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 2018

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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

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A Case Study Evaluation of the Implementation of Twice-Exceptional Professional Development, Chin-Wen Lee

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Teacher Candidates’ Perceived Psychological Wellness, Behavior Management Skills, and Mental Health Literacy, Elizabeth Coady Leeper

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Resilience as a Mediating Factor for Behavioral and Academic Outcomes for Adolescents with Executive Functioning Impairments, Bronwyn Louise Lehman

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Academic and Student Affairs Educators Make Meaning of Their Collaboration on Campus, Genia Hope Lemonedes

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The Impact of Debriefing for Meaningful Learning on Knowledge Development, Knowledge Retention, and Knowledge Application Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Ann Louise Loomis

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Understanding Supervisee’s Experiences in Clinical Supervision from an Attachment Perspective, Kyle Matthew Lucas

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Clarity of Purpose and the Freedom to Lead: An Exploration of Principal Autonomy in Colorado Charter Schools, Teal Ann Maxwell

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An Analysis of Prey Resistance and Long-Term Temporal Changes in Venom Composition Within Rattlesnake Populations, Thomas Michael McCabe

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Catholic Students Intersecting with the Academy: an Exploration of Religious Identities, Sara Elizabeth Miller

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Mid-Level Student Affairs Professionals Worklife Negotiation and the Use of Mobile Technology: A Case Study, Christopher M. Mullen

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Geographic Variation in Rock Wren (Salpinctes Obsoletus) Song Complexity, Nadje Amal Najar

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A Selective Study of the Art Songs of Franz Lehár, Amy Nielsen

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Examining Relationships of Social Media to Customer Equity of the National Basketball Association, Jiyoung Park

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Teachers’ Executive Functioning Abilities and Levels of Occupational Stress, Niraj Mukesh Patrawala

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Theory of Planned Behavior Applied to High School Science Teachers Implementing Next Generation Science Standards, Anna Pierce

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A Comparison of Saxophone Mouthpieces Using Fourier Analysis to Quantify Perceived Timbre, Mark Robert Pipes

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The Effects of in Vitro Fish Oil and Dietary Fish Meal Supplementation on Microdomains Within Bovine Luteal Cells, Michele Renae Plewes

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Principals’ Perceptions of Their Own Evaluation Process: How Feedback Using the Colorado Model Evaluation System Alters Principals’ Practice, Timothy Kevin Ridder

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Power Comparisons of the Rician and Gaussian Random Fields Tests for Detecting Signal from Functional Magnetic Resonance Images, Hasni Idayu Binti Saidi

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Teacher Evaluation Practices That Promote Teacher Development in Two Middle Schools, Andrea M. Smith

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Identification of Young Children with Visual Impairments Including Unique Characteristics and Factors Related to Responsive Services, DeEtte L. Snyder

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The Effects of Within-School Consultation on General Education Teachers’ Use of Behavior-Specific Praise with Students with Emotional Disabilities, Darrelanne M. Sundeen

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Alaya Preschool: A Culture of Care and Meaningful Work in Contemplative Early Childhood Education, Christina Marie Taylor

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Teacher Perspectives on Implementation and Outcomes of a Character Education Program: A Comparative Case Study at Three Public Middle Schools, Grace A. Tennant

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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

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The National Hockey League Totals Market: Efficiency, Profitability, and Heuristic Behaviors, Alexander Traugutt

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Expressions of Emancipatory Knowing in Undergraduate Nursing Service- Learning, Heather Corinn Voss

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Responding to Students Exposed to Community Violence: A Mixed Methods Study of Teachers’ Perceptions of Trauma-Informed Service Delivery, Destiny Marie Waggoner

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Exporing the Influence of Parenting Styles on Development of Perfectionism in a Reward and Punishment Computer-Based Learning Task Among College Students, Akiko Watabe

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An Analysis of Beginning Percussion Education Through Wind Band Repertoire and Method Books, Christopher Evan Wilson

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A Study of Prominent African-American Orchestral Trumpet Players from 1970 to 2018, Demarr Ray Woods

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Ecological Teacher Preparation: Rooting Place to Practice, Rosalind Elise Zimmerman Wright

