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The Microforms Collection , located on the fifth floor of the Harriet Irving Library , holds copies of UNB theses in one of two formats: microfiche (location=HIL-MICF) and microfilm (location=HIL-MIC). Titles are searchable in the WorldCat library catalogue .  Microfiche copies of theses extend to 2012 (Thesis 8958)

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A thesis, dissertation, or professional paper is an important contribution to scholarship and society. Sharing these contributions supports UNLV’s mission and Top Tier efforts to create an environment in which “students produce high quality, widely disseminated, and influential research, scholarship, and creative activities.”

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• • Readership reports and impact metrics are available for authors, allowing authors to know in real time how often their work was downloaded, cited, or tweeted.
• • For departments and colleges, having their graduate theses, dissertations, and professional papers available online can help recruit future scholars to their program.

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

The Impact of Anatomy Academy in Underserved Las Vegas Elementary Schools , Jean Angeles, Edgar Armengual, Katrina Myers, and Perceval Vollmer

Modulating Cortical Excitability to Improve Functional Movements in Individuals with Patellofemoral Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial , Jeno Aquino, Bryce Broadwell, Connan Wallace, and Makenzie Whimple

Effects of Chronic Diabetes and Attentional Focus on Performance and Learning of a Novel Stabilometer Balance Task , Rebeca Armagnac Gonzalez, Yinny Lee, Alicia Letkiewicz, and Meiko Nagano Mamauag

Introduction of the Anatomy Academy Program To Children in a Rural Elementary School , Rox Aurelio, Madison Dobbs, Nicole Horn, and Gianni Terrana

Implementing Physical Therapy Services and Screenings for the Students of the UNLV College of Fine Arts for Health and Injury Prevention: A Service-Learning Approach , Selene Barajas, Justin Dietrich, Brenna Ganzon, Payton Mack, Katherine Metzger, and Tanner Mueller

The Effects of Implementing an Early Childhood Education Health and Wellness Program in Underserved Elementary Schools in Las Vegas on Student Mentors and Elementary Staff: Anatomy Academy , Alexa Blazek, Amber Berumen Baker, Kevin Chan Shum, and Alexander Young

Implementation of an Evidence-Based Program to Reduce Fall Risk of Older Adults in Nevada , Hanna Brunty, Jordynn Cowan, Taylor DeRose, Kanosha Gray, and Kerry Margolin

Effect of Asynchronous Virtual Interviews on Ethnic Minority Matriculation into a Doctor of Physical Therapy Program , Conner Clark, Nanea Lagasca, Gladys Miller, and Jasmine Puspos

A Comparison of Spinal Reflex Function and Morphological Adaptations of the Achilles Tendon Between Individuals Chronically Post-Stroke and Healthy Controls , Migi Contreras, Mira Seekins, Johanna Mendez, and Trevor Diez

Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Treatment for Patients with Neck Pain: A Pilot Study , Kristine David, Sarah Kaderka, and Christoffer-Judd Villarias

Better Gait Quality and Speed in Adults with Down Syndrome when Wearing Supportive Shoes Compared to Unsupportive Shoes and Barefoot , Bailey Gosse, Kimberly Nguyen, and Zoe Zelensky

Biopsychosocial Occupational Therapy Interventions for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – A Pilot Manuscript , Cinthia Hartman

Pediatric Trauma-Informed Care and Implications for Occupational Therapy Practitioners , Quaneka Hoskin-Chase

Development and Pilot Testing of a Surface Discrimination Test for People with Lower Limb Amputation , Colin Kruger, Kyle McKnight, Sharlene Lim, and Samuel Straus

Effects of Exercise on Level of Support, Mobility, and Quality of Life in Adults with Down Syndrome , Jorge Lorza-Lopez, Jolena Sagaya, Simone Schroder, and Paige Melvin Zink

The Impact of Educating Interprofessional Healthcare Workers on the Role of Occupational Therapy in the Cardiac Acute Care Setting , Jennifer L. Taosuvanna

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Unraveling Water Quality Issues in the Colorado River Basin: Utilizing Remote Sensing Satellite Images, Statistical, and Machine Learning for Improved Monitoring , Godson Ebenezer Adjovu

An Exploratory Pilot Study on Generating an Emergency Evacuation VR Experience for a Real-Life Building Without Existing BIM or Floor Plans , Naveed Ahmed

Voices From the Desks: Reconceptualizing the Mentoring of Beginning Teachers , Matthew R. Albert

