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 2015
Genetic Factors that Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Janet Elizabeth Cady
The Comic Grotesque: Troubling the Body Politic in American Graphic Satire from World War I to the Great Depression, Bryna Rae Campbell
Regulation of Host and Viral RNA Expression during Gammaherpesvirus Infection, Susan Priscilla Canny
Essays on the Econometrics of Financial Data, Yunfei Cao
Lysosomal RNASET2 is Required for Metabolic Stress-Mediated ROS Generation and Cell Death, George Caputa
Endocannabinoid System Genes Interact with Lifetime Trauma Exposure to Predict Marijuana Dependence: A Systems-Level Gene-Based Analysis, Caitlin E. Carey
Applying Bayesian Machine Learning Methods to Theoretical Surface Science, Shane Carr
"Am I Winning?", Diana J. Casanova
Striatal Activity is Associated with Deficits of Cognitive Control and Aberrant Salience for Patients with Schizophrenia, Alan E. Ceaser
Rapid Detection and Use of Non-verbal Confidence Cues During Adaptive Memory Biasing, Jihyun Cha
Collective Action Dynamics in Urban Neighborhoods: A Study of Urban Community Gardens, Nishesh Chalise
Nonparametric Bayesian Quantile Regression via Dirichlet Process Mixture Models, Chao Chang
Using Fluorescence – Polarization Endoscopy in Detection of Precancerous and Cancerous Lesions in Colon and Pancreatic Cancer, Tauseef Charanya
Characterizing the Role of Sialylated Milk Glycans and the Infant Gut Microbiota in Growth and Metabolism, Mark Richard Charbonneau
Are There Multiple Kinds of Episodic Memory? An fMRI Investigation Comparing Autobiographical and Recognition Memory Tasks, Hung-Yu Chen
A History of Chinese Law Students in the United States in the Late Qing Dynasty (1878-1911), Li Chen
Regularity of the Bergman Projection on Variants of the Hartogs Triangle, Liwei Chen
Contributing Factors to Forefoot Deformity in the Diabetic, Neuropathic Foot, Victor Cheuy
From Tibetan Refugees to Transmigrants: Negotiating Cultural Continuity and Economic Mobility Through Migration, Namgyal Choedup
The Birds of Paradise Have Congregated, Lucy B. Clark
Fabricated Images and Bodily Failures, Andrea Coates
Essays on Microeconomic Theory, Ceyhun Coban
“We Average Unbeautiful Watchers”: Reflexive Fans and the Readerly Stakes of American Sports Narratives, Noah Cohan
The Influence of Word Frequency and Aging on Lexical Access, Emily Rebecca Cohen-Shikora
Threat Come Close, Aaron R. Coleman
Functional Consequences of Cantu Syndrome Associated Mutations in the ATP Sensitive Potassium Channel, Paige Cooper
The Collagen Receptor Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 is Critical for Breast Cancer Metastasis, Callie Corsa
Ketone Body Metabolism Preserves Hepatic Function during Adaptation to Birth and in Overnutrition, David Graham Cotter
Cortical Pyramidal Neuron Subtype Classification and Visual Response Diversity, Thomas Alan Crockett
Breaching, Margaux Crump
The International Footprint of Teff: Resurgence of an Ancient Ethiopian Grain, Annette R. Crymes
Breaking Apart the Reinforcement Learning Deficit in Schizophrenia, Adam Culbreth
Simple Minded: Rethinking Associations in Psychology, Michael Dacey
Contributions of the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response to Glioblastoma Cell Viability, David Yaw Amoah Dadey
Process and Reactor Level Simulations of Calcium Looping Combustion, Wei Dai
Artificial Infinite, Brandon Daniels
Host Immune Signals Regulate Blood-Brain Barrier Function During Central Nervous System Infection and Autoimmunity, Brian Daniels
Defining the Roles of Outer Membrane Proteins and Host Cathelicidins in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Infection, Elizabeth Sarah Danka
The Role of Tmem178 in Regulation of Osteo-Immune Activation and Inflammatory Bone Loss, Corinne Elaine Decker
Amygdala Habituation Indirectly Links FAAH and CRHR1 Epistasis to Anxiety Disorders, Catherine Demers
When Can We Trust Our Memories? Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators of Recognition Accuracy, Kurt Andrew DeSoto
Spatial Proximity as a Determinant of Cognitive Control Context, Nathaniel T. Diede
Genetic Variation in the HPA axis Predicts Stress-related Amygdala Function and Structure: A Biologically-informed Multilocus Profile Study, Christina R. Di Iorio
Inspiring the Nation: French Music about Jeanne d'Arc in the 1930s and 1940s, Elizabeth Dister
Queer Accounts: Victorian Literature and Economic Deviance, Margaret (Meg) Leigh Dobbins
Contra la censura: Exilios contradictorios, respuestas culturales y revisiones históricas del "tardofranquismo", Irene Domingo
Ek tou Homerou ad Homerum: A Survey of the Roman Imperial Iconography of Homer, Juan Dopico
MR imaging applications in radiotherapy, Dongsu Du
Intraurban Spatiotemporal Variability of Ambient Air Pollutants across Metropolitan St. Louis, Li Du