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 2018
The influence of cognitive moral development and leader regulatory focus on employee ethical decision making and behavior, Brandon Hendrix
The discovery of Merlin’s spirit within the trinity of Robert de Boron’s Le Roman de L’estorie dou Graal, Diane Higgins
"Current Anesthesia Education Practices Regarding Music as an Adjunct for Analgesia and Anxiolysis ", Taylor Hull
Monstrous visions: mechanisms of defense and regimes of visibility, Ege Selin Islekel
REDESIGNING CURRICULUM, REIMAGINING EDUCATION: PREPARING PRESERVICE TEACHERS FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR IN URBAN EDUCATION, Sabrina D. Jones
Empowering Culturally Specific Needs and Barriers in Diabetes Education as Identified by Polish Speaking Patients, Bernadeta Agnieszka Kapustka
Toward Pay Equity: A Motivational Intervention to Reduce Gender Differences in Salary Negotiations, Mary Margaret Keegin
PROBING THE NON-LINEARITY IN GALAXY CLUSTERS THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF FRACTAL DIMENSION VIA WAVELET TRANSFORM, Loay Ali Khalifa
Globalizing Pakistani Identity Across The Border: The Politics of Crossover Stardom in the Hindi Film Industry, Dina Khdair
INTERSECTING IDENTITIES: THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF GAY, MALE CATHOLIC COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY ALUMNI, Todd D. Kleine
Assessing the Experience of Awe: Validating the Situational Awe Scale, William L. Krenzer
Networks in nature: applying cultural ecology for stewardship, Shelby Lasaine
AN EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS’ DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE OF EARLY LITERACY INSTRUCTION, Samantha Lazich
In the presence of suffering: toward a new understanding of evil, Kristina Lebedeva
Understanding STEM Identity Construction: An ethnography of an all-girls STEM club, Pasiewicz Marie Loyola
COMPARATIVE MEIOTIC CYTOLOGY AMONG DROSOPHILA SPECIES, Ahmed Folademi Majekodunmi
Bob Manning & son: soul, inheritance, and forgotten stories, Matthew R. Manning
Chronic life stress and change in stress response functioning in urban youth: The role of social support and gender, Heather M. Marshall
Smart or shirking? The effect of aggressive tax avoidance on corporate repuation, Jennifer McGarry
"Use of Non-Technical Skills Training & Video Simulation to Improve Knowledge Among Nurse Anesthesia Trainees", Laurie L. McLaughlin
Critique and neoliberalism in Michel Foucault, Neal Miller
“YOU WILL DO BETTER THEN I DID” THE POSITIVE ACTIONS BLACK PARENTS EMPLOY TO INFLUENCE THEIR CHILD’S CHOICE TO ATTEND COLLEGE, Meagan Mitchell
lcp1 mutant zebrafish: A look at neutrophils, cancer, and gene compensation, Taylor Mitchell
Isolation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia virus Bfi1: a biofilm inhibiting phage, Thomas Edward Moran
Children’s Selective Trust Based on Previous Lying Behaviors, Natalie A. Mordini
Nurse Practitioner’s Perspectives on Treating Depression in the Nursing Home Setting, Bryan Mullaney
A Comprehensive Reentry Policy for Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists with Substance Use Disorder, Thomas M. Nigro
The logic of imagination: a Spinozan critique of imaginative freedom, Amanda Parris
Implementation and Compliance with a Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy (GDFT) Protocol for Hip Arthroplasties: A Two-Year Review, Michelle N. Pavlik
Teacher-Directed Violence: The Role of Disempowerment in Turnover, Eric A. Peist
Dialectical Thinking and Smoking Outcomes in Asian Americans, Amber Pham
Ethics as praxis: the convergence of Michel Henry’s phenomenology of life with christianity, Hoang Pham
UNDERSTANDING GROUP DYNAMICS WITHIN A CLASSROOM USING SMALL GROUP NETWORKS AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL FRAMING, Katarzyna E. Pomian
Sold a dream: An experimental test of the predictions of the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion in a predatory student lending scenario, Lauren M. Pytel
Teachers’ Sense of Self-Efficacy and its Impact on English Learner Students’ Reading Proficiency-Level Scores on a Large-Scale Language Proficiency Test: A Mixed-Method Design, Mirtha Quintana-Toomey
Female cross-dressing and fragile masculinity in Le Roman de Silence and Twelfth Night, Nicole Robilotta
The telling is political & intentional: resistance through testimonio for Latinas in higher education, Fabiola Rosiles
Las curanderas de la herida abierta: how online communities of women of color are challenging coloniality, Aracelis Sanchez
Pride’s Influence on Perception of Control and Risky Decision-Making, Andrea Sanders
Confirmation and Characterization of a Functional APP/GAP-43 Protein Interaction, Ellen Savaglio
Extremism, fake news and hate: effects of social media in the post-truth era, Alex Schackmuth
Pauli Murray in the 1930s: portraits and post-soul eccentricity, Sarah Scriven
Teaching Links between Epigenetics and Anesthesia to Anesthesia Providers, Bilanicz Slawomir
"EFFECT OF ZINC AND STRONTIUM DOPANTS ON THE STRUCTURE AND STABILITY OF HYDROXYAPATITE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES", Dylan Correll Smith
Housing, Relationships, and Substance Use among Female Ex-Offenders, Arturo Soto-Nevarez
Impact of Maternal Depression on Offspring, Fatima Sozzer
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Prometheus liberated, Bintou Sy
Who are the Elis of Today? Examining the Adults Present During the Religious Identity Development of Catholic-Raised Youth, Danielle S. Vaclavik
