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This collection contains graduate student theses and dissertations from the UNLV College of Education. Records are organized by Year, Author, and Title. To view the entire collection of UNLV theses and dissertations across all programs, visit the UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones collection.
Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Solving the 2-Sigma Problem With ChatGPT: A Case Study on the Double-Entry Accounting System, Dieudonne A. Affognon
Principal Perceptions of Autonomy and Its Relationship to Job Satisfaction, Kay H. Barlow
Exploring AI-Driven Scaffolding for Critical Questioning in Argument Evaluation, Ebenezer A. Belete
The Role of Listening to Music for Self-Regulated Learning: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Bridget Kathryn Daleiden
Púchica! Central American Students Navigating a Community College in the Southwest, Reina Ferrufino
Goals, Properly Technical: Special Education Teachers Using ChatGPT to Develop Individualized Student Goals, Travis Hammond
Student-Athlete Flourishing in Intercollegiate Athletics: A Mixed Methods Study, James Hines
Racial Autobiographies and Readiness to Be a Social Justice Leader, Traci Holloway
Portraits of Resiliency and Possibility: Women Superintendents as Trailblazers for Future Leaders, Lisa Michelle Martin
Exploring the Impacts of Contextualized Learning in an Engineering-Specific Corequisite Precalculus Course on Student Achievement, Motivation, and Belongingness, Amy Mathis-Leonard
Expanding Access to High-Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Their Families in Nevada, Turia M. Penkalski
Implications of Role Ambiguity: Task Assignments for Secondary Assistant Principals, Melonie Poster
Examining the Relationships among Collaborative Teaching Practices, Self-Efficacy, and Teachers' Self-Regulation in Charter School Culture, Melissa J. Seltenreich
The Ansias of Persistence: How Latin* Students With Dis/abilities Navigate Academic Support at a High Hispanic-Enrolling Institution, Dañelle N. Sundell
Exploring Non-Native English Learners’ Attitudes Towards AI and Online Multimedia Persuasive Opinions and the Role of Sentiment, Zvetomira N. Svetleff
From Culture to Classroom: The Influence of Professional Learning Communities on the Learning Organization and High-Cognitive Demand Instruction, Rebecca J. Tschinkel
An Ex Post Facto Study: The Social Validity of Two Evidence-Based Instructional Practices, K. Ryan Wennerlind
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
'We Owe, You Know, the World Our Perfection': How the Neurodiversity Paradigm Informs Autistic Women's Self-Perceptions, Katybeth Adamo
Pre-Service Teacher Self-Efficacy for Classroom Management and Evidence Based Practices for Managing Classroom and Challenging Behaviors, Mathew Benthin
New Teachers’ Mentoring Expectations and Experiences: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study, Preston Maurice Blakely
Curriculum as Contraband: Toward a Critical Pedagogy Praxis within Higher Education in Prison, Rebecca W. Blunk
Individual Differences Matter: Examining the Relationship Between Transfer Students’ Identity and Social Presence in Online Learning, Le Quanda L. Boldin-Cole
Latinx Aspiring Teachers at Hispanic Serving Institutions: A Latcrit Narrative Inquiry, Esmeralda I. Carretero Rodriguez
Musical Language and Communication: Students Connect Music Streams to Literacy, Mathematics, Science, And Movement, Kelly Collier
Beyond Barriers: Improving Employment Outcomes for Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum, Kendra L. Cope
The Miseducation of Taylor Cummings: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Belonging in The United States Education System and A Vision Towards Healing and Consciousness, Taylor N. Cummings
In Their Voices: An Exploration of the Experiences of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander Students in Special Education, June Priscillia Dennis
Confining Curiosity: An Ethnographic Study Analyzing the Operation of Science Education in a Disciplinary Alternative School, Maizie Vaughn Dyess
Creando Conexiones Verdaderas?: Examining Latinx Families’ Lived Experiences with Family-School Partnerships, Jacqueline M. Eddy
Advanced Literacies in the 21st Century: Examining A Narrative-Based Video Game as A Stealth Assessment for Comprehension, Joseph Paul Fiorentini
Surviving Graduate School: A Three-Paper Exploration of Latinx Graduate Students’ Basic Needs, Ariana Lucia Garcia
A Novel Game-Based Assessment of Risk-Taking Propensity: Development and Psychometric Evidence, Danielle L. Head
Becoming a Researcher: A Critical Multiphase Mixed Methods Study of Identity and Efficacy Among Graduate Students of Color, Monica J. Hernández-Johnson
Examining the Complementary Nature of Working Memory and Dual Coding Theory, Elizabeth Hofschulte Collins
The Cycle Paradox: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Excess Credit Accumulation in Public Higher Education, Megan Hullinger
Post-Probationary Principals’ Perceptions of Professional Development, Matthew Jackson
Overcoming The Labor Shortage: Enhancing PGA Associate Education Through Targeted Support, Brian Milford Jones
Undergraduate Student Experiences of Flow in Culturally Relevant and Contextual Digital Math Games, Kaylie Kurland
A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Adolescents with Emotional Behavioral Disorders in High School, Melissa Lawson
Preparing Aspiring School Administrators for Data-Informed Decision-Making, Brandi March
Reaching Out, Growing Within: An Explanatory Approach to Understanding Science Teachers’ Support-Seeking Behaviors and Self-Determination, Mayra A. Marquez-Mendez
Realizing And Practicing Teaching as A Calling: Narratives from Black Women Teachers in Urban K-12 Public Schools, De'ana Renee Mauldin
Exploring the Application of Complexity Theory and Interdisciplinary Study in Clinical Psychology, Iman Motlagh Arani
A Mixed Methods Study of Teacher Job Satisfaction and Principal Support in Private Jewish Day Schools Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory, Abigail E. Moyal
Intersectionality in STEM: Restoring the Missed Education of the Black Female, A Mixed Methods Investigation, Sarah Monique North
The Impact of Formally Trained Teacher Leaders on Student Outcomes, Jodi Notch
Perceptions And Behaviors of Female Title I Principals and Faculty Trust in The Post-Covid-19 Educational Environment, Jessica A. Robbins
Telling Herstory: The Preparation, Perspectives, and Persistence of Novice Black Women Principals, Dana Roseman
Enhancing Stem Career Interest in Students with Disabilities in a Self-Contained Classroom through Modified Coolthink@JC Lessons Incorporating Scratch Coding, Acie Terrell Russell
Teacher Perceptions of Their Role in Aspiration Development with Diverse Students with Disabilities, Joseph Edward Simmons Jr.
