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Open Access Theses & Dissertations

1. Does UC require me to make my thesis/dissertation open access? 2. Can I delay open access to my thesis? 3. I’m working on my thesis/dissertation and I have copyright questions. Where can I find answers? 4. Where can I find UC Theses and Dissertations online?

1. Does UC require me to make my thesis/dissertation open access?

Several UC campuses have established policies requiring open access to the electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) written by their graduate students. As of March 25, 2020, there is now a systemwide Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations , indicating that UC “requires theses or dissertations prepared at the University to be (1) deposited into an open access repository, and (2) freely and openly available to the public, subject to a requested delay of access (’embargo’) obtained by the student.”

In accordance with these policies, campuses must ensure that student ETDs are available open access via eScholarship (UC’s open access repository and publishing platform), at no cost to students. By contrast, ProQuest, the world’s largest commercial publisher of ETDs, charges a $95 fee to make an ETD open access. Institutions worldwide have moved toward open access ETD publication because it dramatically increases the visibility and reach of their graduate research.

Policies and procedures for ETD filing, including how to delay public release of an ETD and how long such a delay can last, vary by campus. Learn more :

• UC Berkeley: Dissertation Filing Guidelines (for Doctoral Students) and Thesis Filing Guidelines (for Master’s Students)
• UC Davis: Preparing and Filing Your Thesis or Dissertation
• UC Irvine: Thesis/Dissertation Electronic Submission
• UCLA: File Your Thesis or Dissertation
• UC Merced: Dissertation/Thesis Submission
• UC Riverside: Dissertation and Thesis Submission
• UC San Diego:  Preparing to Graduate
• UCSF: Dissertation and Thesis Guidelines
• UC Santa Barbara:  Filing Your Thesis, Dissertation, or DMA Supporting Document
• UC Santa Cruz: Dissertation and Thesis Guidelines (PDF) from the Graduate Division’s Accessing Forms Online page

2. Can I delay open access to my thesis/dissertation?

Some campuses allow students to elect an embargo period before the public release of their thesis/dissertation; others require approval from graduate advisors or administrators. Visit your local graduate division’s website (linked above) for more information.

In 2013, the American Historical Association released a statement calling for graduate programs to adopt policies for up to a six year embargo for history dissertations. Many scholars found this extreme, and a variety of commentators weighed in (see, e.g., discussions in The Atlantic , The Chronicle of Higher Education , and Inside Higher Ed ).  In addition, a memo from Rosemary Joyce, the Associate Dean of the Graduate Division of UC Berkeley, listed several advantages of releasing a dissertation immediately and added that “the potential disadvantages… remain anecdotal.” In the years since the flurry of writing responding to the AHA statement, the discussion of dissertation embargoes has continued, but the issues have remained largely the same. Thus, this memo from the UC Berkeley graduate dean (2013) remains an excellent summary.

3. I’m working on my thesis/dissertation and I have copyright questions. Where can I find answers?

Students writing theses/dissertations most commonly have questions about their own copyright ownership or the use of other people’s copyrighted materials in their own work.

You automatically own the copyright in your thesis/dissertation   as soon as you create it , regardless of whether you register it or include a copyright page or copyright notice. Most students choose not to register their copyrights, though some choose to do so because they value having their copyright ownership officially and publicly recorded. Getting a copyright registered is required before you can sue someone for infringement.

If you decide to register your copyright, you can do so

• directly, through the Copyright Office website , for $35
• by having ProQuest/UMI contact the Copyright Office on your behalf, for $65.

It is common to incorporate 1) writing you have done for journal articles as part of your dissertation, and 2) parts of your dissertation into articles or books . See, for example, these articles from Wiley and Taylor & Francis giving authors tips on how to successfully turn dissertations into articles, or these pages at Sage , Springer , and Elsevier listing reuse in a thesis or dissertation as a common right of authors. Because this is a well-known practice, and often explicitly allowed in publishers’ contracts with authors, it rarely raises copyright concerns. eScholarship , which hosts over 55,000 UC ETDs, has never received a takedown notice from a publisher based on a complaint that the author’s ETD was too similar to the author’s published work.

Incorporating the works of others in your thesis/dissertation – such as quotations or illustrative images – is often allowed by copyright law. This is the case when the original work isn’t protected by copyright, or if the way you’re using the work would be considered fair use. In some circumstances, however, you will need permission from the copyright holder.  For more information, please consult the Berkeley Library’s guide to Copyright and Publishing Your Dissertation .

For more in depth information about copyright generally, visit the UC Copyright site.

4. Where can I find UC Dissertations and Theses online?

All ten UC campuses make their electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) openly accessible to readers around the world. You can view over 55,000 UC ETDs in eScholarship , UC’s open access repository. View ETDs from each campus:

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Full text of most doctoral dissertations from UC Berkeley from 1996 forward. Index and full text of graduate dissertations and theses from North American and European schools and universities, including the University of California.

