Dissertations from 2018
Theoretical Studies of Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Atoms and Molecules via High-Order Harmonic Generation, Paul Vincent Abanador
Sell Yourself: Building a Foundational Structure Around an Institution's Position in the College Application Process, Brock Thomas Adams
Development of Self-Healing Mechanisms for Asphalt Concrete Pavements, Max Abelardo Aguirre Deras
A Conductor's Guide to Ariel Ramirez's Misa Por La Paz y La Justicia, Andrew David Alegria
A Study of the Lived Experience of African American Males who Transition from Out-of-Home Care to Postsecondary Education, Marvin Cain Alexander
Unintended Consequences of the Dodd-Frank $10 Billion Asset Size Threshold, Laura Camille Alford
Brewed Awakening: Re-imagining Education in Three Nineteenth-Century New Orleans Coffee Houses, Robyn Rene Andermann
Evaluation of Dopaminergic and Antidopaminergic Agents for Use in Equine Metabolic Physiology, Nicole Arana Valencia
FIELD INSTRUMENTATIONS AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL – INTEGRATED BRIDGE SYSTEM (GRS-IBS), allam ardah
Essays on Health Economics: The Impact of Public Policy on Health and Labor Market Outcomes, Grace Ellis Arnold
Jews and the Sources of Religious Freedom in Early Pennsylvania, Jonathon Derek Awtrey
Coupled Thermo Mechanical Modeling of Friction Stir Welding and Fatigue Life Improvement of Friction Stir Welding Structures, Saad Bin Aziz
Development, Validation, and Testing of a Self-Determination Theory Instrument Called the Motivation to Prepare Healthy Foods Questionnaire, Ariana DeLong Bailey
Evolution of Alu Elements in the Saimiri and Papio Lineages of Primates, Jasmine Nicole Brown Baker
Crash/Near-Crash: Impact of Secondary Tasks and Real-Time Detection of Distracted Driving, Peter Ramzy Zaki Bakhit
Selling, General, and Administrative Cost Stickiness and GDP Predictions, Russell Barber
Unavoidable Immersions and Intertwines of Graphs, Matthew Christopher Barnes
A Climatology of Precipitation Days Throughout the Continguous United States, Rudy J. Bartels
Effect of Increasing Levels of Monosilicic Acid on Arsenic and Phosphorus Sorption in Soil, Flávia Bastos Agostinho
DEVELOPING NANOPORE ELECTROMECHANICAL SENSORS WITH TRANSVERSE ELECTRODES FOR THE STUDY OF NANOPARTICLES/BIOMOLECULES, Mohammadsadegh Beheshti
The Socialization of Students Serving on United States Public Post-secondary Education Boards, Erin Renee Bendily
Childhood Interrupted: An Autoethnography of Supporting Learning, Development, and Foster Parenting, Alica LeGaye Benton
"Swallowing a World": Globalization and the Maximalist Novel, Benjamin S. Bergholtz
Chemotherapeutic Applications of Rhodamine Based NanoGUMBOS, Nimisha Bhattarai
Mechanical and Physical Properties of Fluorogypsum-Cement-Fly Ash Blends for Artificial Reef and Coastal Protection Structures, Yasser Bigdeli
Teachers as Leaders: An Autoethnographic Account Into The Way That Personal Spirituality Influenced One Teacher's Leadership in a South Louisiana High School, Scott McKneely Blanchard
Differential Effects of Mindful Breathing and Loving-Kindness Meditation Exercises on College Students' Mental Health, Sarah J. Bolognino
