Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.
Dissertations from 2015
Lived Experiences of Belonging to Multiple Nationalities, Annette Susanne Peters
Effects of a Twelve-week Aerobic and Cognitive Training Intervention on Cognitive Function in Cancer Survivors, Brent Michael Peterson
Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity, Keith B. Pfannenstiel
Physical Education Teachers' Perceptions of the Role of Support Mechanisms within Contemporary Professional Development, Erica A. Pratt
Effects of Exercise Training and Doxorubicin on Myogenic Regulatory Factors, Colin Joseph Quinn
A Study of Novice Instructors’ Questioning Techniques and Classroom Discourse Surrounding Those Questions, Kitty Lane Roach
Counter-Narratives of Adults who are Homeless: Attachment and Resiliency in Context, Jeffrey David Roche
Examining Relationships between Proactive Coping and Experiences of Personal and Posttraumatic Growth during Anticipatory Grief, Kylie BreAnn Rogalla
Proteomic Analyses of Snake Venoms with an Examination of the Biological Roles and Anti-cancer Effects of Venom Disintegrins, Anthony J. Saviola
Joint Models of Longitudinal Outcomes and Informative Time, JangDong Seo
The Meaning of Physical Activity from the Perspective of Indonesian Immigrant Youth, Caly Setiawan
Validation of the Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute Multistage Treadmill Protocol for Cancer Survivors, Daniel Shackelford
Forecasting an Inclusive Future: Accessible School Counseling Strategies to Deconstruct Educational Heteronormativity, Molly M. Strear
Mathematicians' Evolving Personal Arguments: Ideas That Move Proof Constructions Forward, Melissa Louise Troudt
Students’ Development of Geometric Reasoning About the Derivative of Complex-Valued Functions, Jonathan David Troup
The Journey Within: Discovering the Sense of Becoming, Peggy A. Ursuy
The Musical Theater Style of Jason Robert Brown, Kathryn Laura Voelker
Examining the Impact of Information Communication Technology on Social Skills and Total Likability, Aaron Lee Wallis
Chorale Topic from Haydn to Brahms: Chorale in Secular Contexts of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Eileen M. Watabe
Simulation Anxiety and Learning Styles, Karyl LuJean Yockey
Purchase Behaviors in a Cross-National Analysis of Sponsorship Effectiveness, Noni Zaharia
Stress, Anxiety, and Coping in a Live Supervised Individual Counseling Practicum: a Grounded Theory, Ernest George Zullo III
Dissertations from 2014
An exponentiality Test Using a Modified Lilliefors Test, Achut Prasad Adhikari
The Transition Program Experience: How Does It Affect Employment for 18- to 22-year-olds with Significant Cognitive Disabilities?, Supattra Wongvisate Andrade
Portraits of Transformation in Higher Education, Christine P. Braun
Understanding dialectical behavior therapy through the voice of adolescent clients in a community mental health center, Jessica Riedel Chenoweth
Unconcealed perspectives on concealed carry firearms on campus: a case study, Christopher L. Cobb
Implementation of an inter-district curriculum consortium among ten rural school districts in Colorado: a case study, Jim D. Copeland
The influence of Mileage Club on females' body image and self-esteem, Shanda Crowder
The effects of formative assessment on students' zone of proximal development in introductory calculus, Rebecca-Anne Dibbs
Positive experiences: Focusing on the good in new professionals in student affairs, Amy Dinise-Halter
Teacher Perceptions of the Impact of an Evaluation System on Classroom Instructional Practices, Erika Donahue
A study of statistical efficiency on the effects of non-compliant reporting and item list size from the indirect questioning techniques: random response and non-random response models, Caroline Bublitz Emsermann
Clarifying the Definitional Boundaries and Essential Characteristics of Impaired Counseling Students: A Delphi Study, Lisa K. Forbes
Mathematics Teachers' Models of Quantitative Reasoning, David Matthew Glassmeyer
Student perspectives of classroom assessment, Kyle Hemje
Establishing the validity and reliability of the fairness of items tool, Nikole Anderson Hicks
Using an early warning system to identify potential high school dropouts, Dawn B. Hillman
Narratives of competency, creativity, and comfort: religion and spirituality in counselor education, R. David Johns
Generalized method of moments approach for spatial-temporal binary data, Kimberly Ann Kaufeld
A phenomenological exploration of middle school principals' perspectives and responses to cyberbullying, Sara A. Knippenberg
Working with Medical and Psychological Illness: A Phenomenological Exploration of Nurses' Experiences in Treating Eating Disorders, Diana Levas-Luckman
Perspectives of elementary teachers and Ethiopian immigrant parents on parent-teacher relations and the education of Ethiopian children, Keno Abdeta Nagasa
Partnership functioning and sustainability in nursing academic partnerships: the mediating role of partnership synergy, Chris-Tenna Marie Perkins
Undergraduate nursing student situation awareness during simulation, Lynn Phillips
Portraits of successful Thai English teachers: an exploration of teaching journeys, Denchai Prabjandee
Oxidative stress alterations following an exercise intervention in cancer survivors, Christopher P. Repka
Building bridges: connecting collegiate athletic and mathematics cultures, Lee Forrest Roberson
Being undocumented in the United States: the impact on Mexican immigrants' mental health, Karina B. Samaniego Estrada
