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.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Synthesis, property tuning and degradation studies of phosphorene-based materials., Usman Onuminya Abu

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First principles study of 2D polar heterostructures., Safia Abdullah R Alharbi

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Interrogating autism from a multidimensional perspective: an integrative framework., Mohamed T. Ali

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Tumor targeting gold nanoparticles for delivery of RNA and DNA oligonucleotide therapies for glioblastoma., Nicholas C. Allen

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Supraspinal reorganization after pediatric-onset spinal cord injury., Luis R. Alvarado

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Barriers and facilitators of dairy consumption among individuals with metabolic syndrome., Kofi Amoh-Mensah

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Dynamic scene understanding: Pedestrian tracking from aerial devices., Abdelhamid Bouzid

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To hell with 'that' religion: Malcolm X and an africana critical theory of religion., Jimmy Earl Butts III

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Land tenure and the urban institutional politics of sustainability: How sustainability "lands" in the relationships between global North and South contexts., Lindsey Connors

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Computational fluid dynamics model of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy., Olivia Susan Cooney

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Perineuronal nets are not required to close the critical period for ocular dominance plasticity., Emily Carol Crouse

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The forest for the trees: how a local arboretum shapes rhetoric and discourse surrounding environmentalism., Cooper Day

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Our story, our song: assessing and addressing black women's healthcare experiences., Jason Allen Deakings

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The red deeps: a retelling of George Eliot's the mill on the floss., Emily Denton

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Someone, stop her! The musical (the gallery show): The thesis document., Hannah DeWitt

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The evolution of empathy: through the lens of a rodent model., Caroline Driscoll-Braden

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Postpartum depression in Jamaica: Exploring the lived experiences., Shakeyrah Elmore

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Regeneration: restorative theatre practice in theatre education., Sarah Chen Elston

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An analysis of the effects of certified electronic health records on organizations and patients., Picandra Kernice Elzie

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Mechanism and kinetics of photocatalytic partial oxidation of methane on single site MOx reaction centers., Clint Nathaniel Evrard

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The association of long working hours and the use of prescription sedatives among U.S. workers., Emmanuel U. Ezekekwu

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“The urgent necessity for more original creative works by transgender and gender expansive artists" is not the title of my thesis., Alicia Barnes Fireel Mx.

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Chemosensory processing by the mediodorsal thalamus., Kelly E. Fredericksen

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Spirits in my studio., Katelyn Gabbard

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Understanding the impacts of global change: from students to microbes., Kylea Rose Garces

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The well-tempered android: philosophical posthumanism in science fiction cinema., Cody Gault

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Paragons of art and nature in eighteenth-century British aesthetic theory., Eduard B. Ghita

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Investigation of light management strategies and photochemistry of Si/TiO2 tandem microwire slurries for solar hydrogen generation., Saumya Gulati

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Menstruation stigma: A qualitative exploratory study of the lived experiences of Nepali women., IImisha Gurung

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Novel microdevices to analyze toxic volatile organic compounds., Sujoy Halder

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Engineering 3D architected metamaterials for enhanced mechanical properties and functionalities., Huan Jiang

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The conceptual compression of space and time as intimated in the depiction of the horse in China, circa 1250 BCE-CE 400., Robert Allan Jones

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Super p-sulfur cathodes for quasi-solid-state lithium-sulfur-batteries., Milinda Bharatha Kalutara Koralalage

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Structural, magnetic, electrical, pseudocapacitive, and electrocatalytic properties of bilayered ruddlesden-popper oxides., Chandana C W Kananke-Gamage

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"Our house there is ugly still we happy": An ethnographic study with women navigating displacement and resettlement., Bridget Virginia Kearney

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Working for yourself: A guide for performers with learning difference., Sa'id "Nxttime" Kelly

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Adverse birth outcomes: Investigating the role of nativity and perceived racial discrimination among black mothers enrolled in Des Moines, Iowa healthy start., Kendria Kelly-Taylor

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Development of nonorthogonal wavefunction theories and application to multistate reaction processes., Emily Michelle Kempfer

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Microgenerations: Bridging the generation gap in workplace values., Melissa Kempf Taylor

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Guided data augmentation for improved semi-supervised image classification in low data regime., Fadoua Khmaissia

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Author(iz)ing literacy: a rhetorical/historical analysis of literacy for college readiness in Kentucky from KERA to the Common Core (and beyond)., Susannah C. Kilbourne

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Media consumption effects on college students' perceived risk of victimization and fear of crime: Does the usage of social media police scanners alter public perceptions of safety?, David Y. Kim

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Biotic and abiotic factors contributing to the invasion success of microstegium vimineum in eastern deciduous forests., Kimberly Anne Koenig

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Second nature: Impressions of place., Trish Korte

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Chloramine devulcanization of waste rubber., Patrick Douglas Kroeger

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The alphaviral capsid protein inhibits IRAK1-dependent TLR signaling to promote pathogenesis., V. "Trey" Douglas Landers

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Administrative evaluations of teachers in tested and non-tested subjects., Natasha D. Lanham

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Rainforests of the mind: Conceiving transnational composition from a mobilities perspective on knowledge., Tobias Christopher Lee

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Still got the blues - no time but here, no place but now: geographies of art & activism in the work of Clyde Woods., Jake Mace

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Compositional engineering of precursor inks for intense pulsed light compatible deposition of perovskite solar cells., Blake Martin

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Effects of pyramidal behavior skills training on the procedural integrity of school staff when delivering functional communication training to students., Erica B. McClure

