Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.
Dissertations from 2023
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
Effect of Exercise Training on Circulating Cancer-Associated Immune Cells in Breast Cancer Patients, Lea Haverbeck Simon
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
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
Effect of Implementing Psychosocial Interventions as Pen Pals in General Chemistry, Kristofer Felix Kintner Reiser
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.
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
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
Overcoming Inner and Outer Constraints To Enhance Emerging Adult College Students’ Eudaemonic Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Study, Maha Ben Salem
Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching In Co-teachers at the Post-secondary Level: A Cognitive and Enacted Approach, Lida Marie LaVelle Bentz
Stealth Dyslexia: Cognitive and Achievement Profiles Of Gifted Students With Dyslexia, Anne Hardy Boris
Is It My Job? How Emotions and Identity Development Drive White Senior Student Affairs Officers to Claim Responsibility for Creating Equity on Campus, Morgan J. Bradford Diaz
A Portraiture of Two Tribal College Leaders, Jessica Jasmine Buckless
Expanding the Conceptualization And Applied Role of Shame, Nathaniel Michael Burrow
Self-Care, Anticipated Stigma, and Personal Therapy in Mental Health Professional Trainees, Morgan Condie
Clinician Experiences With Conducting Suicide Risk Assessments and Interventions, Sydney Lee Cople
Animal-Assisted Interventions in Supervision: A Collective Case Study, Connie Elizabeth Couch
College Students’ Perceptions of the Desert Canyons of the Colorado Plateau, Jeremy Roger Deem
“I Just Want to Play”: Methodological Considerations For Including Older Adults in Co-creation of Research With A Focus on the Meaning of Activity for Residents of a 55+ Active Adult Master Planned Community, Becky Alice De Oliveira
“Beginning, Again and Again”: The Experiences Of Excellent White Educators In Diverse Urban Schools, Christopher DeRemer
School Leadership Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study, Deanna Kay Dykstra-Lathrop
The Impact of Rater Effects on Decision Consistency And Decision Accuracy Under the Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Framework, Haussohou Daniel Edi
“Ici on Chante en Français”: Giving A Voice to Cajun Culture, Tessa Espinosa
Opportunities to Learn the General Education Curriculum: Literacy Instruction For Students With Significant Support Needs in Inclusive Settings, Heather Leigh Fitzpatrick
Predicting Nurse Faculty Intent to Stay: A Quantitative Study of Contributing Factors and Their Influence, Erica Frost
Development of the Teaching Twice Exceptional Students Scale, Michelle Ann Godzinski
Investigating Novice Nurses’ Perceptions Of Academic Dishonesty During Nursing Education, Christy Michelle Gough