Development, Voice, and Vulnerability: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Policy-Making Discourse Regarding the Paris Agreement as an Organizational Response to Climate Change , David Almanza-Canas

Analyzing Equity Within the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Physical Therapy Program Admissions Process , Rebecca Altman, Savanna Cathey, and Michelle DeDmon

The Effects of Exercise Training on Gait in Adults with Down Syndrome , Anna Lois Aquino, Sandra Daugherty, and Alex Palko

Dea2uth: A Decentralized Authentication and Authorization Scheme for Secure Private Data Transfer , Phillipe Austria

Assessing Social Attention in Social Interactions: A Second-Person Approach to Eye-Tracking Research and Interventions , Catherine A. Bacos

The Feasibility of a Large-Amplitude Aquatic-Based Exercise Occupational Therapy Program for Individuals with Early Parkinson’s Disease , Brigitte Baker

Non-Destructive Means of Predicting Masonry Prism Strength Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV) , Connor J. Barlow

The Transaction Costs of Federal Environmental Policy Changes: The Effects of the Temporary COVID-19 CWA Rollback on Local Water Systems , Jesse Lee Barnes

Sequestered Sequences: A Bioinformatic Approach to the Forgotten Genome , Dylan Barth

Finish This Over Drinks? A Study of Sexual Harassment Perceptions , Hannah E. Barti

The Role of a WRKY Transcription Factor in Mediating Hormone Response During Rice Seed Germination , Santiago Bataller

A Mixed Methods Examination of First Year College Students: The Impact of Ethnic Studies on Post-Secondary Education Experiences , Sherry Bell

Get a Grip: An Anatomical Survey of Four-Mallet Grips for Solo Marimba , Kyle Steven Bissantz

Driving and Community Mobility: An Online Educational Program for Generalist Occupational Therapy Practitioners , Gerard Blanco

Investigation of the Chemical and Electronic Structure of a 2H Phase MoS 2 Single Crystal , Mary Blankenship

Survey of How Irregularities in the Electrical System of the Human Heart Link to Different Heart Arrhythmias , Jazmine Boloor

Relationships Between Healthcare Technology Experience, Acceptance, Attitudes, Self-Efficacy and Readiness in Pre-Licensure Nursing Students , Emily Lynne Boyce

The Impact of Local Broadband Access on High School Graduation Rates , Eugen Brazdil

Ga(y)zing Backward: Queer Desire in Ovid, Shakespeare, and Scaimma , Falynn Blayre Brickler

Four Junes , Sara Brown

Assessing the Risk of West Nile Virus in the Southwestern United States , Bradon Bucher

Promoting Early Detection in Primary Care: Program Evaluation of The Dementia Care Aware Program in Orange County , Ennah Cabading

The Genetic Relationship Between Peripheral Inflammation and Alzheimer’s Disease , Davis Cammann

Toward Data Science for Research in Novel Online Learning Environments: A Mixed Method, Complex Systems Approach , Mark Carroll

Health Literacy and the Feasibility of Using Video-Based Education in the Emergency Department , Jenifer Carvell

Factors Associated with Caregiver Responsive and Non-Responsive Feeding Styles in Clark County, Nevada , Amanda Castelo Saragosa

An Immersive Virtual Reality Treatment Learning Module for UNLV Occupational Therapy Students , Paolo Castro

Developing a Growth Mindset Among Undergraduate College Students , Monica Ceja Rodriguez

Trajectory Analysis for Driving Safety Quantification , Michael I. Chang

Addressing Challenges Faced by Public Organizations: The Central Role of Agility at the Federal Level During the Covid-19 Crisis , Shuktika Chatterjee

Illness Under the Microscope: Disease in Colonial Discourse, a Disruptive Study , Sujata Chattopadhyay

Cultural Mechanism of Mothers' Perceptions of Youth Psychopathology , Yen-Ling Chen

Acquired Brain Injury: A Vision Screening Protocol for Occupational Therapists , Sebastian Cheung

Big Brother is Watching You: The Impact of Service Robot’s Functions on Employees' Privacy Concerns , Yuang-Sheng Chiu

Studies of Forward Projection Algorithms and Implementation on PC and FPGA , Minsung Cho

Effects of Loading Age and Transverse Reinforcement Ratio on Collapse Resistance of RC Frame Beams under High Sustained Loads , Taiga Cibulka

Lumbopelvic Biomechanics and Muscle Performance in Individuals with Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation: Implications for Lower Back Pain , Jason Ciccotelli

