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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Professional Papers
The House That Smokey Built: The Forest Service Management of Historic Structures in Wilderness, Molly Michelle Ryan
COMMUNITY-CENTERED SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION AND ECOTOURISM PLANNING IN THE BOSSOU FOREST RESERVE, GUINEA, WEST AFRICA, DESTINA SAMANI
Movie Making: The Integration of Art and Business, Jennifer Rae Sanderson
Effects of Different Types of Drinking and Driving PSAs on Persons with Varying Levels of Drinking and Driving Experience, Annesa Flentje Santa
Changes in postural sway behavior across the life span, Maria M B N R Santos
Silvicultural prescription for the management of an even-aged larch sapling stand, lower Holland Creek, Condon, Montana, Peter S. Sawyer
DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF LOWER LIMB INJURIES ON DIFFERENTLY AGED ARTIFICIAL TURF, Kourtney H. Saxton
Short way home| [Poems], Dennice Marie Scanlon
Production capacity and capital budgeting for state forest management planning, Gary R. Schaertl
Speech characteristics of children post Reye's Syndrome, Sarah K. Scharfenaker
Against the Grain: Railroad Ramifications as Oil Crosses Wheat Country, Laura Scheer
Archaeology Database Management: A Case Study in the Solution of Incompatibility Issues between Different Archaeological Databases, Nathaniel Scherr
What remains after all| [Poems], Kenneth Schexnayder
UMFC #66 A Comprehensive Case Report, Jeffery Adam Schiel
KINEMATIC CONSTRAINTS ON TECTONICS OF THE NORTHERN BASIN AND RANGE, Dylan Schmeelk
RANCHER PERSPECTIVES ON LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION OPTIONS IN MONTANA'S BLACKFOOT RIVER WATERSHED, Sara N. Schmidt
Searching for amen| A year in poetry, Suzanne Therese Schmidt
Middle School String Improvisation and Composition: A Beginning, Tammy L. Schnittgrund
The Introduction of Yoga Recovery on Physiological and Psychological Stress and Performance in NCAA Athletes, Paige D. Schober
SUPREME COURT CASES THAT IMPACTED PUBLIC EDUCATION, Rodny W. Schug
Excerpt from an Untitled Novel, Peter Kent Schumacher
A Cheerio Tastes Like the Body of Christ: A Memoir, STEVEN JOSEPH SCHWAB
A Case Study of Problems and Possibilities in the Establishment of a Guide Training Institute in Uttarakhand, India, Benjamin Schwartz
Pinter's "The Birthday Party"| A director's analysis and production process, Steven A. Schwartz
Invasive Earthworms in the Crown of the Continent System and Implications for Land Management, Meghan Elizabeth Scott
"A Splendid Investment": Black Colonization and America's Pacific Empire, 1898-1904, Jolie Colette Scribner
AGRICULTURAL CERTIFICATIONS AND BEEKEEPING: LESSONS FROM AN APICULTURAL COOPERATIVE IN NORTHEASTERN EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA, Jason Andrew Seagle
Information requirements to manage operations of a health care facility, Donald E. Sessions
A REVIEW OF APPEALS AND LITIGATION OVER TIMBER SALES BETWEEN 1999 AND 2008 ON THE LOLO NATIONAL FOREST, Matthew Shaffer
FAULTY FOUNDATIONS: AN INVESTIGATION INTO TOXIC HOMES IN THE BLACKFEET NATION, Kathleen Elyse Shannon
Towards sentence compliance: Examining PFMA offender pathways through Missoula Municipal and Justice Courts, Sara Justine Shapiro
The Request Is Not Compatible: Competing Frames of Public Lands Discourse in the Lolo Peak Ski Resort Controversy, Philip A. Sharp
Sudden Fortune, Lehuanani Marie Shelton
Sheraton Inn| A marketing study, Bonnie L. Shepherd
Reducing Dental Mercury Discharge in Missoula, Montana: Collaborative Opportunities, Jamie Elaine Silberberger
A Health Needs Assessment of People Living with HIV in Montana, Sabrina Singh
Facing the Fire - Challenges and Triumphs of Western Firefighters in a Changing Climate, Mak Sisson
Bishopness, Lauren Goodwin Slaughter
An endemic issue: Malawi's struggle to prevent childhood malaria, Hailey A. Smalley
Liability of Montana school districts and their employees for pupil injury, Stewart Hamilton Smith
Art for Life: A Spiritual Journey of Art and the Bonds of Community, Tara Lynn Smith
False Starts| A collection of first chapters, Terri McFerrin Smith
Geoarchaeological Assessment of Horseshoe Cave (24RB1094, Rosebud County, Montana, Norman Bernard Smyers
The ACCEPT Project: Social Justice Art and Education, Jackalynn Marie Snow
WOMEN’S WATER, WOMEN’S WORK: EVALUATING DECENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF DEEP BOREHOLE WELLS FOR IMPROVED RURAL WATER ACCESS IN TAWA FALL VILLAGE, SENEGAL, Tenly Elizabeth Snow
Putting Scientific Information into the Service of Environmental Justice for Residents Facing Groundwater Contamination, Yvonne Emily Sorovacu
Assessing Household Drinking Water Needs: Reaching Many One Water Filter at a Time in Los Robles, Nicaragua, Erinkate E. Springer
Caitlin Stainken's Thesis, Caitlin Stainken
Statistical Modeling of Influenza-Like-Illness in Montana using Spatial and Temporal Methods, Benjamin A. Stark
Why Take the Risk?: Women's Interpretive Repertoires for Choosing Home Birth, Laura Ann St. Clair
EXPLORING RESEARCH-BASED YOGA INTERVENTIONS TARGETING UNDERSERVED WOMEN AND SEXUAL TRAUMA: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY, Shannon Steele
THE RADICALISM OF REBECCA FELTON: REFORMING SOUTHERN MASCULINTY and CREATING AND DESTROYING HISTORY: BUTTE, MONTANA’S MODEL CITY PROGRAM, 1968-1975, John C. Stefanek
