This collection includes 11577 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
WHY THE WEIRD WINGS? Investigating the morphology, function, and evolution of unusual feathers in pigeons and doves (Columbidae), Robert Lawrence Niese
PATTERNS OF WILDFIRE RISK IN THE UNITED STATES FROM SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENTS – HOW RISK IS CHARACTERIZED BY LAND MANAGERS, Erin Kathleen Noonan-Wright
Agroecology hydrology and conservation of ephemeral streams and alluvial fans Zuni Pueblo New Mexico, Jay B. Norton
Factors contributing to adjustment and quality of life in women diagnosed with cancer, Althea L. Noukki
Different Challenges and Different Blessings: Life Experiences of Young Mothers of Children with Down Syndrome, Janice Driscoll Nugent
Physiological ecology of male and female trees of Austrocedrus chilensis along a moisture gradient in Patagonia Argentina, Cecilia IneÌs Nuñez
A Treatise on the Assault on Language Sovereignty in the United States: History, Education, and Implications for Policy, Annie Thornburg Oakes
An investigation of undergraduate calculus students' conceptual understanding of the definite integral, Todd D. Oberg
On the Evolution of "Extreme" Morphology: Patterns of Cost and Benefit in Sexually Selected Weapons, Devin Mackenzie O'Brien
Information seeking sources of education policy makers, Shannon Louise O'Brien
FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND ATTACHMENT IN RELATION TO COMPLEX TRAUMA AND C-PTSD, Susan Elizabeth Ocean
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF SHORTAGES OF INDIAN TEACHERS AS DESCRIBED BY TRIBAL COLLEGE LEADERS IN TEACHER PREPARATION, Cynthia Gail O'Dell
PREDICATIBLITY OF TEACHER RETENTION IN MONTANA'S RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, Jilyn Oliveira
Understanding Parental Motivation To Home School: A Qualitative Case Study, Nolen Ben Olsen
The significance of administrative support for the state-wide innovation of Montana's Indian education for all, Chris Michael Olszewski
The effectiveness of Catholic college and university student discipline/judicial processes as measured by the recidivism rate, Frances L. O'Reilly
Biological effects of trogocytosis on CD4+ T lymphocytes, Douglas Grant Osborne
The Development and Testing of a Relational Model of Competence in the Context of Nature-Based Tourism, Christine Marie Oschell
SRC FAMILY KINASES MEDIATE INDIVIDUAL CELL RESPONSES TO RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE SIGNALING IN NEUROBLASTOMA CELLS, Juan Enrique Palacios Moreno
A Natural Rank Problem for Homogeneous Polynomials and Connections with the Theory of Functions of Several Complex Variables, Kevin A. Palencia Infante
The influence of exotic plant invasion on native bee abundance and demography, and the pollination and abundance of native plants, Jennifer Palladini
College student-athletes' experience of living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): A phenomenological analysis, Charles G. Palmer
The Dynamics of Vector-Borne Relapsing Diseases, Cody Palmer
The role of hopelessness depression in women's decision to leave a violent relationship, Heather N. Paluso
IMPLICATIONS OF MODULATING GLACIERS AND SNOW COVER IN MONGOLIA, Caleb Gikai Pan
Territoriality and Scent Marking Behavior of African Wild Dogs in Northern Botswana, Margaret Parker
Investigations into the occurrence and causes of diel changes in the chemistry of streams, Stephen R. Parker
Quantifying the influence of past wildfires on the severity and size of subsequent wildfires, Sean Aaron Parks
THE EFFCT OF LOW-LEVEL LEAD ON SEROTONIN EXPRESSION IN THE DEVELOPING MOUSE SUPERIOR OLIVARY COMPLEX AND SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX, Sunyoung Park
The Effects of Training in Evidence-Based Relationships on Counselor Self-Efficacy and Client Outcomes in Practicum, Kimberly K. Parrow
Hemin Acquisition in Bartonella quintana, Nermi Lee Parrow
THE EFFECTS OF LARGE HERBIVORES ON SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES, PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA, Elliott Wentworth Reed Parsons
SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN FOREST FUELS: SIMULATION MODELING AND EFFECTS ON FIRE BEHAVIOR, Russell Andrew Parsons
Contemplatives in action: Five Jesuit -formed Catholic college university and seminary presidents, Robert A. Pastoor
Characterisation of high-affinity chloride -dependent L-glutamate transport in glial tumour cells, Sarjubhai Amratbhai Patel
Influence of Prion Protein Expression on Function of Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters in Mouse Primary Astrocytes, Melissa Selvy Pathmajeyan
Corticosterone as a mediator of the tradeoff between survival and reproduction, Stephen Harold Patterson
Alien plant species in protected areas and their matrices: Understanding invasions at multiple scales, AniÌbal Pauchard
The development of phonological awareness skills in preschool children: From syllables to phonemes, Lucy Hart Paulson
Classification of Aquifers, Scott Marshall Payne
Nontarget effects of host-specific biological control agents, Dean E. Pearson
Crossing the threshold: What motivates individuals who are actively abusing substances to enter treatment?, Katherine Michelle Peavy
PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN OLDER ADULTS, Maja R. Pedersen
DETERMINATION OF LIPID BILAYER AFFINITIES FOR SMALL MOLECULES USING CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS AND COPOLYMER – STABILIZED LIPID BILAYER NANODISCS, William Michael Penny
DISORDERED EATING, ANTIFAT ATTITUDES, AND BARRIERS TO TREATMENT IN COLLEGE WOMEN FROM URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, Alison Christine Pepper
