Theses from 2008
A matter of questionable death: an analysis of physical child abuse, Carey M. Schwartz
Separate but equal?: the archaeology of an early twentieth-century African American school, Dena Lyn Struchtemeyer
Environment, labor, and race: an historical geography of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, 1878-1956, Amy Rhiannon Sumpter
Saint Maló remembered, Erin Elizabeth Voisin
Theses from 2007
Spatial and temporal variability of tropical storm and hurricane strikes in the Bahamas, and the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Alexa Jo Andrews
Hurricane Andrew and pregnancies in Louisiana, Anzhelika Antipova
Using Hurricane Ivan as a modern analog in paleotempestology: lake sediment studies and environmental analysis in Gulf Shores, Alabama, Thomas Bianchette
Reevaluating age in subadult remains in response to secular changes in skeletal growth, Katherine Ann Blackwelder
A geographical investigation of Chagas' disease risk in the community of La Brea, Guatemala, Gerardo J. Boquin
In vivo facial tissue depth study of Chinese-Americans in New York City, Wing Nam Joyce Chan
Unwelcome neighbors? industrial growth and water pollution in Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1940-1960, Jonathan Zachary DeLaune
Understanding the New York rabies epizootic 1985-2005, David Dorrell
Fever, firepower, and flood: the transformation of the Missouri River bottomlands in the Dakotas 1804-2005, Robert A. Dunn
Logging-on to Sai Baba: the poetics of sacred globalization, Meredith Morgan Feike
Environmental equity in southeast Louisiana: oil, people, policy, and the geography of industrial hazards, Scott Allan Hemmerling
Spatial and temporal structure of typhoid fever in Washington, D.C., 1895-1909: a geographic information systems exploration of urban health concerns, Sarah Elizabeth Hinman
Spatial and temporal distribution of solar radiation in Louisiana, Michael Ulric Kemp
An evolutionary model of parabolic dune development: blowout to mature parabolic, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, Winston McKenna
The agriculturalists of the Poole-Rose ossuary: a study of the femora and tibiae, Melissa L. Moreno
Quantitative and spatial analysis of the microscopic bone structures of deer (Odocoileus virginianus), dog (Canis familiaris), and pig (Sus scrofa domesticus), Zoe Hensley Morris
Chagas in culture and place: a mixed methods approach to a new medical geography of Chagas disease in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico, Frances Heyward Currin Mujica
Accuracy assessment of individually calibrated Journey-To-Crime Geographic Profiling models, Tania Pal
Dragons behind glass: views of China and Japan in three American museums, Kristina Elaine Polizzi
Investigation of utility of Delta-T Theta Probe for obtaining surficial moisture measurements on beaches, Phillip P. Schmutz
The Architecture of Ancient Maya Saltmaking; Distribution and Analysis of Preserved Wooden Posts at the John Spang Site in Paynes Creek National Park, Belize, Elizabeth Cory Sills
Spatial analysis of the preserved wooden architectural remains of eight late Classic Maya salt works in Punta Ycacos Lagoon, Toledo District, Belize, Bretton Michael Somers
Land-Cover and Land-Use Study Using Genetic Algorithms, Petri Nets, and Cellular Automata, Fei Wang
Voices in cultural heritage preservation: a comparative study between New Orleans and Changting (China), Guiyuan Wang
The urban development of Spanish colonial Pensacola, 1781-1821, Harry James Wilson
A material/conceptual landscape analysis of the Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage site in Mexico City, Mexico, Ramin David Zamanian
Dissertations from 2006
Evaluating the spatial ecology of anthrax in North America: examining epidemiological components across multiple geographic scales using a GIS-based approach, Jason Kenna Blackburn
Influence of controlled density arrays of natural and artificial vegetation on flow field characteristics, Jennifer Lynn Booth
Are enzymes accurate indicators of postmortem interval?: a biochemical analysis, Karly Laine Buras
The body politic: splitting gender medically in eighteenth-century Philadelphia, Sarah Sally Carraher
Underground in the Confederate Capital: Punk Subculture in Richmond, Virginia, Christopher J. Dalbom
New programs in the old asylum: the deinstitutionalization of long-term psychiatric hospital patients in Argentina, Erica Dillon
Rediscovering the Delta a reassessment of the linkages between poverty, economic growth and public policy using geographically weighted regression analysis, Dominique Duval-Diop
Investigation of the effects of detached breakwaters at Holly Beach and Grand Isle, Louisiana, Brandon Edwards
Datum is only skin deep: in vivo measurements of facial tissue thickness in chimpanzees, Julia Rose Hanebrink
Spatial characteristics of the remotely-sensed surface urban heat island in Baton Rouge, LA: 1988-2003, Lynn Copeland Hardegree
Vegetational Change and Land Degradation in the Lake Baringo Area, Kenya, During the Late Holocene: Evidence from the Paleorecord and Remote Sensing, Lawrence Morara Kiage
Binding femininity: an examination of the effects on tightlacing on the female pelvis, Katherine Marie Klingerman
Green hydrogen: site selection analysis for potential biomass hydrogen production facility in the Texas-Louisiana coastal region, Bryan Michael Landry
Whaddya want? it's Coney Island!: tourism, play and memory in the illegible city, Elizabeth Healy Matassa
Burn scar mapping in the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge using Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery, Chris Pennington
Companion animals as being-objects: the role of the self/other binary in the human-animal bond, Amanda Kelly Reed
Between representation and practice: contesting public space in New Orleans' Jackson Square, Rebecca A. Sheehan
Socioeconomic characteristics of cancer mortality in the United States of America: a spatial data mining approach, Srinivas Kumar Vinnakota
