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 2011

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Alumni participation: An investigation using relationship marketing principles, Lisa Ann Kelleher

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Environmental engagement demand differences within and among Holland academic environments, Derek K. Lester

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It's a matter of principal: Examining relationships between leaders' change facilitator style and students' academic progress, Diane Lewis

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The Effect of Pre-collaborative Activity Instruction on Self-efficacy, Robert Ray Mattson

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Licensing policies of public school principals, Jerri Mausbach

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Personality, presence, and the virtual self: A five-factor model approach to behavioral analysis within a virtual environment, Michael Patrick McCreery

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A Change of heart: A phenomenographic study of conversation, Marjorie Kay Meckes Conner

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Causes of job turnover in the public school superintendency: An explanatory analysis in the western United States, Toby A. Melver

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Engaging non-alumni advisory board members in hospitality education, Judy A. Nagai

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Set in stone: Legends, traditions, and symbols influencing place attachment for Southern Utah University students, Claudine Nielsen

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A Mixed methods exploration of principal communication and school climate, Reece Oswalt

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The hormonal correlates of stress and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in female veterans, Meghan Pierce

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Assisting the accompanying partner: A dramaturgical explanatory study of dual career couples offices, Christine Promin

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The Road traveled to becoming a safe high school, Monica J. Pufky Cortez

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Best instructional practices for distance education: A meta-analysis, Robin Michael Roberts

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The male educational leader in Utah: Gender dynamics, power, and relational leadership in a Mormon dominant culture, Rick Robins

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Resilient leadership in high poverty schools, Edward P. San Nicolas

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An examination of the preparation, experiences, and attitudes of effective school leaders of students with disabilities: Voices from the field, Patricia Ann Schultz

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Cognitive load of critical thinking strategies, Hanem Shehab

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A case study of organizational change: College restructuring in response to mandated department eliminations, Brandy Dyan Smith

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In quest of a dropout theory: Examining the utility of an ecological approach through survey research, Tiffany G. Tyler

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An examination of the grieving processes of suicide survivors, Sarah Van Der Pol

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Being outside learning about science is amazing: A mixed methods study, Michelle L. Weibel

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Analyzing the relative efficiency of Nevada secondary schools, Jesse Welsh

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Cyberbullying in schools: A research study on school policies and procedures, Brian Wiseman

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Prayer in Jewish community high schools: Generation Y Jews in an era of unlimited choices, Yonatan Yussman

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Toward the development of a model to estimate the readability of credentialing-examination materials, Barbara Anne Badgett

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Stereotype threat’s effect on women’s achievement in chemistry: The interaction of achievement goal orientation for women in science majors, Janice M. Conway-Klaassen

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The Effect of goal orientation of attention, learning, and metacognitive awareness, Ordene V. Edwards

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The Role of creativity in naturalistic decision-making environments: A systems approach, Richard Hendrik Feenstra

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An Analysis of First Amendment jurisprudence on the Supreme Court case of Locke v. Davey, Alexander John Herzog

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Effects of comprehensive education on elementary school student performance on standardized exams, Kenneth Vaughn Higbee

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Predictors of recall and reading time for seductive and nonseductive text segments, Ivan V. Ivanov

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Use of task-value instructional inductions for facilitating engagement and conceptual change, Marcus L. Johnson

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A Change management effort in one large public organization: An exploration of the perception of needed skills for managing change, Brian Paul Knudsen

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Principal stress: Working in conflicting paradigms from newtonian to new science, Shelley Kresyman

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Verbal cues: Producing the same results in stereotype threat research?, Tarryn E. McGhie

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Efficiency of fiscal allocations in site-based empowered schools, Jerome Jay Meyer

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Learning with animation and the illusion of understanding, Eugene Sam Paik

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An Analysis of the equity of Utah’s public school funding system, Garrick Peterson

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Exploring preservice teachers' views of intelligence, Anne Marie Poliquin

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Reflective practice: The teacher in the mirror, Celes Raenee Rayford

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The Multiple-choice concept map (MCCM): An interactive computer-based assessment method, Ioan C. Sas

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Comparison of body composition between physically active and inactive wheelchair users, Masaru Teramoto

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Re-entry African American male high school dropouts through the lens of critical race theory with content analysis of the case studies, Robert Paul Walker