Dissertations from 2025
Selected Pre-, Peri-, and Post-copulatory Behaviors in a Diverse Set of Taxa, Maggie Vincent
A Theory of Fundamental Strata for Twisted Formal Connections, Sorawit Viwanthananut
Energy Equity In The Built Environment: Analyzing Building Energy Consumption For American Low-Income Households, Sorena Vosoughkhosravi
Disentanglement in Representation Learning: Interpretability in Dimension Reduction With VAE, Minh Hong Vu
Examining Leadership Practices of Athletic Directors and Its Impact on Student-Athlete Academic Progress Rates (APR’s) at Historically Black Colleges and University’s (HBCU’s), Douglas K. Waddell Sr.
Digital Forensics and AI: Artifact Analysis and Using AI in the Forensics Domain, Clinton Joel Walker
The Boltzmann-Enskog Equation with Brownian Forcing, Aurora Wallace
FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF MYH9 IN CARDIAC REPAIR AFTER HEART INJURY, Leshan Wang
Graph-Based Analytical Solutions for Undrained Cylindrical Cavity Expansion in Elastoplastic Soils, Xu Wang
The Passive-Active Interaction (PAI) Model: Redefining Audio Interactions in Video Game Music, Morgan A. Weeks
On Unavoidable Infinite Hypergraphs, Samuel Weiner
Kevin Bobo's Boboland: A Performer's Guide, Tyler D. Whitehead
Access and Aid in Higher Education: An Account of Students' Perceptions of Louisiana's TOPS, Melissa Ann Whitley
Campaigning in the Field: Voter Contact Strategies and the Use of Office Space in Electoral Politics, Sean Whyard
“THEY LOVE OUR RHYTHM, BUT NOT OUR BLUES:” AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIP HOP ON DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND SELF-CARE AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC/LATINX EMERGING ADULTS, Richard W. Wiley Jr.
UNVEILING SATISFACTION: THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL IDENTITY, INCLUSIVITY, BELONGING AND AUTHENTICITY ON THE UNDERGRADUATE SORORITY MEMBERSHIP EXPERIENCE IN THE NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE, Ronalda Teresia Greer Williams
Rainbow Road To Prismatic Playwriting: Black Women's Dramatic Praxis in Practice, Taren Wilson
Examining Multi-Level Support-Related Factors Influencing School-Based Mental Health Services Across Various Types of U.S. Public High Schools, Wendy L. Wilson
The Impact of Pupil Appraisal Disseminated Information on Transition Planning for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability - Mildly Impaired in Louisiana Public Schools, Veronica Lynnette Winchester
"Catholics in Name Only"?: Weimar Catholic Identity and the Thought of the DNVP Reich Catholic Committee, Andrea Wisniewski
Energy-Efficient Photocatalysis: Toward Practical Degradation of Waterborne Pollutants, Mary Worbington
Navigating New Technology: A Phenomenological Study into Technology Coaches’ Experiences During AI Expansion in Schools, Elizabeth K. Wrzesinski
Eric Voegelin‘s Symbolic Constitution, Peidong Wu
Geo-AI for wetland classification and evolutionary analysis, Lirong Yin
THREE ESSAYS ON THE VALIDITY OF STATED PREFERENCE METHODS, Juyoung Yoo
Decadal to Millennial-scale Morphodynamic Evolution of Microtidal Marshes, Samuel Mason Zapp
OBESOGENIC ENVIRONMENT AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH IN LOUISIANA: A MULTILEVEL MODELING APPROACH, Yutian Zeng
Essays in Labor and Immigration Economics, Murad Zeynalli
Exploring Pedagogical Approaches and Discussion for Young Beginner Double Bass Players, Jiaying Zhang
UNDERSTANDING AND QUANTIFYING CARBON EXPORT TO COASTAL OCEANS THROUGH DELTAIC SYSTEMS, Le Zhang
Stream Fish Ecology at the Macroscale: Abundance, Base Flow, and Connectivity, Matthew L. Zink
Dissertations from 2024