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Starting in 2011, the UC Berkeley Library stopped receiving dissertations in print and began to collect online only. Master's theses and projects from departments may still be collected in print. To locate dissertations, master's theses, and master's projects from a specific UC Berkeley department, search  UC Library Search   for the keywords  berkeley dissertations <department name> . 

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An index of over 3.5 million electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). To the extent possible, the index is limited to records of graduate-level theses that are freely available online.

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Characterizing compound coastal flood risk in urbanized communities: A Multivariate approach

• Lucey, Joseph
• Advisor(s): Gallien, Timu

Dose-Response and Viral Kinetics Analysis of SARS-CoV-1 in Non-Human Primates

• Lee, Philip Chan
• Advisor(s): Lloyd-Smith, James O.

Dose-response models are a key component of quantitative microbial risk assessment and can be used to estimate the infectious and lethal doses of novel emerging pathogens to help inform control and prevention measures. Unfortunately, obtaining estimates of infectious and lethal doses in humans can be difficult due to ethical constraints and limited data from experimental challenge studies of relevant animal models such as non-human primates (NHPs). NHP challenge studies tend to have small sample sizes and there are often only one or two dose levels within a single study, which makes dose-response modeling infeasible using data from single studies. Here, by using Bayesian computational methods, we developed an approach to aggregate NHP pathogen load data across multiple challenge studies in order to simultaneously analyze the dose-response relationship and within-host kinetics. We tested our approach by aggregating NHP viral load data across six SARS-CoV-1 challenge studies, and we obtained the first-ever ID50 estimates for SARS-CoV-1 in NHPs. Our work demonstrated the value in reusing previous data from animal experiments, and the modeling framework we developed can be applied to other pathogens, especially in cases where data is limited within individual studies.

Domesticating the International: The Uneven Enforcement of Investors’ Preferences and its Unintended Consequences

• Widmann, Monica
• Advisor(s): Geddes, Barbara ;
• Tornell, Aaron

This dissertation focuses on the dynamics of sovereign debt politics and the development and usage of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). What actions can creditors take against a sovereign country that fails to repay its debts? Can legislation passed in one country to regulate international transactions have economic consequences in other countries? The chapters in this dissertation attempt to answer these questions. Previous research has focused on the role of reputation in influencing the decision of a country to repay their debt and the perception of investors. I argue, however, that US courts are a critical tool in managing sovereign debt markets and in influencing investors’ decision to invest. To understand why US courts have the power to adjudicate disputes between investors and foreign states, Chapter 2 examines the era before the advent of the FSIA. In the pre-FSIA period, two branches of government—the Executive (the State Department) and Judicial—were responsible for deciding whether a state could be sued in courts or if the traditional norms of sovereignty would be respected. As such, a primary reason why the FSIA was passed was to minimize the role of the State Department in the decision-making of the judiciary. Chapter 3 examines how judges in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York apply the FSIA. When applying the FSIA to sovereign debt cases, liberal and conservative judges rule differently. Conservative judges are more likely to rule against defendants who are democracies than their liberal counterparts. Chapter 4 delves into the economic consequences of court judgments against the debtor nation and their impact on its economy. I argue and find that judicial decisions by US courts can affect the market because a ruling against the defendant debtor increases investor confidence to reinvest in a country, creating positive unintended consequences for the debtor state. To examine the development and role of US courts in disputes involving sovereign states, I collected and utilized three new data sets covering a time frame from 1811 until March 2022 that provide detailed information on sovereign litigation cases.

Label-Free Optical Mapping for Large-Area Biomechanical Dynamics of Multicellular Systems

• Lin, Yen-Ju
• Advisor(s): Chiou, Pei-Yu ;
• Candler, Rob

Biomechanical properties, such as cellular stiffness and cell-generating force, play pivotal roles in mechanotransduction, the process cells sense, adapt and respond to external stimuli in their surrounding microenvironments. They are critical biomarkers that can indicate the physiological states and molecular configurations of cells. Despite its promising scope, existing technologies for mapping large-area biomechanical properties are still limited, mostly restricted by the small field of view and scanning nature of traditional traction force microscopy (TFM). On the other hand, for a multicellular system to function properly, dynamic equilibrium and coordinated interplays between biomechanical, biochemical, and bioelectrical properties are crucial. Chaotic activities of either of these properties can break the equilibrium, subsequently interrupting the associated downstream events, and can even lead to fatal failure of the whole system. Therefore, the capability to perform real-time monitoring of dynamic changes can provide groundbreaking insights into the bidirectional interactions in biological systems.In this dissertation, a novel platform for mapping large-area biomechanical dynamics is proposed, designed, and established. The platform utilizes a massive number of optical diffractive elements embedded periodically in an elastic membrane to track the traction force generated by the cells seeded on top. Observation field of view up to 10.6 mm by 10.6 mm is achieved, which is 3 orders of magnitude improvement compared to traditional TFM. Meanwhile, high spatiotemporal resolution is maintained, allowing us to measure transient activities at cellular level. To demonstrate the capabilities of our platform for visualizing the large-area biomechanical dynamics in real-time, monolayer tissue composed of millions of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs) are seeded on our devices. For the first time, global trend and local heterogeneities of mechanical waves created by cardiac beatings of NRVMs are recorded concurrently with unprecedented details. Conduction patterns, activation time, activation durations, conduction velocities and dominant frequencies are analyzed temporally and spatially. In addition, several conditions, including spontaneous beating, electrical stimulation, and chemical stimulation are conducted. The results further highlight our platform’s potential for biological applications such as drug screening and pathological studies. Moreover, the label-free feature of our platform introduces minimized interruption to the physiological activities of cells, thereby extending the observation time of experiments. Recordings of biomechanical dynamics from the same NRVM cultures up to 7 days are reported. This is a dramatic enhancement compared to conventional optical mapping using fluorescent dyes, which often has hours-long observation window. Lastly, we integrated the platform with a fluorescent imaging system to conduct simultaneous mappings of the calcium ion concentration and biomechanical dynamics resulting from the cardiac beating of NRVMs. It is the first demonstration of detailed mechanical wave propagation and the corresponding calcium ion transient. Our innovative approach holds promise for studying the complex interplay between biomechanical, biochemical, and bioelectrical properties in biological systems.

