Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.
Dissertations from 2023
Perceptions of Special Education Teachers On the Use of Assistive Technology For Students With Learning Disabilities In Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Case Study, Abdullah Mohammed Alshehri
An Adaptive Deep Learning for Causal Inference Based on Support Points With High-Dimensional Data, Lynda Aouar
Impacts of Internship Experiences on Professional Identity Development for Undergraduate Women of Color in Engineering, Kathleen Victoria Armstrong
Women in Educational Leadership: An Embodied Narrative Inquiry, Pauline Avis
A Bayesian Approach to Unit Lindley Mixed Model, Nirajan Bam
Childhood Trauma History and Vicarious Traumatization In Early Career Mental Health Professionals: The Roles of Supervisory Working Alliance and Shame, Kady Marie Barthelemy
Effects of the Good Behavior Game On Preschoolers’ Self-Regulation, Megan Blythe Baxter
Principal Actions That Impact Teacher Retention in High-Poverty Schools, Amy Elizabeth Bekins
Response of Bats and Nocturnal Food Webs to Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonous Ponderosae) Outbreaks, Amanda Bevan
Understanding Trauma Through a Behavior Analytic Lens: A Comparative Case Study, Kevin D. Bland
Undergraduate Faculty Expectations of New Graduate Nurses’ Entry-Level Competencies, Bridgette Lynn Bochner
Faculty’s Experience Providing Nursing Student Support: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Emily Brower
Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences: Science Practices And Science Identity, Alaina Buchanan
Jardín de Anjelita: Utilizing Arts-Based Methods To Inform Interculturalization in the Third Space, Amanda Jeanne Bucher
An Analysis and Performance Guide of Three New Works For Clarinet and Saxophone Duo, Aaron Patrick Burr
A Double-Edged Sword: Lived Experiences of Hispanic/ Latino Nursing Students Who Speak English As an Additional Language, Esmeralda Araceli Clark
Perceived Support for Higher Education: Perspectives of Refugee Students, Sibyl Rae Cornell
A Portrait of Culturally Responsive, Socially Just School Leadership: A Latino Critical Theory Student Perspective, Jennifer Ruth Crill
A Moustakas Phenomenological Analysis of How Counseling Master’s Students Experience Instructor Use of Humor in The Classroom, Claire Gabrielle Critchlow
Student Desire to Stay in a Program: The Influence Of Faculty Caring and Cultural Identification With Faculty, Elizabeth Ann Cunniff
Dan Forrest’s the Breath of Life: A Podium Guide With a Study of the Compositional Techniques and the Integration Of Texts Used to Mirror The Emotional Arc of The Human Life Cycle, Brian Keith Dukeshier
Diversifying Piano Pedagogy: A Comparative Study of Brazilian Piano Works And Established Piano Methods, Helber Fernandes Ribeiro
The Lived Experience of Registered Nurses And Registered Midwives in St. Kitts and Nevis, Raiden Alexandra Gaul
The Intersection of Queer and Atheist Identities: A Critical Inquiry, Jennifer Geiman
Elementary Principals’ Perceptions of The Influence of the Coronavirus Pandemic On Their Professional Identities, Melissa Gibson-Steiner
An Exploration of the Experiences of Preservice Special Education Teachers as They Engage In Explicit Instruction in the Area Of Culturally Responsive Teaching, Keshia Jenelle Green
Latinx Mothers’ Experience During Their Children’s First Individualized Education Program Process, Briceida Guerrero
Technology Integration in School-Based Physical Activity, Taemin Ha
An Investigation of State Teacher Licensure Renewal Policies Related to Students With Disabilities, Lindsey Evelyn Hayes
Tiered Behavior Support to Promote Preservice Special Education Teachers’ Use Of Behavior Specific Praise, Kristy Cardillo Hynes
Individual Differences in Numerical And Verbal Abstraction and the Ability To Draw Inferences From Text, Anna Christine Johnson
An Exploration of the Pathway From Childhood Neglect to School Bullying Victimization, Natalie D. Johnson
Men’s Feminist Identity Development: The Process and Critical Influences, Tiana Alexandria Kioko Johnson
The Effects of Puberty Blocking Treatment (Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Agonist) On Physical Activity and Reproductive Health in Young Female Rats, Brandon Creed Jones
