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 2025

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Temporal Dynamics in Spatial Random Field Theory: A Methodological Advance in fMRI Data Analysis, Theophilus Barnabas Kobina Acquah

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Does Universal Screening Increase the Proportion of Culturally, Linguistically, and Economically Diverse Students in Gifted Education?, Leona Alexander

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College Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Phenomenological Study of Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Experiences, Laura K. Anderson

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Lived Experiences of Reintegration for Afghanistan Veterans Who Were Army Combat Medics, Matthew Argento

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El Salvador’s Cultural Memory and María de Baratta’s Piano Music: Kushkatan, Nahualismo, and the Representation of Indigeneity, Alejandro Jose Arroyo Alberto

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“They’ll Be Needing Us”: A Mixed Methods Study of the Lived Experience of Secondary English Teachers, Sarah Hahn Campbell

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Unschoolers in Higher Education: A Narrative Case Study of Unschoolers’ Sense of Belonging at University, Melissa Marie Carlson

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Learning The Musical Elements from an Early Age Through the Use of Traditional Folk and Popular Tunes in The Mother Tongue and A Compendium of Music Resources in Spanish for General Music Classes, Román Orlando Carranza Zapata

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Production Pressure and Normalization of Deviance: An Examination of Their Prevalence Among Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists in Their Primary Clinical Practice Setting, Jeremy Stephen Carter

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Is There a Relationship Between Motivation And Nursing Student Engagement? A Quantitative, Cross-Sectional, Correlational Study, Angela Coes

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Reversing the Panopticon: Perspectives of Previously Incarcerated Adults in Community College, Megan Friesen

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The Effects of Retrieval Practice on Knowledge Acquisition and Durable Learning in Undergraduate Nursing Students, Jessica Everritt Gay

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Sexual and/or Gender Minority (SGM) Stigma within Nursing Schools: The Relationship Between Stigmatic School Attributes, Minority Stressors, and SGM Nursing Student Mental Health, Michelle Gee

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Franz Schubert’s Composition Process Seen Through His Autograph Manuscripts, with a Focus on the “Arpeggione” Sonata, Ahmad Kandari

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A tale of Bohemians: A Comparative Analysis of Leoncavallo’s and Puccini’s Treatments of La Bohème, Mihye Kim

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Examining the Effects of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation on Gut Immune Responses, Aspen Elizabeth King

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Secondary Traumatic Stress and Post-Traumatic Growth: The Moderating Effects of Cognitive Flexibility and Compassion Satisfaction on School Personnel, Breanna King

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New Nursing Faculty Perspectives on and Experiences with Group Mentoring, Kathryn Donna Kuskie

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The Effects of Nursing Faculty Approachability on Student Engagement in the Clinical Setting, Kristin Lambert

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Meet Them Where They Are: Itinerant Early Childhood Special Education Services in Community-Based Settings, Ashley Lindstrom

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A Study of the Choral Music of Selected Asian Women Composers: Chen-Yi (China), Makito Kinoshita (Japan), And Hyo-Won Woo (Korea), Yanlu Li

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Implementation of Holistic Admissions Review in Associate Degree Nursing Programs: An Interpretive Description, Alisha Loken

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Efficacy of a Novel Role-Playing Based In-Class Simulation on Enhancing Clinical Judgment Skills in Senior Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Jolly Melodie

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Exploring the Utility of a Behavior Assistant Position in One School District, Carolyn Christine Mitchell

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The Role of a Web-Based Collaborative Cloud Application as a Tool for Spanish Acquisition: College Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions in Language Courses, Gloria Mercedes Monzon

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Hispanic/Latinx Faculty Members’ Experiences within Academia, Sarah Muñoz

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A New Approach: Supporting Traditional Jazz Pedagogy Through Neuroscience, Christopher John Navarrete

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Evaluating the Indirect Effect of Microaffirmations on Intersecting Marginalized Identities and School Sense of Belonging Among School Psychology Graduate Students, April Pratt

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Exploration of Disorienting Dilemmas New Registered Nurses Experience in Clinical Situations, Heidi Ritchie

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The Paraprofessional-to-Teacher Experience: Moving From the Margins to Front and Center, Joanna Kerster Ross

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Nurturing Students: A Qualitative Case Study Analyzing the Perceived Impact of Tiered Mental Health Support for Elementary Students, Mallori Victoria Sage

