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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Peter and the Starcatcher: Creating the Character of Peter Pan via Rehearsal, Script Analysis, and Personal Journals, Delaney Jackson
Factors Influencing Participation in Liberal Student Organizations on College Campuses, Nathan Johnson
Supporting Innovation, Honoring Stability, and Achieving Coherence While Implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Behavior at the Middle Level, Chelsea S. Krebs
Undergraduate Employment: How Does Working Influence GPA and Attendance?, Natalia Kunze
Linking Social Emotional Learning and Literacy, Alicia Laufenberg
Primary Teachers’ Decisions for Selecting Multicultural Classroom Read Alouds, Jennifer Lemke
From Simple to Sophisticated: The Organization of Terrorist Groups, Michael K. Logan
Responding to Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States: A Review of Treatment Providers, Morgan A. McBride
What Makes an Efficacious Elementary Principal? A Qualitative Study, Rebecca C. Meyers
A Case Study Comparing Fingerspelling Production Between Two Interpreters with EIPA Scores of 3.0 and 4.0., Morgan Miller
Art and the Pursuit of Happiness: How Artists Use Art to Promote Their Emotional Well-being, August Namuth and Bruce Chase
“Contact” Sports: Competitive Athletic Experience, Racial Attitudes, and Intergroup Contact, Savana Nawojski
Disparities in Oral Health: Socioeconomic Status and Policies to Increase Access to Primary Dental Care, McKenzie Nutter
Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez: The Casta Paintings, Jonathan Orozco
An Exploration of the Alignment of Actual and Desired Roles for School Psychologists, Tessa Petereit
Elucidation and the Solipsism of the Tractatus, Jacob Phillips
Teacher Leadership for Flexibility in Grading: an Exploration and Analysis of Grading Practices in One Urban High School, Ryan Pivonka
Predictors of Loneliness Among College Students: Evidence for the Necessity of Early Childhood Interventions, Yazmin Ramos
How Power BI can be Built to Analyze Player and Team Statistics in the NBA, Alison Raszler
Influences on the Implementation of Guided Play Practices in Kindergarten: A Grounded Theory Study, Amy Schmidtke
Social Isolation, Anxiety, and Stress Among VRS/VRI Sign Language Interpreters During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kolten Schnack
Challenges Associated with Occupational Therapy in Nebraska, Delaney Simmonds
Influential Factors that Impact Individual Disaster Donations, Alyssa Spartz
“Disbelieving Black Women to Death”; the “Double Jeopardy”: Racism and Sexism Affects Black Women’s Access to and Quality of Care During Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum, Madeline St. Clair
Soil Quality Tests for Classroom Use, Kathleen Thompson
Perspective Driven Behavior: The Effects of Classroom Climate on a Student's Personality and Willingness to Communicate, Nicholas Weber
Analyzing Leadership Opportunities through Participant Perspective, Cathryn Yaggie Heinen
Implementation of a New Assessment System: a Look at Year Two of a Three Year Professional Development Plan, Janet A. Zahm
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Validation of Metabolic and Immunologic Biomarkers TNF-a, IGF, IL-6, CRP and Hair Cortisol in the Common Marmoset, Sushmita Adhikari, Mariah Wulf, Aaryn Mustoe PhD, and Jeffrey French PhD
Dance: Music, Movement, and Performance, Elise Beal
Teacher Perceptions During the Candidacy Phase of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Nicole M. Beins
Teacher Perceptions on Advisory Model at the Middle Level Through the Lens of Conflict and Connection, Emili L. Brosnan
Peloton: A Different Kind of Ride, David Carlson
Current Challenges Facing Physical Therapists in Urban Nebraska, Mark A. Carter
Sunday Dinners Creative Introduction & Poem Analyses, Sophie Clark
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: Research Practices for Protection Orders, Shelby Connett
Granny Pod Virtual Assistant, David Connolly and Bing Chen
Implementing A Multi-Tiered Behavioral Framework System In Seven K-4 Element Aries, Brad J. Dahl
Characterization of the Dimerization Domains on the Mannose-6-phosphate/Insulin-like Growth Factor II Receptor, Tyler Degener
Runway Safety Training Methods for Runway Incursion Prevention, Powers Dicus and Scott Tarry
Understanding the Effect of Font Type on Reading Comprehension/Memory under Time-Constraints, Elizabeth Dressler
An Analysis of the Similarities and Differences Between Two Vital Roles in Medicine: Physicians and Physician Assistants, Veronika Dubov
The Effect of Caregiver Self-Efficacy on Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Young Children Enrolled in Head Start, Kristy Feden
Living the All-American Dream, Emma Franklin
The Truth About Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Cassandra Griffin
