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About the Collection
This collection contains UNLV graduate student theses, dissertations, professional papers, and capstone projects from 1956-present. Records produced before 2009 were previously available only in print or microfilm and were digitized by the University Libraries. Records are organized by Year, Author, and Title.
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Stepping On Fall Prevention Project, James P. Gaddi, Jordan T. Bowers, and Lea M. K. Fung
The Old Brag of My Heart: Essays, Cody James Gambino
An Introduction to Federated Learning and Its Analysis, Manjari Ganapathy
Effects of Bimodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Modulation of Spinal Circuitry in People with Chronic Post-Stroke Hemiparesis, John Patrick Gan, Rafael Cabrera, Lana Laudermilch, and Benjamin Wolkenhauer
American Samoa Politics: Performing SĀMOA, Dayonara S. Gaoteote
Attention Bias in Irritability: A Social Information Processing Perspective, Breanna Garcia
Examining Predictors of Student Perceptions of University Responses to Sexual Misconduct, Megan Giovannini
Factors Associated with Medication Decision Making in African American Families of Children with ADHD: A Mixed Methods Study, Amy Glasofer
Turning Up The Sound! Senior-Level Sonographers' Perspectives On The Workforce Readiness/Competency Of Entry-Level Sonographers In The Workplace, Janice L. Glasper
Neonicotinoids and Measures of Adiposity Among U.S. Adults: NHANES 2015-2016, Amruta Godbole
Party Central: Networks, Influence, and Party Change in the US House of Representatives, Sean M. Goff
The Archetypal Female Image in Chinese National Opera: A Study of Xi Shi, Xin Guo
Effects of a Discourse Intervention on End-Of-Life Knowledge and Attitudes of BSN Nursing Students, Jayme Gullone Haynes
Nonprofit Data Management: A Stage Model, Ashley M. Hernandez-Hall
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Remote Learning: Parents’ Perspectives on Their Child’s Learning at Home, Stephanie Hernandez
Utilizing Gamification to Enhance Customer Engagement and Loytalty in the Hospitality Industry, Xiaoting He
Rotten with Prediction, Serena Raquel Hicks
Extreme Event Reconstructions for the Upper Fraser River Basin, British Columbia, Canada, Inga K. Homfeld
Improving Pedestrian Safety with the Implementation of the Demand-Responsive Transverse Rumble Strip as a New Traffic Safety Countermeasure, Md Shakhawat Hossen
Improving Self-Care Measures of Hypertension Through Implementation of an Education and Action Plan, Crystal Celeste Huffaker
The Investigation of the Influence of Long-Distance Running on Foot Volume in Healthy Female Collegiate Distance Athletes, Mufaro M. Hungwe
How Can We Reduce Racism? A Mixed Method Study of Factors That Influence Attitudes Towards Social Change, Kindy Insouvanh
A Vicious Cycle of Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior in Parkinson’s Disease: A Path Analysis, Kameron Jacobson, Nicole Matsunami, Hannah McCarl, and Michelle Regis
Factors Affecting Registered Behavior Technicians’ (RBTs’) Intent to Stay or Leave: A Delphi Study, Samantha Joy Villanueva Jasa
Effect of Boundary Approximation on Visibility, Samridhi Jha
Transient Ischemic Attacks Evaluation and Management in Specialized Urgent Care Facilities, Zandra Kay Johnson
Depression and Quality of Life Among Adults with Asthma Presence in Nevada, Elizabeth D. Kahane
Environmental Rhetoric and an Ecology of Transcendence: A Rhetorical Criticism of Awake, A Dream From Standing Rock, Alyssa Kahn
The Role of Working Memory in Fraction Arithmetic: Eye Movements During a Dual Task, Krystal Kamekona-Mendoza
Geometric Quality Assessment of a Modular House using BIM and Photogrammetric Point Clouds, Preetam Kapsikar
Finding Ways to Increase Physical Activity in Students with Disabilities in a Social Distanced World, Paula Kerchenski
How long-term, non-monogamous romantic relationships maintain sexual satisfaction, Anna Kessler
A Human-Embodied Drone for Dexterous Aerial Manipulation, Dongbin Kim
Measuring Quality of Virtual Event: Scale Development and Validation, Sung-Eun Kim
Are Gaming and Gambling Disorders Related? Examining the Roles of Money, Relative Deprivation, and Upward Mobility, Anthony J. King
Social Emotional Learning as a Universal Upstream Approach to Youth Suicide Prevention: A Secondary Data Analysis of a Prevention Program Evaluation, Maria Amaris Knight
Climate and Soil Moisture Dynamics Inform Potential Climate Change Impacts on Available Moisture and Juvenile Tree Survival in Semiarid Forests, Carolyn R. Koehn
Factors Influencing the Self-Reported Palliative Care Practices of Acute Care Nurses, Keshia Ryan Kotula
An Assessment of Hotel Guests’ Perceptions of Preventive Safety Measures in the Era of COVID-19, Un Hyeok Ko
The Use of Post-Course Feedback on Mastery Learning in a Professional Development Context, Thomas M. Kramer
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Precursors to Disinfection Byproducts, Padmanabhan Krishnaswamy
Healthy Aging in Place: An Integrated Smart Home Using Alexa-compatible Technology, Tyler Kryst
Customer Purchase Intention Towards the US Airline, Ming-Chun Kuo
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Romantic Relationship Dynamics, Alexandria Jayci Lake
