Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.

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Dissertations from 2023

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Bangkokscape: An Original Composition For Ensemble, Attakorn Sookjaeng

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College Sexual Assault, Career Adaptability, And Grit: A Moderation Analysis, Patricia Danielle Sparks

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Development of Nursing Clinical Judgment Using Lasater’s Clinical Judgment Rubric, HollyAnne Heaton Springer

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Examining Middle Eastern Influences on Jazz In the 1950s and 1960s, Sopon Suwannakit

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The Experiences of Black Diplomat Families In United States Sponsored American International Schools, Teneshia A. Taylor

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The Effect of Parceling on the Measurement Invariance of Us Students’ Trends in International Mathematics And Science Study (Timss) 2015 Math Attitude Scores, Kritika Thapa

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Evaluating the Impact of a Certificate In College Teaching Program on Graduate Students’ Pedagogical Metacognition And Teaching Knowledge, Audrey Jannine Tocco

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“Just Go for the Lie”: A Critical Autoethenographic Study of a White Female Elementary School Principal, Christie Michelle Toliver

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Inward and Onward: An Autoethnography on the Lived Experience of Love, Loss, and Grief in a Doctoral Program, Laura A. Watts

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Chemistry Instructors’ Perspectives On Incorporating Climate Change Instruction in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses, Patrick Wilson

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Interruptions and the Novice Emergency Nurse: A Focused Ethnography, Lisa Ann Winchester

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A Current Wave of Development: Examination of Positive Youth Development and Identity in the Junior Lifeguard Program, Danielle Nicole Wong

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Pedagogical Approaches to Polytempor- Ality and Form Process in György Ligeti’s éTudes Pour Piano, Premier Livre, Dielan Wu

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Synthesizing Eastern and Western Musical Idioms In The Context of the Piano Concertos With The Traditional Chinese Orchestra: An Analytical Study of Selected Works, With Performance Considerations, Shuang Zhang

Dissertations from 2022

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An Efficient Computational Method for Causal Inference in High-Dimensional Data: Neighborhood-Based Cross Fitting, Oluwagbenga David Agboola

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An Ensemble Machine Learning Approach To Causal Inference in High-Dimensional Settings, Sami Saad Alanazi

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Toeplitz Matrix-Based Goodness of Fit Test Statistics for Vector Autoregressive Moving Average Models, Hanadi Yahia Alomari

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Middle School Students’ Perceptions, Experiences, And Behaviors Towards Using a Virtual Reality Application to Build Molecules, Dalal Za'al Ali Alrmuny

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Disability Identity: An Investigation of The Relationship Between Stigma, Quality Of Life, and Psychological Distress, Tyler Ray Anderson

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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

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Comparing Collegiate Coaches’ and Players’ Perceptions of the Coaches’ Multicultural Competence, Lee Arakawa

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Overcoming Inner and Outer Constraints To Enhance Emerging Adult College Students’ Eudaemonic Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Study, Maha Ben Salem

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Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching In Co-teachers at the Post-secondary Level: A Cognitive and Enacted Approach, Lida Marie LaVelle Bentz

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Stealth Dyslexia: Cognitive and Achievement Profiles Of Gifted Students With Dyslexia, Anne Hardy Boris

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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

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A Portraiture of Two Tribal College Leaders, Jessica Jasmine Buckless

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Expanding the Conceptualization And Applied Role of Shame, Nathaniel Michael Burrow

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Self-Care, Anticipated Stigma, and Personal Therapy in Mental Health Professional Trainees, Morgan Condie

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Clinician Experiences With Conducting Suicide Risk Assessments and Interventions, Sydney Lee Cople

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Animal-Assisted Interventions in Supervision: A Collective Case Study, Connie Elizabeth Couch

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College Students’ Perceptions of the Desert Canyons of the Colorado Plateau, Jeremy Roger Deem

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“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

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“Beginning, Again and Again”: The Experiences Of Excellent White Educators In Diverse Urban Schools, Christopher DeRemer

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School Leadership Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study, Deanna Kay Dykstra-Lathrop

