Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.
Dissertations from 2012
Finding pedagogical strategies for combined classical and jazz saxophone applied studies at the college level, Ulf J. Eriksson
Equity and charter schools in public education, James Bradford Every
Cultural diversity and the experiences of Alaska native nursing students, Margaret Gilmon
Perceptions of special educators on disproportionate representation, Troy Daniel Gonzales
Million dollar plus donors within intercollegiate athletics: A qualitative analysis of donor motivations, Nancy Carol Hixson
The road less travelled: Tracing the path of first-generation students from rural areas to college, Michelle C. Hodsdon
The relationship among self-esteem, romantic attachment, gender, and safe sex behaviors in emerging adults, Erica L. Hope
Attitudes of Taiwanese employees toward their support co-workers with intellectual disabilities, Tsu-Hsuan Hsu
Taiwanese Master of Business Administration (MBA) students' attitudes toward people with disabililties, Ying-Ting Huang
Male counseling students' perceptions of female clients, peers, and faculty, Jody L. Huntington
Musical signification of three Jungian archetypes found in children's opera, Jeff Kensmoe
A study of two biblical choral symphonies with an original composition, Gregory Klug
A study exploring the relationship between personal trauma, gender, and the experience of vicarious trauma among counseling professionals, Kristin Danielle Kushmider
Supervision in applied counseling settings: a socially constructed grounded theory, Thomas D. Lonneman Doroff
Dissociative experiences, subclinical anxiety and perceived level of psychological distress in a nonclinical population, Denise L. Lucia
An experimental investigation of hand and finger usage in braille reading, Loana K. Mason
An examination of selected choral music of Judith Bingham, Marjorie A. Monroe-Fischer
Night music: The twentieth century nocturne in piano teaching, Jessica L. Murdock
Learning to spike in volleyball with verbal and visually-enhanced feedback, Michael Claude Rhoads
Resiliency with pre-adjudicated females, Lori Ann Romont
Response of riparian areas of the shortgrass steppe to anthropogenic disturbance and assessment of students' changed understanding of ecosystem reclamation through experience, Michael Henry Schiebout
The development of Mennonite music in the Congo: A study in musical thought, Jill Michelle Schroeder-Dorn
Professional basketball consumer behavior: an analysis of the NBA servicscape, atmospheric music and attendee attitudes, emotional responses, and behaviors, Crystal Southall
High-fidelity simulation in nursing practice: the impact on nurses' knowledge retention, satisfaction, and self-confidence, Nicole Decuir Square
Theater percussion: developing a twenty-first-century genre through the connection of visual, dramatic, and percussive arts, Julie J. Strom
I still have to overcome just being captured inside myself: The experience and meaning of peritraumatic tonic immobility among survivors of sexual violence, Sunda Friedman TeBockhorst
Principal leadership and the Colorado Innovation Schools Act of 2008, Margaret A. Walsh
Social involvement, existential awareness, and perceived vulnerability in older adults, Maria Zarlengo
Dissertations from 2011
Students' knowledge construction and attitudes toward synchronous videoconferencing in an online collaborative problem-based learning environment, Chatchada Akarasriworn
Song Cycles for Soprano by Richard Pearson Thomas, Laura Faith Bateman
Predictors of Performance In A Professional Counselor Masters Program, Mya M. Bethune
Baccalaureate nursing student civic engagement study, Lori A. Brown
Multi-language education for indigenous children in Taiwan, Cheng-Kan Chen
The relationship between parent involvement and preschool children's social competence and learning behaviors, Amanda DeWar
Consumer attitudes toward naming-rights sponsorships in college athletics, Terence Eddy
Transition to adulthood for students with significant disabilities: culturally diverse parent perspectives, Kara Francine Halley
"I think of myself as a talented writer:" understanding fifth and sixth grade students' self-concepts in writing, Bonita L. Hamilton
Cultural competence and racist attitudes of direct patient care registered nurses in a midwestern state, Linda K. Hardy
General fan perceptions of rival teams in intercollegiate athletics, Cody T. Havard
Experimental infection of Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) with Tacaribe virus, Ann C. Hawkinson
An analysis of fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes), with a focus on Colorado distribution, maternity roost selection, and preliminary modeling of population dynamics, Mark Andrew Hayes
Instructor-initiated questions and student participation in college classroom discussion, Christopher Hill
A theoretical approach to legitimizing collaboratively constructed knowledge: a content analysis of Wikipedia science articles based on accidental collaboration, James Patrick Hutchinson
The impact of military deployment on college adjustment, Ann Marie Ingala
Effects of transforming growth factor beta1 on Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome, Stephanie Flynn James
The effect of exercise on cardiac function and doxorubicin accumulation in left ventricular tissue of rats, Brock Thomas Jensen
