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Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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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"This Blessed Plot": Negotiating Britishness in Sam Selvon's The Lonely Londoners, Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia, and Zadie Smith's White Teeth, Kathleen Vickers

Acquisition of drive-eliciting power by originally neutral cues, Odin C. Vick

IMPACTS OF CLIMATE AND WILDFIRE ON WESTERN LARCH REGENERATION, Spencer T. Vieira

Violence, Catastrophe, and Agency in Nepal: A Deeper Understanding of the 2015 Earthquakes and Border Blockade, Kassandra D. Viers

Identification and partial characterization of glycoproteins in the serum of Biomphalaria glabrata and on the surface of Schistosoma mansoni, Nicholas John Vietri

Custer's Last Drag: An Examination of Tobacco Use Among the Seventh Cavalry During the Nineteenth Century, Shannon Marjorie Vihlene

Certain taxonomic considerations of the genus Cytophaga, Victor Joseph Vilk

Independent Internationalism and Nationalistic Pragmatism: The United States and Mexico Relations during the 1920s, Rodolfo Villarreal-Rios

Importance of agricultural border strips in the conservation of North American migratory landbirds in western Mexico, Jose Fernando Villasenor

Rangeland classification system based on vegetative structure, Brad Villnow

Montana high school dance bands| A survey of student dance bands in sixty-three high schools in Montana, Dean Lewis Vinal

Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park visitors| Their interests, satisfactions, opinions and preferences, Daniel Patrick Vincent

The Reorganization of the Polson High School library, Catherine Vines

A comparison of four protocols for maximal treadmill graded exercise testing in endurance athletes, Eric E. Vinje

An evaluation of fisher (Martes pennanti) introductions in Montana, Ray S. Vinkey

Effects of recreational activities on declining Anuran species in the John Muir Wilderness CA, Meg Vinson

A Qualitative Examination of Teacher's Perspectives of Social-Emotional Learning and Spirituality in the Public School Setting, Amy E. Violante

Management plan for wild ungulates in Balochistan Pakistan, Amjad Tahir Virk

Factors controlling the formation of mineral precipitates lining the channel in Rabbit Creek Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, Matthew V. Vitale

The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi II "Summer" as Arranged for Multiple-Part Festival Orchestra, Antonio Vivaldi

Translation of twelve Argentine gaucho short stories, with an introduction on the Argentine gaucho in life and literature, Lido Joseph Vizzutti

The Kite and the String: Why Philosophy Needs More Storytellers, Mason James Voehl

Performing America: Walt Whitman Erasure and the Politics of Textual Inclusion, Carey R. Voeller

Delivery and attention| An experimental investigation, John L. Vohs

Sterility| A study of theme in three plays by Federico Garcia Lorca, Don Lyle Volk

Development of School District Number One Missoula County Montana 1911-1955, Maud S. Volk

Sacred Zones: Examing Wilderness in Yellowstone, Maine and Russia, Lily S. Vonderheide

Noninvasive fecal monitoring of glucocorticoids in Alaskan brown bears (Ursus arctos horribilis), Christina G. Von der Ohe

The inactivation of endotoxin by serum: A phylogenetic and ontogenetic study, Kenneth Brooks Von Eschen

An Assessment of the Health Needs of the Transgender Community in Montana, Anna Grace von Gohren

Pronghorn fawn mortality on the National Bison Range, Barbara L. Von Gunten

EFFECT OF EXOGENOUS ICE SLURRY ON PHYSIOLOGICAL STRAIN INDEX DURING EXERCISE IN THE HEAT, Felipe von Sydow

Components of armed forces basic training and a correctional boot camp: An analysis, Lara B. Von Tersch

Using multiple environmental tracers to investigate the relative role of soil and deep groundwater in stream water generation for a snow-dominated headwater catchment, Isabellah V. von Trapp

Estimating Site Productivity from Non-Site Trees: A Site Index Based Approach, Charles Edward Vopicka

Remote Sensing of Avalanche Paths in Glacier National Park, Montana, Morgan Voss

Object-oriented design and implementation of Ecosystem Information System (EIS) using Java, Petr Votava

Incorporating competition between life forms into the soil water submodel within STAND-BGC a vegetative process model, Ellen P. Voth

Rhetoric and the Restoration Landscape: Forest Restoration in Environmental Debate, Gregory M. Vranizan

Depositional environments of the Cretaceous Thermopolis Muddy and Mowry Formations southern Madison and Gallatin Ranges Montana, Susan M. Vuke-Foster

Regional tectonic systems of the Pacific Northwest delineated from ERTS-1 imagery, Linda Kay Wackwitz

Cordilleran partitioning and foreland basin evolution as recorded by the sedimentation and stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Carten Creek and Golden Spike Formations central-western Montana, Amy M. Waddell

Effects of motivation on rotary pursuit performance, Betty Louise Waddell

Course of study for the teaching of music in the junior high schools of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Mary Helene Wadden

Response of fire analogs to duff conditions during prescribed fires, Dale D. Wade

Birth and death processes, Ronald Keith Wade

Daniell integral, Eddward Melvin Wadsworth

Mountain goats in Olympic National Park : fair game or reasonable doubt?, Helen Carolyn Wagenvoord

