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Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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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Rooted Elements A Kinesthetic Approach Connecting Our Children to Their Inner and Outer World, Alisha Meyer

Why Saving Hawaii's Taro Means Losing Hawaiian Taro, Breana Milldrum

Loss of students in beginning bands in the Missoula schools, George Emerson Miller

Key to the fire| [poems], Sara Miller

New Romanticism, Kendall Anne Mingey

Methodology of using office space in a cost-effective manner, Kathi J. Mitchell

1. Geodetic constraints on slip rates of large Central Asian faults 2. Earthquake Emergency Education in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Solmaz Mohadjer

A Moving Experience: The Classroom Activities and Art Camp, Michelle S. Montierth

An evaluation of the guidance program in Dawson County High School Glendive Montana, John Lyle Moody

Survey of the material environment of physical education classes in eight schools in western Montana, George B. Moore

Human resource profile| Theoretical approach toward developing an integrated process for pre-employment interviewing and post-hire job performance appraisal, Victor Moretto

Image of the Diversified Lumber Products Company Wholesale Building Materials Division, Gerald P. Morgan

Three Stories on Urban Wildlife, Kevin J. Moriarty

Biggest man in Italy| Stories and poems, Howard William Morris

Developing the Whole Child Through Movement in the Music Classroom, Laura Rosenberg Morris

Rewilding The Great Plains, Sarah E. Mosquera

Commodity or Dignity? Nurturing Managers' Courtesy Nurtures Workers' Productivity, Montana Rafferty Moss

Prostitution chez Calixthe Beyala: race, corps, regard, Claire Angelique Mouflard

73,401 Hexagons: A Geodiversity Gap Analysis of the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Robina A. Moyer

DRAMA APPLIED TO CONTENT-BASED INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, A. Rocio Muhs

Reflections in the wood's ear| [poems], Timothy Wallace Muskat

Silvicultural prescription for Stand 25-4-01, Diane L. Myers

Instructions for a section breakdown| [poems], Douglas H. Myers

Integrating Regional Arts in the Interior Design Curriculum at Great Falls College Montana State University, Julie B. Myers

LINKING HEALTH BEHAVIOR THEORY AND INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE UPTAKE, Gretchen Elizabeth Neal

Stories from Superfund, Rachel M. Neal

Performance appraisal system for the City of Missoula, Jon S. Nelson

Rural Subdivision Planning in Missoula County, Montana: a Planner's Perspective, John Michael Newman

Celebrating African Drumming and Dance in a Rural Montana Classroom, Lisa Bossert Nicholls

Lessons Learned in the Superfund Process: A Guide for Community Advisory Groups, Terri Nichols

Bustles, bows, and further frippery| Victorian costumes for the Nutcracker ballet, Michele Manis Nokleby

Learning to Change and Changing Learning in Environmental Management: A case study of the Kaw Nature Reserve in French Guiana, Kimberly Knowles Notin

Handbook of information for teachers in the public schools of Hosmer South Dakota, Edwin Obenauer

GROWING YOUTH PROGRAMMING AT GARDEN CITY HARVEST THROUGH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, Hannah B. Oblock

BRUCELLOSIS TRANSMISSION BETWEEN WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM: INFERENCES FROM DNA GENOTYPING, Michael Patrick O'Brien

MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE INDUCED CHANGES TO LODGEPOLE PINE FOREST STAND DYNAMICS AT LUBRECHT EXPERIMENTAL FOREST, Ben G. O'Connor

A Public Revolt against Spitting: Education and Politics in the Progressive Era, Patrick J. O'Connor

"Spitting Positively Forbidden": The Anti-Spitting Campaign, 1896-1910, Patrick J. O'Connor

Creating the Carrot, Ronald Sean O'Leary

Brigham City, Brenden Clark Oliva

The Value of Knowing: Public Lands Monitoring by Non-Agency Groups, Aaron Richard Olsen

Simplifying the Campus Experience through Mobility, Corrine Erin Olson

Forests and Farming: An analysis of rural livelihood programs for poverty reduction in eastern Zambia, Garrett Kenneth Olson

A Plan to improve the audio-visual program in the elementary schools of Missoula Montana, George Olson

Marketing of trusts: Distinguishing trusts from other financial services, Gregory E. Olson

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT, Hanan Omar Omar

DIY Beef: Why Some Montana Ranchers Are Gambling On Direct Marketing, Izaak John Opatz

The Making of the Mini-Documentary: "Pockets", Tricia Opstad

Extended care, Verlena Orr

Legal Tools for Local Control of Oil and Gas Development: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities – Focusing on Select Eastern and Western U.S. States with Current and Potential Oil/Gas Development, Gabrielle M. Ostermayer

IT’S ROOTED IN THE LAND: HOW MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES LEADS NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES TO SOVEREIGNTY, Nicky Ouellet

Core Selection by Wolf Packs in a Human-Dominated Landscape: A Case Study in the Mountains of Southern Poland, Nathan Alan Owens