Occupational Therapy Fieldwork in an Emerging Justice-Based Setting: HOPE for Prisoners , Noah Claypool

Oxygen Consumption in Highly Skilled Baseball Pitchers , Jesse Clingman

The Lived Experience of the DNP-to-PhD Nursing Graduate: Examining the Journey , Bonni S. Cohen

The Response of Atomic-to-Molecular Hydrogen Transition Points in Photodissociation Regions Due to a Hard X-Ray Spectrum , Gregory Joseph Colarch

Where Will I Sleep Tonight? A Qualitative Case Study of Homeless and Displaced College Students , Andria Lynn Coleman

Teachers’ Relationship Ratings of Adolescents with and without the “Emotional Disturbance” Label , Ashley Colson

Stepping On - Virtual Fall Prevention for Older Adults , Sean Conners, Tyler Greener, and Kaitlyn Johnson

Travel Time Theory For Traffic Conservation Laws With Applications , Sergio Contreras

Addressing Vision Impairments Following Neurological Injuries: A Vision Protocol for Occupational Therapists , Dyrin Cordero

Biochemical Characterization of Fsa1572 from Fervidibacter Sacchari, the First Hyperthermophilic GH50 with Β-1, 4-Glucanase Activity , Jonathan Covington

Resilience on the Iron Road: A Collaborative Bioarchaeology of Overseas Chinese Laborer Exploitation and Exclusion (1850-1920) , John Joseph Crandall

Long-Range Regulation by the Shigella Virulence Gene Regulator, VirB , Cody Cris

Examining the Social Equity Pillar of Sustainability: The Effects of Public Participation and State Actions on Local Social Services Initiatives , Jennifer Mary Crownhart

The Efficacy of an Educational Toolkit to Enhance Knowledge of Pediatric Reflux Management among Occupational Therapists , Kelly Cullerton

Negotiating a World in Upheaval: Resiliency of Indigenous Systems of Warfare among Yuman Groups , Joseph B. Curran

On Outflows Due to Radiation , Randall Cody Dannen

Culturally Responsive Music Education: History and Applications in Instrumental Music Education , Brandilyn L. Davidson

Outside, Looking In: A Dissertation on Mindful Walking and How Green Exercise Affects State Mindfulness and Connectedness to Nature , Dustin Wyatt Davis

MENA Terrorism and the West: Explaining Why Terrorist Groups from the Middle East and North Africa Target Western Democracies , Michael A. Defeo

The Influence of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation on Fatigue Resistance , Kayla De Guzman

Ergonomic Education for Entry-Level Administrative Staff , Mitzi De La Cruz-Garcia

Effects of Circadian Rhythm Disruption and Social Jetlag on the Cardiometabolic Adaptations to Exercise , Michael Bevan Dial

The Impact of Childhood Experiences on Involvement and Confidence in Social Institutions , Jordan Sydney Donohue

Feasibility of the Every Moment Counts Initiative at a Southern Nevada Elementary School , Amber Lee Eddy

Transnational Actions, Domestic Outcomes: How Diasporas Effect Change in Their Countries of Origin , Nadia Eldemerdash

Examining Emotion Regulation Strategies as Predictors of Posttraumatic and Depressive Symptomatology in Maltreated Youth , Kinsey Ellis

Evaluating Risk-Appropriate Perinatal Care in Nevada , Janice Enriquez

Information-Theoretic Model Diagnostics (InfoMoD) , Armin Esmaeilzadeh

The Impact of Attachment and Optimism on Delinquency , Kaylee Dawn Faria

Examining COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among The Nevada African American Population Using the Social-Ecological Model , Katelyn Faulk

Scalable Algorithm Design and Performance Analysis for Graph Motifs Discovery , Md Abdul Motaleb Faysal

Climatic Influences on Incipient Alteration in Mars-Relevant Ultramafic Soils , Anthony Feldman

Developmental Differences in School Climate Predictors of Chronic School Absenteeism , Michael Fensken

An Educational Sleep Hygiene Module for UNLV Students to Promote Occupational Performance , Therese Fernandez

Promoting the Benefits of An Occupational Therapy Health and Wellness Coaching Program for Adults Living with Chronic Illnesses and Their Self-Management , Natasha Findley

The Relationship Between Psychopathy and Sexism Across Self-Report, Vignette, and Novel Dialogue Tree Tasks , Arianne Fisher

