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 2022
Translation and Validation of the Caprini Risk Assessment Score for Urdu Speakers, Khairunisa Lalani
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
Road Salt Effects on Leaf-Level Isoprene Emission, Aarti Mistry
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
Hybrid Montessori Education: Teacher Reflections on the Care and Education of Under-served Black Children, Heather E. Summers
Examining Psychosocial Interventions for Refugees from Asia: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review on Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Cultural Tailoring, Mengxue (Fiona) Sun
Enrollment, Academic Persistence, Social Leveraging, and Social Support: A Multiple Case Study of CCAMPIS Campus-Based Child Care, Ariel Sylvester
A Study of Addressing Chronic Absenteeism and Truancy: The Attendance Improvement Program at Emil G. Hirsch High School (Chicago, IL), Beverly Taylor-Williams
The Sense In Which All Things Move: Concepts of Meaning and World in Heidegger and Zhuangzi 莊子, Paul M. Turner
Apoyo Deseado: The Role of Parental Support for Latinx First-generation College Students, Grevelin Ulerio
APRNs' Experience in the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Sahar Vardy
How Individual Differences and the Use of Humor Shape Relationships in Teams Over Time, Melissa Vazquez
Stakeholder Capitalism: An Investigation of the Linkage between Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance, Cynthia Walsh
All the Way Up: A Qualitative Examination of African American Male Educational Resilience in Higher Education, Junae Diamond Weathersby
THE ROLE OF MUSEUMS IN EDUCATIONAL PEDAGOGY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, Katherine E. Weber
The Beautiful Struggle: A Qualitative Examination of Black Educator Experiences Creating Academic Spaces for Student Success, Catherine B. Whitfield Martin
HIGH MASS STAR FORMATION AND METHANOL MASERS, Nathanael Wilson
Implementation of Skill-Based, Transdisciplinary Competencies and Their Influence on Teacher Practice, Thomas P. Wolfe
Beyond the Revolving Door: Reducing the Risks of Recidivism so African American Male Youth Not Only Survive but Thrive, Kristy O. Yanney
Social Identity Threat: Implications for Coachability, Lauren Zervos
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Facilitating heuristic evaluation for novice evaluators, Anas Abulfaraj
Naming and Re(claiming) Feminism in Orthodoxy: Voicing the Gender and Religious Identities of Greek Orthodox Women, Anne Marie Adams
Organizations’ response strategies to online firestorms, Basmah Alshuaibi
Designing an interactive theatre game with dynamic asynchronous play, Ardian Amiti
A Life Course Person-Centered Approach to Adult Trauma Histories and Examination of Intergenerational Trauma in Preschoolers, Jessica Annabel Arizaga
Playfair Axiom, Alexander Bakos
SPECKLE CORRELATION USING A DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM ON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS, Sanskar Basnet
Atlas Planted, Annelise Belmonte
The Role of Functional Disability and Social Support in Psychological Outcomes for Individuals with Pediatric Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Keely Huntley Bieniak
Enacting Poiesis: Centering Teaching Artists' Stories Across Educational Contexts, Shanita Bigelow
Social and cultural inclusion of queered and racialized performance during Chicago’s black pansy craze, Sarah E. Blattner
Quantitative intersectional data (QUINTA): a #metoo case study, Alicia E. Boyd
Role Shifting in Organizational Teams: Grounded Theory and Scale Development, Tatem H. Burns
Multilevel Stakeholder Perspectives on the Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions in a Large, Urban School District, Ashley Sahel Castro
Backward glances: The cultural and industrial uses of nostalgia in 2010s Hollywood cinema, Matthew Cooper
To Engage or Disengage: The Impact of Coping Strategies, Sex, and Stress History on Cortisol Reactivity Among Urban Adolescents, Madeline Curzon
Liberal Arts Micro-Credential: Teaching a Police Officer Reflection, Empathy, and Self-Awareness; Going Beyond Training a Police Officer to Act and React, Hermogenes Del Toro
Enhancing the Braden Scale Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Cohort Study, Rachel Deutsch
Service utilization among Latina survivors of intimate partner violence, Alyssa Donovan
Reciprocity: An Antecedent to Fraud Compliance and Unethical Behavior, Charles E. Drehmer
A brand new day: How commitment impacts trust and perceived motivation of a firm’s corporate social responsibility and brand activism efforts, Tara-Ann Dugan
True Self in Threat Resilience: Using Essentialist Self-Views to Neutralize Personal Morality Threats, Ellen S. Dulaney
Meowster thesis, Xiaojing (Monica) Fan
What I Wish I Had Known: College Graduates’ Experience of Student Debt, Lamyeia Fields
Examining dimensions of patient satisfaction with telemedicine, Robert Garcia
Influence of Ethnic-Racial Similarities and Ethnic-Racial Support on Student Well-being: The Role of Natural Mentors, Yesenia Garcia
Prenatal Stress & Socioemotional Outcomes in School-Aged Children: A Meta-Analytic Review, Michelle Anne Gilchrist
Identifying the Strategic Core of Interactive Teams, Morgan Elizabeth Gleason
LGBTQIA+ Care Simulation: Examining Participating Students’ Attitude and Comfort, Grezelro Gonzalez
Federated learning in gaze recognition (FLIGR), Arun Gopal Govindaswamy
ANALYZING NANOSCALE THERMAL TRANSPORT USING TIME-RESOLVED X-RAY DIFFRACTION, James Grammich
Locked Out to be Locked Up, Only to Be Locked Out, Again: A Critical Analysis of Exclusionary Disciplinary Practices, and an Illinois Policy's Attempt to Eradicate the School-to-Prison Pipeline Phenomenon, Algeanna Louise Griffin
Locked Out to be Locked Up, Only to Be Locked Out, Again: A Critical Analysis of Exclusionary Disciplinary Practices, and an Illinois Policy's Attempt to Eradicate the School-to-Prison Pipeline Phenomenon, Algeanna Louise Griffin
Does Relevant Information Exchange Create Relationships Between Buyers and Sellers That Affect Sales?, Christopher Hansen
It’s Really About Relationships: Perceptions of Teacher Autonomy and It’s Influence on Instruction, Nancy Harmening
Untapped Potential: Social Emotional Learning and Intervention Programs for Students Experiencing Underperformance, Kathleen Bridget Healy King
A Case Study of a Comprehensive Model of Global Education Strategy Based on Cosmopolitanism, Esther Quintero Heiser
The Association Between Community-Level Factors and Police Decisions to Found Sexual Assault Cases, Erin Elizabeth Hoffman
Stress and Coping in an Inner-City Environment: The Cities Mentor Project Coping Intervention with Youth Living in Urban Poverty, Jordan Horwath
A Qualitative Study of Lifetime Residential Transitions and Housing Preferences among Individuals with Extensive Shelter Utilization Histories, Mackenzie Hudson
Acute Asthma Exacerbation Treatment and Impact in a Pediatric Emergency Department, Sarah Jindoyan and Paige Barber
Catastrophic failure: How COVID-19 was relayed from the media to the public, Samuel D. Johnson, Jr.
Dancing in the Liminal Tension: A Phenomenological Study of how Queer Black Boys Manifest Happiness in an Urban Midwest High School, Kendrick D. Johnson
K-8 eLearning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: "Spreading" Best Practices, Michelle A. Johnson