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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 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
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
Methodologies For Studying NIH Funded Laboratory Output: A Mixed Methods Approach, Hannah Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Voices From the Desks: Reconceptualizing the Mentoring of Beginning Teachers, Matthew R. Albert
Assessing Social Attention in Social Interactions: A Second-Person Approach to Eye-Tracking Research and Interventions, Catherine A. Bacos
Toward Data Science for Research in Novel Online Learning Environments: A Mixed Method, Complex Systems Approach, Mark Carroll
Developing a Growth Mindset Among Undergraduate College Students, Monica Ceja Rodriguez
Where Will I Sleep Tonight? A Qualitative Case Study of Homeless and Displaced College Students, Andria Lynn Coleman
Teachers’ Relationship Ratings of Adolescents with and without the “Emotional Disturbance” Label, Ashley Colson
Principals’ Perceptions of School Sponsored Field Trips, Melissa Suzanne Giannantonio
Inequities in the Student Conduct Process: An Analysis of a State System of Higher Education, Lucas J. Graff
Instructional Practices that Foster Argumentative Discourse in Secondary Science Classrooms, Alicia N. Herrera
The Closing of One Black Box, The Opening of Another: A Self-Study of How an Instructional Coach Makes Decisions, Andromeda L. Hightower
Individual Differences in Police Officers’ Decision Styles in Order Maintenance Policing, Damarrah Elisheba Jameson
A Qualitative Descriptive Case Study of Teaching Multicultural Education in A High School Civics and Economics Class, Averill Duane Kelley
Beyond the Surface: A Novel In-Game Behavioral Observation Matrix to Assess Video Game Expertise, Sam A. Leif
Examining Athletic Training Educators’ Perceptions of the Entry-Level Master’s Degree, Elizabeth León Zaragoza
Profiles of Cross-Domain Motivational Beliefs: Relations With Engagement and Gender, Alireza Maghsoudlou
Longitudinal Relations among Expectancy-Value Beliefs, Achievement, and Intentions to Leave for Health Science Students, Kyle C. Mefferd
The Effects of the Diversion Program on Student Resilience, Mandi L. Merrill
A Multiple Case Study Examining the Role of Racism in the Development of Relationships between White Teachers and Students of Color, Skeeter Newman
Using Critical Questions to Improve Perspective Taking Online, Christina M. Nishiyama
Systemic Theoretical Instruction: Tense and Aspect in Italian a Sociocultural Study of American Learners of Italian, Charles Joseph Panarella, Jr.
A Qualitative Exploration of Parent Involvement Programs in Higher Education, Heather Rappaport