Below are theses and dissertations completed by graduates of the University of Nevada Greenspun College of Urban Affairs.

For the entire collection of UNLV theses and dissertations, visit UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

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Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Telework within the Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Region office, Theresa Lee, Lynne Arnold, John Wagner, Elias Samorano, and Anita Morgan

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The information battlefield: Al-Qaeda's use of advanced media technologies for framed messaging, Jessica Marie Martin

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Evaluation of mentoring in southern Nevada, Andrew Merz and Glen Leavitt

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Ready for Life — An evaluation: Factors relating to truancy and promising practices, Clayton Nichols, Shenita Harper, Maria Thomas, Mikaela Louve, and Christina Vela

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Environmental impact of the Three Kids Mine tailings, Henderson, NV, Ji Hye Park

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Gatekeeping in a TV news editorial conference: Shift of force, other media, personal experience and pack mentality, Kyril Daniel Plaskon

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Child advocacy centers and child sexual abuse in Nevada, Chrystal Ruggieri

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Evaluation of interim sessions in state legislatures, Laurie Erin Russell

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“Change” in the 2008 presidential campaign: A study in rhetorical definition, Graciela Saez Kleriga

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Climate change in rural Nevada: The influence of vulnerability on risk perception and environmental behavior, Ahmad Safi

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Reintegrative shaming and juvenile delinquency in Japan, Mari Sakiyama

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The pedagogy of pornography: What popular pornography on the Internet teaches us about aggression and consent, Anthony Springrt Jr.

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Factors of adoption: Initiating relationships using online dating sites, Rachel Lee Toyer

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Program evaluation: Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region business lines and focus areas “Water Drop” project, Adriana VanBuskirk, Marion Biron, Kris Kirby, and Theodore Anderson

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Estimating wildfire potential on a Mojave Desert landscape using remote sensing and field sampling, Peter F. Van Linn III

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Comparative and critical analysis: The roles of civic and traditional journalism, Kendle Walters

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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City of Las Vegas, Department of Building and Safety: Valuation based fee schedule analysis, Darcy Adelbai-Hurd, Vicki L. Brown, Josh Turley, and Mary Ann Weidner

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Cascading simulation: A critical perspective on Barack Obama‘s foreign policy during the 2008 presidential election, Ian P. Beier

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Factors influencing attitudes towards prostitution, Brian Robert Brehman

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Centennial Hills Active Adult Center business plan, K. C. Brekken, Jeff Buchanan, David Gordon, and Doug Guild

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Attitudes towards Megan's Law and juvenile sex offenders, Debra Lee Cochrane

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Diabolical ventriloquism: A Case study in rhetorical transcendence with C. S. Lewis’s infamous imp Screwtape, Daniel J. Coyle

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The Impact of individual decision making on campus sustainability initiatives, Aurali Ella Dade

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Sex, drug courts, and recidivism, Doria Nour Dandan

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Attachment theory as a predictor of communicative responses to infidelity, Sandra Donovan

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An Examination of the relationship between the hypersexual environment of Las Vegas and forcible rape, Lisa Ann Dooley

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The Case for increased cross-agency data sharing in the State of Nevada, Richard Entringer, Tina Jara, Alysia Peters, and Steve Price

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Volunteer Management Analysis for the City of Las Vegas, Robert Fash, Jose Rodriguez, Bertral Washington, and Heather Whitesides

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The Write moves: An autoethnographic examination of the media industry, Danielle Gomes

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The Portrayal of schizophrenia in television: An experiment assessing how viewer attitudes are affected, Lindsey Jo Hand

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Experienced clinician’s understanding and approach to treatment with male survivors of child sexual abuse, Blendine Perreire Hawkins

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Perception of ecological risk to water environments and how it affects water consumption and water resource management in southern Nevada, Tanju Kiriscioglu

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Commercial sex workers: Lives and practices, Sarah J. Knowles

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Blameworthiness and dangerousness: An analysis of violent female capital offenders in the United States and China, Courtney Brooke LaHaie

