Dissertations from 2015
Expertise and Disbelief: Post-1945 American Attitudes Toward the Authority of Knowledge, Terry Wagner
Numerical Studies of Liquid-Liquid Segmented Flows in Square Microchannels Using a Front-Tracking Algorithm, Eamonn Daire Walker
Two Essays on Institutional Investors and U.S. Bank Holding Companies, Hui Wang
Development of Satellite-Assisted Forecasting System for Oyster Norovirus Outbreaks, Jiao Wang
Comparative Genomic Studies of Catfish and Zebrafish Strains of Edwardsiella ictaluri, Rui Wang
An Afro-Brazilian Landscape: African Oil Palms and Socioecological Change in Bahia, Brazil, Case Watkins
Synergistic Properties-Driven Synthesis of Aluminides, Antiomonides, and Bioceramics, Pilanda Watkins-Curry
Excavations and Interpretation of Two Ancient Maya Salt-Work Mounds, Paynes Creek National Park, Toledo District, Belize, Rachel Mariah Watson
A Performer's Guide to Richard Danielpour's A Woman's Life, Carline Waugh
Single Molecule Electrophoresis and Optical Detection Using Thermoplastic Nanofluidic Devices: An Experimental and Simulation Study, Kumuditha Madushanka Weerakoon Ratnayake
Skin Color and Social Practice: The Problem of Race and Class Among New Orleans Creoles and Across the South, 1718-1862, Andrew N. Wegmann
Examining The Supervisor-Similarity And Work-Family Conflict Relationship: Is Family-Supportive Supervision A Mediator?, Chela M. White-Ramsey
Trait Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Factors of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Hierarchical Model, Reanna Elise Whiting
Evaluating and Increasing the Range of Reinforcers for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Megan Kliebert Wiggins
Chaucer's "Naked Text" and the Tradition of the Medieval Sublime, Katherine E.C. Willis
Investigating the Photorecombination Dynamics in Molecular High-Harmonic Spectra, Benjamin Parker Wilson
"Superbly Sterile:" Queer Reproduction in Victorian Literature and Culture, Mary Timothy Wilson
On the Development of Analytical Methodologies to Interrogate the Lipid Dynamics and Phase Transition Resulting from the Reduction of Stimuli-responsive Vesicles, James Edward Winter
Regarding Suicide: A Textually Informed Rhetorical and Psychoanalytic Construct of the State of Disconstituency, Disconstitutive Rhetoric, and the Disconstituent as Related to the Constitutive Rhetorical Structure of the Vanishing Subject, Charles Stowers Womelsdorf
Optimal Location of Biomethane Gas Manufacturing Plants and Allocation of Feedstock and Liquified Carbon Product, Bingqing Wu
Attosecond Transient Absorption in Gases and High Harmonic Generation in Solids, Mengxi Wu
Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Single DNA Nucleotides Transport Through Nanoslits, Kai Xia
New Identification and Decoding Techniques for Low-Density Parity-Check Codes, Tian Xia
Investigating Wave Forces on Coastal Bridge Decks, Guoji Xu
A New Method In Distribution Theory With A Non-Smooth Framework, Yunyun Yang
Holecene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction from the Shark River Estuary, Everglades, Florida, Qiang Yao
Cellulose Nanofibers from Energycane Bagasse and Their Applications in Core-Shell Structured Hydrogels, Yiying Yue
Why Interpersonal Ties are Important for People: An Analysis of the Concept of Social Capital and Its Dimensions of Holism, Convertibility, and Conductibility, Durmus Ali Yuksek
Large-scale Geometric Data Decomposition, Processing and Structured Mesh Generation, Wuyi Yu
Constitutive Modeling and Experiments for the Micro and Nano Behaviors in Metals, Cheng Zhang
Healing-on-Demand Polymer Composites Based on Shape Memory Polyurethane Fibers and Polymeric Artificial Muscles, Pengfei Zhang
Numerical Simulation of Cold Front-Related Hydrodynamics of Wax Lake Delta, Qian Zhang
Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Scenarios Development and Their Associated Risk Assessment, Muhammad Zulqarnain
Dissertations from 2014
Obstructions to Embedding Genus-1 Tangles in Links, Susan Marie Abernathy
Alternative Teacher Certification: The Politics, the Preparation, and the Promise of a Quality Education, YaSheka Adams
Numerical Experiments of Hurricane Impact on Vertical Mixing and De-Stratification of the Louisiana Shelf Waters, Mohammadnabi Allahdadi
Flesh, Blood, and Puffed-Up Livers: The Theological, Political, and Social Contexts behind the 1550-1551 Written Eucharistic Debate between Thomas Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner, Amanda Wrenn Allen
