Dissertations from 2024
Advancing Data-Driven Disaster Debris Characterization and Quantification, Jasmine Bekkaye
A LOOK INSIDE: A MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY OF SCHOOLS THAT SPECIALIZE IN DYSLEXIA, Mitzi Berryhill
Graph-Based AI Approaches for Revolutionizing Drug Discovery: The DeepDrug Approach, Adam Bess
EVALUATING PAST PROGRESS AND ASSESSING PREDICTION BREEDING STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINED GENETIC GAINS IN THE LOUISIANA SUGARCANE VARIETY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, Brayden A. Blanchard
Does a Restatement Damage an Audit Partner's Reputation, Alisha Blush
Understanding Mechanisms for Coastal Marsh Sustainability in a Changing Climate, Ashley R. Booth
A Paradise in Shambles: Anglophone Kashmiri Fiction and the Environment, Zachary Bordas
PERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF CHILDHOOD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE, Ashleigh R. Borgmeyer
SOUNDSCAPE - A Guided Approach to Post-Tonal Horn Repertoire, Selena B. Boyda
DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL NANOPARTICLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS, Lucinda Boyd
Characterizing the Roles of Bacterial and Viral Agents in House Crickets (Acheta domesticus) at Commercial Rearing Facilities in the United States, Kimberly L. Boykin
Humanitarian Watchdogs: The Impact of Humanitarian Aid on State Behavior, Kevin David Bradley
Advancing Student Achievement in High Performing Schools: An Analysis of How Educational Leaders Can Leverage Professional Learning Communities and Achievement Level Descriptors for Data-Driven Instruction, Andrea Tory Broussard
Characteristics Influencing Enrollment Choices: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Factors That influence Black Students' Decision to Enroll in College of Agriculture Programs, Jennifer L. Brown
What Is EAI? A Short History of the Style’s Evolution and Development of Identifiable Characteristics, Dylan Burchett
Optimizing Associative Memory in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults: Retrieval Practice, Post-Retrieval Feedback, and Gesture, Brianna E. Cairney
Race and Racism through the lens of Black men: Exploring The Talk and lessons Black fathers teach their children about race and racism in America., Conial C. Caldwell Jr
Safeguarding Ecological Knowledge from the Effects of Climate Change: An Archival Approach, Daena Jean Carrillo
Physical Activity Barriers and Facilitators In African American Women: A Social Ecological Models Perspective, Leah Ann Carter
Stress on the Brain: An Investigation into the Impact of Stress on Learning, Memory, And Metamemory Processes, Felicia M. Chaisson
An Investigation of Support for K-12 English Learners in Louisiana Public Schools: A Cross Case Study, Alexandra L. Chenevert
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHIC DANCE (CCD) AND GENERATIVE ARTS: PHANTOM OF UTOPIA, Ka Hei Cheng
Corporate Governance and CEO Compensation in the United States and China: Two Configurational Studies, Peiyao Chen
Development of a Cosmic Ray Generator for Ground-based Radiobiology Experiments, Megan Chesal
Direct and Indirect Effects of and Preference for Feedback during the Good Behavior Game in Elementary Classes, Jensen Chotto
Highway Wildfire Damage Assessment using Physical and Financial Impacts from the 2020 Labor Day Wildfires, Kevin Christiansen
Petrogenesis of Key Archean Metamorphic Lithologies from the Eastern Beartooth Mountains, Montana, USA, Larry Fisher Cliff-Tuttle
CARBON CYCLING ACROSS LAND OCEAN CONTINUUM UNDER ACCELERATED CLIMATE CHANGES, Patrick O. Clower
A Critical Content Analysis of Multicultural Young Adult Literature, James Coleman III
Cuir Latinidades: Decolonial Explorations of Cuir Borders of Identity and Relationality, Stephanie Colin
Synthesis of Portions of an Acinetobacter baumannii Lipooligosaccharide (LOS), Brandon Conrad
BLACK SURVIVORSHIP AND VICTIMIZATION: AN INVESTIGATION OF MEDIA PORTRAYALS ON BLACK BODIES AND STATE SANCTIONED GUN VIOLENCE, Mahalia C. Crawford
Exploring the Interconnectivity Between Soilless Substrate Hydraulic Properties and Plant Root Morphology, Kristopher S. Criscione
Coastal sedimentary records of extreme events and human activity: Examples from hurricanes and microplastics, Nicholas T. Culligan
RIESZ PARTICLE MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHODS, Xiongming Dai
PRESCRIBED FIRE EFFECTS ON MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND FUNCTIONS IN MANAGED ECOSYSTEMS, Viet Dao
Impact of Encapsulation on Electron Transfer Properties and Pollutant Sequestration in Cationic Cages, Monojit Das Bairagya
THE EXPERIENCES OF BLACK RURAL EDUCATORS IN LOUISIANA DURING THE DOUBLE PANDEMIC, Chelsie A. Davis
Exploring Pre-Service Teachers' Experiences with Emerging Technologies in Secondary Education: A Phenomenological Study, Richelle M. DeCuir
IN SEARCH OF THE ARMORIAL AESTHETIC: THE COUNTER-REFORM OF ARIANO SUASSUNA AND THE COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES IN CLOVIS PEREIRA’S SUITE MACAMBIRA, Wagner De Oliveira Duarte
Canine Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Evaluating PGAM5 and Heterobilharzia americana, Priscilla Devora
Academic Support Programs at HBCU Law Schools, Marla L. Dickerson
Gerrymandering Louisiana's Electoral & Industrial Landscapes: A Political Ecology of Cancer Alley, Adam S. Dohrenwend
