Theses and Dissertations from DePaul University
DePaul University theses and dissertations completed as part of a degree requirement since 2010 are available here in the DePaul Open Repository.
Print copies of most older dissertations (typically pre-2012) are held in Special Collections and Archives and can be found by searching LibrarySearch.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Accurate and scalable control-flow differential analysis on system traces, Yuta Nakamura
"That's Not Happening to My Kid:" Six Chicago Public Schools' Families Speak Out, Julie Parson Nesbitt
Sk8er skull, David Norton
The Impact and Perceptions of Return-to-Office Mandates, Brooke E. Nyberg
Classroom Teachers' Approaches to Values Education: Exploring Explicit and Implicit Strategies for Teaching and Modeling Values, Maria Ukamaka Clare Okeke
The Effect of Reading Goals on Conspiracy Believability and Memorability, Leah Patricia O'Neill
Creative Development and the Repertory Grid Method: Investigating How a Team of Theater Teaching Artists Describe and Assess the Formative Creative Skills and Dispositions of Students, Mark Andrew Onuscheck
The State of Wellness Amongst Title I Suburban High School Counselors, John Steven O'Rourke
The Effects of Race and Ethnicity on School Connectedness and Academic Outcomes Among Adolescents, Hafsa Khan Owens
Morphology-Performance Relationships to Understand Cichlid Neurocranial Evolution in the Context of Adaptive Radiation, Sarah Pascarella
Topic shift detection and triggering in natural dialogue systems: a lightweight approach, Rohith Perumandla
Addressing the Unmet Mental Health Crisis of Youth in West Englewood, Joallyn Porter
The Relationship of Organizational Democracy and Psychological Safety on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, Thomas William Rice
Beyond the Curriculum: The Influence of Teacher-Student Relationships in Special Education, Courtney Romero
A Qualitative Examination of Homelessness Risk Factors and Housing Histories of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Tenants in Chicago, Shadman Syed Saquib
In the light, Z Sarkissian
IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDATE ULTRAVIOLET COUNTERPARTS TO GLOBULAR CLUSTER X-RAY BINARIES, William Schuster
Leadership Attributes to Guide the Adoption and Curricular Design Process of Environmental Sustainability Education for EC-12 Public School Districts, Katherine Marie Seguino
WHEN IT COMES TO SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION EXTRACTION AND LLMS, LESS IS MORE, Sameer Shaik
A Life Raft in the Storm: An Arts-Based Self-study of Teacher Burnout and Renewal in Special Education, Rebecca Snyder
The Positivity Effect in Contracts, Megan Kathryn Stricker
Mental Healthcare for Us: Examining Awareness of, Barriers to, and Recommendations for Mental Healthcare among Immigrant-Origin Chinese American Adolescents, Mengxue (Fiona) Sun
A Mixed Methods Survey to Highlight Retrospective Drug Spending, Dillon Peter Thorpe
Hominoid, Robin van Bree
The Impact of Popularity Pressure: A Moderated Mediation Model, Molly Clare Walker
Floodfriend, Lauren Watson
Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ: Master Architect of the Company of Poets, Timothy J. Wesley
The son becomes, Katherine Zhang
THE ABYSS OF JUSTICE: NIETZSCHE’S PSYCHOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE IDEAL LIFE, Ludovico Zizzo
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Spirits of the king, Ali Al-Ani
Exploring how uncertain labels from non-consensus panels affect machine learning, Amal Almansour
Chicago’s Migrant Serving Ecosystem: Perspectives from Providers on the Frontline, Safa S. Asad
A Qualitative Study Cultural Components Contributing to Resilience and its Importance to Trauma-Informed Care of Veterans, Tineka L. Banks
An interdisciplinary review of stress mechanisms, health effects, and the influence of a growth mindset, Nathaniel Hayes Barnes
Empowerment as a Predictor of System Justification Moderated by Race, Nicole Belcher
Spirituality and Primal Beliefs Among Oxford House Employees, Justin S. Bell
Identity Shifting Behaviors, Perceptions of Diversity, and Perceived Discrimination in South Asian Employees, Himali Bhandari
A Quantitative Study Examining the Mental Health Needs of African American Students Compared to their Counterparts in Higher Education, Luxury Bryant
The Role of Team Sports, Coping, and Friendship in Reducing Depressive Symptoms in Youth, Abigail K. Bushnell
Talking to Strangers: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation Study of an Intercultural Intervention, Andrew Peter Camilleri
Pro-Environmental Organizational Climates: Implications for Employees, Organizations, and the Environment, Nicholas Carruth
Optimizing Remote Work Engagement and Performance, Jessica Chackoria
Assay Optimization to Capture Herpesvirus Entry Protein Interactions, Angelina Consalvo
Community Policing and Meta-Stereotypes: Improving Citizenry-Police Relations in a Large, Multicultural Urban Area, Through a Participatory Action Research Community Safety Workshop, Cornelius Darnell Davis
