Dissertations from 2024
Eastern Baccharis Control in Newly Planted Wetland Reserve Programs, Lucas Stamper
Effects of Resistance Training with Low-Intensity Physical Activity on Muscle Oxidative Capacity in Older Adults, James Ervin Stampley IV
This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Matters of Marginalization in the Attention Economy, Kyle Stanley
Effects of early life stress on the growth and development of a songbird nestling, Keegan R. Stansberry
Harmony in Collaboration: Curating Sustainability in Post-Pandemic Arts, Natalie M. Stepaniak
Molybdenum Alkylidyne Complexes with Phenoxide Ligands for Alkyne Metathesis, Marvin L. Stewart Jr
Modern Lakeshore Processes and Historic Lake and Glacial Changes in Taylor Valley, Antarctica, Michael Stanley Stone
What Macrofloral and Macrofaunal Ecofacts Are Cooking? A Synthesis of Data and Methods in the Nepeña Valley, Peru, Kenneth Edward Sutherland
Alkyne Metathesis Catalysts with Fluorinated Alkoxide Podand (FLAP) Ligands, Sajila Riman Tanha
What You Know or Who You Know: A Narrative Inquiry of the Advancement of Women in Collegiate Athletics Administration, Andrea L. Tepe
The State of the Unions: Labor Unions, Bureaucrats, and Voting in America, 1984 – 2020, Stacey R. Terrio
EVALUATING MICROBIAL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES AND CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM ON FOOD PROCESSING SURFACES AND IN AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS, Manish Thapaliya
THE USER-MADE NATION: (RE)NEGOTIATING AND (RE)IMAGINING SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONALISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, Kholofelo M. K Theledi
Producing Digital Reflections of Reality through Intercultural Filmmaking and Multisensory Engagement, Trai Thomas
CO2 in Flowing Freshwaters: Macro Scale Database Compilation, Addressing pH Bias in CO2 estimates, and Quantifying Cross-Scale Interactions, Timothy R. Toavs
The Impact of American Kitchen Time-Use on Urban Design and Planning: A Case Study of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Farshid Torabian
Disentangling the Roots of Gene Tree Variation, Benjamin S. Toups
Benthic Community Response to the Impacts of Proposed Sediment Diversions in Louisiana Estuaries, Jillian C. Tupitza
OPTIMAL PLANNING AND DESIGN OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS FOR OFFSHORE WIND FARMS, Md Imran Hasan Tusar
Say My Name: A Socio-Onomastic & Ethnographic Analysis of Identity and Perception in Louisiana, Latasha L. Valenzuela-Hernandez
Excited State Reactivity of Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds for Ammonia Production and Hydrocarbon Functionalization, Victoria Z. Valley
Additional Impacts of Drug Policy Reform: Exploring the Unintended Effects of Marijuana Legalization, Nicholas T. Van De Voorde
TOWARDS ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH IN RURAL LOUISIANA: BLUEBERRY SUPPLEMENTATION AS A NATURAL INTERVENTION, Katy E. Venable
SEXUAL ABUSE: A MULTI-FACETED PROBLEM, Marcus Venable
Reducibility of Schrödinger Operators on Multilayer Graphs, Jorge Villalobos Alvarado
Exploring Cricket Protein Processing: Aroma Generation, Physicochemical Properties, and Sensory Characterization, Elio R. Villasmil Gonzalez
Quiet No More: An Analysis of Women's Protest Music, Jillian Vogel
Chivalric Appetites: Creaturely Knights and the Culture of Ravaging, Megan Wahlberg
Molecular-Level Studies of Nanopatterned Biomolecules with Atomic Force Microscopy, Ashley R. Walker
EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE DISPARITIES ON COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO DISASTERS, Kejin Wang
Large Eddy Simulation of Wind Effects on Elevated Low-rise Buildings via an improved DSRFG Inflow Generation Method, Xiangjie Wang
D1 Subunit Translation and Degradation During Photosystem II Biogenesis and Repair in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Xiaozhuo Wang
A CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE PSI-4-SF IN PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Paige Weir
Catalytic Upcycling of Waste Plastics by Induction Heating, Bernard Whajah
The Misunderstood Middle: Assessing Driver Acceptance and Perception of SAE Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, David E. Whitchurch
Comparing Brief Experimental Analysis and Pre-Referral Team Judgment for Early Reading, Jessica White
"Matter Tending to Sedition": Edwardian Theater and the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549, Alexandra R. Whitley
The Equity Elevator vs. Equity Staircase Effect: A study of Organizational Barriers faced by African American Employees within Public & Private Organizations in Louisiana, Micah B. Whitmore
Structural Investigation of Chlamydial Chaperone Proteins, Scc4 and Scc1, as Potential Drug Targets, Hemanthie Charya Wickramasinghe Wickramasinghe Thanthirige
Pregnant Black Bodies in Peril: A Multi-Method Analysis of Obstetric Outcomes and Gestational Experiences, Courtney E. Williams
Away With Tradition: A Mixed Methods Study Examining Two Dual Enrollment Programs, Jillana C. Williams
Introducing Chinese Folk Songs Through Arrangements for Trombone & Piano and Chamber Music, Tianyu Xue
From Fallacy to Agility: The Role of Employee Ownership in Startup Governance, Mehmet A. Yetim
Civil War/Global War: the U.S., China, and Britain in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, Zhenman Ye
