Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Assessing a combined theories approach to climate change communication, Ted Greenhalgh
Bilingualism and math cognition, Michelle M. Guillaume
Examining experience in depressed and nondepressed individuals, Jedidiah D. Gunter
Modeling and Control of a Flexible Ionic Polymer Metal Composite(IPMC) Actuator for Underwater Propulsion, Shivakanth Gutta
Enhancing therapists' clinical judgments of client progress subsequent to objective feedback, Michael M. Haderlie
The Relationship of Ethnicity and Familial Factors in the Expression of School Refusal Behavior in Clinical and Community Samples, Courtney Marie Haight
Enhancing the cultural competence of women’s health nurses via online continuing education, Ella T. Heitzler
Exploring the factors that influence adequate yearly progress within elementary school settings, Shannon Marie Hennrich
Phylogeography of a vanishing North American songbird: The painted bunting (Passerina ciris), Connie Ann Herr
The Development and evaluation of a safety skill intervention for child victims of neglect, Heather H. Hill
Creating effective leadership development programs: A descriptive quantitative case study, Spencer Holt
Raman Spectroscopic Study of Solid Solution Spinel Oxides, Brian D. Hosterman
Teacher gesture in a post-secondary English as a second language classroom: A sociocultural approach, Natalie Hudson
Peripheral soldering of flip chip joints on passive RFID tags, Md Syful Islam
Self-assembling organic semiconductors with tunable electronic properties based on novel asymmetric phenazine and bisphenazine, Kyoungmi Jang
Impact of home hospital program on empowerment and professional practice behaviors, Marcille Jo Jorgenson
Association of oceanic-atmospheric oscillations and hydroclimatic variables in the Colorado River Basin, Ajay Kalra
The relationship between participation in extracurricular activities and Utah's proficiency assessments of students in a suburban school district, Everett N. Kelepolo
Alumni participation: An investigation using relationship marketing principles, Lisa Ann Kelleher
Clarinet performance practices for Alberto Ginastera's "Variaciones concertantes": Solutions for orchestral auditions and performances, Thomas James Kmiecik
The Effect of working memory and math ability on decision making, Jeremy A. Krause
Environmental engagement demand differences within and among Holland academic environments, Derek K. Lester
Graduating BSN students' EBP knowledge, EBP readiness and EBP implementation, Ludy SM. Llasus
Numerical Simulations of Accretion Disks and Extrasolar Planets, Stefan Luketic
Colonel John R. Bourgeois: A biography and analysis of transcription style, Jeffrey Alan Malecki
Investigating the effects of a combined problem-solving strategy for students with learning difficulties in mathematics, Dustin B. Mancl
Nabokovilia: References to Vladimir Nabokov in British and American Literature and Culture, 1960-2009, Juan Martinez
The Effect of Pre-collaborative Activity Instruction on Self-efficacy, Robert Ray Mattson
Licensing policies of public school principals, Jerri Mausbach
Modeling gamma-ray bursts, Amanda Maxham
Woman or warrior? How believable femininity shapes warrior women, Jessica D. McCall
Learning middle school mathematics through student designed and constructed video games, Camille M. McCue
A Change of heart: A phenomenographic study of conversation, Marjorie Kay Meckes Conner
Causes of job turnover in the public school superintendency: An explanatory analysis in the western United States, Toby A. Melver
Engaging non-alumni advisory board members in hospitality education, Judy A. Nagai
Phylogeography of three heteromyid taxa: Insight on the evolution of a North American arid grassland rodent guild, Sean A. Neiswenter
Quantification of stochastic uncertainty propagation for Monte Carlo depletion methods in reactor analysis, Quentin Thomas Newell
A Montage in Its Leaves, Andrew S. Nicholson
Set in stone: Legends, traditions, and symbols influencing place attachment for Southern Utah University students, Claudine Nielsen
The American Homophilic School of Composition, Rik Noyce
The Father Birth, Alissa Nutting
Students with reading disabilities participating in literature discussions: A case study, Elysha Patino O’Brien
A Mixed methods exploration of principal communication and school climate, Reece Oswalt
Global and specific controls of protein synthesis in hibernators, Peipei Pan
Synthesis, extraction, dissolution, and voltammetry of f-species in a room temperature ionic liquid solvent, Wendy Jacqueline Pemberton
Information Extraction in an Optical Character Recognition Context, Ramon Pereda
Sew speak! Needlework as the voice of ideology critique in The Scarlet Letter , "A New England nun," and The Age of Innocence, Laura L. Powell
Assisting the accompanying partner: A dramaturgical explanatory study of dual career couples offices, Christine Promin
The Road traveled to becoming a safe high school, Monica J. Pufky Cortez
Examining the experience of recent war veterans who report posttraumatic stress disorder, Neda C. Raymond
Adjusting payroll with changes in business volumes: An examination of Nevada gaming properties, Toni A. Repetti
