This collection includes 12136 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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Black Hole, Alice Elizabeth Bolin
Surface Tension: Essays on an Evolving Faith, Sydney Jo Bollinger
Old and in the way| An evaluation of Alaska's dams and anadromous fish, Meagan Boltwood
The Golden Guipil: A story of the endangered Maya-Pokomchi and the golden-cheeked warbler in Guatemala, Douglas S. Booth
Connectivity and Spatial Organization of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in Idaho, Nathan Jeffery Borg
Magnificent mistakes| A collection of stories, Eric Bosse
REFORESTATION IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON: POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE REFORESTATION, Christopher Bryant Bradley
Searching for the Real McCoy, Carrie Adams Braman
Assessing the effects of field plot size and stand structure on forest inventory estimates derived from laser altimetry data, Jody Paul Bramel
Examination of the Sensitivity and Specificity of the MMPI-2 and PAI: An analog Study of Brain Injury and Test Effort, Cameron Craig Brewer
Instructions for a burial, Elizabeth Brinsfield
In the Family of Things: Stories About Simple Choices and Radical Change, Grace Charlotte Brogan
The Anatomy and Production of the Short Story, Evanthia Hill Bromiley
Some critical mass| [Short stories], Erin Stewart Brown
A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE PROGRAM IN MONTANA, Heather Allison Brown
Klonopin Collectifs, the “Charms” of Diverted Pharmaceuticals and Other Pleasures of Non-Medical Prescription Drug Use, Henry Erikson Bundy
A Comparison Study of Vertebral Degenerative Joint Disease in the Hunter-Gatherer Population at Indian Knoll, Kentucky and Agriculturalists, Ashley Lynn Burch
Implications for Restoration: Effects of Riparian Vegetation and Shade on Temperature Gradients in Lower Gold Creek, Southwest Montana, Ashley Brandyn Burry-Trice
Plums at junction of two rivers| [poems], Heather M. Cahoon
Antonio Fogazzaro and the Development of Liberal Catholicism in Modern Italy, Margaret Ashley Caldwell
Graduate Teaching Assistant Interpretations and Responses to Student Immediacy Cues, Clair Owen Canfield
A User Study on 2D Wind Visualization Methods, Chen Cao
All Lit Things Predict Their Own Demise, Caylin Capra-Thomas
The Weight of it all: A Look At Variation of Organ Weights, Jenny E. Cavallari
Evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung, Christine Bryanne Chandler
It Was Much More Pleasurable To Be A Cephalopod, Jordan N. Chesnut
Collective Privacy Boundary Turbulence and Facework Strategies: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of South Korea and the United States, Min Kyong Cho
Guest house and other stories, Clellan Coe
Six Stories, Tim Coffield
WASH OUT: FLUVIAL FORMS AND PROCESSES ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIERS, July Oskar Cole
Fences & Fault-lines, Deadfalls & Snares, Mackenzie Cole
Cultural overview of the archaeological investigations at Scott's Village, south-central Oregon, Kelly Pieper Collman
Montana surround| Essays on land, water, nature, and place, Phil Condon
CHARLES OLSON AND THE AESTHETICS OF NEGATIVE CAPABILITY: A DRAFTING OF POSTMODERNITY’S “PLAN FOR A CURRICULUM OF THE SOUL”, Timothy James Cook
The Gospel According to Carey: Christian Hermeneutics in Bliss and Oscar and Lucinda, Jason Lee Cooper
Challenge of a new standard for the governmental reporting format, Jennifer J. Cote
Planning| To get through this mess, to make things better, Jerry Covault
Reflections on Water, Kimberly A. Covill
Capitol effect: An inside critique of print media coverage of the 2005 Montana Legislature, Sarah R. Craig
Foxgloves, Molly Gartland Curtis
INTERGENERATIONAL EARNINGS CORRELATIONS IN INDONESIA, Eric Dale
DYSPHAGIA TREATMENT PLANNING: ASSESSING CLINICIANS’ TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON MODIFIED BARIUM SWALLOW STUDY REPORTS, Jennifer Dawn Danielson
Big house stories, Kristina Danilchik
RABBIT/RIDES: CONNECTING A CONTINENT BY BIKE, Douglas Augustus Davis
Looking more deeply into the Link between Art and Place within the Salish Tribal Culture of Northwest Montana, Nathan E. Davis
