Beginning in 2009 (for degrees awarded in August, 2009) all theses and dissertations completed at Washington University were required to be submitted in electronic form. Print submissions are no longer accepted. Dissertations are submitted directly in electronic form to UMI / Proquest Dissertation Services. Master’s theses are locally submitted in electronic form directly into the Washington University Open Scholarship Repository. Please contact your academic department document for information on the preparation and formatting requirements of the thesis itself.
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Choral Embodiment of Oedipus: Sacramental Performance in Oedipus at Colonus and Gospel at Colonus, Thomas William Biegler
The Role of Oxysterol-Membrane Effects on Cholesterol Activity and Homeostasis, Agata Agnieszka Bielska
So That All Shall Know: Memory Activism & Epistemic Authority in Guatemala, Doc McAlister Billingsley
Essays on Self-Referential Games, Juan Ignacio Block
Quantum Nanophotonics: Creating Strong Photon-photon Interaction and Quantum Interference with Applications in Physics and Engineering, Matthew Bradford
A Computational Study of Excitation Energy Transfer in Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes, William Bricker
Transcriptional Analysis of Reciprocal Tumor-Microenvironment Interactions in Glioblastoma, Michael Brooks
Genomic Analysis of Human Spinal Deformity and Characterization of a Zebrafish Disease Model, Jillian Gwen Buchan
As the Sun as the Moon, Jennifer Ellen Burris
An Exported Malaria Protein Regulates Glucose Uptake During Intraerythrocytic Infection, Tamira K. Butler
Silence and Slow Time, Steve W. G. Byrnes
Estimating the Prevalence and Correlates of Psychiatric Disorders and Mental Health Problems among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants using the National Latino and Asian American Study, Elián P. Cabrera-Nguyen
Characterization of the Role of R7-RGS Proteins in Mammalian Retina and Vision, Matthew D. Cain
Structural Elucidation of [RNQ+] prions Transmissible Infectivity, Donell Carey
Kinetic Analysis and Inhibition Studies of Iron-Dependent Histone Demethylases, Barbara Gordon Cascella
Voting for Corruption: How Poverty and Inequality Undermine Democratic Accountability in Latin America, Peter Colum Casey
Essays in Heterogeneity, Irreversibility and Aggregate Fluctuations, Julieta Caunedo
Murine Cytomegalovirus Encodes Proteins that Regulate Viral Late Transcription, Travis Chapa
The New Tenderness, Andrew Chen
Elucidation of Emergent Regional Mechanisms of Heart Muscle Dysfunction in the Mouse Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Ya-Jian Cheng
Catalytic Conversion of Carbon-Containing Compounds into Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, Zhuo Cheng
Zinc and Copper Isotopic Fractionation during Planetary Differentiation, Heng Chen
Mechanisms Regulating the Self-Renewal and Differentiation of Nephron Progenitors, Shuang Chen
Essays on the Economics of Human Capital, Wei-Cheng Chen
Optimization of Wind Turbine Airfoils/Blades and Wind Farm Layouts, Xiaomin Chen
Alternating Minimization Algorithms for Dual-Energy X-Ray CT Imaging and Information Optimization, Yaqi Chen
Essays in Experimental and Public Economics, Yi-Yi Chen
Suppressing My Inner Caravaggio, Nathan A. Childs
Regulation of Fluid-phase Uptake in Podocytes by Albumin-associated Lipids, Jun-Jae Chung
Sustained and Transient Reward Effect on Cognitive Control in Schizophrenia: The Relevance of Negative Symptoms, Yu Sun Chung
The Role of FGF Signaling in the Regulation of Adult Murine Cardiomyocyte Contractility and Pathologic Hypertrophy, Sarah Nicole Cilvik
RE-ENCHANTING THE SPECTACLE, Shayna Cohn
The Grid | “If everything has a point, I must have one too.”, Alyse K. Cole
Remixing Remix Remixed, Joshua Cornelis
Examining an Implicit Mechanism of Recognition Criterion Regulation, Justin Christopher Cox
Expedition, Evan M. Crankshaw
Seth Czaplewski Thesis, Seth p. Czaplewski
Temporal Dynamics of Endogenous and Stimulus-Driven Attention: Combined ECoG/fMRI Studies, Amy Leah Daitch
Effects of Anion Excited States on Photodetachment of Negative Ions, Diep Dao
Masculinity and Politics in Daniel Casper von Lohenstein's Dramatic Works, Benjamin Reed Davis
Effect of Design Parameters and Intercalation Induced Stresses in Lithium Ion Batteries, Sumitava De
Antisense Reduction of the Protein Tau Attenuates Neuronal Hyperexcitability and Permits Clearance of Intraneuronal Tau Accumulations in vivo, Sarah Lorraine DeVos
Essays on Financial and Labor Markets with Frictions, Feng Dong
Violence Against Women: An Artistic Intervention, Kathryn Douglas
Bronze Age Potters in Regional Context: Long-Term Development of Ceramic Technology in the Eastern Eurasian Steppe Zone, Paula Naify Doumani
Modulation of NMDA Receptor Activity During Physiological and Pathophysiological Events, Christine Marie Emnett