This collection includes theses and dissertations from the University of Louisville. 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 2025
Bayesian model updating of structural parameters using temperature variation data., Ujjwal Adhikari
The effects of geographic isolation and anthropogenic activity on the social behavior of Caribbean green Monkeys., Rose Amrhein
A Black Sherlock Holmes: An exploration of nonconforming characterization., Faith Janaye Artis
Advancing research on Retinitis Pigmentosa: An investigation of natural history, visual system plasticity, and mutation-independent treatment., Cecilia A. Attaway
The voices behind the screen: Navigating the politics of work-time, identity, visibility, and tokenism in the workplace., John Douglas Broadus Jr.
Investigating factors that influence rural student degree attainment at urban institutions., Kevin Kelleher Buckley
Demon in the dark: A collection of short stories., Giovanna Claudia Burkett
Sex-based differences in osteoarthritis in early medieval Spain: A case study from Visigoth and Carolingian period Terrassa., Jordan Chatellier
The light farm., John Wrestling Brewster Clay
Untitled: Study., Annabela Cockrell
Everything and nothing found in the house of leaves: A multiliterate analysis of multimodal writing., Jennings Collins
Building a future of "vision, passion, and possibilities" in Eastern Kentucky: How veteran educators understand and suggest improving teacher retention., Robert Brian Collins Jr.
Minimizing secondary spinal cord injuries with hypertonic saline., Francisco A. Cortez-Thomas
Analyzing the association of competitive food policy on competitive food content in U.S. schools., Mary E. Curnutte
Light without memory., John Day
Healthcare access and agency in material culture: a specialized analysis of pharmaceutical artifacts from Louisville’s West End., Sara Marian (Deurell) Ignacio
Creating new points of access: how integrating Black acting methods strengthens the Western theatre canon., Darrin Edward Dispenza-Mosley
Women and gender non-conforming introductory STEM students navigating gender, faculty expectations, and college support systems., Trisha A. Douin-Manning
I'm still eating crayons., Eisey Eisenhardt
Catholic high school principals’ experiences with parent-school relationships and perceptions of self-efficacy., Alexander J. Glaser
Can exploring before instruction improve underrepresented STEM students’ learning compared to traditional methods? Investigating psychosocial factors., Katherine G. Golway
Affective teacher tok: A sociomaterial analysis of teachers’ digital literacy practices on social media., Jessica Nicole Gottbrath
Emotion regulation, reasoning, and procedural safeguards in politically-polarized moral dilemmas., Alanea Graci
Predicting resilience among treatment-referred youth with a history of trauma exposure: an exploration of risk and protective factors., Prabathi Mandara Gunathilake
SARS-CoV-2 modulates PLA2G2D/PGD2 signaling to manipulate host immune response to increase disease severity., Dante L. Hamiel
What happens to soil and native plant life after removal of Lonicera maackii in an urban temperate forest?, Sheryl A. Gipson Hammond
Coalitional belonging as praxis: first-year writing and student community creation in the post-DEI university., Kendyl C. Harmeling
Dirty Dianthus: A review of the Microbotryum-Dianthus plant pathogen system., Roxanne Kaaren Hayes
Differences in prostate cancer (PCa) stage at primary diagnosis and PCa-specific mortality among rural versus urban populations in Kentucky., Chase Herrmann
Studies of pathways to T2D and interventions through a dynamical system model., Rafiqul Islam
A causal model of performance shaping factors for human reliability analysis in manufacturing., Prameet Ranjan Jha
Genetic influence of allelic variation on the phenotypic variability of cognitive outcomes in individuals with Williams syndrome., Marinie P. Joseph
The impact of consensus decision making on creating conditions for psychological safety in SBDM councils., Rachel Ann Klein
Tel Jezreel's medieval crusader cemetery: A case study in contemporary burial practices and necroviolence against infants and children., Autumn Koehling
Gastropoda a song cycle in 7 movements for 10 musicians., Jonathan Krueger
The dynamic role of hyaluronan in acute cardiac wound healing., Danielle T. Little
Student perceptions of school climate and safety after the collective trauma of COVID-19 and racial injustice syndemic., Amy Catherine Lyons
It is well: A narrative study examining the impact of community cultural wealth for Black students experiencing grief during the COVID-19 era., Daquarius Mahone
Exploring the impact of social interactions and representation on the development of engineering students' sense of belonging in a summer program., Liliana Martinez
From slaveship to championship: Pan-Africanism, the Black Atlantic, and reframing the rumble in the jungle., Garret S. McCorkle
Biomechanical assessment of fracture risk in young children with healthy bone and osteogenesis imperfecta., Keyonna McKinsey
Movement on the ladder: The lesbian avant-garde in America., Sarah Melloy
Applying residence time distribution theory to coronary thermodilution curves., Jacob Michael Miller
Multimodal emotion recognition for human-robot interaction across neuro-diverse populations., Ruchik Mishra
For you, by who? Undergraduate students enacting critical digital literacy with the TikTok "for you page" algorithm., Rachel Morgan
New Bayesian methods for longitudinal data analysis with complex dependence structures., Anish Mukherjee
