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
Mechanisms of Recurrent Cyanogenesis Cline Evolution in Trifolium repens (White Clover), Nicholas John Kooyers
The Love of Learning in the Industrialized Age: Useful Knowledge, Imagination, and the Education of the Nineteenth-Century British Working Classes, Shannon Clark Koropchak
Remotely Mexican: Recent Work by Gabriel Orozco, Carlos Amorales, and Pedro Reyes, Jodi L. Kovach
Photoacoustic Tomography of Diabetes and Reporter Genes, Arie Krumholz
Action-specific Decision-related Signals in Monkey Parietal and Human Motor Cortex, Jan Kubanek
Selective Translational Control and Its Role in Cancer, Michael Kuchenreuther
Brand Kerala: Commodification of Open Source Ayurveda, Chithprabha Kudlu
Comprehensive Transcriptome Analysis of Utricle Hair Cell Regeneration in the Inner Ear, Yuan-Chieh Ku
Use of Self-Assembled Monolayers to Tailor Surface Properties: From Lubrication to Neuronal Development, Natalie Ann LaFranzo
Child Maltreatment Prevention and Health Promotion: Examining the Effectiveness of a Nurse Home-Visiting Program, Paul Lanier
A Ruse, a Myth, a Lure, Dorothy Claire Laninnga
Photoelectron Imaging of Iodide Centered Alkyl Halide Cluster Anions, Joshua S. Lasinski
Rompre le Cable a la Vie Bourgeoise: Paintings of the Caribbean from Camille Pissarro's Firest Years in Paris, 1855-63, Mia G. Laufer
Novel Systems Physiology Instrumentation: Addressing Limitations in Heart Failure Reseearch, Jacob I. Laughner
The Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Effector YbcL Modulates the Innate Immune Response in the Urinary Tract, Megan Elizabeth Lau
The Globalization of Natural Resources: How External Actors Affect Political Survival in Resource Rich Countries, Chia-yi Lee
Pastiche and Appropriation in "Philip the Philosopher's" Hermeneuma, Alexander Leedom
What Made You Feel Good Yesterday? Exploring the Relationship between Personality and Daily Positive Effect Regulation, Hwaryung Lee
A Role for the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in the Development of IL-22 Producing Innate Lymphoid Cells, Jacob Lee
FXR1 Drives Oncogenic Transformation Through Regulation of Translation, Cory Lee Lewis
Wireless Cyber-Physical Simulator and Case Studies on Structural Control, Bo Li
Identify and Characterize Novel Interferon-Stimulated Genes during West Nile Virus infection, Jianqing LI
Assessing Functional Deficits at Optic Neuritis Onset in EAE Mice Using Manganese-Enhanced MRI (MEMRI) and Diffusion fMRI, Tsen-Hsuan Lin
Optical and Multimodal Imaging of Cancer Assisted by Fluorescence Goggle and Microscopy, Yang Liu
Mineralogy of Hypermineralized Bone, Zhen Li
Self-Affirmation and Coping with Rejection, Alexandra Noelle Lord
The Diversity of Quantitative Trait Loci in Yeast Sporulation Efficiency, Kimberly Lorenz
The Roles of a Positively Selecting Self-peptide in the Thymus and in the Periphery, Wan-Lin Lo
Microdevices for Isolating Single Axons for the Study of Axonal Transport in Dopaminergic Neurons, Xi Lu
Quantification of Conformational Heterogeneity and its Role in Protein Aggregation and Unfolding, Nicholas J. Lyle
“I’ll Be Your Mirror” : The Appropriation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the Philosophy of Self-Construction in Seneca’s Oedipus, Theodore MacDonald
The Efficiency of Retrieval Practice as a Function of Spacing and Intrinsic Value in Young and Older Adults, Geoffrey B. Maddox
Characterization of the Placenta-Specific 8.1 Gene Function during Zebrafish Embryogenesis, Haiting Ma
Reading, Travel, and the Pedagogy of Growing Up in Late Nineteenth-Century Germany, M. Stanley Majors
The Biomechanics of Spear Throwing: An Analysis of the Effects of Anatomical Variation on Throwing Performance, with Implications for the Fossil Record, Julia Marie Maki
The Functions of Autophagy Genes and Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 in Interferon Gamma Mediated Control of Murine Norovirus Infection, Nicole Maloney
Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Flexor Tendon Healing, Cionne Nirit Manning
High-Resolution Low-Noise Polarization Imaging Sensor for Astronomical Applications, Radoslav Marinov
On the Orientation Dependence of the Casimir Force, Christopher David Markle
Quantifying extent based haptic control in human motor adaptation, Ellisha Natalie Marongelli
Batf3-Deficient Mice: Susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii and Responses to IL-12 Treatment in vivo, Mona Mashayekhi
Seasonal Water Insecurity in Urban Philippines: Examining the Role of Gender, Resources, and Context, Lisa Reyes Mason
Essays on Price Dynamics and Market Selection, Filippo Massari
The Role of Melanocyte Differentiation in Uveal Melanoma Progression, Katie A. Matatall
Adolescent Male Perpetrators of Rape in the General Population and Their Young Adult Outcomes, Karen Matta Oshima
Constructions of Childhood on the Funerary Monuments of Roman Athens, Grizelda McClelland