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 2022
Sustainable nanocatalysis in water for C–C and C–N Cross-Couplings., Tharique Ahammed Ansari Nalakath
Understanding racial disparate treatment of juvenile interpersonal violent offenders in the juvenile justice system using focal concerns theory., Suzanne M. Overstreet
Factors influencing American Indian adolescents' abstention and desistance from drug usage., Ruben Olegovich Pavlov
Functional role of PPAL and potential for moss in industrial applications., Susana Perez Martinez
Authentically (un)real assessing VH!'s basketball wives and its violent & colorist portrayals of black women., Wilma Denae Powell
Beyond a divide: reconceptualizing digital capital and links to academic proficiency., Ryan Price
A new direction for public understanding of science: toward a participant-centered model of science engagement., Christopher Ritter Rickels
Barriers and opportunities to sustainable urban agriculture: the case of Louisville, Kentucky., Sait Sarr
Progymnasmata and practicality: classical composition in the contemporary classroom., Chelsea Murray Schaper
Plant-pollinator communities responsive to local and landscape level factors in grassland restorations., Aaron Sexton
Definitions and depictions of rhetorical practice in medieval English Fürstenspiegel., Joseph Ethan Blaine Sharp
As above, so below: magical poetics and queer alchemy & a planetary spell.., Robert Eric Shoemaker
Porphyromonas gingivalis, ethanol, and chronic diseases., Nicholas Alan Short
Age-related differences in the relationship between activity familiarity and well-being., S. Kelly Shryock
Putting colorism on trial intraracial colorism and its impact on crime trajectory among African Americans., Shaderica Ta'shawn Sibley
Kurt Vonnegut, modernity, and the self: a guide to the good life., Josh Simpson
Role of Galactose, Thiazolidinediones, and NEET proteins in Mitochondrial physiology and therapeutic development., Robert Anthony Skolik
Black ads matter: an analysis of black representation in advertising., Elyssa Quinn Smith
(De)Legitimizing genres: rhetoric and tactical institutional critique., Walker Smith
Alpha, beta-unsaturated aldehydes: the underrepresented markers of disease., Saurin R. Sutaria
Black women burdening: the process of "unburdening" realism in Dennis McIntyre's split second., Brandi L. Threatt
Characterization of microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae secreted effector proteins that manipulate its host plant, Silene latifolia., Ming-Chang Tsai
Betwixt & between., Xuanyi Wang
Dimension and Ramsey results in partially ordered sets., Sida Wan
Rewriting writing as transmodal and translingual: Tranßcribing Japanese., Alex Way
The role of accuracy in children’s judgments of experts’ knowledge., Allison J. Williams
The glass coffin: gothic adaptations and the formation of sexual subjectivity., Colton T. Wilson
Transformation., Jingshuo Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
A spatial analysis of supply-demand of public transportation in Jefferson County, Kentucky., Nastaran Abdoli
A study of Arab and South Asian American men with immigrant-family origins in new-immigrant destinations., Jack Trey Allen
Sustainable urban groundwater governance in Faisalabad, Pakistan: challenges and possibilities., Shahbaz Altaf
"If fear wasn't enough?!": African American perceptions of policing after Breonna Taylor's unprovoked death., Moriah Antoinette Bellamy
Visualizing Anhydrobiosis: Liquid-liquid phase separation, membraneless organelles, and cellular reorganization., Clinton J. Belott
Study of neutral hadron production in a high intensity particle physics experiment., Jake W. Berg
Incidental exposure, political activity and perceived trust., Brianna Berry
But also full of seeds for a future that could have turned out differently., Megan Marie Bickel
Letting the days go by: an Investigation into the artistic and functional nature of calendars., Elise Alexandra Blankenship
Acting on what we hear: the impact of a listening methodology in a community literacy program., Megen Farrow Boyett
In pursuit of innocence: A study of race and ethnicity differences in time to exoneration., Virginia E. Braden
Exploring socialization processes for leisure-based esports: a qualitative study., Joseph R. Brewer
Defending Judge Roy Moore: a case study of persuasion resistance strategies., Stephen F. Brockman
Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic activity of functionalized metal Bis(thiosemicarbazones)., Caleb Aaron Calvary
Prageru as a parasite public., Ryan A Corso-Gonzales
The impact of criminal justice involvement: examining experiences in a housing first program., Amanda N. Denton
Resonating otherness: rethinking the body through Octavia Butler's dawn., Tristan DeWitt Carr
Black codes re-envisioned: the Dred Scott Majority opinion as an antiblack performative speech act., Tiffany Dillard-Knox
Habitation and interaction in the lower Illinois river valley: a case study on household structure and ceramics at the German site (11C377)., Catherine Zoe Doubles
Micellar nanocatalysis for efficient reactions., Uyen T Duong
Imagination in practice: writing studies and the application of hospitality., Edward Alan English
"When the voices of children are heard": evaluating the biological effects of socioeconomic status on children in postmedieval London., Ashley R. Ezzo
