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 2015
Stereotype Threat and OCD: The Impact of Messy vs. Clean Environments on Cognitive Test Performance, Ellen Rebecca Kendall
The Impact of Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (PNA FISH®) Rapid Diagnostic Testing on the Initiation of Appropriate Antifungal Therapy in Patients with Candida Species Bloodstream Infections, Jenna Lee Ksiazkiewicz
The Ecology of Phenotypic Plasticity in the Cabbage White Butterfly, Pieris rapae, Isabella Thompson Lambert
Existing on Earth and Stage: Exploring Human Relationships with Ecosystems Through Performance, Julia Stephanie Levine
Chains & Whips: Gender Roles in BDSM Erotica Published After "Fifty Shades of Grey", Laura Lines
Fifty Shades of Fucked Up: On the Use and Abuse of a Sexual Subculture to Sell Books, Viviane Panagiotis Linos
A Departure from Blood and Iron: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Culture in Societal Reintegration of Ex-combatant Military Members and Reentry of Ex-Convicts, Devon Danielle Lott
Assessment of Empathy Scores in a Pharmacy Professional Nutrition Support Elective Course, Megan M. Mayhew
Do You See What I See?: Exploring the Relationship Between OCD Symptomatology and Theory of Mind Ability, Karsen McCloud
Genu Recurvatum in Dance Training: Assessing and Addressing the Structural Deformity in Dancers, Anne Mercedes Mushrush
Surgery as a Science: The Intellectual and Practical Evolution of European Surgery from the 16th to the 18th century, Molly Nebiolo
The Effects of Tylenol on Non-Social Emotional Memory, Renato Puga
Crafting Industrial Manhood in the Manual Training Movement, 1876-1920, James Jonathan Rick
"I'm just not talented with languages!" The role of self-efficacy and attribution theory in the foreign language classroom., Justice Nicolette Rioux
Emotion and Pain Effects on Tunnel Memory, Alexandra Nicolette Robinson-Norris
Evaluating the non-evidence based practice of rounding serum creatinine in the elderly and the impact on medication dosing, Kelly Lynn Roden
The Ontogenetic Effects on the Shell Strength of Turtles, Dakota Wayne Speck
Symmetries and Patterns In Non-Euclidean Settings, Sarah Elizabeth Stoops
Experiential Learning: An Exploration, John Santo Verdico
The Outer Limits of Cognitive Processing: A Closer Look at What Is Desirable, Zachary K. Walter
Muscle Mass, Wing Morphology, and Related Flight Mechanics in Passeriforme Birds, Bradley Adam Weinstein
The Role of Light in Mnium cuspidatum Hypersensitive Response Defense Mechanisms to Pythium irrequlare Pathogen Infection, William Andrew Weldon
Security Risk and Social Presence in E-commerce, Amy Isabelle Wright
Reform Judaism and LGBTQ Identity in Indiana: A Sociological Study Toward GreaterUnderstanding and Inclusion, Gregory Ethan Zemtsov
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Reproduction and nesting in teleost fish, with a focus on reproduction in Centrarchids and specific analysis of nesting in Lepomis megalotis, Rebecca Irene Allee
A Three-Part Study in the Connections Between Music and Mathematics, Molly Elizabeth Anderson
Amino Acid Methyl Ester Chiral Ionic Liquids: A Concentration Study, Christopher J. Brown
Verbal Overshadowing and the Effects of Earwitness Testimony on the Likelihood of Correct Identification of Target Voices, John P. Buckley III
The Evolution of American Microtargeting: An Examination of Modern Electoral Messaging, Luke Dietrik Bunting
Synthesis and Resolution of a Substituted Dioxolane from Glycerol, Susannah Dawn Cox
The Impacts of Social Interaction on Literacy Learning, Megan Marie Donisch
Thermal Denaturation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein Rv0045c monitored by intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence, Lindsey Renee Drake
Quantification of Salicylic Acid and Analysis of Defense-Related Genes in the Moss Physcomitrella patens, Ryan Jospeh Eller
The passive perching mechanism in Passeriformes birds, Deena Ahmed Elsahy
The Influence of Light on Bryophytes and Their Response to Pathogen Infection: A Story of Mnium cuspidatum and Physcomitrella patens, Bryce James Fawcett
Window on Eternity: A Study in the Characteristics of Orthodox Christian Iconography, Moira Allison LeRoy Frazier
Suzuki-Miyaura Reactions Are Used to Synthesize Z-Alkenes from Cyclic Boronic Half-Acids, Daniel Lee French
Characterization of the Role of Salicylic Acid in Plant-Pathogen Interactions in Moss, Erica Grabinski
Take It But Don't Fake It: Using Self-awareness to Reduce Fabrications on Personality Tests, Rebekah Lynn Hale
Effects of Tylenol and Social Rejection on Memory, Karina Ashley Hamamouche
The New York Times Influence on Stem Cell Research, Elizabeth Huntley Hamilton
Characterization of Putative Defense Genes in Nonvascular Plants, Blaine Harlan
Substance use and subclinical psychosis symptoms, Kelsey Hurm
Presence of Semi-Aquatic Turtles in Indianapolis Golf Course Ponds, Melissa Anne Jones
Fox Squirrel Response to Bark Calls, Michael Ryan Keller
Evaluating Agentic Female Job Candidates: The Effects of Gender and Qualification of Comparison Candidates, Sarah Grace Kern
