Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Moving Forward on Common Ground: A Mixed Methods Exploration of National Standards, Sharon Kay Cogan
Beyond the Baccalaureate: Black Students' Decisions to Pursue a Graduate Education, Edward Collins
Nuestras Experiencias: A Phenomenological Study of Latina First Generation Higher Education Graduates, Diana Elizabeth Cruz
School Leadership Readiness: Traditional vs. Online Administrative Preparation, Jose Delfin
Problem Solving Interventions: Impact on Young Children with Developmental Disabilities, Lindsay Ann Diamond
Language of Instruction Policies: Discourse and Power, Katherine Ann Dockweiler
Closing up shop: Meditations on the departmental/programmatic elimination experience, Susan Beth Donoff
Understanding Adolescent Perceptions of Science Education, Ellen Kress Ebert
The Relationship between Institutional, Departmental and Program-Specific Variables and the Academic Performance of Division I FBS Football Programs, Steven C. Eigenbrot
The Retention and Success of Alternatively Admitted Student Athletes: A Case Study of the UNLV Athletic Department, Adrienne Ekas-Mueting
Empowering Teachers: Characteristics, Strategies, and Practices of Successful Principals, Cailin Patrice Ellis
Fortifying the Pipeline: An Exploratory Study of High School Factors Impacting the Information Literacy of First-Year College Students, Jennifer L. Fabbi
Superintendent Leadership during Economic Austerity: A Multiple Case Study, Douglas Paul Finch
A Historical Case Study of School Desegregation and Resegregation in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1968-2008, Felicia Forletta
School Reform: Where Does Policy Come From? Where Should It Go?, Kim Karman Friel
Writing in Science: Influences of Professional Development on Teachers' Beliefs, Practices, and Student Performance, Lori Fulton
The Acquisition of Cultural Competence: A Phenomenological Inquiry Highlighting The Processes, Challenges and Triumphs of Counselor Education Students, Douglas L. Garner
Transformative Multicultural Science Curriculum: A Case Study of Middle School Robotics, Mary Katheryn Grimes
Enhancing the Calibration Accuracy of Adult Learners: A Multifaceted Intervention, Antonio P. Gutierrez
Interactive Effects of Working Memory Self-Regulatory Ability and Relevance Instructions on Text Processing, Nancy Jo Hamilton
Factors Affecting Talent Development: Differences in Graduate Students Across Domains, Stephanie Hartzell
Community Perspectives on Black Parent Engagement in West Las Vegas Before and After Desegregation: A Case Study, Tonia Faye Holmes-Sutton
The Motivating Language of Principals: A Sequential Transformative Strategy, William Tobias Holmes
A Comparison of High School Physical Education and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, Kathryn Anne Holt
Cyberbullying Policy in Public Schools, Alison Humphries
Adaptive Behavior Malingering in Legal Claims of Mental Retardation, Renee M. Kadlubek
A Comparison of Bias in Four Measures of Monitoring Accuracy, Fred Kuch
Model Provisions For Building a Successful Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: A Case Study for the Western United States, Kathleen Lauckner
The Leadership Orientations and Effectiveness of College and University Career Services Directors, Jacob A. Livengood
A Case Study Using Principal-Agent Theory to Explore How a Public, Four Year University Interacts with a System Office, Annie Macias
Antecedent Influences: Factors that Guide African American Men to the Field of Education, Michael James Maxwell
Response to Intervention Data in Grade Retention Decisions: How is it Used?, Cheryl Anne Mayfield
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
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
Education Interest Groups: The Influence of Networks on Rulemaking and Policy in Public School Reform, Brian Curtis Myli
Celebrity Athlete Endorser Effectiveness: Construction and Validation of a Scale, Theodore Byrne Peetz
Safety First -In Search of Justice -School & Law Enforcement Agency Partnerships, Michael Anthony Pickett
A Father's Hands: African American Fathering Involvement and The Educational Outcomes of Their Children, Theodore Samuel Ransaw
Comparing Division IA Scholarship and Non-Scholarship Student-Athletes: A Discriminant Analysis of Academic Performance, Lisa Melanie Rubin
An Exploration Of Contextual Factors That May Influence The Expulsion Rates Of Middle School Students, Tracy Schroeder
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
Credentialing Success in Respiratory Therapy Education: Revisiting Bourdieu's Concepts of Field and Capital, Karen Lightbody Shaw
Principal Change Facilitator Style and Student Achievement: A Study of Schools in the Middle, Steven Keith Stewart
Division I Student-Athlete Degree Choice Assessment, Tony Terrell
Examining Competencies for the Human Resources Professional Within Idaho State Government, Cecil R. Torres Jr
Exploring The Relationship Between First Year First Generation College Students And Their Parents, Jerica L. Turek
Counselor Development in the Process of Mastering Cultural Competence: A Study of Professional Growth Experiences, Marie Antoinette Wakefield
