Theses from 2025
UNDERSTANDING THE EXPERIENCES OF BIOLOGY TEACHERS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Amber R. Collins
Infrared Laser Ablation of Biomolecules from Formalin-Fixed Tissue, Blessing Chisom Egbejiogu
Campaigning in the Field: Voter Contact Strategies and the Use of Office Space in Electoral Politics, Sean Whyard
Theses from 2024
Why Own a Gun? An Ethnographic Perspective on Gun Culture in Louisiana., Kane Aguila
Evaluation of colorimetric RT-LAMP for screening of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater, Jesmin Akter, Wendy J.M. Smith, Metasebia Gebrewold, Ilho Kim, Stuart L. Simpson, Aaron Bivins, and Warish Ahmed
ANALYZING THE CATFISH AND TROUT COMPETITIVENESS TRENDS AND POTENTIAL TRADE WITHIN THE US AND GLOBAL AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY: A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH, Diana Marisol Amaya Discua
Graph-Based AI Approaches for Revolutionizing Drug Discovery: The DeepDrug Approach, Adam Bess
The lavatory lens: Tracking the global movement of pathogens via aircraft wastewater, Aaron Bivins, Robert Morfino, Andrew Franklin, Stuart Simpson, and Warish Ahmed
Investigation into the effects of COVID-19 on the Mobility Preferences and Challenges amongst Senior U.S. Citizens: Insights from a Nationwide Survey Study, Bernard Boakye and Hany Hassan
Numerical modeling of airborne infectious disease transmission in a shared-office space under various ventilation strategies, Saeid Chahardoli, Mina Lesan, and Arup Bhattacharya
Lessons From the Field Psychosocial consequences of the COVID-19 homestay for preschoolers and their parents, Katie E. Cherry, Cynthia F. DiCarlo, Matthew L. Willis, Piper J. Bordes, Matthew R. Calamia, and Loren D. Marks
THE EXPERIENCES OF BLACK RURAL EDUCATORS IN LOUISIANA DURING THE DOUBLE PANDEMIC, Chelsie A. Davis
Young Children’s Perception of the COVID-19 Home Stay, Cynthia F. DiCarlo, Katie E. Cherry, Margaret Mary Sulentic Dowell, and Loren D. Marks
“You can’t wash your hands in a house without running water”: pandemic precautionary behaviors after Hurricane Laura, Cécile M.F. Girard, Katie E. Cherry, and Laura Sampson
COVID-19 as a chronic stressor and the importance of individual identity: A data-driven look at academic productivity during the pandemic, Breanna N. Harris, Carolyn M. Bauer, James A. Carr, Caitlin R. Gabor, Jennifer L. Grindstaff, Caleigh Guoynes, Jennifer J. Heppner, Cris C. Ledon-Rettig, Patricia C. Lopes, Sharon E. Lynn, et al.
Persisting Anxiety: The Duration of Emotions during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Michael Henderson and Ayla Oden
A Qualitative Look Inside the Post-Pandemic Lives of Black Mothers, Hope Hickerson
The effect of anticipated telework conditions and family-supportive supervisor behaviors on work-family outcomes, Tiffany Huynh, Janet L. McDonald, and Rachel Williamson Smith
Cellulose Nanofiber as Mask/Personal Protective Equipment Surface Agent for Enhanced Anti-Bacterial Performance, Sophia Jackson and Jonathan Chen
Using Creel and Angler Surveys to Characterize U.S. Recreational Fishing, Anna L. Kaz
Early pandemic recreational fishing patterns across the urban-to-rural gradient in the U.S., Anna L. Kaz, Michael D. Kaller, Abigail J. Lynch, and Stephen R. Midway
Dynamic Volunteer Engagement and Impactful Educational Outreach Taking Us into the Next 50 Years of the Extension Master Gardener Program, Heather Kirk-Ballard, Kristine M. Lang, Esther McGinnis, Kerry Smith, and Lucy Bradley
Truck Traffic during COVID-19 Restrictions, Katerina Koliou, Scott A. Parr, Evangelos I. Kaisar, Pamela Murray-Tuite, and Brian Wolshon
Round II: Exploring the Experiences of Black, First-Generation Graduate and Professional Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Derrick D. Lathan
Rural-Urban Food Price Inflation Disparities in the United States, Qingxiao Li
COVID, elite rhetoric, and Americans’ attitudes toward U.S. trade practices with China, Dmitriy Nurullayev, Ping Xu, and James Garand
Effects of Perceived Supervisor and Peer Support on Training Transfer for Frontline Registered Nurses, Carly Penn
Understanding Social Impacts of Major Disruptions from the Perspective of Destination Access, Manika Rana Bhat
