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 2021
Exploring the Effects of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Asians and Asian Americans: A Meta-Analytic Review, Amber T. Pham
Life After the Storm: An Examination of Bereavement and Posttraumatic Growth among Urban Adolescents, Keturah Jedidah Platt
The Plan Starts Now: A Study of Juvenile Delinquency and a Re-entry Program Back into the Community, Lynell Porch
Data-driven damage initiation criteria for carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites, Alexander Richard Post
A Case Study of a Comprehensive Model of Global Education Strategy Based on Cosmopolitanism, Esther Quintero Heiser
The problem of sexuality: philosophy’s weak spot and the inconsistent nature of nature, Bradley Ramos
Reading foreign policy archives: how regime-made disasters, pointillism, and citizen-perpetrators underpin U.S. Empire-building, Abigail A. Raney
Black girl magic: the (re)imagining of Hermione Granger: an analysis and autoethnography, Kandice Rose
“If You Didn’t Mean It, Why Did I Feel It?”: Comparing the Effects of Deliberate vs. Unintentional Ostracism, Andrea L. Sanders
Crazy tubby girl/mad fat transman: troubling and reclaiming schizophrenia through women of color feminism and madness studies, Tyler Allen Selsor
Rememoration, ‘sticky associations,’ and social media performativity in the pegida movement, Haedyn Smith
Your Mind Online: The Influence of Contingent Self-Esteem on Confirmation Bias, Jason Snyder
Parent and Child Language Profiles and their Family and Clinical Predictors, Jesus Eduardo Solano-Martinez
Lived Experiences of Oxford House Residents Prescribed Medication-Assisted Treatment, Arturo Soto-Nevarez
Perioperative Non-opioid Modalities (PNOM) Questionnaire Implementation and Validation of its Psychometric Properties, Liliya Sprisovskiy
A Study of Modern College Student Activism: The Relationship to the School and How Groups Form, James Garry Stewart
Community Factors Contributing to COVID-19 Positivity Rate: Using Illinois as a Case Study, Helena Lucia Swanson
Collective Awe: The Effects of Shared Experience, Martha Szekely
Examining Provider-Related Factors Associated with Role Competence in Shared Decision Making in Oncology Nurses, Alexandria Tarvainis
Abandoned spaces, Anthony Tate
Phylogenomics and Population History of Cichlid and Live-bearing Fish Species in Lowland Neotropical Rivers, Konrad Taube
The marginalization project, Malea Thomas
Developing a Culture of Care and Support: A Review of Institutional Practices and Growth Opportunities Affecting Black Male Student-Athletes at Southtown Community College, Roberto D. Torres
Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome Among High-Risk Neonates: Program Implementation and Evaluation, Rebecca Tortolano
The feast of Lucy, Abby Vakulskas
Measuring the Impact of Residency Requirements and the Relationship with the Citizens in the Community, Daniel Villa
Resilience & Wellness Teams: A Comprehensive Maintenance Plan for Law Enforcement Officers, Landon Jay Wade
Patterns of torso morphology in extant quadrupedal amniotes and their paleontological applications, Myles M.A. Walsh
Tracking and Experiences of Black Students Following the Inception of No Child Left Behind, Gwenda Walters
Implications of an Education Tool as a Noise Reduction Strategy in the Operating Room, Sona Wardius and Amanda Parker
Implications of an Education Tool as a Noise Reduction Strategy in the Operating Room, Sona Wardius and Amanda Parker
SYNTHESIS AND STYRENE COPOLYMERIZATION OF OCTYL 2-CYANO-3-(R-PHENYL)-2-PROPENOATES, Martin S. Wasilewski
LONG TERM VARIATION OF CLASS I METHANOL MASERS, Nycole Wenner
Anthraquinone Extraction and Quantification, Modification of the Pictet-Spengler Reaction for the Creation of Useful Isotopes and Use in Protein Ligation, Jermell Williams
Reimagining anthropology: towards an anti-racist, feminist ethnography, Nina Rose Smith Wilson
The Effects of Repeat Concussive Injury on Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Rats, Duane Yu
Contextualizing Teacher-Directed Violence in Special Education, Kayleigh E. Zinter
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF (CUXZN1-X)0:456IN1:084GE0:46O3 (CUZIGO) USING NEUTRON AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION, Boluwatife A. Adekoya
Chasing the American Dream: Refugee students and care in U.S. high schools, Yacoub Aljaffery
Muslim Women and Centered Leadership Practices, Raheela Al Karim
Uncanny valleys: sex, power, & the artificial person, Margo Arruda
Engines of autonomy: regional organizations leading Latin America’s struggle for emancipation, Dejan Bajic
Worry the bone, Chad Baker
Pilot Study: Educational Tool Reduces Parental Stress at Home Post Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Rachel Barsella
Consent Around the Globe: Sexual violence prevention programming that responds to the needs of international students, Michael Blackman
How do personalized learning programs’ instructional designs match gifted students’ experiences in using them?, Sarah Bright
Second-generation Turkish Americans in Chicago: the influences on the preservation of ethnic identity & Turkishness, Zerrin Bulut