Concurrently implementing Islam and democracy in Afghanistan: Failure causes and future prospects., Mohammad Riaz Nassiry
The role of TGFβ-activated kinase 1 in fibroblast differentiation and cardiac remodeling after injury., Daniel Chien Nguyen
Black women under the white gaze: Resistance from enslavement to incarceration and reentry., Barbie C. Parker
Online optimization with lookahead for dynamic assignment and energy-smart scheduling in manufacturing., Mahmud Parvez
Musical influence and propaganda during the Russian-Ukrainian war., Kamil Józef Pedziwiatr
Racial disparity and environmental influences on perinatal health in Jefferson County, Kentucky., Felicia A Pugh
Thermal characterization of lithium-ion batteries under fast charging conditions using infrared imaging., Gowthaman Punithakumar
“Souls cannot rest in contested places”: An ethnographic case study and archeological environmental assessment of the North Shore cemeteries., Henrietta K. Ransdell
Integration of multi-omics datasets evaluating structural and functional features of the gut microbiome in People With HIV (PWH)., Aakarsha Vijayakumar Rao
Wide screen with critical essay "translating a poetry of cinema"., James L. Richie IV
The impacts of management practices on industrial hemp chemistry, physiology, and microbiome ecology., Allison Marie Rietman
Black childhood in focus: Counter-histories of Black urban childhood in preserve the Baltimore uprising, a 21st century digital participatory archive., Ameena Basheera X Ruffin
Healthcare utilization patterns, associated factors, and readmission rates among children with sickle cell disease., Daniya Mohammed Sabrah
CNS-specific HIV reservoir characterization in humans: advancing our understanding through novel genomics methods., Ghazal Sadri
Tracing Clovis landscapes: Chert sourcing at the Copelin Valley site in Kentucky., Shaylee Scott
Finer resolution paleoclimatological network analysis of hydrological extremes and tree-growth response for Kentucky, U.S.A., Jordan Sharp
Perceptions of unstructured recess and classroom behaviors in elementary school settings., Allison Shockley
Evaluating the relationship between musical sophistication and melodic and harmonic expectations., Anya Elizabeth Shorey-Smith
Thin-film optical filters for selective transmission and black-body reflection in pyroelectric energy systems., Cedric Cruz Silva
Kinetic growth rate analysis of Coelastrella sp. in aquaculture wastewater., Rob Skarvan
The effects of ethanol and tributyrin on Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis in 3×Tg-AD mice., Lucy June Sloan
Long-term changes in bolus parameters during swallowing post-chemoradiation treatment., Brittany Rebecca Smiley
Early college credit programs as predictors of postsecondary student success., Emily K. Spoden
Advancing speech intelligibility assessment: Comparing school-based speech-language pathologists, laypersons, and speech recognition software., Hannah Stewart
Volatile organic compounds and their relation to sympathetic activation and autonomic balance in humans., Cameron Kyle Stopforth
Achieving racial equity in an urban school district: Historical conditions, critical policy analysis, and community perspective., Whitney Taylor
Nonlinear power function model changepoint detection., Jacob Steven Townson
Deep learning in lung cancer pre- and post-radiation therapy: diagnosis of malignancy and radiation-induced lung injury from 3D x-ray CT., Benjamin Peter Veasey
Necessitating autonomy: Performing Black womanhood., Krystal Chavonne Waller
Everyday justice and neighborhood associations., Rebecca Wells-Gonzalez
Teacher perspectives on a teacher mentorship program and its influence on a sense of belonging and professional growth., Hyun Kang Wilson
A sacrifice on the altar of unity: the loss of Black identity in the unification of Kynett and LaGrange First UMC., Rebecca Sue Wishnevski
Implementation of a sustainability dual credit course curriculum to support environmental literacy in an urban high school., Rachelle Wood
An automatic colorectal polyps detection approach for CT colonography., Mohamed Yousuf
Predicting confidence in performing mental health actions among allied professionals., Jean Marie Zelenko
"I never really saw anybody that looked like me in a book": A positioning theory analysis of preservice teachers' critical reflections., Melissa Lee Zipper
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Life beyond the Port of Beirut, album & drum triggering system., Ayman Abi Kheir
In-training explainability frameworks to make black-box machine learning models more explainable., Asuman Cagla Acun
Multimodal stylometry: A novel approach for authorship identification., Glory O. Adebayo
Using the State-Reinforced Self-Governance framework to evaluate neighborhood revitalization in the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative., Gifty Amma Adusei
Assessing the relationship between racism in medicine, medical mistrust and cardiovascular disease among Black American adults., Osayande Agbonlahor
Racial identity & psychological distress: The mediating role of sense of community and spiritual struggles among Black Christians., Adebayo Ajibade
The role of matrix metalloproteinase-9 gene ablation in preserving ejection fraction during chronic volume overload-induced heart failure., Oluwaseun Ebenezer Akinterinwa
Access to health care and glycemic control: The national health and nutrition examinations survey (NHANES) 2005-2018., Mohamed M. Ali
You don’t look sick: Epistemic injustice, ethos, and embodied expertise in narratives of chronic illness., Caitlin Burns Allen
