Dissertations from 2024
Perspectives of College Students with Disabilities Regarding Their High School Transition Experience: Notes for High School Transition Planning, Lindsay Hartzler, Kitty Dong, Andrew Johnson Kliethermes, Kaitlyn Sandheinrich, and Mark Wheatley
Enhancing the First-year Experience Program for Community College Students: Creating a Cohort Model to Encourage Success, Engagement, and Sense of Belonging, Vicky Herbel, Christina Cox, Amy M. Koehler, Kim Mercurio, and Barbara Stratman
Wiping Out Central Line Associated-Bloodstream Infections: Cleaning High Touch Surfaces in the PICU, Emily Heth
Presentation Format and Disclosure Overload: Evidence from the Public Sector, Melissa Hicks
Shattering the Mask: Unveiling the Destructive Force of Misogynoir, LeDominique Hubbard
A Quasi-experimental Study on the Effectiveness of Neurofeedback on Anxiety, Supervisory Working Alliance, and Supervisory Nondisclosure of Counselors in Training, Elizabeth Irwin (Available for download on Sunday, August 01, 2027)
Depression Screening and Education for Immigrants to Increase Access to Care, Viktoriya Ivantsova
Nursing Interventions for Psychosis and Other Mental Health Crises: A Hermeneutical Phenomenological Study of Nurses’ Experiences, Christopher Jasensky
Restraint Reduction Using the Brøset Violence Checklist, DeAnna Kappelmann
Fear, Distress, and Dissociation: Correlates of Physiological Hyporeactivity After Interpersonal Victimization, Natalia Kecala
A Guideline-Based Approach to Increase Early Mobilization in the Pediatric Patient Following Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kayla Keeven
Implementation of a Standardized Nursing Handoff in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Tori Keeven (Available for download on Friday, July 24, 2026)
Relations Between Prior Racial Microaggressions, Expat Motivation, and Life Satisfaction Among African American Expat Women in Mexico, Patricia Keller
Organizational Control and Technological Capabilities: The Moderating Role of Family Influence on the Firm, Sean Leahy
Accountability for Unethicality: Monitoring, Policy, and Individual Attitudes, Sara Marie Lewis
Convening the Counter-Conversation: Critical Participatory Action Research Against Real-Time Repression, Connor Maguire, Leo Jalipa, and Anne Grass
Participation Mandatory, Learning Not Required: A Phenomenological Study of Diversity Training in Education and Law Enforcement, Jamie Martin, Tabari Asim Coleman, Toni J. Fall, Crystal L. Isom, and Jennifer L. Niebrzydoski
Under The Surface of Perfectionism: A Qualitative Examination of Perfectionism in Women Leaders, Rachelle Martin
Social Work in Pediatric Primary Care, Courtney Maxey
Why We Stay - Considering the Past, Contemplating the Present, and Suggestions for the Future, Joelle McIntosh and Erika S. Johnson
The Future of Physical Education and How Instructional Technology is Pivotal in Curriculum Design and Learner-Centered Instruction, Josh McMillian
A Multi-Site Qualitative Analysis of the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems: Implications for Dual System Youth, Lauren Morgan
Improving Nurse Response to Seizure Events in a Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit with Use of a Standardized Process, Stacey Obst Paule
It Can Be Lonely at the Top, But it Doesn’t Have to Be: Workplace Loneliness as Experienced by Senior Leaders and Potential Coping Strategies, Kristen Prince
For Black Women - When the Rainbow Was Not Enough (Shange, 1976, New York City): An Autoethnographic Collection About Spirit Assassination, Teresa Quarles, Tamika Galvin, and Sherrie McClellan
The Cultivation and Integration of Cultural Humility and Cultural Competence in LGBTIQ+ Client Work: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach, Gon Ratanashevorn
Perspectives of an Automotive Technician and Automotive Technician Educator: An Autoethnography, Christopher E. Reynolds Sr.
Navigating the Landscape: Perceptions, Motivations, and the Journey of Data Professionals in Implementing Data Processes and Procedures, Willie Rivers
Interdisciplinary Medication Reconciliation Approach for Arabic-Speaking Patients, Rebecca Rodman
Student–Faculty Engagement Solutions for Retention of Racially Minoritized Students, Rayza Rolon Nieves, Kevin M. Wathen, Jordan M. Watson, and Shanee E. Haynes
Diverse Gamers: Resistance Through Video Gameplay, Breon Rose
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, “If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?1”: A Case Study in English Language Arts Achievement, Anna E. Russell Ziegler
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Secondary Instrumental Music Ensembles: A Qualitative Intrapersonal Inquiry, Christopher Sakowski
360 Degree Clinical Competence Evaluation for Pediatric Hospitalist Advance Practice Provders, Elizabeth A. Schickler
Implementation of Quantitative Blood Loss Following Cesarean Section Birth, Layna Victoria Schultz
Exploring Strategies for Placement Stability Among Foster Care Children, Gabrielle Sewester
Increasing Rates of Advance Directives in Primary Care, Lindsay Shahi
Immigration, Moral Panics, and Punishment: The Impact of Media Coverage and Public Interest on Jail Incarceration, Faraneh Shamserad
Unraveling Biases and Customer Heterogeneity in E-commerce Recommendation Systems, Sachin Sharma
The Impacts of Authentic Learning on Student Outcomes, Evan Sheppard and Cameron Conner
Addressing Daily Compliance of Central Line Discussions in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Caitlin Sherwood
Implementation of Quantitative Blood Loss in Cesarean Section Births, Madeline Skelton
Finding Combinatorial Patterns in Real Valued Omics Data, Kenneth Smith
