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 2024
Spirits of the king, Ali Al-Ani
Exploring how uncertain labels from non-consensus panels affect machine learning, Amal Almansour
Chicago’s Migrant Serving Ecosystem: Perspectives from Providers on the Frontline, Safa S. Asad
Empowerment as a Predictor of System Justification Moderated by Race, Nicole Belcher
Spirituality and Primal Beliefs Among Oxford House Employees, Justin S. Bell
Identity Shifting Behaviors, Perceptions of Diversity, and Perceived Discrimination in South Asian Employees, Himali Bhandari
A Quantitative Study Examining the Mental Health Needs of African American Students Compared to their Counterparts in Higher Education, Luxury Bryant
The Role of Team Sports, Coping, and Friendship in Reducing Depressive Symptoms in Youth, Abigail K. Bushnell
Talking to Strangers: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation Study of an Intercultural Intervention, Andrew Peter Camilleri
Optimizing Remote Work Engagement and Performance, Jessica Chackoria
Community Policing and Meta-Stereotypes: Improving Citizenry-Police Relations in a Large, Multicultural Urban Area, Through a Participatory Action Research Community Safety Workshop, Cornelius Darnell Davis
Ozone Gardens: Impacts of Air Quality on Native Plants in Chicago, Elene Drosos
Modeling exciton delocalization and transport in PDBD-T-2F with the line-dipole improvement for coupling calculation, Brian Dvorak
Clutter and Control: A Regional Analysis of the Effect of Decluttering on Women During the Pandemic, Zachary Henry Ellis
Exploration of Centralized and Decentralized Education Systems Around the World, Melissa Feiger
Counting on the Family: Family Cohesion and its Relationship to PTG, Edgar Ivan Gandara
First-Generation College Students’ Sense of Belonging During COVID-19, Yesenia Garcia
Length of Stay, Social Support, and Sex Differences in Recovery, Elizabeth K. Garrity
Stories of those Untold: Identifying Retention, and Graduation Obstacles and Solutions of Black Women at Four-Year Predominately White Institutions, Courtney Alicia Griffin
A Study of Inhibition Development in Young Children, Ai Thi Thanh Hoang
Police Identity and The Role of Media in a Contemporary Society: A Look at the Personal and Professional Effect on Law Enforcement, Nedra LaChelle Jones
Anticipated Intergroup Anxiety & Misattribution of Arousal, Nazia Khan
Modular approach to soft mobile robots, Dimuthu Kodippili Arachchige
The Joint Impact Of Parent Health Efficacy And Child Temperament On Child Health Outcomes, Emma F. Kruis
Harmony or Discord? The Intersection of Religious Beliefs and International Mindedness, Ranjan Kumar Lima
Effects of Receiving Peer-Status Feedback on Chinese Adolescents, Mingqi Li
A Longitudinal Study Assessing the Influence of Salivary Cortisol, Alpha Amylase, and Interleukin-1β Levels on Sleep and Physical Activity Among Emerging Adults, Bernardo Loiacono
Democratization of custom, high quality large language models, Pablo Lopez
Can We Help You with Your Bootstraps? How First-Generation Graduate Students Can Use Relationships to Transform Universities, Brianna N. Mabie
Family Obligation, School Climate, and the Academic Achievement of Latinx Youth Living in One- and Two-Parent Households, Elizabeth Martinez Charleston
More Than Just a Paycheck: Campus Student Employment as High-Impact Practice, Katie Martin
The Effects of Chronic Stress on Predictors of Academic Learning, Gabriel McNair
Stress & Self-regulation in Law Enforcement, Cecilia R. Mercado
The Power of Spiritual Leadership in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Stefanie Mingari
Adult Age Differences in Response to Sociomoral Violations, Alyssa R. Minton
Mental Health and Well-being of Survivors of Torture as they Seek Asylum, Samantha L. Nau
Grieving Workers, Leadership Support, and Organizational Commitment, Zachary N. Ngo
Social Support as a Moderator of Life Stress and Alcohol Consumption, Paige Patano
Address the Mess: the Role of Fear of COVID-19, Indecision, and Reactance in Decluttering Projects, Devki Patel
Don't Let It Get to You: The Role of Internalization Racism in the Organization, Carolyn T. Pham
Finding the Silver Lining: The Role of Supportive Social Environments, Keturah Platt
Athalea: fear and hate, Santiago Posada-Jaramillo
Factors Impacting BSN Degrees in Community Colleges in Illinois and Exploring Community Colleges to Address Nursing Education Reform: A Mixed Methods Study, Lovelle Reynolds
The robot on the hill, James Ryan
Understanding the Educator-Coach and Student-Athlete Relationship: A Descriptive-Interpretative Study, Thomas J. Saleh
Exploring Advocates’ Perceptions of Rural and Urban Sexual Assault Survivors’ Experiences Seeking Civil Protective Orders, Hannah C. Samuels
Machines of the absurd: leveraging generative AI for creativity, humor, and playfulness, Tyler Sanders
Databases and privacy compliance, Nick Scope
Attachment and Resilience: The Mediating Effect of Coping, Michelle Soans
Parent-Child Cultural Values (Mis)Matches and Youth Mental Health among Latinx Families, Jesus Eduardo Solano-Martinez
