This collection includes 12278 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
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
APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONJUGATION TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THERAPEUTIC INDEX OF TLR7/8 AGONISTS FOR VACCINES, Noah Robert Powers
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
OVERGENERAL MEMORY: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DEFENSIVE EXCLUSION AND FUNCTIONAL AVOIDANCE HYPOTHESES, Mark David Primosch
THE ROLE OF ACCULTURATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELFCOMPASSION AND DEPRESSION WITHIN NATIVE AMERICANS, Kristen Kaylie Pyke-Pierce
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 effects humidity & temperature has on DNA contamination during storage, Samantha L. Ramey
THE EFFECTS HUMIDITY & TEMPERATURE HAS ON DNA CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE, Samantha Leigh Allison Ramey
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 Cultivation of Therapeutic Landscapes: A Medical Anthropological Approach to Understanding the Health and Wellbeing Qualities of the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas, Andrew Thomas Ranck
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
SIZE MATTERS: NANOPARTICLES, BIOLOGICAL SEX, AND LUNG DISEASE, Jessica Lynn Ray
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
SAGEBRUSH STEPPE SONGBIRD CONSERVATION: INFERENCES USING REMOTE SENSING DATA AND A NOVEL REPRODUCTION MODEL, Kaitlyn Marie Reintsma
TRADITIONAL VS. HOME-BASED PHASE II CARDIAC REHABILITATION IN A RURAL SETTING: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY, Cassie Marie Reisdorph
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 EFFECT OF ATTENTIONAL MANIPULATION ON COUGH REFLEX SENSITIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH COUGH HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME, Jane Elizabeth Reynolds
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
THE EXPLORATION OF CLINICIANS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES IN CULTURALLY ADAPTING EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENTS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE POPULATIONS, Maegan Rides At The Door
Attachment styles in older women: Coping well-being and attitudes about assistance, Pamela S. Ridgway
Nontraditional Positional Games: New methods and boards for playing Tic-Tac-Toe, Mary Jennifer Riegel
Statistical modeling of rare stochastic disturbance events at continental and global scales: post-fire debris flows and wildland fires, Karin Lynn Riley
Social confidence and social anxiety: Differences in cognitive processing, Nicholas C. Rinehart
Institutional Effectiveness in an Open System: A Case Study of Graduation Rates in the Montana University System, Anneliese A. Ripley
THE ROLES OF FOOD AND PREDATION IN SHAPING ADAPTIVE AND MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS IN POSTFIRE BIRD SPECIES, Bruce Andrew Robertson
The effects of parental divorce on marital optimism and attachment style in young adulthood: A path analytic model, Susan S. Roberts
Instructional technology theory alignment with practical application during student teaching, Carole S. Robinson
ENHANCING CONSERVATION WITH HIGH RESOLUTION PRODUCTIVITY DATASETS FOR THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, Nathaniel Paul Robinson
GENETIC MONITORING AND RESCUE IN MID-ATLANTIC BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) POULATIONS, Zachary Lorn Robinson
Computational and spectroscopic investigations of radical anions of triosmium benzoheterocycle complexes, Dalia Rokhsana
TLR4 adjuvanted vaccine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factor, Pf bacteriophage, induces increased immunoglobulin response and highly mutated antigen-specific B-cell receptors, Valery Cristina Roman-Cruz
SEEING, THINKING, DOING – A MULTIFACETED MODEL TO EMBRACE UNCERTAINTY IN MINE PLANNING, Christopher James Roos
INFORMAL MATHEMATICS ACTIVITIES AND THE BELIEFS OF ELEMENTARY TEACHER CANDIDATES, Matt B. Roscoe
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Factors Affecting Soil Organic Matter Storage, Carl Lee Rosier
Examining the effectiveness of the circle of security parenting DVD program, Whitney Rostad
Characterization of Protein Folding Pathways and Structural Stability, Michael Tyler Rothfuss
Enhancing Motivation to Change in Clients with Alcohol Use Disorders: Video Feedback as a Brief Intervention, Wendy M. Rothman
“WE’RE LEFT PICKING UP THE PIECES:” USE OF GRIEF INTERVENTIONS IN RURAL SCHOOLS SINCE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Jennifer Lynn Rotzal
THE ROLE OF MICROBIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS IN SORGHUM HALEPENSE INVASIONS: EVIDENCE OF A NEW INVASION STRATEGY, MICROBIALLY ENHANCED COMPETITIVE ABILITY (MECA), Marnie Erin Rout
FUNCTIONAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GLUN3-CONTAINING NMDA RECEPTORS, Nirvan Rouzbeh
VIRTUALIZATION OF FUELBEDS: BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF FUELS DATA FOR MULTIPLE –SCALE FIRE MODELING AND ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, Eric Martin Rowell
An Effectiveness Evaluation of Motivational Interviewing as an Addition to an Internet-Based Health Promotion Program for Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers, Casey Nicole Ruggiero
Spatial population dynamics of Microtus in grazed and ungrazed grasslands, Jonathan Peter Runge
The impact of systemic reform of subject matter and educational coursework on early career teacher performance, Richard Thomas Rushton
ADULT PERSPECTIVES OF KALEIDOSCOPE CONNECT: A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PROGRAM AIMED AT PROMOTING RESILIENCE AMONG YOUTH, Samantha Cody Russell
IDENTIFYING AND MEASURING RESILIENCE FACTORS AMONG CHILDREN WITH PRENATAL SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE IN A TRIBAL NATION AND IN ASSOCIATION WITH COVID-19 MORTALITY, Helen Cecelia Russette
NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AT 48PA551: LAND TENURE AND SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES AMONG MIDDLE HOLOCENE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUNTER-GATHERERS, Ethan Patrick Ryan
PROMOTING WELL-BEING IN SCHOOLS: THE EFFECTS OF A HAPPINESS WORKSHOP ON EDUCATORS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL, Robert J. Ryan
The family environment alexithymia and adolescent substance abuse, Donna J. Ryngala
WEAVING THE WEB: FACULTY’S MULTILAYERED APPROACH TO PROBLEMS OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE (PPC), Sabina Ramilievna Sabyrkulova
UNDERSTANDING THE CLIENT’S EXPERIENCE OF COUNSELING IN BHUTAN, Michaela Maureen Sacra
Educational Travel and Adolescent Development, Ann Saitow
Developing Guiding Options for Educational Curriculum for Public Administrators in Tajikistan, Oleg Salimov
PROMOTING WELL-BEING AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: THE EFFECTS OF A POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COURSE, Daniel JM Salois
The Influence of the First-Year Seminar Participation on Student Retention, Sahar Sanavi
Pristine Places and Passive People? Responses to Neoliberal Development and Maoist Conflict in Nepal's Northwest Himalayas, Catherine Lee Sanders
Job satisfaction characteristics of full -time faculty members at Montana tribal colleges, Mary Herak Sand
WHY DOES DROUGHT KILL TREES? INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WATER, CARBON, AND FUNGAL SYMBIONTS, Gerard Sapes de Moreta
CHARACTERIZATION OF A CARDBOARD RECYCLING FACILITY'S PLASTIC WASTE FOR BENEFICIAL USE, Tova Sardot
CALCIUM SIGNALING AND ALG-2 IN THE REGULATION OF CONSTITUTIVE SECRETION, John Robert Sargeant
Park Visitors and the Natural Soundscape: Winter Experience Dimensions in Yellowstone National Park, Shelley Walker Saxen
A MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF THE GENERA SYNTHYRIS AND BESSEYA (SCROPHULARIACEAE) (SYSTEMATICS TAXONOMY)., Clark G. Schaack