This collection includes 12135 University of Montana graduate student theses, dissertations, and professional papers (ETDs) from 1899-present. Use the following links to search discipline-specific ETDs:
- Anthropology
- Art
- Biological Sciences
- Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Business Administration
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Communication Studies
- Computer Science
- Creative Pulse Program
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Environmental Studies
- Forestry and Conservation
- Geography
- Geosciences
- History
- Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Journalism
- Linguistics
- Mathematical Sciences
- Music
- Philosophy
- Physics and Astronomy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public and Community Health Sciences
- Sociology
- Speech, Language, Hearing, and Occupational Sciences
- Theatre and Dance
- World Languages and Cultures
Dissertations - Campus Access Only
Risk-sensitive decision-making in humans budgeting time correlated with real-world financial situation, Stephanie Carsten Kucera
TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY IN THE JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN MONTANA, Wilbur David Kuenzi
Computer attitudes and computer literacy among prospective business educators at participating NABTE-member institutions in four states, Christine Patterson Kuschel
A SCHOOL BOUNDARY PROBLEM IN A PERIOD OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND ITS EXTENSION TO A MULTI-STAGE PROBLEM, Fat Cheung Lam
THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF CHILDREN FROM MOBILE HOMES AND TRADITIONAL SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY, Richard T. Landess
MARITAL THERAPY OF CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS: A MULTIPLE-BASELINE STUDY, Stephen M. Langer
PALEOECOLOGY OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS KOOTENAI FORMATION FLORA IN THE GREAT FALLS AREA MONTANA, C. A. LaPasha
GLUTATHIONE OXIDASE: A NOVEL DEVELOPMENTALLY - REGULATED ENZYME OF THE CELLULAR SLIME MOLD DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM, Raymond Anthony Larsen
A process-related quantification of forest structure and understory diversity in Inland Northwest forests: From stands to landscapes, Penelope A. Latham
SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON THE PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, Cheyenne Louise Laue
A MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF THE JENKINS ACTIVITY SURVEY-T AND OF THEORETICALLY RELEVANT CRITERION-TASKS (TYPE A BEHAVIOR), Shauna Marie Laughna
MOTIVATIONAL JUDGMENTS: THE HOW OF WHY, J. Linwood Laughy
GENETIC CONTROL OF MERISTIC VARIATION IN SALMONID FISHES, Robb F. Leary
A CASE LAW HANDBOOK FOR MONTANA ADMINISTRATORS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Lawrence Leith
ON QUASI-TOPOI: LOGIC AND EXAMPLES, Susan Stamm Lenker
ORDER RELATIONS IN THERMODYNAMICS, Terry David Lenker
COUNSELOR EFFECTIVENESS: EMPATHY TRAINING, John William Lennon
Asymptotic analysis of a fast reaction outside a solid sphere in a creeping flow, Supawan Lertskrai
Factors affecting student perceptions of child sexual abuse, Mark D. Lessard
A STUDY OF PREPARATION PROGRAMS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF MONTANA, Thomas F. Lester
The relationship between kindergarten principal leadership style and teacher turnover rate in Taichung City Taiwan, Chu-Yung Liao
ACTIVITY HEART RATE AND ASSOCIATED ENERGY EXPENDITURE OF ELK IN WESTERN MONTANA, James W. Lieb
CURRENT PRACTICES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF STUDENT ACTIVITY FINANCES IN SELECTED MONTANA PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Rod A. Lincoln
Doing stories: An ethnography of electronic news gathering photographers, Dale M. Lindekugel
MODULATION OF NMDA RECEPTOR-MEDIATED SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION, Genevieve Elysian Lind
MUSIC IN ''THE NATION'': 1870-1935, John Dayton Lind
The effects of cognitive-behavioral group interventions on loneliness, William J. Link
An analysis of the extent to which school district superindendents experience burnout, George Henry Linthicum
Stereotypic and idiosyncratic approaches to gender role measurement and the relationship to an individual's self-concept and self-esteem, Robin J. Lipke
ALIENATION AND EDUCATION, Arnold Robert Lipkind
