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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Theses
Phosphorus cycling in Octopus Spring Yellowstone National Park Wyoming U.S.A., Laura A. Strumness
"Words Are No Good": The Curse of Signification and the Curse of Faulkner's South, Michael Joseph St. Thomas
Metamorphism in the central Flint Creek Range Montana, Charles J. Stuart
"Pragmatists" and other stories, Robert Stubblefield
An investigation of the edible and medicinal plants used by the Flathead Indians, Ron D. Stubbs
Economic feasibility of the multi-use of public school facilities - a specific application to churches, David Barfield Stuhr
SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF BIOMES IN THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES (9000 YBP TO THE PRESENT), Christopher Caleb Stump
On the road with Missoula Children's Theatre, Morgan Sturges
Mood change in response to an innocent victim as a function of empathy and belief in a just world, Cynthia A. Sturm
Harald Grill| Ein Oberpfalzer Dialektdichter unserer Zeit, Susanne E. Sturzl Forrest
Growth characteristics of Herpesvirus hominis type 2 in Vero, HeLa, and MA111 stable cell lines, Thomas B. Styer
Effects of flow regulation by dams on pioneer riparian plant species of lower Flathead River Montana, Igor I. Suchomel
Inbetween, Cathryn Sugg
Effect of set on the estimation of time, Gerald A. Sullivan
Subrings of continuous functions, Hugh D. Sullivan
Transition model of pentose phosphate metabolism during the differentiation of the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, Janet R. Sullivan
Description and analysis of the dude ranching industry in Montana, Joseph Parker Sullivan
Pre-death preparation among young married couples; A study of students and non-students in Missoula Montana, Larry Jay Sullivan
Colloidal and truly dissolved metal(loid)s in wastewater lagoons and their removal with floating treatment wetlands, Lauren Sullivan
The status and problems of the county superintendent in Montana, Neal George Sullivan
Assessing Macroinvertebrate Community Recovery in Post Restoration Silver Bow Creek, Montana, Sean Patrick Sullivan
Developing contents for a special topic regional atlas, Thomas J. Sullivan
Defining the limits of lobbying activity for IRS Code 501 (c) (3) organizations., Thomas W. Sullivan
Pinacol reduction of ketones at plated copper gauze cathodes, William Joseph Sullivan
Factors affecting community well-being: Implication for social assessment, Becky E. Summer
GENDER, JUSTICE, AND JIM CROW: NORTH CAROLINA JUDGE ELRETA ALEXANDER AND THE LONG CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, Virginia Lyndsay Summey
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUTING HABITS AND MORTALITY RATES IN THE UNITED STATES, Samuel Earl Supplee-Niederman
GIS application in evaluating the road effects on fire severity, Agus Suratno
Expeditionary Learning, Angie Susag
Zitkala-Sa| The native voice from exile, Dorothea M. Susag
Economic implications of technological change in the wood products industry of Montana, Christopher Brooks Sutherland
LITHOLOGIC AND HYDROGEOLOGIC CONTROLS ON THE OCCURRENCE, TRANSPORT, AND FATE OF MTBE IN FINE GRAINED GLACIAL-LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS, Mary Kathryn Sutherland
Literary criticism contained in the works of Mark Twain, John Joseph Sutrina
Watch, Martha Sutro
Comparative analysis of demographics perceptions and opinions relating to predators and their management : grizzly bears mountain lions and wolves, Bethany M. Sutton
Faunal Analysis of the Tongue River Bison Kill Site (24RB2135) in Southeastern Montana, Hilleary Allison Sutton
One-hundred years of change in Missoula neighborhoods, Jennifer E. Sutton
Increasing worker productivity through incentives, Richard Moore Sutton
Ethnographic survey of contemporary concepts of health and illness among individual Chippewas and Crees, Eli S. Suzukovich
Self-perception: The effects of self-observation on state-trait anxiety scores, Soren K. Svanum
Stochastic approximation, Robert Lee Svehla
Music and myth: The ancient Greeks and Kwakiutl Indians, Lowell Rolf Svennungsen
Investigation of audience response to prose literature when perceived through silent reading oral interpretation and readers theatre, Judy Lee Svore
Selected examinations of business social responsibility: Theory to practice, Paul Svrcek
Investigation into certain aspects of evaluation as they pertain to senior high school music education, William Robert Swaffield
Examination of anger: Differences in tennis and basketball college athletes, Melanie Swain
Review of diplomatic relations between the United States and the papal states (1848-1867), Lloyd Swanberg
Hand Signs, Rebecca Kristine Swanberg
Movement and habitat use of fluvial bull trout in the upper Clark Fork River drainage, Tim Swanberg
Attitudes toward regressed and fixated pedophiles, Gyda Swaney