Economic and Strategic Analysis of America's Wastewater, Jorden Hansen
Assessing Empathy Across the Lifespan: A Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Approach, Abi M. Heller
Identity in Congress: How Ethnicity is Shaping Caucus Membership, Michael Herndon
Grounding Size Predictions for Answer Set Programs, Nicholas Hippen
Analyzing the Necessity and Feasibility of the Freedom Dividend, Patrick Hodson
Revitalizing the Street of Dreams: A North 24th Street Case Study, Tiffany Hunter
Shades of Beige: Tarte Cosmetics and Racial Inclusivity, Dominika J. Jedinak
COOPERATIVE SIGNALING BEHAVIOR: SIGNALS FOR OPEN SOURCE PROJECT HEALTH, Georg John Peter Link
Habitat for Humanity Omaha: Homeownership Program: Quantitative and Qualitative Report, Rachel Lubischer and Heather Carlson
Developing an Artificial Intelligence for Grant Anon: A Real-Time Strategy Game, Tristan Martin
Estimation of Evapotranspiration and Other Water Budget Factors at Glacier Creek Preserve, Kian Paul McIntosh
Case Manager and Client Relationships for HIV Related Care Services in Rural Areas, Evan Meduna and Amy West
Pilot Study of Empathy in Bilingual Adults, Libby Moberg
A Mixed Methods Approach To Understanding The Juvenile Re-Entry Mentoring Process, Sara E. Moore
La Universidad Unit in a Comprehensible Input Classroom, Bailey Morley
Examining Electrochemical Properties of o-Quinone and Sulfur Adducts Using Bisphenol A-3,4-Quinone Platform, Barbara Mullen
Complete Makeover Mission Trip Edition: Improving the Effectiveness of Mission Trips, Summer Murray
Revision: The Literary Compass, Ashton Nanninga
Branding the Barre: A Strategic Marketing Plan for STARS Dance Academy, Crystian Neaman
Processing Narratives by Means of Action Languages, Craig Olson
Elementary School Administrators’ Perspectives of Expanded School Mental Health Systems and Implications for Further Training, Melissa M. Petersen
Socio-Dramatic Work Systems for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jorey Prange
“Nothing wrong with prejudice and discrimination:” Omaha newspaper coverage of the Civil Rights Movement in 1968, Charlotte Reilly
Grant Anon Minigames Extension, Justin Robbins
Visualizing the Nanostructure of Chiral-Doped Flexible Bent-Core Dimers, Zachary J. Sabata
Mandela Splash Pad Pre-Construction Plan, Levi Sandbulte
Once Upon a Time, Simon Saqueton and Todd Richardson
The Writing Process Revisted, Amanda Shurtliff
Building an Artificial Intelligence to Learn Go, Nathan Skalka
Investigation and Development of Multiphysics Modeling Software Applications for Building Noise Control, Jennifer Solheim
The Search for Coherence: an Exploration of Strategic Change in one Midwestern School District, Ashley Tomjack
Application of Effective Noise Control Strategies in Speech Perception Testing Rooms, Samuel H. Underwood
Acadecomic: How Visual Rhetoric and Effective Teaching Combine to Create Multiple Literacies, Michaela VanOeveren
Elucidating the Mechanism of Action of Experimental Compound SW33 in Toxoplasma gondii, Sean Watson
Collaborative Disagreement: Coming to See the Evidence in a New Light, Erin Wiebe
Cryptocurrency Taxation: Suggested Revisions on Current Treatment, Joe Wilwerding
A MODEL OF WORKLOAD ASSIGNMENT PREFERENCE AND ITS EFFECT ON PERFORMANCE, PRODUCTIVITY, AND STRESS, Christopher Winchester
From Swaddling to Swastikas: A Life-Course Investigation of White Supremacist Extremism, Steven Windisch
An Analysis of the Economic Barriers to Oral Healthcare Access in Omaha, Nebraska, Elias Witte
Clinical Decision Making: A Case Study of the Effects of Evidence Based Medicine and Past Empirical Experience in the Emergency Department, Olivia Zeman-Renner
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Multi-Label Classification Using Higher-Order Label Clusters, Dilanga Lakshitha Bandara Abeyrathna Galapita Mudiyanselage
The Economic Impact of a US Tech Talent Shortage on Midwest Companies, Raul Aguilera Ramirez
COCA-COLA’S FUTURE GROWTH STRATEGY: DIVERSIFICATION?, Arshia Alahi and Erin Bass
The Japanese Client: A Novel, Andrew Aulner
Exploratory Study of a School-Based Refugee Mental Health Project, Anne Marie Boose
Ketone Bodies and Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines, Kyla B. Buettner, Pankaj K. Singh, and Surendra K. Shukla
Examining the Gendered Effects of Prior Victimization on Delinquency Type among Justice-Involved Youth, Calli M. Cain
Simple Approximations to the Renewal Function, Antonio G. Campbell
A Multiple Case Study of Long-Term Success for At-Risk High School Students, Emily DuPree Christensen
Predicting User Interaction on Social Media using Machine Learning, Chad Crowe
Strategic Analysis of LifeLoop, LLC: Current Positioning and Recommendations for Future Growth, Erin Dabbs
Analyzing the Effects of Site-Directed Mutagenesis on the Structure of Coxsackievirus B3 Genomic RNA, Erin Dimon