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 2014
Taking clinical judgment out of the equation : a call for the standardization of MCI diagnostic criteria and construction of a model to predict conversion to dementia., Adam Tyler Gerstenecker
The use of variable-bagging and the cross-validation selector in the prediction of alzheimer’s using the adni database., Michael Wayne Godbey
Transboundary groundwater and unsustainable practices of water governance in the Guarani Aquifer : The case of the province of Misiones., Paula Carolina Gomez 1974-
Undoings : reversals and dissolutions of binaries in the narrative films of Peter Greenaway., Kristina Sue Bohleber Groves 1978-
Not even or pretty : improvisational textiles from recycled clothing., Karen Anne Habeeb 1974-
"They had no key that would fit my mouth" : women's struggles with cultural constructions of madness in Victorian and modern England and America., Leslie Ann Harper
Yours, mine, and ours : confronting the originality burden through remix and intertextuality., Barrie Olson Harvey
The healing process : finding oneself through character., Jody-Ann Peta-Gay Henry
"My watch begins" : identification and procedural rhetoric on second screens and social networks., K. Shannon Howard
Several functional equations defined on groups arising from stochastic distance measures., Heather B. Hunt
Assessing urban freeway deconstruction : a survey of 21 cities with case studies of San Francisco and Milwaukee., Doddy Aditya Iskandar
Servants of my people first : an examination of the political literacies of the Black Liberation Front International (BLFI), 1969-1973., Joilynn Karega-Mason
The language politics of doctoral studies in rhetoric and composition : toward a translingual revision of graduate education in the field., Carrie Byars Kilfoil
Hugh Haynie and the art of opinion : examining history, memory and controversy in museum exhibitions and interpretation., Jessica Bennett Kincaid
Triggered release of small molecules from solid supports using heat or an applied magnetic field., Ralph Jacob Knipp
Mechanistic insights and functionalization of alkynes in homogeneous gold catalysis., Manish Kumar
Globalizing literacies and identities : translingual and transcultural literacy practices of Bhutanese refugees in the U.S., Tika R. Lamsal
Prankster questionaire., Matthew Landan 1972-
A magical country : stories from Appalachia., James Eric Leary 1977-
Girls with guns : the disarmament and demobilization of female ex-combatants in Africa., Emily Katherine Maiden
Expanding the frontier of gold-catalyzed cyclizations and rational ligand design., Deepika Malhotra
The Roman army in fourth-century CE Egypt., Jon Bruce Manley 1988-
Historic preservation in Quito, Ecuador : tangible and intangible heritage., Meredith Alison Maple
Invasive plants as drivers and passengers of community change in a disturbed urban forest., Jeffery A. Masters
Aminooxy reagents in nanomedicine and bioanalysis., Stephanie Mattingly
Informal college study groups : gender and group homophily., Brandon Scott McReynolds
The walkable dividend : the impacts of walkability on housing and socio-economic composition in Louisville, Ky., Wesley Laurance Meares
Composing college and career : mobility, complexity and agency at the nexus of high school, college and work., Brice Nordquist
The Tempest defending Prospera : the ideation of spiritual lineage and practice in performance for an Afro-Haitian American actor., Iva-Kristi Maria Papailler
Functional equations with involution related to sine and cosine functions., Allison Perkins
Earthworm, microbial biomass, and leaf litter decay responses after invasive honeysuckle shrub removal from urban woodlands., Robert Preston Pipal
Down comes the mountain : coal mining and health in central Appalachia from 2000 to 2010., James Kent Pugh
Reclaiming my body : black women and the fight for reproductive justice., Shelby Ray Pumphrey
Ligand centered reactivity of metal stabilized thiyl radicals in solution, solid and gaseous phase., Rajat Rajat
Prevalence of knowledge in forensic anthropological field methods within traditional forensic investigation., Cassandra Christina Rausch 1988-
Putting the person first : an examination of thought disorder and personality heterogeneity in schizophrenia., Catherine Rose Robertson
The bricks in action : women's public housing activism in Louisville, Kentucky, 1958-1970., Aletia M. Robey
Facing crisis : maintaining class status in Victorian Old Louisville., David Walter Schatz
Thermionic emission properties of novel carbon nanostructures., Andriy Sherehiy
Women of the 1913 Armory Show : their contributions to the development of American modern art., Jennifer Pfeifer Shircliff
Biomarker discovery of liver diseases using mass spectrometry-based metabolomics., Xue Shi
Applications of GIS analyses and ecological approaches to paleolithic sites in Portugal., Christopher M. Sims
Communitas in YouTube comments : the March 2012 Henryville tornadoes., Richard William Slawsky
Aerial arial : a lesson in strength and stamina., Ashley Elizabeth Smith
Transfer and the commodification of practice., Kenneth Andrew Smith
The ethos of conspiracy argument : "character" as persuader in conspiracy rhetoric., Michael James Sobiech
