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University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This collection is comprised of theses and dissertations completed at the University of New Orleans from 2002 to the present.

Some documents from this time period that have not been digitized as well as older dissertations and theses can be located in the UNO Library online catalog: http://library.uno.edu/

For assistance contact the UNO Library at (504) 280-6549 or libref@uno.edu.

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

A study of the impact of instructional approach on community college students’ problem solving and metacognitive abilities in the developmental mathematics course, Introductory Algebra, Sandra T. Landry

Factors that Shape Environmental Perceptions: the Role of Health and Place, Elizabeth Langlois

Positive and Negative Parenting Strategies, Parental Psychopathology, and Relational Aggression in Youth, Genevieve E. Lapre and Monica A. Marsee

The Damage Done and Other Stories, Jamie Larson

Catastrophes and the Role of Social Networks in Recovery: A Case Study of St. Bernard Parish, LA, Residents After Hurricane Katrina, Carrie E. Lasley

Casa Samba: Identity, Authenticity, and Tourism in New Orleans, Lauren Lastrapes

Dantalion, David R. LeBlanc

Theoretical Approaches to the Characterization of Water, Aqueous Interfaces, and Improved Sampling of Protein Conformational Changes, Alexis J. Lee

Characterization of Magnetic Nanostructured Materials by First Order Reversal Curve Method, Denny R. Lenormand

Invisible Cities: Photographic Fictions of Architecture, Maria Levitsky

Two Essays: “Does Corporate Governance Affect the Adjustment Speed towards Target Capital Structure?” and “Do Option Traders on REITs and Non-REITs React Differently to New Information?”, Li-Kai Liao

An Investigation of the Combined Assessments Used as Entrance Criteria for a Gifted English Middle School Program, Colleen D. Lindsey Ph.D.

Perceptions of College Readiness and Social Capital of GED completers in entry-level college courses, Donalyn L. Lott

A Software Framework for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Adam Loup

Computational Scheme Guided Design of a Hybrid Mild Gasifier, You Lu

When Bird and Fish Fall in Love, Matthew C. Mackey

“Man’s Country. Out Where the West Begins”: Women, the American Dream, and the West in Joan Didion’s Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Coleen Maidlow

Two Essays in Financial Economics, Jatin Ravikant Malhotra

Codemakers, Dawn Manning

Efficacy of Self-Care and Traditional Mental Health Counseling in Treating Vicarious Traumatization Among Counselors of Hurricane Katrina Survivors, Mary Alice Many

The Weight of Water and Other Stories, Lindsay Maples

Employment Decentralization and Bus Rapid Transit in an Edge City Corridor: Veterans Boulevard in Greater New Orleans, Taylor A. Marcantel

Individual Spirituality and The Canterbury Tales: An Analysis of the Philosophical Connection Between The Tale of Melibee and The Parson’s Tale as It Operates within the Narrative Framework, Chelsea R. Martin

Gaining Relevance in the Face of Obsolescence: The USS Texas – a Battleship in the Second World War, Kali Martin

Pigments of Imagination: An Actor's Journey of Creating the Character of Jack Lawson from David Mamet's Race, Paxton H. McCaghren

Rooftop Cities, Tammi L. McCune

An Examination of a Process Model of Physical Child Abuse: Considering Direct, Indirect, and Interactive Effects of Cumulative Socio-Contextual Risk on Markers of Physical Child Abuse in Mothers of Young Children, Kathleen McGoron

Anger Management: Creating the role of Coleman Shedman in Romulus Linney's 'Holy Ghosts', Patrick J. McKinnie

Two Essays in Islamic Finance and Investment, Hesham J. Merdad

“Respectably Dull”: Striptease, Tourism and Reform in Postwar New Orleans, Lauren E. Milner

Returning to post-Katrina New Orleans: Exploring the processes, barriers, and decision-making of African Americans, Kim Mosby