Three Essays on International Economics

• Yang, Sihwan
• Advisor(s): Itskhoki, Oleg

This dissertation examines the role of invoicing currency and input-output (I-O) linkages between countries in the global economy. The way in which countries trade intermediate goods can serve as a transmission channel for propagating shocks, and in a sticky price environment, the currency used for bilateral trade transactions can have significant implications for exchange rate pass-through. The first chapter proposes a two-country static model in which countries trade final and intermediate goods with an exogenous invoicing currency. Through the lens of the model, an analytical framework is provided for how exogenous shocks affect prices, quantities, and global trade. The second chapter extends the baseline model to a quantitative multi-country model calibrated by data. Counterfactual analysis of the model suggests that expenditure switching in the calibrated model is muted by half compared to a model with full dollar invoicing. The last chapter constructs a multi-country, multi-sector model to analyze the impact of sanctions on Russian exports on global economy. Simulation results suggest that import restrictions imposed by Western countries on Russian energy exports can have varying effects on different countries. When Russia can redirect its exports to other countries under sanctions, export redirection benefits Russia's welfare, while most other countries experience a decline in welfareChapter 1 explores the role of input-output (I-O) linkages and invoicing currency in global trade. To this end, a theoretical model is proposed in which two countries, Home and the Rest of the World (ROW), engage in a bilateral trade transaction, with the United States (US) acting as the dominant currency country. The primary objective of the model is to analyze the impact of dollar appreciation resulting from contractionary US monetary policy on global trade, taking into account exogenous invoicing currency and I-O linkages. The baseline model suggests that the global trade response is dependent on the interaction between dollar invoicing shares and foreign intermediate input shares. Chapter 2 studies whether world trade is close to local currency pricing (LCP) or dominant currency pricing (DCP) using a quantitative model with calibrations. Recent literature has focused on the empirical fact that global trade is dominantly invoiced in a few currencies such as the US dollar or Euro. While the majority of international trade is intermediate goods trade, there is a conflicting opinion that questions if DCP prices at the border are allocative since final goods prices are sticky in local currency (LCP). Simulation results suggest that the global trade response to dollar appreciation of the calibrated model lies between the responses under a full DCP and full LCP model. Chapter 3 examines the impact of economic sanctions on Russian exports and the subsequent trade and welfare responses of countries using a calibrated model introduced by Baqaee and Farhi (2022). The results indicate that import restrictions imposed by Western countries on Russian energy exports can lead to negative welfare effects for these countries, particularly for EU nations heavily reliant on Russian energy imports. However, the impact on the overall world economy is quantitatively small, as Russia can redirect its exports to non-Western countries. Additionally, the analysis demonstrates that the welfare response of countries is influenced by the ability for Russian to redirect exports to another destination countries such as China, and trade elasticities, with less substitutability of goods across countries resulting in a more detrimental impact on Russia's welfare.

