Dissertations from 2022
Design and Fabrication of a Low-Cost, Portable, Battery-Operated Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Optical Device, Blessing Adewumi
Women of Power: Mapping the Spiritual Journeys of Caribbean Women Across Regional Fiction as Portrayed in The Book of Night Women, Texaco, and Erzulie's Skirt, Natalie Sandy D'Auvergne-LaMotte
Ecology of Periphyton in a Subtropical River Floodplain, Kamela De Gallardo
A Case Study of Fourth Grade Students' Literacy Difficulties with Mathematical Word Problems, Rosalind Hudson
Newly Dependent: The Living Experiences of Transnational Women in North America, Tasia Mehzabin Kazi
Using Memory Forensics to Analyze Programming Language Runtimes, Modhuparna Manna
Drug Resistance in the Canine Filarial Parasite, Dirofilaria immitis: Emergence and Clinical Epidemiology in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley, Cassan Nicole Pulaski
The Influence of Perceived Realistic and Symbolic Threat on College Students’ Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration, Brook Shantel Spurlock
Interpretable and Anti-Bias Machine Learning Models for Human Event Sequence Data, Zihan Zhou
Dissertations from 2021
Development of Engineered Soil Surrogates for Modeling Natural Soil Sorption Behavior, Ghada Yehia Abdalla
Direct Activation of Light Alkanes to Value-Added Chemicals Using Supported Metal Oxide Catalysts, Md Ashraful Abedin
A Systematic Multiscale Investigation of Nanoparticle-Assisted CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Process for Shale Oil Reservoirs, Dayo A. Afekare
Epidemic Uncertainties and the Construction of Risk in Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) Epidemics: The Case of Ghana., John Kojo Aggrey
Applications of Nonstandard Analysis in Probability and Measure Theory, Irfan Alam
A Conjecture on the Irregularity Function for Local Geometric Langlands Parameters and the Formal Frenkel-Gross Connection, Andrew Alaniz
A Continuous Adjustment: The Impact of COVID-19 on International Graduate Students, Carla Albornoz Moraga
An Organic Approach to Justice: The Complementarity of Hannah Arendt and Amartya Sen’s Political Thought, Gargi Aleaz
Investigation of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Pathogenesis of Mammalian Cells, Paige Elise Allen
The Impact of Foreign Workers on Democratization in Oil Countries, Nasser Almarri
Application of Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage (GAGD) Process for Enhancing Recovery from Unconventional Resources, Muzher Al Musabeh
The War on ‘The Terrorist Other’: Islamophobia and Pakistani Muslim Men in Post-9/11 and 7/7 Fiction, Nawaf Mohammed K Almutairi
Majorana Quasiparticles in Topological Material Interfaces, David Alspaugh
Factors Impacting African American Parents Help Seeking for Childhood Behavior Problems in Preschool Children, Adrienne Anderson
Late Embryogenesis Abundant Proteins and Mitochondrial Membranes from An Animal Extremophile: Insights into Severe Water Stress, John Marcus Anderson
Evaluating US Consumers' Perception of Foods Made with Cricket Powder, Ryan Paul Ardoin
Creation of Hand Sensors and Orthotics to Capture and Replicate Human Movement and Forces, Edward Frank Austin Jr.
Rigid Connections on the Projective Line with Elliptic Toral Singularities, Alisina Azhang
Three Essays on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Rakhe Balachandran
Evaluating Biological Carbon Pump Across Continental Margins Undergoing Accelerated Climatic Changes, Wokil Bam
Fatigue Monitoring Through Wearable Sensors for Construction Workers, Srikanth Sagar Bangaru
Development of Cracking Resistance Prediction Model of Long-Term Aged Asphalt Mixtures, Peyman Barghabany
The DNA Cloud: Is it Alive?, Theodoros Bargiotas
Jake Runestad, An American Triptych: A Conductor's Guide, Neviton Barros
The Role of School Sociocultural Factors on the Mental Health and Academic Competence of Elementary Aged Children, Aijah Kai Baruti Goodwin
Prüfung: A Deconstruction of Assessment Across Three Languages, Thomas Erich Benz
Smart Quantum Technologies using Photons, Narayan Bhusal
Musical Gesture through the Human Computer Interface: An Investigation using Information Theory, Michael Vincent Blandino
Living Room Orchestra: Designing Embedded Furniture as a Family of Electronic Musical Instruments, Matthew Scott Blessing
Functional and Phenotypic Evaluation of Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Heart, Cassandra Marie Bonavita
Applications of Quantum Optics: From the Quantum Internet to Analogue Gravity, Anthony Brady
Villa-Lobos’s Segunda Sonata-Fantasia for Violin and Piano: An Analysis and Performance Guide, Maira Braga Cabral
Assessment of Cash Value Benefits and the Effects on Participant Vegetable Consumption in the Louisiana WIC Program, Celia Rene Bridgeforth
An Improved Earned Value Management Method Integrating Quality and Safety, Brian Briggs
Characterizing the Northern Hemisphere Circumpolar Vortex Through Space and Time, Nazla Bushra
Evolution of Sub-Decadal Mass Failures in the Mississippi River Delta Front, Jack Andrew Cadigan
An Investigation Examining the Closing of the Achievement Gap in Louisiana with the NGSS, George Cage
Responses of Wetland Soil Microbial Communities to Different Types of Anthropogenic Stress, Grace Ann Cagle
Stigma and Social Support: Experiences on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Laura Carper
Using Distributed Techology to Make Music in the Time of the Attention Economy, Tate Carson
