This collection includes 12288 University of Montana graduate student theses, dissertations, and professional papers (ETDs) from 1899-present. Use the following links to search discipline-specific ETDs:
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Dissertations
Park Visitors and the Natural Soundscape: Winter Experience Dimensions in Yellowstone National Park, Shelley Walker Saxen
A MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF THE GENERA SYNTHYRIS AND BESSEYA (SCROPHULARIACEAE) (SYSTEMATICS TAXONOMY)., Clark G. Schaack
Subjective Quality of Life in Dialysis Patients, Cindy Schaumberg
Virtual collaboration: A Phenomenological Study of Remote Online Adjuncts Virtual Collaboration Lived Experiences, Lori Schieffer
Voluntary agreements to conserve endangered species on private land: Accommodating local interests with trusting relationships, Gregory T. Schildwachter
Evaluation of a Cognitive-Behavioral Mood Management Intervention for Depressed College Smokers, Holly E. Schleicher
UNDER THE INFLUENCE: PF BACTERIOPHAGE MODULATE PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VIRULENCE & PATHOGENESIS, Amelia Kass Schmidt
Unraveling the population history of the Xiongnu to explain molecular and archaeological models of prehistoric Mongolia, Ryan Schmidt
The Characterization of Cationic Pseudostationary Phases for Electrokinetic Chromatography, Vincent Patrick Schnee
PATTERN-PROCESS LINKAGES IN FORESTED ECOSYSTEMS, Eryn Elizabeth Schneider
An exploration of the experience of friendship jealousy and relational aggression in preadolescent girls, Renee' M. Schoening
SERVICE-LEARNING IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS UNDERGRADUATES: OUTCOMES, AUTISM KNOWLEDGE, AND CAREER DECISIONS, Jennifer Katherine Schoffer Closson
Comparison of Distance Education Leadership Styles and Future Investment in Two-Year Colleges, Ryan R. Schrenk
The effects of oxidative air pollutants on plant cuticles cuticular transpiration plant water balance and growth, Maarten D. Schreuder
It Takes a Village: Placing Middle Rocky Mountain high altitude residential sites of the Late Prehistoric Firehole Phase into a broader regional context, Bryon Alan Schroeder
OF RUPTURES AND RAPTURES: LOCATING IDEOLOGY WITH LIDAR IMAGERY, William Dale Schroeder
Cumulative Effects Analysis in U.S. Forest Service Decision-Making, Courtney Allison Schultz
A DUAL-FUNCTION FILAMENTOUS PF BACTERIOPHAGE PROTEIN MODULATES PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VIRULENCE POTENTIAL, Caleb Michael Schwartzkopf
Down Low Under the Big Sky, Amee Marie Schwitters
SCHOOL-BASED DBT SKILLS GROUPS FOR ADOLESCENT EATING DISORDERS AND BODY IMAGE CONCERNS: A PILOT STUDY, Jordan Fiorillo Scotti
Ties that bind on the Northwestern Plains: Contexts for prehistoric trade and travel, Sara Alicia Scott
STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SKILLS-BASED TECHNOLOGY COURSES DELIVERED THROUGH DIFFERENT SCHEDULING FORMATS, Shaun Eric Scott
VIDEO PROMPTS FOR SELF-REGULATED LEARNING: METACOGNITION AND REFLECTION ACTIVITY, Janet Sedgley
Rational Number Fluency: A Prerequisite for Success in High School Mathematics Courses?, Renae Walter Seegmiller
Using lidar remote sensing to estimate forest fuels, Carl Andrew Seielstad
Air Quality and Climate Impacts of Western U.S. Wildfires, Vanessa Selimovic
MECHANISMS DRIVING TERRITORIAL AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN A COOPERATIVE CARNIVORE, Sarah Nelson Sells
Central neurochemical mechanisms involved in the generation of the preovulatory GnRH surge in normally cycling female rats, Daniel John Selvage
Digraphs and homomorphisms: Cores, colorings, and constructions, Michael Dennis Severino
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURE CONNECTEDNESS AND BELONGING WITH PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR IN BRAZILIAN NATIONAL PARKS, Sonia Maria Sfair Kinker
HIGH-FREQUENCY OBSERVATIONS OF RIVERINE INORGANIC CARBON VARIABILITY USING IN SITU AUTONOMOUS SENSORS, Qipei Shangguan
Analysis of Envelope Glycoprotein Complex of Arenaviruses, SUNDARESH SHANKAR
