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 2018
A fractured conversation : the professional, scholarly, and disciplinary identities of two-year college writing faculty., Laura Sceniak Matravers
North American indigenous collection and curation and its impact on market arts., Adelaide McComb
Weight stigma and motivation to exercise : exploring associations and constructs from the basic needs theory., Stephanie R. McDonough
Title., Douglas Miller
Furthering understanding of forensic units: a detailed examination of Knoxville police department's crime scene unit., Cassandra Christina Rausch
Macro-level predictors of assaults against police in Kentucky., Virginia Paulette Redman
Soil ecology of the exotic dune grass Leymus arenarius., Matthew L. Reid
Will-power through physical connectivity., Mia Donata Rocchio
The regional distribution and molecular interactions of phospholipids and glucose in mammalian vitreous humors., Abigail Nicole Schnepf
Common ground, diverging paths: eighteenth-century English and French landscape painting., Jessica Robins Schumacher
Assessing the curve number method for modeling urban watershed stormwater runoff across Louisville, KY., Garrett J. Seay
Gestures of creative recovery for the egocentric actor through performance in Wertenbaker's our country's good., Ross Joel Shenker
Dixie tornadoes : a spatial analysis of tornado risk in the U.S. south., Joshua L. Sherretz
Transcending the panels: varieties of experience and selfhood in comics., Will D. Simpson
Gender and leadership in animal sheltering organizations., Jennifer Blevins Sinski
Killing Martin county : resiliency in a central Appalachian community., David Adam Sizemore
African American grandmothers as the black matriarch : you don't live for yourself., Tanisha Nicole Stanford
Information theoretic thresholding techniques based on particle swarm optimization., Surina Surina
Microaggressions in LGB individuals: the protective role of positive LGB identity., Ghazel Tellawi
"We're asking you to show up" : accountability as rhetorical practice for queer, feminist, and racial justice allyship., Laura Tetreault
Navigating mental health care access in Louisville : an ethnography of local resources and care assemblages., Laura Drabelle Valentine
Developments in multivariate post quantum cryptography., Jeremy Robert Vates
First semester academic functioning of college students : the role of stressful and traumatic life events., Ashlee J. Warnecke
Plasma based synthesis and surface modification of graphene., Rong Zhao
Understanding the relationship between positive affect and cortisol in lung cancer patients., Lauren Ann Zimmaro
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The roles of anxious rearing, negative affect, and effortful control in a model of risk for child perfectionism., Nicholas William Affrunti
Synthesis and fundamental property studies of energy material under high pressure., Meysam Akhtar
American Muslim men and stigma : the use of religious communities as mechanisms for stigma management., Jack R. Allen III
His scent of sandalwood., Lujain Almulla
Exploring the barriers to effective federal flood mitigation in the Mississippi River region., Linda Kay Bailey
Likelihood-based methods for analysis of copy number variation using next generation sequencing data., Udika Iroshini Bandara
The relationship between trauma and health-related quality of life in lung cancer patients : the potential protective role of mindfulness., Rene Bayley-Veloso
A fly has died a splendid death in a pool of strawberry ice cream., Miranda L. Becht
Water-soluble Pd and Pd-alloy nanoparticles as catalysts in biphasic solvent., Shekhar Bhama
Magnetic field-induced intramolecular cyclization as a trigger for nanoparticle-based delivery systems., Sara Katherine Biladeau
Eight pieces of pie., Maggie E. Cassaro
Building the bastard : confidence through preparation in Shakespeare's King Lear., Shaleen Tarun Cholera
This is a black-white conversation : navigating race, class, and gender at an urban school., Jelisa S. Clark
Preparing for racial discrimination : the role of cognition and emotion in the proactive coping process of African American college students., Ryan Christopher Tyler DeLapp
The mark of the Devil : medical proof in witchcraft trials., Sarah Dunn
Mechanism investigation of pseudouridine synthases TruB and RluA with RNA containing 5-fluorouridine and 4-thiouridine., Uyen T. Duong
Since the time of Eve : La Leche League and communities of mothers throughout history., Joanna Paxton Federico
A risky business : examining the prevalence and correlates of post traumatic stress disorder symptomology and social support in Kentucky's adult correctional staff., Ashley Terrell French
Governing the urban water commons : essays on collaborative policy networks in a polycentric ecology of urban water policy games., Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah
Stories at work : restorying narratives of new teachers' identity learning in writing studies., Rachel Gramer
Homogeneous ligand-centered hydrogen evolution and hydrogen oxidation : exploiting redox non-innocence to drive catalysis., Andrew Z. Haddad