Cartografias no contexto da COVID-19 no Brasil/Cartographies in the Context of COVID-19 in Brazil, Renato Emerson Nascimento dos Santos
In-Person, Hybrid, or Remote: Exploring the Effectiveness of Teacher Practices on Student Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ashley M. Segalla
Harmony in Collaboration: Curating Sustainability in Post-Pandemic Arts, Natalie M. Stepaniak
Racial differences in feelings of distress during the COVID-19 pandemic and John Henryism Active Coping in the United States: Results from a national survey, Samaah M. Sullivan, Jas M. Sullivan, D'Andra Orey, and Najja Kofi Baptist
Pregnant Black Bodies in Peril: A Multi-Method Analysis of Obstetric Outcomes and Gestational Experiences, Courtney E. Williams
Th2 and Th17-associated immunopathology following SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection in Spike-vaccinated ACE2-humanized mice, Tianyi Zhang, Nicholas Magazine, Michael C. McGee, Mariano Carossino, Gianluca Veggiani, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, Avery August, and Weishan Huang
Submissions from 2023
Influence of membrane pore-size on the recovery of endogenous viruses from wastewater using an adsorption-extraction method, Warish Ahmed, Wendy J.M. Smith, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Masaaki Kitajima, Aaron Bivins, and Stuart L. Simpson
Vibriosis: An Integrated Study of Ecology, State Policy, and Health Communication, Ruth Akintoye
Cybercompetitions: A survey of competitions, tools, and systems to support cybersecurity education, Tyler Balon and Ibrahim (Abe) Baggili
Cycles and Dynamic Correlations Between Agricultural and Stock Markets, Junior E. Betanco Gunera
Predicting Grocery Store Visits During the Early Outbreak of COVID-19 with Machine Learning, Ruijie Bian, Pamela Murray-Tuite, and Brian Wolshon
Exploring Older Adults' Mobility Challenges and Preferences before and after COVID-19 Pandemic, BERNARD BOAKYE
A Repeated-Measures Study of Relational Turbulence and Transition Processing Communication During the Summer of COVID-19 (Summer 2020), Kellie St Cyr Brisini and Denise Haunani Solomon
Linking stress to the emergence of relational turbulence in marriage, Kellie St Cyr Brisini, Denise Haunani Solomon, and Miriam Brinberg
Effects of COVID-19 on sensory and cognitive perception of mild and severe diagnosed and recovered patients versus healthy consumers, Adan Cabal-Prieto, Lucía Sánchez-Arellano, José Andrés Herrera-Corredor, Jesús Rodríguez-Miranda, Witoon Prinyawiwatkul, Lorena Guadalupe Ramón-Canul, Filiberto Toledano-Toledano, Ingrid Mayanin Rodríguez-Buenfil, Manuel Octavio Ramírez-Sucre, Gregorio Hernández-Salinas, et al.
Explaining Life Through Evolution, Prosanta Chakrabarty
Consumer Behavior and Customer Service on Social Media Platforms, Huai-Tzu Cheng
Black Experiences with Community Gardening in Southeast Louisiana, Kiarah Craft
Effects of Fertigation Versus Palletized Fertilizer on Height and Caliper Growth in Oaks, Zachary M. Davis
A Comparison of Self-Report Measures to Screen for Mental Health Concerns in Youth, Jacob Landon DeBoer
Near-term impact of COVID-19 pandemic on seniors’ crash size and severity, Saba Doulabi and Hany M. Hassan
Senior Americans’ perceptions, attitudes, and safety concerns toward Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), Saba Doulabi, Hany M. Hassan, and Bin Li
Did the Rapid Transition to Online Learning in Response to COVID-19 Protocols Results in Forced Disclosure by Faculty Members with Invisible Disabilities, Charles Edward Ethridge
Times of Crisis: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of U.S. and Mexican Presidential Rhetoric, Kassandra Gonzalez-Ramos
The Reality of Teaching English Virtually: ESL Teachers' Perspectives and Experiences during the COVID-19 National Pandemic, Natalia Guerrero
Economic Perceptions in the American Public, Moriah Harman
Food insecurity among households with children during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bailey Houghtaling, Megan M. Patton-López, Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Nila Pradhananga, Lauri Andress, T. Elaine Prewitt, Annie Hardison-Moody, Justin D. Shanks, Michelle Grocke-Dewey, Eliza Webber, et al.
