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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 2013
Effects of Cervical Spine Manipulation on Balance and Joint Proprioception in Asymptomatic Individuals: Plausibility and Pilot Study, Kimberly Drayer and Michael Kauwe
Cretaceous and Eocene U-Pb Zircon Migmatite Ages from the East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Nevada, Jordan Drew
Snail Algorithm For Task Allocation In Mesh Networks, Bartosz Duszel
Integrating, Developing, and Testing Methods to Generate More Cohesive Approaches to Biogeographic Inference, Mallory Elizabeth Eckstut
The Effect of Marriage on Stage at Diagnosis and Survival in Women with Cervical Cancer, Sanae El Ibrahimi
Who Will Tell the Story? Terrorism's Relationship with the International News Media, Katherine Eugenis
Perceptions of Hospital Patient Safety Culture in Department of Veterans Affairs Station 593 Southern Nevada, Kimberly Falco
Computer-Based Stereoscopic Parts Recognition for Robotic Applications, Ahmad A. Fayed
Comparison of the Pervasive Developmental Disorders Screening Test and Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers: Which is the Better Predictor of Autism in Toddlers?, Vanessa Marie Fessenden
A History and Analysis of the Works of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Matthew Paul Fisher
The International Monetary Fund, Power Politics, and the Changing Political Economy of the Twenty First Century, Eduardo Flores
A Christian Mega Church Strives for Relevance: Examining Social Media and Religiosity, Kenthea Albert-Leigh Joan Fogenay
A Bird Cannot Fly With One Wing: A Study of Women's Responses to and Attitudes Toward Sexual Infidelity in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Dana Renae Foster
From Daimon to Demon: The Evolution of the Demon from Antiquity to Early Christianity, Hailey Marie Fuller
Investigation of Storage-Phosphor Autoradiography for the Rapid Quantitative Screening of Air Filters for Emergency Response Purposes, Athena Marie Gallardo
Does Movie Viewing Cultivate Unrealistic Expectations about Love and Marriage?, Lauren F. E. Galloway
Second Language Gesture and Acculturation in Study Abroad Contexts, Christie Marie Gardner
Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Investigation of Steel Fiber Reinforced Self-Compacted Concrete, Belayhun Tesfaye Gebretsadik
Application of (U-Th)/He and 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology to the Age of Thrust Faulting in the Sevier Orogenic Belt, Michael Giallorenzo
Experimental and Finite Element Studies of Shock Transmission, Eldon Jerry Goddard
Design and Fabrication of an Infrared Optical Pyrometer Asic as a Diagnostic for Shock Physics Experiments, Jared Gordon
The Ethics Glass Ceiling: A Historical Analysis of Actions by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ethics, Michael James Gordon
Characteristics of Subjects Who Avoid Activities and Participation Due to a Fear of Falling in Parkinson’s Disease, Russell Gourlie, Spencer Sorensen, and Rithea Vong
Our Side of the Fence: Investigating the New Nativism in the United States, Candace Griffith
Spatial Health Indicator Analysis Data Collection UNLV Study, Amelia Gulling, Jeff Greer, and Tom Stewart
The Other September 11th: El Mercurio Media Coverage After The Chilean Coup Of 1973, Valeria Andrea Gurr-Ovalle
The Second Oboe Concerto of Sir William Herschel: A New Performance Edition, Matthew Thomas Guschl
Assessing the Conceptual Equivalence of Measure of Suppression in Culturally Diverse Samples, Amanda Louise Haboush
A Multiple Case Study of Gay Teacher Identity Development: Negotiating and Enacting Identity to Interrupt Heteronormativity, Zaid Mashhour Haddad
Effect of Racing Flats on Running Economy in Male Adolescent Runners, Paul Hafen
Predicting the Performance of a Solar Domestic Water Heating System with Evacuated Tube Collectors and Hydronic Radiant Flooring, Kimberly Nicole Hammer
"What's in a name?": Heteroglossia and History in Native Alaskan Names, Shannon Hannahs
Testing a Reflection Education Intervention on Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Level of Reflection during Online Clinical Post Conference, Jaime Alicia Hannans
Chronologies of Pain and Power: Violence, Inequality, and Social Control Among Ancestral Pueblo Populations (AD 850-1300), Ryan Patrick Harrod
Black Teachers, White Schools: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study on Their Experiences of Racial Tokenism and Development of Professional Black Identities, Abigail Kathleen Hasberry
Program Fundraising, Tiffany R. Henderson
The Quebec Act and the Demise of Greater Britain, Trevor Michael Henson
Adult Permanent (Extracted) Teeth as a Source of Dental Pulp-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (DPSC): A Pilot Study, Charles Hill
Biomechanical Comparison of a Rounded Outsole Shoe and Traditional Outsole Shoe, Sarah Horsch
Development and validation of heat transfer model to predict indoor air temperatures in roofpond buildings, Afzal Hossain
An Analysis of Co-Teaching Instruction Provided in Teacher Education and Inservice Training for Special Education and General Education Teachers, Catherine S. Howerter
Bureaus and Beer: Promoting Brewery Tourism in Colorado, Shane Howlett
Managerial Behavioral Complexity and the Collegiate Registrar, Katherine Jeanette Humphreys
