL LABOR AND COMMUNICATIVE SENSEMAKING IN RETAIL CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITIONS, Danielle M. Harkins
Institutional Analysis of a Natural History Museum: Formation and dissemination of scientific knowledge, Lisa Herzog
Beyond the prototypical: Developing a behavioral screening tool of same-gender male intimate partner violence., Marco Armando Hidalgo
Stories and Cultural Humility: Exploring Power and Privilege through Physical Therapists' Life Stories, Marjorie Hilliard
Help-Seeking Behaviors of African American Men, Leslie D. Holley
The effects of culture on attorney preservation of the confidentiality of client information, Rosemary Hollinger
The disclosure process of an invisible stigmatized identity, Jessica Hudson
Politics, history, critique: An interpretation of Kant's political philosophy in light of his critical-regulative method., Dilek Huseyinzadegan
A Guest in Someone's House: Exploring the Role of African-American Student-Faculty/Staff Interactions in a Community College Setting, Yolanda Isaacs
Context and Process in International Teacher Recruitment: The Experiences of Global Educators Outreach (GEO) Teachers from Africa in the U.S.A., Omar A. Kamara
Josephine, Josie, Jo, Julie Koslowsky
Constitutive exclusion and the work of political unintelligibility, Sina J. Kramer
Fair trade and development goals in the coffee sector, Brooke Amy Lautz
Effects of teacher factors on expectations of students with ADHD, Lauren J. Legato
Security misread: A critical analysis of Ukraine's debate on NATO, Andriy Levytskyy
The central american free trade agreement: Effects on labor in the maguila sector, Cristina M. Lucero
Effect of iron and sodium chloride on biofilm development of stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Rudy F. Martinez
Eve Disordered: The Relationship of Feminine Happiness and Hierarchy in Paradise Lost, Jennifer McCafferty
Writing a feminist ethnography: A comparative analysis of Iranian women's stories of resistance and agency in Iran and America, Tanja B. Messing
Opium production and distribution: Poppies, profits and power in Afghanistan, Michael Nicoletti
The Roma of Romania, Oana Oprean
The dependence of suspension viscosity on particle size, shear rate, and solvent viscosity, Marc Pavlik
AN ANALYSIS OF TWO EDUCATION REFORM POLICIES: OBAMA'S RACE TO THE TOP AND PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAMS, Alecia S. Person
EVLA imaging of methanimine and hydrogen cyanide in Arp 220, Matthew R. Rickert
Social contract theory, African American slave narratives, and the reconstruction of early modern conceptions of political freedom, Cavin Robinson
Posttraumatic distress as experienced by adolescents: traumatic stress through adolescent eyes, Andrea Saul
A Representation of Selected Nonmanual Signals in American Sign Language, Jerry C. Schnepp
“Perennial Growth” in a Shrinking City: A Case Study of Urban Agriculture Policy and Planning in Cleveland, Ohio, Elizabeth S. Schuering
Precursor-directed biosynthesis of non-natural berberine and galanthamine analogues, Tom E. Speltz
The Effects of an Advisory Program on Middle-Level Student Learning, Jeffrey Stawick
In their own words: A qualitative analysis of relational resilience in the lives of gay, bisexual, and questioning male youth, Rodrigo Torres
Investigating the process of fibril formation of the Iowa mutant of the Alzheimer's peptide, Xavier S. Udad
Analysis of protein secondary structure via the discrete wavelet transform, Timothy E. Vanderleest
The Internet’s Influence on Environmental Awareness, Jessica Vandrick
The veil as exception and difference in French discourse and policy, Mallory Anne Warner
Female agency and the sacramental vision of early modern Catholicism, Kathleen A. Wesolek
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
A framework of language use in reference to people with disabilities: People-first, disability-implicit, and disability-first language in a school setting, Lindsey Therese Back
Keeping "body and soul together": Rosa Coldfield's gothic voice in absalom, absalom!, Valerie Baehl
The sexual marketing of eastern european women through internet pornography, Karina Beecher
The impact of religiosity on parenting behaviors in latter-day saint families, Steven Behling
Intended, proper, and actual utilization of the Emergency Department: A survey of emergency nurses' perceptions, Kyle Thomas Bergan
The perfect image of a young man: The influence of greek culture and aesthetics in Virginia Woolf's Jacob's Room, Matthew Blackall
A psychological sense of community as experienced among immigrant survivors of torture, Nancy Bothne
Errors on the vertical: Santification, infra-humanization, and religious prejudice, Mark John Brandt
Hemisphere differences in idiom comprehension: The influence of ambiguity, transparancy, and familiarity, Stephen Briner
Immigrant Perspectives: Social reproduction and the future of second generation Mexican-American and Chinese-American immigrants, Carolyn Bruner-Opps
Palimpsests: Salvage, Sacrifice, and the Subject of Truth in Photographs, Joshua L. Comer
