This collection includes theses and dissertations from the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, in the College of Arts & Sciences. 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 2020
Between two cultures: a qualitative analysis of LGBQ American desis' published stories., Shaina Khan
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Vlogging truth to power : a qualitative study of resilience as practiced by transgender youtube content creators., Corey J. Feger
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Identities without origins : fat/trans subjectivity and the possibilities of plurality., MC Lampe
"The quality of women's intelligence" : female humanists in Renaissance Italy., Julie Myers-Mushkin
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The love that refuses to speak its name : examining queerbaiting and fan-producer interactions in fan cultures., Cassandra M. Collier,
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Academics and activism : a comparative study of contemporary historical writings on same-sex sexuality and LGBT activists in the Middle East., Lauren Copeland
The bricks in action : women's public housing activism in Louisville, Kentucky, 1958-1970., Aletia M. Robey
Radical sister : Lucy Freibert as feminist nun, activist, and educator., Jessica Whitish
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Exploring the missing pieces : readers, religion and societal relations in ONE magazine, 1954-1963., Alisha West
"This is not what motherhood looks like" : mothers' interpretations of cultural representations of the celebrity pregnant and post-partum body., Brittany M. Williams 1987-
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The unruly woman in prime time animated sitcoms., Sarah Pennington
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The madness is catching : transsexuality and the Cartesian subject., Andrew Edward Clark 1986-
They are in silence : refugee women's narratives., Erin Elizabeth Herbert
Cycling and women's rights in the suffrage press., Christine Neejer