From the top down and the bottom up: the contemporary practice and choice of midwifery in Louisiana, Michelle M. Wydra
Detecting the socioeconomic conditions of urban neighborhoods through wavelet analysis of remotely sensed imagery, Guiyun Zhou
Theses from 2005
Urban yellow fever diffusion patterns and the role of micro-environmental factors in disease dissemination: a temporal-spatial analysis of the Memphis epidemic of 1878, William Brennan Arden
Trends in extreme daily temperature events in the south-central United States, Gregory S. Bohr
Estimating the postmortem interval in forensic cases through the analysis of postmortem deterioration of human head hair, Jamie Hughes Collier
Spatial heterogeneity in forested landscapes: an examination of forest fragmentation and suburban sprawl in the Florida Parishes of Louisiana, Brady Randall Couvillion
Using brownfield redevelopment to mitigate technological hazards in Shreveport, Louisiana, David Farritor
Mapping the other truth in the Shintech case: emancipatory mapping for environmental justice in south Louisiana, Charles Allen Flanagan
Temporal trends in Tchula period pottery in Louisiana, Steven Ray Fullen
Insect colonization of child-sized remains and delay of post mortem interval: an exploratory study in the behavioral analysis of pig carcasses via 24 hour high resolution video surveillance, Abigail L. Gremillion
The Matas "barn", Robin Plantation (16SL66), St. Landry Parish, Louisiana-history and archaeology of a nineteenth century milk house, Sara Anne Hahn
An investigation of time since injury: a radiographic study of fracture healing, Kevin Benjamin Hufnagl
Sinker cypress: treasures of a lost landscape, Christopher Aubrey Hurst
"Is there a translator in teh [sic] house?": cultural and discourse analysis of a virtual speech community on an internet message board, Tracy Rene LeBlanc
Dental evidence for division of labor among the prehistoric Ipiutak and Tigara of Point Hope, Alaska, Felicia Madimenos
The effect of environmental forcing on the suspended sediment within the Naomi wetlands as reflected in turbidity data, Molly J. McGraw
Wealth and deprivation in the Delta: a landscape of subsidization, Jacqueline Warren Mills
Vernacular exposures at the Aillet House: anthropological interpretations of material culture and cultural change, Kelli Ostrom
Models for ancient Maya coastal site development and economy: examination of Pork and Doughboy Point, Port Honduras, Belize, Kevin Michael Pemberton
Analysis of the talus and calcaneus bones from the Poole-Rose Ossuary: a Late Woodland burial site in Ontario, Canada, Adrienne Elizabeth Penney
Transforming the hood: faith-based organizations in New Orleans and community development, Jaime Beth Petenko
A radiographic study of the impact of race and sex on 1st and 2nd molar development, Suzanne Price
Digging through discarded identity: archaeological investigations around the kitchen and the overseer's house at Whitney Plantation, Louisiana, Erika Sabine Roberts
Yellow fever in the Felicianas: the epidemic of 1878 and its effects upon the residents of these rural parishes, Mary Jane Duke Russell
The art of living - the marketing of identity through nationality and spirituality, Shirisha Shankar
Boston's settlement housing: social reform in an industrial city, Meg Streiff
Secular change in the skull between American blacks and whites, Nicole Danielle Truesdell
East African hydroclimatic variability: 1950-1999, Varada Vasant Vaidya
The King George Island Mounds site (16LV22): a late archaic mound complex along the lower Amite River, Fiona Helena Vasbinder
Hydroclimatic and circulation anomalies associated with the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone, Natalie Amanda Vines
Sacred trust: the voluntary removal and reburial of human remains from a historic cemetery in Louisiana, Christian Williamson
Long-term changes and variability in northern hemisphere circumpolar vortex, Kalyn MacKenzie Wrona
Kingship, structures and access patterns on the Royal Plaza at the ancient Maya city of Altun Ha, Belize: the construction of a Maya GIS, Olga A. Yermakhanova
Dissertations from 2004
From Oklahomans to "Okies": identity formation in rural California, Toni Ann Alexander
Hydroclimatic and circulation anomalies associated with the North Atlantic subtropical high, Brian Taylor Allen
Assessing increases in violence: an analysis of homicide cases from Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Helen Virginia Bouzon
Bayou Boogie: the Americanization of Cajun music, 1928-1950, Ryan Andre Brasseaux
A spatial analysis of the smallpox epidemic in Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1887-1888, Ann-Marie Cain
"Never could read no road map": geographic perspectives on the Grateful Dead, Daniel R. Culli
I-tal foodways: nourishing Rastafarian bodies, Mandy Garner Dickerson
Musical play across ethnic boundaries in western Jamaica, Ronald Eric Dickerson
"Honduran memories": identity, race, place and memory in New Orleans, Louisiana, Samantha Euraque
Estimating impervious surfaces from a small urban watershed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, using LANDSAT thematic mapper imagery, Kurt Johnson
Coastal lake-sediment records of prehistoric hurricane strikes in Honduras and Turks and Caicos Islands of the Caribbean basin, Jason Thomas Knowles
Evaluation of the impacts of Hurricane Hugo on the land cover of Francis Marion National Forest, South Carolina using remote sensing, Amit Kulkarni
Being Korean and being Christian: identity making in the Korean Baptist Church of Baton Rouge in the U.S. Deep South, Hyeon Ju Lee
"Walking the Queen's highway": ideology and cultural landscape in Nothern Ireland, Deborah J. Miller
Travels in Louisiana: journeys into ethnicity and heritage by two Hispanic groups, Dominica Dominguez Ramirez
Extreme precipitation events in East Baton Rouge Parish: an areal rainfall frequency/magnitude analysis, Michelle Marie Russo