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Dissertations from 2023

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A Klebsiella Pneumoniae Membrane Protein Family Required for Antibiotic Resistance, Capsule Formation, and Virulence, Vijay Tiwari

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THE EFFECTS OF AMIRA LEARNING ON LITERACY DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, Caroline C. Tolentino

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INVESTIGATIONS OF EMERGING ZOONOTIC AND VECTOR-BORNE VIRUSES AT THE JUNCTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, HUMAN, AND ANIMAL HEALTH, Erik A. Turner

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Applications of Cone Penetration Testing in Organic Soils in Coastal Louisiana, Hanssel Omar Ulloa

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Effects of a Major Hurricane on Dynamics, Structure, and Composition of Mississippi River Delta Forests, Lance C. Umlang

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The Role of Metallothioneins in Copper Homeostasis in Arabidopsis, Matthew Vandal

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Communicating Nature-Society Relationships in Coastal Louisiana: An Evaluation of the Ecosystem Services Framework, Vanessa van Heerden

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Influence of Mechanical Stress on Silica Particle Distributions in Polymers, Christopher John Van Leeuwen

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A Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Estuarine-Coastal Carbon and Nutrient Interactions and Lateral Fluxes in Deltaic Regions Undergoing Growth and Deterioration Phases in Coastal Louisiana, USA, Ivan Alexis Vargas-Lopez

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A "rock to lean on": young singers' experiences in a community choir in Louisiana, Yulene Velásquez

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Regulatory mechanisms of epithelial tube formation during Drosophila embryogenesis, Vishakha Vishwakarma

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Development, Implementation, And Evaluation Of Swirl-Combustion Strategies For Optimal Performance Of Ammonia As A Fuel For Gas Turbine Engines, Varun Nanjunda Rao Viswamithra

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With Every Name But Yours: A New Orchestration of Clémence de Grandval's Stabat Mater, David Walters

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Optimizing Large-Capacity Key-Value Systems for Efficient Data Management, Kefei Wang

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Is There a Balance between the U.S. Government Secrecy Regime and Free Speech Rights of Government Employees?: The Legal Landscape of the U.S. Government Control of Information, Qinqin Wang

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GENERATION OF EMBRYO-DERIVED STEM CELLS AND STEM CELL-DERIVED EMBRYOS IN CATTLE, Yinjuan Wang

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ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA) DETECTION BASED ON CENTRIFUGAL MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM, Yunxia Wang

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The Effect of High Fraction of Inspired Oxygen on Human Motor Learning Processes, Zheng Wang

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Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) and Their Growth and Development Under Abiotic Stressors Related to Restoration Efforts, George Washburn

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Neural Mechanisms of Resiliency and Susceptibility After Repeated Social Defeat, Christy R. Wayne

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The Characterization of Selected α- and β-Carbonic Anhydrases of Arabidopsis thaliana, Hiruni Weerasooriya

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Women's Interracial Friendships: Cultivating Coalitional Possibilities Across Difference Through Dialogue, Akie Fukushige Wenk

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Rehabilitation for Singers Following Pregnancy and Childbirth, Cara M. Williams

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SL(2,Z) Representations and 2-Semiregular Modular Categories, Samuel Nathan Wilson

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Removal of Radionuclides using Capacitive Deionization, Yusik Won

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Proud of Your Boy: Toxic Masculinity, Boyhood, and the American Musical, Aaron J. Wood

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Chinese Folk Song Meets Western Compositional Technique—A Case Study of Zhou Long’s The Partita for the Violin and the Piano, Bo Wu

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Data-driven Nonparametric Joint Chance-Constrained Programming for Power Systems Scheduling, Chutian Wu

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Media Literacy in Public Education: A Mixed-Method Exploration, Jessica Wyers

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THE DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL, Maorui Yang

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SIMULATIONS OF INTRUDER-FREE X-RAY TRANSIENT ABSORPTION AND TIME-RESOLVED X-RAY SCATTERING FOR PROBING ATTOSECOND ELECTRON DYNAMICS, Mengqi Yang

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ELECTROPHERTIC DEPOSITION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE ON SILICON SUBSTRATES, Alex J. Young

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Investigation of Solution Micellar Structure of Ionic Polypeptoid Block Copolymers with Controlled Ionic Sites, Meng Zhang

