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Graduate Student Portfolios, Papers, and Capstone Projects

 

This collection includes 315 University of Montana graduate student portfolios, papers, and capstone projects, which some departments utilize as an alternative to the traditional thesis option. Use the following links to search discipline-specific portfolios:

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  • Environmental Studies
  • Journalism
  • Social Work
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  • Submittable Off-the-Shelf Plan Analysis by Mary Anderson

    Submittable Off-the-Shelf Plan Analysis

    Mary Anderson

    Submittable is a SaaS platform offering a streamlined way to collect and review content of any kind. Submittable’s subscription pricing models have evolved to custom quote pricing as the company has grown. The analysis reviewed the revenue and expenses associated with 33 legacy subscription plans ... Read More

  • ADAPTING SUSTENANCE: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE PRESERVE TRADITIONAL FOOD SOURCES by Mary Katherine Auld

    ADAPTING SUSTENANCE: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE PRESERVE TRADITIONAL FOOD SOURCES

    Mary Katherine Auld

    Traditional foodways of Indigenous people around the world are being changed by human-caused climate change, environmental policy, and land management. For Indigenous people in interior Alaska and Montana, culture and survival are tied tightly to hunted and gathered food. The average American gets their food ... Read More

  • Search Engine Optimization Reporting Tool by Alexis Campestre

    Search Engine Optimization Reporting Tool

    Alexis Campestre

    The SEO Reporting Tool (SRT) is a dynamic dashboard created for the PinPoint Local (PPL) franchise. As the owner of Digital Marketing Missoula, a PPL franchisee and purveyor of online marketing services, I embarked on this project with the intent of enhancing the value proposition ... Read More

  • Exploring Approaches to Equity in Environmental Education Access for Teens by Norah Cook

    Exploring Approaches to Equity in Environmental Education Access for Teens

    Norah Cook

  • Batting Order Analysis in Major League Baseball by AJ Eckmann

    Batting Order Analysis in Major League Baseball

    AJ Eckmann

    The purpose of my project was to look into a less explored area of baseball analytics, by analyzing MLB batting lineups through simulations. This project specifically looked at the impact of moving the pitcher from the traditional 9th spot in the batting order, into the ... Read More

  • Northstar Athletics Item Sales Analysis by Nikki Gabrielsen

    Northstar Athletics Item Sales Analysis

    Nikki Gabrielsen

    Northstar Athletics, a family-owned athletic shoe and apparel store in Havre, MT, struggles to access and utilize all its available data. This project combines two of the company’s documents to conduct and analysis of item sales by category, vendor, and quarter. The purpose of this ... Read More

  • Visualizing Agricultural Data to Drive Policy by Jon Gilbert

    Visualizing Agricultural Data to Drive Policy

    Jon Gilbert

    This project unlocks the power of ten years of USDA agricultural data by creating an intuitive, interactive visualization. The resulting dashboard mitigates current limitations in the USDA’s data portal and provides an interface that policy makers can customize when making appropriations decisions regarding programs designed ... Read More

  • A Midwest Migration with Endangered Whooping Cranes by Katherine Anne Hill

    A Midwest Migration with Endangered Whooping Cranes

    Katherine Anne Hill

    In 1941, the world’s last migratory flock of whooping cranes was just 15 birds strong. Today, that flock has grown to over 500 birds and is increasing exponentially every year. But even as the flock continues to recover, their migratory corridor continues to shrink, due ... Read More

  • Graduation Rates: What Affects Them? by Brenna Hoffman

    Graduation Rates: What Affects Them?

    Brenna Hoffman

    Graduation rates for undergraduate degrees are low (only 60% after 6 years). To better understand what affects them, an analysis was performed on various institutional characteristics and their relationship with 2019 graduation rates.

  • Updating Embedded Analytics Through Amazon QuickSight by Chris McLoy

    Updating Embedded Analytics Through Amazon QuickSight

    Chris McLoy

    The current GatherBoard user portal relies on one data visualization which provides little insight. In order to assist its clients and provide greater detail into the events within each community, a data visualization update through Amazon QuickSight was preformed. Included within the update are the ... Read More

  • Credit-bearing Internships at the University of Montana by CJ McWilliams

    Credit-bearing Internships at the University of Montana

    CJ McWilliams

    The purpose of this project is to provide ELCS and the university a better understanding of the population that is currently participating in credit-bearing internships and allow them to compare future semesters and years to previous ones. Then, additional analysis of employer satisfaction surveys provide ... Read More

  • The Heated Fight Over One Of America's Newest National Scenic Trails by Kylie Foster Mohr

    The Heated Fight Over One Of America's Newest National Scenic Trails

    Kylie Foster Mohr

  • Small Business Online Sales Analysis by Kristi Moore

    Small Business Online Sales Analysis

    Kristi Moore

    Kristi worked on a project for a local business doing an online sales analysis. The ultimate question most businesses have is what can impact online sales. This included looking at trends in historical sales, as well as building a model to determine which factors contribute ... Read More

  • Utilizing Suicide Death Certificates to Evaluate Suicide Prevention Programs: A Descriptive and Ecological Study by Nathan A. Munn

    Utilizing Suicide Death Certificates to Evaluate Suicide Prevention Programs: A Descriptive and Ecological Study

    Nathan A. Munn

    Objective: Suicide rates continue to increase despite various suicide prevention efforts. This study’s objective is to examine suicides in the State of Montana to ascertain suicide decedents’ demographics and the effectiveness of interventions to guide future prevention programs.