A Preliminary Examination of the Time and Organization Preparation System-College (TOPS-C) with Undergraduate Students, Ashley Elizabeth Bordelon
A Cycle of Giving: Transforming Individuals, Transforming Community in a Louisiana Children's Choir, Jason Paul Bowers
The Well-Rounded Musician: A New Degree Path for Horn in Jazz, Lauren M. Braud
Analysis of the Soil Health of Pastures Over-Seeded with Winter Annuals, Kathleen M. Bridges
Project Narrative: Examining the Interplay of Experiences of Participants in an After-School Writing Club, Courtney A. Brown
Accelerated Broadband Spectra and Attosecond Charge Migration Simulations using Real-Time Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory, Adam S. Bruner
Essays on Stock Repurchases and Exchange Listing, Dung Thi Bui
The Relationship between the High-Impact Practice of Communication-Intensive Courses and Undergraduate Degree Completion at a Research University (RU/VH), Rebecca Acosta Burdette
I Am Complicated, and So Is My Blackness: A Trifecta Exploration of Educational Spaces and Identity Development, Kala Burrell-Craft
Transforming Lives in Coastal Communities Through Economic Development: Breeding Crassostrea virginica for Alternative Oyster Culture, Brian Randall Callam
A Performer’s Guide to Poema de Sete Faces, Song Cycle by Jeffrey Perry, Paulo Henrique Campos Silva
Observation of High-Energy Gamma-Rays with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) On-board the International Space Station, Nicholas Wade Cannady
Madden-Julian Oscillation Relationships with Cool Season Cyclogenesis, Daily Precipitation, and Cool Season Severe Weather Frequencies in the Gulf of Mexico Region, Stephen Paul Caparotta
Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra by Lou Harrison: A Study Guide, Deborah Sophia Carneiro Ribeiro
Numerical Experiment of Sediment Dynamics over a Dredged Pit on the Louisiana Shelf, Nazanin Chaichitehrani
Synthesis and Characterization of Covalent Adaptable Networks Comprised of Dynamic Imine and Aminal Covalent Bonds, Albert Chao
Development of a Slab-based Monte Carlo Proton Dose Algorithm with a Robust Material-dependent Nuclear Halo Model, John Wesley Chapman Jr
Role of Neutrophils in the Modulation of Host Responses to Human Respiratory Pneumovirus Infection, Nagarjuna Reddy Cheemarla
A Conductor's Guide to Gabriel Jackson's To the Field of Stars, Joshua Glenn Cheney
Penny and Pound: Unpacking the Impacts of the Fringe Economy on Household Economic Wellbeing, Zibei Chen
An Annotated Bibliography of Percussion Works by Stanley Leonard, Kyle Douglas Cherwinski
Higher Energy Gap Control of Fluorescence in Conjugated Polymers, Chien-Hung Chiang
Design and Application of Task-Specific GUMBOS and NanoGUMBOS for Sensing and Separation, Mingyan Cong
Broadband Measurement and Reduction of Quantum Radiation Pressure Noise in the Audio Band, Jonathan Daniel Cripe
Electrocatalytic Properties of Ni-Fe BasedAlloys Toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Xiaodan Cui
Investigation of Structure and Dynamics of Deep Eutectic Solvent Using Infrared Spectroscopy, Yaowen Cui
Describing the Education Reform Landscape: A Typology of State Charter School Laws, William Flanary Dabney Jr.