Synthesis, crystal structure and ionic conductivity of ruddlesden-popper oxide materials: effects of ionic radii and defects on lithium-ionic conductivity., Selorm Joy Fanah
Transnational writing program administration: mobility, entanglement, work., Joseph Franklin
Typological and technological analyses of multi-component Lithic collection from Eastern Kentucky., Isaac C. Garvin
Theoretical investigation of the Co-C bond activation in methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin-dependent systems: mechanistic insights., Arghya Pratim Ghosh
Explosive family dinners: bipolar disorder, temporal lobe epilepsy & me critical afterword convulsive family dynamics: when mental and neurological disabilities entangle and isolate., Elizabeth Lane Glass
Ultrafast magnetic entropy dynamics with time-resolved pump-probe magneto-optical technique., Sahar Goharshenasanesfahani
Improvised power: finding an authentic acting aesthetic in an adaption of Mowatt's fashion., Alexander Louis Gordon
General strain theory and violent behavior in a military sample., Leslie A. Greenwell
Literacy abilities of children and adolescents with Williams Syndrome., Caroline Greiner De Magalhaes
[Re]Fashioning a means: exploring and adapting Anna Cora Mowatt's fashion through a feminist lens., Jordan Tudor Haggard
The uncanny desire in American animation and film., Kristen Hankins
A home for friendless women with critical essay "but what was she wearing?", Kelly E. Hill
Correctional officers' response to stress: an exploration of the associations between violence and trauma exposure, coping mechanisms, and PTSD., Katie Lorraine Hughes-Taylor
Micelles and lipid nanoparticles: catalysis and biomedical application., Faisal Ibrahim
Writing program administration at public liberal arts colleges., N. Claire Jackson
Photophysics of substituted [1,4]Benzodioxino[3,2-b]Oxanthrene (BDO) Chromophores and their macromolecules: a spectroscopy and density functional theory study., Abdelqader M. Jamhawi
Investigations of elastin recoil on molecular and macroscopic levels., Nour Mohammad Jamhawi
Computational and biochemical characterizations of anhydrobiosis-related intrinsically disordered proteins., Brett R. Janis
Social disorganization and violent crime across nonmetropolitan areas of Kentucky., Daniel Ray Jude
Approaching trans debates as fascistic sites of engagement., Sarah Jump
Structural, vibrational and transport properties of novel complex systems., Bhupendra Man Shing Karki
Focal concerns and case advancement in sexual assault cases: a systematic review and meta-analysis., David Stuart Lapsey Jr
In bloom: nurturing the liberation process of performer and character as Rose in August Wilson's fences., Paula O. Lockhart
Electrochemical characterization of surface-immobilized metal nanostructures: stability, atomic level doping, catalysis, and sensing applications., Badri Prasad Mainali
Investigation of mitochondrial inheritance in the smut fungus sporisorium reilianum., Hector Eduardo Mendoza
Ecological, evolutionary, and molecular mechanisms driving pyocin diversity in pseudomonas aeruginosa., Aubrey A. Mojesky
Recent studies on the synthesis of medicinal molecules., Paige Monsen
First principle studies of the effects of alkali-metal intercalation on structural transition from black to blue phosphorene and the adsorption of N2H4 on WS2 layers., Md Rajib Khan Musa
Saving butterflies in the city: gardens as conservation spaces in urban landscapes., Lindsay D. Nason
The space between: listening within difference in writing center consultations., Jessica S. B. Newman
The effect of parent interactions on young infants’ visual attention in an object manipulation task., Nonah Marie Olesen
The rise of the nones: religion, leaners, and their connection with partisanship in America., Kevin C. Orr
Ga-based III-V semiconductor photoanodes for solar fuels and novel techniques to investigate their photocorrosion., Sahar Pishgar
Intercalation and high pressure studies of black phosphorous - pathways to novel materials and physics., Manthila Chathurange Rajapakse
GIS predictive modelling in the Daniel Boone National Forest: settlement patterns during the intensification or horticulture., Jacob Max Ray
Charting the unknown: examining the prevalence and correlates of seconday traumatic stress in Kentucky probation and parole officers., Amanda Marie Roberts
A translingual approach to the theory and practice of basic writing., Rachel Rodriguez
In a Victorian fog: constructing identities in female gothic novels., Hayley Salo
Witness and testimony: the role of race and community in forming Black Aesthetics., Cathy Smith Shannon
Social cognition, impulsivity, and emotion regulation factors in aggressive behavior among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder., Kelly E. Slaughter
The peacock in the room: confronting the hidden curriculum of androcentrism and gender bias in undergraduate biology education., Sarah Hamilton Spaulding
The economic rationality of consumption in the Mycenaean political economy and its role in the reproduction of social personae: modeling prestige networks., Devin Alexander Stephens
Shifting sands., Rachid Tagoulla
Computational investigations of the photochemical properties of B12-dependent systems: from solution to enzymes., Megan Joy Toda Mackintosh
