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/
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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
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
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
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
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
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
RNA CoMPASS: RNA Comprehensive Multi-Processor Analysis System for Sequencing, Guorong Xu
Synthesis and characterization of sugar based low molecular weight gelators, Hao Yang
A Framework to Annotate the Uncertainty for Geospatial Data, Zhao Yang
Controlled Attachment of Nanoparticles to Layered Oxides, Yuan Yao
Synthesis and Characterization of Ferroic and Multiferroic Nanostructures by Liquid Phase Deposition, Amin Yourdkhani
Potluck, Robert J. Zajkowski
Active Response of Polymer Materials from External Stimuli – Solvents and Light; Grafting Reactions on Perovskite Layers, Jianxia Zhang
An Investigation of Mist/Air Film Cooling with Application to Gas Turbine Airfoils, lei zhao
Two Essays on Investment, Yao Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Patterns of protein expression in tissues of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus and Fundulus grandis, Naga Vijayalaxmi Abbaraju
Multivariate Models and Algorithms for Systems Biology, Lipi Rani Acharya
Two Essays on Oil Futures Markets, Iman Adeinat
Plowing by Moonlight: Notes from a Food Oasis, Kathleen Alcala
Have a Heart, Lisa Beth Allen
A Practical Method for Power Systems Transient Stability and Security, Hussain Hassan Al Marhoon
Spatial Mismatch for Low-Wage Workers in post-Katrina New Orleans, Lauren Andrews
Test for Student, amanda athey
New Orleans, the New South, and the Fight for the Panama Exposition, Victoria D. Baiamonte
Smart Grid Technologies for Efficiency Improvement of Integrated Industrial Electric System, Spandana Balani
Repetition and the Power of Simplicity, Peter Barnitz
Echoes of Laocoön's Warning in Letters from an American Farmer , Douglas Barry
A Baseline for Downtown Transit-Oriented Development: Planning for Success in the Loyola Corridor, Peter Bennett
Ecosystem Management and its Application at the Local Level: APNEP, CAMA and Local Land Use Planning in North Carolina, Traci L. Birch
Identification and characterization of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of different phycobiliproteins in cyanobacteria, Avijit Biswas
Will All of You Stop Being A-holes, Please?, April Blevins
Lily Bart and Isabel Archer: Women Free to Choose Lifestyles or Victims of Fate?, Heidi Elizabeth Braden
Factors that Contribute to Susceptibility of the Placebo/Nocebo Effect in Experimentally Induced Ischemic Arm Pain, Steve T. Brewer
Out of True, Andrew David Bryan
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Anorogenic Granitic Miarolitic Pegmatites Associated with the White Mountain Intrusive Suite, New Hampshire, Kristen F. Camp
"Throw Me Something, Mister": The History of Carnival Throws in New Orleans, Lissa Capo
The Regulation of NAP4 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Denise Capps
Marshall Carby's An Experiment with an Air Pump, Marshall Carby
The Operation was Successful but the Patient Died: The Politics of Crisis and Homelessness in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Evan Casper-Futterman
Analyzing Earnings Management for Cross-listed Firms and Interaction between Two Futures Exchanges, Chia-Sheng Chen
The Construction of Self in an Adult Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Elizabeth A. Meyer Christensen
Wisteria and Other Stories, Michael Clayton
PARSES: A Pipeline for Analysis of RNA-Sequencing Exogenous Sequences, Joseph Coco
The Tripartite Tributaries of Ush, Alicia Cognevich
Counselor Perceptions of the Efficacy of Training and Implementation of Self-Care Strategies Related to Trauma Work, Leslie Midtbo Culver
Professional Counselors' Perceptions of Knowledge, Barriers, Support and Action of Professional Advocacy, Michelle M. De La Paz