This collection includes 12248 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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Dissertations
The role of Zinc and Reactive Oxygen Species in the Regulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase, Jason Michael Wilham
A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING BURNED HUMAN REMAINS, Amanda Noel Williams
GENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF HIGHER EDUCATION ONLINE STUDENT LEARNING STYLES, Chad James Williams
AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION, HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY, AND GEOMASKING IN MONTANA, Elizabeth Rae Susanne Williams
An experimental demographic approach to exotic plant success: Cynoglossum officinale in its native and introduced ranges, Jennifer Lynn Williams
TROPICAL PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS: LINKING DEFAUNATION WITH SEED PREDATION, AND RESOURCE-DEPENDENT CO-OCCURRENCE, Peter Jeffrey Williams
Curriculum revision and implementation: Implications for business teacher education, Sandra R. Williams
PERSONALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT EFFECTS ON OCCUPATIONAL TRAUMA AND POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH IN POLICE OFFICERS, Jennifer Leigh Wills
A simple methodology for the production of three -dimensional models: Serotonin transporter as an example, Paul A. Wilson
An outcome study of integrative couples therapy delivered in a group format, John David Wimberly
Transformational leadership and teachers' tendency to take risks, David Arden Wipf
VARIATION IN BODY COMPOSITION IN DEER MICE: THE BIOGEOGRAPHY AND ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF ENERGY ALLOCATION, Cole Joseph Wolf
PURPOSE AND SATISFACTION OF ACTIVITIES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES USING ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT, Jennifer Lauren Wong
Toward a Child-Friendly Worldview Measure, Shailee Rose Woodard
A Grounded Theory of Teacher Sensemaking Processes in a Climate of Change, Dorothea Reynolds Wood
Language socialization, revitalization and ideologies in the Salish-Pend d'Oreille community, Rebecca Jo Wood
What school communities say is needed in elementary school counseling programs as reported in Montana, Sally A. Woodruff
FLOWER BASES IN FULL BLOOM: INTERSECTING FAMILIES AND A GENERALIZATION OF DIVERSITY, Ryan Wood
Cultural Characteristics of Western Educational Structures and Their Effects on Local Ways of Knowing, Cheryl L. Woolsey Des Jarlais
Impacts of interdisciplinary team teaching on assessment practices in high school classrooms, Christine Wortman
Relationship between school principals' workload and their quality of life in Taiwan, Hui-Tzu Wu
Effects of Long-term Strenuous Exercise on Oxidative DNA Damage and Proteinuria in Humans, Nobuo Yasuda
Norm-Preserving Criteria for Uniform Algebra Isomorphisms, Rebekah Yates
A cultural ethic in tribal forest management and self-determination: The human dimension of silviculture, Victoria Lynn Yazzie
Assessment of the mechanical properties of lodgepole pine in the incipient stage of decay by a white -rot fungus, Tsair-Bor Yen
The relationship of teacher optimism to attitudes and beliefs regarding classroom management, Debra Peters Yerkes
FURTHER INVESTIGATING THE UNDERLYING ATTENTIONAL PROCESSES OF BRIEF MINDFULNESS-BASED INTERVENTIONS, Erin Rachelle Yosai
USING GEOMETRY AND VISUALIZATION TO DEMYSTIFY EIGEN DECOMPOSITION IN THE CLASSROOM: AN ANALYTICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH, Briana Marie Young
CHARACTERIZING RIVERINE CARBON: A SPATIOTEMPORAL STUDY OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CARBON VARIABILITY AND EVALUATION OF METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING pCO2, Fischer Larson Young
Finding Meaning in the Aftermath of Trauma: Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth in Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Melissa Dawn Young
Procedures of power and school restructuring: A phenomenological study, Wayne Milford Youngward
The politics of cross -boundary conservation: Meaning property and livelihood on the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana, Laurie Yung
Effortful responding and behavioral contrast, Georgann Zachary
Team teaching: A study of collaboration, Nancy L. Zadra
IMPACTS OF CONIFER REMOVAL ON SONGBIRD DENSITY, REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT, AND HABITAT SELECTION, Elise Catherine Zarri
Variables in schools becoming learning organizations, Glenn E. Zederayko
Psychological adjustment and relational development in Ethiopian adoptees and their families, Waganesh Zeleke
Poly(alkylene D-aldaramides) and their corresponding esters: Synthesis and conformational studies, Jinsong Zhang
The role of SHP -1 in deafferentation-induced neuronal death in the murine auditory brainstem, Jie Zhao
Ren Leadership: An Interpretive Biography of Bai Fangli, Jin Zhou
An investigation of Taiwanese middle school teachers' attitudes toward Taiwanese middle school education, Zhizheng Zhou
ADAPTIVE POTENTIAL TO CAMOUFLAGE MISMATCH: PLASTIC AND EVOLUTIONARY RESPONSES TO A CLIMATE CHANGE STRESSOR, Marketa Zimova
The Relationship between Public School Principals’ Authentic Leadership and Implicit Theory of Intelligence, Erica A. Zins
VALUES CONGRUENCE: ITS EFFECT ON PERCEPTIONS OF MONTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, Daniel Roy Zorn
MARK MY WORDS: THE LINGUISTIC COMPLEXITY OF THE JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ABSTRACTS AND SUBSEQUENT CITATIONS, Alivia Lauren Zubrod
Causes and consequences of the postfire increase in deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) abundance, Rafal Pawel Zwolak
