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 see: http://ir.library.louisville.edu/about.html.
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
Biophysical exploration of conformational environments in zymogen prothrombin and blood coagulant thrombin., Ramya Billur
Political activism and resistance in Irish America : the clan na gael 1912-1916., Sara Bethany Bornemann
The population ecology and behavior of the cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga (Rafinesque, 1822)., Joseph Gavin Bradley
The emperor's new clothes: how the new atheists are reminding the humanities of their place and purpose in society., David Ira Buckner
The mosaics of Ciudad Universitaria : Mexican muralism at the crossroads., Annemarie Elizabeth Carney
Frederic Lindley Morgan : gentleman architect and reluctant modernist., Lisa Grace Carpenter
Uncertain certainties: an analysis of the American response to the 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic., Kelly Carty
Malaria in the prehistoric Caribbean : the hunt for hemozoin., Mallory D. Cox
The disjointed moment : marking, mapping, and making the real in William Eggleston's election eve (1976)., Joel Darland
Repetitive negative thinking styles and first-semester academic performance: psychological risk and resilience among low-income college students., Darlene M. Davis
Impacts of ammonia and temperature on freshwater snail behavior and physiology., Megan Christine DeWhatley
Investigating the unique reactivity of novel HX (X=Cl, Br) reagents with alkenes and alkynes., Rene E. Ebule
'Where history meets the future' : a historiographic exploration of Mississippi : the view from Tougaloo., Khirsten L. Echols
Self-executed dramaturgy : a journey with Miss Ida B. Wells., Sidney Michelle Edwards
The effects of monaural and binaural cues on perceived reverberation by normal hearing and hearing-impaired listeners., Gregory Matthew Ellis
Fostering positive emotion through self-compassion in individuals with chronic pain., Melissa E. Ellsworth
Computational modeling of electronically excited states in cobalamin-dependent reactions., Brady D. Garabato
Photonic tools for advanced sensing and imaging at the nanoscale., Jafar Hamed Ghithan
Factorization in integral domains., Ryan H. Gipson
Dead wood and decomposition in a tropical forest : vertical patterns, long-term processes, and the role of lightning., Evan Matthew Gora
Breaking with tradition(?) : female representations of heroism in old english poetry., Kathryn A. Green
The ‘just city’ or just a city? : evaluating social justice and equity in planning education., Wes Grooms
There is water in the world for us : the environmental theories of Alice Walker., Janae Lewis Hall
The styles of criminology : writing among the stars., Ethan Maxwell Higgins
Accuracy differences between interview formats : examining factors that may influence metamemory utilization., Robin F. Hopkins
Potential for developing run-of-river systems in eastern Kentucky : a GIS approach to site suitability., Thomas Jeffords
High dynamic range optical devices and applications., Elijah Robert Jensen
The unequal city: the mass criminalization of the urban poor., Elizabeth Michele Jones
Gender boundary negotiation within the U.S. immigrant/refugee resettlement : how transnational bridge-building matters., Telesphore Kagaba
Arab-Islamic and folk health models: new perspectives on Syrian refugee resettlement in the US., Ghina Kheir
Identification and functional characterization of effectors from an anther smut fungus, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae., Venkata Swathi Kuppireddy
Effects of context and individual differences on memory for prior remembering., Marcus L. Leppanen
"Triggers": systematic and social cues for black college student racial self-consciousness and rejection sensitivity, race-based., LeAnna T. Luney
Long-range electrostatic interactions in gold catalysis and fluorinating reagent development., Zhichao Lu
Framing climate change as national security: a survey-experiment on climate change perceptions., Adam Lyons
Pens, print, and pixels : gendered writing and the epistolary genre in transitional eras., Keri Elizabeth Mathis
A fractured conversation : the professional, scholarly, and disciplinary identities of two-year college writing faculty., Laura Sceniak Matravers
North American indigenous collection and curation and its impact on market arts., Adelaide McComb
Weight stigma and motivation to exercise : exploring associations and constructs from the basic needs theory., Stephanie R. McDonough
Title., Douglas Miller
Furthering understanding of forensic units: a detailed examination of Knoxville police department's crime scene unit., Cassandra Christina Rausch
