Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Shattering the Glass: Will Gen Z Bring Us Closer to Gender Equality in US Hospitality Leadership?, Denise Holly Ramirez Molintas
Seniors and Sexual Health: A Profile of Sexual Behaviors and Perceptions of Sexual Risks in Southern Nevada’s Older Adult Population, Amanda Elizabeth Morgan
Thatcherism in the Contemporary British Novel, 1978-2012, David Mowatt
Investigating the Inner Experience of Individuals Attending Psychotherapy at a Community Mental Health Center, Stefanie A. Moynihan
Musical Meter: Examining Hierarchical Temporal Perception in Complex Musical Stimuli Across Human Development, Sensory Modalities, and Expertise, Jessica Erin Nave-Blodgett
A Hybrid Experimental-Numerical Study on the Flow Topology in the Confluence Hydrodynamics Zone of an Open Channel with Lateral Drainage Pipe Discharge, Mohammad Nazari-Sharabian
Love in South Korea: Transformations of Intimacy and Gender Relations in Korean Romantic Relationships, Alex Joseph Nelson
A Nevanlinna-Type Counting Function and Pullback Measure, John Nguyen
Temporal and Spatial Analysis of the Wage Gap for Women and Underrepresented Minorities in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Workforce, Saba Nikkhah Manesh
Addressing Disparities in Cross-Cultural Neuropsychological Assessment, Alicia Nuñez
The Use of Female Permanent Contraception Among Women Desiring to Limit Childbearing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Analyses of the Spatial Pattern and Individual- and Country-Level Determinants, Babayemi Oluwaseun Olakunde
From Fighting Wasting to Shedding Excess: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Method Study of Obesity Among People Living With HIV in Nigeria, John Olajide Olawepo
Paleoecology of Columbian and Pygmy Mammoths in Southern Nevada and California: How Terminal Pleistocene Ecosystems Shaped Mammoths at the Individual, Population, and Community Level, Lauren Elizabeth Parry
Generality and Specificity in Subjective Task Value: Implications for Expectancy-Value Theory, Rachel Part
The Teacher Attrition Phenomenon: The Role of Teacher Collaboration and Motivation, Brenda Anne Pearson
Examination of the Influence of Consumer Preferences for Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Components and Consumer Effort during Treatment Sessions on Child Welfare Outcomes, Christopher Philip Plant
Simulation of Oxygen Control Technology in Applications of Liquid Lead and Lead– Bismuth Eutectic Systems for Mitigating Materials Corrosion Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method, Emad Pouryazdanpanah Kermani
A Multi-Channel MCP-PMT Based Readout Integrated Circuit for LiDAR Applications, Sachin Purushothaman Namboodiri
Fighter Aircraft Guidance and Control, Kaushik Raj
Examining Grit with Middle Schoolers in Diverse General Education Classrooms – Validating the Grit Scale, Cristina Liliana Reding
How Does Stress and Coping Impact Undergraduate Students' Mental Health on a Racially Diverse Campus?, Kristina Ricker-Boles
A Nomological Network Analysis of Innovation in Hospitality Education and Industry, Robert H. Rippee
Bayesian Variable Selection Methods for Genome-Wide Association Studies with Categorical Phenotypes, Benazir Rowe
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Revolution: A Case Study of Public Policy in the Nevada Legislature, Caitlin J. Saladino
Narratives of Belonging and Citizenship: Race and Gender in the Hemispheric American Novel, Ariel Jade Santos
Examination of Factors Reported by Athletes to Interfere with Their Lives Outside of Sports, Jesse Scott
Fluctuating Cohesion: A Grounded Theory Study of Nursing Students Engaged in a Hybrid Debriefing Format, Carol Lynn Senette
Stereotactic Radiosurgery Implementation at Utah Valley Hospital, Ryan Sharp
