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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 2021
Healthy Aging in Place: An Integrated Smart Home Using Alexa-compatible Technology, Tyler Kryst
Customer Purchase Intention Towards the US Airline, Ming-Chun Kuo
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Romantic Relationship Dynamics, Alexandria Jayci Lake
Thanks for Your Gift, Ruth Larmore
Shaping Success for Mobile Applications of Integrated Resorts, Krista Larsen
Computational Sodium Heat Pipe Simulation in Three Dimensions for Transient Nuclear Reactor Analysis with Variable Surface Heat Flux, Valerie Jean Lawdensky
Factors Influencing Golfers' Intention to Use a Direct Booking Website, Junghoon Lee
Functional π-Organogelators: From Nanoribbons to Organic Phosphors, Sae Hui Lee
Health and Wellness Competencies for an Entry-Level Doctorate Occupational Therapy Course, Teresa Liccardo
School Climate, Teacher Self-Efficacy, and Teaching Practices: Evidence from TALIS 2018, Chengcheng Li
We Gon' Be Alright: A Narrative Inquiry with Black Male Doctoral Students, Lashaun D. Limbrick
Exploring the Choiceless Cardinal Hierarchy, David Linkletter
Development of a Novel Cognitive-Motor Dual Task Assessment Battery in Neurodegenerative Disease, Jason Longhurst
"Till This Moment, I Never Knew Myself": Letters in Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park, Renee Maalouf
Dancer Screening Clinic, Kristen Manaloto, John Lencioni, and Laura Nguyen
A World of Infinite Possibilities: Recoding Popular Culture in Modern U.S. Ethnic Fiction, Todd Martinez
Food Insecurity and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among College Students, Bertille Octavie Mavegam Tango Assoumou M
Behavior of Aged Reinforced Concrete Columns Under High Sustained Concentric and Eccentric Loads, Wenchen Ma
Social Media Activism: Did We Say What We Meant to Say? A Thematic Analysis of SlutWalk Los Angeles Hosted by Amber Rose, Yahindra Maxey
Determination of the Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in Environmental Surface and Air Samples from Public Areas in Las Vegas, Kristina Mihajlovski
Calculating the Learning Rate of a Neural Network using a Genetic Algorithm, Eric Miller
The Influences of Medicaid on Mental Health Practitioners, Matthew Mohan
Still We Rise: A Black Feminist Qualitative Inquiry Exploring Black Women’s Experiences on Twitter, Yvonne C. Morris
Magneto Was Right: How the Holocaust Shaped an X-Men Antihero, Benjamin J. Morse
Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Requirement in Centripetal Migration in Drosophila melanogaster Oogenesis, Sheila Mosallaei
Exploring the Latent Space of Image Captioning Networks, Mikian J. Musser
Preparation to Performance: A Conductor’s Journey to the Podium, Geoffrey B. Neuman
Improving Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing: A Quality Improvement Project, Patricia A. Nill
Exploring the Relation Between Musical and Dance Sophistication and Musical Groove Perception, Samantha R. O'Connell
Increasing Perioperative Outpatient Nurses’ Knowledge of Pediatric Anxiety Through Use of a Developed Clinical Guide, Christine Oliver
Constructing the Perfect Girlfriend: Gender, Class, Race, & Performativity of Paid Intimacy in Nevada Brothels, Christina Parreira
Measures and Conceptualizations of Symptoms in Schizophrenia, Nina B. Paul
A Process for ADM-300 Radiation Detector Modernization for Military Applications, Caesar R. Pereira
Controlled Evaluation of a Family-Based Optimization Intervention Implemented Through Video-Conferencing to Address ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder in an Adolescent Athlete, Dereck Davy Phrathep
Colonization of the Philippines: An Analysis of U.S. Justificatory Rhetoric, Johansen Christopher Pico
Chronicling Magma Transit Beneath Hawaiian Volcanoes: Every Isotope a Word, Every Crystal a Story, Jonathan Pinko
Turbulence Modeling of Shock Boundary Layer Interaction in Hypersonic Flows, Sogol Pirbastami
Juvenile Conifer Growth and Regeneration Across Diverse Climatic and Environmental Conditions in the Southwestern United States, Nikki L. Pirtel
Dimitri Mitropoulos a Champion of New Music, Ioannis Protopapas
Investigation of Bismuth Telluride Nanowire Composites for Enhanced Flexible Thermoelectric Films, Matthew P. Pusko
TinyML for Gait Stride Classification, Priyanka Rajendra
Tail-Measurable Functions and Their Corresponding Induced Classes, and Some Determinacy Conditions Involving 3-Player Games, Joshua K. Reagan
Learning As We Grow: A Multiple Case Study of Teachers Experiences with Graduate Online Courses, Erica K. Reid
Patient Engagement in Cosmetic Designing of Prostheses: Current Practice and Potential Outcome Benefits, Kenneth Repayo, Cailin Mitchell, Matthew Tillitt, and Collin Weber
The Unfinished Enlightenment Novel: Comparative Studies in Indeterminacy and Democracy, Andrew Joseph Rhoades
Investigation of Bench-Scale Packed Bioreactor for Perchlorate Reduction in the Presence of Co-Contaminants and High Salinity, Julia Ribeiro Rabello