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A Randomized Clinical Trial Exploring Two Doses of Cannabidiol Daily for Eight Weeks on Health and Stress, Ryland Emery Townsend

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Jazz Composition Approaches of John Williams: A Film Score Analysis of the Knight Bus from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Matthew Stuart Towsey

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Creative Specialists: Exploring Creativity, Improvisation, and Jazz in Music Education, Stephen Oliver Vaughan

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From A to Z: The Musical Partnership of Al Cohn and Zoot SIMs, Darrel Lee Watson

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Setting the Style: The Count Basie Orchestra and Its Early Trumpet Players, 1935–1937, Derek Keith Watson

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Clinical Nurse Civility and Professional Identity Formation in Nursing Students, Janet Elaine Weeda

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Linear Concepts: The Life and Music of Bill Holman, Gregory John Weis

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Understanding the Cybersecurity Knowledge And Cybercrime Experiences of Older Adults Using a Learning Game, Richard Conrad West

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Perceptions of Undergraduate Nurse Faculty Regarding Social Emotional Learning Within Nursing Academia, Nicole Claire York

Dissertations from 2024

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The Relationship Between Basic Psychological Needs, Novelty, and Transformative Experience: A Cross-Cultural Study, Yousef T Dh Kh T Alardhi

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Finding the Sound: A Study of Nineteen Solos of Larry Grenadier, Alex Todd Annan

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A Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Collective Teacher Efficacy and its Enabling Conditions with Student Achievement in Colorado’s Elementary and Middle Schools, Amelia Baldwin

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Engaging Families in School-Based Physical Activity Promotion, Veronica Becerra

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Community of Practice as a Path to an Authentic Emancipatory Education, Rachel James Beckwith

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The Price of Precision: Significant Figures and the Student Experience, Ryan Michael Britt

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Evaluating Effective Communication of Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Christine Brockway

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Journey of Decisions: Understanding Parental Perspectives on Vaccine Hesitancy and Decision-Making Approaches in Childhood Vaccinations, Carlene Joy Brown

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The Lived Experiences of Transition-Age Youth with Usher Syndrome Preparing for Postsecondary Education: A Retrospective Study, Tara Mae Brown-Ogilvie

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Exploring the Degrees of Ableism Nursing Students with Disabilities Experience, Elizabeth Ruth Brox

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Cantus Imperialis: A Jazz Metal Song Cycle for Large Jazz Ensemble, Thomas Call

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Perspectives of Academic Nurse Leaders Regarding Mentorship of Novice Nurse Faculty, Suzanne Campbell

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An Analysis of Vision-Based Subtests’ Impact on Subtest Scores of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children on Students with Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment, Emily Cantillon

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A Narrative Inquiry into the Perceptions of Counseling Faculty Regarding the Use of Humor in Clinical Supervision, Ryan Cheuk Ming Cheung

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A Great War Requiem, Kaylene Cypret

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Is the grass really greener? A narrative study on what has drawn Student Affairs professionals, who identify as women, from Student Affairs to a position in the corporate world during the Coronavirus-19 Pandemic, Amanda Michele Davis Smith

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Brenno Blauth: A Study of Two Works for Oboe, Pablo Ramon dos Santos Hernandez

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Exploring University Student Perceptions of Climate Change Using Connection to Nature and Psychological Distance, Jessica Duke

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Practices, Curricula, and Perspectives: Creating Equitable and Inclusive Science Higher Education Classrooms, Victoria Lee Duncan

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Reclaiming Flow: A Phenomenological Study of Secondary School Counselors, Brett William Fedor

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“Freedom from Traditional Prejudice”: Lessons of Educational Equity at a State Normal School in the American West, 1890-1929, Jamie Fogg

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Development and Evaluation of an Instrument for Exploring Achievement Emotions of General Chemistry Students: General Chemistry Achievement Emotions Questionnaire, Alexander Graves

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Empowering Educators: The Impact of a Professional Learning Program on Collective Teacher Efficacy, Larisa Gray

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Performance of Shared Parameter Missing Data Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data, Justin Harding

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A Compendium of Three Musical Works Inspired by the African American Experience: Recordings, Commentary, and Pedagogical Observations, Edward W. Hardy

