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 2011
Embodied consciousness in non-fiction illness narratives : a phenomenological-sociological approach., Kathryn A. Jacobi
Power in plaster : the installation of stuccowork during the late antique and early Byzantine periods., Kaelin Merritt Jewell
Avoiding, pretending, and querying : three combinatorial problems., Adam S. Jobson
The regulatory function of social referencing in preschoolers with Down syndrome or Williams syndrome., Angela E. John
Worry in children : proposal and test of a cognitive model., Sarah Jane Kertz
The nature of anisotropy in gain control pools., Yeon Jin Kim
Self-control theory : an exploration of racial disparities in offending., EmmaLeigh E. Kirchner
Quantum and classical description of spin systems with application to coherent relaxation in a resonator., Andrey Klots
In the words of another : on the promises and paradoxes of rhetorics of empathy., Eric Wallace Leake 1980-
The dialectic of trauma in Charlotte Salomon's Life? or theatre?, Brooke Leeton
Marginal nonparametric inference for waiting times in multistage models : hypothesis testing and regression., Douglas J. Lorenz
A social networking space : a study on the productivity of Twitter in museum practice., Cara C. Lyons
An exploration of the earthen feminine : the vessel., Sharon Madison 1955-
Thermolysis stability, solution reactivity and structural studies of a thioperoxide-bridged dimolybdenum(V) dimer., Ackim Maduvu
The effects of stereotype disconfirming information and self-disclosure on stereotype endorsement, prejudice, and social tolerance of schizophrenia and major depressive disorder., Nicole Leigh Meyer 1983-
Shifting parenting styles and the effect on juvenile delinquency., Thomas J. Mowen
The moonlight schools : adult literacy education in the age of Americanization., Samantha Hope NeCamp
Cycling and women's rights in the suffrage press., Christine Neejer
For Union, for Confederacy, for slavery : motivation for enlisting & serving among Kentucky's Civil War soldiers., James F. Osborne 1987-
Regulation of morphogenesis by ammonium transporters in Ustilgo maydis., Jinny A. Paul
The name of the sandwich itself., Amanda Lee Phillips
Invisible woman : a case study on black women's experiences in graduate degree programs in central Kentucky., Ciara Nicole Pierce
Away to freedom : African American soldiers and the War of 1812, Omar Shareef Price
Acute myocardial infarction patient data to assess healthcare utilization and treatments., Pedro Ramos
Computationally generated music using reinforcement learning., Kristopher W. Reese
Three revolutions : a comparative study of democratization and youth movements in the post-Soviet sphere., Christy Lynn Rhodes
Writing out the storm : trauma and the work of composition., Scott L. Rogers
Retrograde movements and the educational encounter : working-class adults in first-year composition., James Eric Romesburg
Theory of mind, social functioning, and awareness of ability in older adults., Sarah Vedrody Rowe
Species composition, demographics, and ecosystem services of residential trees in Louisville, Kentucky., Shannon A. Scroggins
Working class in British films 1950s-2000s : identity, culture, and ideology., Tongyun Shi 1961-
Constructing British identity : Tobias Smollett and his Travels through France and Italy, Michael Anthony Skaggs 1987-
(An)other gender : a cross-cultural analysis of war-torn France and Great Britain in which Simone de Beauvoir and Virginia Woolf redefine "woman"., Anna Stamp 1979-
Algebra knowledge in early elementary school supporting later mathematics ability., Scott A. Strother 1979-
Gold catalysis and its applications in synthesis of fluorinated organic compounds., Weibo Wang
Statistical analysis and data mining of Medicare patients with diabetes., Xiao Wang
Narrative comprehension abilities of children from low-income families : role of temperament, attention skills, and cognitive engagement., Tara N. Weatherholt
Riparian corridor vegetation structure and soil function along urban, suburban, and rural streams in Louisville, KY, USA., R. Jonathan White
Assisted living facilities in Louisville Kentucky : a case study to examine aging in place., James Luther Wilson
Conformational dynamics leading to activation of the transglutaminase factor XIII., Richard Tatum Woofter
Perceptual learning of binocular interactions., Jingping Xu
Rapid functionalization of gold monolayer protected clusters for fabricating electronic noses., Yang Yang
Cantor set approximations and dimension computations in hyperspaces., Matthew G. Zapf
Health disparities and depression in rural and urban older adults., Jennifer Ann Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
"Subject to change" : the composition course syllabus and intersections of authority, genre, and community., Christopher Michael Alexander 1976-
Religion and regionalism : congregants, culture and city-county consolidation in Louisville, Kentucky., Joshua D. Ambrosius
Unfulfilled potential : a case study of traditional news media and the Internet., Brenna Loraine Angel 1984-
The localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) response of gold and gold/silver metal nanostructures to protein binding and global refractive index changes., Srinivas R. Beeram
Reading aloud in the writing center : a comparative analysis of three tutoring methods., Rebecca Ryan Block 1979-
