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 2021
Framing the guard: a content analysis of how the news media frames the national guard during times of crisis., Taylor L. Tolles
Manipulating mindful breathing versus mindful eating: examining the effect of specific mindfulness mechanisms on food intake and eating disorder symptoms., Irina Alexandrovna Vanzhula
-rhiza., Katherine E. Watts
A remote sensing perspective: mapping the human footprint in the Zambezi region of Namibia., Ariel E Weaver
Love labor: literal symbols and true abstractions., Karen Weeks
Distribution and ecological effects of Azteca Chartifex/Trigona in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument., Rachel LeAnn Wells
In the balance: perceptions of work-family balance for women in higher education., Aubrey Radford Woolley
Mass spectrometry based metabolomics and Lipidomics., Fang Yuan
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
An actor's process in bridging the gap between first-generation and multi-generational African-American identities., Mutiyat Ade-Salu
A structural study of correlated materials: incipient mott insulators and low-dimensional systesm., Alaa Alfailakawi
Development and applications of condensed phase cavity ring-down spectroscopy for studies of electrochemical and interfacial., Shadi Ahmad Alnaanah
Predictors of urban homeless rates., Andrew John Bates
Comparative secretomics and functional analysis of effectors utilized by the Microbotryum genus of anther-smut fungal pathogens, and their role in host-specificity., William Christopher Beckerson
Long for death., Ashley William Bittner
Analysis of twenty-first century zines., Anna Blake
"Don't put an 'or' where God puts an 'and'": constitutive rhetoric in queer Appalachia., Brooke Elizabeth Boling
Atomization as colonial strategy in Palestine., Christian Alexander Brawner
Mitigating black claustrophobia: space, trauma, and healing modalities in the postcolonial narrative., Saleema Mustafa Campbell
Investigating the disorder and compaction of designed Minielastin using nuclear magnetic resonance., Ma Faye Charmagne Aquino Carvajal
Design, synthesis and application of Janus gold nanoprisms for directed self-assembly., Md. Emtias Chowdhury
The utilization of metal-ligand cooperativity for electrocatalytic reduction and catalytic hydration., Steven P. Cronin
Gun ownership as an expression of whiteness and masculinity., Michael Daugherty
Radical renewal, the sisters of Loretto, Nouvelle Theologie, and the second vatican council., Carol Bolton Easterly
Costs and benefits of HIPV-mediated eavesdropping under field conditions., Grace Ellin Freundlich
A content analysis of Olivia Pope: how scandal reconfirms the negative stereotypes of black women., Chelsy LeAnn Golder
Invocation., Shae Taylor Goodlett
Development of in vitro models to study the rapid extraintestinal dissemination of salmonella., Adarsh Gopinath
How nondiscrimination takes root: an examination of methods to implement statewide nondiscrimination legislation in Kentucky., Blake Nona Gould
The sidewalk less traveled: evaluating change in community and police perception., Jennifer Lee Hall
Connecting right-wing authoritarianism to environmental beliefs and behaviors: a pilot study., Rebecca Halpryn
Language ability and concurrent predictors of pragmatic communication in children with williams syndrome or 7q11.23 duplication syndrome., Amanda G. Harmon
A king's royal scars., Xavier Mikal Harris
Predictors of binge drinking among military veterans: a general strain theory approach., Emily Ann Hayden
Evaluation of a jail reentry program., Bailey Elisabeth Holland
The norms are more guidelines than actual rules: applying Isomorphism to disability accommodations in the catholic church., Jonathon Holland
A GIS-based method for archival and visualization of microstructural data from drill core samples., Elliott Holmes
Examining corporate blameworthiness in relation to federal organizational sentencing for probation and corporate monitors., Emily M. Homer
External homophobia and outness in gay men., Thomas Charles Isaak Jr
Compassion or neoliberal governance: critiquing the discourse of compassionate Louisville., Ekramul Islam
Gender-differential effects of perceived discrimination on lawyers' job satisfaction: a general strain theory approach., Caroline Isabelle Jalain
White moves first: unearthing white privilege in the modern board game., Darrell A. Johnson
Hirschman's voice, exit, and loyalty framework in the context of charter schools and secession: a discourse analysis of Indiana newspaper editorial items, 1990 to 2014., GlyptusAnn Grider Jones
Exploring black "saviors": a content analysis of black characters and racial discourses in Obama-era films., Eric A. Jordan
Genes involved in nitrogen assimilation in Ustilago maydis., Sunita Khanal
Photoelectrical and photoelectrochemical characterization of the materials used in dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells., Pom Lal Kharel
