Dissertations from 2021
Development and Initial Psychometric Properties of the Cannabidiol Outcome Expectancies Questionnaire (CBD-OEQ), Katherine Walukevich-Dienst
Pore-scale Modeling of Fluid Flow and Particle Transport in Multi-scale Porous Media, Bin Wang
Investigation of Boron-substituted BODIPY Derivatives and Their Applications, Maodie Wang
Garden of Ruins: Military Occupation and State Power in Civil War Louisiana, Johnathan Matthew Ward
Reconstructing the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in Northern Peru: Perspectives from Donax Obsulus Geochemistry and Archaeomalacology, Jacob Pate Warner
An Examination of Yoga to Improve Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress in Firefighters, Amanda Joy Weathers-Meyer
Homosextualities: Translating the Gay Male Body in Contemporary Postcolonial Fiction, Sean Alan Weaver
Eloquence in Talke and Vertue in Deedes: Education and Discontent in Early Modern England, Mary Alison Webb
Evaluation of Residual Herbicides Across Multiple Rice Production Systems, Lucas Connor Webster
Classifying Soft X-Ray Objects in the Galactic Bulge, Joshua D. Wetuski
Workplace Environmental Changes Supporting Employee Health, Tiffany Williams
Gold-Semiconductor Photocatalysts for Water Treatment Under Visible and Ultraviolet Light, Daniel Willis
The Rougarou Concerto and Initial Observations of the Flex Ensemble, Thomas Wilson
Meritocracy and Marketization of Education: Taiwanese Middle-Class Strategies in a Private Secondary School, Amanda Shufang Yang
Experimental and Modeling Study of the Effects of Sealing Structures in Lost Circulation Prevention and Remediation, Mingzheng Yang
Systematic Investigation of Bulk and Surface Properties of Sr3(Ru1-xMnx)2O7, Yifan Yang
Study of Laser Based Additive Manufacturing for Titanium and Copper Alloys, Congyuan Zeng
Synthesis and Investigation of BODIPY and Chlorin Derivatives for Material and Biomedical Applications, Guanyu Zhang
Characterizing and Optimizing Asynchronous Event-Driven Architecture for Modern Cloud Systems, Shungeng Zhang
Essay on Manager Uncertainty and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns, Tengfei Zhang
Mechanical Failure of Metal/Ceramic Interfacial Regions under Shear and Tensile Loading, Xiaoman Zhang
Dissertations from 2020
Calibration Transients In LIGO Detectors, Thomas Daniel Abbott
Neuromotor Control of the Hand During Smartphone Manipulation, Prasanna Kumar Acharya
Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Aroma and Cercospora janseana Resistance in U.S. Rice, Christopher Keith Addison
Crisis, Crisis, Read All About It! Investigating the Direct and Joint Effects of Crisis Response Strategies, Crisis History and Strategic Actions on the Tone of Media Coverage, Habiba Nefisa Alambo
Talking About the Weather: Impacts of Tornado Stories on Memory and Identity, Ashley L. Allen
The Function of Poetry in the Maqamat al-Hariri, Hussam Almujalli
Adaptive Data Migration in Load-Imbalanced HPC Applications, Parsa Amini
Estimation of the Axial and Lateral Capacity of Driven Piles from the Results of Cone Penetration Test and Finite Element Analysis, Mohsen Amirmojahedi
The Long-Term Outlook of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya Bifurcation: A Convergence of Engineering, Economics, and Deltaic Evolution, Thomas Mitchell Andrus
Identifying Human Trafficking Networks in Louisiana by Using Authorship Attribution and Network Modeling, Hassan Marzoughi Ardakani
Measurements and Mitigation of Scattered Light Noise in LIGO, Corey Daniel Austin
Motivation, Higher Education, Belonging, and Development: Integration of Highly Educated Immigrants into the Western Labor Market, Cihan Aydiner
Gender Equality, Tolerance, and Wellbeing in Turkey: The Role of Religion, Ramazan Aydogdu
Interactions between Federal Education Tax Credits and State-Based Aid Programs: An Analysis of State Budgeting for Higher Education, Anna Castrillo Bartel
Study of Fundamental Tradeoff Between Deliverable and Private Information in Statistical Inference, Farhang Bayat
Characterizing the Epidemiology of Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus in Louisiana, Michael Edward Becker
Incorporation of Lignin in Natural and Synthetic Biomaterials to Alter Mechanical and Biochemical Properties for Enhanced Wound Healing, Jorge Alfonso Belgodere
Virtual Touch: Embodied Experiences of (dis)Embodied Intimacy in Mediatized Performance, Naomi Petrea Bennett
Examining Relationships between Early Childcare Teachers' Adult Attachment Orientations and Quality of Interaction in the Infant Classroom, Alexandra Morris Benoit
Exploring Predictors of Older Adults' Performance on a Novel Driving Simulator Task, John Philip Bernstein
Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Louisiana, Dependra Bhatta
Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Frequency and Intensity Related to Observed and Modeled Geophysical and Aerosol Variables, Rupsa Bhowmick
Morphology and Dynamics of Bottlebrush Polymers, Karin Julia Bichler
Examining Nursing Student Dropout Behavior: An Event History Analysis, Michele Lee Blackwell
