Tag: Lightning Talk

Makayla Kolojay¹
Faculty Mentor: Natalie Pennington, Ph.D.^1
1Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, Department of Communication Studies

ABSTRACT
Romantic Relationships are an important part of an individual’s life; having a partner can help us feel secure, bring joy, laughter,commitment, emotional and physical intimacy. While focusing on communication inside romantic relationships, this study is focused on the role deception to promote relational satisfaction. Deception is a conscious attempt to create or perpetuate false impressions. I bring attention to existing research about deception to understand the effects it has on how happy someone is within their relationship. This project I will talk about the multiple motives behind deception, such as lying and interpretation. It will also include intentional and unintentional motives. Essentially, deception can be a positive and negative thing, and I will discuss the best intentions for helping relationships.

Katie Gilbertson¹
Faculty Mentor: Djeto Assane, Ph.D.^1
1Lee Business School, Department of Economics

ABSTRACT
This study analyzes the loss of low-income jobs in Washoe County and Clark County during June 2020 and August 2021. Nonessential business closures at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 ravaged the labor market in Nevada, and the aftershocks are still being felt a year and a half later. Initial data were collected from the Urban Institute on June 5, 2020. At that time, 23,263 low-income jobs were lost in Washoe County and 132,771 low-income jobs were lost in Clark County. Final data were collected as of August 6, 2021, as that is currently the latest available information. Recent data reveals Washoe County has added back 14,773 low-income jobs and remains at a loss 8,490 jobs while Clark County has added back 70,916 jobs and remains at a loss of 61,855 jobs. This analysis measures the average difference of low-income jobs lost by county and year. Findings suggest that the differences between Washoe and Clark counties were more statistically significant in 2020 rather than 2021. Also, Washoe County had a higher statistical significance of its county-wide job loss from 2020 to 2021 than Clark did between the same years. Given these findings, the discrepancies between the two counties were more pronounced in 2020 and Washoe has added back low-income jobs faster than Clark. Future research should expand the time frame of the study or uncover why the majority of jobs are lost in Accommodation and Food Services.

Debanhi Gutierrez¹
Faculty Mentor: Eda Anlamlier, Ph.D.^1
1Lee Business School, Department of Marketing and International Business

ABSTRACT
Students grow up with popular brand name food products that become universally familiar across households. These students form attitudes and perceptions towards these products and brands. In this research, we will look at the positive and negative attitudes that UNLV students associated with the Coca-Cola brand and Coca-Cola soda. This will be conducted through a quantitative survey that will account positive and negative attitude along with demographics. Results will show what attitudes UNLV students in Las Vegas have toward this brand and soda products. Ultimately, this research will give insight as to whether UNLV students regard this brand and product with more positive or negative attitudes.