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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Professional Papers
Home on the Range: A consideration of the role ranching plays in bison conservation, Kristina Lyn Heitkamp
Evaluation of the business curriculum in the Park City High School, Park City, Montana, Basil L. Helgeson
What They Consider, How They Decide: Best Practices of Technical Experts in Environmental Decision-Making, Cassandra J. Hemphill
Taekwondo Principles: Guidelines for a Balanced Life, Deborah Ann Hendricks
An analysis of community resources available to counselors in Montana secondary schools, Evelyn Davis Herbert
Developing carcass beef for the Japanese premium market: A Montana enterprise, Scott G. Hibbard
UMFC #12: A COMPREHENSIVE FORENSIC ANALYSIS CASE REPORT, Kaylee M. Hinds
A Venture in Native American Shield Making, Mary Margaret Hinojosa
Fear, Power, & Teeth (2007), Olivia Hockenbroch
Green Roofs in the Garden City: Exploring the Opportunities for Green Roof Policies in Missoula, Montana, Matthew Ryan Hodges
Interleukin-6 and exercise; early evidence of a novel myokine, Brendan Hogg Mr.
A follow-up study of the graduates of Libby Montana High School for the years 1946-1950, Raymond Hokanson
Organizing Rural Communities for Effective Citizen Science Programs, Anna Dean Holden
A Land Link for Western Montana: Keeping Land in Agriculture from One Generation to the Next, Paul Fuller Hubbard
Our Town and Other Ghosts, Donnell W. Hunter
Conveyance of sentence-types by alaryngeal speakers, Elizabeth J. Jackson
A Large Flock of Small Birds: Essays, Rebecca Hanna Jacobson
Aptamer Selection for Oxidative DNA Lesions, Brandon Lloyd James
Keeping What You Sow: Intellectual Property Rights for Plant Breeders and Seed Growers, Paulina B. Jenney
POLYTROPOS: POEMS FOR THE FALL, Miles Jochem
Buffalo Renaissance: The Northern Plains Tribes' Path to Self-Determination, Elizabeth Louise Johns
Quality of care received by type I diabetic patients : An assessment protocol developed from the American Diabetes Association's standards, Shelly Lyn Johnson
Creation of the Big Sky African Ensemble, Philip Michael Johns
Real Live Girls and Other Stories, Emily Karen Jones
Equipment needs for a biology course in the small Montana high school, Layton Francis Jones
Striking a Balance: The New Generation of Tiger Tourism in India, Apoorva Prasanna Joshi
A Comprehensive Literature Review of American Sexual Assault Culture and the Status of Women's Self-Defense, Jennifer Ann Just
Hellbent on Heaven, Sarah Kahn
The Sun House, Max Kaisler
Who Never Had a Brother| Stories and poetry, Thomas Michael Kalaris
Prescribing the American Dream: Psychoanalysts, Mass Media, and the Construction of Social and Political Norms in the 1950's, Daniel P. Kamienski
Entry strategies into the Japanese market through the use of human resource management, Takeshi Kanamori
Unearthing the Inner Compass, Kimberly Ann Kapalka
Exercise Program to Modify Risk Factors For Shoulder Injury in Collegiate and Professional Pitchers, Rina Kasuga
Integrating Western Science and Indigenous Knowledge for Just Practices in Conservation, Cierra Lea Keith
Walking While Asking:Lessons from Agroecology Education in Chiapas, Mexico, Katherine E. Keller
JP's Thesis, JP Kemmick
Teaching of tennis| a curriculum guide for physical education teachers, Owen Vincent Kennedy
Reviewing the Use of Injury Screening Assessments and Identifying Risk of Injury, Riley A. Kenney
Collaborative Zoning in the Rural Rocky Mountains: A Process Analysis of Two Counties, Kassidy Renee Kern
Descriptive guide for the enrichment of literature through architecture, painting, sculpture, and music, Lilly Gwendolyn Kestle
High Dimensional Outlier Detection, Omid Khormali
A Thinking Person's Guide to Immigration and Environmental Racism at the US - Mexico Border, Emma H. Kiefer
Cochlear implants| The audiologist's role, Jill E. King
The Relationship Between Level of Empathy and Stress Contagion, Heather Lynn Kirby
Softly and Tenderly, Barry Kitterman
THE BLACKFEET NATION’S BISON CONSERVATION HERD MANAGEMENT PLAN, Brandon Kittson
Convincing the home builder to build solar homes| An evaluation of the passive solar workshops for builders, Susan L. Klein
NARROWING THE PERFORMANCE GAP BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE SOLDIERS, Jessica Nicole Knoll
Organization administration and evaluation of a driver education and training course in Sidney Public High School, Rudolph Paul Koch
Living to Ride: A Sociological Study of Freeriders in Missoula, Montana, Marlana Michelle Kosky
