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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 2012
Response to Intervention Data in Grade Retention Decisions: How is it Used?, Cheryl Anne Mayfield
Fan Loyalty and Motivation, Jason Mays
Reclaimed from a Contracting Zion: The Evolving Significance of St. Thomas, Nevada, Aaron James Mcarthur
The Shifting of the Las Vegas Tourism Industry: A Historical Perspective on Management and Resort Revenues, Eden McCallister
Population-Based Survey of Lumbar Surgery Beliefs in the United States, Amanda Elyse McCauley and Zachery Clark Rasmussen
The Effect of Footwear on the Mechanics of the Lower Back During Treadmill Running, Jeffrey Ray Mcclellan
Therapist Characteristics Influencing Physical Therapy Non-Treatment in the Acute Care Setting, Daniel McGarvey, Colby Olsen, and Aaron Van Wagoner
Community Resources and Black Social Action, F Street, A Case Study, Robert Joseph Mckee
Facing The Music: Student Power Relations in Student Leadership Within High School Band Programs, Curtis James Melton
A study of district leadership practices in the principal professional learning community, Danielle Grace Miller
Evaluating the Impact of a New Casino Loyalty Program on Gaming Volume, Ji Hye Min
Leadership Practice in Elementary School Dual Language Programs: A Collective Case Study, Joanie K. Monroy
Teaching Online Social Skills to Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Joseph John Morgan
On Our Way Out: And Other Stories, Benjamin Champlin Wright Morris
Modeling The Effects Of Substance Dependence On General Self-Reported Health Using Nominal Regression, Taylor Moseley
Buffering PV Output During Cloud Transients with Energy Storage, Yacouba Moumouni
Muddy Creek Formation: A Record of Late Neogene Tectonics and Sedimentation in Southern Nevada, Thomas William Muntean
The impact of creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) and biological soil crust on Ca distribution in arid soils of the Mojave Desert, Brittany Myers
Education Interest Groups: The Influence of Networks on Rulemaking and Policy in Public School Reform, Brian Curtis Myli
Frictional Forces of a Fixed, Esthetic Orthodontic Appliance System, Brady Michael Nance
The Internet Gaming Industry for Newbies, Cory Nebel
Construct and Criterion Validity of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test-Spanish Version in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury, Cristobal Neblina
August 28, 1963: Building Community through Collective Discourse, Jennifer Nestelberger
The Impact of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Wastewater Strength on the Energy Consumption of Large Wastewater Treatment Plants, Timothy Stephen Newell
Statistical Analysis Of A Vehicle Miles Travled Fee For Nevada, Andrew Nordland
The New American Conservation Movement: New Strategies, Focus and Organizations for the 21st Century, Amy Deanna Northrup
Communication and Female Date Initiation: Differences in Perception Based on Sex of Initiator, Lindsey Kay Odom
Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Hotel Industry: Impact on Hotel Performance In Service Delivery, Clement K. Odoom
Recycling and Reuse of Radioactive Materials, Thomas Joseph O'dou
Maintaining the Profitability of Gaming’s Premium Players, Maxwell J.H. Olson
All Aboard the Succulent Wave, Oscar William Oswald
Social Media Helps Small Businesses, Nicholas J. Oxborrow
Valley of Fire Petroglyphs: A New Perspective on an Old Idea, Eric John Pacl
A Genetic, Transgenic, and Transcriptomic Analysis of Larval Salivary Gland Physiology in Drosophila melanogaster, Elana A. Paladino
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Primary Care Providers' Evaluation of Patient Fitness to Fly, Kerry Colleen Palakanis
Modeling of Cellular Automata and Agent-Based Complex Systems, Sara Pallekonda
Periodic Solutions and Positive Solutions of First and Second Order Logistic Type ODEs with Harvesting, Cody Alan Palmer
Exploring the Morality of Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan to Show How It Affected Their Work, Friendship and Society, Dale D. Parry
Modality-Specific and Modality-General Encoding of Auditory and Visual Rhythms, Amanda Pasinski
CPU Scheduling for Power/Energy Management on Heterogeneous Multicore Processors, Rajesh Patel
Celebrity Athlete Endorser Effectiveness: Construction and Validation of a Scale, Theodore Byrne Peetz
Why Access Barriers to Primary Care Exist for People with Mobility Disabilities: A Mixed Methods Study of Health Care Administrators, Jennifer Renee Pharr
The effect of casino tax policy on short-run gaming development, Kahlil Philander
Safety First -In Search of Justice -School & Law Enforcement Agency Partnerships, Michael Anthony Pickett
Does Nation-Building Promote Liberty?, Lisa Jene Piergallini
Image Segmentation for Quantification of Air-Water Interface in Micro-CT Soil Images, Kranthi Kumar Potteti
