This collection includes 12138 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
AN EXAMINATION OF EXTREME RESPONSE STYLE, Matthew Roy Merrens
PHOSPHOLIPID COMPOSITION AND METABOLISM OF RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM, Steven Grant Meyers
TESTING THE EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION LABEL AVOIDANCE AND DESCRIPTIONS OF DEPRESSION ETIOLOGY ON TREATMENT INTENTION, William Jonathan Meyer
RINGS WITH FIXING ELEMENTS, Adel Fahmy Mikhail
OBJECTIVE SELF-AWARENESS THEORY: APPLICATIONS TO ASSERTION TRAINING PROCEDURES, Rodney Keith Miller
Coping behaviors in recreational settings: Substitution displacement and cognitive adjustments as a response to stress, Theron Allen Miller
Investigating early adolescent reluctance to see a school counselor, Thomas A. Miller
THE ORIGINS OF MISBEHAVIOR IN THE RAT, Stephen Lynn Mills
Empathic understanding and attachment processes in adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse and their partners, Molly Caroline Millwood
THE SCHOOL'S ROLE IN THE TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNITY ATTITUDES AND VALUES, Bruce Gordon Milne
MODULATION OF T CELL RESPONSES BY BACTERIAL LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES, Eric Charles Milner
Three worlds of work and family: A longitudinal study, Janice Levinsohn Milner
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SITE SPECIFIC HEIGHT GROWTH CURVES FOR FOUR CONIFERS IN WESTERN MONTANA, Kelsey S. Milner
Development of a procedure to identify and isolate specific point mutations in influenza virus, Bradley Mark Mitchell
STUDIES ON THE BIOLOGY OF TRYPANOSOMA (H.) PEROMYSCI WATSON 1912 (PROTOZOA: KINETOPLASTIDA : TRYPANOSOMATIDAE), John Alexander Mitchell
STUDIES OF THE MYXOSPORIDA (PROTOZOA: AMOEBOGENA) OF FISHES OF WESTERN MONTANA, Lawrence G. Mitchell
The invasion-associated locusialAB of Bartonella bacilliformis and flanking genes ctpA and ppa, Samuel J. Mitchell
ROLE OF ANTIVIRAL SUBSTANCES IN INDUCED RESISTANCE IN TOBACCO MESOPHYLL PROTOPLASTS (NATURAL), Amitava Mitra
Fettered and frayed: The effects of censorship incidents on teachers' attitudes and practices, Mary Sheehy Moe
Rural tourism economic development: A Geographic Information System modeling approach, R. Neil Moisey
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-EVALUATION AND SELF-REINFORCEMENT, J. Bailey Molineux
The effects of persuasive communication messages on backcountry visitor behavior in occupied grizzly bear habitat, Amy Braithwaite Molitor
VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE UPPER RUBY RIVER BASIN MADISON COUNTY MONTANA, James S. Monroe
The analysis of teacher beliefs and supporting structures in environmental education: A case study, Ronnie L. Monroe
ALPHA EEG FEEDBACK TRAINING INSTRUCTIONAL SET AND HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY, Ray Turner Moore
Dietary restraint and perfectionism, Pamela J. Morgan
AN EVALUATION OF THE PRE-SERVICE EDUCATION LABORATORY EXPERIENCE, Gary Alan Morin
THE ACQUISITION OF EMPATHIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS THROUGH THE ACTIVE LISTENING TRAINING IN THOMAS GORDON'S PARENT EFFECTIVENESS TRAINING, Edmund Daniel Moritz
The impact of the Montana teacher education program standards on colleges and universities 1980-1985, Irene Claudette Morton
AN INVESTIGATION OF SOME GEOCHEMICAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE STILLWATER COMPLEX MONTANA, Thomas Charles Mowatt
THE INTENSIVE APPLICATION OF SELF-CONTROL PROCEDURES IN THE REDUCTION OF SMOKING, Mark Herbert Mozer
A GEOMETRICAL VIEW OF THE KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV STATISTICS WITH MULTI-SAMPLE GENERALIZATIONS, Dale Eugene Mueller
Synthesis of conformationally-restricted glutamate analogs via novel ring -forming strategies, Jason E. Mullins
