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 2017
Breaking the cycle of silence : the significance of Anya Seton's historical fiction., Lindsey Marie Okoroafo (Jesnek)
Trinity part one : food of the Gods., Thomas Edward Olges
Thomas Merton : evil, suffering, zen and the purified soul theodicy., David Edward Orberson
Transplantar : los frutos de sus labores Transplant : fruit of their labor., Marie-Elena Ottman
Nonspreading solutions in integro-difference models with allee and overcompensation effects., Garrett Luther Otto
Oil, space, and national imaginaries : discursive productions by standard oil New Jersey post WWII., Michael Poindexter
Moving mountains : a study examining long-term impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining on mortality in the Appalachian region using geographic information sciences techniques., James Howard Kent Pugh
Gene expression of ammonium transporters in Ustilago maydis and their role in pathogenicity and virulence., Kirsten Richardson
Organizational collaboration and its impact on immigrants and refugees in Louisville., Elizabeth Burdette Roberts
The lose-lose situation : identity prioritization and gendered communication in co-recreational intramural basketball., Megan Robinson
Ironic deference : an inquiry into the nineteenth-century feminist rhetoric of Kesiah Shelton., Melissa Rothman
Hard to see through the smoke : remembering the 1912 Hillsville, Virginia courthouse shootout., Travis A. Rountree
Remotely sensed heat : variation and change in surface urban heat islands in a temperate eco-region of the United States., Jeremy Sandifer
The dangers and self protective behaviors of ride share drivers., M. Angela Schwendau
Transversal approaches and ecological artwork., Madison DeAnna Sevilla
The otaku phenomenon : pop culture, fandom, and religiosity in contemporary Japan., Kendra Nicole Sheehan
Finding exuberance for the role Shelby in Baltimore., Danielle Smart
Fabrication and functionalization of carbon nanocages for use in CFx batteries., Nathan Smith
Norton Commons, Clifton, and social equity : a neighborhood, inter-neighborhood, and regional comparison of new urbanism and “old” urbanism., Aaron J. Stephenson
Colorectal cancer FIT screening in the hope vi population of Jefferson County, Kentucky., Jeffrey D. Stone
Cumulative trauma, emotion reactivity and salivary cytokine response following acute stress among healthy women., Yvette Z. Szabo
The sources of behavioral reinforcement : an examination of nonsocial reinforcement theory., Heather Tolle
Dead places : American horror, placelessness, and globalization., Katherine Ashley Wagner
Emotion socialization and families of children with and without ADHD., Danielle M. Walerius
LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination laws in Kentucky., Christopher M Wales
Regulation of haplid phenotypes in Ustilago maydis by ammonium transporters and components of the b mating locus., Rena Margaret Wallen
Embeddedness and commitment : tracing patterns of family instability and child wellbeing over time., Heidi Michele Williams
Examining the link between press freedom and politics., Megan Wollerton
The cultural creation of Fulvia Flacca Bambula., Erin Leigh Wotring
An analysis of the relationship between snowpack and groundwater across Utah watersheds., Samuel Wright
Transient absorption studies of CdSe nanocluster passivated with phenyldithiocarbamate ligands., Yizhou Xie
Farmscapes : picturing land transformation in nineteenth-century America., Eileen L Yanoviak
How Muslims help : an ethnography of Muslim voluntary assistance for Syrian refugees in Louisville, KY., Irene Levy Yates
Heterogenization of complexes with redox active ligands for hydrogen evolution reaction., Wuyu Zhang
Spatial patterning and human behavior in level "F" at Lapa do Picareiro., Brandon K Zinsious
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Synthesis, characterization, and electronic properties of novel 2D materials : transition metal dichalcogenides and phosphorene., George Anderson
Effect of migration, carrying capacity, and fecundity on the formation of clinal patterns during range expansions., Neha J. Angal
Effects of glyceollin on mRNA expression in the female mouse brain., Sanaya Firdaus Bamji
When the silver screen fades to black : an analysis of black faces in film., Travesheia Rashel Bass
How the city of Indianapolis came to have African American Policemen and Firemen 80 years before the modern civil rights movement., Leon E. Bates
Patterns of early lexical and gestural development in children with Williams syndrome., Angela M. Becerra
Learning from science lectures : students remember more and make better inferences when they complete skeletal outlines compared to other guided notes., David Bradley Bellinger
Applying situational crime prevention to terrorism against airports and aircrafts., Molly Mae Block
Investigating the influences of climate on the high elevation snowpack hydrology in the upper Colorado region., Claire-Louise Bode
An environmental history of the Rio Grande in the Panama Canal zone, 1521- 1950., Francisco Javier Bonilla
Crime and culture : a thematic reading of Sherlock Holmes and his adaptations., Britney Broyles
A nativist upsurge : Kentucky's Know Nothing Party of the 1850s., Eric B. Brumfield
The colored librarian : Thomas F. Blue and the Louisville Free Public Library's Colored Department, 1905-1935., Jacob Carlton Burress
An evaluation of Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis applied to Landsat 8 OLI images for mapping land cover in southern Africa's Savanna., Fernando Ferreira Caixeta
"If this stuff matters, why isn't it being shared?" : citations, hyperlinks, and potential public futures of online writing in rhetoric and composition., Elizabeth Frances Bergeron Chamberlain
Site responsibility : eco-art and environmental ethics in the anthropocene., Nicholas Flint Collins
A study of the radiative pion capture process as a background to the search for muon to electron conversion with the mu2e experiment., Jacob Colston
Working from the outside in., Byron Lee Coolie Jr.
