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 2020
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
Wounds and writing : building trauma-informed approaches to writing pedagogy., Michelle L. Day
Lithium molybdate-sulfur battery., Ruchira Ravinath Dharmasena
Disentangling the negativity bias: 7-9-month-old crawling and non-crawling infants' responses to fearful and angry expressions., Katherine C. Dixon
Changing internal identity through physical crafting in performance., Lauren Elizabeth Dobbs
Exploring place as a producer of localized art styles and its role in a contemporary global art world., Alexis Doerr
Experimental immunology and the potential for osteopathological reconstructions : pursuing an experimental foundation for the skeletal inflammatory index., Megan Elizabeth Duncanson
Anthropogenic landscapes of Amazonia : a spatial analysis of landscape modification and settlement organization at Macurany, Brazil., M. Grace Ellis
Vlogging truth to power : a qualitative study of resilience as practiced by transgender youtube content creators., Corey J. Feger
Impartiality, social network effects and collective memory: three essays on trust in police., Matthew Robert Fischer
Emotion regulation is associated with peer victimization among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder., Nicholas D. Fogleman
Police stress, depression, and substance use among police officers: a general strain perspective., Kyra Nicole Fritz
User's ability to detect fake news in online environments., Aleeza N. Gardner
"Model and patriarch" of southern settlements : neighborhood house in Louisville, Kentucky, 1896-1939., Kalie Ann Gipson
Learning and laboring : student-workers’ networked experiences of literacy, agency, and mobility in the Neoliberal University., Layne Porta Gordon
Behavioral and cognitive correlates of intolerance of uncertainty in children with and without anxiety disorders., Colette Marie Gramszlo
Trauma narratives in mental health interpreting : a qualitative study., Miranda Hale
Towards a theory of human mobility and wall-building: a comparative analysis of Hadrian's Wall and the Iron Curtain., Timothy Heine
A new fantasy of crusade : Sarras in the vulgate cycle., Christopher Michael Herde
Subversive sponsorship : organized literacy education and the long civil rights movement., Jaclyn Hilberg
The captivity narratives of Cynthia Ann Parker : settler colonialism, collective memory, and cultural trauma., Treva Elaine Hodges
Oxygen deficient perovskites: effect of structure on electrical conductivity, magnetism and electrocatalytic activity., Ram Krishna Hona
The actor’s rhythm, internal beat., Lashondra Cherell Hood
Speech articulation in children with Williams syndrome or 7q11.23 duplication syndrome., Myra Jean Fallon Huffman
An electrochemical instrument for the analysis of heavy metals in water via anodic stripping coulometry for applications in remote sensing., Kelsey Lynn Kaht
Exploring the Indian opinion : interpretations of colonialism, anti-colonial activism, and Gandhi's influence in three African countries, 1950-1960., Alexander Ganesha Kaliannan
Coming to terms with Gonzo journalism : an analysis in Russian formalism., Beau Kilpatrick
Hybridity and political disorder : a mixed method approach to understanding the hybrid regime., Bryce Jamison Kleinsteuber
A multi-plot assessment of vegetation structure using a micro-unmanned aerial system (UAS) in a semi-arid savanna environment., Nicholas E Kolarik
Marriage among U.S. international students : meanings and aspirations., Assel Kuzembayeva
Evaluation of a learning community program for developmental reading students at a two-year college., Tonya Scott Lanphier
Characterizing majority rule on various discrete models of consensus., Trevor Leach
A study on radiative pion capture as a source of background in the search for muon to electron conversion at the Mu2e experiment., Joseph Leibson
Representation and restraint : cross-national analysis of fractionalization and state-building., David Lian
Queering black greek-lettered fraternities, masculinity and manhood : a queer of color critique of institutionality in higher education., Antron Demel Mahoney
Brokering words and work: complexities of literacy sponsorship in the oilfields of south Texas., Jennifer L. Marciniak
Denkyem (Crocodile): Identity development and negotiation among Ghanaian-American millennials., Jakia Marie
Progressive city in the progressive era : child welfare reform in Louisville Kentucky., Mary K. Marlatt
Curating an American immigrant identity : German and Latin American heritage weekends as placemaking in Louisville, Kentucky, 1974-1980., Sarah Elizabeth McCoy
Developmental changes in reasoning about cross-classified individuals., Catherine H. McDermott
Help-seeking for cognitive impairment by the patient : the role of self-compassion., Allison J. Midden
Mapping rural literacy sponsorship networks : literacy infrastructures and perceptions in Abbyville., Amy McCleese Nichols
Reading the readers : analyses of Shakespearean and Cervantine characters as (dys)functional readers., Erin Shannon O'Reilly
Stability and reactivity analysis of single metal and bimetallic nanostructures by anodic stripping voltammetry., Dhruba Kumar Pattadar
Involuntary memories after stressor exposure: contribution of hormonal status and rumination in women., Samantha C. Patton
Laser spectroscopy investigations of jet-cooled metal-containing free radicals., Anam Chandra Paul
Waiting room., Helen Payne
Allee effects introduced by density dependent phenology., Timothy James Pervenecki
GC×GC-MS and parallel 2DLC-MS based untargeted metabolomics., Md Aminul Islam Prodhan
