Dissertations from 2020
Exploring Knowledge Transfer and Distillation in Deep Learning, Qun Liu
Multigrid Methods for Elliptic Optimal Control Problems, Sijing Liu
Distance-Based Formation Control: Theory, Applications, and Issues, Tairan Liu
Characterizing Middle School Students’ Physical Literacy: A Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Yang Liu
Antimicrobial Strategies for Topical Applications, Kelsey Marie Lopez
Couples' Relationship Qualities and Child Behavior Problems, Erin Wallace Lovett
The Language of Rats: Unwelcome Animals and Interspecies Connection in Contemporary Anglophone Fiction, Kieran Leigh Lyons
Synthesis and Preliminary Ex Vivo Testing of SiRNA Targeting TCRb: A Proposed Therapy for the Treatment of Autoimmunity, Nicholas J. Magazine
Synthesis of Structurally Diverse Molecular Scaffolds Enabled by Protected Oxyallyl Cations, Joshua Andrew Malone
Bendit_I/O: A System for Extending Mediated and Networked Performance Techniques to Circuit-Bent Devices, Anthony Thomas Marasco
The Venice Four Chanson de Roland: Transformations and the Artifice of Franco-Venetian, Thomas Martin
Assessment of Soil Protein and Refractory Soil Organic Matter Across Two Chronosequences of Newly Developing Marshes in Coastal Louisiana, USA, Stuart Alexander McClellan
A Performer's Guide to "No Man In His Right Mind," "Letter," and "Mirror Mirror" from the opera, Dog Days, Grace Claire McCrary
Between the Judean Desert and Gaza: Asceticism and the Monastic Communities of Palestine in the Sixth Century, Austin McCray
The Relative Impact of Risk and Protective Factors on the Psychological Functioning of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth, Ilayna Krysten Mehrtens
Fluid-Driven Fracture Initiation from Oil and Gas Wells Considering Lifetime Stresses, Andreas Michael
Indeterminate Sample Sequencing in Virtual Reality, Chase Mitchusson
Cover Cropping in Soybean-Corn Rotation System: Economic, Agronomic, and Soil Fertility Impact, Jose Rodolfo Mite
Parallel and Asynchronous Distributed Optimization for Power Systems Operation, Ali Mohammadi
Mitan-Morphic: The Study of the Evolution of the Contemporary Haitian Artist in Relation to Historical Trauma, Petrouchka LouiseLeslie Moise
University Faculty Design-Thinking Personas for Online Course Development: A Q Methodological Study, Jennifer Margaret Morrisette
Pressure Monitoring for Subsurface Leakage Characterization, Mojtaba Mosaheb
Quantifying Structure and Variation in Complex Phylogenetic Data, Genevieve Geraldine Mount
A Conductor's Guide to amass by Jocelyn Hagen, Matthew J. Myers
Comparison of High-Tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication Interfaces: Do Age and Technology Experience Matter?, Surani Gopika Nakkawita
Reinforcement Learning Approach for Inspect/Correct Tasks, Hoda Nasereddin
Function, History, and Ecology in the Exceptional Radiation of Murine Rodents, Jonathan Allen Nations
Investigation of Complex Magnetic Phenomena in Spinel FeMn2O4, MnFe2O4, and NiFe2O4, Roshan Kumar Nepal
Viola Fragments: Contextualizing and Interpreting Selections from György Kurtág's Signs, Games and Messages, Mounir Nessim
Essays on the Economics of Education, My Tra Nguyen
Civil War Interventions: An Examination of the Roles of the Media, Political Executives, and the Domestic Opposition, Jonathan Charles Nickens
Valuing Voices: Construction of Meaning Through Discursive Interactions During a Critical Service-Learning Partnership, Jane Helen Noble
Metabolic Network Analysis of Filamentous Cyanobacteria, Daniel Alexis Norena-Caro
Intelligent Data-Driven Energy Flow Controllers for Renewable Energy and Electrified Transportation Systems, Juan Rafael Nunez Forestieri
Exploring the Role of Engagement Among Sport Volunteers at College Football Bowl Games, Marcella Otto
Taxonomy and Systematics of the New Zealand Pselaphini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Brittany Elin Owens
Engineering Ionomer Materials for Addressing Ohmic Resistances in Electrochemical Desalination and Waste Heat Recovery, Varada Menon Palakkal
The Roles of Host Species, Geographic Scale and Environmental Stressors in Shaping the Composition of Coral Microbiomes, Alicia Marie Riegel Parker
Distributed Load Testing by Modeling and Simulating User Behavior, Chester Ira Parrott
Brominated Carbon Materials As Positive Electrodes for Nonaqueous Secondary Lithium-Bromine Batteries, Benjamin Beau Peterson
James Kallembach's Antigone: A Conductor's Guide, Dominique Petite
Factor Predicting Maternal Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Trajectories Following a Natural Disaster: Coping, Social Support, and Family Functioning, Jennifer Clare Piscitello
Point-of-Care Devices for Therapeutic, Medical and Environmental Applications, Alisha Prasad
Development of Water Coning Control Design Metrics in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, Samir Prasun
Communication Observation in Interpersonal Relationships: Development and Validation of the Communication Observation Measure, Ryan D. Rasner and Ryan Rasner D
Examining Methodological Approaches to Measuring Emotional Reactions to Advertisements: A Comparison of Self-Report and Physiological Response Measures, Rebecca Lee Rast
Theoretical Investigation of Fundamental Cathode Processes in Metal-02 Batteries, Saurin Hiren Rawal
Behavior of Iron Species and Free Radicals in Ambient PM2.5 and PM Surrogates, Cholena Russo Ren
The Role of an Educational Intervention In Addressing Parent Spectator Behaviors in Louisiana Youth Sports, Jerry F. Reynolds II
Village Folk: Exploring the Female Black School Counselor's Perception of Role Confusion and Burnout in Urban Schools in South Louisiana, Christianne Leah Ricard
Video-Based Interventions: Teaching Adults and Preschoolers, Philip Ross Richard III
A Chance for Success: Understanding How Latinx Students Make Meaning of Federal Work-Study Employment, Raylea Danelle Rideau
Summertime: A Mixed-Methodolody Study Exploring the Effects of a University Career and Professional Development Course as First-Year Student-Athletes Transition into the University, Lori Simone' Robinson
Information Retrieval-Based Optimization Approaches for Requirement Traceability Recovery, Danissa Victoria Rodriguez Caraballo
Evolution of Green Blood in New Guinea Lizards: Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Comparative Genomics, Zachary Rodriguez
Transatlantic Perspectives of Deviant and Criminal Women in European, Latin American, and American Narratives, Jose Fernando Rojas
Field Investigation on Point Bar Dynamics and Planform Evolution in Meandering Rivers, Taylor Rowley
Examining Patterns of Executive Functioning Across Dimensions of Psychopathology, Scott Roye
Writing Time: Modern Physics, Modernist Lyric, and the Poetics of Temporality, Carly Rubin
Florpyrauxifen-benzyl Activity and Use in Louisiana Rice Production, Samer Youssef Rustom Jr.