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The Impact of Rater Effects on Decision Consistency And Decision Accuracy Under the Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Framework, Haussohou Daniel Edi

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“Ici on Chante en Français”: Giving A Voice to Cajun Culture, Tessa Espinosa

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Opportunities to Learn the General Education Curriculum: Literacy Instruction For Students With Significant Support Needs in Inclusive Settings, Heather Leigh Fitzpatrick

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Exploring Sex Differences in the Effect of Cannabidiol on Physical Activity, Cognition, Psychological Wellbeing, and Inflammatory and Neural Health Biomarkers, Victoria Flores

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Predicting Nurse Faculty Intent to Stay: A Quantitative Study of Contributing Factors and Their Influence, Erica Frost

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Development of the Teaching Twice Exceptional Students Scale, Michelle Ann Godzinski

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Investigating Novice Nurses’ Perceptions Of Academic Dishonesty During Nursing Education, Christy Michelle Gough

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Getting Them to the Chopper: An Empirical Study of Man Therapy, a Public Health Campaign Designed to Encourage Men To Utilize Psychological Services, David Gretz

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Lived Experience of Reintegration Among Involuntarily Separated Operation Enduring Freedom (Oef) And Operation Iraqi Freedom (Oif) Era Veterans, Austin Deshon Hamilton

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Political Astuteness of Nurse Educators, Gail Marie Hanson Brenner

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Mothers’ Perspectives on Language And Literacy Development in Children With Disabilities Adopted From China, Jessica B. Hovland

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Investigating Nurses’ Career Choice Through The Social Congnitive Career Theory’s Self-Management Model, Tina Howard

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An Elementary School Principal’s Practices And a Reduced Equity Gap: A Case Study, April Hrovat

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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

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Enhancing Perspective-Taking Skills In Youth With Autism, Angelica Coumanova Kim

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Are Natural Killer Cells Novel Mediators of The Effects of Cannabidiol on Mental Health, Sleep Quantity, Sleep Quality, And Immune Function?, Jacob Norbert Kisiolek

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The Social Ecology of Academic Achievement: Risk and Protection, Jannessa Lynn Kitchin

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Exploring Formative Versus Summative Assessment Models on Creative Mindset Development, Dylan Patrick James Kriescher

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Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching as Decision-Making for the University Mathematician Developing Coherence in Review of Discrete Mathematics, Julie Lang

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Comparing Teacher Induction Programs, Catherine Teresa Linhardt

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Exploring Teacher Self-Efficacy in Nurse Educators: A Mixed Method Study, Wendi Noelle Liverman

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Development of Geoscience Interest and Identity Of Female First-Generation Undergraduate Geoscience Students, Dina London

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Factors Influencing Political Self-Efficacy And Political Astuteness in Undergraduate Nurse Educators, Mark William Longshore

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Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Gratitude, and Burnout: A Structural Equation Model, Allegra Rose Lyon

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Examining the Effect of Gratitude On Intolerance of Uncertainty And Loneliness, Adam John Paul MacKenzie

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Evidence-Based Equity in Chemical Education, Anna Margiotta

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Entre Dos Mundos: Understanding the Experiences Of Latinx Adolescent Language Brokers, Miranda Kristine Martino

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“The Adaptanators” and “The Geode:” a Single-Case Study Of Narrative Co-wonderfulness Interviews And The Relationship in Supervision During The First Practicum Experience, David William Matheson

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The Impact of Service-Learning Experiences On Baccalaureate Nursing Alumni, Stephanie Joy Matthew

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Rumination, Mindfulness, and Posttraumatic Growth During the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model, Mackenzie Brianna May

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An Analysis and Performance Guide of Olivier Messiaen’s Chants de Terre ET de Ciel, Joseph William McAllister

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At Risk for Success: Promising Practices In Their Own Voices, Amber Leigh McElwee

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Post 9/11 Military Spouse Caregivers: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study, Erin McEvoy

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Decision Making by the Prefrontal Cortex And the Role of Dopamine in Pyramidal Neuron Function, Nesrien Muftah Milad Mohamed