WATER AND HORNETS AND BEARS – OH MY: WHEN NATURE DISREGARDS HUMAN-MADE BOUNDARIES, Bonnie M. Pace

School district reorganization in Sully County South Dakota, Wilfred Charles Pape

Family Read Aloud Club: Engaging Students and Supporting Parents, Julie B. Papp

Battling the Rust, Stephanie Danielle Parker

PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN A COLLEGIATE SOCCER PLAYER, Jessica Paske and Valerie Moody

Archaeological applications of the PL1022 Data Base Management System and GRAFIX mapping program, Dori M. Passmann

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION IN WILDERNESS: WHAT THE FISH TO DO?, Kelsey R. Patterson

STORIES OF CONTAMINATED WASTE DUMP SITES IN AMSKAPI PIKUNI BLACKFEET COUNTRY, Kimberly L. Paul

MONITORING NOXIOUS WEEDS INVASIONS IN RIPARIAN AREAS FOLLOWING LIVESTOCK EXCLUSION OF THE UPPER BIG HOLE RIVER VALLEY: ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT WITH ASSURANCES PROJECT, Ana Ingrid Pederson

Leadership in Higher Education and the Impact on Faculty Satisfaction and Retention, Theresa A. Petersen

Leadership in Higher Education and the Impact on Faculty Satisfaction and Retention, Theresa Petersen and Frances O'Reilly

Orphanhood and the Search for Home in L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago", Amanda Marie Peterson

FOURTH WALL AN EXPLORATION OF LYRIC POSSIBILITY, Emma Pfeiffer

Native American Tourism in Montana, Vicki Ann Plemmons

The Discovery of Self Through Creative Exploration, Stephanie Jo Pointer

Tending to the Tapestry: An Ecofeminist Interpretation of Women Farmer-Artists' Stories, Aubrey Pongluelert

A Plan for improving reporting practices in the grade schools of Hamilton Montana, Wilford George Poppie

The Healthy Heart Program at the University of Montana: A Program Review, Laura B. Porisch

TOUCH-SCREAN MSS, Colin Post

Action-Oriented Sustainable Agriculture Education: Attitudes Towards Nutrition and Agricultural Practices in Guaimaca, Honduras, Sarah Lynne Potenza

"Company you keep," and other stories, Peter Kerry Powers

Collaborative Conservation and Backcountry Weed Control: A Case Study of the Great Burn Proposed Wilderness, Christopher James Prange

Quantitative planning and control devices for the Rainbow Hotel, Great Falls, Montana, Richard E. Prins

HOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT HAS FAILED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. REVIVING ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION AS PART OF THE PUBLIC CONSCIUSNESS: ADVERTISING IS THE MISSING TOOL, Ross Rademacher

Battle of the Bulls: A Coal Conflict in Cattle Country, Kevin Patrick Radley

The Last Wolves of Isle Royale, Kasey Rahn

Conservation Genetics on the Frontline, Kenneth W. Rand

Doubled eye| [poems], Emily Ransdell

Motel stories, Suzanne Raynard

Monitoring Recovery in Collegiate Strength and Conditioning, Alice Read

THE INTRODUCTION OF VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO THE STATE OF MONTANA’S DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Zachary C. Rehm

Creating a Conservation Corridor in Coastal Ecuador: Constraints and Opportunities for Integrative Agroforestry, Lucille M.F. Rice

Spirited Debates: Montana Prohibition, Politics, & Repeal, 1925 - 1938, Hunter A. Richardson

University of Montana Forensic Case #12: Comprehensive Case Analysis, Lauren Leanne Richardson

Implementation of a Dose Response to Wood Smoke PM: A Potential Method to Further Explain CVD in Wildland Firefighters., Dylan Richmond, John Quindry, Christopher T. Migliaccio, and Brent Ruby

Cut and Run, Hamish Rickett

Confessions in the first person| [Short stories], Michael B. Riley

Evaluating Community Forestry in Huai Lu Luang, Thailand, Kimberly Beth Roberts

Fresh Horses, Bain Robinson

'This Disc is not for a Bird Bath, it's for my Tractor': Exploring Gender, Sustainable Agriculture, and Networks in Western Montana, Eva Kathryn Rocke

Henry Meloy: The Portraits, A Narrative of the Exhibition, Kathryn Lorraine Rodriguez

IDENTIFYING WILDLIFE CROSSING ZONES FOR THE PRIORITIZATION OF HIGHWAY MITIGATION MEASURES ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 2: WEST GLACIER, MT TO MILEPOST 193, Mike J. Roesch

CULTIVATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AT-RISK YOUTH AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, Keith Leighton Rongstad Jr.

Study of attitudes toward supermarkets in Great Falls, Montana, Lewis Michael Roome

TAPERING FOR TRIATHLON: CURRENT CONCEPTS, EFFECTS, AND APPLICATIONS, Bruce Edward Rose

Scarred woman, Bob Ross

The development of evaluative criteria for grades seven and eight, William Charles Ross

Planning treatment for language-disordered children| Target selection, Jamie J. Ruffatto