AN ANALYSIS OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN THE RED TAILED CHIPMUNK EUTAMIAS RUFICAUDUS, Frederick Russell Lockner
PATHOGENESIS OF ABORTIVE RABIES, Donald Louis Lodmell
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIRECTION OF LATERAL EYE MOVEMENT REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO STRESS, Barbara Keely Loeb
FAILURE TO FIND A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-ACTUALIZATION INTERNAL-EXTERNAL LOCUS-OF-CONTROL AND REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION WITH FIELD-INDEPENDENCE, Louis Stern Loeb
Asymptotic analysis of the dissolution of a spherical bubble in the case of a fast reaction, William M. Long
Expectancies about psychotherapy: The effects of psychologist gender amount of information provided subject gender past therapy experience and distress level, Sandra Carol Lotshaw
THE EFFECTS OF THE MICROCOMPUTER WORD PROCESSOR ON THE COMPOSITION SKILLS OF SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS, Carolyn Jernigan Lott
COMMON EDUCATIONAL CONCEPTS HELD BY THE SOPHISTS AND THE EXISTENTIALISTS, Bette A. Lowery
VAPOR PRESSURES GENERATED IN WOOD DURING DRYING, David Perry Lowery
AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION POLICY OF PRINCIPALS AND VICE-PRINCIPALS IN THE CALGARY PUBLIC AND SEPARATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, Robert Eugene Lowery
MASTERY VS. SUCCESS: A STUDY IN ATTRIBUTIONAL MANIPULATION AS A REMISSIVE AGENT IN PRE-EXISTING STATES OF DEPRESSION (LEARNED HELPLESSNESS), Jody Newport Lubrecht
Usefulness of molecular markers for detecting population bottlenecks and monitoring genetic change, Gordon Hastings Luikart
The effects of self-concept home characteristics and Western Montana high school environments on academic achievement, John Charles Lundt
A novel mechanism for the iodate-catalyzed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide: An enigma 79 years old, Nancy Jane Lyons
CAUSATION FUNCTION AND VARIATION OF THE VOCALIZATIONS OF THE NORTHERN JACANA JACANA SPINOSA, Terrence R. Mace
A HISTORY OF THE STRUGGLE TO ABATE AIR POLLUTION FROM COPPER SMELTERS OF THE FAR WEST 1885-1933, Donald Macmillan
QUANTIFYING GLOBAL ANNUAL GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY: APPLICATION OF AN IMPROVED LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY MODEL, Nima Madani
AN EXAMINATION OF A REDISCOVERED CUSTER MANUSCRIPT, Daniel Osar Magnussen
Wildlife conservation through the management of available human resources in NWFP Pakistan, Mohammad Mumtaz Malik
A STUDY OF STUDENT GROWTH IN SELECTED AREAS OF THE AFFECTIVE DOMAIN RESULTING FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL COURSE IN INTER AND INTRAPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, Joseph Delyle Malletta
A STUDY OF CREATIVE ACTIVITIES IN FIFTEEN CLASSROOMS GRADES FOUR AND SIX ANACONDA MONTANA, Ann Elizabeth Malloy
CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES AND INFRARED ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF GLAUCONITES, Murli Hukumal Manghnani
Oligo- and polysaccharides formed during the thermolysis of sucrose, Merilyn Manley-Harris
Probing the peptidyltransferase center of the Escherichia coli ribosome with complementary-DNA oligomers: Evidence for the interaction of transfer-RNA chloramphenicol and puromycin with 23S ribosomal-RNA, Richard Thomas Marconi
SUMMER - FALL HABITAT SELECTION AND USE BY A WESTERN MONTANA ELK HERD, C. Les Marcum
OPERANT CHOICE BEHAVIOR, Edward Otto Marks
Ecology of bristle-thighed curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Jeffrey S. Marks
Structural studies of the Escherichia coli ribosome using fluorescence spectroscopy and nonradiative energy transfer, Jeffrey Michael Marmaro
THE REACTION BETWEEN NITROSYL-CHLORIDE AND PHENYLMAGNESIUM-BROMIDE, Philip G. Marsh
SEDIMENTATION RATES IN SMALL HEADWATER RESERVOIRS IN MONTANA, Phyllis Scudder Marsh
ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF LEWISIA REDIVIVA PURSH (PORTULACACEAE): A COOL STEPPE GEOPHYTE (CARTON BALANCE DROUGHT AVOIDANCE), Stephen C. Marvel
Landscape level to elemental scale: pH copper and vegetation in the Upper Clark Fork River National Priority List Site, J. Gant Massey
THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF VIOLENCE: A HOLOCULTURAL STUDY, Wilfred Toshiyuki Masumura
The reactions of academic administrators to the Accounting Education Change Commission 1989-1992, M. R. Mathews