Preparing a Diverse and Culturally Sustaining Teacher Workforce: The Role of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Policy in Teacher Education, Emily Caliendo
The Social Construction of the Progressive Era: A Critical-Historiographical Case Study in Vocationalism, Brian D. Carlson
Synthesis and Styrene Copolymerization of Chloro and Fluoro Ring-substituted Isopropyl 2-cyano-3-phenyl-2-propenoates, Alessandra Cimino
BERT efficacy on scientific and medical datasets: a systematic literature review, Clayton Cohn
"#does this count as poetry?": A genre analysis of Tumblr poetry, Selena Cotte
The Purpose of Education: A Case Study on Accountability and Latina Teachers in a Midwest Charter Network, Alexandra Irma Cruz
The Impact of Racial Identity in College Planning Resources for African American Students considering Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Camille Franklin
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SUSTAINED SWIMMING ON SALINITY ACCLIMATION IN CHINOOK SALMON (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Fritzman Geena
The Role of Parental and Family Involvement in the Persistence of Freshman First-Generation College Students, Ray O. Grant
STATE-FUNDED DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM: ONE STATE’S PERSONALIZATION APPROACH TO INCREASE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES AND REDUCE DROPOUT RATES, Debra H. Harris
Reclaiming Joy: Finding Resilience in Families with Children with Autism, Nancy K. Hashimoto
Combatting the Drive Deficit: An Exploration of Conative Skill Inclusion in College and Career Readiness Policy, Vanessa Hein
Improving Care for Homeless Young Adults: A Shelter Client and Health Service Provider Perspective, Kenya K. Hemingway
Improving Care for Homeless Young Adults: A Shelter Client and Health Service Provider Perspective, Kenya K. Hemingway
Self-Management and Quality of Life in Young Adults After Healthcare Transition, Jennifer Fay Herbert
Toward feminist aesthetics: feminist provocations to German idealist aesthetics, Amelia Hruby
Racialization, sexualization, and resistance: a “subtle” look at Our Nig and “a subtlety”, Nicole Huff
The "Being" and "Doing" of a "Good Teacher" from a Soka Perspective, Nozomi Inukai
A gendered analysis of the ready-made garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh: a paradox of empowerment and dis-empowerment, Ishma Fairooz Iqbal
Relational Trust as a Determinant of Principal Turnover: A Quantitative Analysis, Steven Michael Jeretina
Pricked, Amy Jesionowski
The independence-dependence paradox facing youth aging out of care from transitional living programs, Rebecca Johnson
Academic Engagement and Institutional Experiences of the Undergraduate Community College Student from Marginalized Communities, Fashawn D. Jones
Becoming a Feminist Educator: A Self-Study on Feminist Pedagogy in a Music History Classroom, Sarah Wells Kaufman
Pathways to the Native Storyteller: a method to enable computational story understanding, Aramide O. Kehinde
Prudence and providence in Kant, Khafiz Kerimov
Convenient fictions: the disciplining mechanisms of screenplay structure, Jessica King
Influence of Parent Chronic Pain History on Youth's Experience of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Marissa Lee Koven
The roommate, Caroline Macon Fleischer
Wakanda College Retention Program: Developing Black and Brown Young Men, William A. McHenry
How Should We Express Gratitude? The Effects of Method and Focus of Gratitude Expressions on the Self, the Other, and the Relationship, Laurette J. McIlwee
Who Creates Family-Supportive Work Environments? Examining Characteristics of Leaders who Enact Family-Supportive Superviso Behaviors, Stefanie Mockler
Built bodies: Representations of monstrous transsexuality in the Frankenstein film, 1945-1975, Carmilla M. Morrell
Ensemble labeling towards scientific information extraction (ELSIE), Erin Murphy
La mise en page de l’enfant déraciné: l’identité, la mémoire et l’autofiction, Margaret O'Brien
The fate of universal history: on the task of philosophy of history between Kant and Benjamin, Daniel Pepe
The effect of effective/ineffective internal controls over financial reporting on customer satisfaction, A. Dwayne Powell
De-policing queer possibilities, Michael Rangel
Creating Positive School Culture on Social Media - School Culture on the Go, Antoine L. Reed
Recovering Palestinian ancestral remedies as a politics of return, Sarah Risheq
Second Language Acquisition and Standardized Assessment Practices, Hal Scott Schmeisser
Mathematical Identity Formation: Preparing Students with Learning Disorders for Post-Secondary Education and Careers, Ravi Anil Shah
Intraoperative Management of Lumbar Cerebrospinal Fluid Drains: A Reference Tool, Victoria Shink
Sharing “the flesh of the world”: alterity, animality, and radical community in Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy, Jonathan Singer
Communication, Leadership and Organizational Support Facilitates Successful Transition into Practice for Nurse Practitioners in the Emergency Department, Cheryl Anne Soco
Is the identity development process intersectional?: the story of 15 gay white male Chicagoans, Jacob Stone
Motive-goal congruence and entrepreneur well-being during early-stage fundraising: A longitudinal study using text analysis, Kevin P. Taylor