The University Archives at Butler University houses all physical copies of the University’s student theses, including both graduate and undergraduate works. Select digital copies—which include most contemporary, copyright-cleared, and public-domain theses—are available below.
For more information on how to search this digital collection, check out this guide: A Quick Guide To Accessing + Searching Butler University Thesis Collections.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Do Socially Conscious ETFs Match their Active Counterparts?, Ryan Cultice
Analysis of the Thermal Stability of a Diverse Panel of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Strains, Darby DeFord
E-Books: Cognitive and Visual Effects, Hannah DeGroot
"Chicas Raras:" A Comparative Literary Study of Historical Spanish and 21st Century Feminism, Serenity Dzubay
Addressing Drug Misuse on a College Campus: An Academic and Resource Driven Approach, Deborah Ebbinghaus
Legal Conceptions of Parenthood: Adoptive Parents as Stewards, Ashlyn Edwards
The Effects of Social Media Use on the Perceptions of Mental Illness Among College Students, Brea Fisher
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? Cognitive Flexibility Influences Career Decision Making and Related Anxiety, Emily Flandermeyer
If You're Not Cheating, You're Not Trying: An Economic Analysis of the Financial Futility of NCAA Sanctions, Travis Freytag
Evaluation of an Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program in a Specialty Clinic Setting, Elizabeth Hauk
How crime dramas influence perception of crime, Abby Hogan
The Survival of Irish Gaelic in the Gaeltacht of County Galway, 1880-1920, Eileen Hogan
Archival of the Fittest: The Role of Archives in Constructing Gay Dutch Historical Memory, Brooks Hosfeld
Comparison of patient outcomes in a pharmacist-led outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy program, Zachary Howe
“Wide-Awake Drunk”: Observing the Combined Effects of Alcohol and Caffeine on Somatic Withdrawal Signs in C57BL/6J Mice, Montana Jenkins
Case Studies of Potential Reference Materials in Cultural Heritage Science, Heidi Kastenholz
Sub-cloning, Expression, and Purification of the Wild Type and Mutated Sigma-1 Receptor, Christopher Koch
The Dynamics of Interfaith, Rachel Koehler
Invisible Minds: Marginalizing Minority Women in the American Academy of Higher Education, Gianna Kujawski
Soil Health Indicators and Sustainable Practices on Indy Urban Farms: An Investigation of Ecosystem Functionality, Rebecca Lewis
The motivations and perceived benefits of student participation in Dance Marathon, Emily Nettesheim
Utilizing Multi-level Classification Techniques to Predict Adverse Drug Effects and Reactions, Victoria Puhl
Effect of Rurality on Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations in a Small Acute Care Hospital in Jackson County, Indiana, Lindsey Ridlen
Who's Your Hoosier? How External Factors Affect Judgement when Choosing Romantic Partners at Indiana Colleges, Amanda Rosenfeld
Sex Differences in the Play of African Elephant Calves (Loxodonta africana) in Captivity, Samantha Ruppert
Applying “El Sistema”: An Analysis of The People’s Music School in Chicago, Illinois, Elizabeth Schmidt
From Fetish to Fashion: Japanese Style as Commodity in 19th and 20th Century Britain, Rebecca Schmiegel
Nonword Repetition and Word Learning in Children with Specific Language Impairment, Kerianne Schoff
Parent Interaction Between an Infant with a Cochlear Implant and Additional Disabilities, Lillian Southern
An Investigation of Perspectives on Mental Illness Across Race and Ethnicity, Emily Stark
Determining the role of mutant p53-mediated inflammation in hematopoietic stem cell expansion, Katherine Strube
Frequency of Academic Interactions with Racial and Ethnic Minority Students and Student Attitudes towards Campus Diversity and Diversity Programs, Sydney Theerman
Critical Voices: Reinterpreting American History at the Eiteljorg Museum, Megan True
Say "Oui" to "We": A Longitudinal Analysis of Pronouns and Articles in French and English, Colleen Wilkes
Maximizing Wins or Profit: Designated Players in Major League Soccer, Zachary Willis
Investigating the Factors That Best Describe Student Experience and Performance in College, Abigale Wynn
Reengaging Readers: How Choice Reading Promotes Lifelong Literacy, Breanna Zoephel
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Governmental Funding of K-12 Arts Programs, Elizabeth Abbick
Narrative Technique in the Works of the Pearl Poet, Karl Agger
Environmental Organizations’ Litigation Communication in the Polarized U.S. Political Landscape, Rachel Anderle
Advertising Appeals and Willingness to Pay for a Music Streaming Service, Katharine Baird
Anxiously Awaiting: A Novella, Alexander Bartlow
Limits of Julia Sets for Sums of Power Maps and Polynomials, Micah Brame
Narrators of Change: A Contemporary Study of Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Malala Yousafzai, and Emma Watson, Evan Davis
Impact of rapid mecA polymerase chain reaction rapid diagnostic testing for Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric setting, Emily Drwiega