Exploring Treatment Targets to Mitigate Fear of Falling Activity Avoidance Behavior in Parkinson's Disease and Older Adults, John Vincent Rider
Relationship between Jump Performance and Asymmetry, Cordero Roche
Nos/otrxs Que Fuimos Separados: Recovering Testimonios of Separation and Resistance, Marcela Rodriguez-Campo
Popular Culture as a Tool for Critical Pedagogy: A Case Study, Kyle Rogers
Kaleidoscope of Urban Evapotranspiration: Exploring the Science and Modeling Approaches, Rubab Saher
The Effects of Green Exercise on Perception and Connectedness to Nature, Robert W. Salatto
Development of a Novel Alzheimer’s Therapy, Lorena P. Samentar
Teaching a Communication Protocol via Graduated Guidance on the IPad to Assist in Functional Communication Training for Nonverbal Children with ASD, Janelle Saunders
Soft Machinery, Chelsi Sayti
Developing Strategic Partnerships to Impact Population Health: A Professional Development Module, Andra S. Scano
Differential Gene Expression in Starvation Selected Drosophila Melanogaster, Katherine Schultz
Disrupting Gender Normativity Through A Social Learning Framework, Ashley Shank
Feasibility and Efficacy of Virtual Darkness in Reducing Intra-Individual Sleep Variability Among Young Adults with Insomnia, Samantha Nicole Sherwood
Re-Analysing Astronomical Alignments of Potential E Group Structures to Demonstrate the Utility of Archeoastronomy Research About the Ancient Maya, Elizabeth Karen Shikrallah
Modeling the Mechanical Behavior and Shock Propagation of Metallic and Nanocomposite Materials, Pouya Shojaeishahmirzadi
A Fusion of Remotely Sensed Data to Map the Impervious Surfaces of Growing Cities of Punjab, Pakistan, Binita Shrestha
Relationship between Standardization Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and Project Performance, Binit Kumar Shrestha
Effects of Altered Somatosensory Input on Lower Limb Mechanics via Different Shoes and Barefoot Walking in Individuals with Chronic Post-Stroke Hemiparesis, Aaron Abraham Simon, Jynelle Marie Guerrero Arches, Megan Leigh Keohane, and Wee Jin Jed Lee
Does Social Support Moderate the Association Between Income and Food Security Status Among Seniors Living in Southern Nevada?, Adugna Teka Siweya
Monitored Compression Therapy: Using Smart Technology to Optimize the Treatment of Lower Extremity Swelling, James Skelly
Accretion and Debris Disc Dynamics Around Single and Higher-Order Star Systems, Jeremy L. Smallwood
Patient-Specific Finite Element Analysis for Mandibular Fracture Fixation, Ethan Snyder
Implications of the Evolutionary Past on the Activities of VirB: A Key Transcriptional Regulator of Virulence Genes in Shigella flexneri, Jillian Nicole Socea
Social Support of Mexican Immigrant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study, Angela Sojobi
Italianness on the Strip: Stereotypes, Dreams, and Nostalgia in Las Vegas Italian-Themed Attractions, Marta Soligo
A Study on Mukbang User’s Consuming Behavior, Hyo Geun Song
Genomic Analysis of Paenibacillus Larvae Bacteriophages, Casey Stamereilers
On-Chip Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy, Randy Sterbentz
Blue Lives Matter: Identity and the Internet, Jennifer M. Stevens
The Concept Album as Postmodern Literature: A Critical Examination of Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral, Kelly E. Stith
New Nurse Reality Shock & Early Burnout: Can Role Transition Education Received During New Nurse Residency Positively Affect Satisfaction?, Bonnie L. Stolzman
Inter and Intra-Rater Reliability of Dance Screening Tool, Kathleen Stone and Braden Waters
The Optimum Performance Program in Sports - Youth: A Case Study, Karolyne Bastos Stucki
An Evaluation of Care Coordination in Reducing Depression Symptoms and Emergency Room Visits, Stacy Sumpter
Forecasting Pedestrian Trajectory Using Deep Learning, Arsal Syed
The Beat of a Subculture: A Study of the History and Impact of Non-pitched Percussion in Early Hip-hop, Jeffrey Michael Taylor
Understanding and Addressing Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Misconceptions in Science Education, Nicole Juliana Thomas
The Barbaricum Trilogy: A Bioarchaeological Approach to Deciphering Sarmatians’ Saga on the Great Hungarian Plain, Cristina Tica
Predictors of Violent and Non-Violent Institutional Infractions of Death Row Prisoners, Tereza Trejbalová
Scardovia Wiggsiae and Streptococcus Sobrinus Prevalence Among Orthodontic and Non-Orthodontic Patients, Melissa Trumbo
Examining the Experiences of LGBTQ DPT Students: A Critical Ethnography, Catherine Turner
Assessment of the Infrazygomatic Crest and Distal Infrazygomatic Crest for Bone Depth and Miniscrew Insertion, Kyle C. Tuttle
Food Insecurity and Adiposity Among Children and Adults NHANES 2015-2016, Denise Vidal
Machine Learning Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Data to Predict Bone Mineral Density in African American Women, Erick Githua Wakayu
Opioid and Naloxone Training in a Rural School District, Allyson C. Waldron