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Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This collection includes 12488 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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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

SAGE-GROUSE AND THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION OF SMALL AND DECLINING POPULATIONS, Jason Duane Tack

Pragmatics in second language acquisition in the case of learning Japanese, Hiroko Takada

Development of an environment for testing programming ability using the cloze technique, Kiyoka Takahashi

Japanese women in business: Yesterday today and tomorrow, Yoko Takeuchi

Analysis of the AICPA's required reclassification of the shareholders' equity to liabilities in the balance sheets of credit unions, Belle Marie Talbert

Successful second language learner, Susan A. Talbot

Diagenesis of the Lower Permian Wolfcamp Formation, West Texas: Implications for reservoir quality in the Midland basin, Kory John Talcott

Sources of water captured by municipal supply wells in a highly conductive aquifer western Montana, Amelia A. Tallman

Genetic effects of local extinction, David Tallmon

Subby gets slimed : a role for stories in environmental education, Kirsten Talmage

Proposed school board policies for the Stevensville Montana public schools, Harry M. Tamplin

Sussex School backyard nature area project, Yukiko Maeda Tanaka

Just Leftovers, Sarah Elizabeth Tancred

Grassroots struggle for environmental justice : the need for a new approach to public health in Kern County California, Elizabeth Tan

Utilization of the Distributed-Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation-Model (DHSVM) To Quantify Streamflow Changes and Slope Failure Probability Following the Snow-Talon Fire Near Lincoln Montana, USA, Eric Lee Tangedahl

"First you talk about love and then you talk about wheat": Portrayals of female community on the Western plains, Randi Tanglen

Study on automated dasymetric mapping, Yanbing Tang

Assessment of Public Land Values and a Comparison Amongst Nonresident Outdoor Recreationists in Montana, Megan Michele Tanner

Transfrontier Conservation Areas of southern Africa and international law in the context of community involvement, Randy J. Tanner

Unmasking of latent herpesvirus infection, Surang Tantivanich

Porting MATT from MatrixX to MATLAB, Jing Tao

THE LIFE HISTORY AND ECOLOGY OF RIVERINE SOCKEYE SALMON (ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA) IN A LARGE FLOODPLAIN RIVER, Tyler Huntley Tappenbeck