Witnesses to Trauma: Kakfa's Trauma Victims and the Working Through Process, Emily Allison Kile
Investigation of FSHR-l Protein Function in Regulating Synaptic Transmission at the Neuromuscular Junction in C. elegans, Julie Christine Kolnik
Lew Wallace: An Unsung Hoosier Hero, Jordan C. Lee
The Recovered Businesses of Argentina: Identities in an Imagined Country, Martha Claire Leuthner
Revolutionizing the Revolution: An Examination of Social Media's Role in the Egyptian Arab Spring, Needa A. Malik
Effects of Accurate and Inflated Employee Performance Self-Evaluations on Memory Accuracy, Michelle E. Miller
Chronic, Lethal Versus Acute, Non-lethal Threats: A Look inside the Memories of Cancer Patients at the Time of Their Diagnosis, Angeline M. Modesti
Protecting the Fairer Sex: Indiana's Failure to Improve the Lives of Working Women, Abigail Neuman
Revisiting Modernism and the Ballets Russes: What Contemporary Choreography Can Learn from Diaghilev, Kelly Oden
Folk Songs, Youth, and Propaganda: Music of the Third Reich, Patrick Scott Peterson
An Evaluation of the East Indianapolis Food Desert, Angelina Qin
Liberation Theology: Why Should the Nations be Glad?, Marianne Burris Richardson
Latinos in America: A Consideration of Food Accessibility Factors with Implications for the Indianapolis Community, Abigail C. Robison
Generalized Mandelbrot Sets, Aaron Schlenker
Role of 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid and β-glucan Elicitor in Prevention of Fungal Infection in Mnium cuspidatum, Robert E. Spiller
The Myth Continues in Percy Jackson: A look into mythology and its persistence today, Maia Anne Swanson
The Ebb and Flow of Performance Feedback, Chris Thompson
Message Framing in Political Advocacy Campaigns: A Media Study of the 2014 Scottish Referendum for Independence from the United Kingdom, Christine Willette Todd
Teaching to the Technological Demands of the 21st-Century Classroom, Michelle Trainor
Eritrean Resettlement in Indianapolis, John Andrew Traylor
Exploring Community Engagement in the Indianapolis Opera Scene, Nicole Vasconi
Undocumented Immigrants’ Access to Higher Education in Indiana, Hannah K. Weigle
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Long Term Effects of Positive Affect During Goal Adoption, Katherine E. Adams
Demographics and Approval of the Police Use of Force in the General Social Survey, 2010, Jeremy William Algate
To Live is to Die: The Effect of Mortality Salience on Memory and Fear of Death, Tony F. Bergamini
The Marriage of Figaro as presented by Beaumarchais, Da Ponte, and Mozart: An Expression of Shifting Class Structure, Kelly Cassady
An Exploration of Modes in Polyphonic Compositions of the Sixteenth Century, Marcella Marie Columbus
Gender Dependent Flashbulb Memories of Sexual vs. Emotional Infidelity, Christine Therese Fisher
Constructions and Enumeration Methods for Cubic Graphs and Trees, Erica R. Gilliland
The Impact of Family Context, Gender, and Gender Meanings on the Acceptance of Rape Myths, Nicole Humphrey
Changes in Student Attitudes towards the Elderly Following a Hypertension Education and Screening Event, David William Martin
Dancing With the Gods; Santeria's Historical Context in Eastern Cuba, Lauren Reed
From "Sin City" to "Envy of the Region": Transforming Newport, Kentucky in the Latter 20th Century 1950-2000, Colin Thomas Reenan
Election 2008: Flashbulb Memories of Barack Obama's Election to Presidency, Jasmen Rice
Semantic and Phonological False Memories in Adults' First and Second Language, Amber Victoria Sapp
An Exploration of Self-Empowerment and Truthful Expression through Movement and Rudolf Laban's Theory of Effort, Morgan Raquel Sicklick
Broad Spectrum Systemic Acquired Resistance in Amblystegium serpens, Christina A. Tatara
Feel it, Don't Fake it: Deep Acting and Perceptions of Feedback Utility, Eileen Toomey
Upper Class Enclave Identity: A Case Study of the Golden Hill Community, Bradley D. Vogelsmeier
Private Flashbulb Memories: The Case of Coming Out Memories, Gabrielle Weber
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Using Picture Books to Build Common Schema in the Middle School English Classroom, Kristina Lynn Albarello
The Effect of Affect on Group Memory, Dominick Joseph Atkinson
Self-Regulation: An 'Active Ingredient' in the Spirituality-Health Relationship, Claire Ellyn Brownson
An Investigation of Melodic Musical Modeling Using Homogeneous and Non-Homogeneous Markov Chains, Eric Robert Sherman Buenger
Using Brain Research to Aid Reading Comprehension, Mia Alyssa Claretto
An Alternative Method: Using Novels in Mathematics to Teach the Concepts, Rachel Frances Colby
Understanding Sustainability: An Examination of Encoding and Decoding of Promotion Materials for Green Consumers, Muriel Paige Cross
The Stage is the Court and All the Players Merely Copies: Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra as Propaganda, Ginnye Cubel
The Making and Breaking of a Language: The French and Spanish Effect upon the Catalan Regional Language, Margaret Emilyn Cychosz