This collection includes 12320 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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Dissertations
"Such sweet sorrow": The therapeutic relationship upon termination, Alison M. Cobb
THE EFFECT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTICIPATION ON TEAM COHESIVENESS IN NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAMS, Cara Jo Cocchiarella
INDIVIDUAL AND POPULATION RESPONSES TO HYDROLOGIC VARIABILITY IN A HEADWATER STREAM SALAMANDER, Madaline Cochrane
EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS IN RESPONSE TO MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND DHA DIET MODIFICATION, Elizabeth Michelle Cole
The role and regulation of the invasion -associated locus B (ialB) gene of Bartonella bacilliformis, Sherry A. Coleman
Spatio-temporal optimization of tree removal to efficiently minimize crown fire potential, Marco A. Contreras
A rural perspective on modern bioethics, Ann Freeman Cook
Temporary hydrologic connections make "isolated" wetlands function at the landscape scale, Bradley J. Cook
AN INVESTIGATION OF RURAL AND MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES ACROSS FIVE DIMENSIONS OF HEALTHCARE ACCESS, Nicholas Charles Coombs
THE BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL IMPACTS OF FOREST DISTURBANCES ACROSS ECOSYSTEMS, Leila Ann Cooper
GENOMIC AND PHENOTYPIC INSIGHTS INTO THE MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION IN HIGH-ELEVATION DEER MICE, Keely R. Corder
THE OTHER IDENTITY POLITICS: POLITICAL TURNING POINTS AND POLITICAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT IN COLLEGE-GOING EMERGING ADULTS, Kaetlyn Jeanette Cordingley
MANAGEMENT AND LIFE HISTORY CONSEQUENCES OF HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN WESTSLOPE CUTTHROAT TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI) AND RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS), Matthew Philip Corsi
ON INTERNALIZED OPPRESSION AND SEXUALIZED VIOLENCE IN COLLEGE WOMEN, Marina Leigh Costanzo
Physiological and psychological measurements of dogsled drivers during the 1049 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Carla E. Cox
Disruption of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine DNA Glycosylase (OGG1) Antioxidant Response Capacity by Sodium Arsenite, David Paul Cox
The effects of delay in the aggressive display of male Siamese fighting fish: Betta splendens Missoula Montana USA, Baine B. Craft
Aerodynamics, kinematics, and ecology of slow flight in birds, Kristen Elizabeth Crandell
IMPACTS OF A TEACHER GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON STUDENT SPATIAL LITERACY SKILLS AND INTERESTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN GRADE 5 – 12 CLASSROOMS ACROSS MONTANA, Jeffrey Willard Crews
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: EFFECTS OF TYRIA JACOBAEAE ON THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SENECIO JACOBAEA IN NORTHWEST MONTANA, Kimberly Kay Crider
Understanding the dynamics of species distributions under climate change: linking empirical evidence, ecological theory, and statistical models, Shawn M. Crimmins
Developmental stress in birds: phenotypic and fitness, Ondi L. Crino
The effect of information on a stochastic fishery model, Greg Cripe
Characterization of antibiotic resistance mutations in Borrelia burgdorferi, Daniel C. Criswell
Trait Hope as a Moderator of the Effects of Hassles and Uplifts on Depressive Symtpoms in College Students, Leslie C. Croot
Intuitive parenting repertoire utilization by Caucasian-American and Mandarin Chinese mothers with two- and four-month-old infants, Candace M. Crosby
INDIVIDUALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF DISORDERED EATING PATHOLOGY: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE INVENTORY FOR DISORDERED EATING ATTRIBUTIONS (IDEA), Lindsay Katherine Crosby
DISPERSAL, GENETIC STRUCTURE, NETWORK CONNECTIVITY AND CONSERVATION OF AN AT-RISK, LARGE-LANDSCAPE SPECIES, Todd Bartholomew Cross
FOREST VEGETATION, FUEL, AND FIRE HAZARD DEVELOPMENT IN STANDS TREATED TO RESIST CROWN FIRE, Justin Seth Crotteau
