This collection includes 12320 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
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
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