Development of metal-based luminescent probes for applications in biomolecular structure and dynamics, Ayesha Sharmin
ECOSYSTEM PHOSPHORUS NUTRITION: A SOIL PROCESS INVESTIGATION, Alanna Nicole Shaw
Immunization against Chlamydia trachomatis infection of the genital tract with antigen -pulsed dendritic cells, Jennifer Hughes Shaw
Alliance and Outcomes in Counseling Canadian Aboriginal Peoples, Sidney Shaw
Applications of Asymptotic Methods: Analyzing Mathematical Models in Neuroscience and Describing Fast Dynamics of a Trajectory in the Vicinity of a Chaotic Attractor, Denis Mikhailovich Shchepakin
THE NMDA RECEPTOR COAGONISTS L-GLUTAMATE AND D-SERINE, Denis Mikhailovich Shchepakin
Estimation in generalized linear models and time series models with nonparametric correlation coefficients, HuaiQing Sheng
FUN CTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF DUAL TRANSMITTING NEURONS ON AGGRESSION, Lewis Michael Sherer II
A novel multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of chronic pain, Erica L. Shertzer
Reliability generalizations of three alcohol screening measures: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test the CAGE Questionnaire and the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test, Alan Laramie Shields
MOCCASIN ECONOMICS: ENTANGLED MUSEUM STORIES OF NIITSITAPI WOMEN, LABOR, AND FOOTWEAR, Michaela Ann Shifley
Moving Toward Development of a Chunghwa Postal Office Business Model of Sustainability, Perng Cheng Shih
Investigating the Effectiveness of Parent-Implemented Interventions in Improving the Social Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Zachary R. Shindorf
A HOME FOR ALL: INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES FOR HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT FEDERALLY REGULATED LANDSCAPES AT THE GARNET GHOST TOWN, Andrea Jean Shiverdecker
American Indian Artist Angel DeCora: Aesthetics, Power, and Transcultural Pedagogy in the Progressive Era, Suzanne Alene Shope
Complexity and variation in the effects of low-severity fires on forest biota, Karen Christine Short
USING FORMULATION TO UNLOCK VACCINE ADJUVANT EFFICACY FOR TOLL-LIKE AND C-TYPE LECTIN RECEPTOR AGONSTS, Kristopher Kenneth Short
A culture specific grief intervention and its affects upon coping behavior and perceived social support among American Indians: A treatment development study, William Henry Shunkamolah
EXTENSION AND MISSIONARY ADULT EDUCATOR COMMITMENT CALLING, EXPERIENCES, AND ATTITUDES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON CAREER COMMITMENT OF EXTENSION AGENTS AND PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES, Steven Dale Siegelin
Post-fire management and public lands conflict: The Bitterroot National Forest and beyond, Alex Corbly Sienkiewicz
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR ASSESSING CULTURALLY CONGRUENT SCIENCE TEACHING, Regina Christine Sievert
The nature of change in Western Montana's bunchgrass communities, Pamela G. Sikkink
SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, AND HEALTH, Ari B. Silverman
A Study of Hydroclimatic Dynamics in Mountain Landscapes, Nicholas Loren Silverman
Emotional Availability and Touch among Deaf and Hearing Mother-Infant Dyads, Grace Silvia
CONSEQUENCES OF ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR ACTIVATION IN STEADY-STATE AND INFLAMMATORY DENDRITIC CELLS, Thomas Simones
The Regulation of Mucosal Immunity by Inflammatory Mediators, Bryan Joseph Simons
The use of a prospective longitudinal study to predict adaptive outcome in a middle school population, Jennifer A. Simon-Thomas
Memory and clinical features in college students with high and low dissociative tendencies, Sofia Simotas
Benthic Invertebrate Paleontology of the late Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Bear Gulch Limestone, Central Montana, Amy Elizabeth Singer
Presidential Award winners in mathematics at the secondary level: Classroom management beliefs and career stages, Timothy Eaton Skinner
FOR THE LOVE OF LANGUAGE: MICRORITUEL IN THE SOCIALIZATION OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS, Rebekah Morgan Skoog