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First-Order Algorithms for Nonlinear Structured Optimization, Miao Zhang

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Effectively Using the Hoffmeister Concerto to Give Violists Comprehensive Training in Classical Viola Technique, Kaichao Zhao

Dissertations from 2022

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A New Generation of Open-Graded Friction Course for Enhanced Durability and Functionality, Hossam Abohamer

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Visuomotor Rotation Adaptation and Workspace Manipulation: A Behavioral and Cognitive Emphasis, Reuben N. Addison

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Phase Noise Analyses and Measurements in the Hybrid Memristor-CMOS Phase-Locked Loop Design and Devices Beyond Bulk CMOS, Naheem Olakunle Adesina

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Design and Fabrication of a Low-Cost, Portable, Battery-Operated Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Optical Device, Blessing Adewumi

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Spam Detection Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Olubodunde Agboola

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Studying National Identity Construction Through Social Studies/History Textbooks in Balochistan, Pakistan, Sher Ahmed

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Seismic Inversion and Modeling for Improving Earthquake Hazard Assessment, Rasheed Ajala

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Lifecycle Reactive Transport Modeling for Assessing Integrity in Offshore Energy Systems, Temitope Ayokunle Ajayi

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Case Study of the Impact of Teacher Efficacy on Select PK-3 School Faculty in a South Louisiana School: A Perceptual Investigation, Tara L. Alfred-Pellerin

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Controlling Electro-Magnetic Functionality of Ruthenates by Heterostructure Design, Zeeshan Ali

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Cultivating Black Leaders for Rural Louisiana Communities: A Case Study of a Leadership Development Program, Krystle Jarrell Allen

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Factors Associated with Racial and Ethnic Minority Youths' Mental Health Help-Seeking at School, Sam Allouche

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Unavoidable Structures in Large and Infinite Graphs, Sarah Allred

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Adaptive Balancing Compensation in Distribution Grid of Ultra High-Power Manufacturing Plants, Motab Almousa

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Formation and Stability of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals (EPFRs) in Dual-Metal Loaded Clay Surrogates, Emmanuel Ampiah

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Privilege, Power, and Patronage: Examining the Lives and Afterlives of Three Tudor Noblewomen, Caroline Elizabeth Armbruster

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Essays on Intersection of Economics and Judicial Decision-Making, Masoud Asadi

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Novel Synthetic Routes to Functionalized Tetrahydrobenzofurans and Chiral a-Quaternary a'-Hydroxy Ketones, Fatimat Oluwayemisi Badmus

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Understanding Community Assembly Processes of Foundation Species Within Hyper-diverse Ecosystems, Carrie Barker

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Writing Exclusionary Spaces: Myths, Tropes, and Stereotypes Surrounding the Roma in 19th- and 20th-Century French Literature, Jade Scottie Basford

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Investigating Preferences and Behavior within Environmental Economics, Sapana Bastola

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Transitioning in a Time of Crisis: Understanding the Impact Students’ Prior Online Learning Experiences Have on Online Course Achievement, Clayton F. Benton

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The Prime Aesthetic: Exploratory Research on the Relationship between the Imprinting of Aesthetic Dress Preferences and the Sensitive Period of Emerging Adulthood, Jeremy Bernardoni

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Computational Study of the Reactions of Heteroatomic Compounds on CeO2, Suman Bhasker Ranganath

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"A Different Kind of Tie": The Personal and Political Affinities of America's Leadership Class, 1765-1820, James Gifford Bishop

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SERS Platform for Single Fiber Endoscopic Probes, Debsmita Biswas

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Grotesque Masculinities in the Works of Harry Crews, Barry Hannah, and Padgett Powell, Matt Brandon Blasi

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Breeding Ecology of Mottled Ducks in Southwestern Louisiana, Elizabeth Sophia Bonczek

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Development of a Computational Multiphysics Model to Predict Temperature to Inactivate Foodborne Pathogens and Validating the Model in Ready-To-Cook Shrimp with a Microwavable Package, Franklin Bonilla Torres

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The Applied Use of Zein Nanoparticles in Agriculture, Colin Bonser

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Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Low Chalk Endosperm and Presence of Awns in Rice, Anna Hissahe Borjas Artica

