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 2011
Pottery Production, Mortuary Practice, and Social Complexity in the Majiayao Culture, NW China (ca. 5300-4000 BP), Ling-yu Hung
Re-framing the Doni Tondo: Patronage, Politics and Family in Michelangelo's Florence, Eric Hupe
The Missing Central Bank: A Case History of the United States of America 1791-1913, Samia Husain
Discovering Conserved cis-Regulatory Elements That Regulate Expression in Caenorhabditis elegans, Nnamdi Ihuegbu
Making Moral Worlds: Individual and Social Processes of Meaning-Making in a Somali Diaspora, Anna Jacobsen
Processing Speed and Executive Abilities in Children with Phenylketonuria, Alicia Janos
Enzymology of DHHC-mediated Protein S-Acylation, Benjamin Jennings
Critical Phenomena in Gravitational Collapses of Neutron Star Systems, Kejian Jin
The Populist Dilemma: Frank Capra's Increasingly Unresolved Populist Films of the Depression Era, Nathan Johnston
Systematic Identification of Independent Functional Non-coding RNA Genes in Oxytricha trifallax, Seolkyoung Jung
Information Processing for Biological Signals: Application to Laser Doppler Vibrometry, Alan Kaplan
Mixed-Mode Control Interfaces of Mobile Robot Teams, Erik Karulf
Lemur catta in the Region of Cap Sainte-Marie, Madagascar: Introduced cacti, xerophytic Didiereaceae-Euphorbia bush, and tombs, Elizabeth Kelley
Soft X-ray Enhanced Electrostatic Precipitation of Biological Aerosols: Attenuation of Microbial Repiratory Infections and Allergic Airway Disease in Murine Models, Eric Matthew Kettleson
Friendless Ladies, Alice Sola Kim
Molecular Mechanisms of Itch Sensations, Seungil Kim
Single chain MHC trimer-based DNA vaccines for pathogen protection, Sojung Kim
Text, Medium, Afterlife: Intertextuality and Intermediality in the Works of Yoko Tawada, Suzuko Mousel Knott
Children's and Parents' Depression in Relation to Family-Based Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment Outcome, Rachel Kolko
Erst war es immer, und dann war es nicht. Speed and the Poetics of Movement in Rainer Maria Rilke's Neue Gedichte, Erika Kontulainen
Government Policies and Legal Mechanism Put Forward to Enhance the Efficient Retail Market System in Thai Economy, Sirikanya Kovilaikool
The Evolution And Reproductive Ecology Of Oenothera (Onagraceae), Kyra Krakos
Effects of the aquatic to terrestrial habitat ratio on an amphibian predator and its prey, Amber Kramer
Low-Impact Profiling of Streaming, Heterogeneous Applications, Joseph Lancaster
Joachim Du Bellay's Occasional Poetry: The Poetics of Female Patronage, Elizabeth Landers
Dietmar Daths "Die Abschaffung der Arten": Zwischen politischer Science Fiction, Popkultur und Poetik, Bernhard Landkammer
Social Anxiety and Gaze Aversion: Manipulating Eye Contact in a Social Interaction, Julia Langer
A Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of Three Formative Period Wankarani Sites Located in the Department of Oruro, Bolivia, BrieAnna Langlie
Structural Basis of Type-I Interferon Sequestration by a Poxvirus Decoy Receptor, Chung Albert Lee
From Sanguo zhi to Sanguo zhi yanyi: The Role of Sun Quan and the Development of the Three Kingdoms Historiography, Hyung-Jong Lee
Complex Nanoscale Objects Exhibiting Selective Responsive Characteristics, Nam Seung Lee
Cellular and Cytoskeletal Responses of Myofibroblasts in Three Dimensional Culture to Mechanical Stretch, Sheng-Lin Lee
Family Policy, Family Resources, and Children's Educational Achievement: A Comparative Study of 18 Rich Countries, Yung Soo Lee
New methods for discovering common and rare genetic variants in human disease, Peng Lin
Competing with Cremona: Violin Making Innovation and Tradition in Paris (1802-1851), Christina Linsenmeyer
Stereoscopy, Willie Xuan Lin
Cellular and Molecular Characterization of Thymic Regulatory T cell Development, Chan-Wang Joaquim Lio
Multi-Dimensional Medial Geometry: Formulation, Computation, and Applications, Lu Liu
A State without Nationals: The Nationality Issue in Japan's Making of Manchukuo, Xiaoyan Liu
Identification of Genetic and Epigenetic Risk Factors for Psoriasis and Psoratic Arthritis, Ying Liu
Decoding Brain Activation from Ipsilateral Cortex using ECoG Signals in Humans, Yuzong Liu
Novel Plasmonic Nanostructures for Applications in Sensing, Imaging, and Controlled Release, Weiyang Li
New Paradigm of Defibrillation: Towards Painless Therapy, Wenwen Li
The Structural Basis of Flaviviridae Interaction with Antibodies and Receptors, Vincent Luca