Fiber optic chip for fully-guided Raman iterrogation of molecular adsorbates., Jennifer Burnett
The trickster, the griot, and the goddess : optimal consciousness in the works of Ntozake Shange, Kara Walker and India. Arie., Tiffany D. Caesar 1985-
The changing discourse of death : a study of the evolution of the contemporary funeral industry., Lisa Suzanne Crabtree 1980-
Assurance and frustration : from Ireland and the Netherlands to Jamestown., Keith A. Donahoe
Vincent van Gogh, a formal and psychological analysis of the final years at Arles, Saint-Remy and Auvers., Sue Ann Grey 1943-
Bum hunters : the simulations and neutralizations of negative actions taken against the homeless on YouTube., Elizabeth Anne Griffith 1986-
New Deal printmaking : politics and protest., Andrew Joseph Hardin
Life history and convervation of Elliptio crassidens from the Blue River, Indiana., Cassandra L. Hauswald 1975-
Insiders or outsiders? : the rhetoric of compromise in post-Reconstruction institutionally-sponsored African American literacy., Anne Lawson Whites Heintzman
Seeking a spiritual home for women : a comparative study of Chen Ran's and Amy Tan's fictions., Jing He 1979-
Pursuing pleasure, attaining oblivion : the roles and uses of intoxicants at the Mughal court., Stephanie Honchell 1984-
Size and composition dependent electrochemical oxidation and deposition of metal nanostructures., Olga S. Ivanova
The content and critical metaphor analysis of illustrated print advertisements in China., Chun Jiang
Freedom in middle French Enlightenment : interpreted through a picturesque garden., Ning Jia 1977-
Difference as identity in "The other story" and the 1993 Whitney biennial., Vanessa Faye Johnson
The gorilla and the cuttlefish., Nick Karl 1982-
The production and migration of educational capital : some states win and others lose., Patrick J. Kelly
Cultivating our mosaic : understanding the language choices of Canadian immigrant students., Julia E. Kiernan
The role of HSL7 in morphology and pathogenicity and its interaction with other signaling components in the plant pathogen Ustilago maydis., Charles Ben Lovely 1977-
The laws will fall silent : Ex Parte Quirin, a troubling precedent for military commissions., Brad P. Luebbert 1968-
Female Gothic, Chinese and American styles : Zhang Ailing's Chuanqi in comparison with stories by Eudora Welty and Carson McCullers., Zuqiong Caroline Ma 1980-
Re-conceptualizing the Bible Belt : Southern spirituality in the novels of James Wilcox., Ashton Moats
Politically divided : a comparative analysis of German right-wing extremist voter support., Carolyn Marie Morgan
From Edmund Husserl's Image consciousness to Maurice Merleau-Ponty's flesh and chiasm: the phenomenological essence of image., Sara J. Northerner
A manifestation of all life : intersections of virtue ethics, philosophy of emotion, and philosophy of literature., Derek Lee Penwell 1965-
Small farmers, slavery, and the political economy of Kentucky's Green River, 1790-1850., Christopher P. Petzold 1982-
Gender role stereotypes in advertising : a test of the match-up hypothesis on advertising effectiveness., Sara Picklesimer
The effects of estrogen and phytoestrogens on focal infarct, PTEN, and p-AKT expression in aged rats., Karen Powell
Role of eukaryotic Sel-1 like repeat containing genes in Helicobacter pylori evolution and pathogenesis., Kalyani Putty
"Still I rise!" Public discourse surrounding the development of public schools for African Americans in Louisville, Kentucky, 1862--1872., Michelle Bachelor Robinson
The personal and social benefits of airplane piloting as a serious leisure activity for women., Frances Louise Shupe 1956-
The electrochemical synthesis, chemical synthesis, and galvanic exchange of silver nanostructures directly on surfaces., Grzegorz W. Slawinski
Writing in/on the Borderlands : (basic) writers and the writing center., Allison Egnew Smith
Do sovereign wealth funds mitigate authoritarian rule?: a statistical analysis of sovereign wealth funds and the resource curse., G. Jason Smith
Testing the use of molluscs to infer climate with special reference to the late Cenozoic molluscs of the Meade Basin, southwest Kansas., Brian William Steffen 1975-
Data mining and analysis of lung cancer data., Guoxin Tang
Messianic light : utopian discourse in the work of Theodor W. Adorno, Luce Irigaray and Giorgio Agamben., Heather Anne Thiessen 1956-
Postwar Sierra Leone : are programs of reconstruction addressing the causes of war?, Lovetta Anita Thompson 1985-
More real than real : an anthropological and phenomenological exploration of imagistic sacred space in the contemporary elegy and fine art photograph., Amy Liann Tudor 1968-
Daily emotional experiences, stress, and PTSD symptoms among midlife women exposed to intimate partner violence : an experience sampling study., Rebecca Ann Weigel
Queer tension : Le Teuer inside me., Nicholas Ryan Wood 1986-
"Upside down from the word go" : Kentucky's black farmers speak out on the issue of land loss., Willie Jamaal Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Electrochemically mediated charge transfer effects on single-walled carbon nanotubes., Buddika KA. Abeyweera 1980-
In the wor(l)d but not of it : literacy practices of an Amish community in southeast Ohio., Tabetha Adkins
