Theses from 2026
Investigating Synergy Patterns Between Essential Oils and Antibiotic Classes to Identify Optimal Combination Strategies, Josephine C. Banks
Organic Synthesis of a Hydrazine Functionalized Ammonium Compound for Improved Capture of Aldehyde Metabolites from Exhaled Breath, Po'iu N. Burgo
Gender and Emotional Expression in the Courtroom: Mock Juror Perceptions of Attorney Effectiveness, Emma Cantrell
Effects of Social Sport Settings and Belonging on Female Athlete Mental Health Stress, Abby Caudill
Suena Como Nosotros: A Spanish-English Storybook for Growing Voices, Stephanie Czajka
Exploration of a Relationship Between the Activities of TRAIL and 4’-trifluoromethoxychalcone., Abigail C. Ernst
Implications of Leisure Activities on Veterinarian Mental Health Outcomes, Kevin Garuccio
Are You There Judy?: A Critical Content Analysis of Judy Blume's Representation of Female Puberty, Audrey E. Gilbert
Odysseus: From Homer to Sophocles, Jonas Hammond
Resurrection in Gold, Samantha K. Kelley
“Call Someplace Paradise:” An Ethnographic Exploration of the Relationship Between Place-Based Music, Emotion, and Environmental Care, Clare M. Kramer
Can the Implementation of The Pause Decrease Death Anxiety and Poor Mental Health in Practicing Nurses?, Lilli Meyer
Perceptions of Parents and Guardians Surrounding the Inclusion of their Autistic Child in the General Education Setting, Alyssa L. Napier
Breaking the Stigma: The Law and Supreme Court Cases Behind Gender Discrimination Legislation, Camille M. Ogden
Rethinking Sustainable Development: Postcolonial Perspectives and Alternative Pathways to Progress, Lauren M. Pappalardo
How Gender Impacts Mock Jurors’ Receptiveness to Aggravating and Mitigating Evidence in Capital Trials, Jolie E. Parker
Harriet Hosmer: Femininity and Stone, Savannah V. Parrish
Examining Moderators in the Relationship Between Injury/Injury Anxiety and Eating Disturbances in College Women Athletes, Lydia M. Reichley
The Sensationalizing of Presidential Assassinations in Mass Media Throughout American History, Lindsay E. Smith
Democracy at Work and the Promise of Dignity: Worker Cooperatives and the Experiences of Workers of Color, Isabella "Leila" Thomas
Theses from 2025
A Comparative Analysis of Financial Ratios in Healthcare Sectors, Lucille Barnett
Life in Dance: Relationship to Self and Dance Environment, Emily Barz
The Bluey Effect: Using the Children’s Cartoon to Connect Social-Emotional Learning and Core Content in the Classroom, Marra Becker
The Impact of IMF Policies on Argentina’s Economic Decline and the Institutional Legacy of the Kirchners, Maria Bonwell
The Podcast Election: How Podcasts Helped Decide the United States Presidential Election of 2024 in an Unprecedented Way, Logan T. Boyd
Attitudes on Solitary Confinement, Emily Dewey
Attorney Perceptions of Plea-Bargaining, Sarah K. Edelen
Don’t Cut the Cameras: How Media Coverage Has Impacted the Growth of Women’s Professional Sports in the United States, Lauren Ehrman
A Cross-Sectional Analysis: Employment and Its Impact on Physical Activity, Academic Performance, and Quality of Life Among Bellarmine University Students, Orlando Exposito Nuñez
Science Across the Elementary Curriculum, Cora E. Fields
The Wild Dark or, La oscuridad salvaje: Illuminating Identity Through Failure, Worley B. Gierhart
Investigating Factors that Affect Total IgE Antibody Levels of a Canine Population in Louisville, KY, Iris N. Gillespie
Navigating Circuit Splits: Analyzing Career Offender Enhancements in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines through Canons of Construction, Riley M. Goff
Community Engagement for the Children's Theatre, Lindsey R. Guilford
Cultivating Community: A Mixed-Methods Study Examining Community Literacy Practices in the Secondary ELA Classroom, Anna Heilers
Educating Patient Populations on the Use of SEM Scanner Technology, Mia Hein
The Effects of Exposure to Ultraviolet Light on the Activity of Catalase in Internal and External Tissues of the Sea Urchin Lytechinus variegatus, Ellerie C. Heinzmann
Game Changers: The Impact of Female Representation in Sports Media on Girls' Youth Sport Participation, Kaci L. Huff
Circles Are So Euclidean: Exploring Convex Bodies, Norms, Symmetries, and Isometries via the Minkowski Functional, Fanni Kertesz
The Castle is Still Here, and Yes, It's Still Scary: Reconstructing the Gothic Through Contemporary Short Story, Alyssa Kilroy
After The Play: A Collection of Creative Nonfiction Short Stories on the Mental Health and Pressures Surrounding College Athletes, Megan E. Konermann
Profiting on The Kentucky Derby, Bailey Korfhage
“Home.”: A Trauma-Informed Children’s Book Exploring Secure Attachment for Children in Foster Care, Keeli Langford
A Heart So White: Musical Reflections on Lady Macbeth's Mind, Caitlyn N. Long
Optimizing the Well-Being of Residents Diagnosed with Dementia: An Activities Calendar and Guide for Cognitive and Physical Engagement, Kaylex L. Monteagudo Parra
An Exploration of Behavioral Sex Differences Due to a Parkinsonian Gene, pdr-1, in C. elegans., Adriana Mulet Miranda, Mary B. Kroetz, and Paul J. Kiser
Two Neighbors Walk into a Ballot Box A Soon-to-be Lawyer’s Second Take on Jesus and 21st Century Politics, Trey Murphy
Aristotle and Mencius, Comparisons of the Good Life, Cormac I. O'Brien
