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 2012
Nkrumahism and neo-Nkrumahism., Prince Kwasi Bediako Frimpong
'Rainbow nation' or 'Rambo nation'? : a comparative literary analysis of thematic changes in pre- and post- 1994 Black township novels., D. A. Gantt 1986-
The use of mathematical and computational models to define the role of mutation and infection in colorectal cancer., Chandler D. Gatenbee 1982-
Bawdy badges and the Black Death : late medieval apotropaic devices against the spread of the plague., Lena Mackenzie Gimbel 1976-
The art of natality : Virginia Woolf's and Kathe Kollwitz's aesthetics of becoming., Jennifer Brooke Goldberg 1973-
Parental engagement on student academic self-efficacy and educational attainment expectation for immigrant youth., Casey N. Griffith
Investigating commenting formats and content in first year composition and the virtual writing center., Rebecca Hallman
Anxiety in older adults with dementia residing in long-term care facilities., Lauren Summer Hess
Self-efficacy in the context of psychological abuse: a model of efficacy erosion., Kristen E. Hosey
Metacognitive processes in social anxiety : a path analysis., Ryan Patrick Hosey
Fusheng liu ji : gaps, literati identity, and meaning of artistic creation., Hong Huang 1961-
Cationic aminooxy lipids : synthesis, liposome stabilization and applications., Xuan Huang
Building bonds & promoting healthy choices : farmers' & vendors' relationships with African American consumers., Natasacha Ryan Jones
Shedding hair and baring soul : Black men's talk at the barbershop., Ryessia Jones 1987-
Discussion board posts about Jewish interfaith relationships and intermarriage : romantic love, independence, concern for children, and ethnicity., Miriam Kan 1981-
Theory, praxis and transformation : the dramatic writing of Suzan-Lori Parks as liberatory critical pedagogy., Tamika Keene
Land cover classification of active fire and burned area detections for Canadian provinces, 2001-2010., Tyler Kerr
Size- and shape-dependent electrochemistry of gold nanoparticles., Irina V. Khachian
Applications of solid state NMR to cardiolipin and elastin., Tatiana Victorovna Krivokhizhina 1981-
Ethnocentric frames across race : the media's role in activating ethnocentrism and public support for conflict abroad., Christopher William Ledford
A study of the total coloring of graphs., Maxfield Edwin Leidner
Biophysical and bioanalytical studies of hyaluronan and lipids., Kristen Ann Magness 1981-
Maidens, matrons, and magicians : women and personal ritual power in late antique Egypt., Meghan Paalz McGinnis
A spatial age-structured model of perennial plants with a seed bank., Kimberly Ilene Meyer
The impact of Edward Perry Warren on the study and collections of Greek and Roman antiquities in American academia., James Murley 1947-
Learning from graphically integrated 2D and 3D representations improves retention of neuroanatomy., Farah Naaz
Developing actor expertise : the presentation and representation of man in Will Eno's The flu season., Conrad Harding Newman 1984-
Dames, doilies, & divorce., Tenille Novinger
The role of human awareness on the spatial patterns of the tick-borne disease human monocytic ehrlichiosis in Missouri., James Edward Nunn 1985-
The foundational structures behind Star Wars., Aaron Nusz
Individual and developmental differences in susceptibility to the irrelevant speech effect., Amanda Frances O'Bryan
Art as a media for social commentary : a case study of Igbo bongo musicians, south-eastern Nigeria., Ruth Stellamaris Opara 1980-
To the mountaintop and back again : the rise and fall of General George B. McClellan., Carl Pagles 1977-
"The greatest evil that can befall us" : Unionism in antebellum era Kentucky, 1849-1861., Curtis Lushawn Parmley 1975-
Rethinking human and nonhuman animal relations in J. M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello (2003)., Rodrigo Martini Paula
The unruly woman in prime time animated sitcoms., Sarah Pennington
The Ilkhanid Mongols, the Christian Armenians, and the Islamic Mamluks : a study of their relations, 1220-1335., Lauren Prezbindowski
Emotional labor in a gendered occupation : the work of a female funeral director., Allison Scott Pruitt
Visualizing female agency : space and gender in contemporary women's art in Mexico., Jamie L. Ratliff
Fenichel's theorems with applications in dynamical systems., Jeremy Warren Riley
Asymptotics and confidence estimation in segmented regression models., Rebekah Ann Robinson
Alternative performances of race and gender in hip-hop music : nerdcore counterculture., Jessica Elizabeth Ronald
Unearthing Charles Rolwing : the problem of documentation in the small museum., Elizabeth A. H. Rue 1988-
Richard III and a comedian's eye., William S. Salmons
Carbon-sulfur bond formation/cleavage reactions of metal-stabilized thiyl radicals by electrochemical and chemical methods., Kagna Ouch Sampson 1983-
Turkish housing policies : a case study on mass housing provision in the last decade., Salih Ozgur Sarica 1983-
