Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.
Dissertations from 2025
Perceptive Portraits: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Adolescent Experience of Connectedness through Their Words and Photos, Emily Anne Guthrie Strong
Gender Identity Development in Social Virtual Reality: A Phenomenology, John Michael Sullivan III
From Foster Care to College Graduation: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences Of College Graduates Who Aged Out of Foster Care, Antonia Irene Thomas
A Randomized Clinical Trial Exploring Two Doses of Cannabidiol Daily for Eight Weeks on Health and Stress, Ryland Emery Townsend
Jazz Composition Approaches of John Williams: A Film Score Analysis of the Knight Bus from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Matthew Stuart Towsey
Creative Specialists: Exploring Creativity, Improvisation, and Jazz in Music Education, Stephen Oliver Vaughan
Investigating Undergraduate Students’ Statistical Literacy in Media Contexts, Samuel Waters
From A to Z: The Musical Partnership of Al Cohn and Zoot SIMs, Darrel Lee Watson
Setting the Style: The Count Basie Orchestra and Its Early Trumpet Players, 1935–1937, Derek Keith Watson
Clinical Nurse Civility and Professional Identity Formation in Nursing Students, Janet Elaine Weeda
Linear Concepts: The Life and Music of Bill Holman, Gregory John Weis
Understanding the Cybersecurity Knowledge And Cybercrime Experiences of Older Adults Using a Learning Game, Richard Conrad West
Perceptions of Undergraduate Nurse Faculty Regarding Social Emotional Learning Within Nursing Academia, Nicole Claire York
Dissertations from 2024
The Relationship Between Basic Psychological Needs, Novelty, and Transformative Experience: A Cross-Cultural Study, Yousef T Dh Kh T Alardhi
Finding the Sound: A Study of Nineteen Solos of Larry Grenadier, Alex Todd Annan
Engaging Families in School-Based Physical Activity Promotion, Veronica Becerra
Community of Practice as a Path to an Authentic Emancipatory Education, Rachel James Beckwith
The Price of Precision: Significant Figures and the Student Experience, Ryan Michael Britt
Evaluating Effective Communication of Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Christine Brockway
Journey of Decisions: Understanding Parental Perspectives on Vaccine Hesitancy and Decision-Making Approaches in Childhood Vaccinations, Carlene Joy Brown
The Lived Experiences of Transition-Age Youth with Usher Syndrome Preparing for Postsecondary Education: A Retrospective Study, Tara Mae Brown-Ogilvie
Exploring the Degrees of Ableism Nursing Students with Disabilities Experience, Elizabeth Ruth Brox
Cantus Imperialis: A Jazz Metal Song Cycle for Large Jazz Ensemble, Thomas Call
Perspectives of Academic Nurse Leaders Regarding Mentorship of Novice Nurse Faculty, Suzanne Campbell
A Narrative Inquiry into the Perceptions of Counseling Faculty Regarding the Use of Humor in Clinical Supervision, Ryan Cheuk Ming Cheung
A Great War Requiem, Kaylene Cypret
Is the grass really greener? A narrative study on what has drawn Student Affairs professionals, who identify as women, from Student Affairs to a position in the corporate world during the Coronavirus-19 Pandemic, Amanda Michele Davis Smith
Brenno Blauth: A Study of Two Works for Oboe, Pablo Ramon dos Santos Hernandez
Exploring University Student Perceptions of Climate Change Using Connection to Nature and Psychological Distance, Jessica Duke
Practices, Curricula, and Perspectives: Creating Equitable and Inclusive Science Higher Education Classrooms, Victoria Lee Duncan
Reclaiming Flow: A Phenomenological Study of Secondary School Counselors, Brett William Fedor
Development and Evaluation of an Instrument for Exploring Achievement Emotions of General Chemistry Students: General Chemistry Achievement Emotions Questionnaire, Alexander Graves
Empowering Educators: The Impact of a Professional Learning Program on Collective Teacher Efficacy, Larisa Gray
Performance of Shared Parameter Missing Data Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data, Justin Harding
A Compendium of Three Musical Works Inspired by the African American Experience: Recordings, Commentary, and Pedagogical Observations, Edward W. Hardy
Faculty Beliefs Toward Academic Accommodations for Prelicensure Nursing Students with Disabilities, Connie Harris
Child sexual abuse disclosure: Non-offending fathers, McKayla Marie Harrison
Study of Yoga Intervention to Reduce Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Public School Educators, Leslie Marie Hillen
Comparison of Bayesian Versus Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Case Of Unbalanced Panels with Count Data, Bryan Hudson
Thai Choral Music in Intercultural Choral Literature: A Guide to Thai Choral Music, Dolhathai Intawong
Investigation of Geographic and Ontogenetic Venom Variation and Diversity of Snake Venom Metalloproteinases in the Great Basin Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus lutosus), Eric Januszkiewicz
A DisCrit Analysis of Experiences Influencing Belonging for College Students with Disabilities, Paige Nichole Johnsen
Effects of School-Based Physical Activity on Children’s Core Executive Function Abilities, Jessie Katelyn Johnston
Exploring Suicide Loss Survivorship and Postvention Support During the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic, Sean Robert Kershaw