The whore paradox : "rational" condom use decisions among prostitutes in the context of stigma and patriarchal bargaining., Maggie McCandless Stone
Disaster and poverty : the differential impacts of disaster on the poor in the Gulf Coast region., Abu Muhammad Sufiyan 1979-
Boundary contour based surface representation., Yong Su
The grey eagle of Glen Lily : Simon Bolivar Buckner's place in the lost cause, reunion, and politics of the late nineteenth century., Whitney K. Todd 1989-
Pedagogy : reconsiderations and reorientations., John Vance
Legislation and its effects on race relations in southeastern Indiana, 1785-1860., D. W. Varble
Mechanistic investigations of pseudouridine synthases : a surprising glycal intermediate lies on the reaction pathway., Govardhan reddy Veerareddygari
Dispositional mindfulness and working memory in the context of acute stress., Lauren M. Vines
Self-regulation theory and self-monitoring of blood glucose behavior in type 2 diabetes mellitus., Jennifer E. F. Ward
An analysis of the Creation Museum : hermeneutics, language, and information theory., Steven Mark Watkins
The rise of Bulgarian nationalism and Russia's influence upon it., Lin Wenshuang
Radical sister : Lucy Freibert as feminist nun, activist, and educator., Jessica Whitish
Prompting discussion : writing prompts, habits of mind, and the shape of the writing classroom., William Matthew Wiles
Competing conceptions of literacy : intersections in a dual-credit writing program., Caroline Wilkinson
The Riom trial : Marshal Petain's attack on the Third Republic., James Estel Williams 1985-
Dust properties of Z~2 infrared-luminous lyman break galaxies., Jennifer Leigh Wojno
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
In-situ monitoring of transport properties of graphene during plasma functionalization and it's applications in energy storage., Ruwantha Jayasingha Atapattu Mudiyaneselage 1980-
Plant and arthropod diversity in prairie restorations around Louisville, KY., Sarah Elizabeth Atherton
Translingualism in post-secondary writing and language instruction : negotiating language ideologies in policies and pedagogical practices., Nancy Bou Ayash
The palm of my hand : keeping an audience engaged as Benedick in Much ado about nothing., Jake Beamer
"Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished" : mortality, sexuality and spirituality in the early modern period., Whitney L. Brown
I "like" slash : the demographics of Facebook slash communities., Janidean Bruner 1987-
Hope for people or hope for cities? : HOPE VI at Liberty Green., Jelisa Clark
Our mess is more., Conyer Clayton
The marriage effect : an intergenerational analysis of marijuana desistance., Rachel Coonce 1983-
The women of Battlestar Galactica and their roles : then and now., Jesseca Schlei Cox 1988-
Anxiety in children with Williams syndrome : association with negative reactivity, self-regulation, and sensory modulation., Nicole A. Crawford-Zelli
Discovering domestic cemeteries : history, preservation, and education., Savannah Leigh Darr 1985-
Wine with pharaohs., Jean Fox DeMoisey 1974-
Privatization and ethical implications for public managers., Eric Dennison 1979-
Literacy and identity in popular and participatory culture., Laura A. Detmering
Exploring the interaction of explicit, genre-based instruction with antecedent genres and student engagement., Jason Charles Dietz
The founding of the Art in Embassies program and the misrepresentation of American art., Zachary Scott Distel
The new paradigm of rehabilitation : a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of incarceration-based rehabilitation in regards to recidivism reduction., Shaun Andrew Dixon 1985-
Mixture of Poisson distributions to model discrete stock price changes., Rasitha Rangani Jayasekare Kodippuli Thanthillage Dona
Ideologies of response in composition classrooms., Matt Dowell
The feeling of faith : a Thomistic account of religious emotions., John K. Dryden 1976-
The sea empress's garden., Brandon Dyer 1980-
Deconstructing saccades : identifying the components of saccades that produce saccade-induced retrieval enhancement., James Matthew Edlin
Influence of Lonicera maackii on leaf litter decomposition and macroinvertebrate communities in an urban stream., Catherine A. Fargen
Site 15SP202 and the Mississippian presence at the falls of the Ohio River., William Travis Fisher 1983-
Signs of blackness., William Fitzgerald Flood 1980-
"Two machines similarly constructed" : humanity between apes and clones., Emily Regina Freund
Interactivity in Louisville museums., Robert Stephen Goforth 1983-
Southern honor, Confederate warfare : southern antebellum cultural values in Confederate military operations, 1861-1865., Matthew D. Goldberg
Testing location memory for threatening and nonthreatening stimuli : implications for evolutionary psychological theorizing., Ryan Patrick Hacklander
Exploring the potential relationship between mindfulness and ratings of perceived exertion., Scott Michael Hanneman
The development of word-object associations in typically developing infants and infants and toddlers with Williams syndrome., Oh Ryeong Ha
Before your eyes., Zachary Garrett Hardin
