This collection includes 11934 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
Functioning in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: Quality of life symptom presentation language production and neurocognitive abilities, Bridget M. Hegeman
Demographic and epidemiological changes on the Flathead Reservation 1887-1935, Christina Joy Heiner
Stewardship Contracting: Implementation of an Innovative Resource Management Tool by Units of the U.S. Forest Service, Cassandra J. Hemphill
OPTIMIZING THE USE OF WILDLIFE MONITORING RESOURCES, Charles Raymond Henderson Jr.
The Leadership Triad: Identity-Integrity-Authenticity: A Case Study of the Inner Life and Leadership of Educational Leaders, David Ingram Henderson
Attitudes of rural nurses toward computers: Implications for continuing education, Lori Hendrickx
Time-resolved analysis of ribosomal RNA dynamics, Scott Patrick Hennelly
An analysis of dropout's talk about participation at school from democratic perspectives, Rosemary J. Hertel
An Empirical Investigation of the Buddhist Concept of "Not-Self", Christian Herwitz
A biogeographical approach to plant invasions: Ecology and evolution of an invasive ruderal in native and introduced ranges, JoseÌ L. Hierro
TEACHER’S USE OF REFLECTIVE THINKING, Kathleen M. Hill
EDUCATION IS YOUR MOST POWERFUL WEAPON: GAINING UNDERSTANDING FROM APSÁALOOKE KNOWLEDGE, Salena Ann Beaumont Hill
XYLARIC ACID, D-ARABINARIC ACID (D-LYXARIC ACID), L-ARABINARIC ACID (L-LYXARIC ACID), AND RIBARIC ACID-1,4-LACTONE; SYNTHESIS AND ISOLATION - SYNTHESIS OF POLYHYDROXYPOLYAMIDES THEREFROM, Michael Raymond Hinton
From theory to practice: A multiple case study on novice administrators, David T. Hobbs
The undergraduate experience of turnaround after academic suspension: A phenomenological analysis, S. Melanie Hoell
THE EFFECT OF SPILLOVER ONTO IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS AT THE SCHAFFER-CA1 SYNAPSE IN HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE, Katie Marie Hoffman
Teachers' Perceptions of First Nations, Metis and Inuit Students in Alberta Public School Classrooms, Wendell Blaine Hogg
The Rise of Alternative Teaching Certification in Relation to Students Who Are Impoverished, Ethnic Minorities and Change in Teacher Salary in United States Public Schools, Scott Richard Hohnstein
Resolving Employment Retention Barriers to Enhance Self-Sufficiency for Missoula County TANF Recipients, Deborah Evelyn Holland
Structure and function of glutamate transporters, David Charles Holley
PRACTICES AND PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG LEADERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY, Melissa Elizabeth Holmes
SCHOOL-BASED RACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS AND SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AMONG NATIVE AMERICAN YOUNG ADULTS, Olivia Grace Bridges Holter
THE EFFECTS OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' ATTACHMENT SECURITY, Meredith Hood
THE IMPACTS OF REMOVING WILDFIRE ON PINUS PONDEROSA RESISTANCE AGAINST DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE, Sharon Metzger Hood
Cultural and ecological relationship between the Nisqually Indian Tribe and Plants of Mount Rainier National Park, David Alan Hooper
Interactive effects of wildfire and disturbance history on amphibians and their parasites, Blake Roger Hossack
MODELING OF AQUEOUS EQUILIBRIUM: THREE-DIMENSIONAL TREND SURFACES (TOPOS), Mohammad Mainul Hossain
Inference for High-Dimensional Doubly Multivariate Data under General Conditions, John Zachary Hossler
The Cognitive Dissonance Theory of Torture Perceptions, Shannon Houck
Computational Methods for Support Vector Machine Classification and Large-Scale Kalman Filtering, Marylesa Howard