Phoenix suites| [Poems], Miles Waggener

An examination of the potential of microenterprise development as a tool for social welfare reform, Henry Jay Wagner

Integrated conservation program for the upper elementary grades, Hubert Horatio Wagner

Effects of extended exercise and carbohydrate feedings on substrate oxidation and muscle glycogenolysis, Jamie D. Wagner

CHARCOAL, Jasmine Dreame Wagner

Physiological comparison of racewalking and brisk walking at three submaximal speeds in female recreational racewalkers, Craig A. Wagoner

Bierce and Mencken as critics of their times, Shirley Deane Wagstaff

Decomposition and the Freeze-Thaw Process in Northwestern Montana: A Preliminary Study, Laura Beth Wagster

Evaluation of an alternation design for studying transfer of training, James Lee Wahlberg

California psychological inventory as a variable for predicting success of public school principals in Montana, Calvin Abner Wahl

Biomedical encounters and human adaptability, Christopher Canterbury Wahlfeld

Radar echoes and their relationship to lightning fires in the northern Rocky Mountains, Richard David Wahlfeld

Hue in the Rorschach: An investigation into the relative significance of blue and green versus the red orange and yellow responses, Betty Wahlstedt

Food Web Effects of Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) Invasion in Northwestern Montana, Charles Wainright

Geology and mineralization of the Black Pine Mine Granite County Montana, Dave Waisman

Ahnung und Gegenwart| Eichendorff's early version of the "Vita Poetae", Heidi Magdalena Waitschies

Survey of Missoula's May 1965 new car buyers' attitudes toward their recent new car purchases, Neil Francis Wakley

Survey of Christmas tree production on private lands in western Montana, Thomas A. Walbridge

Silviculture vs. nature: An ecological assessment of forest health alternatives, Bethanie Walder

Can Nonhumans Be Victims of Genocide?, Kirstin Waldkoenig

Role of sequential variables in successive contrast effects, John Edward Walkenbach

Points of disappearance, Stephanie Walkenshaw

Structure use and function of song categories in Brewer's sparrows (Spizella breweri), Brett L. Walker

Historical geography of Sitka, Alaska | 1799-1867, Brian Mercer Walker

Influences of landscape structure on snowshoe hare populations in fragmented forests, Carly Jane Walker

The Montana Defense Procurement Technical Assistance program grant., Chester Walker

Literature as mandala, Craig Weston Walker

Henry James and the anomalous particular case, a study of his technique as revealed in "The Turn of the Screw", David Clarence Walker

Transcendental Idealism, Transcendental Realism, and the Possibility of Objective Reference, Eric Dane Walker

A teacher's handbook of policies and procedures for Emerson elementary school Great Falls Montana, James H. Walker

Dr. Pit show, "One Night Only" and "The balloonman's chair"| Two one act comedies, James J. Walker

Trends in group vocational guidance 1900 to 1952, Kathleen E. Walker

An Interdisciplinary Approach To The Target Elucidation of Novel Antibiotic 31G12, Larissa A. Walker

Techniques to aid the junior high teacher in assisting the slow learner, Paul L. Walker

Environmental and biological factors limiting reproduction recruitment and growth of largemouth bass in Seeley and Echo Lakes Montana, Kathleen Walker-Smith

A comparison study of subadult long bone growth between an Early Archaic population (Windover) and a Late Archaic population (Indian Knoll), Sunday A. Walker

Nature and origin of bentonites and potassium bentonites northwestern Montana, Susan Claire Walker

Submaximal endurance capabilities of men and women, Edward Walkwitz

Exposing the soul, Glenda S. Wallace

USING LANDSAT IMAGERY TO EVALUATE LANDSCAPE-LEVEL IMPACTS OF NATURAL GAS FIELD DEVELOPMENT: TAZOVSKY PENNINSULA, RUSSIA, 1984-2007, Jesse Stevens Wallace

Lightbox| [Poems], Joni M. Wallace

Evaluation of the indicators and standards used for the limits of acceptable change process in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Sarah E. Wallace

Using Airborne Laser Altimetry to Characterize Surface Fuels in Western Montana, Tim E. Wallace

Study of drop-outs in Billings Senior High School for the school year 1953-1954, Willard Roger Wallace

Some cases illustrative of the problem of expatriation in Russo-American relations 1864-1897, William Swilling Wallace

Regeneration of subalpine Nothofagus pumilio in northwestern Patagonia Argentina, Christopher A. Wall

Seasonal habitat use of river otters in northwestern Montana, Amy Johnston Waller

Field manual for applying the universal soil loss equation in Montana, Jerry Jim Waller

EVALUATING THE USE OF CAMERA TRAPS TO MONITOR POPULATIONS OF UNGULATE PREY IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST, Scott Johnston Waller

Like nothing uphill : ecology and conservation of a northern Minnesota peat bog, Peggy J. Wallgren

Stroke rehabilitation : a counseling approach with families., Thelma Elaine. Wall

Relationship between supraspinatus strength and throwing velocity and accuracy of minor league professional baseball players, David Wallwork