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This collection contains graduate student theses and dissertations from the UNLV College of Liberal Arts. 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 2018
Contesting and Constructing Gender, Sexuality, and Identity in Women's Roller Derby, Suzanne Becker
A Land to Call Their Own, Timothy James Buchanan
“Need We Mention Our Fashions? “The Educational, Entertaining, and Nostalgic Uses of Godey’s Lady’s Book Fashion Plates, 1830 To 1940, Maggie Bukowski
Mixing the Business of Pleasure: How Mixing Shaped the Labor and Narratives of Female Entertainers in Mid-Twentieth Century America, Evan Maryl Casey
Literature in the World: A Critical Discourse Study of World Literature Pedagogy, Elisa Cogbill-Seiders
Virginia Woolf and the Flâneuse: A Geocritical Approach to Mrs. Dalloway and the Voyage Out, Kayla Dean
Investigating Land Use by the Inhabitants of Western Cyprus During the Early Neolithic, Katelyn Dibenedetto
Life in Roman Canterbury: A Bioarchaeological Investigation of Health Status in a Late Romano-British Cemetery (AD 300-400), Elizabeth Sara Duffy
Mate Preferences among Single Mothers, Carol Yvette Franco
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder within Clinically Referred Youth, Breanna Garcia
To Remain Near the "Water Ditch," Paiute Sovereignty and United States Settler Colonialism, Owens Valley, California, 1870-1937, Lee Murray Hanover
Postpartum Maternal Mood among Hadza Foragers, Kristen Herlosky
"The Only People Who Can Get AIDS-Are People": The AIDS Crisis in Mainstream Crisis, 1981-1995, Franklin Howard
Examination of Mental Health and Family Relationship in Collegiate Athletes, Julia Hussey
Waiting For Nothing, Jiwoong Hyun
Change Deafness: A Comprehensive Examinations, Vanessa Claire Irsik
Supranational Identity Politics: Sovereignism in the EU, Emilio Jacintho
You're Out! Explaining Non-Criminal Diplomatic Expulsion, Anthony Jordan
Novice versus Expert Algebraic Problem-Solving Strategies: An Eye Tracking Approach, Krystal Kamekona-Mendoza
Investigating the Role of Liminality in the Cultural Transition of the Late Eighth Millennium BC on Cyprus, Levi Keach
Power and Authority of Royal Queen Mothers: Juxtaposing the French Queen Regent and the Ottoman Validé Sultan During the Early Modern Period, Reneé N. Langlois
School Bullying: Exploring Juvenile Victimization Trends with the NCVS School Crime Supplement (NCVS-SCS), Matthew Morris Le Claire
An Examination of Student-Athlete Stress and Risky Alcohol Use, Travis Albert Loughran
Fathers’ Caregiving in Fragile Families: Variation by Family Contexts, Gender Ideology, Race and Ethnicity, Rachel Teressa Macfarlane
Outer Space in a Western Place: How Environmental Perceptions of the American West Shaped the Space Race, William Marino
Working with Constraints: The Merit of Prudence, Matthew Martinez
Institutional Dissonance and Reserved Cooperation: Theory and Evidence from International Environmental Agreements, Erika Komura Masaki
Cultivating Children: Continuity and Change in African-American Child Labor During the Reconstruction Era, 1863-1877, Alan Mattay
How Instruction, Math Anxiety, and Math Achievement Affect Learning a Novel Math Task: Evidence for Better Instruction, Amy Jane Mcauley
Why Such Constriction of the Moral Sphere? The Importance of Social Coordination in Croatia’s Ethnic Conflict, Michael Arthur Moncrieff
An Evaluation of Alzheimer's Disease-related Pathology in Two Different Models of Diabetes in Immune-challenged Mice, Andrew Scott Murtishaw
Why Musical Groove Makes Us Move: An Electroencephalographic Investigation, Samantha Reina O'connell
Fighting For Fellowship: An Ethnographic Exploration of Mixed Martial Arts Culture in Las Vegas, Brian O'hara
Assessing the Potential for a Backfire Effect on Citizen Perceptions: A Test of Hot Spot Policing in Las Vegas, Steven Andrew Pace
Epidemiology of Love: A Survey, Maegan Poland
Nutrition Transition of Hadza Foragers: Implications for Juvenile Behavior, Trevor Pollom
Disastrous Voting, Moritz Peter Rissmann
The Structure of Psychopathology and Its Relationship to Personality and EEG, Vincent Rozalski
Evaluation of a Brief “Surf the Urge” Intervention, Kimberly N. Schubert
Envisioning Shadows in Romantic Ekphrasis and Early Photography, Joseph Kevin Tuvera Sebastian
Milk Teeth and Other Stories, Timea Sipos
Beyond All of This, Jack Stilwell
Case Study: Armenian and Cuban Ethnic Interest Groups in American Foreign Policy, Harry H. Terzian
Beyond the Bench and the Bedside: Examining Women’s Success in STEM via Active Learning Projects, Sarah E. Thoman
Predictors of Child and Adolescent Bias and Flexibility in the Attractiveness Domain, Stephanie Verba
Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Purchase Behavior: The Moderating Role of Self-Presentation, Mandy May Walsh
The New Cambrian Children, Shin Watanabe
The Effects of Physical Attractiveness in the Health Care Industry, Richard Shane Westfall
Hallucination Machines, Autumn Widdoes
Cosmic Valentine, Gabrielle Faith Williams
A Middle Pueblo II Production Zone for Shivwits Ware Ceramics: Implications for Understanding Settlement Patterns and Socio-Environmental Responses on the Shivwits Plateau, William Morrow Willis
Development of the Emotional Verbal Learning Test - Spanish (EVLT-S), Davor Nicolas Zink
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The Bioarchaeology of Inequality during the Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia, Cheryl Anderson
Reality and Nature in Robinson Jeffers, Joshua D. Bartee
Remember the Country and the Age in Which We Live": The British Gothic Novel in the Age of Enlightenment, 1764-1798, Garland David Beasley
Table of the Sun, Christine Bettis
An Evaluation of GABAB Receptors on Modulating Neuroinflammation in a Non-Transgenic Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Monica Bolton
Nonmonotonicity in Absolute and Relative Preferences for Real and Imagined Rewards, Nicholas Carfagno
A Historical Case Study of Title IX in Nevada: An Excellent Investment in Our Youth, Jason Clark
Worked to Leisure: The Intersections of Volunteerism, Work, and Leisure, Denise Nicole Cook
Temperament and Behavior Factors in a Community Sample of Youth with Selective Mutism, Rachele Alexandra Diliberto
Radio Spring, Kristian Louis Warren Einstman
Cacophony, Noha Elbadry
Learning to Adapt, Kelly Elcock
Effects of Judicial Primary Election Systems on Challenger Emergence and Candidate Success, Katherine Eugenis
Everything Is Real, Brett Finlayson
Aging and Fermentation as Adaptive Food Management Strategies in the Arctic, Celeste Giordano
Validity and Diagnostic Accuracy of Broad Symptom Measures and ADHD Symptom Ratings for Identifying Individuals with ADHD Combined and ADHD Inattentive, Stacy Jean Graves
The Engaged Eurosceptic: Explaining Eurosceptic Success and Failures in European Parliamentary Elections, Nathan William Henceroth
Belt of Pearls, Danielle Lee Henry
Studies in Words: Laborious Ben Jonson's Lexicon, Steven Hrdlicka
Parents' Perceptions of Smartphone Use and Parenting Practices, David Jackson Johnson
Same-Sex Focus in the Visual Attention of Heterosexual Women: An Investigation of Potential Explanations, Sarah C. Jones
Art and The Ordinary: Literary and Visual Constructs of the Mundane, Jenessa Kenway
Reconsolidating: The Effect of Spatial Context and Expectations, Chris R. Kiley
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Unfinished Business in Bereavement Scale, Kara Klingspon
They Knew Full Well, Matthew Johannes Kollmer
The Relationship Between Mood and Implicit Learning, Kathleen Larson
Neurocognitive Correlates of the Comprehensive Trail Making Test (CTMT) in Brain Injured Children, Abigail Rose Mayfield
Sexual Desire Trajectories: Heterosexual Individuals' Perceptions of the State and Trait Characteristics of Desire, Caroline Maykut
Acute Salivary Steroid Hormone Responses During Coalitional and Dyadic Competitions in Hong Kong Juvenile Children, Timothy McHale
Obligations of The State: State Behavior and The Occurrence of State Success, Brendan Mark Morris
Can Questionnaires Capture Inner Experience? A Validation Study of the Nevada Inner Experience Questionnaire, Stefanie Alison Moynihan
Subjective Beat Perception in Musical Rhythms in Adult Listeners, Karli M. Nave
It’s Not about Brooklyn, Elee Maybelle Oak
An Examination of Accuracy and Elaborations for Character Traits in a Narrative, Michael Palena
Social Cognition in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Elyse Parke
An Evaluation of the Effects of the Coach-Athlete Relationship on Athlete Mental Health, Corey Rae Phillips
The Psychophysiological Correlates of Personality, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Social Support, Meghan E. Pierce
Athlete Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Consequences: The Role of Drinking Motives, Michelle Pitts
The Role of Social Location in Coping with Caregiving, Jacqueline Ragin
Audits and Accountability in Non-Governmental Organizations, Kenneth J. Retzl
Reaching across Land and Ocean: Daughters of Bilitis, Minorities Research Group, and Resistance Formation in the International Lesbian Network, Linsey Scriven
Defining Problematic School Absenteeism Using Nonparametric Modeling, Kyleigh Kay Skedgell
The Transformation of American Federalism, 1848-1912, Lance Sorenson
Violence in the Canyons: The Human Cost of Raiding and Warfare in Northeastern Arizona (AD 300-~1300), Caryn Elizabeth Tegtmeyer
Strange Wedding, Ariana Nicole Turiansky