An investigation of involvement in university-affiliated alumni sport fan clubs, Craig Damon Schmitt
Resilience and coping: the perspectives of cancer patients, family caregivers, and medical volunteers at Khampramong Monastery, Thailand, Wipanee Su-kerb
Exploring students' perceptions and performance on predict-observe-explain tasks in high school chemistry laboratory, Praveen Vadapally
Schools Are Very Different Here: Somali Refugees' Perspectives of Parent Involvement, Mary L. Van Korlaar
Educational resiliency in teen mothers, Linnea Lynne Watson
The relationship between perceived academic self-efficacy, remediation, and academic performance in pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students, Debra Jean Wilson
The experience of Registered Nurses During Their First Year As Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Students, Catherine Lewis Witt
Into the looking glass: undergraduate students' integrating and illuminating their wisdom and experiences as global citizens, Sarah Jean Wyscaver
Dissertations from 2013
Adjusted variance components for unbalanced clustered binary data models, Intesar N. Abdoslam
Participation in Online and Face-To-Face Discussions: Perceptions of Female Saudi Students in the United States, Manal M. Alanazy
The Relationship of Jazz Trombone Performance to Composing and Arranging: Interviews With Four Notable Trombonist/Composers, Adam Bartczak
Why Do Some Succeed? The Impact Of Goal Orientation And Need For Closure On Learning And Engagement In A Problem-Based Learning Environment, Cassendra M. Bergstrom
Malaria kinase inhibition: a tool for antimalarial drug discovery and elucidation of cell cycle protein expression patterns, Kristen M. Bullard
Nurse addiction -- an unexpected journey: a phenomenological study of nurses in recovery, Karen Lee Burton
Willingness to seek academic help in preclinical nursing students: the influence of social self-efficacy and learning environment, Bernice Wallace Carmon
The Bayesian estimation of the fractal dimension index of fractional Brownian motion, Chen-Yueh Chen
A case study of information searching experiences of high school students with visual impairments in Taiwan, Hui-Fen Chen
Practitioner perceptions about documenting special education best practices within a standard teacher performance rubric, Moira Aileen Coogan
Creativity and the development of technology integration skills of preservice teachers: a mixed methods study of online course activities, Watsatree Diteeyont
Defining and measuring teacher legitimacy, Douglass Martin Drake
Asynchronous collaborative exam preparation: working or waiting in a wiki, Nicholas Paul Eliot Eastham
Applying learner-centered teaching in the nursing education classroom: from theory to practice, Donna M. Ellis
In their words: teachers' journeys to sustainable direct instruction implementation, Tina Errthum
Reporting accuracy of school officials and employees, Weston J. Finch
Relationships between social connectedness and spirituality on development of depression and perceived health status in rural populations, Ann P. Galloway
A case study exploring science competence and science confidence of middle school girls from marginalized backgrounds, Yeni Violeta García
iSi Se Puede! First-Generation, Latino Immigrant College Success Stories: A Transformative Autoethnographic Study, Mario Gonzalez
Factors influencing student motivation within two university-offered physical activity classes, Chad A. Grabau
Assessing sensitivity of Early Head Start study findings to manipulated randomization threats, Sheridan Green
Effect of endurance exercise on the combination of streptoxotocin induced diabetes and doxorubicin, Stephanie Erin Greufe
A web-based rating and annotation system for trumpet solo literature for middle and high school levels, Christopher Donald Hahn
Including students with special education needs in Rocky Mountain region Catholic schools' regular education programs, Jill Ann Perry Hall
Teachers' report of strategies used to facilitate language development in students with hearing loss, Candace Michele Handley
Academic accommodations, social supports, and academic self-efficacy: predictors of academic success for postsecondary students with disabilities, Stefanie Marie Howe
The Rhapsody/Concerto of Robert C. Ehle, Chia-Hua Huang
Transforming hierarchical relationships in student conduct administration, Kelly A. Jacobson
The interrelationships among attachment style, personality traits, interpersonal competency, and Facebook use, Michael A. Jenkins-Guarnieri
A model exploration of teacher efficacy, attitudinal beliefs, and caring behaviors towards Latino linguistically diverse students, Jennifer Keller Johnson
The Korean traditional elements in Young-Jo Lee's choral works, Taehyun Kim
Mental state understanding during aging: an examination of cognitively effortful and cognitively efficient mechanisms, Rena A. Kirkland
Enhancing Early Childhood Teachers’ Reflective Practice, Karen Magee Koski
What instructional coaches need from principals to impact teacher effectiveness: developing a grounded theory, Diane L. Lauer
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in conjoint couples therapy: a grounded theory study, Elizabeth Legg
Influences on the ethical orientations of certified rehabilitation counselors, Matthew E. Markve
The dynamics of self-determined motivation, passion, and athlete satisfaction over one competitive season in intercollegiate athletics, Roy Kaipo McGuire
An investigation of the self-handicapping process in collegiate athletics, Kristina Lynne Moore