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
Three Essays on Strategic Capital Allocation, Carl Henry Vieregger
Analyzing Reading Specialization Using fMRI, rs-fcMRI, and Development, Alecia Cristen Vogel-Hammen
Mechanisms of Protective Activity of West Nile Virus Anti-Envelope Antibodies In vitro and In vivo, Matthew Raymond Vogt
Usher Mechanics: Workings of an Escherichia coli Molecular Machine, Ender Volkan
Equilibrium Implications of Social Utility and Reference Dependence, Kangkang Wang
Iron Isotope Cosmochemistry, Kun Wang
Tracial Rokhlin Property and Non-Commutative Dimensions, Qingyun Wang
Assessing Multiple Sclerosis Therapies Using Diffusion MRI and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Mice, Xiaojie Wang
Disparate Contribution of Endosomal and Cytosolic RNA-Sensing Pathways to Antiviral Immunity, Yaming Wang
Camping the Canon: Yasumasa Morimura's Queer Performative Critique of Art History, Anna Gallagher Warbelow
Population Genetics and Phylogenetic Context of Weed Evolution in the Genus Amaranthus: Amaranthaceae), Katherine Waselkov
Growing Up Tamarin: Morphology, Reproduction, and Population Demography of Sympatric Free-ranging Saguinus fuscicollis and S. imperator, Mrinalini Watsa
Spying: A Normative Account of the Second Oldest Profession, Ronald E. Watson
Through the Body: Corporeality, Subjectivity, and Empathy in Contemporary American Art, Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt
The Effects of Simple Action on Perception, Blaire Jaffe Weidler
A Role for Interferon Stimulated Gene-15 (ISG15) During Chikungunya Virus Infection, Scott Werneke
The GH3 Family of Acyl Acid-Amido Synthetases: Structural and Biochemical Studies of Hormone-Amino Acid Conjugation, Corey Stephen Westfall
Torchsong, Robert Whitehead
Physics of Resonating Valence Bond Spin Liquids, Julia Saskia Wildeboer
No Field Beyond Here, Crystal Anne Willer
Spectacular Subjects: Embodiment, Abjection & Imagined Community in Contemporary South Asian Fiction, Delice Williams
ECoG correlates of visuomotor transformation, neural plasticity, and application to a force-based brain computer interface, Jordan John Williams
The Role of MicroRNA-124 in the Development and Differentiation of Photoreceptors, Natecia L. Williams
Mental Health Service Utilization among African American Emerging Adults, Sha-Lai Williams
Cannibals, Kelly (Kea) Marie Wilson
Division Ring Placement, Osmotic Stress Response, and Plant Development: The Many Roles of Membrane Tension in the Life of a Plastid, Margaret E. Wilson
The Ups and Downs of Personality, Robert Edmund Wilson
Teaching Pregnant Students in Public Schools: A Historical Analysis, Gail Emily Wolfe
Envisioning the Unseen: Sisyphos in Chthonic Landscapes, Elizabeth Graff Wolfson
End-to-End Delay Analysis for Wireless Control Networks under EDF Scheduling, Chengjie Wu
Perfect Life: Stories, Maria Yihua Xia
Development of Polarizable Force Field Models for Transition Metal Ions, Jin Yu Xiang
Essays on Applied Economic Theory, Haibo Xu
Essays in Corporate Finance, Lan Xu
The Effect of Diversification on Firm Value, Lan Xu
Intraurban Variability of Ambient Particulate Matter, Varun Yadav
Molecular Design and Photophysical Characterization of Synthetic Bacteriochlorins for Solar Energy Conversion and Photodynamic Therapy, Eunkyung Yang
Oxy-combustion of High Water Content Fuels, Fei Yi
Identification of a Novel PARP Pathway for Antiviral Defense, Noah Yoo
Genetic and Epigenetic Interactions in in vivo and in vitro Reprogramming, Margaret Ashley Young
Processes and Representations Supporting Visuospatial Perspective Taking, Alfred Brian Yu
Illness Representations of Alzheimer's Disease: Predictors of Perceived Consequences and Attitudes about Screening and Information, Alexandra Zaleta
Artificial Landscapes: Reflecting Interior Worlds, Vivian Zapata
Chemoprevention of Lung Carcinogenesis: Aerosol Administration and Deposition in the Mouse Lung, Jingjie Zhang