Post Processing of Optically Recognized Text via Second Order Hidden Markov Model, Srijana Poudel
Environmental Adaptations at Neolithic Ghwair I as seen from a Zooarchaeological Perspective, Doss F. Powell
2000 Year Moisture Source Record from a Central Nevada Speleothem, Paul Pribyl
Non-Monetary Strategies to Retain Key Employees, Becky Rader
A Social Media Plan for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Matthew Radmanovich
A Father's Hands: African American Fathering Involvement and The Educational Outcomes of Their Children, Theodore Samuel Ransaw
Descriptive Experience Sampling Interactive Multi-media Training Tool for Subjunctification and Illustrative Interviews, Stacy Lynne Reger
Molecular Forensic Science Analysis of Nuclear Materials, Dallas Reilly
Ask What Your Country Can Do For You: Social Spending and Satisfaction with Democracy in Latin America, Kenneth Retzl
Program Evaluation of Stroke in Rural Nevada Hospital, Starla Cheri Ricks
Investigating three decades of vegetation change in a Mojave Desert mountain range, Chris Lee Roberts
Creating a Positive Motivational Climate: Strategies for Division I Women’s Tennis Coaches, Mark Roberts
Restaurant Service Employees Organizational Commitment: Shared Gratuity versus Independent Gratuity Environments, Susan J. Roe
Training and Development Guide for a Culinary Department in a Private University, Kimberly Rosenbaum
James Jones's Codes of Conduct, Matthew Samuel Ross
"So Much for Fond Five-Dollar Memories": Prostitution in Las Vegas, 1905-1955, Marie Katherine Rowley
Comparing Division IA Scholarship and Non-Scholarship Student-Athletes: A Discriminant Analysis of Academic Performance, Lisa Melanie Rubin
A Critical Edition of Gustave Vogt's 4eme Solo de Concert, Mark Runkles
Enhancing Off-Season Motivation in Collegiate Athletes, Daniel Ryan
A Refreshable and Portable E-Braille System for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Mohammad Yousef Saadeh
Sustainable Tourism Marketing Strategies at UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Fouad A. Sadiki
Investigating the Use of Pozzolans in Portland Cement Concrete and Inorganic Polymer Mortar, Omar Abdelmalek Saleh
About a Yellow Ball, Shannon Alice Salter
Improving Efficiency and Capacity of Hydro-Turbines in the Western United States, Hoover Dam, Jonathan Sanchez
Evaluation of Highly Efficient Distribution Transformer Design and Energy Standards Based on Load, James Sanguinetti
Effects of Hyperthermia on Photochemical Internalization-mediated Delivery of Bleomycin, Christina Schlazer
The Adaptation of Cloud Computing by the Hotel Industry, Anthony Schneider
A Business Plan for Grass Fed Restaurant, Joshua Schonfeld
An Exploration Of Contextual Factors That May Influence The Expulsion Rates Of Middle School Students, Tracy Schroeder
Spawning, Veliger Growth and Desiccation of Dreissena bugensis, Lynn Schwaebe
Innovators and laggards? Faculty adoption of online distance education, Thomas Tailor Scott
Comparing Public and Private Institutions that Have and Have Not Implemented Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems: A Resource Dependence Perspective, Geetha Rathna Sendhil
Cultural Impact on Customer Satisfaction and Service Quality Evaluation in Hotels, Yeji Seo
Analyzing the Effects of Social Media on the Hospitality Industry, Gaurav Seth
The Acute Effect of Endurance Exercise on Lipoproteins Measured by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) in Healthy Men, Hanaa Adnan Shaheen
The Non-Gaming Business of the Gaming Industry: Evaluating the Contribution of Non-Gaming Amenities at a Casino-Resort Property, Elena Shampaner-Ghiassi
Credentialing Success in Respiratory Therapy Education: Revisiting Bourdieu's Concepts of Field and Capital, Karen Lightbody Shaw
Motivational Clinic for Coaches in Division I, II, III College Sports, Christopher M. Sheldrick
Framework Development for Construction Safety Visualization, Kishor Shrestha
Legal Issues in Green Construction, Namrata Shrestha
Tiny Animals Made To Do Unnatural Things, Ashley Mary Siebels
Cultural Competence in the Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Curriculum, Angela Elizabeth Silvestri
Identify Possible Critical Provider Gap(s) in the Package Tours Sold by Travel Agencies in Singapore, Chih Wee Siow
CSA Survivors: What Heals and What Hurts in a Couple Relationship, Laura S. Smedley
The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing, Angela Smith
Diversifying the National Parks, Amalia Sommer
To Set the World Right: Religious Pluralism and the Progressive Era, Lance Sorenson
Retrospective Evaluation of Oral Health Services for Underserved Children in Clark County, Nevada, Earl Taylor Spader
An Introduction to Meeting and Event Management Course, Diana Spina
Reliability and Validity of the Body Caliper to Evaluate Body Composition, Gregory L. Stalker
Couples' Process of Healing from Infidelity While in Therapy, Jordan Mark Staples