CONSUMER SHIFT: EXAMINING FEMALE GENERATION Y CONSUMERS’ ACTIVEWEAR CONSUMPTION, Lauren LaPorte
Did COVID-19 Change Patron Format Preferences?: A Multi-year Study of Patron Format Preferences at Two Universities, Jessica Lee, Mason Hall, and Michael Holt
Consumer coping with Covid-19: an exploratory study of clothing consumption shifts and the effect of consumer resilience, Chuanlan Liu, Sibei Xia, and Chunmin Lang
Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Markers Indicate Neuro-Damage in SARS-CoV-2-Infected Nonhuman Primates, Sudipa Maity, Meredith G. Mayer, Qingbo Shu, Hellmers Linh, Duran Bao, Robert V. Blair, Yanlin He, Christopher J. Lyon, Tony Y. Hu, Tracy Fischer, et al.
QUANTIFYING THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON PORT CONGESTION, Corey R. Mayeux
The Intersection of Literacy and Nature Place-Based Learning: An Autoethnographic Case Study in A Rural Middle School, Alvera H. McMillan
Factors Influencing Consumers’ Willingness-to-Try Seafood Byproducts, Silvia Murillo, Ryan Ardoin, and Witoon Prinyawiwatkul
Code to Cope: Supporting Self-Care by Integrating Creative Coding and Coping Mechanisms, Hye Yeon Nam, Andrew M. Webb, Raymond Tucker, and Brendan Harmon
Show us the data: global COVID-19 wastewater monitoring efforts, equity, and gaps, Colleen C. Naughton, Fernando A. Roman, Ana Grace F. Alvarado, Arianna Q. Tariqi, Matthew A. Deeming, Krystin F. Kadonsky, Kyle Bibby, Aaron Bivins, Gertjan Medema, Warish Ahmed, et al.
COVID-19 Impacts on United States Crawfish, Ly Nguyen, Andrew Schmitz, and P. Lynn Kennedy
SIREN–smart ventilation for infection risk mitigation and HVAC energy efficiency: a case study amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Zhihong Pang, Xing Lu, Pingfan Hu, Zheng O’Neill, and Qingsheng Wang
Quantification of how mechanical ventilation influences the airborne infection risk of COVID-19 and HVAC energy consumption in office buildings, Zhihong Pang, Xing Lu, and Zheng O’Neill
Family Communication Patterns During Emerging Adulthood: An Investigation of Parent-Child Communication About Vaccine Decisions, Rebecca M. Riccardi
Investigating Expectancy Values in Online Apparel Rental during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Moderating Effects of Fashion Leadership, Sukyung Seo, Kittichai Watchravesringkan, Uma Swamy, and Chunmin Lang
John Henryism Active Coping and COVID-19 policy compliance, Jas M. Sullivan and Moriah Harman
John Henryism Active Coping and COVID-19 policy compliance, Jas M. Sullivan and Moriah Harman
HIGH-DIMENSIONAL PROBABILISTIC TIME SERIES PREDICTION VIA DEEP LEARNING MODELS, Xiuxuan Sun
Monkeypox outbreak: Wastewater and environmental surveillance perspective, Ananda Tiwari, Sangeet Adhikari, and Roger K. Seals
Disparities in spatial accessibility of primary care in Louisiana: From physical to virtual accessibility, Fahui Wang, Yutian Zeng, Lingbo Liu, and Tracy Onega
Estimating long-term and short-term impact of COVID-19 activity restriction on regional highway traffic demand: A case study in Zhejiang Province, China, Rui Wang, Zhao Zhang, Stephen K. Formel, Demetra Kandalepas, Kimberly L. Mighell, John Pardue, and Sunshine A. Van Bael
Implementing a Hybrid Internship during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kaci Wilson, Amanda Hawk, and Marty Miller
Environmentally persistent free radicals enhance SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium, Ayaho Yamamoto, Peter D. Sly, Keng Yih Chew, Lavrent Khachatryan, Nelufa Begum, Abrey J. Yeo, Luan D. Vu, and Kirsty R. Short
Environmentally persistent free radicals enhance SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium, Ayaho Yamamoto, Peter D. Sly, Keng Yih Chew, Lavrent Khachatryan, Nelufa Begum, Abrey J. Yeo, Luan D. Vu, Kirsty R. Short, Stephania A. Cormier, and Emmanuelle Fantino
COVID-19, traffic demand, and activity restriction in China: A national assessment, Zhao Zhang, Daocheng Fu, Hai Lin, Hussein Alqrinawi, and Nathan P. Lord
Submissions from 2022
Occurrence of multiple respiratory viruses in wastewater in Queensland, Australia: Potential for community disease surveillance, Warish Ahmed and Aaron Bivins
RT-qPCR and ATOPlex sequencing for the sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance, Warish Ahmed, Aaron Bivins, and Rhett W. Stout
Comparison of RT-qPCR and RT-dPCR Platforms for the Trace Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater, Warish Ahmed, Wendy J.M. Smith, Suzanne Metcalfe, Greg Jackson, Phil M. Choi, Mary Morrison, Daniel Field, Pradip Gyawali, Aaron Bivins, Kyle Bibby, et al.