An Essay on Fiscal Policy Transmissions in Currency Union, Nikhil Damodaran
A Study of Scalability and Cost-effectiveness of Large-scale Scientific Applications over Heterogeneous Computing Environment, Arghya K. Das
Examining Anxiety and Achievement Goal Theory in Physical Activity Settings, Timothy Michael Dasinger
Bipartite Quantum Interactions: Entangling and Information Processing Abilities, Siddhartha Das
Entropic Bounds on Two-Way Assisted Secret-Key Agreement Capacities of Quantum Channels, Noah Anthony Davis
Citizen Science in 4-H: Youth Volunteer Motivations, Participation, Retention and Scientific Literacy, Veronica Del Bianco
Shifting Niche Space in Coastal Landscapes: Spatio-temporal Patterns Driving Submerged Aquatic Vegetation across the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Kristin Elise DeMarco
MyMathLab Educational Intervention to Enhance Student Performance in Calculus I at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Sheila Duplechain DeRouen
EFFECT OF HEAT STRESS ON BOVINE FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT AND EPIGENETIC CHANGES, Fabian Andres Diaz
Predictors of Graduate Students' Self-Efficacy for Working with Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Families, Cassie M. Dinecola
Exploring the Interdependence of Trust and Communication in the Teacher-Principal Relationship, Jon Oliver Downs
Endocytosis and the Nitric Oxide-Dependent Release of Chloride, Vernon K. Dunn Jr
Investigation of Flow Mechanisms in Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage Process, Iskandar Dzulkarnain
Investigation of Flow Mechanisms in Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage Process, Iskandar Dzulkarnain
Experimental Evaluation of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pyrolysis by Dielectric Heating and Thermocatalytic Upgrading of Pyrolysis Vapors Via Iron-Doped Montmorillonite Clay Catalyst, Candice Raffaela Ellison
Weary At Work: A Conservation of Resources Approach to Understanding Job-Related Boredom, Candace Angela Esken
The Distinctive Regulatory Mechanisms of Bacterial Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, Alexandra Leigh Evans
Two Results in Drawing Graphs on Surfaces, Joshua E. Fallon
Engineering Metal-Ligand Interface for Selective Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Yuxin Fang
Heuristics for Client Assignment and Load Balancing Problems in Online Games, Shawn Michael Farlow
Free-Radical Polymerization of Acid-Containing Deep Eutectic Solvents, Kylee Fazende
Will to Remember: Counter-Archives in the Work of Alvarez, Danticat, and Díaz, Megan Elizabeth Feifer
Impact of Temperature, Plant Species, and Sorghum Cultivar on the Population Dynamics of Melanaphis sacchari, Monique Ferreira de Souza
Genome Wide Association Studies for Identification of Markers Linked to Sucrose Traits in Sugarcane, Nathanael Darrell Fickett
Chemosensory Communication and Neural Substrates of Social Behavior in the African Cichlid Fish, Astatotilapia burtoni, Karen Elizabeth Field
Characterization of the Interaction Between R. Conorii and Human Host Vitronectin in Rickettsial Pathogenesis, Abigail Inez Fish
“Breathless Zeal and Careless Confidence”: German Propaganda in World War I (1914-1918), Elisabeth Fondren
Characterizing Cytoplasmic Maturation and Improving Competence of Bovine In Vitro Matured Oocytes, Brittany Alanna Foster
Soybean Response to Dicamba: Associated Injury Criteria and Development of a Model to Predict Yield Loss, Matthew Ryan Foster
Evaluation of Oncolytic and Immunomodulatory Potential of the HSV-1 Live-Attenuated Vaccine Strain VC2 in an Immunocompetent Murine Melanoma Model, Natalie Wall Fowlkes
Endocannabinoid Metabolome of Human Breast Milk, Adriana V. Gaitan Espinoza
On the Computation of the Rate-Equivocation Region for Wyner's Wire-tap Channels, Meena Gangula
Healthcare Utilization & Health Behaviors among Older Adults: The Role of Insurance, Jennifer Rose Geiger
Thermal and Mechanical Energy Harvesting Using Lead Sulfide Colloidal Quantum Dots, Taher Ghomian
Jane Austen's Hidden Bodies: Adaptation as Critical Commentary, Elizabeth Gilliland
A Phenomenological Investigation into the Impact of the College Student Union on Student Engagement at a Historically Black University, Nathalie Nicole Godfrey
Templates for Representable Matroids, Kevin Manuel Grace
The 'Happiest' Corner of London: Bethnal Green, 1550-1945, Audrey Lynne Gray
Development of the Routines and Time Management Inventory for Young Adults, Morgan Ashwill Grinnell
Natural Resources-Based Conflicts in Coastal Louisiana: A Multi-faceted Social and Ecological Setting, Audrey Grismore
The Effects of Metal Speciation, Content and Cluster Size in Fly Ash on PCDD/F Formation, Xia Guan
Rats Fed Dietary Bioactive Components (Resistant Starch, Whole Grains, and Fat) Undergo Altered Biometrics and Gene Expression as a Result of Gut Fermentation, Justin Lamont Guice
Spectrum- and Energy-Efficient Radio Resource Allocation for Wireless Communications, Shengjie Guo