This collection includes theses and dissertations from the Graduate School. 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 (Master of Engineering, prior to 2005) 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
Genes that matter: Survival modeling in TCGA-BRCA with treatment interactions., David Pratt
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
Dust observations of occulting galaxy pair VV 191., Clayton Robertson
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
Crossed stitches: Tension and transformation in nineteenth-century embroidery samplers., Hayley Salo
Therapeutic potential of SGLT2 inhibitors in a repeated love dose cisplatin model., Dianet C. Sanchez
Enzymatic depletion of adenosine to potentiate cancer immunotherapy., Omar Sadi Sarkar
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
Dementia caregiving styles: Characterizing dementia caregivers via a novel framework., Darby M. Simon
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
CBL regulation of c-Met signaling in corneal epithelial cells., Kate Elise Tarvestad Laise
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
"That’s not a meal, bestie”: Humor, identity, & feminized consumption in “Girl Dinner”., Claire Tudor
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
Analysis of an ethanol sensitive Bmp-nkx2.3-Fgf signaling pathway in pouch morphogenesis., Hieu Dai Le Vo
Changing globally, acting locally: responses of coastal plant functional traits to global change are mediated by biotic and abiotic interactions., Shannon L. Walker
Necessitating autonomy: Performing Black womanhood., Krystal Chavonne Waller
Metabolic regulation of cardiac fibroblast phenotype and function., Collin Kleis Wells
Everyday justice and neighborhood associations., Rebecca Wells-Gonzalez
Design and testing method for quality control of chill haze in bourbon production., Molly J. Wilburn
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
The substance of reality: Moral perfectionism in Shakespeare's Hamlet., David Wright
Queer convergence: Figurative abstraction in contemporary art., Vincent Young
An automatic colorectal polyps detection approach for CT colonography., Mohamed Yousuf
Predicting confidence in performing mental health actions among allied professionals., Jean Marie Zelenko
Material extrusion 3D printing of metal alloy: Material, methods and application., Sihan Zhang
"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
Exploring influencing factors on the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions during pandemics: COVID-19 as an example., Ahmed Abdulmohsen I Alobaydullah
Modifiers of the effects of different dimensions of social support on cardiac rehabilitation adherence., Melissa Amraotkar
Teacher identity matters: The influence of identity on student/teacher relationships and special education student performance., Jamil Anderson
Social undermining among police officers in the United States., Weston B. Anderson
Spectrum optimization for advanced air mobility communications using deep reinforcement learning., Rafael D. Apaza
Attention guided data augmentation for improving the classification performance of vision transformers., Nada Baili
Mental health counseling for individuals with intellectual disabilities: A phenomenological study of client perspectives., Kathleen Nagle Barnett
Housing policy and eviction: An iterative process., Oleksandra Maksymivna Belinova
Constitutive chefs: The ethos and constitutive rhetoric of Anthony Bourdain, Sean Sherman, and Mashama Bailey., Michael Jared Benjamin
Faculty and "Teams": Academic literacies in the post-lockdown, digital university., Morgan Suzanne Blair
Analysis of the robustness and sensitivity of deep learning models for automatic target recognition., Wael Bouchaala
Inhibition of pro-inflammatory lipid mediators by Yersinia pestis., Amanda Brady
Remote caregiver teaching to improve caregiver implementation of system of least prompts., Brandy N. Brewer
Regulation and mechanisms of ocular dominance plasticity at cellular resolution., Thomas Christopher Brown
Utilizing metal ligand cooperativity to activate small molecules., Christine Burgan
Buried pipeline performance under surface loading using finite eelement analyses and innovative soil box testing methodologies., Adam Gabreil Cantrell
A study of post-quantum cryptographic schemes., Max Cartor
Ligand-stabilized SnO2 as a high-performance and scalable electron transport material for inverted perovskite solar cells., Sashil Chapagain
That limbless sign the thesis document., Donna R. Charging
Predicting the effects of precipitation on groundwater contamination near capped and uncapped coal ash storage facilities in Louisville, Kentucky., Daryl Jialiang Chen
Alabaster glory., Chloe Cheng
Examination of model minority myth, mentorship, university environment, and sense of belonging on the well-being of Asian American undergraduate and graduate students., Stephanie Chin and Stephanie Chin
Mechanical property simulations of ploybenzimidazole membranes., Blake Alexander Clark
Acoustofluidic delivery of biomolecules to cells: a novel approach for preparing CAR-T cells., Madison C. Colebank
Proteolytic manipulation of neutrophil responses and the efferocytic synapse by porphyromonas gingivalis., Kelley N. Cooper
Preserving archaeology in the digital age: Evaluating strategies for effective curation and database management., Cenetria Leshun Crockett
The superhero gothic: The montrous hero to the heroic monster in the twentieth century., John Darowski
An investigation into the structural features that control factor xiii stability and substrate specificity., Rameesa Darul Amne Syed Mohammed
The evaluation of acute: Chronic workload ratios for integration into the injury mitigation strategy of a sport organization., Matthew K. Daunis
Social identity and personhood at an early byzantine cemetery: Late antique child burials at Syedra, Turkiye., Mekenzie Riley Davis
Reimaging safety after sexual violence: A qualitative exploration of survivors' experiences with formal and informal crisis response networks., Hallie Ruth Decker
Origin stories., Danielle Deeley
High energy density lithium-ion battery materials., Rachel DeWees
A little bit of everything: Persistence though the pre-medical pipeline for first and continuing generation students., Tana R. Didelot
Dementia of the Alzheimer’s type in adults with Down syndrome: knowledge among graduate students in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology., Abigail Regan Donaway
Relation between the negative cognitive triad, perceived everyday discrimination, depressive symptoms, and TNF-a in adolescents., Ashley Ann Marshall Dondanville
Adaptive robot collaboration using robotic skin and motion similarity., Jordan Dowdy
Examination of solutrean lithic technology at the Vale Boi site, Southwestern Portugal., Jordan Durham
Socioecological factors associated with the timing of prenatal care initiation in Kentucky and beyond: An exploratory study., Melissa B. Eggen
Evaluating the effectiveness of computer-based instruction for training pre-service teachers in simultaneous prompting., Mary P. Elliott
Contested spaces: Unhoused black men and their survival within the urban landscape., Jonathan Riley Ellis
The utilization of grassroots organizing by Black women pioneers to achieve reproductive justice., Madison Ruth Ellsworth
Impact of human immunoglobulin genetic variants on the expressed antibody repertoire., Eric Engelbrecht
Development of a square wave voltage field-oriented controller for a linear vapor compressor., Thomas Everson
Unraveling the complex dynamics of cardiac fibrosis: CCN1 as a novel regulator of scar collagen architecture and structural integrity in myocardial infarction., Annalara Garland Fischer
