Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.
Dissertations from 2019
A Comprehensive Analysis of Jazz Elements in Nikolai Kapustin’s Violin Sonata Opus 70 and String Quartet Number 1, Opus 88, Ching-Hsuan Wang
History and Development of British Secular Song for Solo Voice and Clarinet, Nancy Williams
The Impacts of Rock Climbing on the Selection of Roosts by Bats and the Influence of These Mammals on the Biodiversity and Nutrient Influx of Cliff-Face Ecosystems, Ashley Kay Wilson
The Effects of Exercise Training on Cachexia in Mice Bearing the Colon-26 Carcinoma, Nicole Wood
Persuasive Narrative: Examining Policy Actor Influences on Accreditation Reform Legislation, Rebecca Lynn Woulfe
The Effects of Pitch Singing Training on Recognizing and Enunciating Chinese Tones, Danqing Zhou
Dissertations from 2018
Exploring Pre-Service Special and General Education Teachers’ Beliefs and Attitudes in Mathematics and Learning and Teaching Mathematics, Bedoor A H E Alazemi
A Qualitative Case Study in Augmented Reality Applications in Education: Dimensions of Strategic Implementation, Abrar S. Almoosa
Effectiveness of Student Engagement Using Learning Management System in the Blended Learning Environment at Saudi Electronic University, Yousef Almoslamani
Teachers and Practitioners’ Perceptions of Transition Services for Females with Intellectual Disability in Saudi Arabia, Reem Abdullah Almutairi
The Reentry Experience of Saudi Scholars in a University of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and How Their Administrators Perceive the Reentry of Saudi Scholars, Yousef Mubrik Almutairi
Parental Engagement in the Education of Gifted Children in Saudi Arabia: A Phenomenological Study, Aiman Ali Alyahya
The Lived Experience of Nurse Practitioner Role Transition: A Phenomenology Study, Anthony Michael Angelow
Grant Green: An Analysis of the Blue Note Guitarist’s Musical Vocabulary, Teague Stefan Bechtel
Secular Song of the Spanish Renaissance: Portrayals of Moors and Christians During the Reign of Isabel and Fernando, the Reconquest, and the First Morisco Rebellion, Katharyn Reishus Benessa
The Ethnic Identity Journey of 1.5 Generation Asian American College Students, Nadia Anisa Benyamin
Creating Digital Stories with Saudi Arabian Pre-Service Teachers: Using the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation Model to Promote Lesson Plan Development, Yosra Mohammed Bugis
How Current Rural Superintendents Believe Aspiring Superintendents Can Best Prepare for the Position, Jeremy Alan Burmeister
Adult Attachment in Close Relationships and Trait Emotional Intelligence: The Moderating Role of Mindfulness, Laura Kimberly Chang
A Male Elementary School Principal’s Experience of Gender and Leadership, Joanne Eileen Chatlos
The Relationship Between Calibration, Mindset, Mathematics Anxiety and Achievement in Pre-Service Elementary Teachers, Brian Arthur Christopher
Concerto for Jazz Trombone and Wind Ensemble, Michael Joseph Conrad
Perceptions About Educational Supports from Those Living in Poverty in the Suburbs, Sean Christopher Corey
Counseling in Spanish and English: Phenomenological Experiences of Bilingual Counselors, Bradley James Crookston
Robustness of Rasch Fit Statistics in Dichotomous and Rating Scale Data, Samantha Estrada Aguilera
On the Small Count Inflated Poisson Distribution, Michael Floren
Physical Education Cooperating Teachers Participation and Beliefs as Teacher Educators, Hillary May Franks
Reflective Journaling to Decrease Anxiety Among Undergraduate Nursing Students in the Clinical Setting, Joely Tara Goodman
Body Image and Participant Characteristics in Emerging Adults, Amber Green
Undergraduates’ Collective Argumentation Regarding Integration of Complex Functions Within Three Worlds of Mathematics, Brent Allen Hancock
The Sociocultural Mediation of Metacognition During Problem Solving in Undergraduate Mathematics Classroom Communities of Practice, Emilie R. Hancock
Perceived Belongingness, Self-Esteem, and Outness Level on Psychological Distress Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals, Rachel Mary Haug
