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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Dissertations - Campus Access Only
VALIDITY STUDIES OF THE DENMAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY MEMORY SCALE AND THE WAIS-R LATERALITY INDEX, Thomas J. Clucas
Trends in above and below-ground production of trees and non-tree vegetation on contrasting aspects in western Montana, Dean Wayne Coble
The relationship between television viewing and marital quality, Kenneth Allen Cogswell
AN ASSESSMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Edmund Kinzel Colby
CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF A COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE FOR GENDER-IDENTITY (SEX-ROLE SCHEMATIC), C. Maureen Cole
AN APPLICATION OF SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY TO UTILITY SCALING OF INTRACRANIAL REINFORCEMENT, Warren Robert Coleman
A PETROCHEMICAL MODEL FOR THE TUNGSTEN-BEARING SKARNS IN THE PIONEER MOUNTAINS MONTANA, Benjamin I. Collins
LATE QUATERNARY GLACIOLACUSTRINE AND VEGETATIONAL HISTORY OF THE COPPER RIVER BASIN SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA, Cathy Lynn Connor
Effect of coordinating explicit phonics materials and direct instruction techniques with a basal reading program on first-grade reading performance, A. Denise Conrad
THE METABOLISM OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS IN THE SYRIAN HAMSTER, James Donald Converse
Ecological and physiological constraints on avian incubation behavior and nest-site selection, Courtney J. Conway
A FACTORIAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF LABELING APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR ON ADOLESCENTS' PERCEPTION OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED, J. William Cook
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE STRUCTURAL COMMUNICATION STUDY UNIT IN PROMOTING HIGH LEVEL THINKING ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION WITH TWELFTH-GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS, Leon Adelbert Cook
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT CRITICISM AND MODERN PERFORMANCE EDITION OF THE GRAND SYMPHONY FOR BAND BY HECTOR BERLIOZ, Donald Andrew Cooper
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RITALIN AND TOKEN ECONOMY IN INCREASING HYPERKINETICCHILDREN'S COLORING BEHAVIOR, William Henry Costello
PUBLIC OPINION TOWARD EDUCATION IN SELECTED SOUTHERN ALBERTA SCHOOL DISTRICTS COMPARED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE 1983 GALLUP POLL OF ATTITUDES TOWARD EDUCATION, Melvin A. Cottle
A STUDY OF STUDENT-TEACHER ATTITUDE SHIFTS AS AFFECTED BY THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENT STUDY, Edward K. Courtney
Self-esteem and anxiety comparisons among traditional and nontraditional postsecondary vocational technical students, Charles R. Couture
The early Campanian flora of the Two Medicine Formation northcentral Montana, David Crabtree
An investigation of complementarity in pre-interactional choice, Scott Cramton
Leadership characteristics of elementary school principals related to reading achievement, Gayle Marie Crane
ASYMPTOTICALLY PERIODIC SOLUTIONS TO SOME INTEGRAL EQUATIONS IN EPIDEMIC MODELS, Thomas L. Cromer
THE EFFECT OF A READING PROGRAM UTILIZING SELECTED READING PASSAGES ON READING ACHIEVEMENT AND READING ATTITUDE OF SEVENTH GRADE CORRECTIVE READERS, Rhea Ann Cronin
SHIGELLA KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS IN THE RABBIT, William Richard Cross
PERIODIC AND APERIODIC ENTRAINMENTS IN ELECTRICALLY COUPLED CHEMICAL OSCILLATORS (BELOUSOV-ZHABOTINSKII POINCARE CHAOS), Michael F. Crowley
SELECTIVITY IN EXPOSURE TO INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SELF, David E. Cummins
EFFECTS OF MAGNITUDE AND DELAY OF REWARD ON PERCEPTUAL RECOGNITION RESPONSES, Bert Cunin
EFFECTS OF REWARDED PRACTICE AND DECREASED REWARD ON THE ACQUISITION AND USE OF PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES, Bertha Hoffman Cunin
AN INVESTIGATION OF MEDIATED FACILITATION AND OTHER TRANSFER EFFECTS IN PAIRED-ASSOCIATES VERBAL LEARNING, Mark Cunningham
SHALLOW GROUNDWATER SALINIZATION IN DRYLAND FARM AREAS OF MONTANA, Stephan G. Custer
BIOLOGIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC PROPERTIES OF INVESTIGATIONAL Q FEVER VACCINES IN MICE (COXIELLA BURNETII), Todd Allen Damrow