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The Science Is in the Dance: The Curricular Intentions of an Innovation School, Tatum Michele Monaghan

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Law Enforcement Efficacy in Domestic Violence Calls Based on the Responding Officer’s Experience, Training, and Scholarly Level, Idilio Moncivais Pinedo

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Blue: A Stylistic Analysis Of Blue Mitchell, David Michael Moore

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The Influence of Chemistry Instructors’ Knowledge and Beliefs About Learning On the Implementation of Evidence-based Instructional Practices, Brittney J. Morgan

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The Effect of Hurricane Harvey on the Continuity Of Patient Care for Long-Term Care Patients Diagnosed With Dementia in Dallas And Harris Counties, Texas, Martin Mufich

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The Ballybriar Heist: An Original Composition And the Incorporation of Folk Music And Tintinnabuli Influences, Conor Darling Mulroy

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A Narrative Inquiry Into the Impact of Chronic Within-Year Teacher Turnover on Students, Sara Ashley Myers

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Youth Organizing From Within: A Case Study of a District Youth Equity Council, Amy Elizabeth Nelson

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The Experiences of Beginning Counselor Education and Supervision Faculty In The Supervision-Of-Supervision Relationship, Bonnie Jean Nicholson

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“I Don’t Believe the World Is Tilted”: Emotion, Struggle, and Relationship in Making Meaning With Texts, Alison Faye Oddie

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Bayesian Joint Modeling for Longitudinal Outcomes of Exponential Families And Informative Time Points, Michael Safo Oduro

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Project-Based Learning in Introductory Psychology: Modern Adaptations To an Academic Classic, Colton R. Olson

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Flourishing for Sport Consumers: The Case of Fantasy Baseball and Social Media Engagement, Bomin Paek

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Educational Experiences That Influence The Upward Mobility of Maya Women in Belize, Jennine Pettit

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The Role of Pereceived Racial Discrimination On Help-Seeking Intention And Psychological Distress, Emili Noel Pickenpaugh

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Principals’ Definition and Identification Of Critical Thinking In Teacher Practices, Carmen Aumber Polka

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The Graduate Record Examination and Graduate Admissions: Issues in Diversity, Lauren Rankin

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Attachment Style and Teacher-Student Relationships Within Residential Treatment: A Mixed Methods Approach, John Paul Richardson

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Transformative Pedagogy and Science Identity in Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology, Emily Ann Royse

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Effects of Noise, Light, and Landscape on Birds In a Recently Urbanized County, Karina Alejandra Sanchez

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Transformative and Trauma-Informed Social-Emotional Learning At The Secondary Level, Jennifer Ann Santos

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Exploring Clinical Supervisors’ Experiences With Indirect Exposure to Trauma, Maya Kirsten Schmidt

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Human Resource Development in the Intercollegiate Workplace: The Intersection of Organizational Politics, Political Skill, Job Design, And Employee Engagement, Logan John Schuetz

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Negative Memory Bias and the Impact Of Early Childhood Stress, Elizabeth Cecile Shmikler

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Developing and Assessing the Psychometric Properties Of a Multidimensional College Mental Health Assessment Inventory: A Mixed-Methods Study, John Sylvester

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Where Are We on This Path? Faculty Experiences Working With Guided Pathways, Christopher Tombari

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Perceptions of Secondary Educators Regarding The Educational Engagement of African Immigrant Students With Disabilities, Charity Obiageli Uzochukwu

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A Dialogical Approach to Peer Coaching For Asset Pedagogies, Elisabeth Van Beek

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Alternative Education Programs: An Exploration Of Programs and Supports to Reduce Juvenile Recidivism Among At-Risk Youth, Sarah Elizabeth VanRensselaer

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Clinical Nurse Educator Needs: A Mixed Methods Study of Confidence to Perform Competencies In Clinical Nurse Educators, Sarah Ann Wallace

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Braving the Sea Change: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study of How Counselors-In-Training Experience Their Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Relationships, Christopher Jess Ward

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Implementing Theory-Based Debriefing In the Clinical Learning Environment To Improve Teaching And Learning Outcomes, Adrienne Denise Wilk