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 2016
A reduced labeled samples (RLS) framework for classification of imbalanced concept-drifting streaming data., Elaheh Arabmakki
Assessing moral injury and existential well-being in returning servicemembers using the spiritual attitudes inventory - revised (2010)., LeAnn E. Armes-Bruce
Identification of residual descending pathways after human spinal cord injury., Darryn A. Atkinson
Role of phosphodiesterase-4 in alcohol-induced organ injury., Diana Veronica Avila
Immune monitoring in recipients of combined living donor kidney and hematopoietic stem/facilitating cell transplants., Mark DeWayne Badder
Objective evaluation of clinical shade-matching outcomes., Erin Ballard
Effects of glyceollin on mRNA expression in the female mouse brain., Sanaya Firdaus Bamji
SA-4-1BBL as a modulator of innate, adaptive, and regulatory immunity : implications for cancer prevention and treatment., Hampartsoum Barsoumian
Establishing a clinically relevant mouse model of human AML to test novel transmethylation inhibitors., Aditya Barve
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
Rumination, worry, and drinking behaviors in college students : a mediation analysis., Stephanie Winkeljohn Black
Applying situational crime prevention to terrorism against airports and aircrafts., Molly Mae Block
Carnosine, a therapeutic potential for critical limb ischemic., Adjoa Agyemang Boakye
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
Mitigating intimate partner violence to promote safe linkage to care for South African women who test HIV+ during mobile counseling and testing., Leslie Lauren Brown
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 impact of Medicaid expansion on utilization of mental health services in west Louisville, Kentucky., Susan Theresa Buchino
The colored librarian : Thomas F. Blue and the Louisville Free Public Library's Colored Department, 1905-1935., Jacob Carlton Burress
Development and evaluation of custom prosthetic devices for a companion animal utilizing additive manufacturing., Benjamin Joseph Cahill
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
Efficacy of subcutaneous electrocardiogram leads for synchronous timing and aortic root cannulation for chronic counterpulsation therapy., Stephen R. Carnahan
The role of the MiR-200 family on the tumor suppressor RASSF2 and the effect on MAPK pathway activity in colorectal cancer., Jane V. Carter
Teacher self-perceptions and student academic engagement in elementary school mathematics., Kathleen M. Cash
"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
Effect of non-uniform air-side velocity distribution on heat transfer model predictions for microchannel condenser., Zachary Chapin
Acrolein is a critical mediator of alcohol-induced liver and intestinal injury in alcoholic liver disease., Wei-Yang (Jeremy) Chen
Tobacco-gene activity profile in Porphyromonas gingivalis, Filifactor alocis and Treponema denticola., Neelima Chowdary Cherukumalli
An investigation of virtual golf in the Republic of Korea from a marketing perspective., Chulhwan Choi
Development of a novel device for ventricular assist device outflow graft anastomosis., Young Choi
Inference for a zero-inflated Conway-Maxwell-Poisson regression for clustered count data., Hyoyoung Choo-Wosoba
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
The relationship of reform style professional development and student achievement., Amy Colucci
Identification of host factors required for Yersinia pestis macrophage intracellular survival and their impact on vacuole maturation, acidification and trafficking., Michael Graylin Connor
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
Propensity score methods : a simulation and case study involving breast cancer patients., John Craycroft
"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
Exploring the relation between school pushout and future outlook for black youth., Kish Cumi
"A part of, rather than apart from" : Louisville's black arts scene in the mid-twentieth century., Wesley Sawyer Cunningham
An exploratory study of existing state anti-bullying statutes., John-Robert Curtin, Jr.
Examination of the relevance of PI3K and PTEN pathway in Ustilago maydis., Nathaniel Edward Dalton
Expression of genes for peptide/protein hormones and their cognate receptors in breast carcinomas as biomarkers predicting risk of recurrence., Michael Wesley Daniels
The role of O-GlcNAcase during heart failure., Sujith Dassanayaka
Negotiating resistance with the character G in Naomi Izuka’s Polaroid stories., Konrad Ormand Davis Jr.
The effects of ball interactions on the dynamic behavior of a ball balancer rotating at speeds above the translational resonant frequency of the system., Gregory A. Dedow
Secular but not superficial : an overlooked nonreligious/nonspiritual identity., Daniel G. Delaney
Patchwork : a southern family portrait., Rebekah Dement Farmer
A comparative usability study of web-based personal health records., Alexandra Doggett
Teacher bias in elementary school and the factors that aid it., Camara Uras Douglas
Conductive inks and films via intense pulsed light., Gabriel L. Draper
Challenging conventional wisdom : section 8 housing and the real impact on neighborhood values in Louisville, Kentucky., Paul Francis Dries
Impact of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a broad-spectrum anti-inflammatory, in controlling intestinal factors contributing to inflammatory bowel disease., Gerald Wayne Dryden, Jr.
Green logistic network design : intermodal transportation planning and vehicle routing problems., Xiaoren Duan
Some contributions to nonparametric and semiparametric inference for clustered and multistate data., Sandipan Dutta
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
Examining the effectiveness of implementing Orton-Gillingham reading intervention on student engagement for elementary students with challenging behaviors., Lauren L. Evanovich
Master Buddha & the jolly golly fun time gang., Todd Edward Evans
Toll-like receptor 4 mutation suppresses hyperhomocysteinemia-mediated hypertension., Anastasia Familtseva
"This machine kills fascists" : the public pedagogy of the American folk singer., Harley Ferris
Air pollution, pulmonary oxidative stress, and the endothelin system in the development of cardiovascular injury., Jordan B. Finch
Microbiota activated CD103+ DCS stemming from oral microbiota adaptation specifically drive γδT17 proliferation and activation., Christopher Jay Fleming
In vivo monitoring of therapeutic efficacy and virulence profile by bioluminescent Klebsiella pneumoniae., Ramy Ameen Fodah
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
The role and regulation of inhibitor of Kappa B Kinase in the impaired monocyte response., Norman James Galbraith
Glutathione s-transferase p in glucose homeostasis in mice., Shubha Ghosh Dastidar
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
Isolation of EGFR-containing early endosomes., Julie A. Gosney
A log rank test for clustered data under informative within-cluster group size., Mary Elizabeth Gregg
Cannabinoids suppress the innate immune response to periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis in gingival epithelial cells., Rajarshi Guha Niyogi
Characterization of the role of the Burkholderia pseudomallei type 3 secretion system using in vivo imaging., Maria Gabriela Gutierrez
Therapeutic treatments for PTSD : does type of treatment impact help seeking behaviors in a military sample?, Tyler Conley Halford
The role of the nucleolus in neurodegeneration., Justin Lauren Hallgren
Urban flooding and sewer inundation on the University of Louisville Belknap campus., Justin T. Hall
Role of microRNA-21 in atherogenesis., Rihab Hamed-Berair
Factors that lead students to study music education : a descriptive study., Alexander T. Hamilton II
The process of empathetic bonding with Berniece Charles., Candice Renee Handy
Evaluating minor league baseball social identity, social image, and brand equity., Christan David Hanna
Evaluating cardiovascular dysfunction during increased activity and exercise rehabilitation following incomplete thoracic spinal cord injury in the adult rat., Kathryn A. Harman
The influence of student, neighborhood, and school factors on college readiness : an examination of factors combined as a result of implementing a race- and socioeconomically-based student assignment plan., Gregory Paul Herberger
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
Pro-inflammatory cytokines promote viral replication and cell cycle mediators in arenavirus-induced hepatitis., Gretchen E. Holz
Sparse feature learning for image analysis in segmentation, classification, and disease diagnosis., Ehsan Hosseini-Asl
