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 2024
Sustainable methodologies for synthesis of small organic molecules using micellar catalysis., Deborah Sam Ogulu
Nickel electrocatalysts on carbon supports for the hydrogen evolution reaction., Mohan Paudel
Are the good times really over for good? American political nostalgia's relationship with rurality, authoritarianism, and victimhood., Chancellor R. Peterson
Development of a high-resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy apparatus for the study of methane and other astrochemical molecules., S M Shah Riyadh
Industrial applications of molecular techniques., Jesse Lee Rozsa
Toward an urban food commons: Participatory action research on food apartheid and community-based agrifood system governance in Louisville, KY., Mary Abigail Rudolph
Do American bison practice democracy? Group consensus decision making drives bison herd movements and cohesion., Matthew Sapien
The impersonation artist: A novel with critical afterword: Displacement and dissent in fiction and art., Flora K. Schildknecht
Enhancing the anticancer effects of Apiaceae spice phytochemicals., Jared Lee Scott
Feasting in small-scale societies: A fort ancient example., Allison Sherman
A qualitative inquiry into the intersectionality of race, gender, and social networks in STEM education., La'Ree Alexandria Shontee
Authentic fake: Authenticity and authentication., Suyun Son
Mobilizing feminist politics in Yugoslavia: Sanja Iveković and Vlasta Delimar’s performance art., Candyce Sturgeon
Exploratory learning in two modalities: Tabular vs graphical., Lianda Velic
Victims unknown: An evaluation of the way Louisville, Kentucky communicated about AIDS at the end of the 20th century, Alexander M. Vernon
Strategy-proof social choice functions on Condorcet domains., Flannery Marie Musk Wells
The architect of the past: Heinrich Himmler's remaking of Germany's history., Chad M. White
Synthesis, electrical conductivity, electrocatalytic activity for water splitting, and pseudocapacitive properties of perovskite oxide derivatives., Kinithi Meththa Kumari Wickramaratne
As the night is lit: The nocturnal urban landscapes of Childe Hassam., Diana M. Wilder
Testing the feasibility and acceptability of a mindful self-compassion group workshop among individuals with eating disorders: A pilot study., Brenna Mary Williams
Suspension of the scoundrel: Applying mental health strategies to the acting process., Nicholas Wills
Imperial nostalgia: The war for the Kievan Rus legacy., Jacob Wolfe
Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry based metabolomics, lipidomics and epitranscriptomics., Raobo Xu
W.E. B. Du Bois and Audre Lorde's pan-african development: Remedies for the problem of othering., J.E. Young
Emotional content in working memory processes: An FMRI study., Manal Zafar
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Fbg αC 389 – 402 modulates Factor XIII crosslinking in the fibrinogen αC region., Francis Dean Orlina Ablan
“Difference in/at the center" a transnational approach for mobilizing international multilingual graduate writers' writing assets during writing instruction., Olalekan Adepoju
First principles study of 2D polar heterostructures., Safia Abdullah R Alharbi
Perovskite oxide derivatives for enhanced electrochemical water splitting and pseudocapacitor applications., Md. Sofiul Alom
Formalizing the Faustian bargain within the healthcare domain: an end-of-life approach., Rachel Appel
Scalable solution processing of NiOx nanoparticles., Peter James Armstrong
Connections between polyvictimization, daily stress, emotion regulation, and mental health symptoms: An ecological momentary assessment study., Zoe L. Bridges-Curry
To hell with 'that' religion: Malcolm X and an africana critical theory of religion., Jimmy Butts
Breaking virulent: The coincidental evolution of virulence factors in bacteria., Rhiannon Emmanuelle Cecil
Perception is reality! How perception shapes our world., Nicole Clay
False memories are impacted by semantic pairing of DRM lists., Ryan Coleman
The forest for the trees: how a local arboretum shapes rhetoric and discourse surrounding environmentalism., Cooper Day
The red deeps: a retelling of George Eliot's the mill on the floss., Emily Denton
Someone, stop her! The musical (the gallery show): The thesis document., Hannah DeWitt
The self-consistent field energy landscape and its application to describing electron correlation., Xinju (Spancer) Dong
The evolution of empathy: through the lens of a rodent model., Caroline Driscoll-Braden
Regeneration: restorative theatre practice in theatre education., Sarah Elston
Public space and well-being: an empirical study of Central Park in Old Louisville., Maryam Entezam
Mechanism and kinetics of photocatalytic partial oxidation of methane on single site MOx reaction centers., Clint Evrard
“The urgent necessity for more original creative works by transgender and gender expansive artists" is not the title of my thesis., Alicia Fireel
