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 2023
Tache Noire, Ryan M. Mayer
It Isn't Easy Fighting Crime in a Tutu, but It Helps!, Jeanne C. McGlory
The Weeping Daughter, Caitlin B. Miller
“The East:” A History of New Orleans East and the Retail Redlining of Black Middle-Class Suburbs, Charles Miller
I Love You, Say It Back: Stories, Alex Moersen
Sachsenhausen, “More of the Same”: The Transition of a Nazi Concentration Camp into a Soviet Special Camp, Douglas C. Molin
Other Women, Sophie Nau
Ghost Girls and Other Remnants, Dorothy Nguyen
Resilience Lives Past the Crisis: Puerto Rican Performing Arts Organizations in the Wake of Hurricane María, Jillian Desirée Oliveras Maldonado
Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Perinatal Loss Clients: A Grounded Theory Study, Heather H. Olivier
Assessing Math Motivation, Educational Expectancy, and Grades in Corequisite Coursework to Predict Outcomes in College Algebra, Kurt M. Ovella
Faults Segmentation in Levee Systems Using Deep Learning Approaches, Manisha Panta
A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Stage Design, Kimberly (Adachi) Pimentel
Childcare Organizations: A Qualitative Study on Childcare Leaders’ Perceptions of the Elements that Promote the Work They Do in the Childcare Industry, Paula S. Polito Mrs.
Joyland Beach, Natalka M. Proszak
Theory Application in Home-Based Counseling, Victoria Rodriguez
"The Freedom to Express Yourself": The National Park Service and the African Diasporic Roots of Black Dance in New Orleans, Ariel D. Roy
Wavelet Compression as an Observational Operator in Data Assimilation Systems for Sea Surface Temperature, Bradley J. Sciacca
Goostly Coumforte in God: The Rhetoric of Mysticism in the Cloud of Unknowing, Clinton M. Sensat
Shifting Images: Film and Historical Legacy of Malcolm X, 1959-2021, Kristina M. Smith
The Story of Jennie Steers: An Examination of Race, Gender, and Lynching in Northwest Louisiana, Lauren Smith
Voices in my Head: An Improvisers Approach to Becky Mode’s Fully Committed, Drew Stroud
Environmental Justice of Repetitive Flood Loss and Freeboard Mitigation in New Orleans, Hoang T. Tao
Colonial Ceremonies, Reis Ely Vance
From Child to Children: The Experiences of Economically Marginalized Parents as Their Family Sizes Grow, Yvanna Pogue Vicks
When You're Done Digging, Katrina D. Vogl
Props, Bianca Walker
Experiencing Positional Turbulence: High School Social Studies Teachers' Perceptions of Instructional Leadership Support While Teaching During National Crises, Lynn M. Walters-Rauenhorst
Freaky Shit, Tyelise A. Walton
Asset Pricing Models in Crypto-currency and Stock Markets, Lei Wang
Theatre and the Pandemic - Directing Fully Committed by Becky Mode, William Ware
Past and Present Patterns of Neutral and Adaptive Genetic Diversity in Wild Mandrills (Mandrillus Sphinx), Anna Weber
An Exploration of Emotional Intelligence and the Professional Competency of Academic Support Student Affairs Professionals, Margaret Shannon Williamson
The Spirit of Justice: The Emotional Experience of Racial Identity Formation Among Social Justice Activists, Natasha S. Wilson
Seagrass Epibiont Biodiversity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Kathryn Wyssmann
Motion Simulation and Risk Assessment of Dropped Objects in Offshore Operations, Hanqi Yu
Dropped Objects Recognition in Offshore Operations Based on Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence, Xiaochuan Yu
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Investigation of Innovative Means to Enhance Mist Cooling in Gas Turbines, Ramy Abdelmaksoud
Analyzing the Robustness of Prevalent Social Engineering Defense Mechanisms, Bhupendra Acharya
Network Intrusion Detection Using a Deep Learning Approach, Sharmin Aktar
ESG Activities, Political Contributions, and Firm Performance, Ahmed W. Alam
The effect of conditional volatility, skewness, and excess kurtosis on interest rates, Sarah H. Al Talafha
Enchanting Music: How English Playwrights Use Music in Renaissance Witchcraft Plays, Alyssa Anders
Death Actually, Christopher Anhorn
Chromosome Number Evolution, Phylogeography, and the Effects of Climate Change on Species Distributions in Polyploid Plant Systems, Courtney H. Babin
Repeated Boat Noise Exposure Damages Inner Ear Sensory Hair Cells and Decreases Hearing Sensitivity In Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias Undulatus), Gina A. Badlowski
Optimization Framework to Determine Optimal Location and Sizing of Photovoltaic Energy Sources in Electric Grids, Monika Basnet