From Adversarial Attacks to Robust Classifiers - A Study in Social Media Spam Detection - Black Box & White Box, Jonathan Jose Penaloza Rumie
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Planning Using Hybrid D* Lite with PPO and TD3: Experimental Design and Performance Analysis, Matthew J. Rice
Simplifying 3D Printing Using Natural Language Processing, Jared E. Rosenberger
What About the Buyers? Deriving Factors of Demand in the U.S. Black Market, Eric S. Schneider
A Practical Guide for Navigating the PTE Tax Landscape, Caitlin Sizemore
An In-Depth Analysis of the Bellarmine University Student Athlete Experience, Mattingly E. Spalding
Valuing Small Business: Applying WACC to IPO Data, Joshua Tyler Stevenson
The Impact of Perceived Discrimination on Mental and Physical Health among the Hispanic Immigrant Population, Cheyla Tabares Cuesta
The role and expression of pros-1 in the C. elegans gonad, Brandon W. Thomas, Mary B. Kroetz, and Roberta Challener
Gonadal absence of ceh-22: Degradation of CEH-22 in the gonads of Caenorhabditis elegans, Andreya C. White
Cyber and Tech-Based Partner Stalking in Jefferson County, Norah Wulkopf
Theses from 2024
Kingdom Street : An Adventure in Applied Theatre, Community Engagment, and Life, Julien Allen
Written in Blood: The Cultural Work of Family, Sexuality, and Race in Adaptations of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Ariana Alvarado
Geometries Gon Wild, Naat Ambrosino
Investigation of the Anticancer Activity of phenylbismuthbis(4-carboxychalcone), Megan Baker
Synthesis of Trisubstituted Bismuth Complexes for Future Research, Cassidy Belk
Gonadal Absence of pig-1: Exploration of pig-1 in the Gonad of Caenorhabditis elegans, Winston S. Bennah
"And No Birds Sing": The Environmental Ethics of Carson, Keats, Sagan, and Oliver, Savannah Bloom
An exploration of the effectiveness of Xanthorrhiza simplicissima and its secondary alkaloids as antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus with the use of Reserpine, Donald Bothe and Savita Chaurasia
The Effect of Agrivoltaics on Irrigation Water Consumption in Central California, London Camba
Effects of Postural Position, EEG Asymmetry, and Temperamental Style on Cognitive Task Performance, Taylor Cops and Christy D. Wolfe
Small Moments: Anthropological Poetry, Lee Davis
RNAi “Flexon” Approach to Gonad Gene Knockdown in C. elegans, Sofia Suzanne Douglas
Investigating the Antibacterial Properties of Capsaicin in Synergy with Antibiotics Against A. baumannii, Jack Guffey
The 15th Theatre: A Kentucky State Theatre Proposal, Holly N. Kissel
Income Taxation of Corporations in the United States, Thomas Koshewa
Autism and Experiences in Relationships: A Moderated Mediation Analysis Exploring Different Pathways for Gender and Sexuality, Evah-Marie Lemma
Despertando del Sueño Americano: U.S. Policies Influencing Cartel Profitability from Undocumented Border Crossing, Gisela Martinez Acosta
Hi My Name Is: A Film on the Sources and Consequences of Labeling the Black Identity in America, Hannah Mitchell
Why Do They Do It?: Exploring the Phenomena of Familicide and Anomie Through a Case Study of the Coleman Family Murders, Sydney Packard
Schism, Synodality, and Communion in the Contemporary American Catholic Church, Nicola Peck
Living with Parkinson’s During COVID-19: A Survey of Parkinson’s Patients During COVID-19, Sia Shaila Pilgaonkar
Breathing Inequity: A Mixed Method Analysis of Rubbertown's Air Quality Problem, Mikayla Pitmon
The Perfect Model: Exploring Gender Differences Within Commercial Graphic Design Preferences, Adeline Roberts
Effects of UV filter pollutants on the growth of cucurbits and possible implications for humans, Leia Staples
A Comparison of the Prevalence of Salmonella, Specifically S. Enteritidis, in Captive Born Versus Wild Caught Reptiles, Jessica Thomas and Carrie M. Doyle
A Developmental Exploration of the Role of Catp-6 gene in Model Organism C. elegans relating to Parkinson’s Disease, Kaiser Kate Weafer
What's In a Name? Plant Naming as Cultural Artifact and Story in the Midwestern United States, Sophie Wesseler
Theses from 2023
Communicating Health: Misinformation and Mistrust in the Age of Coronavirus, Chris Anstead
Understanding the expression and role of pros-1 in the male gonad of C. elegans, Jack Bozik
An Analysis of Burnout and Wellness of Healthcare Workers Based on Patient Population and Healthcare Worker Location, Spencer Brandenburg
The Pressure to 'Do More with Less': Exploring Donor Misconceptions about Nonprofit Financial Health and Performance, Emily Dalton
Black Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates and Food Apartheid in Louisville, Maame Dei
The Mental Health Epidemic in Veterinary Medicine: An Analysis of Burnout in the Veterinary Field, Hannah Eckstein
A Potential Role of GSK-3beta in the Development of Pain Post-Spinal Cord Injury, Emily Ernst
The Impact Instagram Has on Women: Mentally, Physically, and Academically, Annie Gronotte
The Power of the Virtual Platform: A Look into Fandom Interactions via Twitter (X), Samantha Hacker
A Pastor's Fine Art Collection: From Down-to-Earth to World-Renowned, Lily Hampton
Cultural Concepts of Distress and Clinical Intake Processes for Chinese and Chinese American Populations in the United States, Jasmina Harambasic