Effect of Implementing Psychosocial Interventions as Pen Pals in General Chemistry, Kristofer Felix Kintner Reiser
An Investigation Into What Contributes To High Rates of Preschool Inclusion In Rural Kansas School Districts, Lena Mae Kisner
This Is Me: The Life and Music Of Emily Remler, Denin Michael Koch
Effects of Exercise Training on Objective Measures of Sleep Quality and Markers of Peripheral Circadian Rhythm in Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment, Luke Michael Krynski
Let’s Take This Outside: Utilizing Outdoor Classrooms as a Response to The Coronavirus-19 Pandemic, Cortney Leigh Lamb
Resilience in High-Achieving Music Ensemble Directors, Stacey Lynn Larson Dolan
Oikophilia: Relationships Among Life, Human Life, And Place in School Communities And Their Expressions in Curriculum, Mandi Leigh
REGULATORS OF MAST CELL ACTIVATION, David Lyons
‘Poor Hockey Behaviors’: Athletes’ Moral Acculturation Experiences In Youth Hockey, Zachary Colter McCarver
Intercultural Competence for Educators: A Phenomenological Study, Kathryn McClintock
Resiliency in Families of Children With Low Vision, Deborah Lynn Mendoza
The Impact of Hope on the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Context and Career Exploration, Hunter Christian Vincente Montoya
Considerations and Pedagogical Approaches For Transitioning From Soprano To Mezzo-Soprano, Caitlin Hammon Moore
Luciano Berio’s Six Encores Pour Piano: A Guide for Performance Preparation, Ivana Muncan
Experiences of Middle School Students With Visual Impairments Accessing Technologies In Inclusive Classrooms, Anitha Muthukumaran
Gendered Singing Training: A Comparison Of Estelle Liebling and Richard Miller’s Strategies for Teaching Across Fach., Kristi Muzzio
Establishing Guidelines for Achieving Optimal Individual Posture In Hornists, Daniel Alan Nebel
A Conceptual and Applied Analysis of Treating Severe Problem Behavior and Reducing The Need for Emergency Interventions, James Matthew Nuse
Exploring the Relationship Among Clinical Judgment, Academic Resiliency, Student Predictors, and Exam Remediation in Prelicensure Nursing Students Preparing for Next Generation National Council Licensure Examination [For] Registered Nurses, James Franklin Oberlander
Using Transformative Leadership To Understand White Male Community College Presidents and Their Efforts to Improve Outcomes For All Students, Ruthanne Keenan Orihuela
Principals’ Leadership of the Integration Of the Neurosequential Model in Education, Alison Grace Ostrom
Characteristics of Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics Mentoring Relationship Practices In Secondary Education Settings: A Case Study, Bonnie Jeanne Palmer
School Psychological Services Throughout The Coronavirus-19 Pandemic, Emily Kristine Phillips
Chamber Music in the Dominican Republic: New Arrangements for Ensemble With Piano, Laura Gisselle Pimentel Ferreira
Davidsbündler: Robert Schumann, Theodor Kirchner, and An Intimate Musical World, Dandan Liu Powell
A Qualitative Case Study Into the Electronic Correspondence Between Fifth-Grade Students and Their College Mentors, Kevin Pribnow
Exploring the Effects of Cannabidiol on Psychological Health, Cognitive Function, Neural Health, And Natural Killer Cells, Arjun Ramani
Self-Care, Stress, and School Burnout Among Graduate Students Preparing To Become Mental Health Practitioners, Melissa Rodriquez Estrada
An Eye-Tracking Investigation of Consumer’s Real-Time Behaviors in Professional Minor League Hockey, Alicia B. Romano
A Comparison of Registered Nurses’ Motivation and Knowledge Levels Between Gamified And Traditional Courses, Amanda Crim Rossley
Sounds of Nature: A Jazz Suite for Saxophone and Orchestra, Matteo Sabattini
A Word of Warning: Educational Activists And Public Instruction Conspiracy Theories, David Philip San Juan
The Relationship Between Colorado Teacher Salary and Colorado Teacher Turnover, Jason Lee Seybert
Making Meaning of Multimodalities In Teacher Professional Learning, Jonathan Doane Shaw
An Examination of Musical Pitch/Color Correspondence in Music, Arts, And Non-arts Students and Adults, Luciano Silvestri Jr.