Levee Seepage Identification from Aerial Images using Machine Learning, Sofiane Benkara
An Exploration of Bengali Identity with Material and Visual Artifacts through Painting, Farah Billah
An Investigation and Analysis of the 2021 Surfside Condo Collapse, Ryan L. Blanchard
Somewhere in Between and Other Stories, Jax C. Borukhovich
Tough-Cooled Maroon, Karen Breen
Tools for Predicting Emulsification Capacity of Crude Oil Exposed to Sunlight: Impact of Photoproduced Carboxylic Acids on Emulsion Stability, Chaka Nacaya Brown
The Development of the Interdisciplinary School Violence Prevention Assessment (ISVPA): Exploratory Findings of a Pilot Study, Lauren B. Clark
Internal Communication within an Institution of Higher Education During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Case Study, Jonathan Boone Clemmons
Trinkets, Baubles, & Ephemera: This Will Look Real Good On Your Shelf., Kjelshus H. Collins
Additive Manufacturing of Variable Contrast Computed Tomography Anatomical Phantoms Using a Single Feedstock in Fused Filament Fabrication, Cory J. Darling
A Phenomenological Study of Principals’ Perceptions of Instructional Leadership in the Context of Mandated Teacher Evaluation, Gabrielle P. DeLatte
Girlhood and Engendered Alienation in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Lauren C. Dolese
“We Won’t Be Silent Anymore”: Enslaved People’s Stories and Symbolic Reparations For New Orleans City Park, Kalie Ann Dutra
"The Best Defense is a Good Offense:" Teaching Phishing Defense Tactics Through a High Agency Playable Experience, Saroj Duwal
Slow Burn, Lauren Joann Gaia
Puppy, Cesar Henrique Gelli Ramos
Another Toast, Henry D. Goldkamp
"Expendable as a Battleship:" UAW Local 50, Demobilization, and the Post war Future of the Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1940-1945, Andrew W. Good
20,000 Feet Between: The Experiential Disparities of Precision Bombing in Austrian Bomb Victims and American Bombardiers, 1945, Emily E. Hanish
Facies Analysis of Terrebonne Basin Using Vibracores and CHIRP Seismic Data, Joseph M. Hankerson
Land of the Blues, Corey R. Hart
A Quantitative Study on the Predictive Ability of MCAT Scores on the Pre-Clinical Grade Point Averages of Black Medical Students, Bennetta Horne
Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction from Language of Biological Coding, Nayan Howladar
The Relationship between Political Contributions and Federal Earmarks and the Impact of State-owned Enterprises on U.S. Competition, Tahsin I. Huq
Synthesis, Derivatives, and Applications of Structured Nanomaterials, MD SHAHIDUL ISLAM KHAN
Travel Behavior Change and Economic Transition in Gentrified Neighborhoods, Maryam Izadi
Rituals of Belonging, Trecha G. Jheneall
Weaving Lessons, Laura Johnson
The World Famous Paper Moon, Clarissa Kendall
Wilting Magnolias, Keyoka Kinzy
Phosphate Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the Fletcher Pegmatite, North Groton, New Hampshire, Susanna T. Kreinik
Charter School Leaders’ Perceptions of School Autonomy, Sharon L. Latten-Clark
Lessons from Perceived Rejection: An Argument for Process Oriented Thinking in Theatre, William Russell Leak
“They bloom vivid and repulsive as the truth”: The Feminist Gothic in Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, Logan J. LeBlanc
Denoising and Deconvolving Sperm Whale Data in the Northern Gulf of Mexico using Fourier and Wavelet Techniques, Kendal McCain Leftwich
Disrupting Energy: The Effects of Oil Extraction on Early Gulf Coast Oilfield Unionization, 1905-1920, Taylor Lindner Dougherty
Experimental Tests and Numerical Study of Trajectories of Different Types of Dropped Objects, Yi Li
Advocacy Experiences of Licensed Professional Counselors Who Serve Minor Survivors of Abuse and Neglect, Earniesha S. Lott-Kennebrew
Swamp Hell, Lauren Malara
The New England Millennial Primer, Nathan R. Mann
Impacts of Risk Perception on Elderly Vulnerability: An Exploration of Effects on Disaster Preparedness in Assisted Living Facilities, Jacquelyn Ann Marchand
Environmental Sensitivity of Maternal and Offspring Phenotype in the Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Lizard, Jamie Marks
The Things We Do for Love: Stories, Spencer R. Martin
Its Time for Representation, Diversity, Equity, and Justice at Theater UNO, Richon May
State Estimation—Beyond Gaussian Filtering, Haozhan Meng
At the Edge of Existence, Rene Merino
Creating Controversy: An In-Depth Look at the Creation of Redux, Alexandria Miles
Hot Mess, Kendra R. Moe