Dissertations from 2018
Re-forming Educational Reform: An Oral History of Three Louisiana Teachers, Ashley L. Seatter
Innovative Monte Carlo Methods for Sampling Molecular Conformations, Aliasghar Sepehri
Personalized Normative Feedback for College Student Condom Use, Sonia Mahesh Shah
Audit Committee Industry Specialization: An Examination of Auditor Choice, Financial Reporting Quality Implications, and Market Perception, Danny Lynn Shaw
Visualization and Quantification of Cancer-associated Enzymes with Fluorescent Small-molecule Substrate Probes, Zhenhua Shen
Witnessing the Event of Deconstruction: Cultural Encounter between Louisiana and Japan and Its Implications for Education, kaori shimizu
Analysis of Chromatin Interactions of BEAF-associated Promoters Using 4C, Shraddha Shrestha
Risk, Responsibility, and Ethics in Professional and Technical Communication, Charley Grant Silvio
Survival and Inactivation of Salmonella Enterica and Human Norovirus on Consumer Contact Surfaces, Dorra Simmons
Synthesis, Characterization, and Assessment of Cationic Polypeptoids Toward Gene Delivery and Development of Air Stable N-Substituted N-Thiocarboxyanhydrides, Jessica Michelle Simpson
The Evolution of a Collaborative Network: Understanding Partnerships in a Policy Mandated Collaboration Through Social Network Analysis, Pallavi Singh
Curve Tracking Control Under State Constraints and Uncertainties, Robert Kelly Sizemore
Hypothesis Testing and Model Estimation with Dependent Observations in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks, SIMA SOBHIYEH
NMR Structural Investigation of Chlamydial Protein Complex and Lysine Glycomimetic for Drug Design, Abigael Chebichiy Songok
A Coupled Thermo-mechanical Theory of Strain Gradient Plasticity for Small and Finite Deformations, Yooseob Song
She Must Be Crazy: Alternative Realities in Contemporary Francophone Literature, Emily Barclay Spriggs and Emily Barclay Spriggs
An Analysis of Alu Elements in Baboons, Cody James Steely
Endorectal Digital Prostate Tomosynthesis, Joseph Robert Steiner
The Status of Safety Culture at Louisiana State University, Jerry Edward Steward
Political Giving as Civic Participation: Identifying Donors and Motivating Giving, Robyn Lynn Stiles
Sediment and Plant Dynamics in a Degrading Coastal Louisiana Landscape, Glenn Michael. Suir
Preparation and Characterization of Nanocellulose and Its Application in Composite Materials, Xiuxuan Sun
Costs and Benefits of Flood Mitigation in Louisiana, Arash Taghi Nezhad Bilandi
Mixed Categories of Sheaves on Toric Varieties, Sean Michael Taylor
Nutrition Misconceptions and Awareness Among College Students in a University Community, Shervia Singleton Taylor
Musical Introductions to Cavalleria Rusticana: Giuseppe Perrotta's "Bozzetto Sinfonico" and Pietro Mascagni's "Preludio", Ronaldo Augusto Teles Dos Santos
Image-based Modeling of Flow through Porous Media: Development of Multiscale Techniques for the Pore Level, Timothy Wayne Thibodeaux
Investigating Trace Metal Sequestration of Reducing Environments in Modern and Ancient Settings, Adam Charles Turner
Scaffolded Play as a Predictor of Change in Language and Play in Children with Autism, Cara Tyson
Mobility of Nano-Particles in Rock Based Micro-Models, Jagannath Upadhyay
Klezmer Elements in Paul Schoenfield’s Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano: A Violinist’s Perspective, Hannah Phyllis Urdea Marcus
The Effects of Pressure and Magnetic Field on Phase Transitions and Related Physical Properties in Solid State Caloric Materials, Ahmad Ikhwan Us Saleheen
Out of the Shadows the Matriarch Rises: A Case Study of Women Academic Deans at a Southern, Research One Institution, Jacob Lee Vaughn
Influence of Salinity, Sunlight, and Sediment on the Toxicity of Pesticides in Three Non-Target Organisms, Emily Noelle Vebrosky
Decentralized Optimal Control With Application In Power System, Boyu Wang
On Structures of Large Rooted Graphs, Shilin Wang
A Comparison of Causal Inference Methods and Their Application in Big Data Analytics, Xuan Wang
Spectra of Quantum Trees and Orthogonal Polynomials, Zhaoxia Wang
"Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall": Reflections on Colorism, Healing, and Resistance in Literature and Social Media, Sarah Lorena Webb
Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Representation of Intellectual Disability in the Realist Narrative, Elizabeth Wells
Backstepping and Sequential Predictors for Control Systems, Jerome Avery Weston
The Graphs and Matroids Whose Only Odd Circuits Are Small, Kristen Nicole Wetzler
The Urban Archaeological Supersite Paradigm: Integrating Archaeology and HGIS into Heritage Management, Andrea P. White
The Relationship between Audit Quality and Competition at the Intersection of the Large and Small Audit Firm Markets, Jeanne-Claire Alyse White
Customer Perspectives on Sales Strategies: A Relational Approach, Juliana Catherine White
The Impact of Cultural Attitudes on Economic Outcomes and the Political Behavior of Blacks, Jhacova Williams
