Dissertations from 2024
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
Journalism Beyond Homeland: Motivations, Challenges, and Crafting Identities - A Qualitative Inquiry into Bangladeshi Diaspora Journalists in the U.S., Mohammad Delwar Hosen
LGB Fertility: How Biological, Material, and Social Barriers Shape Desired, Intended, and Actual Fertility, Dustin M. Hughes
It’s Britney, Bitch, Mary Hyepock
Modeling of Vibration-induced Muscle Fatigue and Recovery Time During Drilling Operations., David E. Imuetinyan
The Role of Sexual Network Core Groups in Disease Epidemics, Jason Janeaux
Asymptotic Formula for Scattering Problems Related to Thin Metasurfaces, Zachary Jermain
DEATH, DREAMING, AND DIASPORA: ACHIEVING ORIENTATION THROUGH AFRO-SPIRITUALITY, Liz Johnston and Jaime Elizabeth Johnston
SOIL IMPROVEMENT USING FUNGAL MYCELIUM OF TRICHODERMA VIRENS AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES OF MUD DAUBER, Park Joon Soo
EMOTIONAL DIPLOMACY FROM TEL AVIV TO BAGHDAD: ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF EMOTIONAL APPEALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT, Soheil Kafiliveyjuyeh
The Dismal Science of Union: An Environmental History of Pro-Slavery Political Economy, Kennon Howell Keiser Jr.
Emotional Reactivity and Recognition Deficits in Individuals with Callous-Unemotional (CU) Traits: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis, Emily C. Kemp
3D Optical Body Scanning in Adult Females: An Investigation of Potential Risks and Benefits Related to Body Image and Health Behavior, Samantha Kennedy
Investigating the Effects of Environmental Perturbations on House Sparrow Neurobiology and Behavior, Melanie Grace Kimball
YOU’RE LOOKING VERY SHANE TODAY: RHETORICAL FIELD METHODS & THE MATERIALITY OF QUEER MEDIATED REPRESENTATION FOR SAPPHIC WOMEN, Ariel L. Kizer
Sequencing Orchestral Repertoire for Collegiate Orchestras: Addressing the Educational Needs of Students in Various Stages of Development, Cheuk Nok Francis Ku
Coloring Trivalent Graphs: A Defect TFT Approach, Amit Kumar
Expanding the Understanding of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals and Their Influence on Toxicity Using Model Clays and Real-World Soils, Myron L. Lard Jr
Round II: Exploring the Experiences of Black, First-Generation Graduate and Professional Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Derrick D. Lathan
Development of a Tensegrity Based 3D Printable Transradial Canine Prosthetic, Alexander Kuan Lee
EXPANDING RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY WITH DIGITAL IMAGERY AND GEOSPATIAL METHODS, Jiyoung Lee
Profiling of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Subtype Expression and Resulting Susceptibility to Targeted Osmotic Lysis in Cancer, Spencer Gerard Lemoine
MARIA ROSA RIBAS MONNÉ: A CASE STUDY, Rebeca Lemos Gonzalez
Finite Monodromy and Artin Representations, Emma Lien
Designing and Optimizing Soft Resource Adaptation for Modern Cloud Systems in Data Centers, Jianshu Liu
THE LSU-ARGONNE CONVERSION ELECTRON SPECTROMETER AND MEASUREMENT OF ISOMERIC HALF-LIFE IN PROMETHIUM-156, Sergio Martin Lopez Caceres
Development, Validation, and Pilot Testing of a Food Literacy Questionnaire for Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Sarah Oliver Ludwig
A STUDY OF SELECTED VOCAL WORKS BY SHANDE DING: THE MYSTERIOUS SOUND OF FLUTE AND POEMS ON WESTERN YUNNAN, Chuyan Luo
"In the Footsteps of Hercules": The Influence of Classical Antiquity on Eighteenth-Century Militaries, Scott Madere
“REDENCIÓN”: TESTIMONIOS OF LATINAS WHO CHOSE TO LEAVE THE HIGHER EDUCATION INDUSTRY, Delia P. Madrid-Nothdurft
Power System Operation and Planning Solution Enhancement Using Quantum Computing, Reza MahrooBakhtiari
GAS EXCHANGE AND HYDRAULICS OF LOBLOLLY PINE BRANCHES UNDERGOING SHADE-INDUCED MORTALITY, Adelodun R. Majekobaje
ESSAYS IN APPLIED ECONOMICS, Jiantao Ma
SUPERCRITICAL PYROLYSIS OF ETHYLCYCLOHEXANE AND ETHYLCYCLOHEXANE/n-DECANE BLENDS, Avinash Mali
Beyond Surrealism: The Developing Keyboard Style of André Souris, Melanie T. Mallard
Media, Marginalization, and Mishegas: Examining and Unraveling Identity and Influence in Antisemitic Digital Discourse, Lyric L. Mandell
THERMAL FRONTAL POLYMERIZATION – APPLICATIONS IN COATINGS AND COMPOSITES, Maria Martinez
ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF FRESHWATER DIVERSION ON MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND PREDATORY BACTERIA IN GULF COAST ECOSYSTEMS, Brian William Matherne
Metabolic Resilience in Athletes: Effects of Stress on Resting and Exercising Metabolic Function, Rachel Matthews
Measuring Bed-Load Transport Rates with Appropriate Uncertainty Bounds in a Flume and on the Mississippi River, Tate Overby McAlpin