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
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
All Bi Myself: The Relationship Between Bisexuality and Self-Essentialism, Madeline Lucille Sharmat
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 Crystal Structure of Hexagonal Molybdenum Oxynitride Hydride, Shriya Sinha
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
TEFRA 7 Requirements: Assessment of education on CRNA knowledge, Erin Tienhaara
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
Targeting S. maltophilia Biofilms with Phage Bfi2, Lydia Walther
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
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
Providing Labor and Delivery Care During the First Wave of COVID-19: Qualitative Interviews with Nurses and CNMs, Nichelle Bush
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
Onboarding and orientation of advanced practice providers in metropolitan, Tracie Clisby
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