Effects of predation on ground-nesting bird communities in northwestern Montana, William R. Swaney
Aspects of doe pronghorn social structure on the National Bison Range, Jean Lorene Swanger
Typography| Its development and its use as a means of expression, Harold J. Swan
Glycerol-induced hyperhydration during long term exercise in a heated environment, Jacob G. Swan
"No Pets Allowed" and other stories, Vincent P. Swann
Survey of air-age education in grades seven, eight, and nine in twenty-six Montana schools, Roy C. Swan
Spatial regression methods capture prediction uncertainty in species distribution model projections through time, Alan Swanson
Preschoolers' reactions to puppets displaying normal, stuttered, and phonologically delayed speech patterns, Ann M. Swanson
Bank erosion and metal loading in a contaminated floodplain system upper Clark Fork River Valley Montana, Benjamin John Swanson
Use of logical proof in the speeches of Lyndon Baines Johnson as shown by an analysis of eight selected speeches delivered between the dates of December 17, 1963 and January 4, 1965, Donald Raymond Swanson
Assessing the esthetics of timber harvesting in the northern Rockies, Frederick Harold Swanson
Some Stars Explode Across This Darkening Road| A collection of poetry and fiction, Jo-Ann Marie Swanson
Physical activity attitudes of senior citizens in Montana, Mark Burnside Swanson
Temporal effects of various immunosuppressive drugs on the immune response, Priscilla Ann Swanson
Preschool Writing Instruction: Modeling the Writing Stages, Shelby Swant
Concerning normal subloops, Donald Vincent Sward
Blasting the Farm: Chemical High Explosives and the Rise of Industrial Agriculture, 1867-1930, Patrick Benjamin Swart
Response of Amphibian and Invertebrate Communities to Wetland Mitigation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Leah K. Swartz
River recreation policy for Kansas, Brian A. Sweatland
An Anxious State: The Search for Identity and the Struggle for Peace in Irish and Palestinian Literature, Benjamin Patrick Sweeney
A geologic reconnaissance of the Whitefish Range Flathead and Lincoln Counties Montana, George LeJeune Sweeney
Role of nature in the novels of Ringuet, Mary Frances Sweeney
Mismatched Identities: Experiencing White Womanhood and White Motherhood as an Exotic Dancer, Phoenicia S. Sweeney-Summers
The Effects of two variables victim provocation and defendant intoxication on simulated jurors' perceptions of guilt in a case of wife-battering, Teresa M. Sweeney
Analysis of problem representation in the application of artificial neural networks for feature classification in imagery, Michael D. Sweet
Does Behavioral Synchrony Extend to Robots? Children’s Sharing, Mentalizing, and Social Attributions to Synchronous Others, Sarah E. Sweezy
Direct estimation of household production functions, Matthew S. Swenson
Effects of instructions and interstimulus interval in human GSR conditioning, Richard Patrick Swenson
Ancestral and Sex Estimation Using E.A. Marino’s Analysis of the First Cervical Vertebra Applied to Three Modern Groups, Victoria Marie Swenson
Crossing the line: A history of the "Great Falls Tribune" strike of 1974, Dennis Lynn Swibold
The Influence of Wildland Urban Interface Areas on Resource Assignments to Large Wildland Fires, Kurt Swimley
Fierce Flames and the Golden Lotus: Case Studies on the Madness and Creativity Connection, Reuben Jay Swindall
Are Risk Attitudes and Rainfall Variability Determinants of Diversification? Evidence from Rondonia, Brazil, Brenna Swinger
Otitis media and language development, Christine Louise Switzer
A Clean Slate: The Archaeology of the Donner Party's Writing Slate Fragments, Molly Elizabeth Swords
FOSTERING INTERNATIONAL MINDEDNESS IN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE CLASSROOMS: A CASE STUDY OF TWO TEACHERS, Madiha Syeda
Conditioned orientation reflex audiometry, Debra L. Sykes
An educational survey of the school children of Judith Basin County Montana, Earl F. Sykes
Vision for restoring and protecting Eastern forests, Kristen Sykes
Economic base model : alternative methods of analysis and their application to rural areas using covered wages and salaries, James T. Sylvester
Glasnost| The Pandora's box of Gorbachev's reforms, Judy Marie Sylvest
Elite induced change in the Bolivian national revolution, 1952 - 1964, Weymouth Daniel Symmes
The application of the Incident Command System to Hungary's environment, Gergely SzaboÌ
Optimal time vs distance: A study of optimal foraging theory, Ann C. Szalda
Norwegian settlement in North Dakota, Walter J. Szczur
Montana's rural elderly, Keila M. Szpaller
Phospholipid associated with the ATPase complex in Bacillus stearothermophilus, Joan C. Szuba
Geothermal energy in Hawai'i : an analysis of promotion and regulation, Annie Szvetecz
Henry James's independent women, Barbara Fleming Taber