Discrete Differential Geometry-Based Modeling of Robots at Low Reynolds Number

• Lim, Sangmin
• Advisor(s): Jawed, M. Khalid

Robots on a microscopic scale, especially soft robots, are actively being developed for their potential in in-vivo therapeutic usage. Initially inspired by nature displayed through microscopes (e.g. bacteria, respiratory cilia), the physics of the robots at a low Reynolds number differentiates itself from the physics of the human scale. Traditional modeling and experimental methods for microbots require advanced microfabrication facilities and computationally expensive finite element methods due to innate objectives to interact with bodily fluids. Moreover, precise control and conclusive verification on a microscopic scale are often unfeasible due to technological limitations in manufacturing, control, and modeling. We resolve these challenges by combining discrete differential geometry-based modeling with embedded external force models and active material properties. We verify our modeling methods through experiments in various scales including desktop scale experiments, as well as millimeter and micrometer robot experiments, and exploit our model’s operability independent of the scale. The prominence of scale-independence of our model and desktop experiments enables us to analyze the characteristics of the behavior of the robots operating in a low Reynolds number at a low-cost viable scale with less challenge in microfabrication and control. The form factor choices for our robots are bacterial flagella, cilia, and functional ferromagnetic soft robots, which share a common ultrastructure of rod and beam. A collection of modeling problems of ferromagnetic soft robots and bio-inspired locomotion at disparate length scales are explored.\First, we conduct a desktop-scale experiment, which resembles the propulsion mechanism of bacteria, using two artificial elastic flagella. The locomotion of the near straight-line motion of bacteria called bundling occurs when both flagella are rotating in the same direction. A 3D-printed robotic prototype with a palm-sized body was submerged in glycerine for the experiment. We implemented the discrete elastic rod (DER) method with Regularized Stokeslet Segments (RSS) method for hydrodynamics and a constraint-based contact model to verify our model against the experiment. Dimensionless analysis was conducted for the results to enable adaptation for robots of the same form factor with different scales. Furthermore, a comparison of propulsion due to single flagellum and preliminary findings on cyclic bundling and unbundling sequence is reported.

We then investigate the directional change mechanism of bacteria referred to as tumbling. Using a rigid robot experiment with RSS method and numerical simulation accounting for the righting moment of the head due to center of gravity, the tumbling behavior could be analyzed for controllability. The reults on attitude control of the robot inside a viscous medium using tumbling mechanism is reported. Furthermore, a non dimensional analysis enabled generalization of our results to microscale as well as help optimizing the design space of flagella for the best turn over ability.

Next using the programmable ferromagnetic soft robot of a rod, cilium, and functional robot configuration, we introduced a ferromagnetic coupling into the DER method. Our model shows excellent quantitative agreement with the experiment. The model could capture the dynamic buckling of the soft robot, the motion of an mm-scale ciliary robot in glycerol, and the microscale functional robot with walking, jumping, and rolling gait modes. Our modeling method is the fastest for ferromagnetic soft robots with frictional contact known thus far. With the rod model with fixed boundary conditions, faster than real-time simulation was achieved.

Lastly, a coordinate invariant, machine learning (ML)-based, reduced-order hydrodynamics model suited for helical form factors was developed. The ML-based hydrodynamics model shows the accuracy of a high-fidelity hydrodynamics model (RSS) with the speed of an empirical coefficient-based local hydrodynamics model for a low Reynolds number flow.

Link, transport, integrate: a Bayesian latent class mixture modeling framework for scalable algorithmic dementia classification in population-representative studies

• Shaw, Crystal Ruth Michelle
• Advisor(s): Belin, Thomas ;
• Mayeda, Elizabeth Rose

Gold-standard clinical dementia adjudication is resource intensive and infeasible in large, population-representative studies which are critical for public health research. Algorithmic dementia classification uses models to predict cognitive impairment and was developed to circumvent challenges of the gold-standard adjudication process. Several algorithms have been developed to classify dementia in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and rely on information in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS), a substudy of HRS initiated in 2001. Existing algorithms cannot incorporate neuropsychological measures as they are unavailable in HRS, and models cannot be adapted to include more comprehensive measures available in newer studies.I propose a novel Bayesian latent class mixture modeling framework for algorithmic dementia classification that incorporates information from neuropsychological measures and can be adapted to include more comprehensive measures available in updated studies. The model uses latent class mixture models to create synthetic versions of datasets, incorporating information on relationships between sociodemographic, health, and cognitive measures and cognitive impairment classes through prior distributions based on studies with gold-standard adjudicated cases. This work involves three studies on aging: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), The Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP, HRS substudy), and the Aging and Demographics Study (ADAMS, HRS substudy). Simulation studies were conducted to evaluate the role of study sample size and priors specified based on different data sources and sampling frames and their impact on algorithmic dementia classification results and inferences on racial/ethnic differences in dementia. Analyses using priors from ADAMS accurately captured cognitive impairment classes preserved racial/ethnic differences in dementia for Black vs. White participants. Priors better calibrated to the analytic sample however improved estimates for Black and Hispanic participants and preserved racial/ethnic differences in dementia for Black vs. White and Hispanic vs. White participants. Applying the model to HCAP 2016 yielded reasonable estimates of cognitive impairment classes with proportions of impaired participants in line with findings published by HCAP investigators. This dissertation lays important groundwork for strengthening algorithmic dementia classification in population-representative studies. Outcomes from this work are directly applicable to existing studies on AD/ADRD that are harmonizable with HRS/HCAP.

