Theses, dissertations, professional papers, and doctoral projects from graduate students in the Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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A Historical Case Study of School Desegregation and Resegregation in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1968-2008, Felicia Forletta

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School Reform: Where Does Policy Come From? Where Should It Go?, Kim Karman Friel

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The Acquisition of Cultural Competence: A Phenomenological Inquiry Highlighting The Processes, Challenges and Triumphs of Counselor Education Students, Douglas L. Garner

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Enhancing the Calibration Accuracy of Adult Learners: A Multifaceted Intervention, Antonio P. Gutierrez

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Interactive Effects of Working Memory Self-Regulatory Ability and Relevance Instructions on Text Processing, Nancy Jo Hamilton

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Factors Affecting Talent Development: Differences in Graduate Students Across Domains, Stephanie Hartzell

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Community Perspectives on Black Parent Engagement in West Las Vegas Before and After Desegregation: A Case Study, Tonia Faye Holmes-Sutton

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The Motivating Language of Principals: A Sequential Transformative Strategy, William Tobias Holmes

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A Comparison of High School Physical Education and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, Kathryn Anne Holt

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Cyberbullying Policy in Public Schools, Alison Humphries

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Adaptive Behavior Malingering in Legal Claims of Mental Retardation, Renee M. Kadlubek

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A Comparison of Bias in Four Measures of Monitoring Accuracy, Fred Kuch

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Model Provisions For Building a Successful Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: A Case Study for the Western United States, Kathleen Lauckner

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The Leadership Orientations and Effectiveness of College and University Career Services Directors, Jacob A. Livengood

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Students' Conceptions about Climate Change: Using Critical Evaluation to Influence Plausibility Reappraisals and Knowledge Reconstruction, Doug Lombardi

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A Case Study Using Principal-Agent Theory to Explore How a Public, Four Year University Interacts with a System Office, Annie Macias

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Antecedent Influences: Factors that Guide African American Men to the Field of Education, Michael James Maxwell

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Response to Intervention Data in Grade Retention Decisions: How is it Used?, Cheryl Anne Mayfield

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Facing The Music: Student Power Relations in Student Leadership Within High School Band Programs, Curtis James Melton

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A study of district leadership practices in the principal professional learning community, Danielle Grace Miller

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Leadership Practice in Elementary School Dual Language Programs: A Collective Case Study, Joanie K. Monroy

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Education Interest Groups: The Influence of Networks on Rulemaking and Policy in Public School Reform, Brian Curtis Myli

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Celebrity Athlete Endorser Effectiveness: Construction and Validation of a Scale, Theodore Byrne Peetz

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Safety First -In Search of Justice -School & Law Enforcement Agency Partnerships, Michael Anthony Pickett

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Comparing Division IA Scholarship and Non-Scholarship Student-Athletes: A Discriminant Analysis of Academic Performance, Lisa Melanie Rubin

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An Exploration Of Contextual Factors That May Influence The Expulsion Rates Of Middle School Students, Tracy Schroeder

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Innovators and laggards? Faculty adoption of online distance education, Thomas Tailor Scott

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Comparing Public and Private Institutions that Have and Have Not Implemented Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems: A Resource Dependence Perspective, Geetha Rathna Sendhil

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Principal Change Facilitator Style and Student Achievement: A Study of Schools in the Middle, Steven Keith Stewart

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Division I Student-Athlete Degree Choice Assessment, Tony Terrell

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Examining Competencies for the Human Resources Professional Within Idaho State Government, Cecil R. Torres Jr

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Exploring The Relationship Between First Year First Generation College Students And Their Parents, Jerica L. Turek

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Counselor Development in the Process of Mastering Cultural Competence: A Study of Professional Growth Experiences, Marie Antoinette Wakefield

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Perceptions of barriers that inhibit African American women and adolescent girls from participation in physical activity, Sonya Daniels Walker

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Concordance of Vocational Interest and Efficacy of Female College Students Pursuing a Traditional Career Path, Priscilla A. Walton

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Theory versus practice: a study of strategy making in five public MBA programs, Michael Alwyn Wilde

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Competencies for Financial Aid Officers: A Competency Model for Professional Development, Michael Neil Woolf

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Efficiency of Fiscal Expenditures in Nevada Elementary Schools Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Todd Patrick Yocum

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Effects of classwide self-management intervention on second grade students’ social skills in physical education, Elian Aljadeff-Abergel

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An assessment of medical care provided by Nevada's high school athletic programs, Brooke Allen-Burnstein

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Change is learning: Metacognition to resolve concerns during the third year of the implementation of a technological innovation, Nola Allen-Raffail

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The process of coaching: An examination of authenticity, Steven C. Barnson

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Bridging the chasm: Emerging model of leadership in intercollegiate athletics governance, John C. Chandler III

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Evaluating a social skills training protocol in a private setting: Outcomes and issues, Judi Davis

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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

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The impact of regulating social science research with biomedical regulations, Brenda Braxton Durosinmi

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College Choice Influences Among High-Achieving Students: An Exploratory Case Study of College Freshmen, Derek Takumi Furukawa

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Comparing the student profile characteristics between traditional residential and commuter students at a public, research-intensive, urban commuter university, Dan Gianoutsos

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Creating effective leadership development programs: A descriptive quantitative case study, Spencer Holt

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The relationship between participation in extracurricular activities and Utah's proficiency assessments of students in a suburban school district, Everett N. Kelepolo