This collection contains student works that have earned various awards at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Specific award information is listed in the "Comments" field.
Theses from 2024
Faking Being Well: Evaluating The Everyday Experiences Of University Students With Chronic Pain, Hannah Ditzenberger
Ototoxicity Monitoring Protocols for Common Chemotherapeutics, Megan Pamela Kennedy
Capstones/Scholarly Projects from 2023
Incorporating Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids into Private Audiology Practice, Ryan K. Anderson
COVID-19: Implications for Audiology Practice, Madison Jane Bacca
Response of Bats and Nocturnal Food Webs to Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonous Ponderosae) Outbreaks, Amanda Bevan
The Lived Experience of Registered Nurses And Registered Midwives in St. Kitts and Nevis, Raiden Alexandra Gaul
Fostering Resilience in Nurse Practitioner Practice: Development and Validation of a Guide, Robyn L. Heiser
Spectator Noise Exposures During a Season of Minor League Hockey, Sean Lloyd Hoverson
Exploring Moral Distress and Reflective Debriefing as a Potential Intervention Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses, Tegan Camille Jones
An Investigation Into What Contributes To High Rates of Preschool Inclusion In Rural Kansas School Districts, Lena Mae Kisner
Experiences of Middle School Students With Visual Impairments Accessing Technologies In Inclusive Classrooms, Anitha Muthukumaran
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
The Effect of Low Frequency Sound on Listening Level, Samuel E. Pennington
An Eye-Tracking Investigation of Consumer’s Real-Time Behaviors in Professional Minor League Hockey, Alicia B. Romano
Impact of an Educational Intervention on Provider Perspectives About the Use of Phenobarbital in the Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome, Kimberly Twaddell
Chemistry Instructors’ Perspectives On Incorporating Climate Change Instruction in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses, Patrick Wilson
Dissertations from 2022
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
Predicting Nurse Faculty Intent to Stay: A Quantitative Study of Contributing Factors and Their Influence, Erica Frost
Mothers’ Perspectives on Language And Literacy Development in Children With Disabilities Adopted From China, Jessica B. Hovland
Bayesian Joint Modeling for Longitudinal Outcomes of Exponential Families And Informative Time Points, Michael Safo Oduro
Educational Experiences That Influence The Upward Mobility of Maya Women in Belize, Jennine Pettit
Screening for Minimal Hearing Loss in Children, Mackenzie Koven Quinn
Transformative and Trauma-Informed Social-Emotional Learning At The Secondary Level, Jennifer Ann Santos
Where Are We on This Path? Faculty Experiences Working With Guided Pathways, Christopher Tombari
Braving the Sea Change: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study of How Counselors-In-Training Experience Their Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Relationships, Christopher Jess Ward
Theses from 2021
It’s Elementary: The Curricular Decision-making and Instructional Practices of Black Male Elementary Teachers., Ashlea Jean Campbell
An Examination of Average Pretrial Risk Assessment Scores Between Drug and Violent Offenders, Annaliese Engler
Programmed Intermittent Epidural Bolus for Labor Analgesia in a Critical Access Hospital, Laraine Klunder
Nursing Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Sex Trafficking: Does Victim Gender Matter?, Sarah Rapoza
Crisis! The Relationship Between COVID-19 and Climate Change, Emmy Scott
Teach, Practice, Analyze, and Reflect: Preservice Teacher Perceptions and Experiences With Simulated Manifestation Determination Meetings, Laura Adele Trapp
The Role of Berberine, a Clinically Relevant Plant Derived Alkaloid, in T Cell-Mediated Immunosuppression, Alexandra Adorno Vita
Characterizing of Monoamine Neurotransmitters at the Hub of the Central Auditory System, Patrick Wilson
Dissertations from 2020
Finding Messiaen’s Blackbird: An Investigative Analysis of Birdsong and Other Techniques Used in Le Merle Noir, Alexandra L. Aguirre-Berman
Confluences of Student Leadership and White Privilege: Exploring Consciousness-of-Self With White Student Leaders, Jeremy N. Davis
Effects of Exercise on Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell-Related Tumor Progression and Metastasis, Jacob Garritson
Military Life Narratives and Identity Development Among Black Post-9/11 Veterans, Deon Marcell Hall
Understanding Learner-Centeredness and Student Engagement in Undergraduate Biology Education, Ashley Barbara Heim
Implicit and Explicit Sexual Attitude Among United States Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Michael G. Murphy
Design, Development And, Psychometric Assessment of an Inventory on Concepts Pertinent to Developing Proficiency in Organic Reaction Mechanisms, Sachin Nedungadi
Perceptions of Challenges and Resiliences of of Post 9/11 Combat Veterans’ Wives, Kaitlin N. Ohde
Parent Perspectives on Their Role in the Transition Planning Process of Children With Significant Support Needs, Elizabeth Elaine Osborne
Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Influence of Poly-victimization on Adolescent Delinquency and Adult Criminalit, Samantha Qualkenbush
Comparative Host Response and Gene Regulation in Deer Mice and Syrian Golden Hamsters During Acute Infection With Modoc Virus, Tyler Sherman
Theses from 2019
Line As Descriptor, Adel A. Alanmi
Strategies That Mothers of Children Who Are Deafblind Employ to Foster Collaboration Within Individualized Education Program Teams, Lanya Lynn McKittrick
Students of Size: An Exploratory Case Study on a Hidden Climate, Braelin Pantel
Staff Conceptualization of and Engagement With Diversity and Inclusion in Collegiate Recreation: A Multilevel Exploration, Erin Michelle Patchett