Computational Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy for Biomedical Sciences

• Advisor(s): Gao, Liang

Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is a powerful imaging technique that enables the visualization of biological samples at the molecular level by measuring the fluorescence decay rate of fluorescent probes. This provides critical information about molecular interactions, environmental changes, and localization within biological systems. However, creating high-resolution lifetime maps using conventional FLIM systems can be challenging, as it often requires extensive scanning that can significantly lengthen acquisition times. This issue is further compounded in three-dimensional (3D) imaging because it demands additional scanning along the depth axis. To tackle this challenge, we developed two novel computational imaging techniques. The first technique is compressed FLIM based on a compressed sensing scheme. By leveraging the compressibility of biological scenes in a specific domain, we simultaneously record the time-lapse fluorescence decay upon pulsed laser excitation within a large field of view. The resultant system can acquire a widefield fluorescence lifetime image within a single camera exposure, eliminating the motion artifact and minimizing the photobleaching and phototoxicity. The imaging speed, limited only by the readout speed of the camera, is up to 100 Hz. We demonstrated the utility of compressed FLIM in imaging various transient dynamics at the microscopic scale. The second technique is light field tomographic FLIM (LIFT-FLIM). This approach allows for the acquisition of volumetric fluorescence lifetime images in a highly data-efficient manner, significantly reducing the number of scanning steps required compared to conventional point-scanning or line-scanning FLIM imagers. Moreover, LIFT-FLIM enables the measurement of highdimensional data using low-dimensional detectors, which are typically low-cost and feature a higher temporal bandwidth. We demonstrated LIFT-FLIM using a linear single-photon avalanche diode array on various biological systems, showcasing unparalleled single-photon detection sensitivity. Additionally, we expanded the functionality of our method to spectral FLIM and demonstrated its application in high-content multiplexed imaging of lung organoids. LIFT-FLIM has the potential to open up new avenues in both basic and translational biomedical research.

Racial and Temporal Differences in Fertility-Education Tradeoffs Reveal the Effect of Economic Opportunities on Optimum Family Size in the US

• Advisor(s): Scelza, Brooke A

Contemporary trends in low fertility can in part be explained by increasing incentives to invest in offspring’s embodied capital over offspring quantity in environments where education is a salient source of social mobility. However, studies on this subject often rely on homogenous populations, missing out on the opportunity to investigate how this relationship is impacted by structural factors that asymmetrically allocate economic opportunities between members of different groups. Using General Social Survey data from the US, I examine changes in the relationship between number of siblings and college attendance for White and Black respondents throughout the 1900s. Results showed that White individuals from larger families had a lower chance of completing at least four years of college education than individuals from smaller families, while the likelihood for Black individuals was more uniform across family sizes. Though results were not significant for every cohort, racial difference was generally larger in cohorts born in the early 1900s and converged in the later part of the century. These results explain variations in the timing of demographic transitions within subpopulations of a nation and suggest that the benefits of decreasing family size on educational outcomes may be conditional on the specific economic opportunities afforded to a family.

A Floer-theoretic interpretation of the polynomial representation of the double affine Hecke algebra

• REISIN-TZUR, EILON
• Advisor(s): Honda, Ko

We construct an isomorphism between the wrapped higher-dimensional Heegaard Floer homology of κ-tuples of cotangent fibers and κ-tuples of conormal bundles of homotopically nontrivial simple closed curves in T ∗Σ with a certain braid skein group, where Σ is a closed oriented surface of genus > 0 and κ is a positive integer. Moreover, we show this produces a (right) module over the surface Hecke algebra associated to Σ. This module structure is shown to be equivalent to the polynomial representation of DAHA in the case where Σ = T 2 and the cotangent fibers and conormal bundles of curves are both parallel copies.

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As of September 2010 all doctoral dissertations and masters theses are submitted to the  Proquest Dissertations & Theses database. Electronic copies of doctoral dissertations began to be available in 1997 while masters theses began to be available in September 2010. After a dissertation or thesis is submitted to Graduate Studies, it can take up to several months for it to appear in the database.

As of Spring Quarter 2021, theses and dissertations are also submitted to eScholarship .

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UC Davis theses and dissertations issued before 1978 are typically only available in Special Collections. These are stored offsite and are for use only in the Blanchard Special Collections Reading Room. They can be requested at  aeon.library.ucdavis.edu . Turnaround time is 48-72 hours.

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Dissertations and theses do not receive standard “subject” headings. Dissertation titles are required to be descriptive, so title word searches are often effective. Another strategy, applicable for dissertations only, is to search in Proquest’s Dissertations & Theses Database (limiting to UC Davis if desired), where one can search titles, abstracts, and subject descriptors.

Note: with our new catalog options, searching by dissertation subject heading is less used, but in case you need to know, UC Davis catalogs its theses and dissertations with a limited subject heading, constructed of the phrase Dissertations, Academic — University of California, Davis plus the name of the department in which the degree is granted, for example:

• Dissertations, Academic — University of California, Davis — Genetics

For 1989 and earlier, use the heading Dissertations, Academic — California plus the name of the department in which the degree is granted, for example:

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The Dissertations & Theses database provides access to the complete full-text of all University of California dissertations in addition to UC Davis doctoral dissertations from the year 1997 forward. Free 24-page previews are available for most other university theses and dissertations listed in the database from 1997 forward. Access to the ProQuest database and full-text is limited to UC computer addresses.