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Investigating the Relational Element of Trust in Teacher-Principal Relationships: An Autoethnographic Case Study, Angela Bradley

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Collective Resources and Reentry Success: Disentangling Variation Across Units of Analysis, Elizabeth Estelle Brault

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Behind the Timeline: The Gendered Dynamics Among Civilian Volunteer Search and Rescue Organizations, Kyle Breen

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Asexual Dramaturgies: Reading for Asexuality in the Western Theatrical Canon, Anna Maria Ruffino Broussard

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Producing Bacterial Cellulose from Coffee (Coffea arabica) Kombucha Fermentation and Assessment of its Efficacy to Remove Pathogenic Bacteria from Contaminated Water and a Pollutant Dye from Aqueous Solution, Federico Bueno

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Pharmakon in the Firelands: Connecting Historical Discourses and Small-Town Social Contexts with Substance Use Experience, Andrew Robert Burns

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Development of Bacterial Consortia That Promote Growth and Health of Soybean Plants, Rosalie B. Calderon

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Multi-Year Data Analysis and Genomic Selection to Improve the Efficiency of a Rice Breeding Program, Tommaso Cerioli

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Light-Weight Structural Optimization Through Biomimicry, Machine Learning, and Inverse Design, Adithya Challapalli

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Genetic Dissection and QTL Pyramiding to Enhance Salinity Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.), Sandeep Chapagain

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Béla Bartók’s Forty-Four Duets: A Pedagogical Gateway to Complex Rhythmic Organization in 20th Century Music, Catherine Yiting Chen

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Media Escapism: Development and Validation of the Scale, Danli Chen

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Learning Deep Representations to Improve Multi-Instance and Multi-Model Classifications, Qing Chen

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Defining Understudied Mechanisms of Potassium Ion Flux in the Insect Nervous System, Rui Chen

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Investigation of Groundwater Depletion and Leveel Underseepage with Unstructured-Grid Modeling Approach, Ye-Hong Chen

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The Effects of Exercise on Innate Lymphoid Cell Metabolism and Function in Cancer, Eunhan Cho

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Exploring Cognitive Associations of Athletes’ Activism Through Social Issue Primes: A Convergent Analysis, Anthony Ciaramella

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Development and Validation of a Measure for Social Support: Perceived Social Support Inventory, Lindsay Marie Clark

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Development of Functional Markers for Resistance to Smut and Identification of Genes Differentially Expressed in Response to Brown Rust in Sugarcane, Jose David Cortes

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Elucidating Factors Affecting Cercosporin Production In Cercospora Leaf Blight Of Soybean To Develop Better Tools For Disease Management, Maria Izabel Costa de Novaes

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Inhibition of Biotin Carboxylase by Three Antibacterial Compounds, Matt Craft

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The Spectra of Hydrogen-deficient Carbon Stars: The Effects of Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, Courtney Lauren Crawford

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"Better. Not Perfect. Better": The Lumber Industry and the Migration of Louisiana Black Labor and White Capital to Northern California, 1926 - 1955, Jeffery William Crawford

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Surpassing the Standard Quantum Limit using an Optical Spring, Torrey Cullen

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From Equal-mass to Extreme-mass-ratio Binary Inspirals: Simulation Tools for Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors, Samuel Douglas Cupp

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Mental Health Matters: Mental Health Service Utilization Among African American Emerging Adults, Tamecia Curry

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An Exploration of Trained Reading Recovery Teachers' Perceptions about the Program and Subsequent Influences on Select Teachers' Views of Reading Instruction, Ellen Brupbacher Daugherty

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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

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“Not Nearly What It Used to Be”: A Mixed Methods Study on Hazing and Organizational Culture in Historically White Fraternities, Kimberly Rogers Davis

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Our Stories Light the Way: A Phenomenological Study Exploring the Experiences of Black Women STEM Graduates from Predominantly White Institutions, Raeshan Davis

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My Favorite Murder as Discursive Performance, Taylor Dawson

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Computer Science at Community Colleges: Attitudes and Trends, Trenton W. Dawson

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Insights into the Speciation Process from Genomic and Phenotypic Analysis of an Avian Hybrid Zone in Amazonia, Glaucia Christina Del-Rio

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Transitioning from Traditional In-Person Studio-Based Education of Apparel Design Courses to Online Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Divya Desai