Infiltration into Water-Repellent Sand: The Role of Sorptivity, Rose Marie Shillito
A Combined Approach to Evaluating Student Engagement in a Virtual Laboratory Environment, Aster Sigel
Investigations of Technetium Metal and the Synthesis of Binary Technetium Nitrides under Extreme Conditions, Emily Siska
Losing Our Faculties: Academic Labor in the Corporate Academy, Mark L. Spinrad
Exploring the Lived Experience of Early-Career Millennial Nursing Faculty: Deriving Meaning From Their Perspective, Adrian Stamps
Gen-Foam Multiphysics Model Development for Molten Salt Reactors, Jeffrey Stewart
The Cello Concertos of Karl Davydov (1838–1889): Historical Context and Pedagogical Rol, Adam Matthew Stiber
Microbe-Mineral Interactions During Exceptional Fossil Preservation, Stromatolite Formation, and Desert Varnish Growth, Michael Strange
Becoming Myself: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study of the Gender Transition Experiences of Practicing Nurses, Rhiannon Dawn Sullivan
HDR Brachytherapy for Skin Cancer Using H.A.M. Applicator, Timothy Richard Thatcher
Tales of Thriving: Identifying the Underpinnings of Women's Success in STEM Careers, Sarah E. Thoman
The Short and Long-Term Effectiveness of Online Sales Promotion Type and Fit in Hotels, Esra Topcuoglu
Excavating Gender: The Embodiment and (Re)presentation of Social Relations in Mierzanowice Communities of the Early Bronze Age, Mark Paul Toussaint
Gender and Race in Four Contemporary Productions of The Duchess of Malfi and Antony and Cleopatra, Dorothy Christine Vanderford
An Exploration of the Numeracy Skills Required for Safe, Quality Nursing Practice, Anna Wendel
Influence of Curricular Organization on Cognitive Load and Student Performance in Online Learning Environments, Michael Wilder
Developing the Young Dramatic Soprano Voice Ages 15-22, Monica Ariane Williams
An Evaluation of Bank Storage at Lake Mead Reservoir in the Southwest United States, Jon Woodrow Wilson
Coping on the Fly: School Psychologists' Perceptions of Cultural Competence, Jennifer Wynn
Developments of Machine Learning Potentials for Atomistic Simulations, Howard Yanxon
Organizational Symbolism and Employee Immersion, a Mixed Methods Investigation of Organizational Socialization Efficacy in the Hotel Industry, Jeffrey Michael Yedlin
Epistemic Aspects of Engineering for K-12 Education, Ezgi Yesilyurt
Resilience and the Mental Health of Bullying Victims: The Role of Peer Relationships on the Relation between Bullying Victimization and Social Anxiety, Michelle Catherine Zochowski
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Neurodynamics under Different Walking Speeds in Individuals with Chronic Post-Stroke Hemiparesis, Corey Ackley, Kiley Aki, Joshua Arias, and Jassie Trinh
Disordered Eating and Body Dysmorphic Concerns in Asian American Women: Sociocultural and Culture-Specific Predictors, Liya Akoury
The Effect of Physical Therapy on Patient Self-Reported Outcomes and Perceptions of Mobility After Lower Extremity Amputations, Gregory Amaya, Rosman Gante, Zachary Meinzer, and Abbas Sadrossadat
Factors Associated with Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Nevada, Julia Lorraine Anderson
Does It Mean? Gene Wolfe: Perverse Puzzle Maker, Marc Anthony Aramini
Virtually Healthy: Using Virtual Ethnography to Survey Healthcare Seeking Practices of Transgender Individuals Online, Rogelio Arenas
One-Handed Works: Historical Background, Injury Awareness and a Study of Selected Works, Zheni Georgieva Atanasova
On Muddy Banks: An Ecoethnography of a River Island Community, Nicholas Baxter
Trade-Offs Between Survival and Reproduction in Starvation-Selected Drosophila Melanogaster, Tammara Beeghly
Performance Modeling of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Zigzag-Channel Printed Circuit Heat Exchangers, Katrine Birgitte Bennett