Alcoholism and antisocial personality disorder: Related discrete personality variables?, Dudley Dana
BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS OF DEVELOPMENT RATES OF RAINBOW TROUT (GENE REGULATION METABOLIC EFFICIENCY GROWTH HETEROZYGOSITY), Roy Guenter Danzmann
A COMPARISON OF THE VERBAL BEHAVIOR OF CLIENTS COUNSELED BY CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION AND BY FACE-TO-FACE COUNSELING PROCEDURES, James Frank Dasinger
Assessing readiness for behavior change associated with type II diabetes in a Native American population, Brian Alan Daskivich
POPULATION ECOLOGY AND GENETICS OF ASCAPHUS TRUEI: AN EXAMINATION OF GENE FLOW AND NATURAL SELECTION, Charles H. Daugherty
THE FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIATION IN THE VOCAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF JAPANESE QUAIL, Elizabeth Lynn Daugherty
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE NATURE AND RELEVANCE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS CURRICULA FOR SELECTED TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Everett E. Davis
PREDICTING PROBABLE FAILURE IN COLLEGE-LEVEL MUSIC THEORY COURSES, Samuel Eugene Davis
THE ROLE OF PRELIMINARY MAGAZINE TRAINING IN ACQUISITION OF THE AUTO-SHAPED KEYPECK, George Howard Davol
THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISION COMMERCIALS FOR LOW-NUTRITION AND PRO-NUTRITION FOODS ON CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO RESIST TEMPTATION, Brenda L. Dawson
SELF-PERCEPTION THEORY AND THE EFFECTS OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ON MOOD STATES, Leland James Dayley
FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF BROWN BEARS ON KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA, William Welling Deacy
ASPECTS OF CATEGORICAL TOPOLOGY, Vilas Edward Deane
UNLEARNING OF FIRST-LIST ASSOCIATIONS AND RESPONSES AS A FUNCTION OF THE INTERPOLATED LEARNING METHOD, Lambert Hermann Deckers
DEPRESSION DEPTH OF RELATEDNESS AND EARLY EXPERIENCE, Clifford Roy Dempster
THE MODELING OF HYPNOTIC BEHAVIOR, Michael Gairns DeStefano
HYPNOSIS AND COVERT MODELING IN THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY, David A. Devine
A VALUE ANALYSIS OF SASKATCHEWAN SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOKS, Harry Dhand
ECOLOGY OF THE HOG DEER IN ROYAL CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK NEPAL (MORPHOLOGY ACTIVITY POPULATION DYNAMICS MOVEMENTS HOME RANGES), Sanat K. Dhungel
AN ASSOCIATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ALCOHOL TOLERANCE EFFECT, Richard Dill
Production and applications of scalemic nonactate, Jennifer M. Dinges
Racial differences on the Cognitive Laterality Battery and coevolution of thers+ gene for sequential processing, Sherry Dingman
INDUCED DYSPHORIC MOOD EMOTIONAL RECALL AND MOOD ALTERATION, Lesley J. Dlugokinski
DOMINANCE AGGRESSION AND SOCIAL POWER IN WINTER FLOCKS OF THE DARK-EYED JUNCO (JUNCO HYEMALIS), Patricia M. Dolan
A STUDY OF ATTITUDE CHANGE IN STUDENT-TEACHERS IN TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDENT-TEACHING SITUATIONS, Duane Charles Dornack
The genetic basis of quantitative trait variation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Lisa Ann Dorn
CHARACTERIZATION OF NATURALLY-ELABORATED OUTER MEMBRANE BLEBS OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, David W. Dorward
INNATE AND ACQUIRED RESISTANCE TO EIMERIA FALCIFORMIS IN MICE, Thomas G. Douglass
RELATIONSHIP OF SPONTANEOUS AMNESIA EGO STATES AND HIDDEN OBSERVERS TO POST-HYPNOTICALLY DISSOCIATED TASK INTERFERENCE, Victoria Lynne Douglass
A PROFILE OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ABILITIES FOR GRADES ONE TWO AND THREE STUDENTS OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION, Mary C. Downey
FACTORS INFLUENCING LEADERSHIP FOR COMMUNITY MUSICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE STATE OF COLORADO, Ralph Arthur Downey
PREFERENCE BETWEEN FIXED-RATIO SCHEDULES: THE EFFECTS OF INTERREINFORCEMENT RESPONSES AND INTERREINFORCEMENT TIME, Thomas Daniel Dukich
INSTRUCTIONAL RATES OF WORD RECOGNITION AND READING EFFECTIVENESS OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS WITH VARYING READING ABILITIES, Robert Bergan Duncan
REINTEGRATION OF SCIENCE AND POETRY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE, Rebecca Alice Durham
THE EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION AND GROWTH REGULATORS UPON ABSCISSION IN EXPLANTS OF PHASEOLUS AND IMPATIENS, Robert Bruce Dwelle