INTERACTIONAL PERSONALITY THEORY: A MULTIVARIATE SYNTHESIS OF PERSON SITUATION AND BEHAVIOR VARIABLES, Daniel Michael Mungas
CADMIUM COMPARTMENTATION AND CYCLING IN A GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM IN THE DEERLODGE VALLEY MONTANA, Frank F. Munshower
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO TEMPERATURE AND DIVING IN THE DIPPER CINCLUS MEXICANUS, David Earl Murrish
The relationship of partners' intimacy behaviors to marital satisfaction and subclinical symptoms of depression in women, Anne Murtagh
Effects of clinical practice on the psychologist: Perceived stress short-term effects of treating depressed clients and ways of coping, Michael Murtagh
I. Synthesis bioconjugation electronic and spectral properties of phenanthroline analogs. II. Phenanthroline cleavage of RNA, Gregory W. Muth
MONTANA: A STATE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH RAILROADS 1864-1970, Rex C. Myers
ACCEPTABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT APPROACHES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHILD AND FAMILY THERAPIES, Stephen J. Naifeh
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF JUDICIAL DECISION BEHAVIOR, Michael Murray Nash
NUTRIENT ACQUISITION STRATEGIES IN TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS: NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS INTERACTIONS THROUGH PLANTMICROBIAL MUTUALISMS, Megan Kelly Nasto
Mapping forest evapotranspiration and photosynthesis by coupling satellite data with ecosystem simulation, Ramakrishna R. Nemani
Importance of genetics on survival of small populations: Genetic drift inbreeding and migration, Dara Kim Newman
CENTRAL SIMPLE ALGEBRAS AND RELATED OBJECTS IN BOTH ZERO AND POSITIVE CHARACTERISTIC, Nhan Trong Nguyen
ASSESSING RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF STANDARDIZED AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTS IN MEASURING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT IN SELECTED FIFTH GRADES, Robert Henry Niederkorn
THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER IN MONTANA, Alexandra Marie Noel
GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN BORDER ZONE OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH MONTANA AND IDAHO, John L. Nold
CHARACTERISTICS AND EFFECTS OF UNDERSTORY FIRES IN WESTERN LARCH/DOUGLAS-FIR STANDS, Rodney A. Norum
THE REGIONAL PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC FACIES OF THE PRICHARD FORMATION OF WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO, Stephen Allan Norwick
SOME FIXED POINT THEOREMS, Lucimar Nova G.
Sexual offending and victimization: Prevalence and reactions of adolescent and adult sex offenders and college students, Bonnie Rae Nussbaum
THE HORSE AS AN ASPECT OF TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST DEVELOPMENT, Mary Ann O'Brien
AN EXAMINATION OF TYPE D PERSONALITY, DEPRESSION, AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS, Patricia Anne O'Brien
A QUANTITATIVE GENETIC ANALYSIS OF AUTOSHAPING IN THE MOUSE (MUS MUSCULUS), Michael Francis O'Connell
STRATIGRAPHY AND PETROLOGY ACROSS THE PRECAMBRIAN PIEGAN GROUP - MISSOULAGROUP BOUNDARY SOUTHERN MISSION AND SWAN RANGES MONTANA, Michael P. O'Connor
TOBACCO POLITICS AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN GOVERNANCE, 1862-1933, Patrick Mulford O'Connor
Education leadership wisdom: A history of Salish Kootenai College, Michael Timothy O'Donnell
SUCCESSIVE DISCRIMINATION REVERSAL LEARNING AND TRANSFER IN RATS, Richard Standish OʼGrady
Wearing the Other's Hat: Georgian-Armenian and Armenian-Azerbaijani Intermarriage in Georgia, Milena Oganesyan
A STUDY OF THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF THE FEMALE PRONGHORN (ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA ORD), Bartholomew Willis O'Gara
Investigation of the allyl stabilization energy of the cyclopentenyl radical, Gerald Olbu