Digitods, Statistical Machine Learning Algorithms, and Internet Cognition: Sociocultural Learning through Familial Modeling and Mediated Exchanges , Sina Foley

The Influence of Concussion History and Head Acceleration on Lower Extremity Function , Warren Forbes

Black Girl Magic: History, Identity, and Spirituality in Contemporary Fantasy and Science-Fiction , Taylore Fox

Desert Spring Prokaryotes and Benthic Macroinvertebrates: Geological and Ecological Controls , Ariel D. Friel

Utilizing an Interdisciplinary Approach: Education of Early Progressive Mobility Protocol in the ICU/Acute Setting , Mary Ashley Galan-Gornal

Effects of Postural Load Perturbations on the Stroke-impaired Spinal Circuitry , Jose Galvez, Linh Thi My Nguyen, and Brandon Yee

An Evaluation of Lead Concentration in Commercially Available Tiles , Daidre N. Gamboa

High-Yield Bioinspired Atmospheric Water Capture Through Hydrogels , Yiwei Gao

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How to find dissertations, open access repositories, selected university affiliated, open access repositories.

Use the websites listed below to find freely accessible (open access) dissertations from the United States and other countries.  While all repositories listed here include doctoral dissertations, Master's theses may be available in some cases as well.

Regis College maintains print copies of Regis student theses and dissertations in the Regis Library.  They are not digitized although individual students may have submitted their dissertation to a digital repository.

• American Doctoral Dissertations (EBSCO) A free resource, hosted by EBSCO, this database includes more than 172,000 theses and dissertations in total from 1902 to the present.
• British Library: EThOS, E-theses Online Service EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service. EThOS aims to hold a record for all doctoral theses awarded by all UK universities (institutions). Also available when using Regis Library discovery tool, PowerSearch.
• Digital Commons Network Free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). We support electronic publishing and open access to scholarship in order to enhance the sharing of knowledge worldwide.
• Open Access Theses and Dissertations OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 4,264,663 theses and dissertations.
• PQDT Open PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access.
• Theses Canada Theses Canada is a collaborative program between Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and nearly 70 universities accredited by Universities Canada. It strives to: acquire and preserve theses and dissertations from participating universities; provide free access to Canadian electronic theses and dissertations in the collection.

These digital repositories maintained by various universities enable public access to theses and dissertations.  These are just a select sample; there are many other repositories associated with universities.

• Duke University: Duke Space, Theses and Dissertations
• Harvard University: Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) Also available when using Regis Library discovery tool, PowerSearch.
• Johns Hopkins University: DSpace Repository
• Northeastern University: Digital Reposity Service: Theses and Dissertations
• University of Washington: ResearchWorks
• Walden University Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
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Dissertation or Thesis - what is the difference?

A  dissertation  is a book-length work prepared by a graduate student as a requirement for a doctoral degree (usually a Ph.D.)

A  thesis  is an in-depth essay prepared by a student as part of the requirements for a master's degree (usually M.A.) or for an undergraduate degree.  Students are often not required to make their dissertations or theses openly available to the public.  Some choose to not have their works added to databases, or be printed, then added to a library.  Those that are printed, bound, and added to a library are frequently added to non-circulating collections.  This makes it sometimes challenging to obtain print copies through Interlibrary Loan.  Cline's Document Delivery  service will attempt to obtain print copies of dissertations from any library that owns a copy; just be aware it will take time and the request might be canceled.  

International dissertations are often more challenging to obtain in print through Interlibrary Loan. Many libraries have their dissertations in a non-circulating collection, others are reluctant to mail internationally.  Cline Library's Document Delivery service can attempt to order international titles, just be aware that the success rate is low.  Whenever possible, try to locate a digitally-born copy through an online source like those within this guide. 

This guide is designed to help users locate digitally-born dissertations.  

NAU Dissertations and Theses

Tips for Finding Dissertations from the United States

Start out by searching for dissertations using the  proquest dissertations & theses database . .

Within the database be aware of full text options. For newer materials (after 2007), digital might be the only option for obtaining a free copy. Dissertations produced after 2007 frequently are only available in electronic format, with very few printed or added to libraries.

Be aware of the university where it was produced.  Many universities have digital repositories where dissertations are placed.  It is worth Googling the "school name AND digital repository".  Once on the repository page, search by the dissertation title or author.    

Dissertations from many U.S. and Canadian universities can be purchased online through  ProQuest UMI Dissertation Express .  NAU does not purchase dissertations. 