BIOTIC PULSES, BRYOTIC PULSES AND THE EFFECTS OF MOSSES ON COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS, Mandy Lynn Slate
LINKING LANDSCAPE PATTERN TO POPULATION PROCESSES FOR A CARNIVOROUS MAMMAL, Keith Michael Slauson
THE GENETIC MECHANISMS UNDERLYING PIGMENTATION AND THEIR EVOLUTIONARY IMPORTANCE IN BIRDS, Nicholas David Sly
POST-DISCHARGE OUTCOMES FOR YOUTH SERVED IN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER, Tara Lynne Smart
The Influence of SPARC on Collagen Deposition in Asbestos-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis, Aubrey Meghan Smartt
ADAPTATION IN RANGELAND SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: A MIXED-METHODS, CROSS-SCALE EXAMINATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING RANCHERS’ ADAPTATION TO DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, Ada Parkhurst Smith
Biological invasions: Insights into ecology and evolution, Jennifer Naomi Smith
LANDSCAPE TO LOCAL: A MULTI-SCALE EVALUATION OF VOLUNTARY EFFORTS TO REDUCE FRAGMENTATION AND ENHANCE MANAGEMENT OF RANGELANDS FOR SAGE-GROUSE, Joseph Tyler Smith
The effects of the fur trade on aboriginal households in the middle Fraser region of British Columbia, Lisa Michelle Smith
COMPUTER MODELLING OF NEUROTOXICITY AND AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER IN THE RAT AFTER CHRONIC LEAD INTOXICATION, Silas Brewer Smith
Synthesis of Higher Molecular Weight Poly(D-glucaramides) and Poly(aldaramides) as Novel Gel Forming Agents, Tyler Nations Smith
Elucidation of the Specificity of Neuroactive Steroids and Related Compounds at the at the Vesicular Glutamate Transporter, Wesley Edward Smith
Global and regional scale constraints to bioenergy potential and the human appropriation of net primary production, William Kolby Smith
EVALUATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO WOODSMOKE INHALATION DURING EXERCISE IN BLOOD PRESSURE SENSITIVE/CHRONOTROPE STRATIFIED INDIVIDUALS, Joseph Alan Sol
Novel water-soluble triosmium heterocyclic clusters as selective markers for biomacromolecules, Fabrizio Spada
An Outcomes Assessment of Two Therapeutic Group Homes Serving Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder in a Rural Community, Brooke Rose Spangler
Zooming in on a Snapshot of Care: Adapting the Index of Care for Historical and Modern Individuals in the Terry Collection, Felicia Robyn Sparozic
I. Equilibrium unfolding studies of cytochrome C. II. The role of helix 1 aspartates in the stability and conversion of prion protein, Jonathan O'Connor Speare
Does migration matter? Causes and consequences of migratory behavior in Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, Derek Benjamin Spitz
Glucocorticoid physiology and behavior during life history transitions in Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), Rachel Seabury Sprague
UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING IN ONLINE CREDIT RECOVERY: DO COURSE FEATURES IMPACT ACHIEVEMENT?, Robert I. Squires
The Last Conservationist: Floyd Dominy and Federal Reclamation Policy in the American West, Ian Robert Stacy
Lake food webs: Biological and chemical perspectives, Craig P. Stafford
THE PHENOTYPIC FLEXIBILITY OF THERMOGENIC CAPACITY: FROM PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISM TO EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS, Maria Stager
GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SHAPING PRECISION MEDICINE WITH RURAL AND TRIBAL POPULATIONS IN MONTANA, Jack William Staples
The Synthesis and study of heterocyclic, dimeric and chiral ligands for the multidrug-resistance transporter, Scott Steiger
EXPLAINING AND MONITORING POPULATION PERFORMANCE IN GRIZZLY AND AMERICAN BLACK BEARS, Jeffrey Brian Stetz
DISENTANGLING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ACUTE STRESS, CHRONIC STRESS, AND PROSPECTIVE MEMORY, Brandon Taylor Stewart
External correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales in an American Indian outpatient sample, Jera L. Stewart
ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS OF SURFACE-MODIFIED FUSED SILICA CAPILLARIES, Jesse James Stine