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
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
CULTURAL MATCHING AND IDENTITY SAFETY IN K-12 SCHOOLS: AN INDIGENOUS RESEARCH PARADIGM, Ashton T. Smith
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
Menstrual Cycle Phase and Sport Performance, Emma Swartz
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
School Climate: Learning Conditions for a Positive School Climate, Cheryl L. Tatum
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
Feminine Felons: Violent Offenders' Intersectional Experiences in Twentieth-Century Montana, Cassidy Ann Vander Voort
DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF IN VITRO BURN PLATFORM FOR THERAPEUTICS DESIGN AND SCREENING, Jack Michael Van Tine
Nostalgic Restoration: Recovering Washington's Coastal Resources, Carly Vester
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF PERFORMING THE PRIMAL REFLEX RELEASE TECHNIQUE ON FEMALE, DIVISION I COLLEGIATE ATHLETES, Erika K. Vichcales
A Cartographic Workflow Manual for Endangered Species Conservation, Martin P. Viereckl
Examining the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide in a Sample of Individuals with Psychosis, Jennifer Villa
Baseline study of recovering headwater streams in the Sapphire Mountains, western Montana, Morgan Vinyard
Development of an Environmental Law Curriculum for Kosovo Universities, Nebojsa Vlajic
BEYOND ORGANIC: DEFINING ALTERNATIVES TO USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Jennifer Ann von Sehlen
The Missouri Compromised, Kate Casper Walker
Western larch| weed or timber species?, William R. Walker
Hope Spots, William R. Wallace
PERSPECTIVES ON USING PHARMACOGENOMICS TO GUIDE TOBACCO CESSATION: SURVEY RESULTS FROM AN AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY, Daniela Mariana Wall
Efficacy of Riparian Revegetation Projects in the Inland Pacific Northwest, Susan Wall
Native American Tourism in Montana, Vicki Ann Warp
CUTS IN A PRISM: A MULTI-GENRE EXPLORATION OF GROWTH AS WRITER, TEACHER AND HUMAN, Wendy Zagray Warren
Inside Passages, Keema Waterfield
Protecting Biodiversity on National Forests: The Evolution and Implementation of Forest Planning Regulations, Anna Wearn
To Save the World: The Untold Stories of Memorial Row, Michael Dean Webster
Staying Rogue: Lessons on Loving a Permitted River, Caroline Elizabeth Weiss
The History of Chief Rocky Boy and His Band and The Founding of Rocky Boy Reservation, John Phillip Well-Off-Man
Only From Montana: A family's experience eating locally, Emily Joan Wendler
The Role of Funding Programs in Promotion of Best Management Practices for Effective Stream Restoration, Tracy R. Wendt
BLM Land Use Planning in Western Oregon: A Case Study for Integrating Public Participation in Natural Resources Planning, Emily Ruth West
The Development of an Artist, Lori Jean Wheeler
Digital Photography, Julie F. Whipple
A Study of certain qualifications of chief administrators of Montana high schools, Jesse Claude White
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND HISTORIC ARTIFACT ANALYSIS FOR THREE PROJECTS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Monte Keoua White
Jeg Gikk Meg Over Sjo og Land: A Journey for the Future into the Past, Stephanie Jeane White
Radio stations for Montana high schools, Parks Whitmer
WATER QUALITY AND WATERBORNE DISEASE ALONG THE NIGER RIVER, MALI: A STUDY OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSE, Ashley Lauren Williams
Critical analysis of the 1969 Little Grizzly Football Program in Missoula, Montana, Dennis Joy Williams
Implementation & Evaluation of a Peer Mentor Walking Program for Transitionally Housed Women in Missoula, MT, Emily Jane Williams