Implementation of Multi-level Interventions to Mitigate Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant at a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY in Southern United States, Keena N. Arbuthnot, Rebecca C. Christofferson, Autumn W. Collins, Matthew Rodrigue, and John H. Pardue
Transitioning in a Time of Crisis: Understanding the Impact Students’ Prior Online Learning Experiences Have on Online Course Achievement, Clayton F. Benton
Artificial Intelligence For The Discovery Of Novel Antimicrobial Agents For Emerging Infectious Diseases, A Bess, F Berglind, S Mukhopadhyay, M Brylinski, A Bess, T F. Cho, C Galliano, and K M. Wasan
Artificial intelligence for the discovery of novel antimicrobial agents for emerging infectious diseases, Adam Bess, Frej Berglind, Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Michal Brylinski, Nicholas Griggs, Ramakrishna Nemani, and Shreekant Gayaka
Passive sampling to scale wastewater surveillance of infectious disease: Lessons learned from COVID-19, Aaron Bivins, Devrim Kaya, and Kelly A. Rusch
Industrial construction safety policies and practices with cost impacts in a COVID-19 pandemic environment: A Louisiana DOW case study, Brian Briggs, Carol J. Friedland, Isabelina Nahmens, Charles Berryman, and Yimin Zhu
Industrial construction safety policies and practices with cost impacts in a COVID-19 pandemic environment: A Louisiana DOW case study, Brian Briggs, Carol J. Friedland, Isabelina Nahmens, Charles Berryman, and Yimin Zhu
Relational turbulence and social network engagement during the summer of COVID-19: A repeated measures, dyadic analysis, Kellie S. Brisini and Denise H. Solomon
Relational Communication and Relationship Qualities among College Daters during the Transition Back to Campus following the COVID-19 Lockdown, Kellie St Cyr Brisini
Net-Shaped DNA Nanostructures Designed for Rapid/Sensitive Detection and Potential Inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus, Neha Chauhan, Yanyu Xiong, Shaokang Ren, Abhisek Dwivedy, Nicholas Magazine, Lifeng Zhou, Xiaohe Jin, Tianyi Zhang, Brian T. Cunningham, Sherwood Yao, et al.
Adolescents' Behaviors, Fitness, and Knowledge Related to Active Living before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis, Senlin Chen, Baofu Wang, Stacy Imagbe, Xiangli Gu, Jared Androzzi, Yang Liu, Sami R. Yli-Piipari, Gang Hu, Tina K. Thethi, Phillip J. Brantley, et al.
THE EFFECTS OF COVID 19-RELATED SOCIAL MEDIA HATE CRIME ON ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICANS' SELF-ESTEEM, Saachi Chugh
THE EFFECTS OF COVID 19-RELATED SOCIAL MEDIA HATE CRIME ON ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICANS' SELF-ESTEEM, Saachi Chugh
Environmental Impacts on COVID-19: Mechanisms of Increased Susceptibility, Stephania A. Cormier, Ayaho Yamamoto, Kirsty R. Short, Luan Vu, and William A. Suk
Peptides and peptidomimetics as therapeutic agents for Covid-19, Achyut Dahal, Jafrin Jobayer Sonju, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, and Seetharama D. Jois
Peptides and peptidomimetics as therapeutic agents for Covid-19, Achyut Dahal, Jafrin Jobayer Sonju, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, and Seetharama D. Jois