A leader's guide to the factors influencing organizational commitment: A study of nurses in Taiwan, Lichi Huang
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL SUPPORT AND TEACHER RETENTION IN HARD TO STAFF SCHOOLS, Amy Lee Hughes
The Structure Function Relationship of Silica Polyamine Composites, Mark Anthony Hughes
MULE DEER POPULATION DYNAMICS IN SPACE AND TIME: ECOLOGICAL MODELING TOOLS FOR MANAGING UNGULATES, Mark A. Hurley
Second Language Instruction with Phonological Knowledge: Teaching Arabic to Speakers of English, Khalid Y. Huthaily
Control by Vegetation Disturbance on Gully Rejuvenation Following Wildfire, Kevin Hyde
POLYMER NANOPARTICLES IN ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY, Jesse Samuel Hyslop
VIRTUAL SCREENING AND DISCOVERY OF LEAD COMPOUNDS AS POTENTIAL DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 INHIBITORS AND ANTICANCER AGENTS, Ogar Ofuka Ichire
Building the case for delivery of health promotion services within the Vocational Rehabilitation, Catherine Adele Ipsen
The allometry of bird flight performance, Brandon Edward Jackson
DUAL ENROLLMENT AS A FACTOR FOR WOMEN TRANSITIONING INTO STEM MAJORS IN MONTANA TWO-YEAR COLLEGES, Penny Jane Jakes
Consequences of Biomass Harvesting on Forest Condition and Productivity in the Northern Rocky Mountains, Woongsoon Jang
MECHANISMS AND CONSIQENCES OF LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANE PERMEABILIZATION FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO BIOACTIVE PARTICLES, Forrest Connell Jessop
Working memory capacity training and the effect on reading comprehension, numerical reasoning, and vocational progress, David Evans Johnson
Sedimentary structures and facies in the Helena and Wallace formations: Middle Proterzoic belt supergroup Montana, D. Jay Johnson
At-risk students' perceptions of their school experiences, Glen A. Johnson
Escaping the extinction vortex: identifying factors affecting population performance and recovery in endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, Heather Elizabeth Johnson
Peripherally-Multiplicative Spectral Preservers Between Function Algebras, Jeffrey Verlyn Johnson
“IF THE WATER IS TAKING IT AWAY, LET THE WATER TAKE IT AWAY…”: A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF CONSULTATION AT LAKE KOOCANUSA, Kayla Ciara Johnson
A historical case study of Lowell Elementary School in Missoula Montana, Mark P. Johnson
An Analysis of Retention Factors In Undergraduate Degree Programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Mike H. Johnson
THE ECOLOGY OF TICK-BORNE RELAPSING FEVER IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA, Tammi Lynne Johnson
The Effects of Intimate Relationship Education on Relationship Optimism and Attitudes toward Marriage, Veronica Ida Johnson
Developing a near real-time system for monitoring the foliar phenology of the terrestrial biosphere, William Matthew Jolly
PREDICTING CLIMATE-INDUCED IMPACTS ON SEASONAL STREAM TEMPERATURES IN THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENT ECOSYSTEM, Leslie Anne Jones
Synthesis of Satellite Microwave Observations for Monitoring Global Land-Atmosphere CO2 Exchange, Lucas Alan Jones
SATELLITE MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT OF LAND SURFACE PHENOLOGY: CLARIFYING VEGETATION PHENOLOGY RESPONSE TO CLIMATIC DRIVERS AND EXTREME EVENTS, Matthew Oushana Jones
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY OF NATURE-BASED TOURISTS: FORMATION OF PLACE ATTACHMENT AND INFLUENCES ON VISITOR BEHAVIOR, Jacob Daniel Jorgenson
Mechanisms of functional tricuspid valve regurgitation in ischemic cardiomyopathy, Thomas M. Joudinaud
POINT SPREAD FUNCTION ESTIMATION AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION, Kevin Thomas Joyce