An analysis of Hindi women-centric films in India., Srijita Sarkar
A model of resilience in children at risk for the development of anxiety., Matthew David Hartman Schrock
Ideological tensions, pedagogical gaps : multilingual engineering scholars' response to language variation in academic writing., Ghanashyam Sharma
Zooplankton in freshwaters : potential responses to global warming, nutrient enrichment, and exotic jellyfish., Allison S. Smith
An exploration of African folktales among the Gullah community of the South Carolina Sea Islands : history, culture, and identity., Tytianna Nikia Maria Wells Smith 1987-
P.A.I.N.T. : a case study in engaging the community through public art., Katherine Jo Sowada
Fear of criminal victimization in relation to specific locations on a college campus., Nancy M. Steinmetz 1955-
Examining crime symbiosis : the impact of alcohol outlets on violence in nearby neighborhood park environs., William Cameron Stelzig 1986-
Ibrida., Dawn N. Struck
Narrative of modern Chinese masculinity in Ha Jin's fiction., Lezhou Su
Consumer culture, material desires, and images of women in American novels and art at the turn of the 20th century., Janna S. Tajibaeva
Journey towards artistry : Blues for an Alabama sky., Jacqueline L. Thompson 1979-
Adolescent steroid use : a logistic regression analysis., Anthony Gennaro Vito 1987-
Of mice and sigma : conferred antibiotic resistance in the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium murine model., Rena Margaret Wallen 1981-
A Sartrean reading of American artists : Walker Percy, Edward Hopper, and Mike Nichols 1940-1970., Zhenping Wang 1963-
Collections care and management at the Howard Steamboat Museum, Inc., Katherine LeClerq Wanke 1988-
Finding the brutal aesthetic., Marcy R. Werner
Albert Taylor Bledsoe : Whig intellectual and proslavery theorist., Lori Jean Wilson 1974-
The Paramount Ballroom in the 1930s : a modernist social and architectural space., Xi Zhang 1987-
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
A reconsideration of the apse of Hagia Eirene., Eston Adams 1979-
Historiography, disciplinarity, and the future(s) of composition., Lisa R. Arnold
Dealing with manhood : general strain theory, masculinity, and the engagement in illicit drug trafficking., Sonita L. Arnold
Rational design, synthesis and characterization of amide functionalized pyridine and benzimidazole transition metal complexes., Samuel S. K. Asem
Functionalized nanoparticles for AMF-induced gene and drug delivery., Souvik Biswas
Motor observation, motor performance, and motor imagery : an ERP study., Eric Brian
Delinquency : a trajectory analysis of African-American males., Wyatt Brown 1985-
Neutral magnesium as a probe of high column density QSO absorbers., Joseph N. Burchett
Application of microfabrication in electrochemical sensing., Susan Carroll
Addressing identity/redressing the museum., Sarah Guadalupe Cassidy
Demography of the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) in the central region of Thailand., Apinya Chaitae 1977-
The madness is catching : transsexuality and the Cartesian subject., Andrew Edward Clark 1986-
Achievement motivation and self-evaluative emotions in preschool children from low-income families., Crystal A. Day
Pattern play : pieced works on paper., Gweneth A. Dunleavy 1954-
Execution ritual : media representations of execution and the social construction of public opinion regarding the death penalty., Emilie Dyer 1987-
Priest, prophet, pilgrim : types and distortions of spiritual vocation in the fiction of Wendell Berry and Cormac McCarthy., Todd Edmondson
Quidam homo est asinus : the originality and influence of Peter Abelard upon Medieval thought., Timothy Ernst 1982-
Lessons from the journey : developing and applying an actor's process through embodying "Uncle Peck" in How I learned to drive., K. Obadiah Ewing-Roush
Methods and software for nonparametric estimation in multistate models., Amanda Nicole Ferguson
Social-emotional behaviors in African-American toddlers : the role of risk and protective factors., Paulette Flores 1970-
Teenage pharmapocalypse? : an exploratory examination of prescription drug abuse., Lorin Brooke Friley
Noir ontology : existing in the fragmented spaces of Los Angeles., Jacob Andrew Goessling
Leo Wrye Zimmerman : return to Main Street., McKenna Graham
Louisville-Jefferson County police consolidation : officers' perception of organizational justice., Joseph Sterling Grant 1962-
That terrifying center : poetry, language, and embodied subjectivities., Yalonda J. D. Green 1980-
Attaining the church universal : imagination, popular theology, and ecumenism in the ministry of S. Parkes Cadman, 1920-1936., James C. Hall 1986-
High dynamic range imaging for the detection of motion., Jeffrey Robert Hay
Counter-Reformation agenda in the paintings of the Virgin Mary., Sharon Lynne Heaphy 1987-
They are in silence : refugee women's narratives., Erin Elizabeth Herbert