Macro-level predictors of assaults against police in Kentucky., Virginia Paulette Redman
Soil ecology of the exotic dune grass Leymus arenarius., Matthew L. Reid
Will-power through physical connectivity., Mia Donata Rocchio
The regional distribution and molecular interactions of phospholipids and glucose in mammalian vitreous humors., Abigail Nicole Schnepf
Common ground, diverging paths: eighteenth-century English and French landscape painting., Jessica Robins Schumacher
Gestures of creative recovery for the egocentric actor through performance in Wertenbaker's our country's good., Ross Joel Shenker
Dixie tornadoes : a spatial analysis of tornado risk in the U.S. south., Joshua L. Sherretz
Transcending the panels: varieties of experience and selfhood in comics., Will D. Simpson
Gender and leadership in animal sheltering organizations., Jennifer Blevins Sinski
Killing Martin county : resiliency in a central Appalachian community., David Adam Sizemore
African American grandmothers as the black matriarch : you don't live for yourself., Tanisha Nicole Stanford
Information theoretic thresholding techniques based on particle swarm optimization., Surina Surina
Microaggressions in LGB individuals: the protective role of positive LGB identity., Ghazel Tellawi
"We're asking you to show up" : accountability as rhetorical practice for queer, feminist, and racial justice allyship., Laura Tetreault
Navigating mental health care access in Louisville : an ethnography of local resources and care assemblages., Laura Drabelle Valentine
Developments in multivariate post quantum cryptography., Jeremy Robert Vates
First semester academic functioning of college students : the role of stressful and traumatic life events., Ashlee J. Warnecke
Plasma based synthesis and surface modification of graphene., Rong Zhao
Understanding the relationship between positive affect and cortisol in lung cancer patients., Lauren Ann Zimmaro
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The roles of anxious rearing, negative affect, and effortful control in a model of risk for child perfectionism., Nicholas William Affrunti
Synthesis and fundamental property studies of energy material under high pressure., Meysam Akhtar
American Muslim men and stigma : the use of religious communities as mechanisms for stigma management., Jack R. Allen III
His scent of sandalwood., Lujain Almulla
Exploring the barriers to effective federal flood mitigation in the Mississippi River region., Linda Kay Bailey
Likelihood-based methods for analysis of copy number variation using next generation sequencing data., Udika Iroshini Bandara
The relationship between trauma and health-related quality of life in lung cancer patients : the potential protective role of mindfulness., Rene Bayley-Veloso
A fly has died a splendid death in a pool of strawberry ice cream., Miranda L. Becht
Water-soluble Pd and Pd-alloy nanoparticles as catalysts in biphasic solvent., Shekhar Bhama
Magnetic field-induced intramolecular cyclization as a trigger for nanoparticle-based delivery systems., Sara Katherine Biladeau
Eight pieces of pie., Maggie E. Cassaro
Building the bastard : confidence through preparation in Shakespeare's King Lear., Shaleen Tarun Cholera
This is a black-white conversation : navigating race, class, and gender at an urban school., Jelisa S. Clark
Preparing for racial discrimination : the role of cognition and emotion in the proactive coping process of African American college students., Ryan Christopher Tyler DeLapp
The mark of the Devil : medical proof in witchcraft trials., Sarah Dunn
Mechanism investigation of pseudouridine synthases TruB and RluA with RNA containing 5-fluorouridine and 4-thiouridine., Uyen T. Duong
Since the time of Eve : La Leche League and communities of mothers throughout history., Joanna Paxton Federico
A risky business : examining the prevalence and correlates of post traumatic stress disorder symptomology and social support in Kentucky's adult correctional staff., Ashley Terrell French
Governing the urban water commons : essays on collaborative policy networks in a polycentric ecology of urban water policy games., Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah
Stories at work : restorying narratives of new teachers' identity learning in writing studies., Rachel Gramer
Homogeneous ligand-centered hydrogen evolution and hydrogen oxidation : exploiting redox non-innocence to drive catalysis., Andrew Z. Haddad
New genres and new challenges : five interdisciplinary case studies of master's student writers., Meghan Lynne Hancock
Regularized solutions for terminal problems of parabolic equations., Sujeewa Indika Hapuarachchi
Aspirations into action : navigating structures for community engagement at the University of Louisville., Megan Faver Hartline
