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Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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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Pesticide regulation and the turfgrass industry| A proposed program to meet present regulatory requirements, David M. Matzer

Engaging Community and Developing Leadership Through Adventure and Experiential Learning, Christopher Roland Maul-Smith

Policy and Collaborative Governance: Case Studies of Three Wildlife Crossings, Nicholas Maya

Maternal Depression and Child Maladjustment: The Role of Parental Style, Mallory Casey McBride

ZONING AND COMPLEMENTARY INCENTIVES TO PROTECT FARMLAND: A CASE FOR MISSOULA COUNTY, Kaitlin McCafferty

DETERMINING SKIN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THREE COLD COMPRESSION MODALITIES, Madison S. McCarthy

Sugar pie and honey and other stories, Patrick Joseph McCarthy

EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENT PITCHING MECHANICS AND THROWING INJURIES, Zachary M. McCarthy

Ransacked, Theodore Louis McDermott

Measuring Trauma: A Pilot Application for Children and Adolescents, Molly Kathleen McDonald

Curated Chaos: A Rhetorical Study of Axmen, Rebekah A. McDonald

The Next Billion: Lessons in off-grid electricity development from the global south, Peter McDonough

Vitamin D and Athletic Performance: A Critical Assessment for Coaches and Athletes, Lauren McGuigan

Attitudes and perceptions of Community Councils on the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and the Southwestern Crown Collaborative forest restoration projects, Jimmie McKay

Gaze Toward the City They Won't Enter Again, Mehgan McKenna

A YEAR OF PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE: IMPROVING PIANO SKILLS TO BECOME A BETTER CHORAL DIRECTOR, Ellen McKenzie

Addressing Contaminants in Traditional Foods in Alaska: Environmental Justice Framing and Policy Approaches, Mary Beth McKinley

Renewal, Clara Sharon McLane

In My Element, Alisa Hammond McLaughlin

Selected short stories, William C. McLaughlin

Speech results and associated findings following pharyngeal flap surgery in an established state craniofacial disorders program, Maureen Patricia McMahon

House of pale grass| A novella, Phillip McNally

DISTURBED WATERS – A MONTANA CHEMIST SEARCHES FOR THE SOURCE OF A PERSISTENT POISON, Kindra McQuillan

Evaluating and remediating metals and arsenic in surface waters of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana, chauncey allan means

Montana Logging Costs: Resources for Continued Industry Viability, Joshua P. Meek

A modified program for the teaching of arithmetic in the primary department of the Billings public schools, Leonie Marie Merrick

Investigation into the potential for a Giardia lamblia contamination in the Rattlesnake NRAW, Janice Bonham Metzmaker

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

Iguanaland, Josh Moyar

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