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 2023
The Sanctity of Human Life: An Examination of the Effects of Education and Training of Less-lethal Force Option Devices in the Royal Thai Police, Trak Silapaduriyang
Hegel's critique of skepticism: concept, judgment, and syllogism, Jacob Singer
The Age of Connection: Interdependent Self-Construal Links Age and Prosociality, Jason Snyder
An “other” experience of videogames: analyzing the connections between videogames and the lived experience of chronic pain, Gracie Straznickas
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
Interposition based container optimization for data intensive applications, Rohan Tikmany
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
Passport stamps: traveling through memory and place, Alexandria Wachal
OBSERVATIONS OF 25 GHz METHANOL MASERS IN W51A, Peter Wagstaff
Towards generalizable machine learning models for computer-aided diagnosis in medicine, Yiyang Wang
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
Conditioned by History: Experience and Critique in Foucault's Thought, Vilde Lid Aavitsland
Does a New Product Development Project’s Name Influence Internal Stakeholder Commitment?, Dianna Akin
Syrian Refugee, Donia Almadani
Empirical assessment of big data technology adoption factors for organizations with data storage systems, Ahmad B. Alnafoosi
The Pillars that Support School Principals in Cultivating Inclusive, Equitable Practices for Diverse Learners, Karime Asaf
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
Impact of Hospital Inventory Management of PPE on State-Level Healthcare Worker Infections during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Nidhal Bouazizi
An Empirical Study on Email Use, Stress, and Employee Job Satisfaction in a COVID-19 Environment, David J. Bouvier
Dual Credit Programs: Does the State of Illinois Provide Programs that are Efficacious for All Stakeholders?, Andrew Buckler
Exploring Entrepreneurial Orientation in First- and Continuing-Generation College Graduates, Ryan D. Butt
The Illusion of Progress: The Disconnect Between the Anti-Racist Values Professed in Teacher Education Programs and the White Curriculum That Negatively Impact Students of Color, Adrienne Kay Carmona
Adjustment to Remote Work During COVID-19, Nicholas Carruth
Mentoring Urban African American Male Students in Secondary School, David Jacoby Collins
Black & Boring, Daryhl Gregory Covington
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
Autotrophy of the Other: On Food and Hospitality, Evan Edwards
Characterization of a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bacteriophage, Edward Eshoo
The cost of success for Black, racialized minority, and Indigenous academic leaders, Helen Ezenwa
The Influence of Sleep Quantity on Externalizing Behaviors in Adolescents: The Mediating Effect of Inhibition, Emily Feldman
Daytona sands, Avery Ferin
Ruination, Christopher Flynn
Temperature Effects on the Development of the Axial Skeleton and Body Shape in Astyanax mexicanus (Teleostei: Characidae), Joseph David Forberg
The machine upstairs, Jacob Friedfeld
Modality and Method in Hegel's Logic, Ryan Froese
Niche overlap in sympatric Rocio (Teleostei: Cichlidae) of Guatemala, Cesar Estuardo Fuentes Montejo
College Students’ Perceptions of Sexual Violence Climate on their Campus, Meghan Funk
Lucid, Gabriela Garcia
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
Exploring the Mechanisms, Conditions, and Effects of Communication Styles on Individual Performance Effectiveness, Michelle Gigowski Caplan
Civil War and the Government of Factions in Hobbes and Foucault, Owen Glyn-Williams
The Existential Crisis of the New World Digital: How Centralization Stole the Internet and What Blockchain Technology Could Offer the User, David Gustafson
"Examining Continent-scale Variation in Aerial Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Communities Using eDNA, Raechel Hearth
Hiding Behind the Title: Bridging the Gap Between Identity and Leadership Through Neuroscience, Emotional Intelligence and Ethical Management, Alicia S. Huddleston
In the Name of Freedom: Racist Hate Speech on Campus, Institutional Whiteness, and Neofascism, Karlee Johnson
Text summarization towards scientific information extraction, Abigail Keller
A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experience of White Students at a Mission Based University, Suzanne Kilgannon
The Threat of Nihilism and the Prospect of Non-Nihilistic Metaphysics in Jacobi and Hegel, Tom Krell
On the Flow and Structure of Process: An Inquiry into Changes of Things, or Shifts of Systems, Zhen Liang
Nowhere station, Connor Lindsey
A Phenomenological Study on African American Male Conduct Officers and their Experiences with Code-Switching in Professional Settings, Bernard Little
Raid elite, Wenda Li
Understanding Teamwork Using Dynamic Network Models, Ashlyn Paige Lowe
"Everything is Political Now": Teaching Politics in the Age of Trump, John G. Lund
Examining COVID-19 Long-Haulers Along Gender, Race Stress and Social Support Variables, Brianna Mabie
Relief Is the Thing with Teeth, Jess Macy
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 Effect of Management’s Focus on SASB Measures on Financial Performance: A Study of the Health Care Supply Chain Sector, James C. Morell
News Flash: Content Framing of Higher Education during the COVID-19 Campus Closures, Sara Nelson
The Impact of Workplace Protections on Worker Wellbeing During the COVID Pandemic, Brooke Nyberg
Dismantling the Dichotomy: Latinx Identity and Assimilation in Early Childhood Education, Rocio J. Olvera
The Role of International Service Learning and Student Outcomes, Kristen One
Veteran Entrepreneurs – Founder Social Identities, Edward Papabathini
A Feminist Analysis of Pelvic Exam Violence, Maya Parekh
Half-Lives of Responsibility: Gramsci, Derrida, and Inheritance in Environmental Ethics, Michael Peterson
Pretty Weeds, Sarah Pobuda
Self-Representation of Black Queer Athletes in the WNBA: Resistance to Misogynoir and Heteronormativity in Women's Basketball, Kendall Nichelle Rallins
Relationship Building in E-negotiation: Dyadic Effects on Subjective Negotiation Outcomes, Mounica Reddy
How Will I Tell You?, Elisa Revello
Understanding Servant Leadership through the Lived Experiences of Higher Education Administrative Leaders, Michael Roberts
Latinx Parent-Child Acculturative Stress Profiles and their Relation to Expressed Emotion and Academic Achievement, Laura Saldana
It’s Not Easy Being Green: An Examination of First-Generation African American College Students’ Experiences at Predominantly White Institutions, Sabrina Marie Sanders
Nonlinearity as Care: Black, Feminist, and Queer Temporalities of History, Rachel Silverbloom
A Comparative Analysis of Best Practices in a Facial Recognition Policy for Law Enforcement Agencies, Terry H. Smith