Spirits in my studio., Katelyn Gabbard
Understanding the impacts of global change: from students to microbes., Kylea Garces
The well-tempered android: philosophical posthumanism in science fiction cinema., Cody Gault
Paragons of art and nature in eighteenth-century British aesthetic theory., Eduard Ghita
From androgyny to binary and back: a qualitative analysis of nonbinary TikToks., Savannah Hatton
A machine learning approach to constructing Ramsey graphs leads to the Trahtenbrot-Zykov problem., Emily Hawboldt
Effects of a protection zone in a reaction-diffusion model with strong Allee effect., Isaac Johnson
The conceptual compression of space and time as intimated in the depiction of the horse in China, circa 1250 BCE-CE 400., Robert Jones
Super p-sulfur cathodes for quasi-solid-state lithium-sulfur-batteries., Milinda Bharatha Kalutara Koralalage
Structural, magnetic, electrical, pseudocapacitive, and electrocatalytic properties of bilayered ruddlesden-popper oxides., Chandana Kananke-Gamage
Working for yourself: A guide for performers with learning difference., Sa'id "Nxttime" Kelly
Development of nonorthogonal wavefunction theories and application to multistate reaction processes., Emily Kempfer
Author(iz)ing literacy: a rhetorical/historical analysis of literacy for college readiness in Kentucky from KERA to the Common Core (and beyond)., Susannah Kilbourne
Biotic and abiotic factors contributing to the invasion success of microstegium vimineum in eastern deciduous forests., Kimberly Koenig
Second nature: Impressions of place., Trish Korte
Rainforests of the mind: Conceiving transnational composition from a mobilities perspective on knowledge., Tobias Lee
Non-western rendition of ambient rhetoric of Khajuraho monuments., Shiva Hari Mainaly
Agency in learning and e-learning through the lens of disability and inclusivity., Marta Martin
Interactive computer-based simulations as exploratory learning activities., Derek McClellan
Penalized Bayesian exponential random graph models., Vicki Modisette
Electrodeposition studies of gold nanoparticles and alginate hydrogel films., Harikrishnan Nambiathan Nambiar
Mach and froude numbers on Mars., Camella-Rosa Nasr
Children's beliefs about hierarchical structures and relationships., Megan Norris
Computational investigations of bond breaking processes using DFT and TD-DFT approaches., Saurav Parmar
The landscape does not care it is a landscape: A utopian pessimist journey in Kentucky., Shachaf Polakow
BioCaRGOS: Capture and release gels for optimized storage of biologics., Chinmay Shashank Potnis
Tropical understory and canopy twig ants (pseudomyrmex): natural history, sensory homing, and neuroecology., Daniella Prince
From "smart talk" to "living well": Commonplaces and their role in narratives of rare disease., Caitlin E. Ray
Labor process theory in education: Teacher retention, turnover, attendance, and optimism in Jefferson County public schools., Janessa Lea San Luis
New methodologies for sustainable organic synthesis in water., Sudripet Sharma
Critical regionality & alternative pedagogies in Eastern Kentucky., Zachary Shelton
Communicating in crisis: Rhetorical (de)stabilization during the COVID-19 pandemic., Brittany Nicole Smart
Embodying an afrofuturist character on stage: A case study in the performance of Sarah B. in Afromemory., Candace S. Spencer
Transmission and the evolution of diseases caused by chlamydia trachomatis, SARS-CoV-2, and plasmodium species., Nathan Steffens
Fear of becoming a victim of crime on a college campus: a visual and factorial experimental design survey analysis of location and demographic factors., Nancy Steinmetz
Insights into the structural and electronic properties of 2d polar SiC/GeC heterostructures and AsxP1−x alloys., Kazi Jannatul Tasnim
Intercalation and high-pressure investigations of black arsenic phosphorus: unraveling material transformations., Dinushika Vithanage
“Long live ear x-tacy!”: an oral history study of rhetorics of nostalgia and place., Aubrie Warner
Stability of Cauchy's equation on Δ+., Holden Wells
Development and applications of novel and practical fluorination reagents., Yuhao Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Divided we fall: gender-based occupational segregation in Kentucky’s executive branch 2012-2020., Hillary McGoodwin Abbott
Media portrayal of private prisons and inmates., Ladye Anna L. Adams
Surface-functionalized chemiresistive films that exploit h-bonding, cation-pi, and metal-halide interactions., Prasadanie Karunarathna Adhihetty
“I don' want to upset anyone - I just want to exist": nonbinary college student experiences at a public mid-southern University., Cat Renee Alexander
Di•as•po•ra: Displaced, not erased., Betty Álvarez
2D materials based heterostructure for quantum tunneling: a lithography free technique., Ali Alzahrani
A new SIR model with mobility., Ciana Applegate
Self-regulation in young school-aged children with Williams syndrome., Holley Arnold