THE EFFECTS OF SIMULATED ACID RAIN ON THE CYANOBACTERIAL DIAZOTROPH TOLYPOTHRIX SP. (NITROGEN FIXATION), Earl William Olsen
THE MECHANISM OF RECONSTRUCTED RETROVIRUS DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA SYNTHESIS, John C. Olsen
CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS WHEN USING THE MMPI-2 WITH TRANSGENDER CLIENTS, Kathryn Marie Oost
ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF A LAKE OUTLET, Mark W. Oswood
AGE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON PARENTAL CARE AND OFFSPRING BEHAVIORS, Juan Carlos Oteyza
Spatiotemporal Variability of Topoclimatic Air Temperature across the Conterminous United States, Jared Wesley Oyler
THE ECOLOGY OF THE TRUMPETER SWAN ON RED ROCK LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTANA, Roger David Page
LEARNING ORDINAL CONFIGURALITY IN CLINICAL JUDGMENT, John Rex Painter
Identifying Ecotourists Through Benefit Segmentation to Meet the Criteria of Sustainable Tourism Development: Belize as a Case Study, Vincent Roy Palacio
THE EFFECTS OF SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION OF SYMBIOTIC FANTASIES ON THE BEHAVIOR THERAPY TREATMENT OF SMOKING, Jay Richard Palmatier
THE MONTANA COAL BOARD AND EDUCATION: A POLICY ANALYSIS (IMPACT ADMINISTRATION LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PLANNING), Paul Herman Palm
EXISTENCE THEOREMS FOR NONLINEAR HAMMERSTEIN EQUATIONS, Champak Dayaram Panchal
The effects of stimulating and sedative music upon children, Amy E. Paris
The translation and manifestation of feminist principles in feminist therapy, Leanne R. Parker
ASPECTS OF UNIQUE D-COLORABILITY FOR DIGRAPHS, Esmaeil Parsa
DYNAMICS OF ALPINE SMALL MAMMAL POPULATIONS, Donald D. Pattie
AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF A HYPOTHETICAL REMOVAL OF BUSINESS TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM SELECTED MONTANA COLLEGES UPON THE STATE OF MONTANA, William E. Patton
THE OPINIONS OF THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL TEACHERS IN MONTANA CONCERNING GRADES FIVE THROUGH EIGHT, Jerry LaVern Pauli
A personal construct theory approach to exploration of maternal perception of clinic-referred and non-clinic children, William P. Paul
Genetic variation and natural selection in wild populations of Fragaria virginiana (Rosaceae), Diane S. Pavek
THE EFFECTS OF A COMBINED READING AND GROUP COUNSELING PROGRAM ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, David Theodore Pearson
A confirmatory factor analytic study of the major sources of variance in the MMPI-2, Bryan David Peltier
DIRECT INSTRUCTION VERSUS INDIRECT SUGGESTION WITH NEUROTIC ANXIOUS AND AGGRESSIVE PSYCHOPATHIC INMATES AT THE MONTANA STATE PRISON: AN ANALOGUE INVESTIGATION, Peter Lawrence Peregoy
THE MANAGERIAL PREPARATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF CURRENT COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, Janet M. Pergola
Pinus albicaulis seedling regeneration after fire, Judy L. Perkins
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED BY THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN THEIR SEMINARY PROGRAM FOR GRADES 9-12, Luell J. Perrett
THE EFFECTS OF LOCUS-OF-CONTROL AND TEMPORARY AFFECTIVE STATES OF THE BENEFACTOR ON ALTRUISM, Joseph Edward Peters
The relationship of psychological gender orientation and conflict management strategies of school administrators in the state of Washington, Marie Carol Peterson-Holland
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COGNITIVE MEASURE OF THE BURNOUT SYNDROME, Polly E. Peterson
THE ROLE OF THE SUPERVISORY PROCESS AS PERCEIVED BY EXTENSION SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY AGENTS EMPLOYED BY THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, William L. Peterson
ATTITUDINAL STUDY OF FACULTY WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN NORTHWEST UNITED STATES, Rita Marie Petit Sister