Conservation Potential and Mechanisms of Avian Decline in Experimentally Fragmented and Regenerating Amazonian Rainforest, Cameron Lee Rutt
Late Holocene Environmental Changes and Ecosystem Dynamics in Louisiana's Coastal Wetlands: A Multi-Site, Multi-Proxy Investigation, Junghyung Ryu
Understanding Mechanisms of Value Co-Creation in Collaborative Consumption Services, Harshali Sadhya
Towards An Understanding of Signaling, Network Embeddedness and Online Crowdfunding Success, Vikram Sadhya
Temporal Decomposition for Multi-Interval Optimization in Power Systems, Farnaz Safdarian
Vibrational and Electronic Structure of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Formed on Metal Oxide Nanoclusters and Single-Crystal Surfaces, Nadra Ibrahim Sakr
Comparison of In-Office Psychiatric Encounters with Out-of-Office Psychiatric Encounters Regarding Efficacy, Presenteeism, and Self-Perceived Stigma Among Adult Recipients of Psychiatric Treatment for Depression in Louisiana, Lawrence Sullivan Salone
Theater of the Obsessed, Cynthia Sampson
The Differences between Political Islam and the Hizmet Movement in Turkey, Fevzi Sarac
Social Capitalization as a Positive Emotion Regulation Strategy in Individuals At-Risk for Developing a Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorder, Elana Klein Schwartz
Constructing Interests Through Discourse: An Examination of Renewable Energy Industry Associations, Katelynn Marie Sell
Parenting and Pediatric Anxiety: Examining Pediatric Anxiety Sensitivity as a Mediator, Georgia Leigh Shaheen
Genomics and Population History of Black-headed Bulbul (Brachypodius atriceps) Color Morphs, Subir B. Shakya
Printed Electrochemical Sensors, Hamed Shamkhalichenar
Predictive Modeling of Asynchronous Event Sequence Data, Jin Shang
Applications of Stochastic Optimization and Machine Learning in Photonic Nanostructures and Quantum Optical Systems, Safura Sharifi
Sexually Dimorphic Oxytocin Receptor-Expressing Neurons In The Anteroventral Periventricular Nucleus Regulates Maternal Behavior, Kaustubh Sharma
Optimizing the Performance of Multi-threaded Linear Algebra Libraries Based on Task Granularity, Shahrzad Shirzad
Novel Photon-Detector Models for Enhanced Quantum Information Processing, Elisha Siddiqui
The Life and Death of Kate Townsend: Gender and Power in New Orleans Prostitution, 1858-1883, Lindsay Ann Silver
A Study on the Improvement of Data Collection in Data Centers and Its Analysis on Deep Learning-based Applications, Dipak Kumar Singh
The Road to the Presidency: A Case Study of HBCU Organizational Culture and Its Impact on the Career Progression of Women of Color, Akai Crystal Smith
An Atmospheric and Spatiotemporal Examination of Lightning-Initiated Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes Detected by the Fermi Satellite and TETRA II, Deirdre Colleen Smith
The Choreo-Story Workshops: Devising Body Narratives, Montana J. Smith
Using Spatial Analysis and Machine Learning Techniques to Develop a Comprehensive Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Consolidation Model, Samira Soleimani
Conformational Regulation and Signaling of an Atypical Integrin αvβ8, Guannan Song
Individual differences in prospective memory aftereffects: The role of working memory capacity and inhibition., Samantha Nicole Spitler
Delving into the First Year: A Case Study of the Novice Teacher Induction Experience, Lindsay Stewart
Essays on Relationship Banking and Corporate Financial Policies, David Izzat Suleiman
Neural, Behavioral and Molecular Alterations in Mouse Models of Schizophrenia, Razia Sultana
Synthesis, Characterization, and Investigation of Metal Ion Quenching in Fluorescent Carbon Dot Surrogates for Particulate Matter Black Carbon and Evaluation of Cellular Health Effects Due to the Surrogate Materials, Christopher Lee Sumner Jr
Polymeric Nanoparticles as an Antioxidant Delivery System for Age-Related Eye Disease, Sean M. Swetledge
Water-energy Nexus: Studies On Salinity Gradient Energy Harvest And Desalination, Guangcai Tan