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The Influence of Minimalist Compositional Techniques on Literature for Wind Ensemble, Justin Thomas Zanchuk

Dissertations from 2017

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Exploring the Experiences and Insights of a Twice-Exceptional Student Finishing a College Teacher Preparation Program: A Case Study, Hussain Abdullah Alamer

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Generalized Partial Least Squares Approach for Nominal Multinomial Logit Regression Models with a Functional Covariate, Amani Mohammed H Albaqshi

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Virtual Reality Game Classroom Implementation: Teacher Perspectives and Student Learning Outcomes, Mohammed Mubarak Alfadil

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Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Tpack) Effectiveness on English Teachers And Students in Saudi Arabia, Hamzah Hassan Alhababi

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Click, Explore, and Learn: Graduate Students’ Experiences and Attitudes Toward Using E-Books for College-Level Courses, Rasha Abdulrahman Alhammad

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Analyzing the Curricula of Doctor of Philosophy Programs in Educational Technology and Any Associated Specialty in the United States, Abdullah Almaden

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Student Collaboration in Hybrid Classrooms Using PBWorks: a Study of University Students in Najran, Saudi Arabia, Hadi Ali Almonuf

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A First-Order Autoregressive Hurdle Poisson Model, Gadir Abdulaziz Alomair

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A Joint Model of Longitudinal Data and Informative Time with Time-Dependent Covariate, Mohammad Abdullatif Alomair

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Saudi Parents’ Needs in Deaf Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz Alqahtani

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The Extent of Comprehension and Knowledge with Respect to Digital Citizenship Among Saudi Arabia Teachers, Abdullah Saif Alqahtani

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Self-Identity and Community Through Social Media: the Experience of Saudi Female International College Students in the United States, Tahani Obaid Alruwaili

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Case Study of Distance Learning at University of Najran, Mahdi Mohammed Saleh Alqotami Alzamanan

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Transformative Experiential Impacts on Students: An Intervention, Stacy R. Bailey

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The Effects of Self-Compassion and Shame on the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Depression, Julie Ann Barritt

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Stretched but Not Broken: a Multiple-Case Study Analysis of Risk and Resiliency, Heather Danielle Beam

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An Investigation of English Learning of a Sample of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and English Learners and a Sample of Students Who Are English Learners, Sharon J. Becker

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Increasing Reflexivity in Service Learning Through Arts Based Research, Lindsay A. Beddes

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The Experience of Parents and Adolescents with the Medical Care for the Condition of Cleft Lip and Palate: A Phenomenological Study., Sarah Breseke

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Grit as a Predictor of Academic Success for First-Time Undergraduate Students, Sean M. Broghammer

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The Effects of Interrelated Goals, Anxiety, and Mindfulness on Somatic Symptoms, Liesel Christoe-Frazier

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Experiences of Students Utilizing a Campus Food Pantry, Jamie Daugherty

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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

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An Exploration of Faculty and Student Perceptions of Mentoring, Harjit Kaur Dhesi

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Actions Taken by Special Education Directors in Preventing and Mitigating the Bullying of and by Students With Disabilities, Tiffany Lynn Dobler

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“Their Whole World at School”: Portraits of Students, Their Teacher, and Emerging Culture in a Middle School Newcomer Program, Megan Finney Edmiston

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Coaches’ Perceptions on the Sustainability of Select Nonrevenue, Olympic Ncaa Sports as Viewed Through Stakeholder Theory, Dean M. Ekeren

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Universal Screening and Progress Monitoring Within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports, Mary Anne Fleury

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Modern Interpretation of Ornamentation in Naftule Brandwein’s Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym and Der Heyser Bulgar, Michael Aaron Gersten

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Gifted Students’ Perceptions of Empowerment Within High School Classrooms, Amy Karol Graefe

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Environmental Contaminant Exposure and Effects on Bats: Studies in Sichuan Province, China and Colorado, U.S.A., Laura Heiker

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The Impacts of Sexual Minority Stress on Degree of Perceived Burdensomeness, Thwarted Belongingness, and Suicidal Ideation, Caroline J. Hicks

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Affective Domain Learning in High-Fidelity Simulation: Students’ Perspectives, Ketty M. Holt