Open Access Sources

Open Access Sources for Dissertations

Open Access sources are completely free, digital, and easy to obtain.  Most are instant access.

Digital Commons Network

Free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.

Open Dissertations is a collaboration between Ebsco and BiblioLabs.

This collection has the full text of many older theses and dissertations. There is no way to search just dissertations and theses, but if you have the author and title information, you may be able to find the full text.

The Institute of Historical Research has been collecting information about history PhDs and research Masters since the 1930s. You can browse or search the directory of theses completed from 1970s onward, as well as current research in progress, here.

Created by Virginia Tech, NDLTD is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). NDLTD is the biggest consortium worldwide for online dissertations.

OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 4 million theses and dissertations.

OAIster is a union catalog of millions of records that represent open access resources. This catalog was built through harvesting from open access collections worldwide using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Today, OAIster includes more than 50 million records that represent digital resources from more than 2,000 contributors.

OpenDOAR OpenDOAR is a global Directory of Open Access Repositories that often include dissertations and theses.  

A listing of open access repositories for electronic theses and dissertations. May be further limited by country and software type.

Thesis Commons An open archive of theses from OSF Preprints.  Includes the following subjects: Architecture, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Mathematics, Arts & Humanities, Education, Law, Medicine & Health Sciences, and Social & Behavioral Sciences.

U.S. University Digital Repositories

Digitally Born Dissertations (typically 2007 to present):  Many universities have digital repositories where authors can add their dissertations, articles, or chapters.  These repositories often allow free downloads. Before submitting an Interlibrary Loan request for dissertations after 2007, it is often a good idea to Google the title to see if a full text option is available or attempt to locate the university's digital repository.    

A sample of digital repositories that provide public access to theses and dissertations:

Arizona State University Digital Repository 

ASU has created a LibGuide to assist in locating ASU dissertations.  It can be found here. 

University of Arizona Digital Repository

Several UA departments maintain their own archives of dissertations, masters theses, and other reports (including materials not submitted to the library). Check with individual departments or browse these online archives:

• Geosciences  (paper copies available in their  Antevs  Library)
• Honors College  (UA Campus Repository, paper copies from 1960s-2005 located in  Special Collections )  

Boston College Dissertations and Theses in eScholarship

University of California System: eScholarship

Duke University: Duke Space, Theses and Dissertations

Harvard University: Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) .

Johns Hopkins University: DSpace Repository  

Michigan State University

Northeastern University: Digital Reposity Service: Theses and Dissertations

OhioLINK Electronic Theses & Dissertations  

University of Washington: ResearchWorks

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Step 1: search proquest dissertations & theses @ unr.

Includes thousands of records for dissertations and theses produced at the University of Nevada, Reno, 1964 - present.  Note: Most content is available as full-text after 1996. Titles not available online can be viewed onsite in print or microfiche, and are searchable in Library Search .

Learn more about embargoes and why the full text may not be available.

Step 2: Use Library Search

Use Library Search (using any search) for all University of Nevada, Reno dissertations and Masters theses that the University Libraries own. They are available  in some physical format  such as in print or microfilm. You can also find some online theses in full-text through Library Search.

Some library records have a locally added subject heading (use the “LC SUBJECT” search) with the subject + “thesis" (example: Biomedical engineering -- thesis).

Note: There might be fewer LC Subject heading search results available after 2010.

Options for Searching in the Library Catalog

Step 3: ScholarWolf

ScholarWolf , the University's institutional repository, sometimes has dissertations and theses that are not available through ProQuest.

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University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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 [email protected].

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Family Conflict & Children's Problem Behaviors: A Bidirectional Analysis Across Emerging Adolescence , Lauren Aaron

Moral Dilemmas: A Phenomenological Exploration of Military Members Experience of War , Deborah Allsbrook Roth

An Integrated Transformational Teaching Model for Empowering Undergraduate Psychology Students to Cultivate Self-Awareness, Wellness Practices, and Resilient Mindsets during their Undergraduate Careers , SummerRae L. Arcemont

Super Mario Evolution by the Augmentation of Topology , Russell A. Autin

Investigation on the Effects of Biofouling on the Boundary Layer , Adam N. Bacon

Bank Board Diversity, ESG Activities, and Bank Risk-Taking , Hassan Bataineh

La Vigne Périssante?: Wine and Arak in French Colonial Lebanon, 1920-1946 , Samira Bechara