Exploring Transitions Back and into College: Stories of Adult Women, Laura Bennett
The Experience of Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder During the Transition to Middle School, Hannah M. Berry
Triglyceride Metabolism Following Oral Fat Tolerance Tests of Varying Fat Content in Adults, Nathaniel Glen Bodell
Eyes on the Street: Los Angeles Police Department Surveillance, Policing, and Crime in Black South Central from William Parker to Rodney King, Stephen Bohigian
Reconciling Incongruencies: Examining the Meaning and Influencing Factors of Oncology Nurses' Professional Quality of Life, Rebecca Lynne Boni
Zirconium Tetrachloride, Fundamental Chemistry and Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Rosendo Borjas Nevarez
Factors that Influence Nontraditional Adult Learners' Online Course Persistence: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Millicent D. Braxton
Large Group Video Modeling: Increasing Social Interactions in an Inclusive Head Start Classroom, Jennifer Margaret Buchter
A Retrospective Survey of Exercise Habits in Low-Income Female Senior Citizens, Kelly L. Bumgarner
Email is Alive: How to Communicate with Graduate College Students, Valarie C. Burke
State Law and Child Welfare Policy Role in Nonparental Family Composition, Laura Alison Caliendo
Determinants of Disparities in the Colorectal Cancer Burden, Karen Elizabeth Callahan
My Voice Matters: A Telling Case Study of Student Voice in Institutional Governance, Eboni Monique Caridine
Pentecostal Churches: A Multiple Case Study of Education and Youth Women and Leadership, Derric A. Carter
Implementation of an Asthma Action Plan in a Pediatric Outpatient Clinic, Noelle Cerdan
On Improving Performance of the Binary Logistic Regression Classifier, Michael Chang
Contributions to MCMC Methods in Constrained Domains with Applications to Neuroimaging, Sharang Chaudhry
Optimization of Motor Performance, Lee-Kuen Chua
Lumbopelvic Muscle Performance and Morphology Differences: Implications for Low Back Pain in Individuals with Unilateral Above-The-Knee Amputation, Melissa Damele, Rachel Gross, and Ronauldo Robina
The Development of a Viscoelastic Ellipsoidal Model for use in Measuring Plantar Tissue Material Properties during Walking, Jessica Lee DeBerardinis
Assessing the Long-Term Effects of a Cultural Immersion Experience on Nursing Practice, Karen H. de la Cruz
An Analysis of Teacher Training Concerning the Identification of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brittany Jo Desnoyer
Modulation of Corticospinal Excitability Using Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Improve Walking in Individuals with Chronic Post Stroke Hemiparesis, Neil Drobitch, Kylie Henry, Sage Lyons, and James Schomig
Investigating Sources of Selenium in Shallow Groundwater in the Las Vegas Valley, Sahar Ehsani
Treatment of Perchlorate and Multiple Oxyanions: Chemical and Biological Investigations, Mark Elkouz
External Voting in Developing Countries: Strategic Bargaining and the Role of Remittances, Hafthor Erlingsson
Using Positive Self-Talk and Goal-Oriented Thinking to Improve Behavioral Outcomes for Students with Learning Disabilities, Danielle M. Feeney
Improving OCR Post Processing with Machine Learning Tools, Jorge Ramon Fonseca Cacho
Infection Control: The Nurse's Responsibility, Marisa Francis
The Retrospective Analysis of Radionuclides in Banded Coral from the Bikini Atoll, Athena Marie Gallardo
Mojave Desert Plant Community Long-Term Response to Disturbance, Dominic M. Gentilcore
Rural Or Underserved Practice Interest Among Doctor Of Physical Therapy Students. Do Clinical Education Experiences Change Opinions?, Brandon Godin, Trenton Poulson, Mac Neil Moresca, and Tyler Satoshige
Mozart's "Mezzos": A Comparative Study Between Castrato and Female Roles in Mozart's Operas, Erin Gonzalez