Evaluating Educators’ Competency in the Use of Computer Technology Toward Integrating Technology into Libyan Higher Education, Ilham A. Hbaci
Shame, Aggression, and Self-Compassion in At-Risk Adolescents, Sara Ashline Hofmann
Lived Experiences of New Nurse Graduates in Critical Access Hospitals, Lesa Ann Hoppe
Exploring Referee Abuse Through the Lens of the Collegiate Rugby Coach, Brittany Lauren Jacobs
Hand and Wrist Overuse Injuries in Flutists: Physical Causes and Prevention, Xin Jing
Development and Validation of a Measure of Social Alienation for Student Veterans, Nicole Marie Justice
Contextualizing Experiences of Parent Engagement: Iraqi Refugee Mothers’ Perceptions of Their Role in Their Child’s Education in the United States, Heather Nicole Kholif
Edward Elgar’s the Music Makers: A Choral Conductor’s Analysis and Score Preparation Guide, David Klement
A Methodological Review of the Cross-Cultural Ethical Dilemmas That Exist Within the Informed Consent Process: When Ethical Considerations in Human Research Differ, Suzanne Victoria Landram
A Case Study Evaluation of the Implementation of Twice-Exceptional Professional Development, Chin-Wen Lee
Teacher Candidates’ Perceived Psychological Wellness, Behavior Management Skills, and Mental Health Literacy, Elizabeth Coady Leeper
Resilience as a Mediating Factor for Behavioral and Academic Outcomes for Adolescents with Executive Functioning Impairments, Bronwyn Louise Lehman
Academic and Student Affairs Educators Make Meaning of Their Collaboration on Campus, Genia Hope Lemonedes
The Impact of Debriefing for Meaningful Learning on Knowledge Development, Knowledge Retention, and Knowledge Application Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Ann Louise Loomis
Understanding Supervisee’s Experiences in Clinical Supervision from an Attachment Perspective, Kyle Matthew Lucas
Clarity of Purpose and the Freedom to Lead: An Exploration of Principal Autonomy in Colorado Charter Schools, Teal Ann Maxwell
An Analysis of Prey Resistance and Long-Term Temporal Changes in Venom Composition Within Rattlesnake Populations, Thomas Michael McCabe
Catholic Students Intersecting with the Academy: an Exploration of Religious Identities, Sara Elizabeth Miller
Mid-Level Student Affairs Professionals Worklife Negotiation and the Use of Mobile Technology: A Case Study, Christopher M. Mullen
Geographic Variation in Rock Wren (Salpinctes Obsoletus) Song Complexity, Nadje Amal Najar
A Selective Study of the Art Songs of Franz Lehár, Amy Nielsen
Examining Relationships of Social Media to Customer Equity of the National Basketball Association, Jiyoung Park
Teachers’ Executive Functioning Abilities and Levels of Occupational Stress, Niraj Mukesh Patrawala
Theory of Planned Behavior Applied to High School Science Teachers Implementing Next Generation Science Standards, Anna Pierce
A Comparison of Saxophone Mouthpieces Using Fourier Analysis to Quantify Perceived Timbre, Mark Robert Pipes
The Effects of in Vitro Fish Oil and Dietary Fish Meal Supplementation on Microdomains Within Bovine Luteal Cells, Michele Renae Plewes
Principals’ Perceptions of Their Own Evaluation Process: How Feedback Using the Colorado Model Evaluation System Alters Principals’ Practice, Timothy Kevin Ridder
Power Comparisons of the Rician and Gaussian Random Fields Tests for Detecting Signal from Functional Magnetic Resonance Images, Hasni Idayu Binti Saidi
Teacher Evaluation Practices That Promote Teacher Development in Two Middle Schools, Andrea M. Smith
Identification of Young Children with Visual Impairments Including Unique Characteristics and Factors Related to Responsive Services, DeEtte L. Snyder
The Effects of Within-School Consultation on General Education Teachers’ Use of Behavior-Specific Praise with Students with Emotional Disabilities, Darrelanne M. Sundeen
Alaya Preschool: A Culture of Care and Meaningful Work in Contemplative Early Childhood Education, Christina Marie Taylor
Teacher Perspectives on Implementation and Outcomes of a Character Education Program: A Comparative Case Study at Three Public Middle Schools, Grace A. Tennant
