Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.
Dissertations from 2020
Building Positive Relationships in Title I Schools: Teacher and Student Perspectives in an Elementary Classroom, Alice Charlotte Pendlebury
The Connection Between Professional Development and Teacher Growth, Melody J. Person
Did You Take Care of Everybody? Insights on Crisis Management From Senior Student Affairs Professionals, Matthew Lawrence Peterson Ricke
Transitions: The Lived Experience of Bachelor of Science Nursing Students, Rita Peters
Implementing Social and Emotional Learning in Rural Colorado Schools: A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Impetuses and Challenges, Jimmie Robert Charles Phillips
Performance Guide and Recording of Three Twenty-First-Century Compositions for Solo Cello, Katarina Majcen Pliego
Characteristics and Motivation of Spanish- Speaking Latinx Families of Children With Disabilities Engaged in a Family Support Group, Sandra Helena Rasmussen
Socio-Emotional and Socio-Cultural Perceptions of Young Women and Their Interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Danielle Ann Riney
The Effect of Visual Disruption on Stability After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Nathan John Robey
Current Trends in Marijuana Methods of Ingestion and Associated Problems Among Young Adult Marijuana Users, Maryia M. Schneider
The Influence of Care: An Exploration of Student and Teacher Experiences, Allison Marie Schnell
Coaching College Students to Thrive: Exploring Coaching Practices in Higher Education, Alicia Sepulveda
Comparative Host Response and Gene Regulation in Deer Mice and Syrian Golden Hamsters During Acute Infection With Modoc Virus, Tyler Sherman
Exploring the Prevalence of Suboptimal Effort Among Children and Adolescents on Psychoeducational Evaluations, Kayla Jo Singleton
Time Series for the Boolean Random Sets, Kofi Kermah Wagya
Three in One: The Style, Structure, And Sound of Thad Jones as a Jazz Trumpeter, Shawn Edward Williams
Does Socioeconomic Status Influence Students’ Postsecondary Plans?, Brian A. Young
Bayesian Approach of Joint Models of Longitudinal Outcomes and Informative Time, Adbullah Ahmed Zaagan
An Intensive Longitudinal Functional Lineary Model with Multiple Time Scales, Mostafa Zahed
An Activity Theory Approach to Examining the Implications of Developmental Mathematics Reform at an Urban Community College, Jennifer Ruth Zakotnik-Gutierrez
Drunkorexia and Gender Role Conformity, Sarah Zwetzig
Dissertations from 2019
An Assessment of Conceptual Understanding of Metabolic Pathways, Amani Atiyalla Abdugadar
Educational Uses of Social Media in Learning by University Students, Nora Abdulaziz Ali Almansour
Perspectives and Knowledge of Principals in Saudi Arabia Regarding Instructional Leadership in Special Education Programs in Their Schools, Yazeed Abdulaziz Alnasser
Fostering Creativity and Innovation in Gifted Students Through the Eyes of Gifted Education Educators, Omar Abdullah Alsamani
The Resilience Within: Perspectives from Adults Supporting Foster Children, Andrea Ellen Alvarado
“We’re Going to Be Figuring It out Forever”: Testimonios of Brown Women and Their Experiences Self-Authoring Their Brownness in Graduate School, Reyna Monique Anaya
The Lived Experience of Underrepresented Pre-Nursing Students: An Exploration to Diversify the Nursing Workforce, Katie Bagley
Dispositions of Junior Elementary Teacher Candidates, Amy Lynn Bartlow
It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Learns to Read, Then It’s Educational: Children’s Librarians as Literacy Educators, Louise F. Benke
Liminal Space in Higher Education: Lived Experiences in the Space Between At-Risk Academics and Big-Time Athletics in Division I Power Five, Lainey J. Brottem
A Cumulative Summation Nonparametric Multiple Stream Process Control Chart Based on the Extended Median Test, Austin R. Brown
Assessing Concussion Recovery With Dynamic Stability Methodologies, Kurt Otto Buchholz
Acute Care Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Nursing Students with Disabilities, Kristy Lynn Calloway
Achieving Musical Peak Performance: The Impact of an Online Self-Efficacy and Performance Anxiety Management Program Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Melynie Joy Campbell
Psychometric Evaluation of the Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey, Kathryn C. Casey
Understanding the Effects of a Mindful Yoga Intervention on the Psychological Well-Being of Student Veterans, María del Mar Chavarría Soto
The Relationship Between State College Readiness Policy and Student Outcomes: A Multilevel Growth Model, Rachel Christeson
Using Online Communities to Prepare Teachers to Operate as Transformative Intellectuals, Zachary Morgan Clancy
“You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get!”: the Lived Health Care Experience of Individuals Who Identify as Transgender, Joyce Lyn Cole
Blooming Where One Is Planted: Understanding Flourishing Among Rural Nurses, Marnee Lynne Crawford
How Community College Conduct Administrators Make Meaning of Their Experience, Meloni Sue Rudolph Crawford
University President Discourse After an On-Campus Crisis, Andrea DeCosmo
University President Discourse After an On-Campus Crisis, Andrea Renee DeCosmo
Exploring Successful Partnerships Between Teachers of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and General Education Classroom Teachers, Brittney L. Dorn
Increasing Undergraduate Student Engagement in Academics: An Ecological Momentary Intervention, Kerry Douglas Duck
Afterlife Beliefs, Attachment, and Continuing Bonds in Predicting Complicated Grief, Kiersten Michele Eberle Medina
Psychological Well-Being in College: The Role of Parental Meta-Emotion Philosophy and Romantic Relationships, Lyndsey Marie Evans
