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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Dissertations - Campus Access Only
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
Alternate States in a Large Oligotrophic Lake: A Retrospective Analysis of Nutrient Loading and Food Web Change, Bonnie Kathleen Ellis
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
BREEDING HABITAT USE AND FITNESS CONSEQUENCES IN GROUNDNESTING SONGBIRDS, Karolina Fierro-Calderon
THE EFFECTS OF CENTRAL INCREASE OF 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE ON LEARNING, Shirley Anne Fifer
PROTEINASE 1 OF DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM: STUDIES OF ITS SECRETION ANTIGENIC STRUCTURE AND ENDOGENOUS INHIBITOR, Donald James Finn
NON-GENETIC VARIATION OF THE MONOTERPENES IN HEDEOMA, David Harvey Firmage
THE STEREOCHEMISTRY OF THE ELECTROREDUCTION OF CARBON-OXYGEN CARBON-SULFUR AND CARBON-CHLORINE SINGLE BONDS, Charles Michael Fischer
EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY: THE EFFECTS OF MEDIUM HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY ON RECALL, Jane S. Fisher
THE INFLUENCE OF BASIN GEOLOGY MORPHOMETRY AND DISCHARGE UPON THE SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS OF HEADWATER STREAMS IN WESTERN MONTANA, G. Thomas Foggin
Renaissance schools: Academic achievement and value implications of a corporate-sponsored academic motivation program, Teri L. Foley Wing
CELL SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN CONTROL OF NEUROBLASTOMA AND HUMAN NEURAL CREST DEVELOPMENT, Lauren Elizabeth Foltz
Mitochondrial and nuclear genotypes in trout hybrid swarms: Tests for gametic equilibrium and effects on phenotype, Stephen H. Forbes
Classification and prediction of smoking relapse: An exploratory study of the relationship between metamotivational modes and the abstinence violation effect, Andrew B. Forsyth
THE ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENT EXPATRIATES RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO ATTEND BOARDING SCHOOL, Dale William Forsythe
SITE INFLUENCE ON THE POST-FIRE COMPOSITION OF A ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOREST, Warren Louis Forsythe
VOLCANIC GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION IN THE MT. JORDAN VICINITY CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, Fess Foster
CHILDREN'S TELEVISION COMMERCIALS AND THEIR NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE AND EATING HABITS, Daniel T. Fox
EYEWITNESS CONFIDENCE AND THE IMPACT OF EXPERT TESTIMONY, Steven G. Fox
Smoldering duff: Limits heat evolved and burn rate, William H. Frandsen
Environmental pressures personality factors and their relationship to eating disorders in elite female athletes, Lisa Mitchell Franseen
DETECTION OF VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES FROM RADIATION-INDUCED LEUKEMIA IN SWINE, Marvin Eugene Frazier
THE HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRE AND PLANT SUCCESSION WITHIN THE SWAN VALLEY WHITE-TAILED DEER WINTER RANGE WESTERN MONTANA, June D. Freedman
Variations in amount of focusing instructions and task duration in a mood-elevating imagery task: Effects upon quality and intensity of mood, Claudia J. French
Emphasis on and training for instructional leadership among secondary administrators in Northern Rocky Mountain states, Donald Joseph Freshour
A Phenomenological Analysis of the White Therapist and American Indian Client Dyad: Common Factors, Cultural Competence, Cultural Humility, and Microaggressions, Jennie Marie Fretts
DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE EOCENE LAMAR RIVER FORMATION IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, William Jon Fritz
THE EFFECTS OF COVERT SENSITIZATION WITH RELAXATION INDUCTION COVERT SENSITIZATION WITHOUT RELAXATION INDUCTION AND ATTENTION-PLACEBO ON THE REDUCTION OF CIGARETTE SMOKING, Richard Edward Fuhrer
WILDERNESS ECOLOGY: THE DANAHER CREEK DRAINAGE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS MONTANA, Herman W. Gabriel
THE EFFECTIVE CAUSAL AGENT: FURTHER VALIDATION OF A PERSONALITY CONSTRUCT, Joyce M. Gale
DESCRIPTION AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF MOBBING BEHAVIOR IN CAPTIVE BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES (PICA PICA), Roger D. Gambs
A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE NEW ROLE OF THE COUNTY AND DIVISIONAL SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA CANADA, Neil Cecil Gannon
COHOMOLOGIES FOR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS, Edmund Peter Geyer
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLINICAL SUPERVISION IN MODIFYING TEACHER INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIOR, Robert J. Gibson
THE IMPACT OF GRADE LEVELS UPON CATHOLIC STUDENTS, Larry Lewis Gilbert
MODIFICATION OF SHIGELLA PATHOGENICITY IN THE RABBIT BY BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS, John Richard Gillis
The effects of the abacus in the elementary mathematics classroom, G. Don Gilmore
CARBONATE PETROLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE ALASKA BENCH FORMATION CENTRAL MONTANA, Ernest Henry Gilmour
CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OFF CACTUS VIRUS, Lallan Giri
Modification of oligodeoxyribonucleotides and application to the study of ribosomal RNA, Thomas Charles Gluick
TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF MAYFLIES (EPHEMEROPTERA) IN NATURAL AND LABORATORY STREAMS, James A. Gore
EMBATTLED VOICE FOR THE MONTANA FARMERS: ROBERT SUTHERLIN'S "ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUSBANDMAN" (IRRIGATION JOURNALISM HOMESTEADING), Frank R. Grant
SOME METHODS AND TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO OPEN SPACE PLANNING, Miklos Arpad Gratzer
THE THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL: EFFECTS OF VARIED STATES ON TRAIT MEASURES, Morton David Greenberger
SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE FORMATION AND RETENTION OF EMBEDDED SENTENCES, Ralph Dennis Greene
ATTITUDE ACQUISITION AS A FUNCTION OF INSTRUMENTAL EFFECT, Richard Lee Greene
JAMAICAN CAMPUS PLANTS--THE VINES, Sheila Elaine Greene
Forest Service wellness coordinators: Using metaphors to make sense of ambiguity in a work role, Susan E. Green
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: MALE AND FEMALE SUBJECTS' PERCEPTIONS OF A PASSIVE ASSERTIVE OR AGGRESSIVE INCEST VICTIM, Valerie A. Green
DOPED APATITE NANOPARTICLES: CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOMEDICAL RELEVANCE, Jessica Marie Gregory
THE SOURCES OF VARIABILITY IN JUVENILE COURT DECISION-MAKING: AN ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS, Curt T. Griffiths
A GEO-HYDROLOGIC EVALUATION OF AN INFILTRATIVE DISPOSAL SYSTEM FOR KRAFT PROCESS PULP AND PAPER MILL LIQUID EFFLUENTS, Garry Ronald Grimestad
PERCEPTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL OPINION LEADERS CONCERNING CONCEPTS CONDUCIVE OR INIMICAL TO EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION, Stanley Arthur Grout
THE EFFECTS OF VISUAL FIELD ORGANIZATION AND LIGHT INTENSITY ON COLLICULAR ULTRASTRUCTURE IN THE RAT, Michael R. Gurski
Development of externalizing and internalizing behavior problems during middle childhood: Risk and protective factors, Katarina Guttmannova