Anna Thompson's starving children: Emotion regulation and verbal memory in borderline personality disorder, Ellen M. Crouse
Montana's canon for post-secondary literature foundation courses, John J. Crowley
Sharing the Medicine of Resilience: Honoring the work of Dr. Gyda Swaney, Matthew Martin Croxton
Characteristics associated with a range of self -harm behaviors in university undergraduates, Kristin L. Croyle
Marine Applications of an Autonomous Indicator-Based pH Sensor, Sarah E. Cullison
SELECTIVITY IN EXPOSURE TO INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SELF, David E. Cummins
The phenomenon of intellectually gifted underachievers and education: Listening to the male adolescent voice, Barbara Lynne Cunningham
An Assessment of the HIV Prevention Needs of Injection Drug Users in Montana, Nancy Mae Cunningham
NAVIGATING EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS: UNCOVERING THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM GOVERNANCE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE, Amber Waialea Datta
TEACHERS’ GROUP REFLECTION AND THEIR FACILITATIONS IN IMPLEMENTING COLLABORATIVE REASONING DISCUSSIONS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Emmanuella Swastika Datu
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF A NON-NATIVE TROUT SPECIES, Kaeli Alexis Davenport
Curriculum Improvement: The Teacher Perspective on Change in the Classroom, Heather C. Davis
PARENT AND GUARDIAN: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY-AFFIRMING CAREGIVERS, Kelly Marie Davis
Fat bias among psychologists: Impact of client weight on clinical judgments and treatment planning, Kristen Libra Davis
Analysis of Special Education mediations in Texas, 2006-08, Diana Lane Davison
Dynein Light Chain 1 Functions as a Cofactor for Post-Transcriptional mRNA Regulation and RNA Granule Assembly, Nicholas Day
Causes and Consequences of Displacement Decision-making in Banhine National Park, Mozambique, Chad Edward Dear
Juvenile temperature regulation in Apis mellifera (Honey bee) and the impacts of brood temperature requirements on the colony, Scott Debnam
CHARACTERIZATION OF NIPAH VIRUS PATHOGENICITY IN VITRO AND IN VIVO AND PROTECTION FROM DISEASE USING A SINGLE DOSE RECOMBINANT VACCINE, Blair Lynn DeBuysscher
EVALUATIONS CONCERNING THE HALOGEN BOND AND HYDROGEN BOND RELATIONSHIP, Daniel Adam Decato
Jubah and Nashoba: An Artful History, Theodore Cecil DeCelles
Resource selection, predation risk, and population dynamics of woodland caribou, Nicholas James DeCesare
Risk -sensitivity and predictors of choice preference: Parenting addiction and dispositional variables, Heide K. Deditius-Island
THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON MULTIPLE POSTURAL MUSCLE CONTROL AND POSTURAL SWAY BEHAVIOR, Adriana Menezes Degani
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP UNDER APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA AS PORTRAYED IN THE APARTHEID ARCHIVE PROJECTAND INTERPRETED THROUGH FREIREAN EDUCATION, Kevin Bruce Deitle
SCHOOL CHANGE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, Ryder Delaloye
ECOLOGY OF THE ALLUVIAL AQUIFER OF THE NYACK FLOODPLAIN ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE FLATHEAD RIVER, MONTANA, Amanda Gay DelVecchia
BACTERIOPHAGE INFECTION INDUCES INTRACELLULAR POLYAMINE ACCUMULATION AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM IN PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA, Camilia Dornelles de Mattos
An exploratory study of the usefulness of solution -focused brief therapy groups with elementary school children, Jennifer Clevenger Demmons
Memory for Complex Pictures: Development and Validation of Digit Test of Effort, John W. DenBoer
Synthesis of conformationally constrained glutamate analogues and their preliminary evaluation as glutamate transport inhibitors, Travis Taylor Denton
ANALYSIS OF COVID-19 IN RURAL AMERICA, Ian Gabriel Derickson
The Mountain Home: Spatial and Optimal Foraging Assessments of Hunter- Gatherer Mountain Landscape Use In The Beartooth Mountains, Montana, Scott William Dersam
THE CONTRASTING PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF TWO DISTINCT MIGRATORY STRATEGIES, Joely Gabriel DeSimone