Role of Sodium Arsenite in Atherogenesis, Flavia Elias Pereira
KNOWING THE NATURAL WORLD: THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EVOLUTION IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, Alison Emily Havard Perkins
Investigations of a chip-firing game, David Perkins
Teacher and Principal Assessment Literacy, Michael Lee Perry
Men's experience of making the decision to have their first child: A phenomenological analysis, Andrew Peterson
Run to the Hills - Partial Migration in Large Herbivores, Wibke Peters
Mediating Cultural Border Crossings Between American Indian Tribal College Students and Natural Resources Science Learning Using Culturally Congruent Education, Shandin Hashkeh Pete
Perceptions of effective middle school teacher-advisors, Janice E. Petritz
Lipopolysaccharide-induced signal transduction in macrophages: Mechanisms of cellular responsiveness, Jean Cooper Pfau
The Use of Natural Product Substrates for the Synthesis of Libraries of Biologically Active, New Chemical Entities, Joshua Bryant Phillips
The Lewis and Clark geosystem: A distributed historical geospatial application portal of the Lewis and Clark Trail, James Alexander Philp
Genetic population structure and dispersal of two North American woodpeckers in ephemeral habitats, Jennifer Christy Pierson
Studies Directed to the Development of Long Lived Palladium Membranes for Hydrogen Purification, William Glenn Pinson
Causes and consequences of dominance and diversity in grasslands, Sarah Pinto
SUCCESSION OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONSIDERATIONS, Jeffrey Scott Piotrowski
The Categories of Graphs, Demitri Joel Plessas
Personal characteristics that increase protection or vulnerability in people with serious mental disorders, Lovinia M. Plimpton
Effects of individual-oriented relationship education on university students' knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes, Sara Polanchek
Temporal and spatial patterns of Populus angustifolia along the upper Yellowstone River and clonal recruitment: Extent and requirements, Mary Louise Polzin
Conflict and communicatively rational public discourse: Exploring an approach to social assessment to facilitate collaboration, Robert S. Potts
MEASURING MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCIES WITH SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES: A STUDY OF THERAPY DYADS, Hillary Anne Powell
THE ROLE OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN DEVELOPING MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE, Kaoru Allison Powell
A longitudinal examination of factors that ameliorate risk among middle school children, Nicole Pray
Forest health: Coming to terms, Ashley L. Preston
The Easton family of southeast Massachusetts: The dynamics surrounding five generations of human rights activism 1753--1935, George R. Price
pH MODULATION OF FIBRIL DISSOCIATION AND COPPER BINDING PROPERTIES OF THE PRION PROTEIN, Xu Qi
A Landscape Approach to Grassland Bird Conservation in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Northern Great Plains, Frank Royce Quamen
D-colorable digraphs with large girth, Liam Rafferty
Mobile genetic elements in Coxiella burnetii: Friends, foes or just indifferent?, rahul raghavan
The relationship between microbial communities processes and mine waste contamination in upper Clark Fork River alluvial soils, Philip Wharton Ramsey
Colonization and local adaptation of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of Lake Clark Alaska, Kristina Marie Ramstad
THE EFFECT OF NURSING EDUCATION ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE SCORES, Sally McHugh Rappold
The Power of Critical Reflection: Exploring the Impact of Rhetorical Stories on Metacognition in First-Year Composition Courses, Amy Elizabeth Ratto Parks
The role of L-carnitine in preventing mitochondrial dysfunction after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia, Thomas Fredrick Rau
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TRANSGENDER-AFFIRMATIVE CARE TRAINING ON HEALTHCARE WORKERS’ AND TRAINEES’ ATTITUDES TOWARD AND KNOWLEDGE OF ROUTINE CARE AND TRANSITION SUPPORT FOR TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS, Oakleigh Marshall Reed
Impacts of Trogocytosis-Mediated Intracellular Signaling on CD4+ T cell Effector Cytokine Production and Differentiation, Steven James Reed
Derivation of wheat yield and rangeland productivity in the northern Great Plains using MODIS algorithms, Matthew Clark Reeves
Energy Flow in a Floodplain Aquifer Ecosystem, Brian Reid
Mechanisms for invasion by non-native trees: Facilitation ecosytem engineering and escape from belowground enemies, Kurt O. Reinhart
Social impact of traumatic brain injury in adolescents: a mixed methods study with a focus on rural adolescents, Brandon Jared Rennie
ECOLOGICAL STOICHIOMETRY IN WATERSHEDS: FROM LAND TO WATER IN THE QINGHAI LAKE BASIN, Ze Ren
THE ALPHABACK: A NOVEL PROCESSING SPEED TEST, Meredith Kathleen Reynolds
The Impact of Bullying Participant Role on the Relationship Between School Climate and Attitudes Towards Interpersonal Peer Violence, Miriam Rose Baker Reynolds
Effect of Medicinal Herbal, Panax Notoginseng, on the Fate and Function of Professional Antigen Presenting Cells, Ava-Gaye Tania Rhule
BIO/ORGANIC COMPOUND DETECTION USING SODIUM SULFATE MINERALS: IMPLICATIONS IN THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS AND EUROPA, Charles Doc Richardson
The role of the future in work motivation, Jonathon J. Richter
Developing a satellite -based method of landscape drought assessment, James Plummer Riddering
NO SIMPLE TRADEOFFS: CENTAUREA PLANTS FROM AMERICA ARE BETTER COMPETITORS AND DEFENDERS THAN PLANTS FROM THE NATIVE RANGE, Wendy Margaree Ridenour