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The impact of Kentucky’s medicaid expansion on adult coverage and diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic peripheral neuropathy, the use of antihyperglycemics and the role of social determinants of health 2011-2018., Brian McRoberts

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Mach and froude numbers on Mars., Camella-Rosa Nasr

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Drop impact on dry and liquid infused substrates with micro-wells., Ahmed Nazrul Islam

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Clustering and analysis of g quadruplex sequences., Aryan Neupane

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Children's beliefs about hierarchical structures and relationships., Megan N. Norris

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Uncovering testimonis of traditional healing practices among Latinx college students in El Neuvo Sur., Sarah Cecilia Nuñez

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Lung cancer-kidney crosstalk enhances cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity., Andrew Joseph Orwick

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A meta-analysis of the academic achievement of students with emotional/behavioral disorders in traditional public schools in the United States., Dana Page

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The landscape does not care it is a landscape: A utopian pessimist journey in Kentucky., Shachaf Polakow

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Perceptions of student loan debt: a phenomenological study exploring black undergraduate students' experiences., Pilar S. Prather

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Identification of a role beyond iron acquisition for yersiniabactin during Yersinia pestis infection., Sarah LeAnn Price

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Impact of employee-supervisor attachment styles on the prevalence and symptomatic expression of secondary traumatic stress in public child welfare workers., Lisa M. Purdy

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Meta-analysis of therapeutic interventions for the treatment of test anxiety., Thomas John Reece

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Epicertin: preclinical development of a novel mucosal healing agent for ulcerative colitis., Micaela Ann Reeves

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Inpatient department hospital utilization among pregnant women with spinal cord injury or paralysis in the United States., Sonali S. Salunkhe

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An evaluation of hospital-based health technology assessment processes in the United States., Scott Skinner

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Transmission and the evolution of diseases caused by chlamydia trachomatis, SARS-CoV-2, and plasmodium species., Nathan Steffens

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Fear of becoming a victim of crime on a college campus: a visual and factorial experimental design survey analysis of location and demographic factors., Nancy McDaniel Steinmetz

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Women in executive level education leadership positions: perceptions, challenges, and supports., Adrienne Usher

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Factors associated with skin cancer prevention: primary and secondary behaviors., Jeanne Marie Ward

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Soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition: a novel therapeutic strategy for alcohol-associated liver disease., Jeffrey B. Warner

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Evidence-informed in-service professional development to support KEIS providers' sustained fidelity to caregiver coaching., Serena J. Wheeler

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An investigation into structural plasticity in peripheral taste neurons associated with taste cell turnover., Zachary Whiddon

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Synaptic properties of parabigeminal circuits., Kyle Whyland

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Irreversible electroporation potentiates beta glucan induced trained innate immunity: a novel combination treatment for pancreatic adenocarcinoma., Matthew R. Woeste

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Modeling, simulation and control of microrobots for the microfactory., Zhong Yang

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Toward a comprehensive account of orientation selectivity in the retina., Megan L. Zipperer

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Divided we fall: gender-based occupational segregation in Kentucky’s executive branch 2012-2020., Hillary McGoodwin Abbott

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Role of deep learning techniques in non-invasive diagnosis of human diseases., Hisham Abouelseoud Elsayem Abdeltawab

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Media portrayal of private prisons and inmates., Ladye Anna L. Adams

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Surface-functionalized chemiresistive films that exploit h-bonding, cation-pi, and metal-halide interactions., Prasadanie Karunarathna Adhihetty

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“I don' want to upset anyone - I just want to exist": nonbinary college student experiences at a public mid-southern University., Cat Renee Alexander

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Utilizing shockwave theory and deep learning to estimate intersection traffic flow and queue length based on connected vehicle data., Abdulmaged Algomaiah

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The impact of volume of tissue activation on cortical-striatal networks and verbal fluency declines in post-deep brain stimulation Parkinson's disease patients., Alexander Luke Alley

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Beyond accuracy in machine learning., Aneseh Alvanpour

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2D materials based heterostructure for quantum tunneling: a lithography free technique., Ali Alzahrani

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Rehabilitation length of stay in individuals with spinal cord injury paraplegia., Sahal Alzahrani

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A new SIR model with mobility., Ciana Applegate

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Self-regulation in young school-aged children with Williams syndrome., Holley Pitts Arnold

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Wet chemical synthesis and properties of argyrodite sulfide solid electrolytes for solid state lithium batteries., William R. Arnold

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Properties of 25Cr7Ni stainless steel fabricated through laser-powder bed fusion., Arulselvan Arumugham Akilan

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Re-localizing writing assessment: sites of knowledge mobilization., Charlotte Asmuth

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Computer aided diagnosis system for breast cancer using deep learning., Asma Baccouche

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Alkylthiocarbamate metal complexes with antiproliferation activity., Kritika Bajaj

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Nucleate boiling under different gravity values: numerical simulations & data-driven techniques., Sandipan Banerjee

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SRO roles and teacher behavioral intervention strategies: an analysis on behavioral approaches and student suspensions., Ivan Benitez

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The effect of telepractice on vocal interaction between provider, deaf and hard-of-hearing pediatric patients, and caregivers., Abigail Betts

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"Death can't touch them now": AIDS response and memorialization in Louisville, Kentucky, 1982-1992., Olivia A. Beutel

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Bayesian methods for graphical models with neighborhood selection., Sagnik Bhadury