Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Effects of Mitochondrial DNA on the Fitness of the Marine Crustacean Tigripus californicus, Ellen Foster
Can Parasitized Lambs Self-Medicate Through Preferred Consumption of Sericea Lespedeza Pellets?, Mallory Alicia Garcia
The Rat Kingdom, Laura Gauggel
FACIES RECONSTRUCTION AND STRATIGRAPHY OF A LATE PLEISTOCENE BALD CYPRESS FOREST DISCOVERED ON THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO CONTINENTAL SHELF, Suyapa Gonzalez-Rodriguez
FACIES RECONSTRUCTION AND STRATIGRAPHY OF A LATE PLEISTOCENE BALD CYPRESS FOREST DISCOVERED ON THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO CONTINENTAL SHELF, Suyapa Gonzalez
Depolarizing Science: The Effects of Local Crises on Partisan Science Policy, Christopher R. Handy
White Trash Compactor, Jacob Heflin
Aconitic Acid, Glycerol and Cinnamic Acid Polyester Characterization for Bone Tissue Engineering, Katie JoAnna Hogan
Queer Transformation, Pathologization, and Rebellion in the Horror Films of the 1980s, Courtney Taylor Howell
RedefiNing The Word, Jalea Jackson
Stratigraphic analysis of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument using magnetic susceptibility, geochemical comparison, and gamma ray spectroscopy, Jennifer Kenyon
TRUMPED: How a Billionaire with 140 Characters Stole Billions in Free Media, Kylie Shae Keyser
Present Value Calculations in Personal Injury, Nicholas J. Klinka
Impact of Additive Manufacturing Technologies and the Development ofa Mixed Metal Powderbed Additive Manufacturing System, Gerald L. Knapp
‘A Novel Kaposi’s Sarcoma Therapy:’ Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Light-Mediated Drug Delivery, Blake Peter Kruger
Visual Synecdoche: A Typology and Visual Analysis of Pattern Books 1830-1930, Nicholas de Godoy Lopes
Variations on Greek Sculpture: Reassessing the Myth of Roman Copying, Echo Matthews
Perfect Matchings and Their Applications, Amanda Mayhall
The Effect of Emotional Words and Sounds in Multidimensional Source Memory, Katelyn M. McCoy
Picturing the Museum: How America's Leading Art Museums Use Instagram as a Public Relations Tool, Hannah S. McLain
Augustine and Heidegger: Curiosity and the Structure of Time, Phillip Andrew McLean
Chemosensory Signals from Gravid Females Elicit Behavioral Response from Dominant Male Astatotilapia burtoni, Cristopher T. McVicker
Illustrated Dante’s Inferno, William Melancon
Faunal Analysis of Fauna in Feature 1, Byrd Hammock South Site, Wakulla County, Fl, Jacob Mendoza
Development of a transposon-based vector to express large quantities of Factor VIII, Allison Mikes
Road associated wildlife mortality in an urbanizing metropolitan area of the southeastern USA, Lillian Miller
Examining the Knowledge and Attitudes of the Public in regard to Military Sexual Trauma Policy, Lindsey Miller
HUMANITY, THE INTERPLANETARY SPECIES. THE LEGALITY OF COLONIZING SPACE., Zachary S. Miller
An Analysis of Environmentally-Persistent Free Radical Formation on Surrogate Soil Systems Containing Iron(III) and Copper(II) and the Potential Remediation Effects of Laccases, Andrew Paul Mullet
Weight Management Delivered Through an App, May Help Resolve Body Image Dissatisfaction in Women Enrolled in WIC, Alexis Ariel O’Connell
A Monte Carlo Study of the Pion Absorption and Charge Exchange Cross Section in LArIAT, Andrew Olivier
Superstable Semigroups, Stephanie Olsen
Effects of Post-cues on Visual Short- and Long-Term Memory, Saige Parker
Understanding Inequality in Special Education: A State Level Analysis of High School Special Education Graduation Rates, Haley Paulish
The US and the Syrian Security Dilemma, Marlee Pittman
The Exacerbating Effect of Coastal Erosion to Orphan Well Risk Analysis in Terrebonne Parish, Taylor Reeves
Missed Connection: A case study of social media, the youth vote and the 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial race, Valencia Richardson
Zein nanoparticle interaction with soybean plants, Kurt Ristroph
Core-Shell Nanoparticles for the Desulfurization of Biogas, Joshua Saltz
15-Lipoxygenase-2 Expression and Activity in HEK 293 Cells, Kirstie Rae Schieffler
Modeling of Reaction Kinetics and Mass Transfer of Carbon Dioxide Electrochemical Reduction, Sneha Seetharama
An Analysis of the Own Race Bias in a Social Group Context, Laura Siqueiros
“My Way or the Highway to Heaven”: The Role of Choice in Religious Conversion, Marylynn Smitherman
Pentaerythritol Triacrylate-co-Trimethylolpropane Nanocomposite Scaffolds as Osteogenic Components for Bone Tissue Engineering, Mollie Marie Smoak
Using Information to Affect Party Alignment and Third Party Support, Lindsey Spillman
Modern Vet Management Business Plan, Alaina Stanton
DISMANTLING TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS TO CREATE AN ALL CHARTER SYSTEM: A COUNTER NARRATIVE OF EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL REFORM IN NEW ORLEANS POST-KATRINA, Chauncey E. Stephens
Evolution of Alu Element Subfamilies in Papio Baboons, Jon Hunter Strohmeyer
Bank Deregulation and Labor Market Outcomes, Yen Ta Tan
FAILURE TO ACHIEVE RECOMMENDED OMEGA-3 DHA INTAKE DURING PREGNANCY: NUTRITION EDUCATION NEEDED, Carly Thaxton