Ozone Gardens: Impacts of Air Quality on Native Plants in Chicago, Elene Drosos
Modeling exciton delocalization and transport in PDBD-T-2F with the line-dipole improvement for coupling calculation, Brian Dvorak
Clutter and Control: A Regional Analysis of the Effect of Decluttering, Zachary Henry Ellis
Clutter and Control: A Regional Analysis of the Effect of Decluttering on Women During the Pandemic, Zachary Henry Ellis
Exploration of Centralized and Decentralized Education Systems Around the World, Melissa Feiger
Counting on the Family: Family Cohesion and its Relationship to PTG, Edgar Ivan Gandara
First-Generation College Students’ Sense of Belonging During COVID-19, Yesenia Garcia
Length of Stay, Social Support, and Sex Differences in Recovery, Elizabeth K. Garrity
Political Ideology and Consumer Behavior of Independent Voters, Steve Glover
Stories of those Untold: Identifying Retention, and Graduation Obstacles and Solutions of Black Women at Four-Year Predominately White Institutions, Courtney Alicia Griffin
A Study of Inhibition Development in Young Children, Ai Thi Thanh Hoang
A Study of Inhibition Development in Young Children, Ai Thi Thanh Hoang
Police Identity and The Role of Media in a Contemporary Society: A Look at the Personal and Professional Effect on Law Enforcement, Nedra LaChelle Jones
The Mediating Effect of Recognizing Racism and Biases within the Workplace: Cross-race Friendships and Allyship Behaviors, Amber Kaiser
Crystallographic Analysis of the Dorsal Spine of Squalus suckleyi, John V. Karavitis
Anticipated Intergroup Anxiety & Misattribution of Arousal, Nazia Khan
Modular approach to soft mobile robots, Dimuthu Kodippili Arachchige
The Joint Impact Of Parent Health Efficacy And Child Temperament On Child Health Outcomes, Emma F. Kruis
Harmony or Discord? The Intersection of Religious Beliefs and International Mindedness, Ranjan Kumar Lima
Effects of Receiving Peer-Status Feedback on Chinese Adolescents, Mingqi Li
A Longitudinal Study Assessing the Influence of Salivary Cortisol, Alpha Amylase, and Interleukin-1β Levels on Sleep and Physical Activity Among Emerging Adults, Bernardo Loiacono
Democratization of custom, high quality large language models, Pablo Lopez
Can We Help You with Your Bootstraps? How First-Generation Graduate Students Can Use Relationships to Transform Universities, Brianna N. Mabie
Family Obligation, School Climate, and the Academic Achievement of Latinx Youth Living in One- and Two-Parent Households, Elizabeth Martinez Charleston
More Than Just a Paycheck: Campus Student Employment as High-Impact Practice, Katie Martin
The Effects of Chronic Stress on Predictors of Academic Learning, Gabriel McNair
Stress & Self-regulation in Law Enforcement, Cecilia R. Mercado
A Systematic Exploration of Theoretical, Conceptual, and Methodological Alignment of Social Network Analysis in Organizational Behavior, Morgan Gleason Miller
The Power of Spiritual Leadership in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Stefanie Mingari
Adult Age Differences in Response to Sociomoral Violations, Alyssa R. Minton
Mental Health and Well-being of Survivors of Torture as they Seek Asylum, Samantha L. Nau
Grieving Workers, Leadership Support, and Organizational Commitment, Zachary N. Ngo
The Role of Neighborhood Unemployment on Oxford House Sustainability, Alexa Nieder
Social Support as a Moderator of Life Stress and Alcohol Consumption, Paige Patano
Address the Mess: the Role of Fear of COVID-19, Indecision, and Reactance in Decluttering Projects, Devki Patel
Interventions Developed to Guide Pediatric Type One Diabetes Management and Transition of Care: A Systematic Review, Danielle Pehr-Szeliga and Aneta Rutkowski
Don't Let It Get to You: The Role of Internalization Racism in the Organization, Carolyn T. Pham
Video label refinement and temporal localization using motion signal patterns, Jennifer Piane
Finding the Silver Lining: The Role of Supportive Social Environments, Keturah Platt
Athalea: fear and hate, Santiago Posada-Jaramillo
Factors Impacting BSN Degrees in Community Colleges in Illinois and Exploring Community Colleges to Address Nursing Education Reform: A Mixed Methods Study, Lovelle Reynolds
The robot on the hill, James Ryan
Understanding the Educator-Coach and Student-Athlete Relationship: A Descriptive-Interpretative Study, Thomas J. Saleh
Understanding the Educator-Coach and Student-Athlete Relationship: A Descriptive-Interpretative Study, Thomas J. Saleh
Exploring Advocates’ Perceptions of Rural and Urban Sexual Assault Survivors’ Experiences Seeking Civil Protective Orders, Hannah C. Samuels
Screaming in silence: exploring gender empowerment & representation in contemporary horror narratives, Miranda Sanders
Machines of the absurd: leveraging generative AI for creativity, humor, and playfulness, Tyler Sanders
Databases and privacy compliance, Nick Scope
Protecting Your Tail from Correlation Risk, Mark Shore
Attachment and Resilience: The Mediating Effect of Coping, Michelle Soans
Parent-Child Cultural Values (Mis)Matches and Youth Mental Health among Latinx Families, Jesus Eduardo Solano-Martinez