This collection includes theses and dissertations from the College of Arts and Sciences. It is not exhaustive since most paper theses and dissertations have not been digitized. Generally, paper copies of theses and dissertations published prior to 2014 can be accessed in the University of Louisville Libraries. If you would like to add your thesis or dissertation to this collection, please fill out the Electronic Theses & Dissertations form.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Religious coping measurement in the context of long-term care., Nathaniel David Andrew
Send nudes : art on social anxiety and human connection in an internet driven society., Lauren A Bader
Do LGBTQ-identified, postsecondary writing instructors come out in their classrooms?, Michael Baumann
Exploratory learning activities in the physics classroom: contrasting cases versus a rich dataset., Campbell Rightmyer Bego
Urban (un)planning and social vulnerability in the context of rapid urbanization and data constraints: a quantitative study of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Sheliza Bhanjee
Understanding worry and mindfulness through psycholinguistics., Elena Maria Clara Geronimi Bortoleto
The tournament and chivalry as represented by Chrétien de Troyes, Marie de France, and Geoffrey Chaucer., Hailey Michelle Brangers
"A trained and trustful soul" : life and literature of a black Louisville artist in minstrel America., Emma Christine Bryan
Thinging : powerful objects., Tammy M. Burke
A study of big field multivariate cryptography., Ryann Cartor
Algebraic properties of neural codes., Katie C. Christensen
Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development., Nick Conder
Vital data : writing and circulating data in non-profits., Patrick Danner
Wounds and writing : building trauma-informed approaches to writing pedagogy., Michelle L. Day
Lithium molybdate-sulfur battery., Ruchira Ravinath Dharmasena
Disentangling the negativity bias: 7-9-month-old crawling and non-crawling infants' responses to fearful and angry expressions., Katherine C. Dixon
Changing internal identity through physical crafting in performance., Lauren Elizabeth Dobbs
Exploring place as a producer of localized art styles and its role in a contemporary global art world., Alexis Doerr
Experimental immunology and the potential for osteopathological reconstructions : pursuing an experimental foundation for the skeletal inflammatory index., Megan Elizabeth Duncanson
Anthropogenic landscapes of Amazonia : a spatial analysis of landscape modification and settlement organization at Macurany, Brazil., M. Grace Ellis
Vlogging truth to power : a qualitative study of resilience as practiced by transgender youtube content creators., Corey J. Feger
Impartiality, social network effects and collective memory: three essays on trust in police., Matthew Robert Fischer
Emotion regulation is associated with peer victimization among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder., Nicholas D. Fogleman
Police stress, depression, and substance use among police officers: a general strain perspective., Kyra Nicole Fritz
User's ability to detect fake news in online environments., Aleeza N. Gardner
"Model and patriarch" of southern settlements : neighborhood house in Louisville, Kentucky, 1896-1939., Kalie Ann Gipson
Learning and laboring : student-workers’ networked experiences of literacy, agency, and mobility in the Neoliberal University., Layne Porta Gordon
Behavioral and cognitive correlates of intolerance of uncertainty in children with and without anxiety disorders., Colette Marie Gramszlo
Trauma narratives in mental health interpreting : a qualitative study., Miranda Hale
Towards a theory of human mobility and wall-building: a comparative analysis of Hadrian's Wall and the Iron Curtain., Timothy Heine
A new fantasy of crusade : Sarras in the vulgate cycle., Christopher Michael Herde
Subversive sponsorship : organized literacy education and the long civil rights movement., Jaclyn Hilberg
The captivity narratives of Cynthia Ann Parker : settler colonialism, collective memory, and cultural trauma., Treva Elaine Hodges
Oxygen deficient perovskites: effect of structure on electrical conductivity, magnetism and electrocatalytic activity., Ram Krishna Hona
The actor’s rhythm, internal beat., Lashondra Cherell Hood
Speech articulation in children with Williams syndrome or 7q11.23 duplication syndrome., Myra Jean Fallon Huffman
An electrochemical instrument for the analysis of heavy metals in water via anodic stripping coulometry for applications in remote sensing., Kelsey Lynn Kaht
Exploring the Indian opinion : interpretations of colonialism, anti-colonial activism, and Gandhi's influence in three African countries, 1950-1960., Alexander Ganesha Kaliannan
Coming to terms with Gonzo journalism : an analysis in Russian formalism., Beau Kilpatrick
Hybridity and political disorder : a mixed method approach to understanding the hybrid regime., Bryce Jamison Kleinsteuber
A multi-plot assessment of vegetation structure using a micro-unmanned aerial system (UAS) in a semi-arid savanna environment., Nicholas E Kolarik
Marriage among U.S. international students : meanings and aspirations., Assel Kuzembayeva
Evaluation of a learning community program for developmental reading students at a two-year college., Tonya Scott Lanphier
Characterizing majority rule on various discrete models of consensus., Trevor Leach