Dependability and Reliability of the Direct Behavior Rating Classroom Management Forms, Kaitlin Angela Cassidy
Error Prevention in Sensors and Sensor Systems, Pedro J. Chacon Dominguez
Impact of Software Changes on User Experience, Job Michael Champagne
Policing Understood as a Racial Project: An Exploration of the Role Law Enforcement Has Played in the Shaping of Race Relations in the United States, Jahaan Chandler
Vibration Control in High-Rise Buildings and Wind Turbines to Achieve System-Level Performance Under Multiple Hazard Loads, Suvash Chapain
Topological Properties in Selected Transition-Metal Pnictides and Chalcogenides, Ramakanta Chapai
Knots and Links in Overtwisted Contact Manifolds, Rima Chatterjee
Study of Parity Sheaves Arising from Graded Lie Algebras, Tamanna Chatterjee
Investigation on the Structure and Dynamics of Lithium Ion Solvation Shell by Linear and Non-Linear Infrared Spectroscopy, Xiaobing Chen
The Emergence of the Legitimacy of Religious Healing Knowledge in Taiwan, Wei-Cheng Chiu
The Cryptid Tourist Gaze: Cryptid Tourism and the Performance of Monster-Hunting, Sara Brooke Christian
An Investigation of the Effects of Variable Magnetic Field Gradients on Soot and CO Emissions from Non-Premixed Hydrocarbon Flames, Edison Ekperechukwu Chukwuemeka
Course Selection Decision Support System, Christopher David Claypool
An Examination of Retail-Level Purchasing Behavior for Healthful Food in Louisiana, Marcus Coleman
Quantifying Feature Overlaps in Deep Neural Networks and Their Applications in Unsupervised Learning and Generative Adversarial Networks, Edward Collier
Connecting and Communicating: The Activation of Middle School Parents as Learning Coaches for ELA Classrooms in Online Charter Schools, Lillie Connor-Flores
College Football Student-Athletes, Peggers, and Specialty Gyms: Qualitative Analyses of Sexual Subcultures, Lynnette Coto
The Ancient Occupation of Nivin, Casma, Peru: Co-Creating Heritage in Andean Archaeology, Elizabeth Cruzado
Silicate-Solubilizing Bacteria in Louisiana Soils: Identification, Profiling, and Functions in Crop Production, Jayvee A. Cruz
Droplet-Based Fuel Property Measurements, Wanjun Dang
Engineering the Surface of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for Catalytic and Magnetic Applications, Natalia da Silva Moura
Biochar Application for Sustainable Crop Production, Soil and Water Quality Improvement, and Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation, Negar Dehghani Tafti
Examining Intraindividual Variability as a Predictor of Cognitive and Functional Decline in Older Adulthood, Alyssa N. De Vito
Colloidal Nanomaterial Surface Chemistry and Characterization Studied by Linear and Nonlinear Spectroscopy, Asela Sampath Dikkumbura
Optomechanical Quantum Entanglement, Kahlil Y. Dixon
High Precision Tissue Sampling for Mass Spectrometry, Chao Dong
A Discussion of Contemporary Chinese Graphic Design and Its Historical Antecedents, Richard Brian Doubleday
To Be Read: The Educational Opportunities of BookTube, Anita M. Dubroc
The Examination of Racial Identity of Black Males through Self-Efficacy, Social Integration, Persistence, and Mentorship at a Predominantly White Institution, Marvin Earl Dupiton
Case Study of Student Perceptions of a Math Course Delivery System, Ryan Adam Dutsch
Energy Consumption and Tardiness Improvement for a Flexible Job Shop and a Warehouse, Ahmad Ebrahimi
Are We There Yet? Educators as LGBTQ Advocates and Book Clubs as Professional Development, Alexis Marie Egan
Temperature Gradient Effects on Behavior and Design of Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges, Ahmed Saad Elsayed Mohamed Elshoura
Endornaviruses of Pepper (Capsicum spp.) and Interactions of Bell Pepper Endornavirus with the Host and Plant Pathogens, Cesar Escalante Guardado
A Virtual Community of Practice: Impact on Instructional Design Knowledge and the Cultural Elements Evident Within Interactions Among Nigerian Faculty, Hala Walid Esmail
Development, Validation, and Testing of a Self-Assessment Tool to Measure Beliefs, Attitudes and Food Safety Behaviors in Healthcare Foodservice Operations, Kathryn Toups Fakier
CEO Political Ideology: Implications for Firm Innovation, Samira Fallah
Non-Newtonian Model Development for Post-Wildfire Flood Risk Management, Ian Eli Floyd
Slipping Through the Cracks: A Narrative Case Study of Black Male College Student Athletes' Decision to Leave Division I Universities, Dedrick Lamar Ford
An Introduction to Jazz Performance Skills and Techniques for Trombone: The Bordogni Jazz Project, William Ford
Integrated Nutrient Management and Cover Cropping Practices in Louisiana Sugarcane Production Systems, Daniel Erneso Forestieri
Do Black Girls Receive Later Developmental Disability Diagnoses?: Results from a National Study of Children in the United States, Danequa Forrest
Campus Protests and Competing Marketplaces: A Legal Examination of Operative Tension Between the Marketplace of Ideas and the Neoliberal Marketplace, Gillian Patricia Foss
Investigation of the Structure and Dynamics of Novel Battery Electrolytes by Utilizing Multidimensional Infrared Spectroscopic Techniques, Susith Rajitha Abeythunga Galle Kankanamge
Vertical Feature Delineation for Flood Hazard Assessments at the Coastal Land Margin, Shu Gao
Taproot Decline of Soybean in the Southern United States: Origin, Evolution, and Etiology of an Emerging Disease, Teddy Garcia Aroca
Connectivity of Matroids and Polymatroids, Zachary R. Gershkoff