Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.
Dissertations from 2018
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
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
Exploring the Experiences and Insights of a Twice-Exceptional Student Finishing a College Teacher Preparation Program: A Case Study, 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
The 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
“Their Whole World at School”: Portraits of Students, Their Teacher, and Emerging Culture in a Middle School Newcomer Program, Megan Finney Edmiston
Coaches’ Perceptions on the Sustainability of Select Nonrevenue, Olympic Ncaa Sports as Viewed Through Stakeholder Theory, Dean M. Ekeren
Universal Screening and Progress Monitoring Within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports, Mary Anne Fleury
Modern Interpretation of Ornamentation in Naftule Brandwein’s Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym and Der Heyser Bulgar, Michael Aaron Gersten
Gifted Students’ Perceptions of Empowerment Within High School Classrooms, Amy Karol Graefe
Environmental Contaminant Exposure and Effects on Bats: Studies in Sichuan Province, China and Colorado, U.S.A., Laura Heiker
The Impacts of Sexual Minority Stress on Degree of Perceived Burdensomeness, Thwarted Belongingness, and Suicidal Ideation, Caroline J. Hicks
Affective Domain Learning in High-Fidelity Simulation: Students’ Perspectives, Ketty M. Holt
The Effects of Dopamine on Frequency Dependent Short Term Synaptic Plasticity: A Comparison of Layer Contributions and Rhythmic Dynamics, Jonna Marie Jackson
Physical Education Teacher Education Student Teaching Placement Procedures, LeAnn Elizabeth Kesselring
Israel Crosby (1919-1962): An Analysis of His Bass Line Construction with the Ahmad Jamal Trio from 1958-1962, Gibran Anees Khan
Counselor-Trainees' Readiness for Multicultural Competency and Social Justice Advocacy, Thomas Steven Killian
Two Works by Isang Yun and Byungdong Paik for Harpsichord or Piano: Analysis and Performance Guide, Mijung Kim
Students' Social Adaptation to Mathematics Tasks, Jeffrey J. King
Using Eye-Tracking and Molecular Modeling to Explore Students’ Strategies for Solving Organic Stereochemical Problems, Travis Howard Knowles
The Influence of Participation in Socially Engaging or Complex Physical Activities on Executive Function Among Older Adults, Lyndsie M. Koon
Biracial Multiracial Lesbian Gay Bisexual Queer Student Leaders Making Meaning of Their Experiences, Robert Jason Kunstman
The Disadvantaged Status in the American Medical College Application Service: Medical Students Reflect on Their Experiences, Adam M. Lowrance
Potential Environmental Impacts of Oil and Natural Gas Production on a Shortgrass Steppe, Randi Corrine Lupardus
Addressing the Assessment of Professionalism in Physical Education Teacher Education: A Multi-Case Study of Nationally Accredited Programs, Brandy Michelle Lynch
An Analysis and Performance Guide of Three Works by Brazilian Composers Featuring the Violin, João Paulo Machado
Did Not Finish: Doctoral Attrition in Higher Education and Student Affairs, Sarah Maddox
Effect of Vocal Prosody on Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of Black and White Students, Chynna Sierra McCall
The Impact of Question-Answer Relationships on Thai Reading Comprehension of Economically Disadvantaged Students: A Mixed Methods Study in Thailand, Raveema Mongkolrat
"Love is Gender Blind": The Lived Experiences of Transgender Couples Who Navigate One Partner's Gender Transition, Barry Lynn Motter
A Mixed-Methods Study of Students’ Success and Persistence in Biology, Biscah Syombua Munyaka
Makerspaces: A Qualitative Look into Makerspaces as Innovative Learning Environment, Catherine Otieno
A Double Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for the Individual Based on a Linear Prediction, Rafael Alberto Perez Abreu Carrion
Assessing the Cultural Effects of Neoliberalism on Empathy, Melissa May Racho
Power Analysis of Longitudinal Data with Time-Dependent Covariates Using Generalized Method of Moments, Niloofar Ramezani
Creating and Implementing Professional Development with Self-Selected Literacy Content for Teachers in a Developing Country, Tiffany Arnett Regan
It’s Different: Perceptions of Risk and Resilience in Older Siblings of Children with Disabilities, Bradley Hugh Reimers
The Lived Experiences of Educators Using Co-Teaching to Meet the Needs of Students with Disabilities in a Virtual Environment, Laura Elizabeth Ridings
Enhancing the Conversational Skills of College Students with Intellectual Disabilities Through Explicit Instruction Using Role-Play, Jason David Robinson
Fan Motives for Identifying with Professional Tennis Players, Alex Yakon Rondon-Azcarate
(Dis)Integrated Identities: Experiences of Tenure- Track Engineering Faculty Who Identify as Sexual Minorities, Robyn Elisa Sandekian
Educators’ Perceptions of the Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition Model for Technology Integration, Mark Angelo Savignano
Interindividual Neuromuscular Characteristics and Their Relationships to Running Economy, Barbara Jean Schornstein
Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Reimbursement Methodologies, and Counselor Employment at Federally Qualified Health Centers, Alison Phillips Sheesley
An Investigation of Multi-Tiered System of Supports: Implementation Perceptions and Third Grade Reading Achievement, Valerie JH Sherman