Thanks for Your Gift, Ruth Larmore
Shaping Success for Mobile Applications of Integrated Resorts, Krista Larsen
Computational Sodium Heat Pipe Simulation in Three Dimensions for Transient Nuclear Reactor Analysis with Variable Surface Heat Flux, Valerie Jean Lawdensky
Factors Influencing Golfers' Intention to Use a Direct Booking Website, Junghoon Lee
Functional π-Organogelators: From Nanoribbons to Organic Phosphors, Sae Hui Lee
Health and Wellness Competencies for an Entry-Level Doctorate Occupational Therapy Course, Teresa Liccardo
School Climate, Teacher Self-Efficacy, and Teaching Practices: Evidence from TALIS 2018, Chengcheng Li
We Gon' Be Alright: A Narrative Inquiry with Black Male Doctoral Students, Lashaun D. Limbrick
Exploring the Choiceless Cardinal Hierarchy, David Linkletter
Development of a Novel Cognitive-Motor Dual Task Assessment Battery in Neurodegenerative Disease, Jason Longhurst
"Till This Moment, I Never Knew Myself": Letters in Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park, Renee Maalouf
Dancer Screening Clinic, Kristen Manaloto, John Lencioni, and Laura Nguyen
A World of Infinite Possibilities: Recoding Popular Culture in Modern U.S. Ethnic Fiction, Todd Martinez
Food Insecurity and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among College Students, Bertille Octavie Mavegam Tango Assoumou M
Behavior of Aged Reinforced Concrete Columns Under High Sustained Concentric and Eccentric Loads, Wenchen Ma
Social Media Activism: Did We Say What We Meant to Say? A Thematic Analysis of SlutWalk Los Angeles Hosted by Amber Rose, Yahindra Maxey
Determination of the Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in Environmental Surface and Air Samples from Public Areas in Las Vegas, Kristina Mihajlovski
Calculating the Learning Rate of a Neural Network using a Genetic Algorithm, Eric Miller
The Influences of Medicaid on Mental Health Practitioners, Matthew Mohan
Still We Rise: A Black Feminist Qualitative Inquiry Exploring Black Women’s Experiences on Twitter, Yvonne C. Morris
Magneto Was Right: How the Holocaust Shaped an X-Men Antihero, Benjamin J. Morse
Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Requirement in Centripetal Migration in Drosophila melanogaster Oogenesis, Sheila Mosallaei
Exploring the Latent Space of Image Captioning Networks, Mikian J. Musser
Preparation to Performance: A Conductor’s Journey to the Podium, Geoffrey B. Neuman
Improving Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing: A Quality Improvement Project, Patricia A. Nill
Exploring the Relation Between Musical and Dance Sophistication and Musical Groove Perception, Samantha R. O'Connell
Increasing Perioperative Outpatient Nurses’ Knowledge of Pediatric Anxiety Through Use of a Developed Clinical Guide, Christine Oliver
Constructing the Perfect Girlfriend: Gender, Class, Race, & Performativity of Paid Intimacy in Nevada Brothels, Christina Parreira
Measures and Conceptualizations of Symptoms in Schizophrenia, Nina B. Paul
A Process for ADM-300 Radiation Detector Modernization for Military Applications, Caesar R. Pereira
Controlled Evaluation of a Family-Based Optimization Intervention Implemented Through Video-Conferencing to Address ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder in an Adolescent Athlete, Dereck Davy Phrathep
Colonization of the Philippines: An Analysis of U.S. Justificatory Rhetoric, Johansen Christopher Pico
Chronicling Magma Transit Beneath Hawaiian Volcanoes: Every Isotope a Word, Every Crystal a Story, Jonathan Pinko
Turbulence Modeling of Shock Boundary Layer Interaction in Hypersonic Flows, Sogol Pirbastami
Juvenile Conifer Growth and Regeneration Across Diverse Climatic and Environmental Conditions in the Southwestern United States, Nikki L. Pirtel
Dimitri Mitropoulos a Champion of New Music, Ioannis Protopapas
Investigation of Bismuth Telluride Nanowire Composites for Enhanced Flexible Thermoelectric Films, Matthew P. Pusko
TinyML for Gait Stride Classification, Priyanka Rajendra
Tail-Measurable Functions and Their Corresponding Induced Classes, and Some Determinacy Conditions Involving 3-Player Games, Joshua K. Reagan
Learning As We Grow: A Multiple Case Study of Teachers Experiences with Graduate Online Courses, Erica K. Reid
Patient Engagement in Cosmetic Designing of Prostheses: Current Practice and Potential Outcome Benefits, Kenneth Repayo, Cailin Mitchell, Matthew Tillitt, and Collin Weber
The Unfinished Enlightenment Novel: Comparative Studies in Indeterminacy and Democracy, Andrew Joseph Rhoades
Investigation of Bench-Scale Packed Bioreactor for Perchlorate Reduction in the Presence of Co-Contaminants and High Salinity, Julia Ribeiro Rabello
Exploring Treatment Targets to Mitigate Fear of Falling Activity Avoidance Behavior in Parkinson's Disease and Older Adults, John Vincent Rider
Relationship between Jump Performance and Asymmetry, Cordero Roche
Nos/otrxs Que Fuimos Separados: Recovering Testimonios of Separation and Resistance, Marcela Rodriguez-Campo
Popular Culture as a Tool for Critical Pedagogy: A Case Study, Kyle Rogers
Kaleidoscope of Urban Evapotranspiration: Exploring the Science and Modeling Approaches, Rubab Saher
The Effects of Green Exercise on Perception and Connectedness to Nature, Robert W. Salatto