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1. What happens to the thesis or dissertation a graduate student files?

In the past, the physical manuscript was placed on the shelves of the UCLA library where it could be accessed by visitors and through the international interlibrary loan network. Today, digital access to the document is provided through the University of California Digital Library , our institutional repository. Additionally, the abstracts of theses and dissertations worldwide are indexed by ProQuest , SciFinder and other abstracting services. In the past, interested scholars who wanted to obtain copies of theses and dissertations would either write to the author or purchase paper, microfilm or microfiche copies from ProQuest, but now they can purchase electronic copies instead. Technology changes aside, graduate students retain the copyright on your dissertation, and will receive royalties when copies are purchased. See University of California Copyright for more information.

2. Can graduate students file their thesis or dissertation from outside the US?

Yes. Graduate students do not need to be physically present on campus to submit their thesis or dissertations. Graduate students only need access to the internet.

3. Do graduate students have to be registered when they file?

Graduate students must either register and enroll or, if eligible, use the Filing Fee .

4. Can a graduate student file during the Summer?

Yes. In order for a graduate student to file and receive a Summer degree, students must either register and enroll in a minimum of 4 units in a Summer Session or be on Filing Fee status.

5. Can a graduate student still file on paper?

No. Since March 13, 2012, only electronic filing is available for graduate students.

6. How can graduate students order hard copies of my thesis or dissertation?

Graduate students may order hard copies through ProQuest. Copies take about 5 weeks to ship after the manuscript is published by ProQuest. Graduate students can also order copies through the UC Bindery .

7. I’ve included co-authored works in my thesis or dissertation. How do I cite them?

You must include in your Acknowledgments section any material based on co-authored work that is published, in-press, submitted, or in preparation for publication. For each segment of the work that involved co-authors, you must identify (briefly describe) and acknowledge the specific contributions of each co-author. For details, see page 15 of the UCLA Thesis and Dissertation Filing Requirements .

8. Will my thesis or dissertation manuscript be sold to third-party retailers?

A graduate student’s thesis or dissertation is not shared with Amazon. ProQuest’s reseller program with Amazon has been discontinued, with all existing agreements ending in 2014.

1. What are the filing deadlines for graduate students?

Check the Deadlines page on our website.

2. What counts as submitting my thesis or dissertation by the deadline?

All of the following must occur by 5pm PST on the day of official deadline:

• All committee members have approved electronically
• Committee has certified you have passed the final oral exam (if applicable)
• A graduate student has submitted a final PDF via ProQuest
• A graduate student has completed the online Graduate Division process using the link at the top of  this page
• If the Graduate Division requests any changes, the graduate student will have submitted the specific changes within the designated time period

3. How will the Graduate Division determine my thesis or dissertation filing date and whether I’ve met the deadline?

The last date that all of the items listed above is complete will be your filing date for your thesis or dissertation. For example, if you submit your final dissertation PDF and complete the online process on May 31, three committee members sign on June 1, and the final committee member signs on June 2, your filing date will be June 2 assuming you have met all other degree requirements.

1. What is a certifying member?

Certifying members are responsible for approving your dissertation.  Effective Fall 2016, all doctoral committee members must read, approve, and certify the dissertation. All committee members must enter a decision for the final oral exam, if required.

2. Do my thesis or dissertation certifying committee members need to sign the committee page?

Certifying committee members approve the thesis or dissertation electronically. There is no signature page, but rather a committee page listing your certifying committee members in the manuscript.

3. Can a committee member approve a thesis or dissertation from outside of Los Angeles?

Yes. Professors can approve a thesis or dissertation from anywhere with access to the internet.

4. A graduate student’s UCLA faculty committee member prefers to use a non-UCLA email address. Can an email request be sent to that email address?

No. UCLA faculty will be notified via their UCLA email addresses. Graduate students are welcome to send a reminder email to her or his non-UCLA email address with the link (https://go.grad.ucla.edu) to the approval page.

5. How do committee members who are not from UCLA approve theses or dissertations?

Committee members from outside UCLA will still receive the email notification and go to a similar approval page as UCLA faculty.

6. Can graduate students check the status of when their committee members approve their manuscripts electronically?

Yes, after graduate students complete the online process they can log back in to the Graduate Division website to check the status.

Formatting Guide

1. What special characters can graduate students use in their titles?

Only the ones approved by UCLA. The list can be found on the  Formatting and Filing Information page.

FYI: ProQuest will NOT publish any special characters included in your title although the special characters will display when you submit your thesis or dissertation.

2. Does the Graduate Division have a LaTeX template?

No. Please consult with your graduate department or program.

3. Can Graduate Division check my thesis or dissertation formatting before submitting it to ProQuest ?

The Graduate Division will only check your thesis or dissertation formatting once you have submitted it to ProQuest.

