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 2019
What We Say Matters: A Survey of Anesthesia Providers’ Knowledge and Beliefs, Stefanie Glasgow and Lindsey Harris
Poetics of the Abyss: History, Aesthetics, and Decoloniality in Édouard Glissant's Early Thought, Miguel Gualdron Ramirez
Identifying Pediatric Obesity in the Retail Health Setting and Implications for Quality, Jodie Nicole Guardi
Social Networks as Mediators of Proximal Recovery Outcomes for Veterans Living in Recovery Homes, Mayra Guerrero
Information extraction from primary care visits to support patient-provider interactions, Daniel Baruch Gutstein
Comparative brain anatomy of lamniform sharks (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes) and its implications to function, behavioral ecology, and evolution, Francesco Guzzo
Envisioning utopia: the aesthetics of black futurity, Sydney Haliburton
Religious identities and allegiances in the transformation of Ukrainian national consciousness 2013-2018, Julian Hayda
THE COST OF BEING A “STRONG BLACK WOMAN”, Alescia Maraboushontrell Hollowell
THE NEOLIBERAL PARIAH, Jeremiah Howe
Automatic inference of causal reasoning chains from student essays, Simon Mark Hughes
Muslim-American Democratic Citizens: Dismantling Rituals with Tarbiyah, Nida Iftekaruddin
Long-Term Outcomes in Juvenile Fibromyalgia (JFM) Patients with Early Reports of Potentially Traumatic Events (PTEs), Anjana Jagpal
Improving Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists through Simulation Based Learning on Pulmonary Artery Catheter Insertions, Neal Allen Johnson and Amanda Lipa
China’s investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The impact of the 2007 Sino-Congolese agreement in a postwar period, John Bintu Bantu Kafarhire
Cost Differences Between Sugammadex and Neostigmine Use in Non-Operating Room Anesthesia Care, Lindsey Marie Kilsdonk and Mindy Ruan
Framing Teaching in Retrospect: A Qualitative Study of Educational Philosophies and Teacher Socialization through the Teach for America Experience, Angela Marie Kraemer-Holland
BUILDING THE NEST: HOW NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHERS (NESTs) IN THE TEFL FIELD DEVELOP INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE, Emily S. Kraus
Anesthesia Alarm Fatigue Policy Recommendations: The Path of Development, Kelsey J. Leveille and Kelsey Anne Simoens
WAVELET ANALYSIS OF SHORT GLOBULAR HOMOLOGOUS PROTEINS IN MESOPHILE AND THERMOPHILE PROKARYOTES, John B. Linehan
A new pachyrhizodontid fish (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Tarrant Formation (Cenomanian) of the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group of Texas, U.S.A., Maxwell G. London
Human Resource Initiatives Addressing Factors Impacting Organizational Gender Stratification and Performance: A Computational Study, Ashlyn Paige Lowe
Revolutionary bodies: William Blake and the struggle for transcendence, Anthony Madia
Must-stream TV: The reemergence of NBC's must-see TV in the streaming era, Bri Mattia
The Invisible Struggle: Understanding the Plights and Success Strategies of Low-Income Single Mothers in Undergraduate Programs, Christina Matuschka
The Invisible Struggle: Understanding the Plights and Success Strategies of Low-Income Single Mothers in Undergraduate Programs, Christina R. Matuschka
Hope and Focus on Future as Protective Health Factors? A Moderation Analysis with Race and Income, Rebecca McGarity-Palmer
Implementation of LGBT+ Health Education for Master’s Entry Nursing Students, Daniel R. Mead
Songbird use of problem-solving feeders in urban and rural areas, Kayce Miller
Natural Mentoring Relationships Among Latinx Youth: The Role of Trust and Stressors, Lidia Yanelli Monjaras-Gaytan
Obscurity and involvement on the unconscious of thought in Leibniz, Spinoza, and Hume, Gilbert Morejon
Pre-Anesthetic Evaluation: A Needs Assessment of Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists Transitioning to Clinical Practice, Amanda B. Munnich and Cara A. Murphy
Trans Sports Illustrated: Identities and Experiences of Transgender Athletes Assigned Female at Birth, Sophia Neely
Exploring the Protective Effects of Judaism on Risky Behaviors in College Students, Michelle E. Neuman
Migration, multilingualism and adaptation: language as social capital in a present-day Mexican ethnic enclave in the U.S., Citlali Ochoa
Stereotype Threat and STEM Self-Perceptions of Saudi College Women, Ali Hadi Omair
Emotional Labor and Care Delivery: Interviews with Obstetrical Nurses, Kelly O'Meara
A Computational Cognitive Architecture for Exploring Team Mental Models, Neil Benoit Outland
From typology to aesthetics in American literature, Lisa Parzefall
Climate change, environmentally displaced persons and post-sovereignty: an assessment of normative gaps and potential solutions in international law, Thais Pinheiro Birriel
Impact of supply chain design on the relationships between strategy type, firm performance, and supply chain outcomes, Kyle Pudenz
Chasing the white whale: Capturing the relation between parent educational involvement and student socioemotional difficulties over time, Samantha Irene Reaves
Peer Mentorship: Reported Outcomes Among Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Aja Rivera and Champagna Conner
Towards a classification of continuity and on the emergence of generality, Daniel Rosiak
What Boundaries? Work-Family Boundary Management Style and the Impact on Black Entrepreneurs’ Satisfaction and Well-Being, Amber S.C. Rouse
The fan fiction reading guide: the use of multimedia and comments as close reading tools, Lauren Rouse
Socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods, stroke risk, and cognition in older adults: A focus on violent crime, Linda D. Ruiz
Zygote gene expression and plasmodial development in Didymium iridis, Sean Schaefer