Earnings Management of Leaders and Laggards, Candice Roche Boucree
National Guard Familes: The Relationship between Institutional Discourses and Lived Experiences, Kimberly Saunier Boudreaux
Some Results on Seymour’s Second-Neighborhood Conjecture and on Decompositions of Graphs, Farid Bouya
Combinatorial and Asymptotic Statistical Properties of Partitions and Unimodal Sequences, Walter McFarland Bridges
The Use of the Alexander Technique as a Practice Tool for Horn Performance, Centria Deondra Brown
Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Reproduction and Ontogeny of Gulf Killifish (Fundulus grandis), Charles Alexander Brown
Agenda Cueing in Aggregated Newsfeeds, Kirill Bryanov
The Association Between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Parental Age, Claire Burns
Regulation of MPCs and KAT8 During Adipogenesis and Nutritional Regulation, Jasmine Burrell
Unprepared to be Culturally Responsive: An Examination of Secondary ESL Educators in Rural Louisiana, Danielle Marie Butcher
A Multifaceted Biological Engineering Approach to Breast Cancer Modeling and Drug Delivery, Charles Ethan Byrne
An Investigation of Athletic Buoyancy in Adult Recreational and Sport Club Athletes, Jackie Rae Victoriano Calhoun
Interactions Among Amygdala Volume, Cortical Thickness, and Structural Connectivity in Youth: Relationship to Emotion Regulation, Peter James Castagna
Interface Engineering of Materials for Energy and Biological Applications, Ardalan Chaichi
First-Principle Study on the Interaction of Ligands with Gold and Effects on Catalytic Activities, Xun Cheng
Source Apportionment of Ozone and Its Health Effects in North China Plain and Southeast U.S., Kaiyu Chen
A Performance Guide to Kurt Erickson's Song Cycle Here, Bullet, André Yong Chun Chiang
A Framework for Augmenting Building Performance Models Using Machine Learning and Immersive Virtual Environment, Chanachok Chokwitthaya
Physical and Biological Factors Controlling the Fate of Nitrate in a Louisiana Coastal Deltaic Floodplain, Alexandra Christensen
New Synthetic Transformations Utilizing Silyloxyallyl Cations and Epoxonium Ions as Reactive Intermediates, Alexander Houston Cleveland
Family Matters. Or Does It? Family Involvement in American Education, Isaiah Fink Avraham Cohen
Günter Grass: Class, Politics, and Memory, Alex Cole
Sodium Propionate and Sodium Butyrate Promote Fatty Acid Oxidation in HepG2 Cells under Oxidative Stress, Kristina Jazmin Cook
Moderators of Academic Performance and Symptom Severity in Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Ryan Nicole Cummins
A Conductor's Guide to Dale Trumbore's How To Go On, Stuart Dameron
Three Essays on Variation in Intergenerational Mobility and Incarceration in the United States, Vikash Dangal
Tunable Luminescence of Rare Earth Doped Nanophosphors via Adaptive Optical Properties of Transition Metals, Pragathi Darapaneni
Structure and Dynamics of Phospholipid Vesicles and the Dependence on Nanoscale Interactions with Molecules of Varying Complexity, Lakshapathy Widanelage Judith Upeka De Mel
Pacific Crosswinds: Antebellum American Fiction and the Transpacific World, Caleb Scofield Doan
Essays on Mortgage Portfolio Diversification, Timothy Patrick Dombrowski
Schnittke, Gubaidulina, and Pärt: Religion and Spirituality during the Late Thaw and Early Perestroika, Aleksandra Drozzina
The Evolution of Bivalve Shell Matrix Proteins, Mark Ira Duhon II
A Phase-Field Approach to Diffusion-Driven Fracture, Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Dunkel
The Perceptions of Foster Care Alumni's Experiences with Four-Year Post-Secondary Institutions: A Case for Capital and Field Advantage, June M. Durio
Experiential Statistics: A Case Study in Favor of Using Project-Based Learning to Advance Preliminary Statistics Content Knowledge in the Algebra I and Geometry Classroom, Trey Michael Earle
A Single Case Study on the Impact of Louisiana's Induction Program on High School Beginning Teachers, Lorita Ann Eichelberger
Two Communication Approaches to Explaining Interpersonal Sibling Differences: Interpersonal Conflict Causing Sibling Deidentification and Media Use Cultivating Family Communication Orientation, Judson Holloway Eldredge
Experiences of Transgender Men Who Joined National Pan-Hellenic Council Sororities Pre-Transition, Sydney Epps
Ageism and Embodied Stereotypes: A Study of Adult Learners in Community College at Midlife, Marla Jane Erwin
Social Contexts and Disconnectedness: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Interrelated Effects of Families, Peers, and Schools on African American Youth, Danielle R. Eugene
Constructing Sanctuary: Refuge and Asylum in Late Medieval Literature, Laura Gayle Fallon
On Selected Subclasses of Matroids, Tara Elizabeth Fife
Noble-Transition Alloy Absorbers for Near-Infrared Hot-Carrier Optoelectronics, Sara Karoline Figueiredo Stofela
Methods for 1,2-Cis-Selective O-Glycosylation and Synthesis of an A. baumannii Lipooligosaccharide Core Disaccharide, Ashley Fulton
Internals In Gas-Liquid Systems, Sai Sankar Ganesan
Transition Metal Complexes of Pyridyltriazole and Bipyridine Ligands, Sen Gao