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.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The Effect of Tidal Disruptions on Giant Stars in the Galactic Center, Brian B. Geiss
How Sweet is it, really? The Anomalous Effects of Glucose at Retrieval, Sarah A. Gillott
Effects of Mood on Using Analogies to Solve Problems and Reduce Conflict, Erin Good
"We'll Make Our History": Israeli and Palestinian Youth as Poetic Agents, Caleb Hamman
Chiral Recognition Study of a Bimolecular Process in Amino Acid Chiral Ionic Liquids, Laurel Millikan Heckman
Effects of exposure to low, ecologically relevant doses of atrazine on somatic and gonadal development in American toad (Bufo americanus) tadpoles, Tyler Davis Hoskins
Quantum Diffusion-Limited Aggregation, David Bradley Johnson
Design and Aesthetic in Debussy's Music: The Premiere rapsodie for Clarinet and Piano, Samatha K. Johnson
The Undefined Middle: Exploring the Role of the Union Representative in the Modern Teachers Union Structure, Amanda Erin Lee
Ending the Cycle of Child Sex Slavery in Cambodia, Carmen Marie Murphy
Shakespeare and Cervantes Are Dead: The Construction of Fiction and Reality in Hamlet and Don Quixote, Joanna Parypinski
The Parables of the Kingdom of God, Danielle Brin Reist
Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Wave Propagation with Application to Geophysical Prospecting, Andrew M. Smith
The Effect of Induced Happiness Levels on Academic Performance, Laura Marie Spice
Socialist Realism and Soviet Music: The Case of Dmitri Shostakovich, Michael Robert Tirman
The Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Impulsivity in College Students, Myles Elgin Trapp
Communicating During Crisis: A Case Study of the 2010 BP Gulf Oil Spill, Aubrey Nichole Villines
Positive Affect During Goal Adoption : Why Happiness Breeds Success, Katherine Wainwright
Characterization of esterase activity from the bacteria, Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, Leigh Anna Weston
Cultural Definitions of Health Care: A Case Study of Burmese Refugees, Marielena Rose White
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Determination of energy level excitation states of time dependent optogalvanic signals in a discharge plasma, Michael Christopher Blosser
So Many Choices, So Little Time: Religiosity and the Stress of Making Decisions, Joshua David Boeke
The Impact of Imagined Reactions on Feelings About Disclosing Stigmatized vs. Non-Stigmatized Beliefs, David Briley
The Impact of Local Environmental Activist Organizations on State Environmental Policies, Molly Patricia Casperson
Syrian/United States Relations: Explaining the Failure of the Relationship and Suggestions on How to Repair It, Chris Chapman
Memories for sexual encounters: Sexual attitudes, personality, gender, and evidence for personal flashbulb effects, Nicholas Ryan Comotto
Biomechanical and morphological changes in leaf abscission zones during the ontogeny of Kalanchoe pinnatum, Jillian Hodge
Solid Supported Synthesis of Secondary Amines via Staudinger and microwave aza-Wittig Reactions, Kyle Thomas Holsinger
Microsatellite analysis of two local fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) populations, Sajeena R. Horvath
Study Abroad Programs and Their Effects on Cultural Perceptions and International Awareness, Sarah Ann Hundt
Collaborative inhibition: A counterintuitive phenomenon, Lauren Michelle McClure
Gender and Justice: The Experience of Female Lawyers in Indiananapolis, Jessica Louise Nelson
Finding Meaning in Facebook, Kelly Patrick
How Brand Name and Packaging Quality Affect the Consumer Choice Process, Albert Edward Price
Votes for Women: Women's Suffrage, Gendered Political Culture, and Progressive Era Masculinity in the State of Indiana, Lindsay E. Rump
Jumping to Conclusions Bias and Attitudes Towards Body Image and Food, Heather Anne Sperry
Modeling Bound States in the Continuum for Multiple Electrons in a Quantum Dot Pair, Thomas Ian Tuegel
Behavioral patterns of Mustelus canis (smooth dogfish shark) in a captive population, Megan Christine Vaupel
Does Religiosity Enhance Ability to Self-Regulate?, Kaylyn Lee Watterson
Education and Girls' Development in Malawi: Promotion of Girls' Education in Relation to Sustainable Development, Helen Momoko Wilson
Dihydropyran Formation by a Two Step Process, James Zachary Wright
Growth, larval development and metamorphosis in small-mouthed salamanders (Ambystoma texanum), Nicholas Timothy Zellmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Why Theatre? A Study of Robert Wilson, Rachel Elinor Bennett
Charles de Gaulle's influence on contemporary French culture and on France's rejection of genetically modified food, Susanna Lenore Foxworthy
An Examination of the Correlation between Shoot Apical Meristem Size and leaf Heterophylly in Pisum sativum, Cynthia Mary Halfman
Patriots, Plumbers, and Our Better Angels: The Establishment of Ethos in the Rhetoric of the 2008 Presidential Campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, Ryan Matthew Hehner
Investigating Ring Closing Metathesis Product Favorability by Varying the Alkyne Substituent on a Dienyne, Meagan E. Hinze
A Moment in Archaeology: A Reflexive Examination of the Culture of Meaning-Making in Archaeological Fieldwork, Jonathan W. Irons
Do Physical Self-Efficacy and Physical Self-Concept Mediate the Relationship Between Past Sports Participation, Past Gym Grades and Physical Activity Across the Life-Span?, Christopher Frederick Ketcham
An analysis of the environmental and hormonal effects on the growth and development of the moss Ceratodon purpureus, Megan Knight
Sociological and Psychological Predispositions to Serial Murder, Katie Marie Krueger
Constructions of Femininity: Women and the World's Columbian Exposition, Lauren Alexander Maxwell