A COMPARISON OF FOUR CONCEPT IDENTIFICATION MARKOV MODELS OF SHORT-TERM MEMORY (STM), LeRoy John Matthews
A STUDY OF THE EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION EXPERIENCE AND ENDORSEMENT OF COUNSELORS EMPLOYED IN MONTANA SCHOOLS IN 1970-1971, Richard Carl Mattson
A STUDY OF SELECTED PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF NON-RUNAWAY DELINQUENT NON-RUNAWAY AND RUNAWAY YOUTHS IN MISSOULA MONTANA, Virginia Eloise Maulfair
ALCOHOL LEGALIZATION AND NATIVE AMERICANS: A SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY, Philip Alan May
Plant community development in a minerotrophic peatland Teton County Montana, David Charles McAllister
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPELLING PROGRAMS, Mary Lee McAloon
INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION DISTURBANCE AND THE STRUCTURE OF STREAM INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES (MONTANA LEUCOTRICHIA GLOSSOSOMA CADDISFLY), Joseph R. McAuliffe
TRANSPOSITION AND RESPONSE LATENCIES IN PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, Byron Arthur McBride
AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE REASONS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL BAND MEMBERSELECT TO PARTICIPATE OR NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN BAND UPON ENTERING THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Jackie Lee McClarty
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HOLE-NESTING BIRDS FOREST SNAGS AND DECAY IN WESTERN LARCH-DOUGLAS-FIR FORESTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS, B. Riley McClelland
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM A TOKEN PROGRAM AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WITHIN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM, Robert J. McClurg
The Montana special education cooperative, Floriana Goles McCurdy
AN ASSESSMENT OF ACCREDITATION PRACTICES IN DEVELOPING INDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES COMPARED WITH NON-INDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE NORTHWEST, Joseph F. McDonald
THE EFFECTS OF RESPONSE STYLE AND SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS ON PERCEPTIONS OF ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR IN FEMALES, Miles E. McFall
PYROLYSIS OF 'XYLAN' AND MODEL COMPOUNDS, Gary David McGinnis
THERMAL REACTIONS OF HALOGENATED CELLULOSES AND CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF CELLULOSIC WASTES, Craig Richard McIntyre
PREDICTING THERAPY PREFERENCES WITH THE PERSONALITY RESEARCH FORM, Timothy J. McIntyre
The effects of advisor-advisee programs on student self-concept student perception of classroom climate or both, Robert A. McKean
A quantitative investigation of emissions from smoldering combustion of biomass: Oxygen-containing species and halocarbons, Lisa Marie McKenzie
SELECTED PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MODERATE MARIJUANA HEAVY MARIJUANA AND POLY-DRUG-USING MARIJUANA SMOKER, James Francis McLaughlin
A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE WORK ROLE AND SELF-CONCEPT OF THE 'LIBERAL - PROGRESSIVE - COOPERATIVE' ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, Alfred Francis McLean
STRESS INOCULATION TRAINING AS A TREATMENT FOR TYPE A BEHAVIOR, Robert W. McLellarn
COMMUNICATIVE STYLE OF PRINCIPALS: PERCEPTIONS OF PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS, Karen S. McNutt
EVALUATING TIMBERLAND ALLOCATION AND MANAGEMENT INTENSITY, Alan Graham McQuillan
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PATHOGENICITY OF ELYTRODERMA DEFORMANS (WEIR) (DARKER) IN PINUS PONDEROSA (LAWS), Clayton E. Mead
REPRODUCTION IN THE SPOTTED SKUNK (SPILOGALE PUTORIUS), Rodney Adair Mead
AN EXAMINATION OF THE WITHIN-SUBJECTS CS INTENSITY PHENOMENON IN HUMAN EYELID CONDITIONING, Frank Lynn Meeker
A CASE LAW HANDBOOK FOR MONTANA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, Gary P. Meggelin
A STUDY OF PREPARATION PROGRAMS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS AT THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF MONTANA, Mohinder Paul Mehta
The Effectiveness of dictation practice on the letter-writing performance of university students enrolled in business communication courses, John E. Melrose
Flood plain and vegetation dynamics along a gravel bed braided river in the northern Rocky Mountains, Michael F. Merigliano
AN EXAMINATION OF EXTREME RESPONSE STYLE, Matthew Roy Merrens