This collection includes 12248 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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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
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