    Method: Data from 1,665 suicide decedents’ death ... Read More

  • THE WILD THAT REMAINS: A ONCE IN A GENERATION FOREST PLAN REIGNITES THE WILDERNESS DEBATE IN MONTANA’S GALLATIN RANGE by Anthony Stephen Pavkovich

    THE WILD THAT REMAINS: A ONCE IN A GENERATION FOREST PLAN REIGNITES THE WILDERNESS DEBATE IN MONTANA’S GALLATIN RANGE

    Anthony Stephen Pavkovich

    The movement to preserve Montana’s Gallatin Mountains, which stretch north from Yellowstone National Park, has been ongoing since the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964. Largely undeveloped, the range’s sinuous, rocky crest, fertile meadows and thick lodgepole forests are vital to one of the ... Read More

  • Injection Drugs in Montana by Kathryn Puczkowskyj

    Injection Drugs in Montana

    Kathryn Puczkowskyj

    When it comes to the cost of healthcare, one of the biggest areas for potential savings lies in the reimbursement of injectable drugs administered in the outpatient hospital setting. This project creates an analysis process for a health insurance payer to examine their claims data ... Read More

  • SpectrUM Discovery: Admissions and Gift Shop Sales Report by Aspara Rodriguez

    SpectrUM Discovery: Admissions and Gift Shop Sales Report

    Aspara Rodriguez

    Analysis to identify any patterns within its admissions and gift shop sales data for the SpectrUM Discovery and subsequent recommendations to determine if there are any areas for improvement.

  • Examining Natural Resource Conservation: In the Classroom, Through Collaborative Conservation, and Across Public Communication Platforms by Shauni Seccombe

    Examining Natural Resource Conservation: In the Classroom, Through Collaborative Conservation, and Across Public Communication Platforms

    Shauni Seccombe

  • Dire Straits: A Tale of Two Treaties by Patrick S. Shea

    Dire Straits: A Tale of Two Treaties

    Patrick S. Shea

    When I arrived in Northern Michigan last May, I came equipped with the pre-reporting I needed to follow this story. I moved to the area just as the Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s deadline to shut down Line 5 approached. But more than seven months later, the ... Read More

  • The Intersection of Past and Present by Hannah Welzbacker

    The Intersection of Past and Present

    Hannah Welzbacker

    Science often faces a crossroad between the past and present. Ever changing technology allows us to make new discoveries while at the same time, elements from past cultures need preserving. The three stories in this portfolio all highlight the intersection of past and present and ... Read More

  • Managed: Examining the Relationship Between Montana's State Government and Its Natural Resources by Peter Dempsey Zimmerman

    Managed: Examining the Relationship Between Montana's State Government and Its Natural Resources

    Peter Dempsey Zimmerman

    The three stories in this portfolio examine the relationship between Montana's government and its natural resources. Chapter one is a narrative outlining the stories, my reporting and publication. Chapter two: New Governor Greg Gianforte makes his picks for the heads of state environmental regulatory agencies, ... Read More

  • CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION by Geneva Marielle Zoltek

    CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION

    Geneva Marielle Zoltek

  • Development and Demand: Businesses and Organizations Through the Lens of Community Economic Development by Olivia S. Alexander-Leeder

    Development and Demand: Businesses and Organizations Through the Lens of Community Economic Development

    Olivia S. Alexander-Leeder

  • Snapshot into the Prevalence of Youth Vaping and Tobacco Use by Austin Bankston

    Snapshot into the Prevalence of Youth Vaping and Tobacco Use

    Austin Bankston

    To best prepare for the future of healthcare, it is important to understand and predict youth health trends. This data set specifically targets the demographics of youth using tobacco and vaping. Outcomes of this data set will assist in targeting and creating marketing for prevention ... Read More

  • Stock Price Risk Analysis and Forecast by Alistair Bernhard

    Stock Price Risk Analysis and Forecast

    Alistair Bernhard

    Many Americans do not own a stock or have not even thought about creating a financial portfolio. This manual will guide a user to better understand the stock market, how to reduce the risk of their portfolio, and forecast closing stock prices a couple days into the future.

 

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