The Application of Thai Classical Fiddle Techniques for Cello, Athita Kuankachorn
The Fourth Pandemic: Photo-Narratives of Mid-Level Student Affairs Professionals During the Great Resignation, Melissa Lafferty
The Impacts of Gender Minority Stress on Wellness Among Trans and Gender Diverse Adults, Nathan R. Landers
Implicit Bias Toward Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Influential Role of Teacher Self-Efficacy, Laurie Claire Landrieu
Understanding the Acculturation Experiences of Post-9/11 Student Veterans in the Higher Education Culture Of Civilian Postsecondary Educational Institutions, Jansen Sheridan Legreid
Compassion Fatigue Among University Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practitioners, Stephen P. Loveless
Enhancing Chinese Language Learning Through Problem-Solving Gameplay, WeiHsuan Lo
Racially and Culturally Conscious Parent Engagement Programs: Parent Contributions to a Critical Analysis, Veronica Maria Lucero
Development and Validation of an Integrated Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale for Use in Multiple Contexts Using Item-Response Theory, Jordan Lynn Martell
Facilitating Language Development in Late-Talking Toddlers: A Study of Caregiver Training and Intervention Effectiveness, Kelly Meadows
Practicing and Performing Debussy’s Estampes, Yong Mei
University Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Sex Differences in Identification and Diagnosis, Lisa Mickelson
Secondary Choir Students’ Perceptions of Inter-District Collaborative Performance Experiences, Juliet Minard
Patterns of Cannabis Use and Impacts on Communication and Relationship Satisfaction, Johni Mitchell
Exploring the Psychological Impact, Responses to Loss and Resiliency Among University Students During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Kimberly Crystal Monroe
A Pedagogical Approach to Cello Studies Influenced by the Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation, Romina Monsanto Colina
Exploring Imagination within Early Childhood Education, Leah Christian Naylor
“I’m Stressed—You Have to do Something to Help Me:” The Relationship Between Student Academic Entitlement, Academic Stress, and Satisfaction, Rebbecca L. Nemec
The Development and Content Validity of an Assessment Instrument in Simulation for Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Programs: An Exploratory Study, Olivia Nicastro
(Re)Birth of the Cool: A Culturally Sustaining & Community Responsive Pedagogical Framework for Music Education, Mario Yuzo Nieto
Evaluation of Joint Model Imputation of Multilevel Models, Gabriel Owusu
A Comparative Descriptive Study Exploring Undergraduate Versus Graduate Self-Regulated Learning in Online Nursing Courses, Monica Panaitisor
Exploring the Content of Introductory Quantitative Methods Courses for Education Doctoral Students, Samantha Brooke Patterson
Voices of Change: Exploring the Narratives of Physical Education Stakeholders’ Policy Work in Colorado, Lisa Paulson
Combating the Racial Discipline Gap: Does Diversity Training Mitigate Implicit Bias in the Discipline Decision- Making Process?, Bailey R. Reshel
Speech-Language Pathologist and General Educator Perceptions of the Inclusive Service Delivery Model, Kellie Rine
The Sonatine for Flute and Piano by Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez, and its Contribution to Modern Day Flute Performance, Myles Roberts
A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Three Quantitative Approaches for Examining Persistence, Angela J. Rockwell
The Impact of Death Anxiety on Counselors’-in-Training Efficacy With Substance Use Populations, Jason Rose
Labor Market Alignment and Social Outcomes, Holly Katherine Schmitt
Does Mindset Matter: The Perceptions Pre-Licensure Nursing Students Have Regarding Mindset and Academic Success, Amanda Sue Schuster
After the Bullets: Managing a Mass Shooting Resource Center Explored Through Autoethnography, Karen Allene Schweihs
Collegiate Esports Participation and its Perceived Effects on Student Experience: A Phenomenological Study of Collegiate Esports Teams, David Shimokawa
Portraiture of Four Reservation Community College Graduates, Ray Andrew Jade Talley
Undergraduate Nurse Educators’ Conceptualization and Utilization of Deliberate Practice in Psychomotor Skills Education, Sarah Bundren Tappendorf
Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions when Supporting Students with Dyslexia, Heather Campbell-Meyer Tellier
Preservice Teachers and Game Development: Constructing Learning Experiences, Erin Catherine Wachter
The Inheritance and Breakthrough of Twentieth-Century Harpsichord Music: Stylistic Analysis and Performance Guide of Selected Works, Hanguang Wang
Counseling Students’ Experiences of Religious/Spiritual Transitions: A Narrative Inquiry, Lexi Gene Heringer Wimmer
Nursing Faculty as Self-Care Influencers: Current Nursing Students’ Perspectives, Shane Yardley
Rethinking Jazz Education in the Digital Age, Matthew Ryan York
Dissertations from 2023
An Examination of Support Provided to Students Attending Two Performing Colorado High Schools With a Significant Percentage Of Students Experiencing Poverty, Rebecca Albert Vollrath
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