Muslim International Students’ Perception of Islamophobia in Their Immigration Journey to the U.S.: A Case Study , Sheri Beyer

The PAWN System: How Procedurally Adaptive Webbed Narratives Create Stories , Steven T. Bordelon

On Making Myself Cry , Jessica Brasseur

Killers, Queers, and Cowards: Suffering and Freedom in Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit , Aaron Brewer

"Black Diamond Champ of Nawlins": The Importance of Fred Caulfield and His Baseball Team , Sam Bruce

Principal Perceptions of District Supported Job-Embedded Professional Development , Kelly Ledet Burlette

Banat al-Nahda: Mary Ajami and Nazik al-‘Abed’s Creation of Women’s Spaces in Greater Syria 1910-1920 , Fatima Chaar

A Performance-Based Exploration of Vocal Anatomy And Pedagogy: Maximizing Technical, Stylistic, and Physiological Frameworks for Superlative Vocal Technique in Artistic Function , Michael J. Civitano

Breaking Through: A Study of Educators in All-male Classrooms and the Instructional Decisions They Use to Bridge the Gender Academic Achievement Gap , Kelly M. Clark

Golden Fields Tonight , Laura DeFazio

Blind Spot , Paige E. DeVries

Investigation into Transition Metals Immobilized on Halloysite as a Recyclable Catalyst for Cycloaddition, Reductive Amination, and Hydrogen Autotransfer Reactions , Brooke N. Diehl

Exploring Auditory Thalamocortical Pathways in Autism Spectrum Disorder , Caitlin Dyer

Growth in Co-occurring Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms of Psychopathology in Adolescence , Miranda Evans

All Things Return: A Novel , Marlana Botnick Fireman

Built Environment Implications on Food Access: A Comparative Study of Two Neighborhoods in New Orleans , Florence Fleischer Djoleto

War in the Borderlands: St. Tammany Parish in the American Civil War 1861-1865 , Nicholas Gagliano

Behavioral Health Professionals’ Perception of Anxiety Disorders Amongst African American Clients , Chantel K. Gant

Goon Cave , Ryan M. Guenthner

The Problem of Scale: Professional Ballet Companies, Their Respective Preeminence, and Factors Outside of Their Control , Katherine Hanson

Chemical Composition, Fate, and Toxicity of Dissolved Hydrocarbon Oxidation Products in High Latitude Aquatic Environments , Maxwell Louis Harsha

Advancing Single Particle Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (spICP-MS) Applications for the Detection of Nanomaterials in Complex Matrices , Deja Hebert

Choreographing the Rhythms of Observation: Dynamics for Ranged Observer Bipartite-Unipartite SpatioTemporal (ROBUST) Networks , Edward A. Holmberg IV

Caregiver Engagement in Their Child's Mental Health Rehabilitation Services: Utilizing the Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler Model of Parental Involvement (2005) in Mental Health Counseling , Andrew Q. Holmgren

Analysis of the Interaction between Distance Relay Protection System and Grid-Connected Inverter-Based Resources , Hai H. Huynh

Modeling Prices in Limit Order Book Using Univariate Hawkes Point Process , Wenqing Jiang

Response of Fish Assemblages to Increased Connectivity and Habitat Restoration in Bayou St. John, a Degraded Waterway in New Orleans, LA , Alia Jones

Methods for Improving Low Frequency Selection and Electrode Firing Order in Cochlear Implants , James H. Keen Jr.

Temple of Familiars , Madeleine Grace Kelly

Simulation, Emulation, and Analysis of Line Current Differential Protection in Grid Connected Inverter Based Resources , Alish Khatiwada

Caribbean Christmas , Michael Krall

New Dawn Fades , Jordan Landry

Holy Child , William Marsh

Innovative Rate Design as a Free Market Solution to Climate, Resiliency, and Economic Challenges , Brendan J. Moore

Tramp Stamp & Other Stories , Caroline Moore

Between Return and the Next Line , Thi Nguyen

An Investigation on the Aerodynamic and Vibration Characteristics of a Dielectric Elastomer Membrane , Oluwatosin Ojo

Bedeviled Beauty: My Journey Through White American Theater Institutions , J'aiLa C. Price

Relationship Between School Counselor Multicultural Counseling Competence and School Counselor Consultation , Tamia H. Randolph-Alvarez

Dancer from the Dance: A Stage Adaptation of the 1978 Novel by Andrew Holleran , Fernando Rivera Jr.