Psychoeducational Group Counseling for Division I Student Athletes, Katherine Joanne Evans Tepper
The Relationship Between Emotional Competence and the Supervisory Working Alliance: A Study of Doctoral Counselor Education Supervisors and Master’s-Level Counselors-In-Training, Elizabeth Gilchrist Tolliver
The National Hockey League Totals Market: Efficiency, Profitability, and Heuristic Behaviors, Alexander Traugutt
Expressions of Emancipatory Knowing in Undergraduate Nursing Service- Learning, Heather Corinn Voss
Responding to Students Exposed to Community Violence: A Mixed Methods Study of Teachers’ Perceptions of Trauma-Informed Service Delivery, Destiny Marie Waggoner
An Analysis of Beginning Percussion Education Through Wind Band Repertoire and Method Books, Christopher Evan Wilson
A Study of Prominent African-American Orchestral Trumpet Players from 1970 to 2018, Demarr Ray Woods
Ecological Teacher Preparation: Rooting Place to Practice, Rosalind Elise Zimmerman Wright
The Influence of Minimalist Compositional Techniques on Literature for Wind Ensemble, Justin Thomas Zanchuk
Dissertations from 2017
The Influence of Participation in Socially Engaging or Complex Physical Activities on Executive Function Among Older Adults, Hussain Abdullah Alamer
Generalized Partial Least Squares Approach for Nominal Multinomial Logit Regression Models with a Functional Covariate, Amani Mohammed H Albaqshi
Virtual Reality Game Classroom Implementation: Teacher Perspectives and Student Learning Outcomes, Mohammed Mubarak Alfadil
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Tpack) Effectiveness on English Teachers And Students in Saudi Arabia, Hamzah Hassan Alhababi
Click, Explore, and Learn: Graduate Students’ Experiences and Attitudes Toward Using E-Books for College-Level Courses, Rasha Abdulrahman Alhammad
Analyzing the Curricula of Doctor of Philosophy Programs in Educational Technology and Any Associated Specialty in the United States, Abdullah Almaden
Student Collaboration in Hybrid Classrooms Using PBWorks: a Study of University Students in Najran, Saudi Arabia, Hadi Ali Almonuf
A First-Order Autoregressive Hurdle Poisson Model, Gadir Abdulaziz Alomair
A Joint Model of Longitudinal Data and Informative Time with Time-Dependent Covariate, Mohammad Abdullatif Alomair
Saudi Parents’ Needs in Deaf Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz Alqahtani
The Extent of Comprehension and Knowledge with Respect to Digital Citizenship Among Saudi Arabia Teachers, Abdullah Saif Alqahtani
Self-Identity and Community Through Social Media: the Experience of Saudi Female International College Students in the United States, Tahani Obaid Alruwaili
Case Study of Distance Learning at University of Najran, Mahdi Mohammed Saleh Alqotami Alzamanan
Transformative Experiential Impacts on Students: An Intervention, Stacy R. Bailey
The Effects of Self-Compassion and Shame on the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Depression, Julie Ann Barritt
Stretched but Not Broken: a Multiple-Case Study Analysis of Risk and Resiliency, Heather Danielle Beam
Increasing Reflexivity in Service Learning Through Arts Based Research, Lindsay A. Beddes
The Experience of Parents and Adolescents with the Medical Care for the Condition of Cleft Lip and Palate: A Phenomenological Study., Sarah Breseke
Grit as a Predictor of Academic Success for First-Time Undergraduate Students, Sean M. Broghammer
Effects of Interrelated Goals, Anxiety, and Mindfulness on Somatic Symptoms, Liesel Christoe-Frazier
Experiences of Students Utilizing a Campus Food Pantry, Jamie Daugherty
Building Blocks of a National Style: An Examination of Topics and Gestures in Nineteenth-Century American Music as Exemplified in Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha, Elisabet Omarene de Vallee
An Exploration of Faculty and Student Perceptions of Mentoring, Harjit Kaur Dhesi
Actions Taken by Special Education Directors in Preventing and Mitigating the Bullying of and by Students With Disabilities, Tiffany Lynn Dobler