Assessment of Avalanche Mitigation Planning for Developed Areas in the Rocky Mountain’s of Colorado, Daniel Kozel
Far Toward the Bottom, Megan Nicole Kruse
Tracking the Trackers, Does Citizen Science Help or Hinder Rare Carnivore Research, Thomas Charles Kuglin
Synthesis of DNA-base selective labels for efficient labeling of DNA for TEM Imaging, Rakesh Kumar
‘Planting the Seeds of Educational Change’ Indigenous Voices, Multicultural Education, and the US Democratic Ideal, Miranda Crystal Laber
Transparent Bridges; The Bird and the Alligator, Lori L. Laffrado
Status of industrial arts teaching in Montana high schools with enrollments of from forty to one hundred fifty students in 1950, Gordon Gerhard Lallum
Unexpected Zeus, Adam Lambert
The Effect of Photocycle on Self-Control in Betta splendens, Kathryn Gwen Lamp
A CASE FOR THEATRE-BASED PROGRAMMING IN EARLY-CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, Tina M. La Plant
The New Monumental Era: Daniel Webster and the Commemoration of Compromise in the Age of Disunion, 1853-1865, Michael James Larmann
LEADERSHIP: SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH ASD AND THE SCHOOL WIDE COMMUNITY, CHELSAE JOY LARSON
Out of sight, out of mind: An exploration of wastewater issues and possible solutions in and out of Montana, Keely I. Larson
Wildfire Science, Neil LaRubbio
A shift in power, Breeana Clare Laughlin
IS GROWING FOOD WASTING WATER? STORIES FROM A SURGE OF GROUNDWATER REGULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA, Abigail Jean Lauten-Scrivner
A COMPREHENSIVE CASE REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA CASE 37, Cody M. Lawson
The Effects of Grazing on Deer Mice Movements Into Peridomestic Settings with Implications to Human Exposure to Sin Nombre Virus, Abigail Jean Leary
Farm-to-School in Montana: An Assessment of Program Participation, Autumn Lee
A Policy Analysis of Lead Paint Disclosure Implementation in Residential Homes in Missoula Montana, Marissa Lein Lehner
Bridging the Gap: Where Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science Come Together to Shape Environmental Stewardship, Bowman Leigh
Electric Momentum: Dynamics of Transportation Electrification and Stories from the Road, Amelia Liberatore and Amelia R G Liberatore
Effectiveness of Stand-Scale Forest Restoration, Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon, Jay C. Lininger
College Students' Social Media Uses and Affective Correlates, Jennifer L. Lippold
Airport Rings: Stone Circle Archaeology In Yellowstone National Park, Michael Livers
Conservation of leopards in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan, Asad Lodhi
The practices of teaching first grade reading in fifteen schools of Western Montana, Myron Jewell Loe
Prevalence and Correlates of Smoking Status Among Depressed Individuals in Veterans Affairs Primary Care, Anayansi Lombardero
Relationship of Self-Concept, Depression, Academic Estimation, and Online Social Networking in Adolescents, Jaime Rebekah Long
Bone Stress Injuries in Collegiate Distance Runners: Review of Incidence, Distribution, and Risk Factors, Maryn E. Lowry
PARAFFIN: AN ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVE FOR BONE CONSERVATION, Victoria E. Luksha
FIRST IN RIGHT: THE KEYSTONE OF WATER RIGHTS LAW PRESENTS AND FACES CHALLENGES IN A POPULATED WEST, Laura L. Lundquist
An Exploration of Zero Waste Policies and Recommendations for Missoula, Sarah Blyth Lundquist
Salmon & Steelhead Hatcheries: Conservation or Condemnation?, Samuel Hunter Lungren
Analysis of the interrelationship between the lender, the CPA, and the small-business client as observed in Montana, Kay Lutz-Ritzheimer
TEACHERS AS WRITERS: OPENING THE DOOR TO DIALOGISM, Eric Mark Lynn
Climbing Management on National Forests, Christopher Ryan MacKay
HazardReady – a geographically based natural hazard education and preparedness web application, Carson C. MacPherson-Krutsky Ms.
Burnout In Psychiatric Nursing: Possible Protective Factors, Renee Madathil
A COMPARISON OF BARRIERS TO TRADITIONAL AND HOME-BASED CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION PARTICIPATION: POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE PHASE, Erin Rose Madison
Evaluation of an Ecohydrologic-Process Model Approach to Estimating Annual Mountain-Block Recharge, Ian Auguste Magruder
Diabesties: How Diabetic Support on Campus can Alleviate Diabetic Burnout, Kassandra E. Martin
Relational development model of executive coaching as a tool for organizational change, Shaun Martinz
Japanese management| Theory zero not theory Z, Masashige Matsuo