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 2013
Disturbing Muses: Gender, Technology and Resistance in Mexican Avant-Garde Cultures, Sara Anne Potter
The Effects of Invasive Plants on Biodiversity Across Spatial Scales, Kristin Irene Powell
Personality Pathology, Health-related Stress, and General Functioning in Later Adulthood, Abigail D. Powers
On the (Co)Homology of Non-Commutative Toroidal Orbifold, Safdar Quddus
I Saw the Soul in Everyday Clothes and Stories, Ross Young Rader
Capacity Fade Analysis and Model Based Optimization of Lithium-ion Batteries, Venkatasailanathan Ramadesigan
The Genomic Regulatory Architecture of Avian Inner Ear Hair Cell Regeneration, Nicole Ann Renaud
Glucosensing, Hypoglycemia, and the Brain, Candace Reno
A Mobile Makeover: The Limits of American Automotive Freedom, 1918-1939, Michelle DeLair Repice
Metagenomic Analyses of the Human Gut Virome, Alejandro Reyes
Cultured Gut Microbiota from Twins Discordant for Obesity Modulate Adiposity and Metabolic Phenotypes in Mice, Vanessa Khaterine Ridaura
The Russian Sonderweg: A Course of Endless Exclusion, Joan Lee Rohlfing
The Molecular Basis of Antibody Mediated Neutralization of Hepatitis C Virus, Michelle Catherine Sabo
Star Clusters and Dark Matter as Probes of the Spacetime Geometry of Massive Black Holes, Laleh Sadeghian
The Role of Dlg1 in Early B cell Development and Oncogenic Transformation, Gabriel Joseph Sandoval
The System I and System III Holocytochrome c Synthases in Cytochrome c Biogenesis, Brian San Francisco
Type 1 Diabetes and the Male Reproductive Axis, Erica Schoeller
Toward a Greater Understanding of the Impact of Anger on Attitudes Toward War: A Consideration of Three Hypotheses, John Paul Schott
Between the Map and the Territory: Taking the World Apart in the Age of Un-Discovery, Carla Lacey Fisher Schwartz
Mutations of Pdd1 Chromo- and Chromoshadow Domains Reveal Critical Functions for Each During Development of Tetrahymena thermophila, Rachel Schwope
The Impact of Regulation on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Erin Lynne Scott
The Diversity, Petrogenesis, and Geochronology of Granitic Lunar Lithologies, Stephen Michael Seddio
Mechanism of Action of Anti-Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Therapy Directed at Integration and Virus Assembly, Muhammad Esa Seegulam
Variation and Regulation of Phase-Specific Virulence Factors of Histoplasma capsulatum, Victoria Eugenia Sepúlveda Rico
Characterizing the Electrophysiology Associated With Ipsilateral Arm And Finger Movements Using ECoG in Humans, Mohit Sharma
Icy Satellite Tectonic, Geodynamic and Mass Wasting Surface Features: Constraints on Interior Processes and Evolution, Kelsi Nab Singer
Identification of Genetic Determinants of Metastasis and Clonal Relationships Between Primary and Metastatic Tumors, Gaurav Singhal
Engineering Poly(ethylene glycol) Materials to Promote Cardiogenesis, Amanda Walker Smith
Anti Thymine Photodimer Formation in Human Telomeric DNA and Putative G-Quadruplex Forming Sequences in Promoter Regions, Jillian Eleanore Smith
Mutant Prion Protein-induced Ion Channel Activity, Isaac Solomon
Begehrenskonflikte: Bruderliche Liebe zwischen Regress und Rivalität, Annekatrin Sommer
Navigating Pain: Women's Healing Practices in a Hindu Temple, Anubha Sood
Botanical Resource Use in the Bronze and Iron Age of the Central Eurasian Mountain/Steppe Interface: Decision Making in Multiresource Pastoral Economies, Robert Nicholas Spengler
Past Grief: Case Studies of Shakespearean Forgiveness, John Lee Spitzer
Photosynthetic Chromophore Analogs and Biohybrid Antenna for Light Harvesting, Joseph William Springer
Real-time, Software-based Ultrasound Image Formation for Array Transducer Systems, William Avery Steelman
The Physiological and Morphological Responses of the Bladder Urothelium to Differential Injury, Kristina Marie Stemler
EMG-EMG Coherence Analysis of Elbow and Shoulder Muscles, Manu Stephen
Identification and Characterization of Gastric Stem Cells in Drosophila, Marie Strand
In situ High Pressure and Temperature 13C NMR for the Study of Carbonation Reactions of CO2, James A. Surface
Critical Roles of Legionella DotL in Effector Translocation by the Dot/Icm Type IV Secretion System, Molly Cuddy Sutherland
"Nur eine Hausfrau": Continuities and Discontinuities in Women's Advice Writing from 1865-1916, Norma Jane Suvak
Dysfunctional Gene Regulation of the Meiotic Program in an Interspecific Yeast Hybrid, Devjanee Swain Lenz
Essays on Income Distribution and Housing Prices, Yang Tang
Species of the Sun's Making: Reading Light, Proust to Merrill, Tamara Ellen Baker Taylor
Fast and Robust Automatic Segmentation Methods for MR Images of Injured and Cancerous Tissues, Vanessa Karlen Tidwell
The Role of Angiogenesis in Osteogenic Mechanical Loading, Ryan Edward Tomlinson