This collection includes 12249 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
Bestiary| [Poems], Matt Yurdana
Wallace Stegner, John Wesley Powell, and the influence of scientific revolutions, Matt Yurdana
Her Slender Dress, Susan Yuzna
Post World War II American civil-military relations: External threats and public support for the military, Craig Z. Zachariasen
Effort shifts and contrast in the running wheel, Georgann Zachary
Ecology and population status of the river otter in southwestern Montana, Hugh Zackheim
The Effects of airborne fluorides on wild lagomorphs, Karen J. Zackheim
Creation and performance of music structures, Charles J. Zacky
Role of a tribal college in the academic performance of American Indian students, Hans P. Zaglauer
Kawaiisu of south-central California| Creating a new identity, Leslie Zaglauer
Seasonal movements of the Burdette Creek elk herd, Helmut Max Zahn
Educational survey of the Havre High School Havre Montana, Henry L. Zahn
Effect of protein intake on urine and renal tissue water concentrations in the muskrat, Terrence J. Zahn
Introduction to the poetry of Robert Graves, Howard Zankner
Distribution, Use and Cultural Meanings of Ciprés de Las Guaitecas in the Vicinity of Caleta Tortel, Chile, Kyla Sara Zaret
Genomic Inference of Inbreeding in Alexander Archipelago Wolves (Canis lupus ligoni) on Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska, Katherine Emily Zarn
Communication patterns of marital dyads experiencing the life-threatening crisis of cancer, Mary Zartman-Nelson
When timbers tremored in the Cary Mine, Paul Zarzyski
Superstitious beliefs of basketball players, Maxwell Kay Zaugg
Comparison of substrate utilization patterns in males and eumenorrheic females during submaximal exercise, Theodore Zderic
Petrology structure and tectonic setting of the Hog Heaven volcanics and their relationship to mineralization, Richard E. Zehner
Libretto of The decision a chamber opera for five characters and mime and other works, Ann dePender Zeigler
Chasing the moon to earth and other poems, Paul Stewart Zeigler
Adaptive feature extraction: Exploring the search space with change detection using inductive learners and image processing, Joseph D. Zeiler
The History of Irrigation and the Orchard Industry in the Bitter Root Valley, Dorothy J. Zeisler
Status report on the nation's wetlands, John Marc Zelazny
Mandan Amerindian culture| A study of values transmission, Philip Arthur Zemke
Comic element in Christopher Fry, Frances Therese Zender
The effects of bibliotherapy on depressed behavior in prison inmates, Thomas Ralph Zentner
Montana agriculture| The evolution of an aging industry, Jesse I. Zentz
Propaganda sensation and skepticism: Reports on China business in Beijing Hong Kong and U.S. media, Ariel Zhang
NK fitness functions, Jian Zhang
Reform in China's foreign trade : decentralization and diversification, Jianli Zhang
Model-based path testing, Jie Zhang
Westward, Onward, Willa Zhang
Asymptotically good colorings of plane multigraphs, Yong Zhao
Markov chain models of genetic algorithms, Yong Zhao
Using Markov chain model to compare a steady-state and a generational GA, Cuixiu Zheng
Object-oriented method for graphical user interface design in a distributed system environment, Li Sun Zheng
Partial parallelization of VMEC system, Mei Zhou
Heterogeneous internetworking model with enhanced routing security and management functions, Yan Zhu
Syrian-Lebanese question before the Security council in 1946, Robert William Zibell
Analysis of the data processing requirements of Darigold Farms, Missoula-Ronan, Montana, Jeffrey Lea Zickler
Stratigraphy sedimentology and diagenesis of the Precambrian upper Newland Limestone central Montana, Gerald A. Zieg
COPING AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND CURRENT TRAUMA SYMPTOMS IN FEMALE SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, Aryn Violet Ziehnert
Test of detente: Soviet-American relations and the Yom Kippur War, David Zierler
Amtrak multiple passenger train routes crossing Montana: Are they needed?, Angelo Rosario Zigrino
The problems of grading physical education, Joseph A. Zile