Affirmative action and Bolsa Família in Brazil, Beatriz C. Vigil
The relationship between a firm’s ownership structure, governance, and innovation, Erica J. Wagner
Use of Non-Technical Skills Training & Video Simulation to Improve Knowledge Among Nurse Anesthesia Trainees, Kathryn Walus
JUSTICE, TRUST, AND TEAM PERFORMANCE A Comparison of Leader Selection Methods on the Development of Team Trust, Jake Alexander Weiss
Efficacy and Usefulness of an Educational Video on Safe Medication Handling, Molly Wenzel
An Examination of the Reciprocal Association of Collective Efficacy and Community Violence Exposure in Low-Resourced, Urban African American Adolescents, Christopher R. Whipple
Online Palliative Care Education in the Skilled Nursing Facility, Caroline Kreisl Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
TOWARD IMPROVING METALLOENZYME INHIBITOR DESIGN: A THERMODYNAMIC STUDY OF SMALL MOLECULE INTERACTIONS WITH COPPER(II), COBALT(II) AND MANGANESE(II), Fatimah Aldakheel
"It Just Weighs in the Back of Your Mind”: Microaggressions in Science, Amy Anderson
Universal Teacher-Child Interaction Training: A Pilot Study Examining Coaching with Random Assignment, Alexandra Lauren Barnett
Lemonade, gin, and juice: the performance and deconstruction of black masculinity from n**gers to negus, Robert A. Barry
URBAN RENEWAL AND THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF HYDE PARK AND KENWOOD, David Belden
EFFECTIVENESS OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS/PHYSICIAN’S ASSISTANTS IN TRIAGE, Kyle T. Bergan
The Effects of Perceived Danger, Fear of Heterosexism, and Internalized Homonegativity on Public Displays of Affection Among Gender and Sexual Minorities, John Patrick Brady
Assessing how adult attachment and gender role attitudes impact intimate partner violence, Theresa M. Bratanch
Investigating Post-Exertional Malaise as a Core Symptom of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Meta-Analytic Approach, Abigail A. Brown
“The abnihilization of the etym”: Finnegans Wake ii.3 as oral poetry in the age of mechanical reproduction, Joshua Brown
Relational Cultural Theory and Mentoring in a Science Support Program, Kathleen Buehler
Childhood Gender-Role Nonconformity and Adult Psychopathology, Andres Carrion
The Lived Experience of Recovery Home Residents: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Dina Chavira
SUPPORTING THERAPY-CENTERED GAME DESIGN FOR BRAIN INJURY REHABILITATION, Jinghui Cheng
Proactive Workplace Bullying in Teams: Test of a Rational and Moral Model of Aggression, Anthony S. Colaneri
The Impact of Social Norms on Bystander Behaviors to Prevent Campus Sexual Violence, Kelly Collins
The Reciprocal Effects of Language Proficiency and Depression among Low Income Latino Youth, Nicole Colon Quintana
The Longitudinal Effects of Violence Exposure on Delinquency and Academic Outcomes for African-American Youth, Adina Cooper
Initial Development of a Team Viability Measure, Jessica Nicole Cooperstein
An Examination of Depression and Social Support among African American Women in Substance Use Recovery, Jocelyn Rose Droege
As above, so between: configuring Miss Lala as a mixed race subject, Elizabeth Fei
A Needs Assessment for Development of an Interpreter Services Educational Tool for CRNAs, Rachel Ferral and Angela Meyer
Understanding Boko Haram, Daniel Flynn
Imaginative methods: a feminist rereading of John Maynard Keynes, Cassandra Forster-Broten
Evaluation of a Video-Based Left Ventricular Assist Device Education Program for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Andrew Gause and Zain Rehman
Maternal Trauma Experience on Infant Cortisol Reactivity at 12 months, Michelle Anne Gilchrist
CRNA’s Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Acupressure as an Adjunct to Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Prevention, Kimberly A. Homa and Jacqueline Kuhn
Laboring for peace and development: evaluating the United States-Jordan free trade agreement’s effects, Timothy Hotze
The Impact of Values as Heuristics on Social Cognition, Lauren James
Intraoperative Blood Pressure and Effect of Volatile Anesthetic in Brain Dead Organ Donors, Alison Lynn Karmanian
EDUCATION POLICY AND NEWSPAPERS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, Jumana Khalifeh
A comparative analysis of the factors determining the immigration policies of Germany and Hungary, Dominika Kleinova
Video Simulation as an Educational Strategy to Increase Knowledge and Perceived Knowledge in Novice Nurse Anesthesia Trainees, Rachel A. Kozlowski and Jennifer A. Kurdika
The Right Way to Direct a Play, Erin Kraft
Negotiating difference: the Roma and European-ness, Alicja Kubas
Intra-operative Awareness with Recall under General Anesthesia, Kelly Lannert and Dulcie J. Schippa
Impact of HPV Education on Knowledge, Perception, and Cultural influence among African American Parents, Christina Lattner
The Role of Adults in Facilitating Youth Critical Consciousness in Community-Based Service-Learning, Lynn Liao
A Standardized Electronic Handover Report for Anesthesia Providers, Amber Kristine Lindsay and Elisa Rue
EXAMINATION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL ACCULTURATION THEORY AND ACCULTURATION PROCESS ON LATINAS/OS IN COMMUNAL RECOVERY HOMES, Roberto Lopez Tamayo
Task-management Training for Recognition, Prioritization and Decision-Making for the SRNA, Laura Majewski and Pauline Kenneth Borja Tselonis
PREDICTORS OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG YOUTH WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY, Kathleen E. McAuliff