Perceptions of barriers that inhibit African American women and adolescent girls from participation in physical activity, Sonya Daniels Walker
Concordance of Vocational Interest and Efficacy of Female College Students Pursuing a Traditional Career Path, Priscilla A. Walton
Theory versus practice: a study of strategy making in five public MBA programs, Michael Alwyn Wilde
Competencies for Financial Aid Officers: A Competency Model for Professional Development, Michael Neil Woolf
Efficiency of Fiscal Expenditures in Nevada Elementary Schools Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Todd Patrick Yocum
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Effects of classwide self-management intervention on second grade students’ social skills in physical education, Elian Aljadeff-Abergel
An assessment of medical care provided by Nevada's high school athletic programs, Brooke Allen-Burnstein
Change is learning: Metacognition to resolve concerns during the third year of the implementation of a technological innovation, Nola Allen-Raffail
The process of coaching: An examination of authenticity, Steven C. Barnson
Investigating the Effects of Addition with Regrouping Strategy Instruction Among Elementary Students with Learning Disabilities, Christi Miller Carmack
Bridging the chasm: Emerging model of leadership in intercollegiate athletics governance, John C. Chandler III
Factors influencing music teacher retention: A mixed method study, Charles W. Cushinery
Evaluating a social skills training protocol in a private setting: Outcomes and issues, Judi Davis
The influence of peer tutors and technology-actuated reading instruction process on third-grade students' self-perceptions as readers: A multiple case study, Brenda Shill Daw
The role of narrative in multimedia learning, Myrna Elyse Diamond
Using graphs to represent physical phenomena in a fourth grade classroom, Mehmet Fatih Dulger
Reading the world in the word: The possibilities for literacy instruction framed within human rights education, Judith M. Dunkerly
The impact of regulating social science research with biomedical regulations, Brenda Braxton Durosinmi
College Choice Influences Among High-Achieving Students: An Exploratory Case Study of College Freshmen, Derek Takumi Furukawa
Exploring the factors that influence adequate yearly progress within elementary school settings, Shannon Marie Hennrich
Creating effective leadership development programs: A descriptive quantitative case study, Spencer Holt
Teacher gesture in a post-secondary English as a second language classroom: A sociocultural approach, Natalie Hudson
The relationship between participation in extracurricular activities and Utah's proficiency assessments of students in a suburban school district, Everett N. Kelepolo
Alumni participation: An investigation using relationship marketing principles, Lisa Ann Kelleher
Environmental engagement demand differences within and among Holland academic environments, Derek K. Lester
Investigating the effects of a combined problem-solving strategy for students with learning difficulties in mathematics, Dustin B. Mancl
The Effect of Pre-collaborative Activity Instruction on Self-efficacy, Robert Ray Mattson
Licensing policies of public school principals, Jerri Mausbach
Personality, presence, and the virtual self: A five-factor model approach to behavioral analysis within a virtual environment, Michael Patrick McCreery
Learning middle school mathematics through student designed and constructed video games, Camille M. McCue
A Change of heart: A phenomenographic study of conversation, Marjorie Kay Meckes Conner
Causes of job turnover in the public school superintendency: An explanatory analysis in the western United States, Toby A. Melver
Engaging non-alumni advisory board members in hospitality education, Judy A. Nagai
Set in stone: Legends, traditions, and symbols influencing place attachment for Southern Utah University students, Claudine Nielsen
Students with reading disabilities participating in literature discussions: A case study, Elysha Patino O’Brien
A Mixed methods exploration of principal communication and school climate, Reece Oswalt
The hormonal correlates of stress and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in female veterans, Meghan Pierce
Assisting the accompanying partner: A dramaturgical explanatory study of dual career couples offices, Christine Promin
The Road traveled to becoming a safe high school, Monica J. Pufky Cortez
Best instructional practices for distance education: A meta-analysis, Robin Michael Roberts
The male educational leader in Utah: Gender dynamics, power, and relational leadership in a Mormon dominant culture, Rick Robins
Resilient leadership in high poverty schools, Edward P. San Nicolas
An examination of the preparation, experiences, and attitudes of effective school leaders of students with disabilities: Voices from the field, Patricia Ann Schultz
Cognitive load of critical thinking strategies, Hanem Shehab
A case study of organizational change: College restructuring in response to mandated department eliminations, Brandy Dyan Smith