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Adaptive management of complex environmental problems – Comparison of national nuclear waste management policies, Carmel Letourneau

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Adjustment to correctional confinement: Investigating the correlates of violence and disorder in a jail environment, Fred W. Meyer III

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Therapist-initiated addiction assessment procedures of marriage and family therapists in the southwest United States, Emire Olmeztoprak

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Assessing the impact of police order maintenance units on crime: An application of the Broken Windows Hypothesis, Steven Andrew Pace

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Solace in St. Louis: A case study in heroic cultural nostalgia, Amanda J. Pinney

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The Criminalization of homelessness, Sarah McKenzie Prather

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Characteristics of adolescent females sexually exploited through prostitution, Alanna Robinson

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Evaluation of guided visualizations and the relationships among perceived stress, differentiation of self, sense of coherence, dyadic satisfaction and quality of life, Kim R. Rogers

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A Rhetorical history of the Office of Legal Counsel, William O’Donnal Saas

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Kairotic strategema: A rhetorical investigation of Barack Obama’s 2009 health care address, Serena M. Sánchez-Wilson

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Assessing the effect of simulation models on systems learning in an introductory environmental science course, Heather J. Skaza

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“You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge”: A content analysis of The Dr. Phil Show and implications for marriage and family therapists, Barbara Ann Spanjers

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The Rhetorical Significance of Gojira, Shannon Victoria Stevens

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Displacement or diffusion: A secondary analysis of the Las Vegas Safe Village Initiative, Daniel Duane Swanson

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I am journalism (and so can you!): Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and the role of the journalist, Eugene Wagner

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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An Evaluation of group differences in mentoring programs' perceived outcomes, Jennifer Sue Anderson

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Nonprofits in crisis: How to retain employees in the nonprofit sector, Liz Armstrong, Jocelyn Bluitt-Fisher, Lori Lopez-Newman, Diana R. Paul, and Keith R. Paul

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The Use of policy analysis in southern Nevada planning and development departments, Dawn Barlow, Shane Dillon, Lynn Hunsinger, Ted Lendis, Neo Vidal, and Wendy Yada

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An Assessment of proposed sex offender mobility and residency restrictions in Nevada, Samantha Dawn Beecher

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City of Las Vegas Detention and Enforcement accreditation evaluation program, Daniel Bennett

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Illegal immigration and worldview defense: Distaste for human migration in the context of TMT, John Matthew Bergen

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Flowing Toward Sustainability: Two Stream Adjudications Analyzed Under the IAD Framework, Nancye Lou Bethurem

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Getting on track: Consolidating and streamlining positions at Clark County, Elaina Bhattacharyya, Kevin Cerny, Craig Christiansen, and Elizabeth Muto

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The Role of tuition in financing higher education, Jay Craddock, Amjad Kisswani, Krista Kurvers, Hillery Leslie, Kumiko Primm, and Abigal Sills

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Program evaluation of help Las Vegas Genesis Apartments, Shauna Davis, Bristol Ellington, Alexis Mussi, and Jason LaMarr Wasden

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The Curious case of Jim McGreevey, Justin Eckstein

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HopeLink: A program evaluation, Cheryl Edwards, Telma Lopez, Bryan Osborne, and Erik Pappa

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Notions of distance: Communication constraints in long-distance dating relationships, Jenny Marie Farrell

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The Cuban Missile Crisis Speech: An analysis of text evolution, Ashlyn Gentry

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A Church without walls: Finding community in Central Christian Church's online campus, Kayla Jo Gilmore

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Internal communication in organizations and employee engagement, Lynn Kalani Terumi Hayase

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Analyzing policy issues in presidential speeches and the media: An Agenda-setting study, Jessica L. Hughes

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Communication technologies: Diffusion of online news use and credibility among young web users in the information age, Chee Youn Kang

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A Validation study of Risk Management Systems, Bridget Kelly