New genres and new challenges : five interdisciplinary case studies of master's student writers., Meghan Lynne Hancock
Regularized solutions for terminal problems of parabolic equations., Sujeewa Indika Hapuarachchi
Aspirations into action : navigating structures for community engagement at the University of Louisville., Megan Faver Hartline
MAN/BOY., Nick Hartman
Exploring a multifactorial, clinical model of thought disorder : application of a dimensional, transdiagnostic approach., Mara Ann Hart
Social dynamics, network structure, and information diffusion in fish shoals., Matthew Jerome Hasenjager
Interaction style of mothers of young children with Williams syndrome and relations with child expressive vocabulary., Danielle R. Henderson
Articulating the new normal(s) : mental disability, medical discourse, and rhetorical action., Andrew Wesley Holladay
Late Magdalenian lithic technological organization at Lapa do Picareiro, central Portugal., Melissa Jean Holst
Parental opinions about prenatal genetic screening and selective abortion for Down Syndrome., Laura E. Holt
Lacanian gaze, semiotics, and the enigma of Bosch., Virginia Lynn Hosono
All-optical switching in ferromagnetic superlattices., Faren Hoveyda Marashi
Environmental factors, not plants, contribute to functional diversity of soil bacteria in the dunes of lake michigan., Andrea Stark Howes
Unthink pink : master narratives and counterstories of breast cancer., Jessica C. Hume
Media framing and public opinion of refugees: news coverage of Hungarian refugees, 1956-57., Cecelia M. Hunt
Fantastical body narratives : cosplay, performance, and gender diversity., Tiffany M. Hutabarat-Nelson
Evaluating ligand assisted activation of small molecules through proton reduction and alcohol oxidation., Rahul Jain
Student attitudes on social media and perception of instructor social media use., Abi Mathew John
A curriculum of civic responsibility : transitioning Black American students to college-level writing., Jamila M. Kareem
Economic growth or economic development? An examination of local government objectives through citizen well-being framework., Mohd Mobin Khan
Retellings : a collection of nonfiction essays., Jennifer Kiefer
Extending difference of votes rules on three voting models., Sarah Schulz King
Intraspecific differences in belowground associations and seedling root morphology for the biofuel crop, Panicum virgatum., Erin Renee Kinnetz
Traces of the (un)familiar : family, identity, and the return of the repressed in the photographs of Ralph Eugene Meatyard., Hunter Martin Kissel
Controlled electrochemical synthesis of single one-dimensional metal nanochains across microgap electrodes., Amareshwari Konutham
The art of silence., Lydia Anne Kowalski
Moral time and homicide investigations., David Stuart Lapsey Jr.
Artificial olfactory system for multi-component analysis of gas mixtures., Alexander Aleksandrovich Larin
Urban governance reconsidered : assessing the roles of public-, private-, and third sector leaders in governing the modern city., Benjamin Colby Leamon
This is just a phase : the impact of population structure on haplotype phasing and linkage disequilibrium measures at functional genetic sites., Roxanne Kaaren Leiter
Development of recyclable gold nanoparticles for routine benchtop catalysis in organic transformations., Shengzong Liang
Some problems arising from mathematical model of ductal carcinoma in SITU., Heng Li
The military meets the university : mapping issues of literacy sponsorship across military and academic settings., Ashley Ludewig
Residuated maps, the way-below relation, and contractions on probabilistic metric spaces., M. Ryan Luke
Labor and happiness., Tyler Reid Madden
From damsel in distress to active agent : female agency in children's and young adult fiction., Megan Sarah McDonough
The knowledge economy : increasing human capital on the U.S. I-65 corridor., Brandon S. McReynolds
American emergency : catastrophe and culture in the U.S.A., from the Civil War to Hurricane Katrina., Lynda Kristian Mercer
James Franklin Bell : hard war in the Philippines., Daniel Michael
Short stories., Karley Miller
Characterizing reactive glutamines in fibrinogen and elucidating factor XIII substrate specificity., Kelly Njine Mouapi
A cross-sectional exploration of household financial reactions and homebuyer awareness of registered sex offenders in a rural, suburban, and urban county., John Charles Navarro
Sonic intolerance : aural yellowface during the golden age of American radio., Greyson Perry Neff
The influence of sport participation on youth binge drinking., Jason Nicholson
A spatial analysis of the relationship between violent neighborhood crime rates and alternative gentrification indicators in Louisville, KY (2010-2016)., George A. Noonan
Challenging the self : an examination of the media's role in creating idealized bodies and the artists that challenge them., Jessica Oberdick
Southern veils : the sisters of Loretto in early national Kentucky., Hannah O'Daniel
Chemoselective reagents for derivatization of trace--level volatile carbonyl compounds using a microreactor approach., Mumiye A. Ogunwale
