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 2011
Habitat Characteristics Affecting Site Occupation in Wintering Henslow’s Sparrows at Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge, Mary E. Nicholson
Just like Ole' Mammy used to Make: Reinterpreting New Orleans African-American Praline Vendors as Entrepreneurs, Chanda Nunez
Actionable Visualization of Higher Dimensional Dynamical Processes, Sravan Kumar Pappu
Determining biological roles of four unique Vernicia fordii acyl-CoA Binding Proteins, Steven Pastor
Organizing for Freedom: The Angola Special Civics Project, 1987-1992, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs
Numerical Modeling of River Diversions in the Lower Mississippi River, Joao Miguel Faisca Rodrigues Pereira
Shifting Understandings of Imperialism: A Collision of Cultures in Starship Troopers and Ender's Game, Leon Perniciaro
Transforming researchers and practitioners: The unanticipated consequences (significance) of Participatory Action Research (PAR), Kristina Peterson
Towards the Synthesis of Magnesidin, Subramanya Pingali
An Information Value Approach to Route Planning for UAV Search and Track Missions, Ryan R. Pitre
"The Highest Type of Disloyalty": The Struggle for Americanism in Louisiana During the Age of Communist Ascendency, 1930s-1960s, Ryan Buchanan Prechter
Design and Development of Nanoconjugates for Nanotechnology, Ashley Dung Quach
Swift and Stewart: The Societal Background and Influence of Satirists in Turbulent Times, Jon Nathan Raby
The Journey to Manhood in Gaines' Bloodline, Shagun Rawat
Junior Faculty Perceptions of their Doctoral Level Teaching Preparation: A Cross Disciplinary Examination, Franz Reneau
"All Necessary Force": The Coast Guard And The Sinking of the Rum Runner "I'm Alone" , Joseph Anthony Ricci
Contextual Risk and the Association Between Sensitive Parenting and Social Competence During Early Childhood, Moira R. Riley
Kinetics of the electrocoagulation of oil and grease, Guillermo Rincon
Exploring Storybook Illustrations in Learning Word Meanings, Eleomarques Ferreira Rocha
The 1991 Madrid Peace Conference: U.S. Efforts Towards Lasting Peace in the Middle East Between Israel and its Neighbors, Fernando Rodriguez
A Long Low Whistle in the Distance, Blair C. Runion
"Strenuous Life" Strained: Political and Social Survival Strategies of the New Orleans Athletic Club, 1923-1940, Shawn G. Ryder
"Against My Destiny": Reading an Italian Immigrant's Memoir in the Early 20th-century South, Bethany Santucci
Helping Behavior in a Globalized Community, Jenny M. Savely
Settlement Analyses of Grade Supported Tanks Constructed with the Use of Prefabricated Wick Drains and an Earth Preload, Rebecca Elizabeth Scherer
Exchange flows in an urban water body: Bayou St. John responses to the removal of flood control structures, future water elevation control, and water quality, Robin L. Schroeder
Validation of Seaplane Impact Load Theory and Structural Analysis of the Martin 270, Carrie Sell
Racism Recognized and the Reformation of the South in Ernest Gaines‘, La Toya Session
A darker shade of blue: From public servant to professional deviant; Law enforcement's special operations culture, Louis Scott Silverii
Voluntary Environmental Programs: An Examination of Program Performance and the Role of Institutional Design, Jessica LL Sims
Milneburg, New Orleans: An Anthropological History of a Troubled Neighborhood, Betty A. Smallwood
The Effect of Tool Rotation Speed and Clamping on Deformation in Friction Stir Welded 6061-T6511 Aluminum Extrusions, Travis Lee Smith
The Best Doctor, Mary Sparacello
The Effects of Graphing Calculator use on High-School Students' Reasoning in Integral Calculus, Hunter Julie Spinato
Transcendental Mirrors: Thoreau's Pond, Poe's Sea, and Melville's Ocean, Leslie Straight
Phases of a Man Called 'Moon': Mayor Landrieu and Race Relations in New Orleans, 1960-1974, Frank L. Straughan Jr.