The Removal and Recovery of Oxo-Anions from Aqueous Systems using Nano-Porous Silica Polyamine Composites, Varadharajan Kailasam
A Model of Successful Adaptation to Online Learning for College-Bound Native American HIgh School Students, Collier Kaler
The genetic basis of fitness: detecting inbreeding depression and selective sweeps in bighorn sheep, Martin Dennis Kardos
MODULES, FIELDS OF DEFINITION, AND THE CULLER-SHALEN NORM, Charles Walter Katerba
MECHANISMS AND CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF NQO1-DIRECTED LAVENDAMYCIN DERIVATIVES AND MITOCHONDRIA-TARGETED ANTHRACENYL ISOXAZOLE AMIDES AS NOVEL ANTITUMOR AGENTS, Alison King Kearns
ADAPTIVE HARVEST MANAGEMENT OF WOLVES: THE ROLE OF RECRUITMENT AND HIERARCHICAL DEMOGRAPHY IN POPULATION DYNAMICS OF A SOCIAL CARNIVORE, Allison Christine Keever
THE ENDURING IMPORTANCE OF WILDNESS: SHEPHERDING WILDERNESS THROUGH THE ANTHROPOCENE, Patrick Ram Kelly
Microscopic examination of rib heads: a useful adjunct in the investigation of infant deaths, Walter Loren Kemp
Battered women's dynamic change process: Examining self-efficacy trauma symptoms anger and coping in relationship status groups, Linda Thomas Kennedy
The Ethnography of On-Site Interpretation and Commemoration Practices: Place-Based Cultural Heritages at the Bear Paw, Big Hole, Little Bighorn, and Rosebud Battlefields, Helen Alexandra Keremedjiev
Extremal Problems for Forests in Graphs and Hypergraphs, Omid Khormali
Women's Views on Conservation-Based Income Generation and Women's Empowerment in Kwandu Conservancy in Caprivi, Namibia, Kathryn Elizabeth Khumalo
THE TRIBAL COLLEGE MOVEMENT: ENSURING THAT NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND PERSIST TO EARN A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE, Cheri Lynn Kicking Woman
SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PARTICIPATING IN ADVENTURE EXPERIENCES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY, Abby Marie Kiklevich
The Role of Dispositions in Teacher Candidate Education, William Alexander Kinderwater
Cobalt sorption studies on a bacterium and a natural organic material and On-line beehives: Counter design and software, Bruce E. King
Adaptive Variation in Microbes: Insights from Wild and Experimental Populations of Escherichia coli, Margaret Ann Kinnersley
Inattentive and impulsive profiles of the CPT -II and their relationship with DSM -IV ADHD subtypes, Kristin A. Kirlin
The effects of magnified effort demands on the response to resource variability, Ari P. Kirshenbaum
Assessing ecological condition of large landscapes with limited human impacts, William James Kleindl
Identification and characterization of a unique DNA-binding protein in Borrelia burgdorferi, Scott W. Knight
The ribosome builder: A software project to simulate the ribosome, William A. Knight
Structure-activity relationships of the high-affinity glutamate transporters in synaptosomes, Hans-Peter Koch
Accuracy assessment in multivariate Bayesian forecasting linear and nonlinear models, Clark Joachim Kogan
Mechanistic and structural studies of bond making and bond breaking processes on triosmium clusters, Douglas S. Kolwaite
SPERMATOGENESIS MOLECULAR EVOLUTION IN MURINE RODENTS, Emily Emiko Konishi Kopania
Biosignature storage in sulfate minerals- synthetic and natural investigations of the jarosite group minerals, Julia Michelle Kotler
Analysis of bacterial transport and survival in the subsurface, William P. Kovacik
Analysis of a class of integro -differential equations describing age dynamics of a natural forest, Michael A. Kraemer
Insight Dialogue: Investigation of a Relational Meditation Practice, Zed David Kramer
CONSEQUENCES OF ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR ACTIVATION: THYMIC ATROPHY AND THERAPEUTIC LIPOSOMAL NANOPARTICLES, Joanna Michelle Kreitinger