Magma chamber processes at Mutnovsky Volcano, Russia, Kelly L. Robertson
Best instructional practices for distance education: A meta-analysis, Robin Michael Roberts
Equilibrium speciation of select lanthanides in the presence of acidic ligands in homo- and heterogeneous solutions, Troy Robinson
The male educational leader in Utah: Gender dynamics, power, and relational leadership in a Mormon dominant culture, Rick Robins
“'You done cheat Mose out o' de job, anyways; we all knows dat'”: Faith healing in the fiction of Kate Chopin, Karen Kel Roop
Evaluation of interim sessions in state legislatures, Laurie Erin Russell
Climate change in rural Nevada: The influence of vulnerability on risk perception and environmental behavior, Ahmad Safi
Resilient leadership in high poverty schools, Edward P. San Nicolas
An examination of the preparation, experiences, and attitudes of effective school leaders of students with disabilities: Voices from the field, Patricia Ann Schultz
Cognitive load of critical thinking strategies, Hanem Shehab
Factors which influence the use of active learning strategies by nursing faculty, Deborah Lowell Shindell
Cyber physical complex networks, modeling, analysis, and control, Neveen Shlayan
Credit Fluctuations and Lodging Firms: An Investigation of the Differing Capital Structures in the US Lodging Industry, Dipendra Singh
A case study of organizational change: College restructuring in response to mandated department eliminations, Brandy Dyan Smith
Molecular evolution and historical biogeography of new world birds, Brian T. Smith
Adolphe Nourrit, Gilbert Duprez, and the high C: The influences of operatic plots, culture, language, theater design, and growth of orchestral forces on the development of the operatic tenor vocal production, Micheal Lee Smith Jr.
Testosterone and vasopressin in men’s reproductive behavior, Eric T. Steiner
The utilization and effectiveness of the HESI E(square) exit exam as a graduation requirement toward increasing NCLEX-RNRTM pass rates in baccalaureate nursing programs, Debra Henline Sullivan
Second-order conditioning in Drosophila, Christopher J. Tabone
Pain tolerance and thresholds in women with dyspareunia: Do pain and sex primes have differential effects?, Lea Thaler
Gambling with lives: A history of occupational health in southern Nevada, 1905--2010, Michelle Ann Turk
In quest of a dropout theory: Examining the utility of an ecological approach through survey research, Tiffany G. Tyler
Gamma-ray burst populations, Francisco J. Virgili
Spectroscopic methods of process monitoring for safeguards of used nuclear fuel separations, Jamie Lee Warburton
Being outside learning about science is amazing: A mixed methods study, Michelle L. Weibel
The Whiter lotus: Asian religions and reform movements in America, 1836-1933, Edgar A. Weir Jr.
Analyzing the relative efficiency of Nevada secondary schools, Jesse Welsh
The development and validation of a tool to measure self-confidence and anxiety in nursing students while making clinical decisions, Krista Alaine White
Co-development of biological soil crusts, soil-geomorphology, and landscape biogeochemistry in the Mojave Desert, Nevada, U.S.A. – Implications for ecological management, Amanda Jean Williams
School counselor assignment in secondary schools: Replication and extension, Jennifer L. Williamson
Cyberbullying in schools: A research study on school policies and procedures, Brian Wiseman
Financial performance and capacity analysis for the MICE industry in Las Vegas and the United States, Li-Ting Yang
The long-term impact of a loyalty program: An evaluation from a Las Vegas casino hotel, Myongjee Yoo
Prayer in Jewish community high schools: Generation Y Jews in an era of unlimited choices, Yonatan Yussman
The Dilemma of minors’ access to adult content on the Internet: A proposed warnings solution, Helen Zaikina-Montgomery
A Multi-wavelength study on gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows, Binbin Zhang
Optical network-on-chip architectures and designs, Lei Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Neuropsychological and emotion processing deficits in adults with bipolar disorder, Christina M. Armstrong
Toward the development of a model to estimate the readability of credentialing-examination materials, Barbara Anne Badgett
Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers and Sifting through the Ruins: An analysis of two chamber song cycles by Libby Larsen, Juline Erika Barol-Gilmore
Mariah Black: A Novel, Mark D. Baumgartner
An Annotated guide to flute and guitar music, Kristi Benedick
Fabrication, characterization and simulation of non-lithographic nanostructures and their potential applications, Neelanjan Bhattacharya
A Comparison of special education teachers’ and administrators’ perceptions of school climate factors leading to teacher attrition, Jennifer C. Boeddeker
The Role of ecdysone signaling in fat-body tissue remodeling and pupal metabolism, Nichole Dinell Bond
Presenilin is necessary for the function of CBP in the adult Drosophila CNS, Randy S. Boyles
Antonin Dvorak, Biblical Songs, Op. 99: A transcription for wind orchestra with historical context and transcription method, Raymond T. Brown