A study on radiative pion capture as a source of background in the search for muon to electron conversion at the Mu2e experiment., Joseph Leibson
Representation and restraint : cross-national analysis of fractionalization and state-building., David Lian
Queering black greek-lettered fraternities, masculinity and manhood : a queer of color critique of institutionality in higher education., Antron Demel Mahoney
Brokering words and work: complexities of literacy sponsorship in the oilfields of south Texas., Jennifer L. Marciniak
Denkyem (Crocodile): Identity development and negotiation among Ghanaian-American Millennials., Jakia Marie
Progressive city in the progressive era : child welfare reform in Louisville Kentucky., Mary K. Marlatt
Curating an American immigrant identity : German and Latin American heritage weekends as placemaking in Louisville, Kentucky, 1974-1980., Sarah Elizabeth McCoy
Developmental changes in reasoning about cross-classified individuals., Catherine H. McDermott
Help-seeking for cognitive impairment by the patient : the role of self-compassion., Allison J. Midden
Mapping rural literacy sponsorship networks : literacy infrastructures and perceptions in Abbyville., Amy McCleese Nichols
Reading the readers : analyses of Shakespearean and Cervantine characters as (dys)functional readers., Erin Shannon O'Reilly
Stability and reactivity analysis of single metal and bimetallic nanostructures by anodic stripping voltammetry., Dhruba Kumar Pattadar
Involuntary memories after stressor exposure: contribution of hormonal status and rumination in women., Samantha C. Patton
Laser spectroscopy investigations of jet-cooled metal-containing free radicals., Anam Chandra Paul
Waiting room., Helen Payne
Allee effects introduced by density dependent phenology., Timothy James Pervenecki
GC×GC-MS and parallel 2DLC-MS based untargeted metabolomics., Md Aminul Islam Prodhan
Laser spectroscopic investigations of organic alkoxy and peroxy radicals., Md Asmaul Reza
Synthetic methods and biological applications of nitrogen heterocycles to compounds of biological interest., Jarrid Ronnebaum
Transforming moss P. patens with lignin peroxidase through heterologous protein expression., Jesse Lee Rozsa
Emotion regulation and the experience of racial microaggressions., Broderick Sawyer
"Monogamish" : constructing shared meaning of commitment and marriage in same-sex relationships., Brandon Michael Schmidt
Fatal attraction : intimate partner violence among black LGBTQ relationships., Amberli A. Seay
Electrochemical determination of surface area-to-volume ratio for metal nanoparticle analysis., Jay Narayan Sharma
Plant protein prenylation in environmental responses and protein production., Parul Singh
Affirmatively furthering fair housing at the local level : a critical discourse analysis of practices in Louisville, Kentucky., Steven P. Sizemore
It's a mad world after all: the influence of stoic thought in Goya's Los Caprichos., Jennifer Anne Steward
Under construction : acting, creativity, collaboration, and SITI company., Carol Stewart
All the better to see you with., Monica Stewart
Trace., KCJ Szwedzinski
This to which we've come., Holly Tabor
Laser spectroscopy investigations on molecular and free radicals dynamics., Hamzeh Telfah
Character arcs: mapping creative writers' trajectories into the composition classroom., Jon Udelson
Functional opponency in working memory capacity predicts cognitive flexibility in problem solving., Charles A. Van Stockum Jr.
Exploring the role of PTN1 in ustilago maydis., Lalu Murali Krishna Vijayakrishna Pillai
Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of metal complexes with cancer selective anti-proliferative effects and hydrogen evolution catalytic properties., Nicholas Vishnosky
Digital political information consumption and ambivalent political attitudes., Dane Ryan Warner
Charting a course through confusion: mapping pathological cranial lesions in an Archaic population from Kentucky., Austin Warren
Vile transgressor of the womb : prosecution and persecution for concealment in Puritan Massachusetts., Jennifer White
A contemporary trend analysis of Kentucky State Police vehicular pursuit-related collisions and injuries., Frederick A. Williams Jr.
“I have prayed and prayed: I have labored and labored”: ethnic catholicism in Daviess country Kentucky, 1850-1900., Edward A. Wilson III
Leonora Carrington : A Bestiary., Stephanie Wise
The emergent matter of archives : a rhetorical investigation of the queer formation of the Williams-Nichols archive., Richard Wysocki
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Igniting the imagination : tenaciously building a character., Lois Abdelmalek
"Why am I in school?": a mixed methods investigation into stopping out of college., Kathryn Gardner Adamchik
The effects of habitat and connectivity on tropical ant ecology and behavior., Benjamin Jacob Adams
The history and signification of the Navicella Mosaic at St. Peter's Basilica, Rome., Eston Dillon Adams
Cross-validation of the body compassion scale in a sample of women in perimenopause., Jennifer K. Altman
Conciencia bilingüe : the multilingual and academic writing practices of undocumented immigrant activists., Sara del Pilar Alvarez
Conquerors or cowards: the role of the Kentucky mounted militia in the Indian wars from 1768 to 1841., Joel Anderson
Coagulation Factor XIIIA: biochemical properties underlying physiological function., Boris Anokhin
Assessing the relationship between talker normalization and spectral contrast effects in speech perception., Ashley Atri Assgari