Release of Manuscript

1. Why will my thesis or dissertation be available for public access after it has been filed by the university?

The UCLA Graduate Thesis and Public Dissemination Policy affirms the university’s commitment to open access of scholarly work.

It is the University of California’s expectation that the research and scholarly work conducted by graduate students that is incorporated into theses and dissertations will be made available to the public. UCLA requires that research and scholarly work conducted by graduate students and incorporated into theses and dissertations be made publicly available through the University of California’s institutional repository, eScholarship .

All theses and dissertations are available as open access via UC eScholarship unless a delayed release is selected.

2. When will I be able to view my thesis or dissertation on ProQuest?

6-8 weeks after you receive final confirmation from the Graduate Division.

3. When will I be able to view my thesis or dissertation on UC eScholarship?

2-3 months after you receive final confirmation from the Graduate Division.

4. What is the UCLA Thesis and Dissertation Submission Agreement?

The UCLA Thesis and Dissertation Submission Agreement allows graduate students to affirm their understanding of the rights and responsibilities associated with the submission of their manuscripts to the campus institutional repository, eScholarship .

All thesis and dissertation filers will complete the institutional repository agreement as part of the submission process via ProQuest.

In the process of filing a thesis or dissertation via ProQuest, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree at UCLA, graduate students agree to grant a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license to The Regents of the University of California (“University”). Graduate students retain copyright.

1. What does it mean for graduate students to register the copyright of their thesis or dissertation? 

The copyright of your work is inherent upon creation. Graduate Students do not need to register their copyright to enjoy copyright protection, but registration does provide some benefits. For full detail, read the U.S. Copyright Office circular “ Copyright Basics “. The benefits of registration are outlined on Page 7 of the circular.

2. I found images on the internet that I want to use in my thesis or dissertation. Is this OK?

Graduate Students should assume that anything produced by someone other than themselves is protected by copyright unless they determine otherwise. This includes items found on the internet. Items in copyright will need either permission or a fair use justification.

If you have flexibility in the final selection of your images, search for images that are 1) in the public domain, or 2) made available for reuse via a Creative Commons license . Such images can be incorporated into your dissertation without permission or concern for fair use.

3. I’ve provided attribution and a citation for the source material I used in my thesis or dissertation. That’s all I need, right ?

Proper attribution is absolutely required; that’s a part of academic integrity and good scholarship. But copyright permission, if necessary, is an entirely separate matter and covered by U.S. Code Title 17 .

4. Do I need permission for every image, chart and graph that I use in my thesis or dissertation from other sources?

It depends. Some materials may qualify under fair use, and others are best used with permission. Graduate students should consult the filing procedures for more detail, or for consultation on a specific situation, get assistance from a UCLA librarian at [email protected] .

5. I’ve obtained verbal permission to use copyrighted material in my thesis or dissertation. Is this sufficient?

Written permission is best. It can be as simple as an email granting permission. Graduate students should retain copies of all permissions in their files.

6. How do graduate students determine what they can use without permission under Fair Use?

If graduate students do not know the four-factor balancing test of Fair Use , they need to become familiar with it. For more information on Fair Use, we recommend you explore the UC Copyright website .

7. Can I use an article, which I previously authored and published, as a chapter in my thesis or dissertation without permission?

It depends on the agreement you signed with your publisher. Most agreements require you to transfer your copyright to the publisher. If this is the case, you must request permission from the publisher to “reprint” the article as a chapter in your thesis or dissertation. However, some agreements specify that you retain the right to reprint the article in your dissertation. Read your author agreement to see if you retained such rights; if you are unsure, consult with a UCLA librarian at [email protected] .

8. After my thesis or dissertation is published, can I reuse one of the chapters as the basis of a future journal article?

If portions of your thesis or dissertation have been previously published as journal articles, you are bound by the agreement you signed when that content was published. But in regards to the remaining, unique content of your thesis or dissertation: Yes, you own the copyright of your thesis or dissertation, and are free to adapt and republish it as you see fit.

9. For those items that require permission, do graduate students need that permission before they file?

Though it is highly recommended that graduate students secure permissions as early as possible, they DO NOT need those permissions in order before they file their theses or dissertations. Permissions are only necessary from ProQuest’s perspective, and theses or dissertations will be published on ProQuest only after the filing process is complete. So, there is a window of several weeks for graduate students to finish gathering permissions.

10. What happens if a graduate student cannot produce the necessary permissions if/when a copyright owner objects and ProQuest asks for them ?

If the inclusion of copyrighted material is challenged by the copyright owner of the material and/or ProQuest, then the publication will be removed from ProQuest until the issue is resolved. A full citation and abstract of the graduate student’s thesis or dissertation will remain.

This rare issue (less than 1% of dissertations are challenged in this manner) is most commonly resolved by redacting or removing the copyrighted content from your thesis or dissertation and resubmitting the modified document to ProQuest. This will require the graduate student to pay a processing fee to ProQuest. Keep in mind that the copyright owner must be amenable to this as a resolution.