Elevating Education: Leveling Up Individual Learning Plans, Maximum Mgrdich-Ararat Sirabian
Capturing the Intersection of Black-American, Muslim Males and Education: Exploring Their Attitudes, Perceptions, and Lived Experiences Within an Islamic Consciousness, Kirk A. Talib-Deen
Deaf College Students’ Lived Experiences in Pk-16 Education: A Deaf Crit-Informed Qualitative Study, Bridget Catherine Taylor
Modeling the Mojave: A Multiphase, Mixed Methods Phenomenological Investigation of Novice Understanding of a Complex Ecological System, Nicole Juliana Thomas
Las Voices: The Impact on Black Young Males in a Critical Mentorship Program in the Las Vegas Valley, Sean C. Tory
School Leadership’s Impact on Teacher Turnover Post Covid-19, Andrea C. Womack
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Internationally Trained Teachers: Filipinos Working with Children with Disabilities in the U.S.: A Multiple Case Study, Joseph C. Abueg
Factors Shaping Charter School Leaders’ Student Recruitment Practices in Southern Nevada, John E. Aydogdu
Implicit Bias: Principal Leadership and Social Justice, Tamra Lynn Brooks
A Case for the Caldecott: Librarians Tell the Story, Nicole Bylina-Streets
Early Childhood Teacher Knowledge: Distinguishing Between Developmentally Appropriate Behavior and Maladaptive Behavior, Michela Carattini
This is My Place: The Academic Library as a Retention Resource, Ted Chodock
Using Student Voices to Inform Educational Reform: Exploring High School Educational Desires to Improve Curricular Decisions, Anna Colquitt
Cultured Coils: A Multiple Case Study Exploring Black Mothers’ Hair Choices and the Impacts on Their Black Daughters, Acacia R. Dorsey
Let’s Get in (Racial) Formation: A Three-Paper Exploration of Dual- and Multiple-Designated Minority-Serving Institutions, Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza
Female Adolescent Cyberbullying: Exploring Students' Intentions to Pursue a Postsecondary Education, Ryan Evans
Causal Attribution Tendencies of Early Childhood Practitioners and the Efficacy of Attribution Retraining, Alex J. Faucheux
An Analysis of Truancy Causes and Prevention Programming in Clark County, Nevada, Jennifer Ashley Fletcher
Effect of Epistemic Cognition and Self-Regulation on the Evaluation of Online Information, Devin T. Foschi
Predicting High School Students' Stem Career Choice Through Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms and Chi-Square Analysis, Zekeriya Gogebakan
Promoting Situational Interest in Computer Science Classroom: A Utility Intervention Approach, Mustafa Gunozu
Roadblocks to Momentum: An Analysis of College Major GPA Restrictions and Stranded Students, Michael J. Hack
Peer Led Learning Curriculum on Sexual Education, Hannah Harris
Dónde Está Mi Gente? Latinx/a/os in Rural Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Juana K. Hinojosa
A Culturally Responsive Approach to Mindfulness and Mental Health Informal Education, Anastasia Jerbic-Gonzalez
Persisting Inequity: School Administrators’ Social Dominance Orientation and Disciplinary Practices, Abigail Johnson
Becoming a Bicultural High School Teacher in the United States: An Autoethnography of a Latina Educator, Silvina Jover
Self-Regulated Learning through Self-Concordant Goals, Social Modeling and Sustainability Focus, Oana Mandrutiu-Iancu
Voices of Change: Oral Histories of Ethnic Studies Leaders in Racialized Organizations, Bucket Manyweather
It’s Time to Turn the Page: A Thematic Analysis of Award-Winning African American Picturebooks, Alana Mccall
Voices From the Field: Black Women Who Have Successfully Transcended the Leadership Pipeline into Superintendency, Brione A. Minor-Mitchell
Dismantling the Stigma of "Strong Black Girl" & "Strong Black Boy:" Cultural and Gender Differences in Trauma and Suicidality Among Black Adolescents, Tiffany Mosier-Hunter
A Multiple Case Study on Student-Centered Teaching and Educational Equity for Diverse Learners, Lei Ping
Preservice Teachers' PK-12 Educational Field Trip Experiences: Teaching Beyond the Classroom, Cecilia A. Turman
Enhancing the Relationships Between Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Their Teachers, Jack Watts
LMS Acceptance by Higher Education Faculty Post-ERT Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Victoria L. Weaver