Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.
Dissertations from 2015
Practices That Support Principal Succession, Amie B. Cieminski
Revenue Structure, Revenue Diversification, and Severe Economic Downturns: Using Ordered Response Models to Predict Public Research University Credit Ratings, Joshua Michael Cohen
The Effect of Expert Role Modeling on Anxiety/Self-Confidence and Clinical Judgment in Novice Nursing Students, Cathy Lorraine Coram
Ethnographic Inquiry of the Cultural Context: Academic Nurse Educators, Karen D. Cotter
Finding the Sweet Spot: Interpreting Educational Language Policy Within Rural School Districts, Jennifer Joslyn Daniels
The Interrelationships among Perceived Parenting Styles, Psychological Entitlement, and Subjective Well-Being, Emily A. Dreiling
Modeling Arbitrarily Interval-Censored Survival Data with External Time-Dependent Covariates, Wei Fang
The Role of Information and Reflection in Reducing the Bias Blind Spot: a Cross-Cultural Study, Wejdan Shukri Felmban
Biomechanical Assessment of Ertl and Burgess Transtibial Amputation Techniques, Abbie Elthea Ferris
Adaptations aligned to academic standards for students with significant disabilities in general education contexts, Megan Stella Finnerty
All Families Are Unique: Experiences of Lesbian-Parented Families, Rachel Tova Gall
Counselor Educator and Supervisor Experiences of Teaching Counselor Presence: A Phenomenological Exploration, Joel G. Givens
The Art of Multiphonics: a Progressive Method for Trombone, Matthew William Haislet
An Exploration of the Experiences and Factors in K-12 Education That Contributed to the Academic Success of Latino Students of Mexican Descent, Adriana Ayala Hire
An Examination of Motives Underlying Active Sport Tourist Behavior: a Market Segmentation Approach, Eric Michael Hungenberg
Redesign Program for Community College Developmental Education Students: Learning through the Sense of Belonging, Elizabeth JK James
The Effects of Animal Assisted Therapy on Tantrums and Aggressive Behaviors of Children with Autism, Rebecca L. Jesionowicz
Priming Effects on Word Recognition in Students with Dyslexia, Cynthia T. Johnson
School Psychologists' Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Attitudes and Parent Communication About Complementary Health Approaches to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Sara Beth Knickerbocker
Exploring Male Counselors’ Experiences with Vulnerability in the Counseling Relationship, Hannah Edith Davis Kreider
Heroes and Horses: Veteran and Equine Experiences with Equine Facilitated Learning and Therapy, Karen Elizabeth Krob
Project Success: A Methodological and Evaluative Case Study of The Early Alert Program Interventions, Randy James Larkins
School climate and the Latino-White achievement gap, Rachael R. Leavitt
Development of a Stereochemistry Concept Inventory, Alexey Leontyev
Physical Education Teacher Education Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions About and Implementation of Caring, Tanjian Liang
The Identification of Early Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Young Children of Taiwan, Feng-Chen Lin
Instructional Practices in Early Elementary School Written Expression: Teacher Beliefs, Instructional Strategies and Decision Making, Lisa Cottrell Hickman Little
At-Risk High School Graduates: Succeeding Despite the Odds, Suzette Michele Luster
A day without laughter is a day wasted? The relationship between different types of humor and different educational outcomes, Moshe Machlev
Attendance motivators and constraints: An investigation of students at the Football Championship Series division, Kurt C. Mayer
School Policy and Practice to Tackle a Public Health Problem: Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Leigh Lynn McGown-Kauffman
The Development of Bob Brookmeyer's Compositional Style: A Comparative Study of Six Works for Jazz Ensemble, Ryan Patrick Middagh
A Collective Pedagogical Narrative of African American Male Counselor Educators, Reginald A. Moore
Elementary Physical Educators’ Perspectives of Curriculum and Instruction in the United States and Thailand, Udon Nampai
Predicting Coaching Efficacy in National Collegiate Athletic Association Assistant Coaches: a Social Psychological Analysis of Coaching Goals, Commitment, and Values, Brett Allen Nichols
Forgiveness as a mediating variable between attachment style and adult love relationships, Dayna Northart
The Jazz Saxophone Style of Charles Mcpherson: an Analysis Through Biographical Examination and Solo Transcription, Don Wilbur Norton III
A Phenomenological Investigation of Teachers' Beliefs, Expectations, and Perceptions of Classroom Practices, Brian Matthew Nutter
Life Balance in Nurse Educators: A Mixed Methods Study, Joan Marie Owens
Counseling Competencies for Child Maltreatment Risk Assessment and Management, Janessa Marie Parra
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