Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Psychopathy and Moral Decision Making, Dimitra Kourtesi
Probing the Ecological Functions of Thermophiles Using Cultivation-Dependent and Cultivation-Independent Techniques, Dengxun Lai
“Vice Cannot Afford to Have Virtue Dictate All the Terms of Its Existence”: The Viability and Visibility of Urban Prostitution in Nevada, 1859-1923, Christina M. Lamoureux
Statistical Classification using Selection and Ranking Methodologies with Statistical Learning, Jeong Jun Lee
Exploring Staff Nurses’ Perceptions of Nursing Student Enculturation Within Clinical Teaching: A Focused Ethnography, Larizza Limjuco Woodruff
The Relationship between Police Stress and Officer Misconduct, Leobardo Lopez-Cristobal
Self-Perception and Positive Stereotype Endorsement, Aileen Lovitt
Incarcerated Nations: Confinement, Removal, and Policing on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Mary Ludwig
Using Neighborhood Information to Improve Fiber Direction Estimation from Neuroimaging Data, Anjan Mandal
Voices of Change: Oral Histories of Ethnic Studies Leaders in Racialized Organizations, Bucket Manyweather
The Role of Surfactant Adsorption in Boiling Dynamics, Mario Mata Arenales
The Mitochondrial Membrane Potential as a Screening Tool for Immunostimulation, Kendra Mcglothen
Age, Gender, and Sexual Orientation and their Effects on Online Dating Motivations, Jenna Leigh Mcpherson
Exploring the Experiences of Nursing Faculty Working with Standardized Patients in Simulation: A Mixed Methods Study, Stephanie A. Meyer
Effectiveness of a Virtual Simulation Program as a Novel Approach to Improve Clinical Judgment in Prelicensure Nursing Students, Monica Millard
Voices From the Field: Black Women Who Have Successfully Transcended the Leadership Pipeline into Superintendency, Brione A. Minor-Mitchell
Behavioral Health, Mental Health, and Overall Well-Being of Informal Caregivers Before and After the Covid-19 Pandemic, Zahra Mojtahedi
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Chemistry: A Density Functional Study, Eduardo Montoya
Dismantling the Stigma of "Strong Black Girl" & "Strong Black Boy:" Cultural and Gender Differences in Trauma and Suicidality Among Black Adolescents, Tiffany Mosier-Hunter
Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Healthcare, Dwaipayan Mukhopadhyay
Reproducible Research Data Pipelines – Case Study of Bubble Collapse in Subcooled Nucleate Pool Boiling, Blake Naccarato
Investigation Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Capacitors through Fabrication, Experimentation, and Modeling, Liya S. Napollion
Translating Casino Servicescapes to Improve Architectural Responses Addressing Health and Wellness, Glenn Nowak
Investigations into the Relationship Between Menopause and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology in a Mouse Model with Ovarian Follicle Depletion, Amanda M. Leisgang Osse
Computational Study for Tissue-Specific Dosimetric Quantities of Secondary Radiation for Mars Exploration, Sungmin Pak
Mechanically Cost-Effective Approach For Bipedal Walking In Robots Using Instantaneous Collision Angle, Smit R. Patel
Boron-Doped Diamond as a Resilient Electrode Material in Molten Salts, Hannah Katherine Patenaude
The Effects of a Healthcare Simulation Escape Room on Clinical Judgment: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Jennifer Peltier
The Association Between Food Insecurity and Transportation Insecurity for Older Adults in Clark County, Nevada, Alyx Phillips
Case Trial Evaluations of an Optimization Approach to Mental Health and Sport Performance for Adolescent Athletes, Dereck Davy Phrathep
A Multiple Case Study on Student-Centered Teaching and Educational Equity for Diverse Learners, Lei Ping
Development of a Passive Drag Reduction Modification for the 25° Ahmed Body using Large Eddy Simulation, Skylar Polek
Mining Gambling Data for Modeling Gambling Behavior Patterns, Piyush Aniruddha Puranik
Dynamical Studies of Misaligned Circumbinary Disks, Ian C. Rabago
Examining the Risks and Resilience of Older Adults Living with HIV/AIDS: Qualitative Community-Based Participatory Research Studies in Southern Nevada, Brandon Ranuschio
Under the Neon Lights: Examining the Memories of Las Vegas' Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, William B. Ridgway
Sourcing Clays and Styles: Interaction Networks at the Elk Ridge Site, Southwestern New Mexico, Danielle M. Romero
Plant-Plant Interaction in Early- Vs. Late-Successional Varieties of the Hawaiian Landscape-Dominant Tree, Metrosideros polymorpha, Tomoko Sakishima
The Role of Cognitive Dysfunction in Late-Life Depression, Matthew Schurr
Exercising Metabolism in Female Athletes with Low Energy Availability, Marissa Reshma Shahani
Identifying Disease-Related Gene-Environment Interactions Based on Method of Moments, Linchuan Shen
Cultural Crisis, Performance and Ritual: A Bioarchaoelogy of Violence in Early Precontact North Alabama (8,000-3,000 BP), Diana Sherman Simpson
Understanding the Role of Discrimination in the Experience of Traumatic Stress in Latine, Michelle Strong
Internationalization Strategies of Asian Hotel Companies – A Knowledge-Integration Perspective, Wai Chat Sunny Sun
The Impact of Self-Service User Interaction Experience (SSUIE) On Subjective Wellbeing, Sherrie Tennessee
Cultivating Nursing Student Competency Through Serious Gaming Simulation-Enhanced Prebriefing, Shopha M. Tserotas