Attitudes toward multimedia (karaoke) and popular culture when learning English as a foreign language in Taiwan, Chen-Yin Lee
Self-efficacy and retention among ethnically diverse nursing students, Jacqueline Carol Lewis
Stories of anti-racist white feminist activists: "a conversation with myself", Christina Linder
Beyond sentiment: a descriptive case study of elementary school teachers' experiences selecting children's literature for read-alouds, Stacy Mae Loyd
Interest-based instructional strategies secondary teachers use to promote student engagement and how administrators support their work, Dawn Marie Macy
An ethnography of early childhood temperament and goodness of fit in the classroom, Tiffani Sue Martin
The effect of teacher collaboration and co-teaching on the response to reading intervention of elementary-aged students with learning disabilities, Jennifer Brinker McCammon
Evaluation of the performance of a random coefficient regression model cumulative summation control chart under varying model conditions: with human services applications, Christopher John McKinney
Media portrayals of athletes in televised sports: a content analysis of ice hockey broadcasts during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Heather A. Muir
The wisdom of the counselor and the counselor's perception of the therapeutic working alliance, Linda Carlyn Osterlund
Camouflage: the experiences of low-income business college students, Scarlett Ponton de Dutton
Power dynamics and questioning in elementary science lessons, Lori Ann Reinsvold
Diagnostic capability of school psychologists in the identification of autism, Jennifer Dawn Ries
A comparison of multivariate methods for measuring change from pretest to posttest, Justin Leslie Rogers
Students' experiences of seeing the whole of a clinical situation, Mary Kay Rolloff
The experiences of senior administrators in creating performance excellence in Thailand's private universities, Sarun Saifah
Response to intervention: teachers' needs for implementation in gifted and talented programs, Stephen Matthew Seedorf
Preservice teachers' self efficacy and knowledge of emotional and behavioral disorders, Shani Shillingford
Examining The Relationships Among Efficacy, Burnout, And The Teaching Pyramid Model, Becky Jean Steensen
Evaluating the role of perceived access to support and school safety in adolescent exposure to trauma: a mixed methods study, Amanda H. Stoeckel
Transformational learning for organizational change: exploring employee experiences with a student affairs workplace professional development program, Katherine Erin Vahey
An analysis of selected choral works of David Conte utilizing ensemble accompaniment, Marlen Dee Wilkins
Direct and indirect effects of social class on career expectations and likelihood of compromise in an adolescent sample, Sarah Wilson
A qualitative comparison of the perceptions of victims and school authorities on early adolescent female bullying, Chaitra Elizabeth Wirta-Leiker
An exploration of concise redundancy in online multimedia learning, Yu-Feng Wu
The establishment of western music in Thailand, Jittapim Yamprai
Qualitative study: people with disabilities and internal barriers to work, Patricia Ann Yeager
Transcriptions of renaissance and baroque polyphony for high school band, Laura E. Zamzow
Transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana with heat stress-related genes from a Copaifera officinalis expressed sequence tag library, Samuel R. Zwenger
Dissertations from 2010
Measuring University Students' Perceptions of Characteristics of Ideal University Instructor in Saudi Arabia and the United States: An Application of Nonparametric Item Response Theory Study, Hesham Yahya Aljubaily
The mathematics self-efficacy and calibration of students in a secondary mathematics teacher preparation program, Joseph Champion
First-Generation Faculty: A Phenomenological Exploration of Their Motivations for Mentoring First-Generation Students, Sarah M. Chase
Qualitative and quantitative inquiry into the affective domain of preservice teachers enrolled in children's literature courses, Jennifer Augusta Davis-Duerr
Principals' perceptions of distributed leadership in an elementary school setting, David Dwain Eggen
The cognitive load impacts of assistive technology devices used by sighted teachers in training during literary Braille instruction, Charles Redden Farnsworth
Critical multicultural education for social action, Jan Ricketts Ferrari
Meaningful parental involvement in the migrant education program: a view through the lens of six migrant parents, Mary Ellen Good
An investigation into the relationship between critical thinking skills and clinical judgment in the nurse practitioner student, Karen L. Gorton
Perceived parenting style and its relationship to hopefulness, happiness, and optimism in a college student sample, Sarah Griess
Comparison of teaching strategies on teaching drug dosage calculation skills in fundamental nursing students, Jaclynn Suzanne Huse
Meaningful learning development in student nurses: the traditional nursing care plan versus the concept map care plan approach, Deborah Sue Karns
Parental involvement and expectations of children's academic achievement goals in Botswana: parent's perceptions, Keinyatse Kgosidialwa
Current practices in leadership development for front-line nurse managers, Bret Lyman