Dissertations - Campus Access Only
Analysis of a predictive model for college choice by high school football players, Douglas M. Abbott
THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF MONTANA 1860-1920, David B. Ainsworth
Pentose metabolism and control analysis in the tricarboxylic acid cycle of Dictyostelium discoideum, Kathy R. Albe
Jungian complex and emotional response, Philip M. Alex
Toward an elementary axiomatic theory of the category of loopless pointed matroids and pointed strong maps, Talal Ali Al-Hawary
VALUATION THEORY OF COMMUTATIVE MONOIDS, Mohammed A. Al-Kadhi
Rural multidisciplinary pain center follow-up study: Evaluation with a no-treatment comparison group, James Allen
A STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ADULT INDIAN TRAINING PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY THE ADULT EDUCATION CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Ronald Lorraine Allen
RISK RECREATION: SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL BASES OF ATTRACTION, Stewart Allen
AN INTERACTION BETWEEN TRAINING PROCEDURE AND TASK DIFFICULTY FOR BRIGHTNESS AND POSITION DISCRIMINATIONS USING RATS IN SINGLE-UNIT MAZES, James Parkhurst Allison
THE USE OF TELEVISION IN SCHOOLS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ETV IN MONTANA, Vernon Edward Almlie
Use of thermal desorption/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (TD/GC/MS) honey bees and artificial neural networks (ANN) in assessing ecosystem contamination, Ghassan Hamki Alnasser
THE PROBLEMS OF NEW PRINCIPALS, Harvey B. Alvy
Acquisition and long-term retention of a simple motor skill: Experiments and principles, Douglas Ammons
Case study of a service-learning partnership: Montana Tech and the Montana State Prison, John Amtmann
A MODEL OF PHYSICAL ADSORPTION APPLIED TO HARD SPHERES AND LENNARD-JONES PARTICLES, Lola Walsh Anacker
THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A MODEL TO GUIDE THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITY PLANNING PROCESS, Frank J. Andera
Spatial discriminant analysis for linear relationships, Ronald D. Anderson
A STUDY OF MONTANA'S CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES AS THEY RELATE TO THE DESIRABILITY OF STATE PARTICIPATION IN FUNDING, Willard R. Anderson
Acceptability of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy: Evaluations of adult inpatients and multidisciplinary staff, John C. Andre
Modeling wildland fire potential and live fuel moisture, Patricia L. Andrews
THE EFFECTS OF MISLEADING INFORMATION ON EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY AND MEMORY, Basil Anton
A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE SELF-CONCEPT AND WORK ROLE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN SELECTED FIRST-CLASS SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF MONTANA, Douglas George Anton
A mathematical theory of evolution of ecological communities, Joseph Apaloo
Montana school finance: The search for a policy, Ed Argenbright
The effects of recolonizing wolves on coyote populations movements behaviors and food habits, Wendy M. Arjo
A sample of Montana's Native American tribal college students' perceptions of the mental health field: Utilization and career interests, John Fitzgerald Arnold
ECOLOGY OF ALPINE LARCH (LARIX LYALLII PARL.) IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Stephen Francis Arno
Emotions beliefs and genetic influences: Understanding the connection between affect and attitudes with differing heritability estimates, Charles H. Asp
NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING AND PSYCHOSOMATIC ILLNESS: A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF REFRAMING ON HEADACHE PAIN, Stephen Charles Bacon
The effectiveness of a stroke education program on family relationships, Deborah S. Baldwin
THE INFLUENCE OF LABELING SYMPTOMATIC BEHAVIORS AND ETIOLOGICAL BELIEFS ON APPRAISALS OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS, Bernard J. Balleweg
EFFECTS OF DEGREE OF INTRAPAIR SIMILARITY NUMBER OF INCORRECT ALTERNATIVES AND TYPE OF FEEDBACK IN THE ACQUISITION AND RETENTION OF SINGLE AND DOUBLE FUNCTIONING VERBAL DISCRIMINATION LISTS, Bela Alexander Balogh
COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN TEACHING SECONDARY BIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS IN INDIANA, Kenneth Jesse Bandelier
EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES OF CHANGING ROLE EXPECTATIONS BETWEEN SCHOOL BOARDS AND SUPERINTENDENTS NEW TO THEIR DISTRICTS, George Raymond Bandy
Elementary preservice teachers' perceptions and training needs pertaining to children of alcoholics in the northwest United States, Paul J. Bardis
PUPIL TRANSPORTATION IN ALBERTA, Edison Frederick Bardock
A MODEL OF DATA GATHERING AND ANALYSIS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRONIC DATA-PROCESSING INTO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, Vincent Dean Barry
THE SIMULTANEOUS METHOD OF SOURCE-POINT DATA ACCRUMENT: THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A TEACHING PROCEDURE, William Thomas Barry
A SIGNAL DETECTION ANALYSIS OF DISCRIMINATION AND RESPONSE BIAS IN THE PROTEIN-CALORIE DEPRIVED RHESUS MONKEY, David A. Bartsch
Development of a neuropsychological assessment device: The Visual Sequential Paced Arithmetic Test (VSPAT), Guy Dean Bateman
Physiological consequences of exposure to elevated carbon dioxide during development in birds, Ryan W. Bavis
General functioning among Adult Children of Alcoholics: Predictors of positive outcomes, Sarah M. Baxter
A comparative gender analysis of high school chemistry textbooks, Judith Ann Bazler