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 2019
2D materials based heterostructures : a lithography free method., Adel Alruqi
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Waiting room., Helen Payne
Allee effects introduced by density dependent phenology., Timothy James Pervenecki
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
