Theses, Dissertations, and Creative Activity from students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Designing and Teaching with Role-Playing Games and Simulations in College Classrooms, Xavier Royer
Creating and Sustaining Vision, Mission, and Culture in a Time of Significant Growth and Complexity, Teri Lynn Schrag
Evaluating Awareness of Horticulture Therapy in the Omaha Area, Hannah Shepley
The Representation of Female Victims in Front-Page News Stories: The Effect of Race/Ethnicity, Danielle C. Slakoff
Safety in Sanctuaries: a Threat Assessment of Omaha Churches, Matthew Spicka
Dear Future Therapist: An Animated Short Film, Kelsie Stessman
Regression and Progression: Using Econometrics to Analyze Shifts in UNO’s Enrollment Over Time, Alexander Swenson
A Phenomenological Approach: Perceptions of Teacher Evaluation and Future Implications of Practice, Elizabeth Tonniges
They Say It Where I’m From: Using the Language of Idioms to Compare the Characteristics of Individualism vs. Collectivism, Marissa Wiese
Teacher Perceptions of Quality Student-Teacher Relationships, Cecilia Wilken
Investigation of bradyzoite differentiation initiation in Toxoplasma gondii, Harim I. Won and Paul H. Davis Ph.D.
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Detection of Comparability Subgraphs from Large Networks, Muthunagai Balakrishnamoorthy
An Analysis of Empathy as Leadership Attributes and Action in Educational Administrators and Teacher Leaders, Jill K. Bruckner
The Social Justice Role Of School Librarians, Stephanie A. Burdic
Middle School Common Grading Expectations and Teacher Perceptions of Grading Pedagogy, Jennifer Carson
PROGRAM INSPECTION AND TESTING TECHNIQUES FOR CODE CLONES AND REFACTORINGS IN EVOLVING SOFTWARE, Zhiyuan Chen
Left to Chance: Gifted Students and Recreational Reading, Sara J. Churchill
The Impact of a Professional Development Initiative on Technology Integration within Instruction, Angela M. Daigle
The Development of Step up to Quality: What it Means for Families, Patricia A. Drewes-Hynek
Algorithms for Modular Self-reconfigurable Robots: Decision Making, Planning, and Learning, Ayan Dutta
Altering The Expression of Artemisinin Through Osmotic Manipulation, Tyler Friesen
TOOL SUPPORT FOR CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF A CONCERN IN SOURCE CODE, Chuntao Fu
REPRESENTATION OF DEAF CHARACTERS AND CULTURE IN YOUNG ADULT FICTION, Kimberly Gangwish
A Complete Coverage Algorithm for 3D Structural Inspection using an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Venkat Ramana Reddy Garlapati
The Experiences of Female High School Students and Interest in STEM: Factors Leading to the Selection of an Engineering or Computer Science Major, Sharon K. Genoways
Elementary Administrators’ Mathematics Supervision & Self-Efficacy Development, Kelly M. Gomez Johnson
ISIS REIMAGINED Using ISIS Recruitment Techniques in a Peaceful Student Organization, Amanda Greer
Improving Software Quality by Synergizing Effective Code Inspection and Regression Testing, Bo Guo
Towards an Understanding of the Mental Model Process While Writing SQL Queries, Zahra Hatami
Local Implementation Effectiveness of a Multi-Tier System of Support in Elementary School Settings, Terry P. Houlton
Empathy: Do Levels Vary by Years of Service, Age or Gender?, Josh Jessen
The Influence of Language Choice in Acceptable Use Polices On Students’ Locus of Control, Stacy L. Lickteig
A Comparative Analysis of 6th Grade Academic and Nonacademic Outcomes in two Different School Configurations, Anne M. MacFarland
Elementary and Secondary Teachers’ Attitudes And Efficacy for Teaching English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom, Dawn L. Mathis
The Delivery of Professional Developemnt in the Middle School: Exploring Optimal Settings, Times, and Participants, Carrie A. Mohr
Using Multiple Intelligence Theory to Aid in Reading Comprehension, Kelsy Neil
Factors that Influence the Reading Motivation of Fourth and Fifth Grade Students in a Midwest Urban Elementary School, Jo A. O'Garro
Applications of Graph Embedding in Mesh Untangling, Jake Quinn
Nebraska Collegiate Methods Professors’ Perceptions of the Next Generation Science Standards: A Semi-Structured Interview Approach, Ashley B. Rasmussen
Factors that Influence Middle School Mathematics Teachers’ Willingness to Collaborate with School Librarians, Stephanie L. Schnabel
Examining Teacher Experiences: A Qualitative Study on Inclusion in the Elementary Classroom, Jennifer L. Sinclair
Analyzing Coxsackievirus B3 Genomic RNA by Site Directed Mutagenesis and SHAPE Analysis, Sara Smith
Instrucational Coaching: A Multiple Case Study Investigation of a Pre-Service Teacher’s Self Efficacy Through Supportive and Reflective Dialogue, Amanda Steiner
Towards Student Engagement Analytics: Applying Machine Learning to Student Posts in Online Lecture Videos, Nicholas R. Stepanek
Becoming Independent: Employer Practices that Enhance Success for Employees with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Stuart P. Stofferahn
Elementary Teachers’ Grading Practices and Perceptions in Communicating Assessment of Students, Shannon A. Thoendel