Effect of Exercise Training on Circulating Cancer-Associated Immune Cells in Breast Cancer Patients, Lea Haverbeck Simon
Multivariate Hierarchical Generalized Linear Model for Intensive Longitudinal Data With Incorporation of Outcome Variability As a Predictor, Maryam Skafyan
Swimming in the Third Stream: A Performance Guide For David Baker’s Singers of Songs/Weavers of Dreams For Cello and Percussion, Kelsey Linnea Smith
Bangkokscape: An Original Composition For Ensemble, Attakorn Sookjaeng
College Sexual Assault, Career Adaptability, And Grit: A Moderation Analysis, Patricia Danielle Sparks
Development of Nursing Clinical Judgment Using Lasater’s Clinical Judgment Rubric, HollyAnne Heaton Springer
Examining Middle Eastern Influences on Jazz In the 1950s and 1960s, Sopon Suwannakit
The Experiences of Black Diplomat Families In United States Sponsored American International Schools, Teneshia A. Taylor
Evaluating the Impact of a Certificate In College Teaching Program on Graduate Students’ Pedagogical Metacognition And Teaching Knowledge, Audrey Jannine Tocco
“Just Go for the Lie”: A Critical Autoethenographic Study of a White Female Elementary School Principal, Christie Michelle Toliver
An Examination of Support Provided to Students Attending Two Performing Colorado High Schools With a Significant Percentage Of Students Experiencing Poverty, Rebecca Albert Vollrath
Inward and Onward: An Autoethnography on the Lived Experience of Love, Loss, and Grief in a Doctoral Program, Laura A. Watts
Chemistry Instructors’ Perspectives On Incorporating Climate Change Instruction in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses, Patrick Wilson
Interruptions and the Novice Emergency Nurse: A Focused Ethnography, Lisa Ann Winchester
A Current Wave of Development: Examination of Positive Youth Development and Identity in the Junior Lifeguard Program, Danielle Nicole Wong
Dissertations from 2022
An Efficient Computational Method for Causal Inference in High-Dimensional Data: Neighborhood-Based Cross Fitting, Oluwagbenga David Agboola
An Ensemble Machine Learning Approach To Causal Inference in High-Dimensional Settings, Sami Saad Alanazi
Toeplitz Matrix-Based Goodness of Fit Test Statistics for Vector Autoregressive Moving Average Models, Hanadi Yahia Alomari
Middle School Students’ Perceptions, Experiences, And Behaviors Towards Using a Virtual Reality Application to Build Molecules, Dalal Za'al Ali Alrmuny
Disability Identity: An Investigation of The Relationship Between Stigma, Quality Of Life, and Psychological Distress, Tyler Ray Anderson
It’s More Than Nursing: The Experiences Of Psychological Safety of Pre-licensure Nursing Students Who Identify As Black, Indigenous, And People of Color, Melissa Marie Anozie
Comparing Collegiate Coaches’ and Players’ Perceptions of the Coaches’ Multicultural Competence, Lee Arakawa
Person-Oriented and Variable-Oriented Statistical Approaches to Understanding At-Risk, Online High School Students: Predictions Of Academic Outcomes and The Moderating Role Of Protective Factors, Amanda Renee Atwater Jacobs