Dissertations from 2020
Calibration Transients In LIGO Detectors, Thomas Daniel Abbott
Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Aroma and Cercospora janseana Resistance in U.S. Rice, Christopher Keith Addison
Talking About the Weather: Impacts of Tornado Stories on Memory and Identity, Ashley L. Allen
The Function of Poetry in the Maqamat al-Hariri, Hussam Almujalli
Estimation of the Axial and Lateral Capacity of Driven Piles from the Results of Cone Penetration Test and Finite Element Analysis, Mohsen Amirmojahedi
The Long-Term Outlook of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya Bifurcation: A Convergence of Engineering, Economics, and Deltaic Evolution, Thomas Mitchell Andrus
Identifying Human Trafficking Networks in Louisiana by Using Authorship Attribution and Network Modeling, Hassan Marzoughi Ardakani
Motivation, Higher Education, Belonging, and Development: Integration of Highly Educated Immigrants into the Western Labor Market, Cihan Aydiner
Gender Equality, Tolerance, and Wellbeing in Turkey: The Role of Religion, Ramazan Aydogdu
Interactions between Federal Education Tax Credits and State-Based Aid Programs: An Analysis of State Budgeting for Higher Education, Anna Castrillo Bartel
Study of Fundamental Tradeoff Between Deliverable and Private Information in Statistical Inference, Farhang Bayat
Characterizing the Epidemiology of Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus in Louisiana, Michael Edward Becker
Virtual Touch: Embodied Experiences of (dis)Embodied Intimacy in Mediatized Performance, Naomi Petrea Bennett
Examining Relationships between Early Childcare Teachers' Adult Attachment Orientations and Quality of Interaction in the Infant Classroom, Alexandra Morris Benoit
Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Frequency and Intensity Related to Observed and Modeled Geophysical and Aerosol Variables, Rupsa Bhowmick
Morphology and Dynamics of Bottlebrush Polymers, Karin Julia Bichler
Examining Nursing Student Dropout Behavior: An Event History Analysis, Michele Lee Blackwell
Earnings Management of Leaders and Laggards, Candice Roche Boucree
National Guard Familes: The Relationship between Institutional Discourses and Lived Experiences, Kimberly Saunier Boudreaux
Combinatorial and Asymptotic Statistical Properties of Partitions and Unimodal Sequences, Walter McFarland Bridges
The Use of the Alexander Technique as a Practice Tool for Horn Performance, Centria Deondra Brown
Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Reproduction and Ontogeny of Gulf Killifish (Fundulus grandis), Charles Alexander Brown
Agenda Cueing in Aggregated Newsfeeds, Kirill Bryanov
The Association Between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Parental Age, Claire Burns
Unprepared to be Culturally Responsive: An Examination of Secondary ESL Educators in Rural Louisiana, Danielle Marie Butcher
A Multifaceted Biological Engineering Approach to Breast Cancer Modeling and Drug Delivery, Charles Ethan Byrne
An Investigation of Athletic Buoyancy in Adult Recreational and Sport Club Athletes, Jackie Rae Victoriano Calhoun
Interactions Among Amygdala Volume, Cortical Thickness, and Structural Connectivity in Youth: Relationship to Emotion Regulation, Peter James Castagna
First-Principle Study on the Interaction of Ligands with Gold and Effects on Catalytic Activities, Xun Cheng
Source Apportionment of Ozone and Its Health Effects in North China Plain and Southeast U.S., Kaiyu Chen
A Performance Guide to Kurt Erickson's Song Cycle Here, Bullet, André Yong Chun Chiang
Physical and Biological Factors Controlling the Fate of Nitrate in a Louisiana Coastal Deltaic Floodplain, Alexandra Christensen
New Synthetic Transformations Utilizing Silyloxyallyl Cations and Epoxonium Ions as Reactive Intermediates, Alexander Houston Cleveland
Family Matters. Or Does It? Family Involvement in American Education, Isaiah Fink Avraham Cohen
Sodium Propionate and Sodium Butyrate Promote Fatty Acid Oxidation in HepG2 Cells under Oxidative Stress, Kristina Jazmin Cook
A Conductor's Guide to Dale Trumbore's How To Go On, Stuart Dameron
Tunable Luminescence of Rare Earth Doped Nanophosphors via Adaptive Optical Properties of Transition Metals, Pragathi Darapaneni
Pacific Crosswinds: Antebellum American Fiction and the Transpacific World, Caleb Scofield Doan
Essays on Mortgage Portfolio Diversification, Timothy Patrick Dombrowski
Schnittke, Gubaidulina, and Pärt: Religion and Spirituality during the Late Thaw and Early Perestroika, Aleksandra Drozzina
The Evolution of Bivalve Shell Matrix Proteins, Mark Ira Duhon II
The Perceptions of Foster Care Alumni's Experiences with Four-Year Post-Secondary Institutions: A Case for Capital and Field Advantage, June M. Durio
Ageism and Embodied Stereotypes: A Study of Adult Learners in Community College at Midlife, Marla Jane Erwin
