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 2022
Divided we fall: gender-based occupational segregation in Kentucky’s executive branch 2012-2020., Hillary McGoodwin Abbott
Surface-functionalized chemiresistive films that exploit h-bonding, cation-pi, and metal-halide interactions., Prasadanie Karunarathna Adhihetty
Utilizing shockwave theory and deep learning to estimate intersection traffic flow and queue length based on connected vehicle data., Abdulmaged Algomaiah
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
Beyond accuracy in machine learning., Aneseh Alvanpour
Properties of 25Cr7Ni stainless steel fabricated through laser-powder bed fusion., Arulselvan Arumugham Akilan
Re-localizing writing assessment: sites of knowledge mobilization., Charlotte Asmuth
Nucleate boiling under different gravity values: numerical simulations & data-driven techniques., Sandipan Banerjee
The effect of telepractice on vocal interaction between provider, deaf and hard-of-hearing pediatric patients, and caregivers., Abigail Betts
"Death can't touch them now": AIDS response and memorialization in Louisville, Kentucky, 1982-1992., Olivia A. Beutel
The reading of Sir Toby Belch: a queer and black exploration of William Shakespeare's twelfth night., Jahi E Bogard
New debiasing strategies in collaborative filtering recommender systems: modeling user conformity, multiple biases, and causality., Mariem Boujelbene
Mission drift and the effectiveness of resource dependence theory in an internally resource-constrained environment., Kirsten Bullock
HIV and the African American church: millennial faith leader's perspectives., Kelsey LeAnn Burton
Coping flexibility and academic resilience among low-SES college students., Benjamin J. Calebs
Characterization of fundamental parameters that modulate acoustofluidic-mediated molecular delivery to cells., Connor Sterling Centner
Western Christianity and the origins of antiblackness, eurocentrism, and white supremacist ideology., John Chenault
Meat the future., Xin Chen
"We will work a lot and you are so loved": teacher perspectives on building positive relationships with students., Geena Constantin
New accurate, explainable, and unbiased machine learning models for recommendation with implicit feedback., Khalil Damak
A content analysis of the female TikTok influencer: how SMIs alter their image and self-presentation based on their communities., Sydney R Dotson
The underbelly of residential segregation, bussing to integrate and the educational ramifications: a case study of Louisville Kentucky., Camara Douglas
“I think it's male privilege”: a qualitative study of personal, behavioral, and socio-environmental factors influencing high risk sexual behavior and HIV transmission among heterosexual adult males In Ghana., Nana Ama Aya Erzuah Bullock
Spectroscopic measurements of meibum compositional, structural, and functional relationships to elucidate the role of meibum in dry eye., Anthony Chigozie Ewurum
Combating frailty: application of a modified skeletal frailty index in modern military and civilian populations., Emily M. Frazier
Understanding public emergency preparedness before and during the coronavirus outbreak: implications for effective public health and risk communication., Raphael Adjetey Fumey
Automatic testing of organic strain gauge tactile sensors., Brian P. Goulet
Examining adolescent voices in urban montessorianism within the third plane of development., Raymond Edward Green
A decade of car-cyclist collisions in Louisville: a spatio-temporal analysis., Elizabeth Ferguson Greenwell
Materials and interfaces for electrocatalytic hydrogen production and utilization., Alexander Jiya Gupta
Critical thinking or critical creativity: applying De Bono's six thinking hats to speech-language pathology education and practice., Samantha Hahn
High-probability tasks and task completion rates of students with emotional and behavioral disorders., Amy R Hall
The last straw for mixed ensemble and electronis., Nicholas Hall
Contemporary blackface theatre: exploring split second from an authentic black lens to combat white stereotypes., Lamar Alonzo Hardy
Release kinetics of metronidazole from 3D printed silicone scaffolds., Sydney E. Herold
Engineering Lewis acidic materials for biomass conversion and battery applications., Md Anwar Hossain
Data linkage for crash-injury outcome assessment., Aryan Hosseinzadeh
Public health contagion of white supremacy: examining the pipeline of attitudes about racism and racial history education among high school students., Trinidad Jackson
Maria on the moon: a chamber opera., Tanner Jones
Machine learning approaches for early prediction of hypertension., Heba Elsayed Mohamed Kandil
Ashley: a chamber opera in four scenes., Rron Karahoda
Structural, charge transport, gas sensing, magnetic, pseudocapacitive, and electrocatalytic properties of perovskite oxides., Surendra Bahadur Karki
Modeling and debiasing feedback loops in collaborative filtering recommender systems., Sami Khenissi
Small-scale variability in warm season, precipitation around an urban area: a case study of Louisville-Jefferson County, KY., Isaiah I. Kingsberry
Clickbait., Roger Knight
Genomic tools and models for investigating the role of germline diversity in mouse antibody repertoire development., Justin T. Kos