A Novel Personalized Feedback Intervention for Sleep Problems among College Students Who Drink Heavily, Cristina Abarno
Pressure and Rate Transient Analyses for Plume Characterization and Storage Capacity Estimation of CO2 Storage Projects, Mohamed Elnoby Mokhtar Abdelaal
Development and Factors Influencing the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Engineered Geopolymer Composites (EGCs), Ruwa Abufarsakh
Evaluating Viability, Developmental Competence, and Chromatin Configurations of Cryopreserved Equine Oocytes, Tricia Adams
A COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY OF GAS HYDRATE FORMATION AND DISSOCIATION, Meisam Adibifard
Examining the Authenticity Of the 'Ether Model' in Certain O-glycosylation Reactions, Varad Vinayak Agarkar
Diving Deeper into Supercuspidal Representations, Prerna Agarwal
STUDIES OF THE MOLECULAR ROLE OF DDX3X IN REGULATION OF TRANSLATION INITIATION DURING STRESS, Abdelmonsif Ahmed
NITROGEN DYNAMICS AND SOIL HEALTH IN SUBTROPICAL RICE CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN LOUISIANA, Aziz Ahmed
EFFECT OF ELECTRONEGATIVITY ON ENVIRONMENTALLY PERSISTENT FREE RADICAL (EPFR) FORMATION, PERSISTENCE, AND TOXICITY ON TRANSITION METAL OXIDES, Syed Monjur Ahmed
INCUBATING EDUCATION: THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LOUISIANA ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS WHEN PILOTING A 4-H STEM SCHOOL ENRICHMENT CURRICULUM, Crystal Rose Ahrens
Multiscale & Multiphysics Model of Damage in Lithium-Ion Batteries, Edris Akbari
Time, Place, & Purpose: The Performance of Creole Identity in Louisiana, Rachel N. Aker
The Food & Family Project: Building the Connection for Foster Youth, Tierra S. Alexander
Xenoromanticism: On an Ethics After Individuality, Nicholas James Alexandre
A Machine Learning Framework for Understanding Satellite and Medical Imagery, Khalid Hamad Alnafisah Sr
Advances in Stereoselective Glycosylation: Electron-Withdrawing Groups, Benzyne-Mediated Stereoinversion, and Visible-Light Photochemistry for 1,2-cis O-Glycosylation, Erik Giovanni Alvarez Valenzuela
Exploring the Efficacy of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Post-Stroke Aphasia: A Single-Subject Design Study, Aswathy Anakkathil Pradeep
DEVELOPMENT OF SATELLITE-ASSISTED FORECASTING SYSTEM FOR VIBRIO VULNIFICUS PREVALENCE IN COASTAL WATERS, Saber Aradpour
Assessing Team Performance and Cohesion of Isolated Multicultural Teams Using Digital Escape Rooms, Susannah J. Aronson
The effect of season on neuroendocrine interactions in the mare, Victoria N. Bailey
Higher Order Operator Splitting Schemes with Complex Coefficients and Applications, Arun Banjara
Forecasting Hurricane-Induced Compound Flooding Using Hybrid Numerical and Machine Learning Models, Daoyang Bao
TOPICS IN PHOTONIC QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY: POLARIZATION ENTANGLEMENT DYNAMICS IN OPTICAL FIBERS AND LOW-LIGHT IMAGING., Pratik J. Barge
Yiannis Constantinidis "Petite Suite" for Violin and Piano Transcribed for Cello Quarte: Synthesizing Foreign Inspirations and Greek Folk Melodies to Shape a Distinct National and Individual Genre., Eirini Triantafyllia Barouta
A History of Fire and Ice on Mars: Using Remote Sensing to Examine the Chemical Origins of Volcanism, Liquid Water, and Regolith-Ice on Mars, Augustus Bates
QUANTUM CLASSICAL ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING THE HUBBARD MODEL VIA DYNAMICAL MEAN-FIELD THEORY, Anshumitra Baul
DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONALIZING OF THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE DESIGN PROCESS TO CREATE INTEGRATED STEM INTERVENTIONS, Vanessa Begat
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