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 2019
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
Laser spectroscopic investigations of organic alkoxy and peroxy radicals., Md Asmaul Reza
Synthetic methods and biological applications of nitrogen heterocycles to compounds of biological interest., Jarrid Ronnebaum
Transforming moss P. patens with lignin peroxidase through heterologous protein expression., Jesse Lee Rozsa
Emotion regulation and the experience of racial microaggressions., Broderick Sawyer
"Monogamish" : constructing shared meaning of commitment and marriage in same-sex relationships., Brandon Michael Schmidt
Fatal attraction : intimate partner violence among black LGBTQ relationships., Amberli A. Seay
Electrochemical determination of surface area-to-volume ratio for metal nanoparticle analysis., Jay Narayan Sharma
Plant protein prenylation in environmental responses and protein production., Parul Singh
Affirmatively furthering fair housing at the local level : a critical discourse analysis of practices in Louisville, Kentucky., Steven P. Sizemore
It's a mad world after all: the influence of stoic thought in Goya's Los Caprichos., Jennifer Anne Steward
Under construction : acting, creativity, collaboration, and SITI company., Carol Stewart
All the better to see you with., Monica Stewart
Trace., KCJ Szwedzinski
This to which we've come., Holly Tabor
Laser spectroscopy investigations on molecular and free radicals dynamics., Hamzeh Telfah
Character arcs: mapping creative writers' trajectories into the composition classroom., Jon Udelson
Functional opponency in working memory capacity predicts cognitive flexibility in problem solving., Charles A. Van Stockum Jr.
Exploring the role of PTN1 in ustilago maydis., Lalu Murali Krishna Vijayakrishna Pillai
Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of metal complexes with cancer selective anti-proliferative effects and hydrogen evolution catalytic properties., Nicholas Vishnosky
Digital political information consumption and ambivalent political attitudes., Dane Ryan Warner
Charting a course through confusion: mapping pathological cranial lesions in an Archaic population from Kentucky., Austin Warren
Vile transgressor of the womb : prosecution and persecution for concealment in Puritan Massachusetts., Jennifer White
A contemporary trend analysis of Kentucky State Police vehicular pursuit-related collisions and injuries., Frederick A. Williams Jr.
“I have prayed and prayed: I have labored and labored”: ethnic catholicism in Daviess country Kentucky, 1850-1900., Edward A. Wilson III
Leonora Carrington : A Bestiary., Stephanie Wise
The emergent matter of archives : a rhetorical investigation of the queer formation of the Williams-Nichols archive., Richard Wysocki
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Igniting the imagination : tenaciously building a character., Lois Abdelmalek
"Why am I in school?": a mixed methods investigation into stopping out of college., Kathryn Gardner Adamchik
The effects of habitat and connectivity on tropical ant ecology and behavior., Benjamin Jacob Adams
The history and signification of the Navicella Mosaic at St. Peter's Basilica, Rome., Eston Dillon Adams
Cross-validation of the body compassion scale in a sample of women in perimenopause., Jennifer K. Altman
Conciencia bilingüe : the multilingual and academic writing practices of undocumented immigrant activists., Sara del Pilar Alvarez
Conquerors or cowards: the role of the Kentucky mounted militia in the Indian wars from 1768 to 1841., Joel Anderson
Coagulation Factor XIIIA: biochemical properties underlying physiological function., Boris Anokhin
Assessing the relationship between talker normalization and spectral contrast effects in speech perception., Ashley Atri Assgari
Confidence in the police among Caribbean countries., Hyunin Baek
Biophysical exploration of conformational environments in zymogen prothrombin and blood coagulant thrombin., Ramya Billur
Political activism and resistance in Irish America : the clan na gael 1912-1916., Sara Bethany Bornemann
The population ecology and behavior of the cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga (Rafinesque, 1822)., Joseph Gavin Bradley
The emperor's new clothes: how the new atheists are reminding the humanities of their place and purpose in society., David Ira Buckner
The mosaics of Ciudad Universitaria : Mexican muralism at the crossroads., Annemarie Elizabeth Carney
Frederic Lindley Morgan : gentleman architect and reluctant modernist., Lisa Grace Carpenter
Uncertain certainties: an analysis of the American response to the 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic., Kelly Carty
Malaria in the prehistoric Caribbean : the hunt for hemozoin., Mallory D. Cox
The disjointed moment : marking, mapping, and making the real in William Eggleston's election eve (1976)., Joel Darland
Repetitive negative thinking styles and first-semester academic performance: psychological risk and resilience among low-income college students., Darlene M. Davis
Impacts of ammonia and temperature on freshwater snail behavior and physiology., Megan Christine DeWhatley
Investigating the unique reactivity of novel HX (X=Cl, Br) reagents with alkenes and alkynes., Rene E. Ebule
'Where history meets the future' : a historiographic exploration of Mississippi : the view from Tougaloo., Khirsten L. Echols
Self-executed dramaturgy : a journey with Miss Ida B. Wells., Sidney Michelle Edwards
The effects of monaural and binaural cues on perceived reverberation by normal hearing and hearing-impaired listeners., Gregory Matthew Ellis
Fostering positive emotion through self-compassion in individuals with chronic pain., Melissa E. Ellsworth
Computational modeling of electronically excited states in cobalamin-dependent reactions., Brady D. Garabato
Photonic tools for advanced sensing and imaging at the nanoscale., Jafar Hamed Ghithan
Factorization in integral domains., Ryan H. Gipson
Dead wood and decomposition in a tropical forest : vertical patterns, long-term processes, and the role of lightning., Evan Matthew Gora
Breaking with tradition(?) : female representations of heroism in old english poetry., Kathryn A. Green
The ‘just city’ or just a city? : evaluating social justice and equity in planning education., Wes Grooms
There is water in the world for us : the environmental theories of Alice Walker., Janae Lewis Hall
The styles of criminology : writing among the stars., Ethan Maxwell Higgins
Accuracy differences between interview formats : examining factors that may influence metamemory utilization., Robin F. Hopkins
Potential for developing run-of-river systems in eastern Kentucky : a GIS approach to site suitability., Thomas Jeffords
High dynamic range optical devices and applications., Elijah Robert Jensen
The unequal city: the mass criminalization of the urban poor., Elizabeth Michele Jones
Gender boundary negotiation within the U.S. immigrant/refugee resettlement : how transnational bridge-building matters., Telesphore Kagaba
Arab-Islamic and folk health models: new perspectives on Syrian refugee resettlement in the US., Ghina Kheir
Universal truths, verisimilitude, and hyperreality: Baudrillard’s simulacra and simulation in Pride and Prejudice and the Lizzie Bennet diaries., Kathryn M. Kohls
Identification and functional characterization of effectors from an anther smut fungus, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae., Venkata Swathi Kuppireddy
Effects of context and individual differences on memory for prior remembering., Marcus L. Leppanen
"Triggers": systematic and social cues for black college student racial self-consciousness and rejection sensitivity, race-based., LeAnna T. Luney
Long-range electrostatic interactions in gold catalysis and fluorinating reagent development., Zhichao Lu
Framing climate change as national security: a survey-experiment on climate change perceptions., Adam Lyons
Pens, print, and pixels : gendered writing and the epistolary genre in transitional eras., Keri Elizabeth Mathis
