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
Three Essays in Macroeconomics, Kyoung Jin Choi
Protein-DNA Recognition Models for the Homeodomain and C2H2 Zinc Finger Transcription Factor Families, Ryan Christensen
Delineating the Steps of BAX Pore Activation, Eric Christenson
Topographies of Sexuality: Space, Movement, and Gender in German Literature and Film Since 1989, Necia Chronister
The Gracchan Agrarian Reform and the Italians, Michael Claiborne
Cortical Cartography: Mapping Functional Areas Across the Human Brain with Resting State Functional Connectivity MRI, Alexander Cohen
Past Tense Route Priming, Emily Cohen-Shikora
Markov Chains Derived From Lagrangian Mechanical Systems, Scott Cook
A Marginal Returns Theory of Politics, Carlos Costa
Market-Driven Development in Frontier Ecologies, Dolly Daftary
Increasing Energy Efficiency of HVAC Systems in Buildings Using Phase Change Material, Jared Daiber
The relation between complex associative learning and fluid intelligence: Is the fan effect responsible?, Lindsey Davies
Development of Speed, Memory, and Fluid Reasoning in Children, Duneesha De Alwis
Effects of Movement Context on Reach-Grasp-Lift Motion and Grip Force after Stroke, Stacey DeJong
Apobec-1 Complementation Factor (ACF) Binds and Regulates Multiple RNAs, Kimberly Delaney
National History and the Novel in 1930s Britain, Erica Delsandro
A Hybrid Theory of Global Justice, Jill Delston
Often Wrong but Never in Doubt: Categorized Lists Produce Confident False Memories, Kurt DeSoto
Personality Differences in Never-Married Versus Divorced Individuals In Later Life Using the NEO PI-R, Krystle Disney
The Functions of Human Dna2 in Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Maintenance, Julien Duxin
Regulation Of Neutrophil Homeostasis By Chemokines Signaling Through The Cxcr2 And Cxcr4 Receptors, Kyle Eash
Optimal Control for Autonomous Motor Behavior, Tom Erez
The Role of Viral Protein pUL21a in Human Cytomegalovirus Infection, Anthony Fehr
Der geblendete Staat. Platons "Politeia" in Elias Canettis "Blendung", Krischan Fiedler
Wifredo Lam: Negotiating Transcultural Modernism and Artistic Identity in Europe, The Caribbean, and The United States, Maria Fierro
Real-Time Bioluminescence Imaging Of Salmonella-Neoplastic Cell Interactions, Kelly Flentie
Numerical Modeling and Optimization of Power Generation from Shrouded Wind Turbines, Tudor Foote
On the Road to Samaria: Urban Religious Congregations as Resource Brokers, Kirk Foster
Spray Techniques And Lung Cancer Chemoprevention, Huijing Fu
Homoglutathione Synthetase And The Plant Thiol-Redox Proteome, Ashley Galant
Design, Construction and Testing of a High Temperature High Pressure Spectroscopic Cell for Polymer Physics Studies, Sai Janani Ganesan
Nonuniform Power Changes and Spatial, Temporal and Spectral Diversity in High Gamma Band (>60 Hz) Signals in Human Electrocorticography, Charles Gaona
Regulation of DNA Repair by Atm and DNA-PKcs during V9D)J Recombination, Eric Jonas Gapud
The Manipulated Mechanism: Towards an Account of the Experimental Discovery of Mechanistic Explanations, Donald Goodman-Wilson
The Model Prodigal: Jesuit School Plays and the Production of Devotion in the Spanish Empire, 1565-1611, Brandan Grayson
The Effects of Visuospatial Sequence Training with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Michelle Gremp
Taxonomic and Ecological Characterization of a Late Oligocene Mammalian Fauna from Kenya, Maria Mercedes Gutierrez Alvarez
Practical and Robust Power Management for Wireless Sensor Networks, Gregory Hackmann
Prehistoric Plant Procurement, Food Production, and Land Use in Southwestern Tamaulipas, Mexico, John Hanselka
The Hydrology And Geochemistry Of Urban And Rural Watersheds In East-Central Missouri, Elizabeth Hasenmueller
MSX2 Provides Competence to Matrix Cells to Respond to FGF Signaling During Hair Differentation, Zhenhua He
Sexual Strategies and Personality, Nicholas Holtzman
The Moral Permissibility of Punishment, Zachary Hoskins
Asset effects for children with disabilities: Analysis of educational and health outcomes, Jin Huang