Comparing Formative and Summative Instruments: What Tools Inform Practice and Guide Teacher Candidate Decision Making?, Christina L. Wilcoxen
Research Based Interventions for Students Struggling with Oral Reading Fluency and Accuracy, Jamie Wredt
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Patterns and Signals of Biology: An Emphasis On The Role of Post Translational Modifications in Proteomes for Function and Evolutionary Progression, Oliver Bonham-Carter
Mutual Fund of the Minds: a Correlational Study on Education and the Economy at the State Level, Aaron Jay Bredenkamp
Expectation-Centered Analytics for Instructors and Students, Suzanne L. Dazo
After ALICE: The Implementation of an Active Shooter/School Intruder Training Program in K-12 Schools, Deborah Gleich-Bope
At the Intersection of Gender and Race: A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of African American Female Elementary Principals, Andrea M. Haynes
The Relationship between Teachers’ Instructional Practices, Professional Development, and Student Achievement, Denise M. Hoge
Determining the Interruption of Services While Performing V2I Communication Using the SPMD Prototype, Binaya Raj Joshi
Predictability of Hiring Mechanisms for Elementary Teachers, Troy Juracek
An Evaluation of a Support Program for First-Generation College Students, Aaron Krueger
A Product Evaluation of the Selective Abandonment Process for School Budgeting, Christopher M. Loofe
Rates of Poverty and Special Education Students Among Open Enrollment Students, Heather D. Nebesniak
Equitable Student Engagement: a Correlation Between Personalized Learning, Student Engagement, and Poverty Level, Andrea Yeager Neuzil
Contemplative Early Childhood Leadership, Mongkonrat Parks
Temporal and Contextual Dependencies in Relational Data Modeling, Rajvardhan Bhaskar Patil
Investigating Educators’ Perceptions of STEM Integration: A Semi-Structured Interview Approach, Brian K. Sandall
An Investigation of Education Leaders’ Perceptions of their Knowledge of Special Education Law, Kendra Schneider
Traditional vs. Blended: the Effect of Instruction Methods on Sixth Grade Pre-Algebra Students’ Performance and Perceptions, Lynn Marie Spady
The EZSMT Solver: Constraint Answer Set Solving meets SMT, Benjamin Susman
A Study of Norm Formation Dynamics in Online Crowds, Nargess Tahmasbi
MYTH OR REALITY? CROWDSOURCING AS A COMPLEX PROBLEMSOLVING MODEL: EVIDENCE FROM SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY THE CROWD AND PROFESSIONALS, Abhishek Tripathi
APPLICATION OF GROUP TESTING FOR ANALYZING NOISY NETWORKS, Vladimir Ufimtsev
District-Created Response to Intervention in High School Mathematics: a Program Evaluation Integrating Social Cognitive Theory, Elizabeth M. Wessling
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Omani English Language Learners’ Proficiency with Idioms, Khalid Almashikhi
Impact of School-Based Mentoring, Joel Beyenhof
The Packasso Project: A Case Study, Fairouz Bishara-Rantisi
The Essence of Instructional Coaching with Elementary Teacher Candidates: Reflections of Practice, Abigail J. Burke
Characterization of Common Videos with Signatures Extracted from Frame Transition Profiles, Abhiram Reddy Gaddampalli
Social Learning Systems: The Design of Evolutionary, Highly Scalable, Socially Curated Knowledge Systems, Nolan Hemmatazad
A Program Evaluation of a Summer Program Designed to Reduce Summer Learning Loss, Kara L. Hutton
Leading Cultural Change to Impact Workplace Satisfaction of Teachers with a Focus on Teacher Career Cycle, Scott H. Ingwerson
Self-Efficacy Perceptions of Novice and Career Teachers in Instructional Strategies, Student Engagement, and Classroom Management, Jeffrey S. Kerns
School Librarian Candidates’ Diversity Dispositions: Examining the Impact of Cultural Proficiency Instruction, Bridget I. Kratt
THE DIFFERENCE A COACH CAN MAKE: Supporting New Teachers in the Classroom, Mary Beth Kueny-Runge
Understanding User Engagement in the Open Collaboration Model of Crowdsourcing, Cuong Nguyen
Teachers’ Perceptions of Student Attendance of a Newly Implemented Tardy Policy, Tyree Dawn Sejkora
Correlation Between Teacher Mindset and Perceptions Regarding Coaching, Feedback, And Improved Instructional Practice, Beth K. Stenzel
Investigation of Mentoring for Instructional Leadership within an Educational Consortium, Scott A. Sturgeon
Measuring the Effects of Guided Reading on NeSA-R Student Cohort Scale Scores, Todd E. Tripple
The Effect of Teacher-Child Interactions on Child Outcomes, Jean R. Ubbelohde
An analysis of the effects of financial education on financial literacy and financial behaviors, Jamie Frances Wagner
Evaluating a 1:1 Computer Program in a Secondary School, Andrew R. Walters
Efficient Simultaneous Task and Motion Planning for Multiple Mobile Robots Using Task Reachability Graphs, Brad Woosley
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Quasigroup Block Cipher and its Analysis, Matthew J. Battey
The Application of Graph Theory to Access Control Systems, Eric Brown
Automated Oracle Generation via Denotational Semantics, Liang Cao
Educator Mindset: Perceptions of Economic Inequality and Awareness of Poverty on Student Potential, Cindy B. Copich