Heart of the Swamp , Chris Romagosa

Towing Tank Trials of Hydrokinetic Turbine Scale Model to Support Marine Energy System Verification , Shahab Rouhi

The Last Duel? Kulturkämpfe in fin de siècle New Orleans , Yvette A. Rubio

Blade Design and Validation of Hydrokinetic Turbine to Harvest Water Current Energy , Setare Sadeqi

The Slidell Museum: Rebuilding Overlooked and Disregarded Narratives in Small-Town America , Gregory D. Scott

Comparative Predictive Analysis of Stock Performance in the Tech Sector , Asaad Sendi

The Effect of ESG on the Financial Sector , Asaad Sendi

Conversion of Levulinic Acid to Gamma-valerolactone Using an Iridium Nanocomposite under Mild Conditions , Marisa Spengeman

Primary Consolidation Settlement of South Louisiana Clay Deposits in Marsh Environment , Alice E. Stark

The Use of Whole Blood in Increasing the Survivability of Combat Wounded Troops From 1940 to 1953 , Devin Sweet

The Desegregation of Schools in Thibodaux, Louisiana: 1954-1970 , Shelby L. Thibodaux

Modification, Transport, and Sources of Hydrocarbon Oxidation Products from Groundwater at Crude Oil and Diesel Spill Sites in Minnesota: Unveiling Common “ThEEMs” via Spectroscopy & Chromatography , Eduardo E. Turcios Valle

Been Here Before , Brookes Washington

Manifesting the End of AmeriKKKan Theatre: Black Theatre’s Healing Power to Eradicate Anti-Blackness , R'Myni Watson

Roll the Chariot , Cristie D. Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Despondent , Narjes Haider Mohamed Abbas

Functional Ecology of Calling and Mating in the Cricket Species (Acheta domesticus and Telogryllus commodus) , Fadeke Adeola

Development of Models to Predict Highway Fatality Rates: Insight from United States, Southern States, Gulf Mexico States, and Louisiana , Tharwat K. Alswaeer

Advancing Additive Manufacturing for Biomedical Applications: Antimicrobial and X-ray Absorptive Composite Filaments for Fused Filament Fabrication , John M. Arnold Jr

State Estimation and Data Fusion with Data-driven Communication , Xiaolei Bian

Out from the Weirdish Wild , Jessica N. Bowdoin

So To Speak , Heather G. Boyle

Down and Out with Satan's Doorbell , Drew Brinkman

A Cultural Legacy of Resiliency: Black Male Teacher Retention in K-12 Classrooms , Mtichell Brookins

Private Islands , Sara L. Burnett

One Body and Another , Evan A. Butler

“Something to Be Watched”: The Southern Gothic as Cultural Myth and the Nation’s Racial Spectacle , Wes Byers

Below The Veil , Jami'L Carter and Jami'L Carter

Archaeology and Descendant Communities: A Case Study of St. Rosalie Plantation (16PL107) , Alexandra Cavignac

Unusual Percussion , Dylan Church

The Secret Sailor , Andrew Cominelli

Great and Precious Things , Rochelle R. Cooper

Termites, Bully Boys, and the Architect of Search & Destroy: An Assessment of General William E. DePuy as MACV J-3 and Commander of the 1st Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, 1964-67 , Adam D. Coste

New Orleans’ Spanish Fort After the Civil War: Reconstructing a Lost Historical Geography of Racialization and Contested Space , J. Bob Danton

Low Temperature High-Performance Encapsulated Cobalt and Nickel Single-Atom Catalyst for Ammonia Decomposition , Janelle Y. Do

Measuring the Lengths of Sperm Whales of the Northern Gulf of Mexico by Wavelet Analysis of their Usual Clicks , George Drouant

Perceptions of sub-Saharan African International Students in United States: Mental Health Concerns and Help-Seeking Behavior , Adekemi L. Ekanoye

Thank You, Neck , Marion L. Forbes

Political Religion: An Intellectual History of Eric Voegelin and Defense of His Thesis on Political Religion and Nazism , Stephen Gaines

MIA , Hannah Garrahy

Mint Urban Complex , Quincy A. Gayle

Working Memory and Language Associations in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder , Megan A. Goldfarb

Inequality Among Men , Ashlyn Danyelle Guidry

Exploring Language Center Connectivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Across Language Subgroups , Jennifer E. Gumpert

Community in the Cell: Queer Women’s Space and Place in New Orleans , Jordan Hammon and Jordan Hammon

Comparison of Facial Emotion Recognition Models Using Deep Learning , Arsany Hanin

Reading the Room: Memory, Dwelling, and the Everyday , Sara R. Hardin

Salt and Shadows , Elyse Hauser

It’s Sedimentary! Technocracy and Public Participation in Coastal Restoration , Sukari Ivester

The Influence of Advanced Math Course Enrollment in Potential First-Generation Students , Marian N. Jackson

New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians: Big Chiefs' Perspectives , Charlie T. Johnson Jr.