Development of Design Method for Geosynthetic Reinforced Flexible Pavements, Mehdi Zadehmohamad
Sediment Transport and Geomorphological Evolution of Mud-capped Dredge Pits on the Inner Louisiana Continental Shelf, wenqiang zhang
Essays in Empirical Option Pricing, Yuanyi Zhang
SPATIAL BEHAVIOR OF HOSPITAL VISITS BY HAND, FOOT, AND MOUTH DISEASE PATIENTS IN NANCHANG, CHINA, Zeliu Zheng
Learning Problems Related to Stochastic Differential Equations, Jinpu Zhou
Dissertations from 2023
Size Effects in Additively Manufactured Inconel-718 Thin Elements and Cellular Structures, Reem Abdelkarim Abo Znemah
Racial Differences in Parenting Factors and Their Effects on Youth Anxiety and Depression, Paige Fadeke Adenuga
A Long Screw-Driven Continuum Robot with Soft Exterior, Shahrior Ahmed
Understanding and Manipulating the Spillover Effects in Heterogeneous Catalysis, Divakar Reddy Aireddy
Vibriosis: An Integrated Study of Ecology, State Policy, and Health Communication, Ruth Akintoye
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND THE BENEFITS OF HOME ELEVATION, Ayat Al Assi
Non-equilibrium Colloidal Phenomena in Magnetic Fields and Photoillumination: From Controlling Living Microbots to Understanding Microplastics, Ahmed Al Harraq
Software-Defined Networking Security Techniques and the Digital Forensics of the SDN Control Plane, Abdullah Alshaya
Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) of Agronomic, Forage, and Milling Traits in a Southeastern US Oat Association Panel, Kelly Joseph Arceneaux
INFLUENCES ON PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM’S COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM IN COASTAL COUNTIES IN LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND FLORIDA, Jennifer E. Argote
Synthesis of an Acinetobacter Baumannii Lipooligosaccharide Subunit, James M. Armstrong II
miRNA As Systemic Mediators For Environmentally Persistent Free Radical-Induced Cardiovascular Dysfunction, Ankit Aryal
CROSS-RACIAL TRANSFERENCE: RACE, AFFECT, AND THE FLESH IN THE AMERICAN MODERNIST NOVEL, Rei Asaba
“WHY WE PLAY THE GAME”: AN EXPLORATION OF SPORT EMPLOYEES’ CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF MEANINGFUL WORK, Nathan Baer
PRODUCTIVITY OF WOOD DUCKS, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS, AND HOODED MERGANSERS USING NEST BOXES IN LOUISIANA, Dylan L. Bakner
Measurement of Near-Threshold Proton Branching Ratios in 31S Important for Novae, Sudarsan Balakrishnan
First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Study of Liquid Iron-Rich Alloys Under Conditions of the Earth’s Core, Dipendra Banjara
Cyberinet: Integrated Semi-Modular Sensors for the Computer-Augmented Clarinet, Matthew Bardin
Sequence-Defined Ionic Peptoid Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and the Role of Charge Patterning, Bailee N. Barrett
COSMOPOLITANISM AS ANONYMOUS VULNERABILITY: A RE-EXAMINATION OF CONTEMPORARY PERSIAN, FRENCH, AND AMERICAN NOVELS, Negar Basiri
SVIP Dependent Tubular Lysosomal Restoration: A New Direction in VCP Diseases, Ankita Basu
Ligand Modification of Mo(VI) Dioxo Complexes Toward Investigation of Photocatalytic C-H Activation, Courtney Linanne Baumberger
Analytic Continuation of Toeplitz Operators and Commuting Families of C*-Algebras, Khalid Bdarneh
Contribution of the Microbiome on Reproductive Outcomes During Pregnancy, Kalie Beckers
Harmonies of Dissent: The Role of Speech Acts and Necropolitics in the Music of the 1979 Nicaraguan Revolution., Elvis J. Bendaña Rivas
Rapid Intensification as a Crucial Hurricane Hazard: Educating and Empowering Young Stakeholders affected by Hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, Kathleen M. Benedetto
FIRST-PRINCIPLES AND MACHINE LEARNING INVESTIGATION OF REFRACTORY HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS AND CONVENTIONAL ALLOYS., Uttam Bhandari
Analog Cosmology and Superfluidity in Atomic Gases and Electronic Materials, Anshuman Bhardwaj
Visual Analytics and Modeling of Materials Property Data, Diwas Bhattarai
Dry Reforming Of Methane Over Substituted Lanthanum Zirconate Pyrochlore Catalysts, Srikar Bhattar
Stabilizing Control Schemes for Grid-Connected Hybrid PV-Energy Storage Systems, Indra Narayana Bhogaraju
Crystal Symmetry and Physical Properties of Selected Intermetallic Compounds, Joanna Blawat
MANAGING STUDENT BEHAVIOR: OCCUPATIONAL AND DISCRIMINATION-RELATED STRESS AS MODERATED BY COPING RESOURCES, Madeline S. Blocker
Integrating Germplasm Repositories into Oyster Aquaculture Systems at the Pathway, Center, and Network Levels, Sarah R. Bodenstein
Effects of Research Dissemination Vehicle Use on Preservice Teacher Candidate Knowledge Acquisition, Allie Jenkins Boquet
A Descriptive Study of Screening Practices and Outcomes of Bilingual Spanish/English Children, Mariajose Bosanko
"Feeling Who I Am": Developing a Theory of Intersectional Emotional Expression in the Workplace, Terrance Boyd
Determination of the Internal Return Mechanism Catalyzed by Enzyme VldE: Molecular Dynamics Analysis, Derek Rodney Bratcher
Hybrid Modeling for Electrochemical Systems, Luis Alejandro Briceno-Mena
Essays on the Economics of Health and Education, Thao Bui
Anionic Supramolecular Coordination Cages Based on Catecholate Ligands: Synthesis, Electrochemical Properties, and Encapsulation of Redox-active Probes, Ryan Joseph Bujol
The Effectiveness of Eye-Hand Coordination Training in Virtual Reality, Kelley Burger
On Virtue Ethics Theory and Elementary Music Education, Joshua Burgos