To Ride On, Coleen R. Muir

They Took My Bedroom: A Case Study of Eminent Domain in New Orleans, Jared E. Munster

Artifacts, Lacar E. Musgrove

Through Other I's: Las Otras, Brenda Nettles Riojas

Momentum, Nonlinear Price Discovery and Asymmetric Spillover: Sovereign Credit Risk and Equity Markets of Emerging Countries and, Geoffrey M. Ngene

The Quality of Corporate Governance and the Length it Takes to Remove aPoor Performing CEO. Does performance of the former firm affect a CEO's ability to find an identical with a subsequent firm?, Huong Nguyen

Electronic Transport in Thermoelectric Bismuth Telluride, Westly Nolting

Comparative Phylogeography of Central African Duikers Using Non-invasive Sampling Methods, Stephan Ntie

Developmental Education Repeaters: Stories About Repetition, Jade J. O'Dell

When is it Our Time?: An Event History Model of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Rights Policy Adoption, Megan E. Osterbur

Corporate Governance, Performance and Risk-Taking in the U.S. Banking Industry, Jennifer OSullivan

The Closure of New Orleans' Charity Hospital After Hurricane Katrina: A Case of Disaster Capitalism, Kenneth Brad Ott

The Social Construction of a Public/Private Neighborhood: Examining Neighbor Interaction and Neighborhood Meaning in a New Orleans Mixed-Income Development, Kelly D. Owens

A Case study to Examine Student Retention at a Less Selective University with a High Rate of Retention, Victoria M. Palmisano

Factors Associated with Play Therapists' Use of Family-Systems Play Therapy Interventions, Jaime K. Parker

The Use of Re-authoring to Reconcile Fundamentalist Religious Beliefs with Sexual Orientation: A Narrative Study, Karen Parker

Autonomic and Behavioral Reactivity to an Acute Laboratory Stressor, Jeremy C. Peres

What Was and When It Passes, Mark Petrie

Geochemical Evidence for Vertical Migration of Deep Formation Fluids through the Baton Rouge -Denham Springs Fault System, Lesley C. Prochaska

Surface Functionalized Water-Dispersible Magnetite Nanoparticles: Preparation, Characterization and the Studies of Their Bioapplications, Haiou Qu

Transitional Facies and Sequence Stratigraphic Complexity of Shallow-Marine Star Point Formation to Coastal-Plain Blackhawk Formation Along Depositional-Strike, Wasatch Plateau, Utah, Andrew M. Ranson

The Interacting Multiple Models Algorithm with State-Dependent Value Assignment, Rastin Rastgoufard

"Loving the Bigger Fat" and Other Essays, Catherine Root

Comparing Biology Grades Based on Instructional Delivery and Instructor at a Community College: Face-to-Face Course Versus Online Course., Amanda Rosenzweig

Application of Digital Forensic Science to Electronic Discovery in Civil Litigation, Brian Roux

Factors that Influence the Participation of Immigrant Latino Parents in the Special Education Process of their Children with Disabilities, Maria Isolina Ruiz

Investigating the Electron Transport and Light Scattering Enhancement in Radial Core-Shell Metal-Metal Oxide Novel 3D Nanoarchitectures for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Gayatri Sahu

Transforming Sustainability thru Adaptive Co-Management: A Critique of Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan, Melanie G. Sand

Evaluating the Role of Environmental Stressors and Sensitive Parenting on the Emergence of Behavior Problems during Early Childhood, Brenna Sapotichne

Blow-up of Solutions to the Generalized Inviscid Proudman-Johnson Equation, Alejandro Sarria

Counselor Educators’ Perceptions of Working with Students Who are Unwilling to Set Aside Their Religious Beliefs When Counseling Clients: A Qualitative Study, Michael G. Saussaye

Firing Point: Patrol Torpedo Boats during World War II, Joshua J. Schick

Trouble Every Day, Nina E. Schwanse

The Persistence of Vengeance from Early Modern England to Postmodern New York, Dominic M. Sevieri