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The Effects of Dopamine on Frequency Dependent Short Term Synaptic Plasticity: A Comparison of Layer Contributions and Rhythmic Dynamics, Jonna Marie Jackson

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Physical Education Teacher Education Student Teaching Placement Procedures, LeAnn Elizabeth Kesselring

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Israel Crosby (1919-1962): An Analysis of His Bass Line Construction with the Ahmad Jamal Trio from 1958-1962, Gibran Anees Khan

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Counselor-Trainees' Readiness for Multicultural Competency and Social Justice Advocacy, Thomas Steven Killian

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Two Works by Isang Yun and Byungdong Paik for Harpsichord or Piano: Analysis and Performance Guide, Mijung Kim

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Students' Social Adaptation to Mathematics Tasks, Jeffrey J. King

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Using Eye-Tracking and Molecular Modeling to Explore Students’ Strategies for Solving Organic Stereochemical Problems, Travis Howard Knowles

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The Influence of Participation in Socially Engaging or Complex Physical Activities on Executive Function Among Older Adults, Lyndsie M. Koon

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Biracial Multiracial Lesbian Gay Bisexual Queer Student Leaders Making Meaning of Their Experiences, Robert Jason Kunstman

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An Exploration of Experiences of Low Socioeconomic Chinese Students Who Achieved High Scores on the National College Entrance Exam, Dongfang Liu

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The Disadvantaged Status in the American Medical College Application Service: Medical Students Reflect on Their Experiences, Adam M. Lowrance

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Potential Environmental Impacts of Oil and Natural Gas Production on a Shortgrass Steppe, Randi Corrine Lupardus

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Addressing the Assessment of Professionalism in Physical Education Teacher Education: A Multi-Case Study of Nationally Accredited Programs, Brandy Michelle Lynch

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An Analysis and Performance Guide of Three Works by Brazilian Composers Featuring the Violin, João Paulo Machado

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Did Not Finish: Doctoral Attrition in Higher Education and Student Affairs, Sarah Maddox

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Effect of Vocal Prosody on Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of Black and White Students, Chynna Sierra McCall

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The Impact of Question-Answer Relationships on Thai Reading Comprehension of Economically Disadvantaged Students: A Mixed Methods Study in Thailand, Raveema Mongkolrat

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"Love is Gender Blind": The Lived Experiences of Transgender Couples Who Navigate One Partner's Gender Transition, Barry Lynn Motter

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A Mixed-Methods Study of Students’ Success and Persistence in Biology, Biscah Syombua Munyaka

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Makerspaces: A Qualitative Look into Makerspaces as Innovative Learning Environment, Catherine Otieno

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A Double Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for the Individual Based on a Linear Prediction, Rafael Alberto Perez Abreu Carrion

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Assessing the Cultural Effects of Neoliberalism on Empathy, Melissa May Racho

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Power Analysis of Longitudinal Data with Time-Dependent Covariates Using Generalized Method of Moments, Niloofar Ramezani

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Creating and Implementing Professional Development with Self-Selected Literacy Content for Teachers in a Developing Country, Tiffany Arnett Regan

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It’s Different: Perceptions of Risk and Resilience in Older Siblings of Children with Disabilities, Bradley Hugh Reimers

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The Lived Experiences of Educators Using Co-Teaching to Meet the Needs of Students with Disabilities in a Virtual Environment, Laura Elizabeth Ridings

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Enhancing the Conversational Skills of College Students with Intellectual Disabilities Through Explicit Instruction Using Role-Play, Jason David Robinson

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Fan Motives for Identifying with Professional Tennis Players, Alex Yakon Rondon-Azcarate

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(Dis)Integrated Identities: Experiences of Tenure- Track Engineering Faculty Who Identify as Sexual Minorities, Robyn Elisa Sandekian

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Educators’ Perceptions of the Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition Model for Technology Integration, Mark Angelo Savignano

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Interindividual Neuromuscular Characteristics and Their Relationships to Running Economy, Barbara Jean Schornstein

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Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Reimbursement Methodologies, and Counselor Employment at Federally Qualified Health Centers, Alison Phillips Sheesley

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An Investigation of Multi-Tiered System of Supports: Implementation Perceptions and Third Grade Reading Achievement, Valerie JH Sherman