Modeling the Effects of Mass Transport on the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 at Cu2O Surfaces, Edward Alexander Thistlethwaite III
The Effects of Levodopa on the Performance of Fine Motor Tasks in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease, Collette Maria Tilly
Cherokee Nationalism The Cherokee Pursuit of Autonomy During the Antebellum and Civil War Eras, Eric J. Toups
The Effect of Highly Salient Pictures on Unfamiliar Face Matching Performance, Karyn Warner
Fear of Campus Mass Shootings: Media Consumption and Attitudes toward Campus Firearm Policies, Elizabeth Weltman
The Effects of Message Appeals in Corporate Social Responsibility Communication on Organized-Public Relationships, Kristin N. White
Women Do It Better: The Inclusion of Women in Post-Conflict Peace Negotiations, Mary Scott Wofford
The Relationship of Passive Auditory Processing and the Irrelevant Sound Effect: An Individual Differences Investigation, Jenna Zeringue
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Law of Peoples and Cosmopolitan Idealism: Global Justice for the Modern World, Jonathan Aker
Predicting Parole: Revolutionizing Risk/Needs Assessment in Louisiana, Chelsea Andre
Grammatical Morphology in a Child with Autism, Katherine Ball
Our Cosmogonies: Creation Myth in Everyday Moments, Samantha Bares
Proficiency in Native and Nonnative English Speakers: the Effects of Individual Difference Variables on Performance, Haley E. Barlow
Mobilizing the Masses: How to Save Your Local Coffee Shop, Dominique Becnel
Matrix Exponentiation Without Scaling and Squaring, Bruno Gabriel Beltran
Mobilization of Alu Elements Throughout Papio and Theropithecus Genomes, Emily Bennett
Shell matrix protein gene composition in two marine bivalve species, Saxidomus gigantea and Mytilus trossulus., Katie Benson
Circuit Design for the Development of a Non-Contact ECG System, Nathan Blanchard
Structure Activity Relationships of Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein of E. coli Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, Amanda Breaux
The Acute Effects of Yoga on Mindfulness and Smoking Urges, Elizabeth Crain
Assessing the impacts of nutrient load reduction scenarios on the extent and severity of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico, David Fertitta
Employing Extracellular Vesicles to Overcome Immunological Barriers to AAV- mediated Gene Transfer & Ethical and Policy Implications of Orphan Drug Development and Accessibility, Zachary Fitzpatrick
THE CRITICAL VERNACULAR COMPONENT A MATERIAL EXPLORATION MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN, LOUISIANA, Nathaniel Frank
The Effect of Dietary Salt Intake on the Subcellular Distribution of Epithelial Na+ Channels in Vasopressin and Oxytocin Synthesizing Neurons in the Rat Hypothalamus, Richard Frank Guidry
Studies to elucidate the location and function of STAT5A/pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in adipocytes, Hardy Hang
Visualization and Analysis of Wikipedia Data Relating to Louisiana and Its Culture, Morgan Hargrove
Artist/Philosophers: Reading Art as Philosophy and Self-Creationism, Endya Hash
Self-Concept and Product Extension: Why Some Products “Wear In” While Others “Wear Out”, Carmen M. Hawkins
Identification of Morphemes and the Effect of Memory Load on Second Language Learning, James A. Hebert
Political Identity of Louisiana’s College Voters An analysis of their opinions, habits, and politics, Milton Joseph Hernandez IV
Using Foraminifera Shell Geochemistry to Test Proxies for Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Catherine Hudson
The Argentine Double Movement: A Decade of Social Resistance Against Neoliberalism, Sergio David Hurtado
pH dependence of DNA binding of DNA Polymerase 1Klenow-like fragments from D. radiodurans, T. aquaticus,and .E coli, Katelyn Jackson
Encoding Knots, Rachael Keller
Wrongful Convictions and Race: Structural Incentives and Implicit Bias, Leslie Lacoste
The Influence of Polyamines on the Hypotonic Shock Response in the Euryhaline Teleost, Fundulus grandis, Keith Lasko
Government Surveillance: Reform in the Wake of the Snowden Leaks, Anne Leger
Gubernatorial Party Affiliation and Crime, Chase Lindsey
Si tu savais le don de Dieu, Catherine Harwood Lowe
The Dynamics of Memory Retrieval: Using Mouse Movements to Test Single and DualProcess Theories, Brittany Martin
DISTRIBUTED AUGMENTED REALITY COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS, Mitchell Mason
Identification of a new fatty acid catabolic pathway during heterotrophic growth in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Clayton McCuiston
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL EXTREMELY HALOPHILIC EURYARCHAEOTA FROM HYPERSALINE CINDERS AND SEDIMENT, Shannon McDuff
Sacred vs. Secular Mindfulness Meditation: The Influence of Presentation Priming on Therapeutic Effectiveness, Amanda R. Morice
Does Cognitive Stress Result into the Contextual Interference Effect?, Andrea Taylor Moss
Geometrical phases on the Poincaré and Bloch spheres, Jason D. Mueller
The Construction of the Homeless Individual: Contrasting the Effects of Social Policy on Public Perceptions of the Homeless During Two Periods of United States History, Megan T. O’Connor