Supervision of Sex Counseling in Counselor Education: a Phenomenological Study from a Sex Positive and Multiculturally Sensitive Perspective, Reka K. Farago
Give the Fans What They Want: A Market Segmentation Approach to Sport Fans’ Social Media Usage, Kerry Dale Fischer
Group Differences in Motivation and Achievement Outcomes Within a First-Year Seminar, Selani D. Flores
Division of Student Affairs Student Employees Make Meaning of Their Intersecting Identities and Work, Jason Ward Foster
Specialty Certification in Nursing: The Influence of Nursing Faculty on Pre-Licensure Students, Christina N. George
Mindfulness Intervention to Support School Engagement With At-Risk Students at an Urban Charter High School, Sarah Groark
A Phenomenological Study Exploring the Experiences and Perceptions of Counselor Education Students Who Have Completed an Intensive Social Justice Retreat, Aaron James Henderson
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among Adolescents and Young Adults of Color: How Racial Identity Impacts Self-Harm Use, Chloe Ayesha-Marie Hinton
Understanding Counselor Educators’ Experiences of Professional Identity and Leadership in a Group Private Practice, Jessica L. Hopkins
Effects of English Proficiency on Nursing Student Empowerment and Intent to Leave the Program, Nadja James
A Tale of Two Schools and Their One Journey to Improvement, Catherine M. Jarnot
Phenomenological Curiosity, Ryan Russell Katz
Adapting the Ward Method for Use in the Private Voice Studio, Michael Patrick Kilcoyne
Methodological Considerations for Researching Hidden-Populations With an Emphasis on Homeless Research Sampling Methods, Tyler William Kincaid
Exploring School Employee Physical Activity Behaviors and Perceptions, Ann Pulling Kuhn
We Were Asked to Deny a Part of Ourselves —and We Did: How Black Women Doctoral Students Experience Their Intersectional Identities in Race-Based Activism, Cherjanet Diane Lenzy
An Exploration of Staff Training Practices Specific to the Prevention of Staff-To-Student Sexual Misconduct in General and Special Education, Mary Kirsten Lintz
Monocyte Phenotype and Whole Blood Immune Response in Physically Active Chronic Cannabis Users and Non-Users, Jonathon K. Lisano
Examining the Effectiveness of a Basic Functional Behavior Assessment Training Package on Special Education Teachers in Thailand: A Replication Study, Weeramol Locharoenrat
Lived Experiences of Counselors Providing Counseling to Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study, Jenna Annette Mack
The Wounded Healer: A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Counselors-In-Training With Complex Trauma Histories, Jessica Leigh Manson
A Qualitative Investigation of Preservice Special Education Teacher Programs’ Preparation of Preservice Special Education Teachers to Work with Paraprofessionals, Aimee Lee Massafra
Strategies That Mothers of Children Who Are Deafblind Employ to Foster Collaboration Within Individualized Education Program Teams, Lanya Lynn McKittrick
Science of the Art of Coaching: Examining the Decision-Making Process of a Competitively Successful Endurance Running Coach, Marshall James Milbrath
Vocal Jazz in the Choral Classroom: A Pedagogical Study, Lara Marie Moline
Determining Readiness to Take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses®, Heidi Elizabeth Monroe
Child Maltreatment and Physical Health in Emerging Adulthood: Relationships with Physical Activity and Health Risk Behaviors, Susannah Marie Moore
Standards-Based Grading Practices in Middle School Mathematics Classrooms: A Multicase Study, Michelle Ann Morgan
Effects of Teacher Attitudes on Academic Growth and Connectedness for Students with Learning Disabilities: a Quantitative Case Study, Emily Ellen Moulton
Examining the Roles of the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase PVR and the Bone Morphogenic Protein Receptor Thickvein in Regulating Self-Renewal and Division Frequency in the Cyst Stem Cells of the Drosophila Testis Niche, Nastaran SoleimaniBarzi Mues
The Influence of Asymmetry on the Metabolic Cost of Locomotion, Shane Patrick Murphy
Nevertheless They Persisted: Youth Formerly in Foster Care Who Have Experienced Trauma and Their Journey to Postsecondary Education, Kristin Janine Myers
Social Structure of the Spiny-Tailed Iguana, Ctenosaura Similis, Ann-Elizabeth Nash
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
Childhood Maltreatment and Working Memory: Considering the Influence of Anxiety and Emotion Dysregulation, Mackenzie Ann Peake Pohja
Social Justice and Inclusion as Competency: a Content Analysis of Syllabi in Student Affairs Master’s Programs, Karla Iveliz Perez-Velez
Providing Orientation and Mobility Support via In-Person and Teleintervention Home Visits for Children with Visual Impairment in Early Intervention, Hong Bich Phangia Dewald
Effects of Flipgrid for Training on Job Satisfaction in Adjunct Clinical Nursing Faculty in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program, Maria Quimba
Experiences of Secondary Social Studies Educators: The Redheaded Stepchildren of Education, Rebecca N. Reed
Dual Language Elementary Teacher Supports in Rocky Mountain Resort Communities, Miguel Donald Salinas
Differences in Treatment Utilization Between Fee Paying and Non-Fee Paying Clients in a Counseling Training Clinic, Katherine E. Sammons
The Flute Works of Erwin Schulhoff, Sara Marie Schuhardt
A Multifaceted Approach to Address Variation in Cannabis Sativa, Anna Louise Schwabe
Exploring the Needs of Families of Hospitalized Critically Ill Individuals in a Caribbean Setting, Amy Christine Burlar Schweizer
The Impact of Social and Cultural Factors on Minority Students’ Participation in an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, Elizabeth Scott-Janda