11. Won’t having my thesis or dissertation freely available online reduce my chances of securing a book deal and/or publishing portions as journal articles?

If you are concerned that such availability would impact your ability to later publish the thesis or dissertation as a monograph, or derive a journal article from a chapter, several studies of publisher practices have shown that this is not the case. In a 2011 Publisher’s Survey , only 6% of monograph publishers and 3% of journal editors would “never” consider a work derived from a publicly available ETD. If you have concerns, you can embargo your dissertation for up to two years.

Delayed Public Dissemination (Embargo)

1. What does delayed public dissemination (embargo) mean?

Delayed public dissemination, commonly known as “embargo”, postpones public distribution of the thesis or dissertation that has been approved and filed with the university.

2. I chose to delay the release of my thesis or dissertation? When will the embargo begin?

The delayed release period in ProQuest will begin on the date that ProQuest receives your submission.

The delayed release period in eScholarship will begin on the date that your submission is approved by the Graduate Division.

3. Can I request to delay the release of my thesis or dissertation for more than two years?

Under rare circumstances and prior to the filing of the thesis or dissertation, the Dean of the Graduate Division may approve requests for time-delimited embargoes beyond the two-year limit. Please see the UCLA Graduate Thesis and Public Dissemination Policy for more information on the exception request process.

4. I did not delay the public dissemination of my thesis or dissertation at the time of submission. Can I request an embargo in eScholarship post-submission?

Graduate students who wish to delay public dissemination in eScholarship must select this option at the time they submit their theses or dissertations to the Graduate Division via ProQuest. Requests to embargo a thesis or dissertation after the manuscript has been filed in UC eScholarship are permissible only in exceptional circumstances, and require Graduate Division approval.

Please see the Thesis & Dissertation Filing Requirements for more information on the exception request process.

5. I think (or my research adviser thinks) that my thesis or dissertation work contains classified, secret or confidential information that cannot be disclosed to the public. Can I restrict access?

The University of California and UCLA do not have security clearances that permit the conduct of classified research on the UCLA campus (see page 2 of Responsibility for Executing Research Memo ). Further, the UCLA Graduate Council does not endorse the conduct of confidential research by graduate students; in instances where it is approved, the end results must be in an academically acceptable thesis or dissertation that can be deposited at the University without restricting access to it. In some cases, for example when a patent is being filed, it may be reasonable and appropriate to put in place an embargo that delays public release of the thesis or dissertation. Such an embargo should not be permanent, however. See pages 4 and 18 of the UCLA Thesis and Dissertation Filing Requirements , for guidelines and instructions on this option.

6. I have heard that publishers won’t publish articles based on results that have been presented in preliminary form in my dissertation. Is that true?

In general, no. Publishers recognize that work described in theses and dissertations is often preliminary and may require additional research and writing before it can be submitted to the journal. Theses and dissertations also have not undergone peer review. Consequently, the vast majority of scientific and scholarly publications do not view theses and dissertations as constituting prior publication that would render articles based on the work ineligible for consideration.

7. Depending on the academic field, books/monographs are considered the primary form of publication and the basis for getting an academic position. Do graduate students jeopardize their chance of getting future books published if their theses or dissertations are “out there”?

What publishers say is, “A dissertation is not a book.” The process of turning the dissertation into a book involves considerable transformation, which may include additional research, shifts in scope or emphasis, broadening or narrowing, refining of the arguments, and/or changes in style to appeal to the target audience. Because of these significant differences, and the fact that dissertations are not marketed, most publishers do not consider making a dissertation available in a public repository such as eScholarship (the UC Digital Library) as cause for rejecting a book proposal.

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The ProQuest  Dissertations and Theses  database indexes graduate dissertations from over a thousand graduate school and universities, and includes full-text access to dissertations published since 1997. The database also includes full-text dissertations from the University of California from:

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UC Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations

On March 25, 2020, the University of California issued a Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations. The systemwide policy, which aligns with those already in place at individual UC campuses, “requires theses or dissertations prepared at the University to be (1) deposited into an open access repository, and (2) freely and openly available to the public, subject to a requested delay of access (“embargo”) obtained by the student.” Theses and dissertations already made open access can be read in eScholarship, UC’s open access repository and scholarly publishing platform.

Alexandria Digital Research Library (ADRL) 

Some UCSB open access theses and disserations are in ADRL. Due to copyright restrictions and a need to obtain permission from the authors, not all years are available.

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UC's institutional repository and journal publishing platform. Not all campuses have electronic theses and disseartations in eScholarship. Due to copyright restrictions and the need to obtain permissions from authors, not all years are available online. UC campuses began accepting electronic theses and disserations (ETDs) submissions different years. For details see  ETD Preservation and Access Sevice: California Digital Library . UCSB's open access ETDS are in  ADRL . 

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations

An international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The website includes resources on how to find, create, and preserve ETDs; how to set up an ETD program; legal and technical questions; and the latest news and research in the ETD community.

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OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 5,031,307 theses and dissertations.

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