The Effects of Accelerated Reader on 6th Grade At-Risk African American Males' Motivation as It Relates to Foucault's Power/Knowledge Theory, Theresa Williams
Partner Gender as a Predictor of Relationship Satisfaction, Sexual Satisfaction, Relationship Commitment, and Attachment Identity among Women, Amy Leigh Wright
Essays on IPO Lockups, Wentao Wu
Microfluidic Technology and Application in Urinal Analysis, Jiwen Xiang
Preparation of Cellulose Nanofibers from Bamboo Using Microwave Liquefaction, Jiulong Xie
Nanostructured Materials Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks for Energy and Environmental Applications, Zhiqiang Xie
Novel Design and Synthesis of Composite Nanomaterials for Lithium and Multivalent Ion Batteries, Wangwang Xu
Iron-sulfur Cluster Biogenesis and Iron Homeostasis in Escherichia coli, Jing Yang
Workflows For X-ray And Neutron Interferometry/Tomography As Applied To Additive Manufacturing, Jumao Yuan
Essays on the Impact of Parents' Investment and School Curriculum on Educational Outcomes in China, Han Yu
Applications of Computational Models on Studying Particulate Systems, Jielin Yu
ECONOMIC APPROACHES AND MARKET STRUCTURES FOR TEMPORAL-SPATIAL SPECTRUM SHARING, Feixiang Zhang
Chemically Modified Cellulosic Materials as Multi-Functional Agents in Polymer Composites, Jinlong Zhang
Formation Control of Multi-Agent Systems by Using Rigid Graphs, Pengpeng Zhang
First-Principles Study on the Catalytic Role of Cerium Dioxide in the Conversion of Organic Compounds, Chuanlin Zhao
Techniques of Energy-Efficient VLSI Chip Design for High-Performance Computing, Zhou Zhao
Radiation Effects in Apatite and High Entropy Alloy under Energetic Ions and Electrons, Jianren Zhou
Essays on Estimation for Nonlinear Spatial Models, Xiaoyu Zhou
Dissertations from 2017
Analytical Solutions and Multiscale Creep Analysis of Functionally Graded Cylindrical Pressure Vessels, Jasem Amjad Ahmed
Isolation, Detection, and Prevention of Foodborne Bacteria in Irrigation Water and Dairy Food, Mohammed Saleemallah Alhejaili
"Leave All That You Have, That You May Take All:" What Hugo Distler's Totentanz Reveals About His Life and Music, Alison Elizabeth Allerton
The Immediate and Extended Effect of Diet and Exercise on Metabolic Flexibility, Timothy Allerton
Evaluation of Compositional Effects on Gas-Oil Miscibility and Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage (GAGD) EOR Process, Mohamed Al Riyami
The Fooding of Narrative in Contemporary Women's Transnational Fiction, Stacey Marie Amo
Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 Using Metal Nanoparticles, Evan Michael Andrews
Colombian Composer Adolfo Mejia, Four Works for Small Ensembles, Alvaro Jose Angulo Julio
Prison to School to Redemption: A Full Circle Channel to the Complete ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’, Kristen Alana Antoine
Healing Mechanism Investigation of Self-Healing Concrete by Microencapsulated Calcium Nitrate, Gabriel Andres Arce Amador
An Examination of the Impact of Venture Philanthropy on the Mission of Higher Education, Shon Baker
Epigenetic Profiling of Mammalian Retrotransposons, Arundhati Bakshi
A Vast Injustice: The Public Debate and Legislative Battle over Compulsory Eugenic Sterilization in Louisiana, 1924 -- 1932, Adelaide Hair Barr
Ecotoxicological Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Mississippi River Coastal Watershed and Offshore Shoaling Regions of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Laura Marie Basirico
Ecology and Biology of the Redbanded Stink Bug, Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) in Louisiana, Anup Bastola
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Substrates and Probes, Srismrita Basu
Development of a Mode and Destination Type Joint Choice Model for Hurricane Evacuation, Ruijie Bian
Becoming Engineers: Exploring Gender, Choice and Intersectional Identities Among Women in Undergraduate Engineering, Emily Gwen Blosser
Integration of Shape-Memory Alloys and Self-Healing Microcapsules to Enhance Concrete Durability, Luis Adolfo Bonilla
Epigenetic Response of Imprinted Domains during Carcinogenesis, Corey Lane Bretz
Televising the American Nightmare: The Twilight Zone and Postwar Social Criticism, David Brokaw
Application of Grating-Based Interferometry to Additive Manufacturing, Lithium-ion Batteries, and Crystals, Adam Joseph Brooks
A Performer's Guide to Joelle Wallach's A Revisitation of Myth, Lauren Brown
Determining the Influence of Imidacloprid and Glufosinate Ammonium on the Population Dynamics of Twospotted Spider Mite Populations in Louisiana Cotton, Sebe Anthony Brown
Microbial Distributions and Survival in the Troposphere and Stratosphere, Noelle Celeste Bryan
A Multiple Case Narrative Examining the Experiences of Alumni of a Minority Research and Training Program, Gretchen Schneider Burton
Assessing and Modeling Community Resilience to Coastal Hazards Using a Bayesian Network, Heng Cai