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Faculty Beliefs Toward Academic Accommodations for Prelicensure Nursing Students with Disabilities, Connie Harris

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Child sexual abuse disclosure: Non-offending fathers, McKayla Marie Harrison

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A Delphi Study Exploring Scope and Sequence of Trauma Education in Counselor Education Master Level Council of Accreditation of Counseling Related Education Programs, Alexis A. Hauck

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Study of Yoga Intervention to Reduce Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Public School Educators, Leslie Marie Hillen

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Comparison of Bayesian Versus Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Case Of Unbalanced Panels with Count Data, Bryan Hudson

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Thai Choral Music in Intercultural Choral Literature: A Guide to Thai Choral Music, Dolhathai Intawong

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Investigation of Geographic and Ontogenetic Venom Variation and Diversity of Snake Venom Metalloproteinases in the Great Basin Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus lutosus), Eric Januszkiewicz

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A DisCrit Analysis of Experiences Influencing Belonging for College Students with Disabilities, Paige Nichole Johnsen

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Effects of School-Based Physical Activity on Children’s Core Executive Function Abilities, Jessie Katelyn Johnston

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Exploring Suicide Loss Survivorship and Postvention Support During the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic, Sean Robert Kershaw

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The Application of Thai Classical Fiddle Techniques for Cello, Athita Kuankachorn

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The Fourth Pandemic: Photo-Narratives of Mid-Level Student Affairs Professionals During the Great Resignation, Melissa Lafferty

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The Impacts of Gender Minority Stress on Wellness Among Trans and Gender Diverse Adults, Nathan R. Landers

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Implicit Bias Toward Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Influential Role of Teacher Self-Efficacy, Laurie Claire Landrieu

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Understanding the Acculturation Experiences of Post-9/11 Student Veterans in the Higher Education Culture Of Civilian Postsecondary Educational Institutions, Jansen Sheridan Legreid

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Twentieth-Century Chinese Piano Sonatas: An Exploration of Selected Works by Ding Shande, Guo Zurong, and Chu Wanghua, Qingrui Li

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Musical Inspirations from Tang Court Dance Nichang Yuyi in Liu Qing’s Fantasia of Chinese Ancient Dance for Two Pianos, Yuan Li

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Compassion Fatigue Among University Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practitioners, Stephen P. Loveless

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Enhancing Chinese Language Learning Through Problem-Solving Gameplay, WeiHsuan Lo

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Racially and Culturally Conscious Parent Engagement Programs: Parent Contributions to a Critical Analysis, Veronica Maria Lucero

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Development and Validation of an Integrated Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale for Use in Multiple Contexts Using Item-Response Theory, Jordan Lynn Martell

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Facilitating Language Development in Late-Talking Toddlers: A Study of Caregiver Training and Intervention Effectiveness, Kelly Meadows

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Practicing and Performing Debussy’s Estampes, Yong Mei

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University Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Sex Differences in Identification and Diagnosis, Lisa Mickelson

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Secondary Choir Students’ Perceptions of Inter-District Collaborative Performance Experiences, Juliet Minard

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Patterns of Cannabis Use and Impacts on Communication and Relationship Satisfaction, Johni Mitchell

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Exploring the Psychological Impact, Responses to Loss and Resiliency Among University Students During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Kimberly Crystal Monroe

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A Pedagogical Approach to Cello Studies Influenced by the Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation, Romina Monsanto Colina

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Development and Validity Analysis of the Pragmatic Assessment of Role Transition and Onboarding for Midwives (Parto-M) Instrument: An Exploratory Study, Erin Mary Morelli

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Exploring Imagination within Early Childhood Education, Leah Christian Naylor

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“I’m Stressed—You Have to do Something to Help Me:” The Relationship Between Student Academic Entitlement, Academic Stress, and Satisfaction, Rebbecca L. Nemec

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Lennie Tristano’s Pedagogical Model in Jazz Education: A Critical Analysis of Pertinent Components From the 1950s for Current Classroom Implementation, Robert Ngobi

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The Development and Content Validity of an Assessment Instrument in Simulation for Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Programs: An Exploratory Study, Olivia Nicastro

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(Re)Birth of the Cool: A Culturally Sustaining & Community Responsive Pedagogical Framework for Music Education, Mario Yuzo Nieto

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Evaluation of Joint Model Imputation of Multilevel Models, Gabriel Owusu