A Cast of White Crabs, Jessica Suchanek
Whistling Dixie, Zac Sutherland
The King's Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I, Chance Sweat
Android Memory Capture and Applications for Security and Privacy, Joseph T. Sylve
Death, Death, I Know Thee Now!' Mourning Jewelry in England and New Orleans in the Nineteenth Century, Joanna Tabony
Metabolism and cryo-sensitivity of domestic cat (Felis catus) and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) spermatozoa, Kimberly Terrell
Statistical Spectral Parameter Estimation of Acoustic Signals with Applications to Byzantine Music, Kyriakos Michael Tsiappoutas
Social Context and Muslim Women's Attitudes Towards Counseling, Mevlida Turkes-Habibovic
Synthesis and Antifungal Evaluation of Spirostane Saponins, Sunil Upadhyay
La Bestia and Other Stories, Jessica Viada
A Study of Organizational Structures Impacting Noncredit Workforce Education and their Effects on Determining Workforce Development Strategies in Louisiana's Community and Technical Colleges, William S. Wainwright
Prodigal, Jonathan R. White
Identification of Power System Stability Using Relevant Modes, Rogers Whitlock Jr
Essays on an ASEAN Optimal Currency Area, Kathryn J. Whittaker Huff
Synthesis and Characterization of Monosaccharide-derived Low Molecular Weight Gelators, Kristopher Aaron Williams
Accommodation and Curriculum Modification for Students with Special Needs: A Study of Teachers' Attitudes, Ramona D. Williamson
Measuring early numeracy of kindergarten students in a group setting, Stacy A. Winck
In Hiding… , Roderick Worden
Computational Pipeline for Human Transcriptome Quantification Using RNA-seq Data, Guorong Xu
Lightless Mornings: A Fine Legacy, Emily Zeanah
6,6’-Dimethoxygossypol: Molecular Structure, Crystal Polymorphism, and Solvate Formation., Carlos A. Zelaya
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Making of Audubon Park: Competing Ideologies for Public Space, Nels Abrams
The Petrochemical Industrial Complex of the St. Charles Parish Industrial Corridor and its Influence on Urbanization Patterns, Darin Acosta
A Phenomenological Study to Describe the Pursuit of a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing by Associate Degree Registered Nurses, Marie Adorno
Sex Curve, Merridith Allen
Sensation Seeking and a Real World Stressor: Endocrine and Physiological Effects, Amber Allison
Object Detection and Tracking Using Uncalibrated Cameras, Ashwini Amara
"The Free State of New Orleans": Local Law Enforcement and Illegal Gambling in the 1920s, Edward John Appel Jr.
The Interaction of Pain and Morphine on Analgesia, Locomotion, and Cognitive Functioning, Brandon Baiamonte
The Role of Geographic Information Systems in Post-Disaster Neighborhood Recovery: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Brian Baldwin
Fault Detection for Systems with Multiple Unknown Modes and Similar Units, Anwer Bashi
Pattern Recognition of Power Systems Voltage Stability Using Real Time Simulations, Nagendrakumar Beeravolu
The Distribution of Cotton Fiber Length, Rachid Belmasrour
She vs. Shadow, Danielle Blasko
Comparison of Power Flow Algorithms for inclusion in On-line Power Systems Operation Tools, Naveen Bokka
It Must be Karma: The Story of Vicki Joy and Johnnymoon, Richard Bolner
The Last Act of a Desperate Man, Lorne Vincent Boni
Much Ado About Process: One Director's Approach to Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Beau Bratcher
Red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Habitat Use in an Urban System; Behavior of Reintroduced Fish in Bayou St. John, New Orleans, Sunny Brogan
Earthbound Humors: An Ecocritical Approach to Melancholy in As You Like It and Hamlet, Angela Brown
Geology & Geochemistry of the Kingman Feldspar, Rare Metals and Wagon Bow Pegmatites, TJ Brown
Everyday Unordinary, Emily Bufford
Disrupting the impact of socio-contextual disadvantage on school readiness skill attainment among preschool children: The role of Head Start attendance, Kristin Leigh Callahan
Where the Dead Remain, Bryan Camp
Cognitive Biases in Childhood Anxiety Disorders: Do Interpretive and Judgment Biases Distinguish Anxious Youth from their Non-anxious Peers?, Melinda Cannon
Total Fume and Heavy Metals Emission Factors Applicable to Aluminum-Lithium Alloy Welding, Katie Carr
Left to My Own Devices, Charisse Celino
The Embedded American Artist, Jason Edward Chaffin
Molecular Probes for Biologically Important Molecules: A Study of Thiourea, Hydroxyl radical, Peroxynitrite and Hypochlorous acid, Sourav Chakraborty
Highly Sensitive and Selective Gas Sensors Based on Vertically Aligned Metal Oxide Nanowire Arrays, Jiajun Chen
Use of environmental variables to infer gene flow and population structure in the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) and predict the seroprevalence of an emerging infectious disease, Rachel Wallace Clostio
Shadow War, John Conner
The Role of American Elites in the New Courthouse Building Project: Progressive-era Ideologies in the Vieux Carre, Kelly Cottrell
Understanding Bullying Participant Roles: Stability across School Years and Personality and Behavioral Correlates, Ann Crapanzano
Toward a Theory of Female Subjectivity, Dimitra Cupo
Importance of Medieval Numerology and the Effects Upon Meaning in the Works of the Gawain-Poet, Alessandra Cusimano
Volunteerism in Crisis: AmeriCorps as Disaster Response, Emily Danielson
The Mythic Conquest of Time in Faulkner's Fiction, William M. David