Source book for piano pedagogy with suggested syllabus, Dorcas L. Zimmerman
A study of drumlins in the Tobacco Plains/Stillwater Valley and Seeley/Swan Valley in Montana, Eric D. Zimmerman
Meristic characters of the cutthroat trout; Salmo clarki, Gail Dean Zimmerman
Women in the Montana Legislature 1941-1993, Laurie Jerin Zimorino
Camouflage mismatch in seasonal coat color due to decreased snow duration: Will snowshoe hares keep up with climate change?, Marketa Zimova
"Parabola and parable" in the zone of Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, Brian D. Zindel
Sarah Palin, Conservative Feminism, and the Politics of Family, Jasmine Rose Zink
Politics and institutionalized change: The failure of regional development planning in northeast Brazil 1961-1964, Daniel Gates Zirker
Effects of instructional set on free-speech samples, Elizabeth Maria Zischka
Site productivity and soil conditions on terraced ponderosa pine stands on the Bitterroot National Forest, Elena J. Zlatnik
Convergent and discriminant validity of the Experiential world inventory, Clarence Joseph Zohn
Touch memories in psychiatric and non-psychiatric populations, Andrea Zojourner
Using knowledge-based neural networks in the prediction of permeability, William K. Zollinger
John Marston and the decline of the Elizabethan tragedy, Frederic Homer Zook
Study of the Union and the Confederate reactions to the Emancipation Proclamation, Robert J. Zorick
Effects of selection harvest and prescribed burning on nitrogen availability in the mineral soil under ponderosa pine, Kris Zouhar
User's directory of outdoor recreational services for the disabled in the northern Rocky Mountain region, Mary Claire Zrinscak
Otis in the summer of love, Eric Zuckerman
No-Fault Insurance: The Answer to Rising Automobile Insurance Costs, Theodore Thomas Zuendt
Characters in the early novels of Mariano Azuela, Lucy Imogene Zuercher
Metropolitan park planning and county government, Edwin F. Zuern
Powder River country, Marianne Zugel
Eyewitness confidence and the impact of expert testimony by a psychologist versus an opposing psychologist, Jonette R. Zulauf
Cultural impact of NAFTA on Mexico, Maitane Zuloaga
A Comparative Analysis between Knowledge and Bear Safety Information Utilization by Day Hikers in Glacier National Park, Phillip Wayne Zumstein
Boundaries| The seventh wave| [Short stories], Ann McGill Zupan
Water Maps| [Poems], Janet Zupan
Attitudes of ninth grade male and female students who participated in the Montana Mathematics and Science Project, Barbara Zuuring
Psychological Safety at Amazon: A CCO Approach, Kathryn K. Zyskowski
Theses - Campus Access Only
Woman in Islam: A Stereotyped Westernized Imagee in Nawal Al Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero", Ahlam Attyya Abulaila
Biomass burning emissions on regional-global scales, Sheryl Kashi Akagi
UNSEALED: A Memoir, Alyssa Witbeck Alexander
There Will Be Waffles!, Christopher Joel Alexander
COMMUNICATIVE CONSTRUCTION OF EXPECTATIONS: AN EXAMINATION OF EXPECTATIONS REGARDING MOTHERS IN NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTION, Jordan A. Allen
When the wind stops blowing, Sarah Dawn Alling
Distributed Agency: An Analysis of Get-Passive in English, Mushtaq Al Rashidany
Badluck Way, Bryce Patrick Chartier Andrews
The Millennial Garden: A Post-hybrid Reading of Zadie Smith's White Teeth and On Beauty, Andrea Lea Armstrong
And Other Bodiless Powers, Sarah B. Aronson
The Fourth Estate, Jason Bacaj
Colonization of the Crown: Hunting, Class, and the Creation of Glacier National Park, 1885-1915, Shawn Patrick Bailey
POCO A POCO, SE VA LEJOS: A COLLECTION OF NOVEL EXCERPTS AND SHORT STORIES, Catalina Mullan Baker
Unsettled: A Memoir, Elizabeth Anne Baker
In the wilderness| A memoir, Kim Barnes
Honor Killings Among Westward-Immigrating Muslim Communities - An Applied Anthropological Approach, Ariel Deborah Barrett
Three wonder stories, Dave Barrett
PETROLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND AGE OF EXTENSION IN THE LOST TRAIL PASS DIKE SWARM, SOUTHWEST MONTANA, Whitney Gustin Bausch