This collection includes 12627 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
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
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
Coming Up Empty: Doubt and Trout on the Upper Clark Fork, Joshua Ethan Pike
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
COMPREHENSIVE CASE REPORT UMFC#140, MaryMargaret C. Pratt
The Long Horizon: Living With Tsunami Risk On The Oregon Coast, Owen Madoc Preece
Quantitative planning and control devices for the Rainbow Hotel, Great Falls, Montana, Richard E. Prins
DESIGNING A BEHAVIOR-SUPPORTIVE LITERACY BLOCK USING UFLI PHONICS FOR FIRST GRADE STUDENTS WITH BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES, Julia Lynne Pugh
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
College Athlete Workload Management to Improve Performance, Brody Reid
HUMAN-BEAR CONFLICTS IN WESTERN MONTANA: MAPPING ATTRACTANTS AND PREVENTION EFFORTS, Jessica Nichole Reyes
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
An Interdisciplinary Unit for Today's Learners: Integrating Science, English, and Art to Teach Climate Change, Sydney M. Ruby-Pasternak
Planning treatment for language-disordered children| Target selection, Jamie J. Ruffatto
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
VELOCITY BASED TRAINING IN ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT, Ross Martin Sangalang
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
DEVELOPMENT OF 3D IN VITRO BURNED SKIN MODELS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT THERAPEUTICS SCREENING, Hayden Kincaid Scoular
"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
Water Justice, Emily Ann Senkosky
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
Regeneration: Planting Seeds of Change in a Warming World, Rose M. Shimberg
Testosterone Administration in Premenopausal Women, Kaeli Nichol Shockley
"More Boldly I Shall Go:" Jacobites, Hanoverians, and the Fabrication of Nostalgia, 1745-1766, Jacob Louis Shropshire
Reducing Dental Mercury Discharge in Missoula, Montana: Collaborative Opportunities, Jamie Elaine Silberberger
SUSTAINABILITY STARTS SMALL: INITIATIVES FROM CUBA TO THE BITTERROOT VALLEY, Kathryn Marie Simecek
A Health Needs Assessment of People Living with HIV in Montana, Sabrina Singh