Ethnic Studies and White Identity, Aimee Snelling and Kara Cisco
Enhancing Rotating Machinery Fault Diagnosis: A Dual-Head Attention Mechanism in Deep Learning Neural Networks, Qing Snyder
Who Cares?! Fostering Inclusive and Empowering Environments for Black Students in Predominantly White Institutions: Strategies for Retention and Cultural Engagement, Joel Mandell Stancer, Danielle Allen, Angela Haywood-Gaskin, Kelly Atkins, Rhonda Lingard, and Kuriston White-Dunlap
Optimistic Biases on E-Cigarette Cessation: Examining Competing Theoretical Models for Young Adults with and without Chronic Health Conditions, Eleanor Steffens (Available for download on Wednesday, October 08, 2025)
Black Female Educator: Underappreciated, Overworked, and the Indelible Quest for Agency Within the Educational System, Sharena Stevenson
Implementation of Skin-to-Skin Immediately Post C-Section: A Pilot Study, Miah Vernor
Management of Post-Extubation Dysphagia using the Yale Swallow Protocol, Nicole West
Counseling and Mental Health Awareness in Higher Education Institutions: A Phenomenological Exploration of Mental Health and How It Affects Degree Completion among Black Undergraduate College Women, ShaQuina D. White and Desirae N. Williams
Ethical Leadership and Moral Foundations Congruence, Sarah Willey
My Story is in the Structure: An Autoethnographic Study by an Instructional Designer Working in a Centralized Academic Reporting Line, Pamela Williams
Self-Harm in Female Youth with Undiagnosed ADHD: Implementing American Academy of Pediatrics Screening Guidelines, Roselie M. Woodard
Dissertations from 2023
The Effect of Student Perception of Parent Involvement and Socioeconomic Status on Academic Intrinsic Motivation, Pallavi Aggarwal and Taylor Lawson Smith
Investigating Relationships Between Muslim High School Students’ School Belonging and Career Decision-Making, Nour Alhiyari
Loss Scaling and Step Size in Deep Learning Optimizatio, Nora Alosily
With a Little Help at Home: The Impact of Romantic Partner Support on Daily Burnout and Workplace Incivility, Matthew Aplin-Houtz
High Resolution Intracavity Laser Absorption Spectroscopy of Transition Metal-containing Diatomic Molecules, Kristin Bales
U.S. Military Veterans Transition to Two Midwest Universities: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Moral Injury, and Academic Outcomes, Malychanh T. Bartlett
Cumulative Advantage and Student Performance in General Chemistry: An Empirical Study at a Midwest Tier 1 University (2016-2019), Nicole Barvian
Restricted Powers, Special-Purpose Districts, and Path Dependence: Economic Graveyards in Downstate Illinois, Bethany Behrhorst
Implementing Obesity Management Guidelines in Rural Primary Care, Taylor Bell
Gottman Processes and Couple Outcomes While Navigating Infertility, Clayton Brigance
Implementing Trauma-Informed Care Curriculum in a Doctoral Nursing Program, Mary D. Brown
The Motherhood Crusade: Rural Low-Income Mothers, Support, and Empowerment, Christina Castellano
Implementation of a Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR) Patient Handoff Tool in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Kristen L. Chandler
Evaluation of Simulation on Medication Errors in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Carrie Clark
Improving Postpartum Depression Screening Practices in the Postpartum Setting, Courtney Lynn Cole
The Impact of Firm Size, Job Embeddedness, and Job Engagement on Turnover in Public Accounting Firms, Amy Cooper
Topological Data Analysis of Convolutional Neural Networks Using Depthwise Separable Convolutions, Eliot Courtois
Standardized Reporting for Hospice Admissions, Courtney Davenport
The Public Muse in Congress: The Punctuation of American Federal Arts Policy, Elizabeth Deichmann
Missed and Prior Diagnoses in Children Later Diagnosed with Autism, Maire Diemer
Improving Pediatric Asthma Outcomes Through Pictorial Asthma Action Plans, Julia Donovan
Social Spaces, Places, and Substance Use in Shaping Queer Identities, Alessandra Milagros Early
High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Interstellar Lines and Comets, Chemeda Ejeta
Daily SBAR Sheet for Pediatric Patients with Central Lines, Jordan M. Enzwiler
Student Retention through Decision Making and Withdrawal: The Importance of Course Scheduling in Higher Education, Danielle Faucett
Implementation of a Structured Discharge Checklist for Children Admitted to the Hospital with Acute Asthma, Nicholas Fleming
You Can Get There from Here: A Phenomenological Study of Help-Seeking Behavior and Experiences of Student Military Veterans in Community College, Donivan Foster
Screening for Food Insecurity in a Suburban Pediatric Urgent Care, Rachel Foutz
Do Allyship and Motivation Influence Women’s Cognitive Functioning and Self-Regulation After Witnessing Sexism?, Christina Garasky
Perceptions of and Approaches to Social Support Exchange While on Probation and Parole, Andrea Giuffre
Predicting Outcomes in Early Treated Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Natalie Goedeker (Available for download on Thursday, August 06, 2026)
Moving Forward by Looking Back: How Family Firms Create Competitive Advantage by Embracing Their History, Adam Goldman
The Association between Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Mental Health in Natal Females with a Focus on Native American Populations, Lexxie Gramke
Probing Amyloid-beta protein structure and dynamics with a selective antibody, Shikha Grover
Examining the Interrelations between Rational Choice Inputs: Implications for Criminological Theory and Research, Benjamin Hamilton
Treatment Outcome from Cognitive Processing Therapy Examined Three Ways, Sophie Haven