Fixed-Time Schedule Effects on Participant Responding: An Evaluation Of Similar vs. Dissimilar Schedule Programs Using a Group Design Approach, Jessica Pearl Alvarez
Parallel Processes in HPX: Designing an Infrastructure for Adaptive Resource Management, Vinay Chandra Amatya
The worlds of agriculture in Asia : agricultural and economic development, Lorna Econg Amrinto
Multiscale Estimation of Inertial Effects for Frac-Pack Completed Gas Reservoirs, Sultan Anbar
Pacific Childhoods in the Rafu: Multiple Transnational Modernisms and the Los Angeles Nisei, 1918-1942, Bruce Makoto Arnold
Examining the Persistence of Students in Academic and Leadership Development Programs, Jared Christian Avery
Energy and Thermodynamically Based Approaches for Analysis of Damage in Contact Problems, Afshin Babaie Aghdam
Essays on Poverty and Infant Health, Deokrye Baek
"Strike Me If You Dare": Intimate-Partner Violence, Gender, and Reform, 1865-1920, Ashley Baggett
The Good Friday Cantatas of Christoph Graupner (1683-1760), Marius Bahnean
Effects of Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid Supplementation on Bovine Oocyte Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Composition and Embryo Cryotolerance, Cody Lee Bailey
Bio-imprinted hydro-gels (BIGS) for protein and virus detection, Wei Bai
Synthesis, Characterization, and Investigation of the Catalytic Activity of NiO, CuO, and NiO-CuO Nanoparticles on Silica as Surrogates of Combustion-Generated Nanoparticles, Nuwan Nilanka Balapitiya Liyanage
A Performance Guide to "Five Musings on the Past" by Elisenda Fábregas for Soprano and Piano, Megan Elizabeth Barrera
Effect of cultivar, storage, cooking method and tissue type on the ascorbic acid, thiamin, riboflavin and vitamin B6 content of sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.)] Lam, Wilmer Anibal Barrera
"Music Down in My Soul:" Achieving a Sound Ideal for Moses Hogan Spirituals, Loneka Wilkinson Battiste
Synthetic Routes to Therapeutic Agents Via Masked Functionalities: From Orthogonal Peptide Crosslink to Photothermal Cancer Prodrug, Chyree Shantel Batton
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in tidally influenced coastal marsh wetland studied in laboratory mesocosm, Doorce S. Batubara
Explicit Instruction of Scientific Explanation and Argument in an Undergraduate Introductory Biology Laboratory Course Using the Claim, Evidence and Reasoning Framework, Rosemary Eva Becker
Poroelastic Inhomogeneities: Applications in Reservoir Geomechanics, Houman Bedayat
Examining the Psychometrics of the Psychopathology Inventory for Mentally Retarded Adults-II for Adults with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities, Brian Christopher Belva
Finding the Right Balance: Antecedents and Consequences of Making, Buying, or Concurrently Sourcing Human Capital, Joshua S. Bendickson
Analysis of Media Coverage of Selected Food Safety Events on the Demand for the Recalled Products, Abhishek Bhagwat Bharad
Biogeographical Approaches for Studying Species Invasion, Ganesh Prasad Bhattarai
Holocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction From Mexico's Pacific Coast-A Paleotempestological Investigation, Thomas Bianchette
Evaluation of Economic Injury Levels and Chemical Control Recommendations for Rice Stink Bug (Oebalus Pugnax) in Louisiana, Bryce Blackman
Reducing juvenile justice involvement through a childhood truancy intervention, Bret James Blackmon
Working Memory, Processing Speed, and Academic Achievement in Adults with ADHD, Alyse Barker Blanchard
Reformulations for control systems and optimization problems with impulses, Jacob Blanton
An Intersectional Exploration of Race and Gender: Perceptions of Women Faculty in Higher Education, Amy Hill Bourgeois
Pragmatics, Prosody, and Social Skills of School-Age Children with Language-Learning Differences, Janet Lynn Bradshaw
“Kill That Snake": Anti-ERA Women and the Battle Over the Equal Rights Amendment in Louisiana, 1972-1982, Yvonne Brown
The Effects of Asymmetric Micro Ratchets on Pool Boiling Performance, Lance Austin Brumfield
Mind Playing Tricks: Individualism, Upward Mobility, and the Commitment to Self-Determination Among the Urban Poor, Will Bryerton
Adult Offender Recidivism Rates: How Effective is Pre-Release and Vocational Education Programing and What Demographic Factors Contribute to an Offenders Return to Prison, James K. Bueche, Jr.
Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 on Supported Cu2O Catalysts, Joel Niño Galvez Bugayong
A hybrid advection scheme for conserving angular momentum on a refined Cartesian mesh, Zachary Duncan Byerly
From Micro- to Nano-Scale: Applications of Solid-Phase Enzymatic Reactors for Biopolymer Disassembly, Nyote J. Calixte
Self-direction in Adult Learning: Effect of Locus of Control and Program Design on Learner Motivation and Training Utility, Nicole Cannonier
Southern Sapphisms: Sexuality and Sociality in Literary Productions, 1974-1997, Jaime Cantrell
Conducting Elgar's Wand of Youth suites : programming possibilities and perspectives on performance, Vaughn Aristides Cardona
Symphony No. 1: On the Creation and Chromaticism and Harmony in Henry Purcell's Sacred Music, Joshua Adam Carver
Roque Cordero Soliloquio No. 6 and Sonata for Cello and Piano: Structure and Analysis, Isaac Miguel Casal R.
Localization and security algorithms for wireless sensor networks and the usage of signals of opportunity, Gustavo Andres Chacon Rojas
Meso-Scale Analysis of Deformation Induced Heating in Granular Metalized Explosives by Piston Supported Waves, Sunada Srinath Nagamani Chakravarthy
Influence of Feeding Anise Oil to Piglets and Broilers, Jose Wando Charal
Genetics and Functions of Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 Membrane Proteins UL20/gK in Virion Envelopment and Entry, Anu Susan Charles
Multivariate Generalizability of Writing Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM): An Examination of Form, Occasion, and Scoring Method, Katherine Hunter Chenier
Vocal Fold Analysis From High Speed Videoendoscopic Data, Jing Chen
Bayesian Saltwater Intrusion Prediction and Remediation Design under Uncertainty, Nima Chitsazan
The Role of Viral Glycoproteins and Tegument Proteins in Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Cytoplasmic Virion Envelopment, Dmitry Vladimirovich Chouljenko
Can You Hear Me Now: A Cross-National Analysis of Media, New ICTs, Press Freedoms and Sociopolitical Instability, Conflict, and Democracy., Britt Christensen
The Effects of Concurrent Driving and In-Vehicle Tasks: A Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Driver Distraction in a High-Fidelity Driving Simulator, Julius A. Codjoe
Liberty Against Itself: British Freedoms in North America, Matthew Charles Connell
“Trans-Positioning” Carbons within Strained Caged Bicyclic(s): ROM/RCM (Ring-Opening/Ring-Closing) Metathesis and Dieckmann/Retro-Dieckmann Condensation Routes to a Cis-Decalin Infrastructure, Stefan Malone Cooper Jr
The Life and Work of Mark Jacobi: Clarinet Repair in Philadelphia and the Influence of Hans Moennig, John Anthony Coppa
Does Subtype Matter?: Comparing the Effects of a Self-Monitoring Intervention on ADHD-C and ADHD-I, Caleb James Corwin