Social Contexts and Disconnectedness: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Interrelated Effects of Families, Peers, and Schools on African American Youth, Danielle R. Eugene
On Selected Subclasses of Matroids, Tara Elizabeth Fife
Noble-Transition Alloy Absorbers for Near-Infrared Hot-Carrier Optoelectronics, Sara Karoline Figueiredo Stofela
Internals In Gas-Liquid Systems, Sai Sankar Ganesan
Socio-Eonomic Impact of Immigration and Diversity in the U.S., Peter Gingeleskie
Natural Variation and Evolutionary Responses to Climate Change Stressors in Marine Invertebrates, Joanna Sarah Griffiths
A Study of Particle-laden Flows from Meso and Micro-scale Perspectives, Daniel Guedes de Oliveira
Leveling the Viewing Field: The Impact of Target Prevalence on Searcher's Functional Viewing Field, Juan D. Guevara Pinto
Design, Synthesis and Characterization of New Superconductors, Xin Gui
Mixed Messages: Reading Contemporary U.S. Literature of Biracial Girlhood, Candice Nicole Hale
Adult and Maternal Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Exposures Alter Immune Responses of the Lung and Modify Offspring Susceptibility to Allergen-Induced Asthma, Harriet Lajade Hammond
Baton Rouge SLAM!: An Obituary for Summer 2016: A Critical Performance Ethnography of Eclectic Truth Poetry Slam, Joshua Hamzehee
Concentrations, Sources and Health Risks of Particulate Matter in Southeast US: Current Status and Future Changes, Fenglin Han
Second Sonata for Piano and Violin in F minor Op. 6 by George Enesco A Transcription for Cello, Andrian Harabaru
Biogeography of Biological Control: Spatial Variation in Agent-Host Interactions, Nathan Harms
Spectroscopic Study of Natural Organic Matter and Carbon Fluctuation in Environmental Systems, Michael Patrick Hayes
Instrument Construction: An Examination of the Effect of Lead Pipe Design Variability on Tuba Response, Larry James Heard
Correctional Officers' Mental Health Literacy and Attitudes Toward Offenders with Mental Illness, Amber Rebecca Hebert
Past, Present, and Future of Foreign Professional Development Programs in Pakistan, Shazia Humayun
Emerson's Idealist Poetics: Emerson, Rödl, and the Life of Nature, Robert Darren Hutchinson
The Seven Valleys for Orchestra and a Study of Music Composition Pedagogy, Niloufar Iravani
Liability of the Structural Engineer: Establishing, Quantifying, and Managing Risks, Justin Thomas Ittmann
Transition Metal-doped Rare-earth Oxysulfide Catalysts for High Temperature Dry Reforming of Methane, Changyi Jiang
Understanding and Optimizing Flash-based Key-value Systems in Data Centers, Yichen Jia
Access Granted: The Journey of Conditionally Admitted, First-Generation College Students at an HBCU, Zackeus Dontrell Johnson
Understanding the Impact of Psychological Empowerment, Workplace Motivation, and Social Capital on the Job Performance of Farmers in Honduras: A Mixed Methods Study, Susan Lale Karimiha
Limitations on Protecting Information Against Quantum Adversaries, Eneet Kaur
Automatic Shoreline Digitization and Mesh Element Sizing for Hydrodynamic Modeling, Henok Kefelegn
Copper and Ruthenium Pyridyltriazole Complexes and Their Reactivity Toward Carbon Dioxide and Water, Fatemeh Khamespanah
Symphony No.2 and the Text Setting of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Sungho Kim
Applications of Advanced Structural and Functional MRI Methods, Krystal Marie Kirby
Empathy, Fiction, and an Educational Ecosystem: A Narrative Case Study of a High School ELA Classroom, Danielle Marie Klein
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra and "Nevertheless, She Composed: A Contemporary Survey of Women Composers of the Twenty-First Century", Elizabeth Anne Knox
A Case Study of Two Preservice Elementary Music Teachers as Culture-Bearers, Julius Kyakuwa
Narrating Nigeriopolitanism: The Multiplicity of Nigerian Identity at Home and Abroad, Olanike Lawore
Does Auditor Tenure Matter? Audit Partner Rotation and Industry Specialization in the U.S., Danielle Sarah Lazerson
Insights into Desiccation Tolerance: Properties of Late Embryogenesis Abundant Proteins from Embryos of Artemia franciscana, Blase Matthew LeBlanc
Spatial Production and Nomadic Subjectivities in a Buddhist Learning Space, Chau Bao Le
Agricultural Policies and Economic Development in Vietnam, Kien Le
Multigrid Methods for Elliptic Optimal Control Problems, Sijing Liu
Distance-Based Formation Control: Theory, Applications, and Issues, Tairan Liu
Characterizing Middle School Students’ Physical Literacy: A Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Yang Liu
Antimicrobial Strategies for Topical Applications, Kelsey Marie Lopez
Couples' Relationship Qualities and Child Behavior Problems, Erin Wallace Lovett
The Language of Rats: Unwelcome Animals and Interspecies Connection in Contemporary Anglophone Fiction, Kieran Leigh Lyons
Synthesis and Preliminary Ex Vivo Testing of SiRNA Targeting TCRb: A Proposed Therapy for the Treatment of Autoimmunity, Nicholas J. Magazine