Exploring differences between the health and wellness of state police officers and community corrections professionals., Rodney Allen Copenhaver
"We weren't created to do it by ourselves" : good mothering and maternal support across race, class, and family structure., Cheryl Lynn Crane
"Puritan hypocrisy" and "conservative Catholicity" : how Roman Catholic clergy in the border states interpreted the U.S. Civil War., Carl C. Creason
The queer child and haut bourgeois domesticity : Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt., Jessica Cresseveur
"A part of, rather than apart from" : Louisville's black arts scene in the mid-twentieth century., Wesley Sawyer Cunningham
Examination of the relevance of PI3K and PTEN pathway in Ustilago maydis., Nathaniel Edward Dalton
Negotiating resistance with the character G in Naomi Izuka’s Polaroid stories., Konrad Ormand Davis Jr.
Secular but not superficial : an overlooked nonreligious/nonspiritual identity., Daniel G. Delaney
Patchwork : a southern family portrait., Rebekah Dement Farmer
Teacher bias in elementary school and the factors that aid it., Camara Uras Douglas
Challenging conventional wisdom : section 8 housing and the real impact on neighborhood values in Louisville, Kentucky., Paul Francis Dries
Putting Christians on the map : topographic mosaics from late antique Jordan as representations of authority and status., Tracey Elizabeth Eckersley
To write a life : three women in history., Justy Louise Engle
Master Buddha & the jolly golly fun time gang., Todd Edward Evans
"This machine kills fascists" : the public pedagogy of the American folk singer., Harley Ferris
9/11 memorials : contested memory, competing narratives, and healing., Jennifer A. Fraley
Constructing urban life : a study of automobile dependency in 148 mid-size U.S. cities., Chad Paul Frederick
Kentucky's first statesman : George Nicholas and the founding of the commonwealth., Benjamin Michael Gies
Impact of luminance and spatial parameters on the generation of the human pattern electroretinogram., Kate A. Godwin
Using a mouse model to investigate male bias in autism spectrum disorder incidence., Elizabeth Ann Gordon
Chemoselective reactions and their applications in metabolite isolation and analysis., Sadakatali Shokatali Gori
Urban flooding and sewer inundation on the University of Louisville Belknap campus., Justin T. Hall
The process of empathetic bonding with Berniece Charles., Candice Renee Handy
Computation of Least Angle Regression coefficient profiles and LASSO estimates., Sandamala Hettigoda
The evolution and analysis of legal protection for medical conscientious objectors., John Peter Hill
Mechanisms responsible for the development of causal perception in infancy., Nicholas A. Holt
Murakami-ego : collective culpability and selective retention., Yun Kweon Jeong
Reel racism, real consequences : a multiple case analysis of savior films as racial projects., Eric A. Jordan
Exchange patterns and relations in collaborative governance., Charles Wharton Kaye-Essien
Assessing cultural competence in a mental health outpatient facility., Alexis N. Keen Crook
To my betas, endless chocolate frogs! : exploring the intersections of emotion, the body, and literacy in online fanfiction., Brittany Kelley
Social comparison processes as contributors to consistent physical activity., Holly M. Knight
Identities without origins : fat/trans subjectivity and the possibilities of plurality., MC Lampe
Woody plant communities of three urban wetlands and the success of an invasive shrub (Lonicera maackii) over natural and experimental flooding gradients., Meghan Rhea Langley
Plant community responses to the removal of Lonicera maackii from an urban woodland park., Elihu H. Levine
"Clarity" and "The romantic Marvin Milkweed"., Adam Christopher Lippert
Effects of invasive shrub honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) and forest composition on bird communities in woodland stands., Katie Rae Lynch
The zodiac army., Keith Charles Marks
Casting calls on the hillbilly highway : a content analysis of Appalachian-based reality television programming., Dan Thelman Martin
Let's keep in touch : conversations about access and tactility., Whitney E. B. Mashburn
Race, rebellion, and Arab Muslim slavery : the Zanj Rebellion in Iraq, 869 - 883 C.E., Nicholas C. McLeod
A qualitative analysis of communality in Louisville community gardens., Victoria Ann Montgomery