The “Americanization” of Global Education: A Comparative Study of American and Italian Students at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy, Chiara Evelti
What a Difference a Course Makes: Early College Experience Fosters Flexible and Transcendent Self-Identities, Hannah Faccio
Exploring a Possible Mechanism Underlying Stereotype Threat in ADHD, Alexandra Gabor
Fighting for America's Kids: A Discussion on K-12 Teacher Tenure, Nicholas Yong-Nian Huang
National Dances of The Nutcracker : A Study of Racial, Cultural, and National Depictions in a Classical Ballet, Meredith Hunter-Mason
The Influences of Locus of Control, Debt Overhang, and Framing on Saving for Retirement, Patrick Ilcin
Gait development in African elephant calves, Brandon Austin-Elizondo Knepper
The Effect of Music Syntax Therapy on Speech Production in People with Aphasia, Brandi Kordes
Implications of Student Debt on Financial Wellness: Can Universities Help?, Anne Leighty
10 Pieces for Vincent: A Suite for Mixed Chamber Ensemble, Cade Leinbach
The Social Relationships of Captive African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Juveniles, Julia Machado
‘There Must Be More Than This Provincial Life:’ An Analysis of the Construction of Femininity of Princesses in Disney Animated Films, Kelsey Grace McDougall
A Cakewalk Through History: The Evolution of Cake and its Identity in America, Rachel Overby
More than a Game: Baseball and Southern Textile Communities 1880-1935, Aaron Perch
Northern Entrepreneur's Counterfeiting of Confederate Currency and The Impact It Had On Inflation, Raymond Rector
Effects of Gesture on Recollection and Description of Auditory and Visual Stimuli, Mary Kate Richards
The Impact of College Internships on the Development of Tacit Managerial Knowledge and Career Confidence, Kaitlyn Sawin
Are We Making Smart Pumps Smarter?, Brittany Schaefer
Der Sonnenwirt -- Fakt, Fiktion, Held und Verbrecher, Marissa Schoedel
Perception of emotion in music in adults with cochlear implants, Delainey Spragg
Total Antioxidant Levels of Individual Foods Versus Combinations of Food and the Effect on Apoptotic Induction in HeLa Cells, Natalie Van Ochten
Women at the Helm: Rewriting Maritime History through Female Pirate Identity and Agency, Wendy Vencel
The Correlation of Classical, Jazz, and Pop Music to a Reduction of Dental Anxiety Experienced by Adult Patients, Heather Wright
Using EGA-GC to Analyze Nicotine N-oxide in Order to Explain Low Nicotine Concentrations in E-cigarette Liquids, Cory Wuerch
Evaluation of Medication Risks for Falls on an Inpatient Medical/Surgical Unit, Joseph Zegar
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Spectroscopic Analysis of the Traditional Cyanotype Process and its Impact on Art, Jacob Applegarth
Comparative Analysis of Privilege in Relation to the School District of Philadelphia and the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, Kathryn Battafarano
Evaluating Prescriber Adherence to Guideline-Based Treatment Pathways of a Newly Initiated Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a Rehabilitation Hospital, Christie Bertram
A1c Reduction and Weight Loss in a Veteran Population Using GLP-1-RAs, Shelby L. Beutel Darrow
Dramatic Form: In Theory and in Practice, Alexander Borrello
Assessment of coronary artery outward remodeling in consequence of excision of epicardial adipose tissue in Ossabaw swine, Kelly Coderre
Elucidation of Abscisic Acid in Stress Resistance of Mnium cuspidatum Through Salt Exposure and Chlorophyll Content Analysis, Kurt Corsbie
Using the Placebo Effect as a Potential Mediator for Stereotype Threat, Nicholas Denney
Defining Civic Mindedness: A Study of the Butler Community Arts School, Emma Edick
Play It Again! Individualized Music Improves Social Interaction of Women, But Not Men, With Dementia, Emily Farrer
An Exploration of Dance Therapy, its Origins, and its Applications in Parkinson’s Disease, Emilia Floody
Quantitative Analysis of Acetic Acid in Hard Woods as a Way to Improve Museum Artifact Storage, Alexandria Flora
Undergraduate Students’ Perception of the Consequences of Alcohol Consumption, Elaine Giglio
The Back Pocket Play: Revealing White Privilege and its Contribution to Institutionalized Racism, Sonia Michelle Goldberg
When Poetry and Humor Get Hitched, Christian Hartselle
Theory of Mind and its Relation to Psychopathy, Ariana Hays
Use of Trispyrazolemethane in the Synthesis of Organometallic Compounds, Claire Hazelton
Educating English as a New Language Students Using a Multimedia Based Approach: How Educators Can Assist ENL Students in the Mainstream Classroom, Ashley Marie Jones
Why Can’t a Woman Fail Like a Man? Gender Differences in Perceived Competence Following a Mistake, Kathryn Kincaid
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: A Historical Fiction Detailing the Trauma of Mental Institutions in the mid 1940’s, Jessica Klingensmith
Disordered Eating Habits and Theory of Mind in Undergraduate Students, Stephanie Kuhlman
The Desires to Work for an Organizational Culture Type Based on Personality Characteristics and Gender, Emily Lauth