The Modular Generalized Springer Correspondence for the Symplectic Group, Joseph Dorta
Learning Proximal Operators with Gaussian Process and Adaptive Quantization in Distributed Optimization, Aldo Duarte Vera Tudela
AUGMENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DIFFUSION MRI DATA VIA MACHINE LEARNING METHODS, Reagan T. Dugan
Novel Approaches to the Activation of Chalcogenoglycosides for O-Glycosylation, Tiffany Duong
Examining Visual Attention and Working Memory's Intersection in Producing Visual Search and Spatial Reasoning Behavior, Brandon Eich
Looping: The Music of Steve Reich, Ty D. Ellender
Describing the Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of Louisiana White Spot Syndrome Virus in Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), Jacqueline E. Elliott
Assessment of Engineering Performance and Environmental Impacts of High Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Asphalt Mixtures in Flexible Pavements, Ibrahim A.I.E. Elnaml
Navigating Gray: Examining Impression Management for Individuals in Black-White Interracial Relationships, Salimata L. Fall
The Relationship Between Communicative and Social Deficits and Challenging Behavior in Angelman Syndrome, Cassie Chanel Feck
LiDAR ILLUMINATES THE ARCHITECTURAL INVESTMENT OF DEFENSIVE EARTHWORKS AT DOS AGUADAS, GUATEMALA, Blaine S. Fisher
ATTOCHEMISTRY REGULATION OF CHARGE MIGRATION, Aderonke Folorunso
MULTISCALE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN UPPER-OCEAN DYNAMICS AND EXTREME WEATHER, Robert Keenan Forney
Human-Environment Interactions in Coastal Belize: Insights Into Sea-Level Rise and Ancient Maya Activities at the Paynes Creek Salt Works, Cheryl Mae Foster
The Sedimentary Response of Foreland Basins to Mountain Building: Insights from Basin Response Time and Multi-Proxy Provenance Analyses in the Pro-Foreland Basin of the Greater Caucasus, Kristoffer Colton Fowler
Preserving the Embodied Meaning of Objects, Katherine F. Fresina
VISIBILITY GRAPH APPROACH FOR COVERAGE AREA MAXIMIZATION, Venkata M. Gadiraju
UNDERSTANDING THE SEASONAL DYNAMICS OF PATHOGENS CAUSING CERCOSPORA LEAF BLIGHT ON SOYBEAN IN LOUISIANA, Nelomie N. Galagedara
Identification and Characterization of Resistance to Meloidogyne enterolobii and M. incognita in Sweetpotato Genotypes, David M. Galo Espinal
Running to or running from: Exploring the phenomenology of off-cycle turnover in entry level housing professionals, Kate Gannon-Cullinan
Damage Detection Methods at the Bone-Implant Interface, Beatriz M. Garcia
Applications of biodegradable lignin-g-PLGA and lignin-g-PCL polymers for sustainable agriculture, Alvaro Gustavo Garcia Lira
Improving Bovine Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection, Lauren Gatenby
“COMMENT PEUT-ON ÊTRE PERSAN ?”: PERSANITÉ IN CONTEMPORARY FRANCOPHONE AUTOFICTION, Anoosheh Ghaderi
Metabolic Activity During Bovine Oocyte Maturation In Vivo and In Vitro, Emily Girka
ENHANCING THE RESILIENCE OF PRINTING MATERIALS USED FOR EXTRUSION-BASED CONSTRUCTION 3D PRINTING ON EARTH AND BEYOND, Ilerioluwa S. Giwa
Characterizing and Mitigating Transient Noise in LIGO Observatories for Gravitational Wave Detection, Jane Glanzer
Mentorship Within Developmental Networks: A Phenomenological Study of Black Women Tenured Associate Professors and Their Path Toward Full Professor, Jenifer F. Godfrey
Exploring the Spanish Pianistic Landscape: A Study on Salvador Brotons's Solo Piano Works, Angela P. Gonzalez Gimenez
Understanding Disease and the Future Implications of Climate Change on Disease Dynamics, Scott Grimmell
A Literary Dialogue Between Kamel Daoud and Albert Camus: Colonial and Postcolonial Representations of the Other, Farida Guechoud
Scaling the Wall: Math Attitudes and Mindsets of Middle School High-achievers, Stephanie R. Gullage
Measuring and Modeling Grease Degradation, Alan Gurt
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH LIQUEFYING FUELS, Mohana Durga Prasad Gurunadhan
Reason Over Revelation: John Locke as Secular Rationalist, Benjamin P. Haines
DESIGN OF LONG-DISTANCE ENTANGLEMENT DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOLS FOR QUANTUM NETWORKS, Stav Haldar
All-Optical Probes of Particle-Like Charge Migration Dynamics, Kyle A. Hamer
SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGE IN CONSTRUCTION: DEEP DIVE OF IMPACTFUL FACTORS AND INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, Nicholas B. Hardy
The Landscape Of The 1811 German Coast Uprising, Kenetha Harrington
Martial Spirits and Marital Rites: Assessing Rousseau's Critique of Commerce's Devaluation of the Military and the Family, Jacob A. Harvey
Black Feminist Counterpublic Pedagogy: A Study of Digital Black Feminism and its Pedagogical Possibilities, Alexandria N. Hatchett
A Qualitative Look Inside the Post-Pandemic Lives of Black Mothers, Hope Hickerson
Enhancing Writing by Increasing Metacognitive Skills Through Socratic Seminars in a High Poverty Middle School Social Studies Classroom: An Intrinsic Case Study, Kirsten Hickingbottom
Modeling and Numerical Analysis of the Cholesteric Landau-de Gennes Model, Andrew L. Hicks
Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Cationic Co(II) Pre-Catalysts and Cooperative Germylene–Metal Complexes, David R. Holzknecht
Black and Creole Louisiana Trailriders: Negotiating Appearance, Gender, and Representation on the Trail through Dress, Leigh Danielle Honeycutt