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 2024
Parent-Child Cultural Values (Mis)Matches and Youth Mental Health among Latinx Families, Jesus Eduardo Solano-Martinez
A Phenomenological Study on Preschool Educator Experience in Re-imagining Play and Play-Based Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ronabeth Keh So
Overcoming the War Within: Exploring the Relationship Between Exposure to Complex Trauma and Post Traumatic Growth, Diego T. Thompson
Explaining the Paradox of High Self-Esteem in Black Youth Exposed to Stress: The Protective Role of Kinship and Spirituality, Takayla Christine Towns
Friendship, FNE, and Confronting a Racist Remark, Kaelan J. Vazquez
A Qualitative Analysis of White Nationalist Patriotic Discourse, Miguel Angel Vazquez
Latinas in Law Enforcement: Tokenism, Barriers and Changes Along the Narrow Bridge to Promotion, Saturnino Velazquez
Initial Reactions: Rethinking the Efficacy of Current Contractual Practies for Consumer Protection, Sarah E. Wellard
Queering Futures with Data-Driven Speculation: The design of an expanded mixed methods research framework integrating quantitative, qualitative, and practice-based modes, Jess Parris Westbrook
Thai Parents’ Reasons for Sending Their Children to Premium-Fee International Schools: Strategies for Establishing International Schools, Issara Wongcharoensin
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
Predicting code refactoring via analyzing the history of quality metrics and code anti-patterns, Sarah Alanqari
Loving without memory: on the concept of salvation from Deleuze's Spinoza to Spinoza's Deleuze, Eric Aldieri
Social Zapping: Examining Predictors of Last-Minute Cancelations Among Community Members, Alyssa T. Altieri
A Systematic Review of the Relationship Between Discrimination, Racism and Diabetes Care Outcomes for Black Americans, Sandra B. Anim
Just-In-Time Training Improves Knowledge and Confidence in Neuraxial Anesthesia in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Amanda Arredondo and Victoria Willis
Campus Racial Climate and Mentoring: Impact on Academic and School Experience Outcomes, Safa Asad
Music in the Liturgy: An Education-Focused Approach, Robert M. Beatty
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
Somewhere between: a memoir of the Bosnian American experience, Elvina Beslagic
Residential Vacancy and Crime in the Wake of Housing Crisis in Chicago, Shaun Bhatia
Pediatric Fiberoptic Intubation Education Utilizing Simulation: A Quality Improvement Study, Aladin Bihorac and Jonathan Mangan
Impact of Retinoic Acid Receptor Alpha Conditional Knockout on Ovarian Follicle Development in the Mouse, Zlata Bogin
Podcasting as an Education Modality on the Environmental Effect of Desflurane, Jacob Bonnema
Black, Male, Juvenile: A Multi-System Perspective on Hope, Dehumanization, and Redemption in Recidivism & Education, Alexandra M. Brandt
Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Direction of Effects and Mechanisms of Influence, Bridget Brush
Airway Management Simulation with PPE to Improve NAT Education and Comfort, Blake Butler and Marius Zymantas
Increasing Anesthesia Bar Code Medication Administration Scanning Compliance, Andrew Calderon
Navigating Sense of Home: Migration experiences of Home and Community, Andrew Peter Camilleri
Aristotle on the concept of life, Cameron F. Coates
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
Lake sonnets, Michael Dean
Critical Civic Engagement of Immigrant-Origin Latinx Youth, Wendy de Los Reyes Moore
Interorganizational Practices that Foster Reciprocal Trust Between Central Office Administrators and Principals, Andrea M. Derdenger
Identifying and transforming sites of power in collaborative community-based research, Jessa Dickinson
Attention visual, Baris Dingil
Code generation based on inference and controlled natural language input, Howard R. Dittmer
“Young, Gifted, and Black”: Understanding the Complex Experiences of High-Achieving Black Students in AP Classes at a Diverse Suburban High School, Jody Elliott-Schrimmer
The Challenges of Catholic Identity in American Catholic University A Case Study of DePaul University, Andrew Ezechiugo
Youth Relational History Affecting Mentoring Relationship Quality, Brittanie Nicole Gage
Balanced Negotiations: An Online Negotiation Training for Women, Kaitlyn Rose Gallagher
Playing Darts Blindfolded: A Quasi-Experimental Study on CRNAs and SRNAs Knowledge on Pre-Procedural Ultrasound for Neuraxial Anesthesia, Drew Golden and Kristine Kim
Understanding attitudes towards change, organizational diversity & inclusion strategies and anti-racist, multicultural engagement, Lynda D. Gonzales
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
Leave in Yiddish, Eliana Herman
Latinas in Leadership Positions in the United States: Theories, Characteristics, and Recommendations, Fernanda Ibanez
Eleusis contra delphi: the idea of eternal return in Nietzsche, Heraclitus, and the Greek mystery cults, Mustafa Kemal Isik
Overcoming foreign language anxiety in an emotionally intelligent tutoring system, Daneih Ismail
Nietzsche's Ariadne: a new perspective on the eternal recurrence, Jessica Jessen
Northeastern Illinois University: Identifying Characteristics Associated with Low African American Student Retention and Persistence, Laural E. Johnson
Quiet Quitting: Navigating an Old Phenomenon in the New Normal, Eilish Keane
Hacker, influencer, counter-culture spy: cyberspace actors’ models of misinformation and counter-operations, Benjamin Kessell
The Process of Designing and Revising a High-Quality Digital Math Curriculum For a Large Diverse Urban School District: Recommendations From a Math Designer, Suzan Kheireddin
Thinking Style as Input: Information Seeking and Processing, Youlim Kim
Skilling up for CRM: qualifications for CRM professionals in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Seth J. Kinnett
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
"Her organs were a question of the state" reading Adriana Cavarero from the Latin American post-colony, Paula Landerreche Cardillo
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
The Power of Spiritual Leadership in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Stefanie Mingari
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
Understanding Athletics Academic Advisors’ Experience with Job Burnout and Antecedents that Shape Job Burnout, Felicia O'Rourke
Cultural Values and Internalizing Symptoms among Latinx Youth: The Role of Gender, Paulina Paredes Cienega
Foucault's brain: discourse, matter, and the possibility of a plastic genealogy, Daniel Perlman
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
Unsettling graduate social work education at DePaul university, Jovan Rivera-Lovato
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