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
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
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-