The Temporal Dynamics of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma-Related Negative Emotions, Daniel Dewey
Humanitarian Workers' Perspectives on Mental Health and Resilience of Refugee Youth: Implications for School Psychology, Diana Maria Diaków
PURPOSEFULLY PLANNING FOR MATHEMATICS DISCOURSE: A STUDY OF TEACHER LEARNING AND LESSON ENACTMENT, Andria Rae Disney
Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth, Shame, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: The Roles of Social Support and Coping, Nancy-Jane Kimberly Doane
SAGE-GROUSE AND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: INTEGRATING SCIENCE WITH CONSERVATION PLANNING TO REDUCE IMPACTS, Kevin Eric Doherty
Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety, Joseph Wimand Domitrovich
EFFECTS OF A SUICIDE ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION TRAINING ON PARTICIPANT PREPAREDNESS, COMFORT, AND COMPETENCE, Kelley Margaret Donisthorpe
FLYWAY BOTTLENECKS: MIGRATORY WATERBIRDS CONFRONT DIMINISHING WETLAND NETWORKS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA, J. Patrick Donnelly
Communal Empathy in Native American Older Adults, Heather Lynn Dorlando
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD: PERCEIVED COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND PARENTING SATISFACTION AND EFFICACYAMONG AMERICAN INDIAN YOUNG MOTHERS, Ann Marie Douglas
A NON-REPRESENTATIONAL FOCUS ON WILDERNESS AFFECT, Mark Lane Douglas
The Application of Contemporary Numerical Methods to the Modeling, Analysis, and Uncertainty Quantification of Glacier Dynamics, Jacob Zachary Downs
THE MOLLY HOOTCH SCHOOLS AFTER 40 YEARS: SUCCESSES, FAILURES, AND OPPORTUNITIES, Jody Lynne Drew
The antibacterial immune response to Escherichia coli in the flea Xenopsylla cheopis, James David Driver
A novel pathway for the production of poly-N-acetylglucosamine by Borreliaceae, Adam Matthew Drobish
Detecting simulated cognitive impairment with MMPI-2 neurocorrection scales, Paul D. Dukarm
Molecular Modeling Assisted Design and Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Anthracene Isoxazole Small Molecule Anti-tumor Agents, Nathan S. Duncan
QUEERING ADOLESCENT ECOLOGY: A MINORITY STRESS-INFORMED EXPLORATION OF RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS RELATED TO ANXIETY SYMPTOMS IN GENDER AND SEXUAL MINORITY ADOLESCENTS, Kinsie Jean Dunham
DECOLONIZATION AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE SELISH, KSANKA AND QLISPE PEOPLE, Anita Louise Dupuis
Dynamic human relationships with wilderness: Developing a relationship model, Bob G. Dvorak
Comparisons of maternal eye -gaze deprivation: Responses of 3 -month -old infants to three episodes of maternal unavailability, Linda EagleHeart-Thomas
Identification and characterization of a bacteriophage of Borrelia burgdorferi, Christian H. Eggers
SPATIAL BEHAVIOR, FORAGING, AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF A SUBARCTIC UNGULATE, Elizabeth (Libby) Parr Williamson Ehlers
PAVLOVIAN TO INSTRUMENTAL TRANSFER IN THE PEAK PROCEDURE: INSIGHTS INTO TIME, Benjamin Robert Eisenreich
CORE ZONES, LIVESTOCK AND POPULATION ECOLOGY OF ARGALI IN MONGOLIA’S GOBI STEPPE, Lars Stefan Ekernas
LINKS BETWEEN INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE: A MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATION WITH A DIRECTLY-TRANSMITTED ZOONOTIC SYSTEM, Andreas Elefttheriou
Improving mechanical and neuromuscular deficits following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, Audrey Rose Campbell Elias
Randomness In Tree Ensemble Methods, Joran Elias
Characterization of Rift Valley fever virus nucleocapsid protein-RNA binding interactions and development of a high-throughput screening assay for identification of n-RNA binding inhibitors, Mary Lee Ellenbecker
INVESTIGATING TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF MONTANA KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND-GRADE PLAY-BASED LEARNING PRACTICES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Erin N. Ellis
ELUCIDATON OF THE PYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CYTOCHROME C – CARDIOLIPIN INTERACTIONS, Margaret Marie Elmer-Dixon