An evaluation of their high school physics course by 1948-50 graduates of Great Falls High School Great Falls Montana, John Stefanoff
The Legacy of Dysfunction, Patia Stephens
Teaching Intercultural Communication Competence in the Healthcare Context, Jelena Stojakovic
Rhetoric, participation, and democracy: The positioning of public hearings under the National Environmental Policy Act, Kevin C. Stone
Quitting versus Not Quitting: The Process and Development of an Assimilation Program Within Opportunity Resources, Inc., Amanda N. Stovall
Attitudes of group referenced oriented high school students toward task referenced evaluation versus group referenced evaluation and the influence of test grades, Patrick J. Stuber
The Last Best Fish: will conservation and consensus save Montana's Arctic grayling?, Jonathan M. Stumpf
Socialization and Volunteers: A Training Program for Volunteer Managers, Allison M. Sullivan
INTERPRETATION AND IMPLEMENATION OF DIRECTOR’S ORDER #41, SECTION 7.2: DETERMINING BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR WILDERNESS CLIMBING IN THE NATIONAL PARKS, Kerry E. Sullivan
You Got the Job, Now What?: An Evaluation of the New Employee Orientation Program at the University of Montana, Shiloh M. A. Sullivan
Beginner's Mind: Teaching From a Position of Not Knowing, Tara Lynn Sullivan
Engaging Native Americans With The Athletic Training Profession, John R. Sunchild
BERTOLT BRECHT AND HIS PLAY - THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN, Min Sun
Transitioning Montana to a Renewable Energy Future: The Social and Economic Impacts, Jacqueline O. Sussman
A tale of two working landscapes, Sage C. Sutcliffe
Reconceiving Romantic Agency: A Question Concerning Its Extent, Richard Edward Swatek
A Survey of Hill County school transportation costs, Wilbur Swenson
Concussion Knowledge and Reporting Behavior Among Junior Ice Hockey Players, Stephanie Swindell
Success of Japanese management| Lessons for American managers, Charles R. Szostak
Fathers and other gifts| poems and translations, Michele M. Taipale
A Comprehensive Case Report of University of Montana Forensic Collection Case #141, Yasuko Takebe
Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollment Rates and Different Referral Strategies, Whitney Tameler
No Margin for Error: Driving the East Shore of Flathead Lake, Deborah Brae Tanner
The Worst Best Place: Stories of Suicide in Montana, Brett Thomas-Dejohgh
An Analysis of pupil progress reports used in selected graded elementary schools of Montana, Edward Gerald Thomas
Acceptance Through Art and Technology: Learning, Linking and Creating Waves in the World From the Root of Personal Culture, Tami Rene' Thomas Mehus
"How About the Tariff and Homestead?" Homestead, Tariff Rhetoric, and Wage Insecurity in 1892, Paul T. Thompson
IMPROVING HEALTH LITERACY AS A METHOD OF INCREASING ADHERENCE IN INSTITUTIONALIZED GERIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY PATIENTS, Kathryn Grace Stoehr Tiemessen
A comprehensive survey and evaluation of the Drummond Montana high school, James Merritt Tindall
Poly Advertising and Engineering| A business plan, Thom M. Tingley
Assessing the Character of Place to Guide Geotourism in Montana: A Case Study of Whitefish and White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Michael E. Tipton
Crossing the Line: Navigating a polluted transboundary watershed, Celia T. Tobin
In the Service of Conscience, Israel Tockman
JUST OPEN A WINDOW: UNDERSTANDING THE VULNERABILITY TO SUMMER HEAT OF A MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, MISSOULA, MT, Julie J. Tompkins
Assessment of potential agroforestry systems for Kafuta: A village in the Western Division of The Gambia, Justina Marie Toth
SARMIENTO: A TOWN, A LAKE AND A GLIMPSE TOWARD THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS, VICTORIA TRAXLER
A COMPREHENSIVE FORENSIC CASE REPORT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY LAB UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FORENSIC CASE #167, Tyler J. Trettin
Factors Influencing the Face Validity of Effort Tests: Timing of Warning and Feedback, Haley Gail Trontel
A Social Marketing Intervention to Improve Asbestos Inspection Compliance for Missoula Public Buildings and the Role of Upstream Approaches, Holly N. Truitt
The Last Best Hope: Are Voluntary Conservation Agreements Effective Tools for Protecting Imperiled Species?, Sophie B. Tsairis
Spirited leaves| Stories and poems, Dale S. Ulland
Indoor/Ambient Residential Air Toxics Results in Rural Western Montana, Heidi Lee Underberg
Ascendancy of surface mining over underground mining in the United States coal industry| Effects on and issues relevant to the United Mine Workers of America, Deborah Underwood
"One Long Route", Gillette Anne Vaira
A Comprehensive Case Report for the University of Montana Forensic Anthropology Laboratory Case #18-188, Elizabeth Rose Valentine
Using Fine Arts to Implement Inclusive Education: Inspiring the School through a Schoolwide Art Project, Desiree Valentino
The Efficacy of Art and Movement Treatment Modalities on an Individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Tristen Valentino
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLIFIED ALKALINITY TITRATION ANALYZER, Reba Van Beusekom