A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF THE SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPANTS OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUMMER SEQUENTIAL INSTITUTE IN BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA 1961-1971, Steven Emory Dyche
SURVEY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUCCESSFUL BLACK DEANS IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, William D. Easton
The Effects of Heart Math Training on Work Engagement in a Multi-National Company, Chance Eaton
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF OPINIONS OF SELECTED PARENTS IN THE MISSOULA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSOULA MONTANA TOWARD SELECTED EDUCATIONAL ISSUES, Roger Franklin Eble
A THEMATIC DICTIONARY AND PLANNING GUIDE OF SELECTED SOLO LITERATURE FOR TRUMPET, Donald Joseph Echelard
HABITAT USE AND FOOD HABITS OF ELK IN WESTERN MONTANA: A MULTIVARIATE APPROACH (SELECTION ROADS CERVUS ELAPHUS DISTURBANCE FOREST MANAGEMENT), W. Daniel Edge
ANTECEDENTS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AMERICAN INDIANS AND THEIR CLASSMATES, Karl Ormond Edwards
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND THE QUALITY OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP FROM A ROGERIAN FRAME OF REFERENCE, William James Edwards
PETROCHEMISTRY OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PHILIPSBURG BATHOLITH MONTANA, Robert Ferris Ehinger
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF UNDERACHIEVERS AS REPRESENTED BY STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Richard Marvin Ehrbright
THE EFFECT OF HYPNOSIS AND SCREENING INSTRUCTIONS ON EYEWITNESS RECALL, Karen H. Eiblmayr
ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISIONS AND MORPHOGENESIS IN THE PROTONEMA OF SPHAGNUM PALUSTRE L, Joe Clifford Elliott
THE COMPETENCY OF PINUS PONDEROSA LAWS. COTYLEDONS TO RESPOND TO BENZYLADENINE IN TISSUE CULTURE, David D. Ellis
BEHAVIOR OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE: AN ONTOGENIC STUDY, David H. Ellis
Transient dynamics in plant population models, Martha Ellis
A descriptive correlation study of the Holistic Developmental Writing Scales designed for children in grades K-6, Tammy Elser
Mother-offspring relations in a captive troop of savanna baboons, Nancy E. England
Understanding the Lived Experiences of Transgender Inmates, Robert Enoch
FEMALE PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (ROLE STRAIN INTERPERSONAL INTRAPSYCHIC), Lynn Erickson
FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS IN SOCIAL VALIDATION RESEARCH, John Ernst
HEATING EFFECTS ON FOREST SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND SUBSEQUENT SEEDLING GROWTH, Zati Eron
EVALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION AS PERCEIVED BY FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS GRADUATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA 1946-73, Donald Dell Evans
The consistency of clinical nursing education with employer expectations: Perceptions of registered nurses in Montana, Vivian Marie Evenson
A PHYSIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE HOT SPRING DIATOM ACHNANTHES EXIGUA GROEN, Eugene Devere Fairchild
A STUDY OF THE SUCCESS OF JUNIOR COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA EDMONTON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY FROM PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA CANADA, Eugene Edward Falkenberg
SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR GRADES K-12 IN MONTANA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, George Samoul Farag
SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXATION LEARNED WITH AUGMENTING ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC FEEDBACK AND SELF-CONTROL PROCEDURES, Jim Fillmore Farnes
THE EFFECTS OF CHILD FEEDBACK PARENT FEEDBACK AND PARENT FEEDBACK PLUS TRAINING UPON INCREASING SHARING AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, Christine Kniivila Faulstich
EFFECTS OF SIMULATED ACID RAIN ON VEGETATION, Roger Willis Ferenbaugh
GENE REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DIVERGENCE IN SALMONID FISHES, Moira M. Ferguson
EVALUATING PUBLIC DEFENSE SERVICES FOR CRIMINAL CASES: AN EXAMINATION OF DATA FROM MONTANA, Keith R. Fernsler
MECHANISMS OF IMMUNITY TO PLASMODIUM BERGHEI IN NUDE MICE AND DRUG-CURED MICE, JoseÌ J. Ferraroni