Miles to meters an examination of public attitudes towards metric conversion: The 1977 FHWA Highway Metrication Proposal, Thomas Richard Cook
“They got a spot for us in this school”: Sense of community among students of color with disabilities in urban schools, Ronald D. Crouch
Understanding Empowerment, Informal Education, and Access to Decision-Making in a Community Organization, Maurya Delaney
Educational assessment: Exploring the relationship between computer adaptive testing, data analysis, and student achievement, Michael Donhost
Psychological assessment in vocational rehabilitation: A qualitative exploration of acculturation assessment and clinician testing practices, Oscar A. Donoso
Latino immigrants in the United States. Why the suburbs? Why the Round Lake area? A case study., Carolina Duque
Privatization and Democratization: The Usages of Democracy in Chicago's School Reform Discourse, Erin Dyke
Direct visualization of cold denaturation of cytochrome-C Using Small Angle X-Ray Scattering, Margaret Elmer
"Love of the purest kind": Heteronormative rigidity in the homoerotic fiction of Ann Herendeen, Meredith S. Faust
Trust and cooperation as antecedents of team cognition: A temporal examination of the life cycle of team mental models, David Fisher
Girls coming of age: possibilites and potentials within young adult literature, Abbey J. Fox
Higher education and development in the golbal south: The case of Kenya, Erin Ashely Mink Garvey
Playing from memory: Essays on music in life, Tamara Ghattas
Increasing latino engagement in sustainability and philanthropic efforts of mainstream youth development organizations in the United States, Lynda Gonzales
Developing a Social Justice Curriculum: Intersections of Identity, Community, Inheritance and Experience, Melissa Rae Goodnight
Whom do we study: An analysis of diversity in the community psychology literature from 1973 to 2007, Robert E. Gutierrez
Regulatory focus and decisional delay: Chronic indecision caused by a prevention focus, Corey Hammer
Inspiring Creative Solutions: An Experimental Investigation of Three Ideation Methods in Generating Creative Product, Thomas P. Hanlon
Understanding Multiple Perspectives of African American Males in a Suburban High School, Ravi Hansra Matrenec
Court-involved African American males and social capital within Chicago public schools, Troy Harden
Transnational feminism and gender-based violence: Exploring the relationship between feminist theory and V-Day, Molly Laura Boeder Harris
The U.S. - Colombia free trade agreement - A historical placement of the FTA, Declan Healey
The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: A Historical Placement of the FTA, Declan X. Healey
The oxford house model: A pathway to empowerment of women, Bronwyn Anne Hunter
I am the melting pot: Multiple identity integration among gay/bisexual/questioning male ethnic minority adolescents, Omar B. Jamil
Understanding addiction stigma: Examining desired social distance toward addicted individuals, Patrick F. Janulis
Morphology and evolution of caudal fin in lamniform sharks, Sun H. Kim
Stopping the Wind-An Exploration of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movmement, Krystle R. Klein
An emperical study of diffusion: The role of particle size, particle shape, gravity, and edge effects, Alexis V. Knaub
Overcoming the survivor's syndrome: Current theories and practices, Amy J. Kupec
REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN ATHLETES IN THE MEDIA, Sarah Kustok
Conservative think tanks and discourse on immigration in the U.S., Emily J. Langerak
Thomas Aquinas, the real distinction between esse and essence, and overcoming the conceptual imperialism, Andrew Thomas LaZella
Death at birth: The political, economic and social impact of the decolonization and perpetual, neocolonial control of Congo., Jason B. Locke
Attracting and retaining teachers in a changing educational system, Micah David Lueck
Museum education and the climate of accountability, Rebecca Manuel
Museum Education and the Climate of Accountability, Rebecca J. Manuel
The role of culture in the somatic response of peer-victimized Latino youth, William Martinez
Pulling back the curtain: Modeling the motivational process underlying the contemporary engagement concept, Christopher P. Mason
Msculine Identity and the Education and Parental Involvement of African American Teen Fathers, Milissa McClaire Gary
Privatization and Cyber Charter Schools, Tammy Meyn-Rogeness
Transitional medical assistance: A classical policy analysis, Jennifer E. Mohan
Jovenes Indocumentados: Exploring the Educational Aspirations of Undocumented, Latino Students in the U.S.A., Katherine Moone
WHAT'S ALL THAT NOISE?: A STUDY OF CONSTRUCTED GENDER MEANINGS IN NEWS PUBLICATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, Laura M. Moran
Factors influencing parasite-related suppression of mating behavior in the isopod Caecidotea intermedius, Kimberly Mormann
Factors influencing parasite-related supression of mating behavior in the isopod caecidotea intermedius, Kimberly Mormann
Predictive inference generation in the cerebral hemispheres: An investigation of time course and reader goals, Laura S. Motyka Joss