Fabrication and characterization of Lactobacillus Crispatus containing bioprints for bacterial vaginosis application., Anthony J. Kyser
Structural and Functional Myocardial Adaptations to Task-Specific Epidural Stimulation in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury., Harley D. Ledbetter
It's all fun and—: a rhetorical analysis of space in the pandemic., Erica Von Proctor Lewis
Assessing citizen attitudes towards climate change, renewable energy, and solar development in Kentucky., Ryan Patrick Lloyd
A mesonet-based analysis of severe convective winds in west Texas., Quint Long
The impact of sea-level rise in numerically modeled landfalling hurricanes: Katrina and the gulf coast., Serenity Nadirah Mercuri
A modeling platform to predict cancer survival and therapy outcomes using tumor tissue derived metabolomics data., Hunter Allan Miller
Effects of sizing agents on mechanical properties of carbon fiber–polymer composites via fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing., Benjamin D. Mitchell
Machine learning analysis of acoustic attenuation measurements for cellular characterization., John T. Moore
Development and novel applications of halogenating agents., Sagar Ravso Mudshinge
Sustainable nanocatalysis in water for C–C and C–N Cross-Couplings., Tharique Ahammed Ansari Nalakath
The water we were swimming in: transgender and gender nonconforming students' lived experiences in engineering., Natalie Saroff Oliner
Acoustofluidic delivery of gene editing compounds for improved immunotherapy processing., Riyakumari K. Patel
Factors influencing American Indian adolescents' abstention and desistance from drug usage., Ruben Olegovich Pavlov
Functional role of PPAL and potential for moss in industrial applications., Susana Perez Martinez
Authentically (un)real assessing VH!'s basketball wives and its violent & colorist portrayals of black women., Wilma Denae Powell
Fluid structure interactions within a common rail diesel injector., Russell Prater
Beyond a divide: reconceptualizing digital capital and links to academic proficiency., Ryan Price
Development of porous solid acid catalysts for lignocellulose and plastic upcycling., Mohammad Shahinur Rahaman
Motivations of division I student-athletes to participate in strength and conditioning programs., Liza Reader
Protest-related tear gas exposure and menstrual function, Emily Kathleen (Steinmetz) Reece
Forecasting hypotension by learning from multivariate mixed responses.., Jodie Ritter
Progymnasmata and practicality: classical composition in the contemporary classroom., Chelsea Murray Schaper
The role of obesity in macrophage-mediated mechanisms promoting early-onset colon cancer., Katharina Marietta Scheurlen
Factors affecting quality of life and asthma control in older adults with asthma., Karen Schuckmann
Plant-pollinator communities responsive to local and landscape level factors in grassland restorations., Aaron Sexton
Definitions and depictions of rhetorical practice in medieval English Fürstenspiegel., Joseph Ethan Blaine Sharp
As above, so below: magical poetics and queer alchemy & a planetary spell.., Robert Eric Shoemaker
Porphyromonas gingivalis, ethanol, and chronic diseases., Nicholas Alan Short
Determinants of caregiver burden among informal caregivers looking after older adults with Alzheimer's disease in Saudi Arabia., Sultan Ali Shubair
Putting colorism on trial intraracial colorism and its impact on crime trajectory among African Americans., Shaderica Ta'shawn Sibley
The role of organizational culture and relationship marketing in disability sport sponsorship: an exemplar case study., Nina Siegfried
Kurt Vonnegut, modernity, and the self: a guide to the good life., Josh Simpson
Role of Galactose, Thiazolidinediones, and NEET proteins in Mitochondrial physiology and therapeutic development., Robert Anthony Skolik
Cannabinoids and retinal fibrotic disorders., Lucy June Sloan
Black ads matter: an analysis of black representation in advertising., Elyssa Quinn Smith
on the subject of loneliness., Isaac Raymond Smith
(De)Legitimizing genres: rhetoric and tactical institutional critique., Walker Smith
Person-centered decision-making and socio-cultural contexts influencing cesarean deliveries: a national analysis., Alice M. Story
The exploratory study of Jefferson County Public Schools' freshman academies of Louisville model on student promotion, attendance, and sense of belonging., Andrew Lewis Thomas
Black women burdening: the process of "unburdening" realism in Dennis McIntyre's split second., Brandi L. Threatt
Lysosomal evasion of legionella pneumophilia the effector., Bethany Vaughn
Betwixt & between., Xuanyi Wang
The roles of PON2 in mitochondrial physiology, lung tumor cell proliferation, and lung tumorigenesis., Aaron Whitt
Particulate hexavalent chromium inhibits homologous recombination repair by targeting RAD51 paralogs in human lung fibroblasts., Aggie R. Williams
The role of accuracy in children’s judgments of experts’ knowledge., Allison J. Williams
The glass coffin: gothic adaptations and the formation of sexual subjectivity., Colton T. Wilson
The experience of scanxiety in survivors of pancreatic cancer: a phenomenological study., Susan Winebrenner