Reactive and regulative temperament dimensions, emotion regulation, and concurrent internalizing and externalizing pathology among youth with ADHD., Kirsten D. Leaberry
Analyzing the effects of of seasonal land cover and precipitation on the sediment delivery ratio of an agriculture dominated watershed., Jonah Liebman
The sick ones., Christian Loriel Lucas
Marriage and cohabitation in the United States: the effects of union type on relationship quality., Courtney M. Lush
Getting up: an ethnography of hip hop graffiti writers, their art, and perceptions of society's reactions., Theodore Malone
Computational modeling of photolysis and catalysis reactions in vitamin b12-dependent enzymes., Abdullah Al Mamun
Role of plant volatile organic compounds (VOCS) in seed priming and plant-herbivore interactions., Abhinav Kumar Maurya
Practicing Pan-Africanism: West Indians and governance in Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana., Nicholas C. McLeod
Fatalism as a cultural influence on correlates of anxiety and worry in Latino/a adolescents., Judy Mier-Chairez
Contemporary francophone west African social movements in the rise of neo pan-africanism: a case study of y en a marre in Senegal., Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Ndiaye
Search for new physics using lepton flavor violating signatures in modern particle colliders., Atanu Pathak
Electrochemically-modulated surface plasmon waves at a nano-scale for investigations and applications of redox assemblies., Aymen Hasan Qatamin
On the straight and narrow: how cultural beliefs about sex/gender manifest in college biology learning environments., Katherine Ray Kng
Convolution inequalities and applications to partial differential equations., Matthew Reynolds
Peer verbal sexual harassment in early adolescence: a feminist and sexual scripts theoretical approach., Shawn M. Rolfe
American nocturne., Zahid Saeed
Making modality: transmodal composing in a digital media studio., Chris Scheidler
Undergraduate students use moral reasoning and belief in genetic determinism in response to a CRISPR/Cas9 socioscientific Issue., Katie M. Seiter
Functional nanomaterials by combining aminooxy chemistry and iodine activation at momolayer protected clusters., Tirtha Raj Sibakoti
Linear methods for regression with small sample sizes relative to the number of variables., Rajesh Sikder
Assaults on law enforcement officers: a spatial and theoretical analysis through social disorganization., Brian Keith Simpkins
Depressive symptoms and survival among lung cancer patients: biomarkers and potential benefits of an iPod- and mindfulness-based intervention., Chelsea J. Siwik
(Pseudo)phase tuning in the service of synthesis: technologies for sustainable catalysis., Justin Douglas Smith
Food insecuity in historically disenfranchised parts of Jefferson county, KY., Kaitlyn Smith
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide for the production of green fuels and chemicals., Jacob M. Strain
A comprehensive study of the short-term variability of the migrating diurnal tide in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere., Lokupatabendige Ashan Shivantha Vitharana
Hotel De Vagabundos: reviewing African American theatre journey., Manuel Francisco Viveros
The long journey down market street: an oral history based biography of Mary Craik., Denise Vulhop Watkins
Black middle-class neighborhoods in Louisville through multiple lenses., Jamar M. Wheeler
Social media and fear: social media as a catalyst for political fear in the United States., Shane R. White
Regression and progression: portrayals of midnighter and apollo wildstrom and dc comics., Adam J. Yeich
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
2D materials based heterostructures : a lithography free method., Adel Alruqi
Religious coping measurement in the context of long-term care., Nathaniel David Andrew
Send nudes : art on social anxiety and human connection in an internet driven society., Lauren A Bader
Do LGBTQ-identified, postsecondary writing instructors come out in their classrooms?, Michael Baumann
Exploratory learning activities in the physics classroom: contrasting cases versus a rich dataset., Campbell Rightmyer Bego
Urban (un)planning and social vulnerability in the context of rapid urbanization and data constraints: a quantitative study of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Sheliza Bhanjee
Understanding worry and mindfulness through psycholinguistics., Elena Maria Clara Geronimi Bortoleto
The tournament and chivalry as represented by Chrétien de Troyes, Marie de France, and Geoffrey Chaucer., Hailey Michelle Brangers
"A trained and trustful soul" : life and literature of a black Louisville artist in minstrel America., Emma Christine Bryan
Thinging : powerful objects., Tammy M. Burke
A study of big field multivariate cryptography., Ryann Cartor
Algebraic properties of neural codes., Katie C. Christensen
Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development., Nick Conder
Vital data : writing and circulating data in non-profits., Patrick Danner