The Feasibility of Closing Vehicle Crossings along St. Charles Avenue: A Study of Transit Safety and Performance, Vivek B. Shah

Deep play, urban space, adolescent place: a multi-sited study of the effects of settings on adolescent risk/reward behavior, Benjamin A. Shirtcliff

Evoking Luck, Kianna R. Simmons

Synthesis and Development of Potential CB1 Receptor Neutral Antagonists, Kimari Slaughter

A Mandala of Hands, John Warner Smith

Fish Assemblage Dynamics and Red Drum Habitat Selection in Bayou St. John and Associated Urban Waterways located within the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, Patrick W. Smith Mr.

Satchmo, Callie M. Solano

Analysis and Characterization of Residual Stresses in Pipe and Vessel Welds, Shaopin Song

Factors Impacting Principals' Career Decision Making, Wylene M. Sorapuru

The Role of Community Land Trusts in Preserving and Creating Commercial Assets: A Dual Cae Study of Rondo CLT in St. Paul, Minnesota and Crescent City CLT in New Orleans, Louisiana, Elizabeth Sorce

Evolution of Nuclear Integrations of the Mitochondrial Genome in Great Apes and their Potential as Molecular Markers, Ivan D. Soto-Calderon

From Amber to Darkness, Courtney J. Spencer and Courtney Spencer

High Frequency Study of Magnetic Nanostructures, Abhishek Srivastava

Synthesis and Characterization of Sugar Derivatives as Functional Gelators, Michael J. St Martin

Gasland: The Rhetoric of Images in the New Media Landscape, Christopher T. Thaxton

The Practical Side of Culinary Arts Education: The Role of Social Ability and Durable Knowledge in Culinary Arts Externships, William R. Thibodeaux

“Bury Your Head Between My Knees and Seek Pardon”: Gender, Sexuality, and National Conflict in John Okada’s No-No Boy, Patricia A. Thomas

Adolescents with Callous Unemotional Traits and their Roles in Group Crime, Laura C. Thornton

Perceptions of the Ordinary, Natalie J. Tobacyk

Pattern Recognition of Power System Voltage Stability using Statistical and Algorithmic Methods, Varun Togiti

Growing Support: Localism, Nonprofits, and Food Access in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Brent Tranchina

Exploring the Relationship between English Composition Teachers' Beliefs about Written Feedback and Their Written Feedback Practices, Sandra Vandercook

Play Therapist's Perspectives on Culturally Sensitive Play Therapy, Krystal M. Vaughn

Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Cannabinoid Antagonist, Abha Verma

Gender Perceptions of Administrative Team Members Regarding Secondary Principals' Leadership Actions and Behaviors in Managing Change, Shannon L. Verrett

Leftover Thought & Other Poems, Michael A. Volpi Jr.

II-VI Core-Shell Nanowires: Synthesis, Characterizations and Photovoltaic Applications, Kai Wang

Design and Testing of the Measuring System for the Characterization of Magnetoelectric Composites, Thomas S. Ward IV

“'They was Things Past the Tellin’: A Reconsideration of Sexuality and Memory in the Ex-Slave Narratives of the Federal Writers’ Project", Lynn Cowles Wartberg

Cease Fire: One Woman's Search for Self in a Culture of War, Christine R. Wettlaufer Ph.D.

A Panzer Commander "Working Toward the Fuhrer": The World War II Career of General oberst Hermann Hoth, dustin c. Whittington

Understanding Land Use Grain: An Evaluation of Meaning and Measurement, Benjamin N. Williams

Examining the Relationship Between Louisiana Principals' Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Student Achievement, Jonathan C. Williams

Measuring the Sustainability of U.S. Public Bicycle Systems, Max W. Williamson

Not Just a Symbol But a Status Symbol, Summer D. Winston