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
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
Pinwheel, Marni Ludwig
Characterization of Genomic Targets of Chromosomal Aberrations and an In Vivo Model of Disrupted Nonsense Mediated Decay, Grace Kao Mahowald
Population Structure and Demographic History of Human Arctic Populations Using Quantitative Cranial Traits, Blaine Maley
Leishmania persistence and host cell interactions, Michael Mandell
Essays on Accounting Earnings Characteristics, Tao Ma
How Can Robots Adapt To A Social Human World? A Study Into The Role Gestures Can Play In Human-Robot Relations, Bradley Matherne
Good Luck in the Dark, Philip Matthews
Structural And Thermophysical Property Studies Of Metallic Liquids And Glasses Using The Beamline Electrostatic Levitation Technique, Nicholas Mauro
Dipole moment effects in photodetachment from cluster anions, Foster Mbaiwa
Neural substrates of vestibular behavior in birds: multisensory integration and state-dependent processing, Kimberly Louise McArthur
Emerson And The Vision Of The Child, Matthew McClelland
Ethnic Identity, Eating Disorder Symptoms, And Perfectionism In A Multi-Ethnic Sample Of Women At High-Risk For Eating Disorders, Juliette McClendon-Iacovino
The Impacts Of Lead Contamination On The Community Of Herculaneum, Missouri, Jill McNew-Birren
Not Just a Pretty Voice: Cathy Berberian as Collaborator, Composer and Creator, Kate Meehan
Regulation of VPS4 Activity during Endosomal Maturation by CHMPs and LIP5, Samuel Andrew Merrill
A DLK And JNK Dependent Axon Self-Destruction Program Promotes Wallerian Degeneration, Bradley Miller
The Functions of Autophagy Genes in Lymphocytes and Osteoclasts, Brian Miller
Causes of rarity in glade-endemic plants: Implications for responses to climate change, Nicole Miller-Struttmann
The Boundary Behavior of Holomorphic Functions, Baili Min
A Bayesian Approach to the Characterization of Electroencephalographic Recordings in Premature Infants, Timothy Mitchell
Dynamic Pion Studies in Nuclear Matter, Jonathan Morris
Dynamic Characterization of the IKK:κBα:NFκB Negative Feedback Loop Using Real-Time Bioluminescence Imaging, Britney Moss
The Role of dsRNA in Nuclear Differentiation and Remodeling in the Ciliate, Tetrahymena thermophila, Jason Motl