Loving You is Complicated , Charles C. Jones

SISTERS , Jordan C. Joseph

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Publishing and Repositories

Making your thesis research available to the scholarly community is an integral part of the research process. The first step is to deposit your finished and approved thesis into an Open Access repository. Major research universities now provide an option to deposit your electronic thesis or dissertation (ETD) in a specialized thesis repository run by the university. At many institutions, it is a graduation requirement to deposit your ETD in the institutional repository. Contact your university library for specifics (or search its web site).

NDLTD provides a thesis repository for those individuals whose university does not provide an institutional repository. The NDLTD repository is part of Virginia Tech’s institutional repository  VTechWorks , which consists of many communities. At VTechWorks, look for  “ETDs: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations”  or immediately click through to  http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/18725 . After registering, you may deposit your thesis. This will ensure that it will be harvested by  the NDLTD Union Catalog .

Beyond thesis repositories, it may be valuable to deposit your thesis in other appropriate Open Access repositories. Check out the following general-purpose repositories and social-networking sites for scholars:

• http://www.academia.edu/
• http://www.mendeley.com/
• http://www.zenodo.org/
• http://www.zotero.org/

There are also many disciplinary repositories run by independent organizations for the purpose of sharing research within one or more disciplines. The largest of these are:

• http://arxiv.org/ for Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy, and a growing number of other disciplines
• http://repec.org/ for Economics
• http://www.ssrn.com/ for the Social Sciences.

Some researchers may even choose to start their own personal repository to provide open access to all of their research. This is possible with open-source software on a minimal web server. If you pursue this option, however, you need to consider reliability and long-term preservation issues.

If you want to pursue a career as a scientist or scholar at universities, research labs, or think tanks, it is extremely important to publish your work. Making your thesis available in a repository does NOT count as a publication for the purpose of academic hiring. Publishing your thesis is a process that is entirely separate from depositing your thesis in a repository.

It is customary to condense a thesis into one paper or to split the thesis research into several papers. Each paper is then submitted to an appropriate refereed journal. At most journals, an editor will send submitted papers out to at least three anonymous referees for evaluation on appropriateness, technical merit, and originality. If accepted, the paper is professionally copy-edited, formatted, and published. Some universities allow students to reverse the process. In this case, students publish research papers much earlier in the process, and the thesis is a collation of their papers, usually tied together with an extensive introduction.

In some cases, graduating students are encouraged to pursue book deals for the whole thesis. This is increasingly rare. If successful, it is almost always necessary to rewrite the thesis to make it appropriate for publishing.

Some students and their advisors fear that depositing a thesis in an Open Access repository may limit future prospects for publication. This fear is mostly unfounded if you submit your thesis to your institution’s repository only and as part of a graduation requirement. (See references below for a thorough treatment.) Even in those few disciplines where such Open Access is an issue, it is still possible to deposit your ETD to an your institution’s repository subject to an embargo period. An embargo period of one to two years solves most major issues.

If the ETD contains patentable ideas, the student, his or her thesis advisor, and their patent attorney may also choose to submit the thesis to a repository subject to an embargo period.

“Do Open Access ETDs Effect Publishing Opportunities in the Sciences? Findings from the 2012 Survey of Academic Journal Editors.”  Marisa Ramirez, Gail McMillan, Joan T. Dalton, Ann Hanlon, Heather S. Smith, and Chelsea Kern. College and Research Libraries. Accepted: September 15, 2013; Anticipated Publication Date: January 1, 2015.

“Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities?”  Marisa L. Ramirez, Joan T. Dalton, Gail McMillan, Max Read, and Nan Seamans. College & Research Libraries, July 2013, 74:368-380.

“An Investigation of ETDs as Prior Publications: Findings from the 2011 NDLTD Publishers’ Survey”  Gail McMillan, Marisa Ramirez, Joan Dalton, Max Read, and Nancy Seamans. Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Cape Town, South Africa, 2011.

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