Preservice Teachers' PK-12 Educational Field Trip Experiences: Teaching Beyond the Classroom, Cecilia A. Turman
Fast Neutron & Gamma-Ray Scintillation and Broadband Photoluminescence from Gallium Nitride & Gallium Oxide: Developing Radiation-Hard Diagnostic Platforms, Daniel Jesus Valdes
Effects of Climate Change on (Semi)-Arid Ecosystems in the Southwestern United States, Charlotte Van Der Nagel
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
Density-Driven Investigations of Ruthenium Binary Compounds RuX2 (X = O, S, N), Melanie White
The Effects of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation on Excitability of the Primary Motor Cortices and Complex Motor Task Learning, Erik Woodruff Wilkins
Methodologies For Studying NIH Funded Laboratory Output: A Mixed Methods Approach, Hannah Williams
Alteration of Peripheral Cytokines in Alzheimer’s Disease, Zhengshi Yang
Understanding Disk Substructures with 3D Self-Consistent Thermodynamics, Shangjia Zhang
Delineating Genetic Influences on Neurodegenerative Disorders and Infectious Diseases Through Advanced Computational Methods, Xiaowei Zhuang
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Unraveling Water Quality Issues in the Colorado River Basin: Utilizing Remote Sensing Satellite Images, Statistical, and Machine Learning for Improved Monitoring, Godson Ebenezer Adjovu
Voices From the Desks: Reconceptualizing the Mentoring of Beginning Teachers, Matthew R. Albert
Development, Voice, and Vulnerability: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Policy-Making Discourse Regarding the Paris Agreement as an Organizational Response to Climate Change, David Almanza-Canas
Dea2uth: A Decentralized Authentication and Authorization Scheme for Secure Private Data Transfer, Phillipe Austria
Assessing Social Attention in Social Interactions: A Second-Person Approach to Eye-Tracking Research and Interventions, Catherine A. Bacos
The Transaction Costs of Federal Environmental Policy Changes: The Effects of the Temporary COVID-19 CWA Rollback on Local Water Systems, Jesse Lee Barnes
Sequestered Sequences: A Bioinformatic Approach to the Forgotten Genome, Dylan Barth
The Role of a WRKY Transcription Factor in Mediating Hormone Response During Rice Seed Germination, Santiago Bataller
Relationships Between Healthcare Technology Experience, Acceptance, Attitudes, Self-Efficacy and Readiness in Pre-Licensure Nursing Students, Emily Lynne Boyce
Toward Data Science for Research in Novel Online Learning Environments: A Mixed Method, Complex Systems Approach, Mark Carroll
Addressing Challenges Faced by Public Organizations: The Central Role of Agility at the Federal Level During the Covid-19 Crisis, Shuktika Chatterjee
Illness Under the Microscope: Disease in Colonial Discourse, a Disruptive Study, Sujata Chattopadhyay
Cultural Mechanism of Mothers' Perceptions of Youth Psychopathology, Yen-Ling Chen
Lumbopelvic Biomechanics and Muscle Performance in Individuals with Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation: Implications for Lower Back Pain, Jason Ciccotelli
The Lived Experience of the DNP-to-PhD Nursing Graduate: Examining the Journey, Bonni S. Cohen
The Response of Atomic-to-Molecular Hydrogen Transition Points in Photodissociation Regions Due to a Hard X-Ray Spectrum, Gregory Joseph Colarch
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
Travel Time Theory For Traffic Conservation Laws With Applications, Sergio Contreras
Resilience on the Iron Road: A Collaborative Bioarchaeology of Overseas Chinese Laborer Exploitation and Exclusion (1850-1920), John Joseph Crandall
Examining the Social Equity Pillar of Sustainability: The Effects of Public Participation and State Actions on Local Social Services Initiatives, Jennifer Mary Crownhart
Negotiating a World in Upheaval: Resiliency of Indigenous Systems of Warfare among Yuman Groups, Joseph B. Curran
On Outflows Due to Radiation, Randall Cody Dannen
Outside, Looking In: A Dissertation on Mindful Walking and How Green Exercise Affects State Mindfulness and Connectedness to Nature, Dustin Wyatt Davis
MENA Terrorism and the West: Explaining Why Terrorist Groups from the Middle East and North Africa Target Western Democracies, Michael A. Defeo
Effects of Circadian Rhythm Disruption and Social Jetlag on the Cardiometabolic Adaptations to Exercise, Michael Bevan Dial
Transnational Actions, Domestic Outcomes: How Diasporas Effect Change in Their Countries of Origin, Nadia Eldemerdash
Information-Theoretic Model Diagnostics (InfoMoD), Armin Esmaeilzadeh
Scalable Algorithm Design and Performance Analysis for Graph Motifs Discovery, Md Abdul Motaleb Faysal
Climatic Influences on Incipient Alteration in Mars-Relevant Ultramafic Soils, Anthony Feldman
The Relationship Between Psychopathy and Sexism Across Self-Report, Vignette, and Novel Dialogue Tree Tasks, Arianne Fisher
The Influence of Concussion History and Head Acceleration on Lower Extremity Function, Warren Forbes
Desert Spring Prokaryotes and Benthic Macroinvertebrates: Geological and Ecological Controls, Ariel D. Friel
High-Yield Bioinspired Atmospheric Water Capture Through Hydrogels, Yiwei Gao
Principals’ Perceptions of School Sponsored Field Trips, Melissa Suzanne Giannantonio
Abiotic and Bio-Enhanced Reduction of Perchlorate and Co-Contaminants with Zero-Valent Iron (ZVI), John Michael Gonzales