A Phenomenological Study on Preschool Educator Experience in Re-imagining Play and Play-Based Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ronabeth Keh So
A Phenomenological Study on Preschool Educator Experience in Re-imagining Play and Play-Based Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ronabeth Keh So
Overcoming the War Within: Exploring the Relationship Between Exposure to Complex Trauma and Post Traumatic Growth, Diego T. Thompson
Explaining the Paradox of High Self-Esteem in Black Youth Exposed to Stress: The Protective Role of Kinship and Spirituality, Takayla Christine Towns
Friendship, FNE, and Confronting a Racist Remark, Kaelan J. Vazquez
A Qualitative Analysis of White Nationalist Patriotic Discourse, Miguel Angel Vazquez
Queering Futures with Data-Driven Speculation: The design of an expanded mixed methods research framework integrating quantitative, qualitative, and practice-based modes, Jess Parris Westbrook
Thai Parents’ Reasons for Sending Their Children to Premium-Fee International Schools: Strategies for Establishing International Schools, Issara Wongcharoensin
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Invisible Disability: A Review of Hearing and Vision Impairment Challenges in the Workplace, Melissa Ann Aguinaldo
Mitigating Sunk Cost Bias for Consumers: Considering Alternatives Within High and Low Construal Levels When Costs are Sunk, Jasmine N. Ahmad
The Positive Impact of Exposure to Nature versus Urban-Environment Images on Cognitive Processing: Working Memory and Problem Solving, Caitlin Julia Ailsworth
Predicting code refactoring via analyzing the history of quality metrics and code anti-patterns, Sarah Alanqari
Loving without memory: on the concept of salvation from Deleuze's Spinoza to Spinoza's Deleuze, Eric Aldieri
Social Zapping: Examining Predictors of Last-Minute Cancelations Among Community Members, Alyssa T. Altieri
Campus Racial Climate and Mentoring: Impact on Academic and School Experience Outcomes, Safa Asad
Music in the Liturgy: An Education-Focused Approach, Robert M. Beatty
The Moderating Effects of Acculturative Stress and Ethnic Identity on the Relation between Peer Victimization and Depressive Symptoms among Latinx Youth, Mariana J. Bednarek
Nourishing Family Connections: Exploring the Impact of Mealtime Dynamics on Child Depressive Symptoms, Kyra (Dee) Bekelja
Somewhere between: a memoir of the Bosnian American experience, Elvina Beslagic
Residential Vacancy and Crime in the Wake of Housing Crisis in Chicago, Shaun Bhatia
Impact of Retinoic Acid Receptor Alpha Conditional Knockout on Ovarian Follicle Development in the Mouse, Zlata Bogin
Black, Male, Juvenile: A Multi-System Perspective on Hope, Dehumanization, and Redemption in Recidivism & Education, Alexandra M. Brandt
Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Direction of Effects and Mechanisms of Influence, Bridget Brush
Navigating Sense of Home: Migration experiences of Home and Community, Andrew Peter Camilleri
Aristotle on the concept of life, Cameron F. Coates
Conceptualizing Positive versus Negative Awe: Do Connection and Self-Significance Interact to Determine Awe’s Valence?, Christopher Evan Cole
Trainee Perceptions of Structured On-the-Job Training (OJT): The Impact of Trainer Experience and Use of Structured OJT Guides, Jessica Nicole Cooperstein
Lake sonnets, Michael Dean
Critical Civic Engagement of Immigrant-Origin Latinx Youth, Wendy de Los Reyes Moore
Interorganizational Practices that Foster Reciprocal Trust Between Central Office Administrators and Principals, Andrea M. Derdenger
Identifying and transforming sites of power in collaborative community-based research, Jessa Dickinson
Attention visual, Baris Dingil
Code generation based on inference and controlled natural language input, Howard R. Dittmer
“Young, Gifted, and Black”: Understanding the Complex Experiences of High-Achieving Black Students in AP Classes at a Diverse Suburban High School, Jody Elliott-Schrimmer
The Challenges of Catholic Identity in American Catholic University A Case Study of DePaul University, Andrew Ezechiugo
Youth Relational History Affecting Mentoring Relationship Quality, Brittanie Nicole Gage
Balanced Negotiations: An Online Negotiation Training for Women, Kaitlyn Rose Gallagher
Understanding attitudes towards change, organizational diversity & inclusion strategies and anti-racist, multicultural engagement, Lynda D. Gonzales
Retail Workers’ Job Preferences: Uncovering the Drivers of Attraction, Retention, and Attrition, Alyssa Green
Relationship Between Objective Measures of Stress and Child Health Behaviors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Margaret Harrigan Clark
Peer Victimization and Post-Traumatic Stress Problems among Latinx Youth: The Role of Emotional Reactivity and Gender, Ashley N. Harris
The Dangerous Effect of Entitlement on White Nationalist Ideology, Kara Elizabeth Harris
Leave in Yiddish, Eliana Herman
Latinas in Leadership Positions in the United States: Theories, Characteristics, and Recommendations, Fernanda Ibanez