A desire fulfillment theory of digital game enjoyment, Owen M. Schaffer
Fathers' Experiences in Early Intervention: Marooned in the Kitchen or Member of the Team, Megan Schumaker-Murphy
Overcoming the race-sex barrier: what matters most in the executive sponsorship of black women, Stephanie B. Smith
Understanding the Impact of Social Location and English as a Second Language on Service Needs and Outcomes of Intimate Partner Violence Victims, Christina Vosky Soibatian
Intertextual abolitionists: Frederick Douglass, Lord Byron, and the print, politics, and language of slavery, Jake Spangler
Trait Contempt Predicts Tendencies to Dehumanize Others, Russell Steiger
Body Forms in Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii), and Their Functional, Ecological, and Evolutionary Implications, Phillip C. Sternes
The Case for Joy in Learning: Teacher and Students' Perceptions of Flow Experiences in Upper Elementary Classrooms, Rhonda Stern
How Women Navigate Safety In the Dominican Bateyes, Mary Margaret Tull
Exploration of the Interaction of Maternal Experience of Trauma and Infant Temperament on Maternal Parenting, Julie Christine Van Weelden
The Influence of Team Cohesion and Contextual Performance on Project Team Performance Over Time, Melissa Vazquez
Land and land grabbing: the case study of the Neumann Kaffee Gruppe in Uganda, Carolyn Vertin
Exclusion of African-American High School Students from Selective Enrollment Schools: Their Views on Academic and Social Success in the School Environment and After High School Graduation, Deidre R. Walker-Berry
EXPLORING THE BELONGING EXPERIENCES OF A SUCCESSFUL AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE WHO ATTENDED A FOUR-YEAR HIGHER EDUCATION PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION., Dorthea Washington
Team Characteristics as Predictors of Collaboration on Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs), Anna Wegrzyn
Sex Differences in Behavioral Responses to Repeat Subconcussive Events, Rebecca J. Wilson
EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGICAL INVISIBILITY IN FORMERLY INCARCERATED BLACK MEN, Dallas Wright
Small-World Network Analysis of Cortical Connectivity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome using EEG, Mark Alan Zinn
Dance Education for the Lifetime Learner: From Margaret H’Doubler to the 21st Century, Krista Zozulia
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The political logic of destituent power: time, subjectivity, and revolutionary violence, Kieran Aarons
A critical analysis of mystery in videogames, Ali Alkhafaji
SYRIAN REFUGEE STUDENTS' ACADMIC AND SOCIAL EXPERINCES IN AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Donia S. Almadani
Efficacy and Usefulness of an Educational Video on Safe Medication Handling, Suzanne Butz Anderson
Counter-narratives and Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s play Invasion!: storytelling that fractures the orientalist narrative, Anna Christina Bahow
Optical and X-Ray Studies of Compact X-ray binaries in NGC 5904, Vanshree Bhalotia
The Lived Experience of Transgender Individuals with Eating Disorders, Mary Katharine Bowman
Friends in the Orchid Room: An Inquiry into Value-Creative Dialogue, Melissa R. Bradford
Biological Stress Response and Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression in Adolescence, Bridget M. Brush
Contextual Perspectives on Heroin Addiction and Recovery: Classic and Contemporary Theories, Sarah L. Callahan
Diversity and dissonance: a narrative exploration of adolescent transcultural identity construction within the International School, Rachel Conrad Carlson
Economic Pressure and Depressive Symptoms among Latino Youth: The Role of Control Beliefs and Family Obligation, Ashley Castro
THE LONGITUDINAL RELATION BETWEEN HOUSING INSECURITY AND NEGATIVE PARENTING PRACTICES, Saidah Chambers
A Malignant Hyperthermia Competency Training for Nurse Anesthesia Trainees: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation, Andrew M. Christ
Supply market analysis: The moderating effect of social networking on cost reduction, Adam Cockrell
University internationalization as a method of human capital development, Kari Costello
The Effects of Psychological Home and Place Attachment on Life Satisfaction in Women of Color, Kendall Patricia Crum
An Exploration of the Psychometric Properties of the Self-Sufficiency Matrix Among Individuals and Families Currently or At Risk of Experiencing Homelessness, Camilla Cummings
The Ecology of Educational Attainment: Resilience Among Black High School Students, Jacqueline O. Davis
Executive Functioning in Pediatric Youth: A Meta-Analysis, Draycen D. Decator
Latent Classes of Exposure to Potentially Traumatic and Stressful Life Events in a Sample of Young Predominantly Ethnic Minority Women, Alyssa Donovan
Facebook as a contemporary public sphere: political consciousness and agency, Catherine Drake
Variation in Emotion Eliciting Events and Display Rules as a Function of Individualism and Collectivism: A Cross Cultural Comparison of Pakistanis and Americans, Serah Saleem Fatani
Gender Role Congruity in Negotiation: The Impact of Task Framing and Communication Mode, Kaitlyn R. Gallagher
Examining the refolding of the herpesvirus fusion protein, glycoprotein B, Shannon Linn Gallaher
A Parallax View of Teacher Ontology: Reconceptualizing the Reflexive Method in the Abyss of Žižekian Negativity, Brian R. Gilbert
Motivation to Lead: College Students' Perceptions of their Roles as Leaders on Campus, Jacob M. Gross
Motivation to Lead: College Students' Perceptions of their Roles as Leaders on Campus, Jacob M. Gross
Defensive Pessimism and Goal Setting, Elizabeth Anna Guth
The Image Betrays More than It Reveals: Inter(ior) Views from Women of Color on Identity and Social and Academic Experiences in Higher Education, Amy Hauenstein