The Presence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on Environmental Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities Pre- and Post-Cleaning, Aaron Thomas Hunt
What Works in Suicide Bereavement: What Helps and What Hurts?, Quintin Hunt
3-D Oropharyngeal Airway Analysis of Different Antero-Posterior and Vertical Craniofacial Skeletal Patterns in Children and Adolescents, Chi Kim Huynh
Newspaper Coverage of Christianity in South Korea, 1996-2005, Taisik Hwang
Effects of Environmental Variables on the Reproduction of Quagga Mussels (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) in Lake Mead, NV/AZ, Richard Steven Ianniello
Due Partly To Inertia, Justin Lee Irizarry
Sex Worker Rights Organizing as Social Movement Unionism: Responding to the Criminalization of Work, Crystal A. Jackson
Relationship of Global DNA Methylation with Cardiovascular Fitness and Body Composition, Michael Steele Jarrett
Identity Status: The Impact on Academic Performance, Milan Jelenic
Impacts of climate changes on the spatiotemporal distribution of precipitation in the western United States, Peng Jiang
Diversify the Destination Image of Las Vegas to Chinese Market, Yinying Jiang
The Effects of Arch Taping on Shock Attenuation During Landing, Shun Jinnouchi
Little Rituals, Bruce Johnson
The Distributed Application Debugger, Michael Quinn Jones
The Impact of Sexual Arousal on the Category Specificity of Women's Visual Attention to Erotic Stimuli, Sarah Jones
A Gaming Application of the Negative Hypergeometric Distribution, Steven Norman Jones
The Relationship Between Sex-Typing and Help-Seeking Behaviors in Adults, Joshua Juvrud
Examining the Inner Experience of Four Individuals with Bipolar Disorder Using Descriptive Experience Sampling, Johanah Kang
Test-Retest Reliability and Responsiveness of Gaze Stability and Dynamic Visual Acuity in High School and College Football Players, Denise Kaufman, Mallory Puckett, and Mitchell Smith
The Effect of Scaffolded Strategies on Content Learning in a Designed Science Cyberlearning Environment, Cynthia Lee Kern
Design and Testing of Novel Mouthguard with Intermediate Nitinol and Foam Layers, Adam Kessler
Feasibility of the Use of Ultrasound Measurements for Grade Verification of the Performance Grade Asphalt Binders, Mehdi Khalili
Business Plan for a Korean Fine-dining restaurant in Las Vegas, Jihoon Kim
James Joyce and Post-Imperial Bildung: Influences on Salman Rushdie, Tayeb Salih, and Tsitsi Dangarembga, Robert Michael Kirschen
Scheduling jobs on two uniform parallel machines to minimize the makespan, Sandhya Kodimala
Vitamin D Status and Bone Mineral Density in Triathletes, Michelle Konstantarakis
Effects of a Social Story Intervention with a Modified Perspective Sentence on Preschool-Age Children with Autism, Delilah Krasch
Generalizations of Pascal's Triangle: A Construction Based Approach, Michael Anton Kuhlmann
Paul Moravec: Polystylism in Cool Fire (2001), Jennifer Kuk-Bonora
A Tale of Two PCs: An Evaluation of Access Platforms for the Blind Utilizing the "Blackboard Learn" Learning Management System, Robert Lambert
Flack, Joseph G. Langdon
Eating Pathology, Supplement Use, and Nutrition Knowledge in Collegiate Athletes, Holly Beth Lapota
Beliefs in Action: Ideologies, Motivations, and Capital among English as a Second Language Learners, Damon Lasiter
Implementation of Integrated Project Delivery on Department of Navy Military Construction Projects, Christopher S. Lee
A Comprehensive Research Framework for Geographic Parthenogenesis in Whiptail Lizards (Genus Aspidoscelis), Adam Leland
There Are Moments That Hang Suspended, Mark B. Lennon
Development and Validation of the Biophilic Attitudes Inventory (BAI), Lawrence Letourneau
Decoding Skills of Middle-School Students with Autism: An Evaluation of the Nonverbal Reading Approach, Patrick Allen Leytham
Effects of PECS Phase III Application Training on Independent Mands in Young Children with Autism, Jessica June Love
Validity of Subjective Self-Assessment of Digital Competence Among Undergraduate Preservice Teachers, Joseph Andrew Maderick
Evaluation of Alternative Project Delivery Methods in Water and Wastewater Projects, Ruiko Maharjan
A Historical Examination: The Role of Orchestral Repertoire in Flute Pedagogy, Donald William Malpass
Nonlinear Adaptive Diffusion Models for Image Denoising, Ajay Kumar Mandava
New Mouthguard Design with Intermediate Nickel-Titanium and Foam Layer, Freddie Martinez
Team Policing Revisited: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation in Las Vegas, Nevada, Natalie Nicole Martinez
Mer, Mary Martin
Separation of Tc from U and Development of Metallic Tc Waste Forms, Edward Mausolf
Closed Loop Control of a Cylindrical Tube Type Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC), Benjamin Mead
Strange Little Vehicles, Andrew Merecicky
Examining the Inner Experience of Three Individuals with Major Depressive Disorder and Three Individuals with Bipolar Disorder, Janell Marie Mihelic
Examination of Lower Extremity Muscle Activity during an Overhand Lacrosse Shot in Females, Brianna Millard
Evaluation of the Relationship between Nutrition Knowledge and Disordered Eating Risk in Female Collegiate Athletes, Amy L. Miracle
Comparative Direct Democracy: A Study of Institutions and Individuals, Donald D. Mirjanian