Genocide: Emotional Adjective or Legal Term: Public Misunderstanding and the Expedient and Effective Implementation of International Criminal Law, Ida Rose Nininger
Optimization of a Polydimethylsiloxane Based Passive Sampler of Common Household Volatile Organic Compounds, Jennifer Lynn Osborne
A Contrast of Bilingual and Monolingual Children in regards to Semantic and Syntactic Language Acquisition, Jessica Michelle Pfister
Recruiting a Lady: The Depiction of the Women's Army Corps, Amanda Rutherford
Solid Phase Amide Synthesis Using Staudinger-Vilarrasa Coupling and Microwave Irradiation, Ryan Patrick Schmidtz
Liquid Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Various Food Flavors: Evaluation and Analysis, Deven Lee Shinholt
Determination of Dispersal Patterns of the Small-mouthed Salamander (Ambystoma texanum) in Eagle Creek Park (Indianapolis, IN), Stacey Diane Summitt
Developing an Assay to Profile Upregulated TREK-1, A Stretch-Activated Potassium Channel, in Prostate Cancer, Susan Abigal Surber
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Adsorption Studies of Cytochrome c on a Silica Nanoparticle Surface, Carrie Ann Hedge
Investigation of Kalanchoe homeobox 1 (Kh1) Gene in Apical Meristems of Kalanchoe pinnatum, Jessica Lynn Kirkpatrick
The use of acid suppressive therapy on ICU and general medicine services at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Rachel Anne Ranz
Insertion of the Enzyme Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase into Plastids through Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation, Jason L. Rush
The Reproductive Ecology of Graptemys geographica in the Central Canal, Kati Keppen Rush
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Synthesis of Hydroxycyclopentenones via Titanium Complexes, Joeseph David Frasca
Search for a Knox gene in Kalanchöe pinnatum, Ryan Michael Gleason
Developing a Pharmacy Professional Elective Course: Underserved Populations, Courtney Ann Hedrick
Nontraditional Synthesis of Organometallic compounds and Allylic Alcohols, Andrew J. Hesse
Pharmacy Security: A Survey on Pharmacists' Perceptions and and Preparedness to Handle Prescription Fraud and Pharmacy Robbery, Amy Nicole Lenell
Implementing Quantum Random Walks in Two-Dimensions with Application to Diffusion-Limited Aggregation, Colin Frederick Sanberg
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Making and Breaking the News: The Media in Sports Personnel Decisions, John Goddard Dedman
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
The Effects of Subliminal Messages in Print Advertisements, Jamie Lynne Wilfong
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
One Flea Spare: The Hope of Life in Spite of Death, Mandy Melissa Barrett
Learn Now, Subscribe Later!: A Method of Developing Audiences for Opera Through a Commitment to Outreach in Theory and Practical Examples, Grant Douglas Meachum
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Tchaikovsky and his Violin Concerto : A Theme of Opposites, Jennifer Lynn Bougher
The Duruflé Requiem: A Guide for Interpretation, Karen Lou Cooksey
The Africanization of Roman Catholic and Presbyterian Churches In Krobo-Odumase, Ghana, Lori Elizabeth Godich
Analysis and Direction for the Changing World of Breakfast Cereal Advertising: A Content Analysis of 1998-99 Television Advertisements, Megan Ann Lane
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Discerning the Invisible in a Group Portrait of Stability: An Ethnography of the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood, Lisa Marie Wheeler
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Man's Linear Dream Upon A Curved Earth: A Literary Record of the Indiana Landscape, Fani Anagnostou
Dmitri Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth, and the Soviet Government, Bianca Nicole Dudeck-Wiseman
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Analysis, Interpretation and Performance of the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Samuel Barber, Elizabeth Ruth Flood
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
A Technical, Musical, and Historical Analysis of Frederic Chopin’s Etudes, Op. 10, Henry Raymond Bauer
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Scottish and Irish Elements of Appalachian Fiddle Music, Matthew S. Emmick
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
The History and Influence of Black Baseball in the United States and Indianapolis, Scott Clayton Bower
Buchi Emecheta : A Novelist's Image of Nigerian Women, Kirstin Lynne Ellsworth
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
The Resurgence of Xenophobic Nationalism in Contemporary France: Jean-Marie Le Pen and the National Front, Selinde M. Dulckeit
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Was Kennedy's Way the Best Way?, Lisa Anne Erb
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Schoenberg's Moses and Aron; A Logical Succesor to Nineteenth-Century Opera?, Steven Neil Tyler
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
A Conflict of Cultures: Alsace-Lorraine, 1871-1918, Karen Lynn Eiler
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
T. Thomas Fortune: Land, Labor and Politics in the South, 1883-1886, C. Edward Shacklee
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Gogol: An Overview, David Paul Allen
Contacts between Rome and Ancient Ethiopia, John Theodore Swanson
Representative Works of Benjamin Britten's Church Music, Stephanie Turner
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
The Reformatory and Choreographic Contributions of Micheal Fokine, Elaine Louise Bauer
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Six chansons of Paul Hindemith : An Analysis in Relation to Performance, Pamela Jean Flory