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City of Las Vegas Detention and Enforcement commission on accreditation of law enforcement accreditation program evaluation report, Karen Kelly, Cecelia McNeely, and Sandy Seda

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Examining the impact of drug court participation for moderate and high risk offenders, Kara Kobus

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Structural Attributes Associated with the Prevalence of Hate Groups: A State-Level Analysis, Paula Jean Kutneski

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Parasocial relationships with celebrities: An illusion of intimacy with mediated friends, Amanda R. Laken

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The Effectiveness and adoption of market-based state health care expansion programs, Nathan Gregory Myers

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Desert varnish as an indicator of modern-day air pollution in southern Nevada, Piotr Nowinski

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Brothers are better than sisters: A semiotic, feminist analysis of HBO's "Rome", Patricia Mamie Peers

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Comparing the effectiveness of interactive field, interactive class and non-interactive class lecture teaching strategies to teach wetland ecology concepts to 6th grade science students, April Marie Samson

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Torturing terrorists for national security imperatives: Mediated violence on "24", Michael D. Sears

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Women's health and fitness magazines: An accurate portrayal?, Jennifer M. Shymansky

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Mental illness, co-occurring factors and aggression as examined in an American prison, Stephanie Leigh Sullivan

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Analysis of Boys Hope Girls Hope of Nevada, Andrea Sundberg, Brad Giles, Cedric Pittman, Imelda DeLatorre, and Rebbeca Morris Fridley

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Targeting youth—Hit or miss? Juvenile certification in Clark County, Nevada examined, Brittnie Turquoise Watkins

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Decentralizing police detectives: Increasing efficiency of property crime investigations, Jon M. Zeh

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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The Environmental and economic benefits of highway access management: A multivariate analysis using system dynamics, Dan Andersen

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Understanding the motivations of rock climbers: A social worlds study, Amy Miller Ansari

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Modeling natural resources scarcity and proverty effects on fertility in Honduras, Nepal, and Tanzania, Ayoub Shaban Ayoub

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An Economic development plan for Boulder City, Mel Barosay, Amber Z. Cunningham, Dollinda Fields, and Silas Prince

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Urban corruption policy analysis, Michael Buttars, John Devaney, Jared Gerber, and Kevin Sansom

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Boulder City, Nevada revenue generating analysis, Mayra A. Castro, Dolores P. Leyva, Arnetta M. Meagher, and Wade Zimmerman

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Recruit training academy Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, Kristin Cooper, Christine Dudas, Torrell Huber, Stephanie Jordan, and Darryl Martin

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Policy analysis: Compressed workweek, Rick Crosby, Matt Richardson, Stephen Nowicki, and Ly Doan

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Clark County town advisory boards and citizens advisory councils: Participation rates, Lucy Greger, Jason Hafen, Aaron Mueller, Heather Rosich, and Rebecca Saoud

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City of Las Vegas human resources promotional selection process program evaluation, Rik Holman, Cecil Johnson, April Thomas, and Steve Weber

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Increasing the recycling rate in Clark County, Nevada, Emerald Laija

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Urban sustainability through green building, Andrea Anzalone, Virginia Sawyer, and Robert Woolsey

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The Textbook adoption process in the state of Nevada: The teacher's perspective, Dwight Bellard, Rebecca Coates, and Tamara Hicks

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Nevada's textbook adoption process: The state perspective, Mitch Bishop, Katie Bliven, and Scott Hess

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City of Las Vegas municipal court house arrest program evaluation, Karen Coyne, Michele Hornstein, and Timothy Shattler

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Nevada's textbook adoption policy: The role and influence of parents and interest groups, Brady Dehn, David Hood, Barry Michaels, and Harry Williams

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Program evaluation report for: Nevada Child Seekers, Nori Evans, Raymond Keeler, and Lisa Pletz

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City of Boulder City Parks and Recreation Department revenue policy and user fee analysis, Karla Fritchman, Jayne Harkins, and Cheryl Rodriguez