Sexual Minority Identity and Religious Styles: How Sexual Identity Development and Religious Schemata Explain Experiences of Religious and Spiritual Struggles and Life Satisfaction, Jeffrey Allen Paul
Application of the Wireless Audiometric Testing System at a Refugee Center with a Multilingual Population, Jennifer Ruths
A Multifaceted Approach to Address Variation in Cannabis Sativa, Anna Louise Schwabe
A Partial, Age-Graded Examination of Agnew’s General Theory of Crime and Delinquency, Jessie Slepicka
Theses from 2018
Mobilizing Social Capital: A Qualitative and Network Analysis of Human Service Organizations, Ethan Christian Adams
Counseling in Spanish and English: Phenomenological Experiences of Bilingual Counselors, Bradley James Crookston
Art as Invitation: The Effects of Including Art Education in the Curriculum of a Preschool Classroom of Refugee Students, Nancy Heckmann Erekson
On the Small Count Inflated Poisson Distribution, Michael Floren
Undergraduates’ Collective Argumentation Regarding Integration of Complex Functions Within Three Worlds of Mathematics, Brent Allen Hancock
Contextualizing Experiences of Parent Engagement: Iraqi Refugee Mothers’ Perceptions of Their Role in Their Child’s Education in the United States, Heather Nicole Kholif
Edward Elgar’s the Music Makers: A Choral Conductor’s Analysis and Score Preparation Guide, David Klement
It Starts With Us: A Plant-Based Experiential Education Program for Healthcare Providers in Northern Colorado, Alexandra Lessem
The Impact of Debriefing for Meaningful Learning on Knowledge Development, Knowledge Retention, and Knowledge Application Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Ann Louise Loomis
Identification of Young Children with Visual Impairments Including Unique Characteristics and Factors Related to Responsive Services, DeEtte L. Snyder
The National Hockey League Totals Market: Efficiency, Profitability, and Heuristic Behaviors, Alexander Traugutt
Dissertations from 2017
Click, Explore, and Learn: Graduate Students’ Experiences and Attitudes Toward Using E-Books for College-Level Courses, Rasha Abdulrahman Alhammad
Modern Interpretation of Ornamentation in Naftule Brandwein’s Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym and Der Heyser Bulgar, Michael Aaron Gersten
Environmental Contaminant Exposure and Effects on Bats: Studies in Sichuan Province, China and Colorado, U.S.A., Laura Heiker
The Effects of Dopamine on Frequency Dependent Short Term Synaptic Plasticity: A Comparison of Layer Contributions and Rhythmic Dynamics, Jonna Marie Jackson
Stroke Reduction in Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Through Utilization of an Anticoagulation Toolkit in the Primary Care Setting, Rachel J. Mommer
An Investigation of Multi-Tiered System of Supports: Implementation Perceptions and Third Grade Reading Achievement, Valerie JH Sherman
Dissertations from 2016
Implementation Evaluation Study: Flipped Classroom Professional Development with Faculty Members to Enhance Students' Engagement in Higher Education, Fatimah Alebrahim
Exploring Cognitive Complexity Development in a Hybrid Counseling Theories Course Designed Using the Recursive Superstructure, Ashley Nichole Branson
A Monte Carlo Simulation Comparing the Statistical Precision of Two High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation Methods: A Value-Added Model and a Composite Measure, Bryden Michael Spencer
A Validation Study of the Orientation Model, Brett David Wilkinson
Dissertations from 2015
The Effectiveness, Usability, and Motivational Characteristics of Using Animated Role- Playing Situational Simulation Programs for Air War College Distance Learning Curriculum, Dennis Michael Armstrong
Geographic patterns of genetic distribution within Calochortus Gunnisonii in the central and southern Rocky Mountains, Ryan Scott Fuller
Predicting Coaching Efficacy in National Collegiate Athletic Association Assistant Coaches: a Social Psychological Analysis of Coaching Goals, Commitment, and Values, Brett Allen Nichols
Proteomic Analyses of Snake Venoms with an Examination of the Biological Roles and Anti-cancer Effects of Venom Disintegrins, Anthony J. Saviola
Students’ Development of Geometric Reasoning About the Derivative of Complex-Valued Functions, Jonathan David Troup
Chorale Topic from Haydn to Brahms: Chorale in Secular Contexts of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Eileen M. Watabe
Dissertations from 2014
Being undocumented in the United States: the impact on Mexican immigrants' mental health, Karina B. Samaniego Estrada
Into the looking glass: undergraduate students' integrating and illuminating their wisdom and experiences as global citizens, Sarah Jean Wyscaver
Dissertations from 2013
Creativity and the development of technology integration skills of preservice teachers: a mixed methods study of online course activities, Watsatree Diteeyont
Dissertations from 2012
Nature of Implementing Response to Intervention in Fourth Grade, Maha ALSuliman
Supervision in applied counseling settings: a socially constructed grounded theory, Thomas D. Lonneman Doroff
Experimental investigation of hand and finger usage in braille reading, Loana K. Mason
Theses from 2011
Sustainability and the future: a case study on environmental perspectives of the future generation of scientists, Abby Jane Davidson
Theoretical approach to legitimizing collaboratively constructed knowledge: a content analysis of Wikipedia science articles based on accidental collaboration, James Patrick Hutchinson
Stories of anti-racist white feminist activists: "a conversation with myself", Christina Linder
Transformational learning for organizational change: exploring employee experiences with a student affairs workplace professional development program, Katherine Erin Vahey