Grizzly West: The Story of the Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears to the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Michael Jacob Dax
Islanders, Alida M. dean
Ezekiel, Brett Bennett DeFries
Between Earth &Sky: A Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Landscape, Allison Danae De Jong
Sediment Dynamics in a Dryland River: Grain-Size Variations, Erosion Rates, Sediment Mixing and Dam Effects, Franklin Jacob Dekker
Work and the nature of place: Personal essays exploring the connection between work and a relationship to place, Patrick J. DelHomme
The Seeker Loves the Burden, Lauren de Paepe
Hydration Delivery Systems for Wildland Firefighters, Joseph Wiman Domitrovich
Bleeding heartwood: Stories from an environmental awareness peace corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, Aaron D. Drendel
When the night hour stalks about the steeple that is when it's fine to look., Myrrah Dubey
USING THE FREEZE-THAW CYCLE TO DETERMINE THE POSTMORTEM INTERVAL: AN ASSESSMENT OF PIG DECOMPOSITION IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA, Beatrix Dudzik
Half-life of Empathy, Rebecca A. Durham
RELIABILITY OF PROXY RESPONDENTS WHO REPORT COMMUNICATIVE PARTICIPATION FOR PERSONS WITH APHASIA, Megan Rose Eandi
PSEUDO_OP, Joshua Arnold Eck
Migratory Behavior and Survival of Adult Female Elk in a Partially Migratory Population, Scott Eggeman
Stories from the Clever Earth, Natalie Elliot
The Ecology of Empowerment: Gardens and Machines in Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes and Almanac of the Dead, Adrianna C. Ely
Written on the Rocks': The Mythopoetics of the Almo Massacre, Ann Emmons
Remembering paradise | histories of Glen Canyon, Jared Farmer
Five Stories, Bradin M. Farnworth
Procession of shadows: Abortion and the environment, Wren Farris
Up in Smoke: Two Theoretical Perspectives on the Future of Marijuana Law in the United States, Michael P. Fawaz
Montana Dream Book, Will Fesperman
The H_Box, Rachel Finkelstein
Lines of Motion: Streets and Shores, Ellen Maureen Finnigan
BURDEN OF PROOF AND OTHER ESSAYS, Regina Rae Fitzsimmons
Or else we would fly away| A history of place and placelessness, Jenny Rachel Flynn
Travels with the lord of misrule| [Excerpts], Jenny Rachel Flynn
A GIS APPROACH TO ANALYZING STREAM TEMPERATURES IN THE SLEEPING CHILD CREEK WATERSHED, MONTANA, USA, Gabriel J. Frazier
Analyzing the error structure and simultaneous nature of multi-dimensional, density dependent growth models for ponderosa pine, James Furlaud
The Effect of Graphic Organizers on Fifth Grade Creative Writing, Bailey D. Furr
Gospel Night, Dana Fitz Gale
CONTINUOUS MEASURES OF MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW DURING ALL-OUT DYNAMIC EXERCISE, Tyler L. Gallo
Saline: On Walking Through, Kitty A. Galloway
Homemade, Jennifer Nicole Gann
Real-Time Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics For CUDA, steven santos garcia
Demon Theory, Beatrice Garrard
Wilderness Returns: A Natural & Cultural History of the Rattlesnake Wilderness, Tim G. Gibbins
A Hunter's Shadows: A Personal Exploration of Hunting, James Giese
Mindfulness and Health Behaviors, Desleigh D. Gilbert
In Our Defense, Kristen Jean Gleason
The Transfer of Federal Public Lands to Tribal Trust Ownership: Statutes and Cases from 1970 - 2020, Audrey L. Glendenning
From Color Plates, Adam Golaski
UNDERSTANDING CYNICISM: USING A DISCREPANCY MODEL AS EVIDENCE FOR DOMAIN-SPECIFIC CYNICISM, L. Janelle Gornick
Edge Habits: Confessions of a Naturalist, Zoey Talon Greenberg
The Mirror of Nature: Chesapeake Perceptions of Wilderness, 1650-1787, Katie Elizabeth Green
This land is your land, this land is my land: A qualitative study of tensions in an environmental decision making group, Gabriel Patrick Grelle
WORK IN PROGRESS, Brian H. Groh
"Born of the River" The Literature of the Glen Canyon, Matthew Barrett Gross
“WE ON THE LAND”: COLLECTED ESSAYS IN ECOCRITICISM, Michelle Gullickson
PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STUDIES OF THE VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1 (VGLUT1), Jing Guo
Chignik Summer, Peter Gurche
An Examination of Missoula Citizens' Perceptions of Local Law Enforcement, Leila M. Haack