Northern Michigan University Master's Theses
This is an electronic repository of the intellectual output of Northern Michigan University Master's graduates and provides an organized way to preserve theses in a digital format .
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Theses from 2017
EVALUATING THE USE OF SELF-RELEVANT STIMULI IN ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION TRAINING AS A TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY: A NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY STUDY, Jacob Scott Aday
Claiming Primordial Landscapes: Science and Imperialism in Turn-of-the-Century Science Fiction Novels, Kaitlin S. Andersen
36 Yellow Fields to One White Rhino, Sarah Bates
Get Lost Then Turn, Michael Berry
Information Sharing, Transparency, and E-Governance Among County Government Offices in Southeastern Michigan, Lawrence Bosek
Dead in the Crosswalk, Jacqueline H. Boucher
A PLATFORM FOR THE DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEINS THAT ASSOCIATE WITH PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA RNA POLYMERASE, Danielle N. Brogren and Danielle N. Brogren
THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT PROCESS BY MICHIGAN EDUCATORS, Victor Bugni
EFFECTS OF WINTER AND SUMMER THERMAL VARIABILITY REGIMES ON GROWTH AND METABOLISM IN BROOK TROUT (Salvelinus fontinalis), Spenser Chicoine
THE ACUTE AND CHRONIC EFFECTS OF HIGHLY CUSHIONED SHOES ON LOADING CHARACTERISTICS IN RECREATIONAL RUNNERS, Jessica Corkin
The Saleing Subculture, Hayli M. Cox
WALKING IN WAVES, Sarah David
COMPARISON OF CLINICAL VERSUS MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS IN DETECTING LOWER LIMB ASYMMETRIES ASSOCIATED WITH A SECOND ACL INJURY, Alicia E. DenHerder
Gaming for Meaning: Video Games and Evolving Reader Response, Reannon Dykehouse
Hollowend, Hayley M. Fitz
BERINGIAN BIOGEOGRAPHY: PATTERNS OF INTERCONTINENTAL DISPERSAL AND THE STRUCTURING OF A HOLARCTIC TAPEWORM GENUS, Genevieve M. Haas
A WALK THROUGH TRAUMA, Amy E. Hinrichs
PROGRAM EVALUATION OF THE LARGE LECTURE RETENTION ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVE PILOT PROGRAM AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2012-2015, Kathryn Johnson
USING PEER-MEDIATED SELF-MONITORING TO INCREASE PROCEDURAL INTEGRITY OF NET IMPLEMENTATION IN A CLINIC SETTING, Miranda Johnson
The Effect of Hyperthermic Whole Body Heat Stimulus (Sauna) on Heat Shock Protein 70 and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy in Young Males during Weight Training, Brandon C. Jones Mr.
MOLECULAR SUBTYPING OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ISOLATES FROM THE U.P. COMMUNITY FOR THE PRESENCE OF TOXIN-ENCODING GENES, Carol I. Kessel
An Unstable Container, John LaPine
Will you be my mentor? Self-selecting a mentor during student teaching., Linda Ludwig
In Post Memoriam: An Exploration of Family and Grieving, Courtney A. Mauck
Post-Activation Potentiation: Decay or Fatigue Delay, Ryan L. Meidinger
Sub-lethal and lethal effects of a neonicotinoid pesticide on the development of Northern leopard frog tadpoles., Travis A. Moe
BETTER HEALTH THROUGH HORTICULTURE: USING HORTICULTURE TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR AND REDUCE STRESS, Rachel Ochylski
The Role of Stereotype Threat in Mental Rotation, Bridget A. Parler
BASIGIN-2 MEDIATED ACTIVATION OF ERK1/2 SIGNALING IN HUMAN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME CELLS, Erik R. Peterson
A NIRS Study of Violinists and Pianists Employing Motor and Music Imageries to Assess Neural Differences in Music Perception, Sonja Prychitko
An Arbitrary Formation of Unspecified Value, Jennifer K. Quartararo
A Rapid Colorimetric Peptide Nucleic Acid Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for the Detection of the IDH1 Mutation in Glioblastoma, Edward J. Raack
THE WORK ETHIC GAP: COMPARING PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND EMPLOYERS, Joseph Routhier
Go for a Walk! Monitoring Walking for Depressed Mood, Michael E. Shrake
Phylogenetic studies of the Madagascan freshwater crabs (Potamoidea, Potamonautidae, Deckeniinae), Rainee Stevens
GROWTH PATTERNS AND SIZE-GROUP INTERACTIONS IN HATCHERY-REARED AGE-0 LAKE STURGEON, Joseph M. Susco
DELAYED EFFECTS OF SUB-LETHAL LAMPRICIDE, 3-TRIFLUOROMETHYL-4-NITROPHENOL (TFM), EXPOSURE ON THE METABOLIC PHYSIOLOGY OF JUVENILE LAKE STURGEON (ACIPENSER FULVESCENS), Matthew J. Symbal
Examining How Novices, Apprenticing Experts, and Disciplinary Experts Approach Reading Academic Texts, Hali A. Tavalsky
Wildlife: Stories, Jason D. Teal
COMPARATIVE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN PIKA PARASITES: UNRAVELING A HISTORY DRIVEN BY CLIMATE CHANGE, Heather M. Toman
CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 35 EXPRESSION: CONSIDERATIONS OF SEX AND OVARIAN HORMONES, Amanda M. Vanderplow
FLEAS OF THE AMERICAN PIKA: DIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN NORTH AMERICA’S INTERMOUNTAIN WEST, Niyomi Wijewardena
A Road out of Naknek Part One: The Tide Turns, Keith Wilson
Theses from 2016
The Trash Birder's Guide, Ashely Adams
EXAMINING THE NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF GROUP COHESION IN RESIDENCE HALL STAFFS, Thaher J. Aiyash
Paper Conferences as Meaningful Feedback to Student Writing, Jessica N. Betz
Paranormal Orgy, Cameron M. Contois
A MARRIAGE SEWN TOGETHER, Marie E. Curran
THE ROLE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE-SYNTHESIZED BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR IN RETROGRADE TRANSPORT ALONG MOTORNEURON AXONS, Rebecca L. Dangremond
Check the Box Marked Other: Exploring Gender in Family Life, Serenity E. Dougherty
"That Hateful Prairie Wind": Violence and Ecophobia in Twentieth Century American Gothic, Jessica Duncan
7-WEEKS OF YOGA TRAINING AND ITS EFFECTS ON FLEXIBILITY, RATE OF FORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND JUMP HEIGHT IN OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTERS, Andrew Ernst
Dredge, Molly M. Fox
Kingdom Come: Stories of Modern Appalachia, A. Paige Frazier
Blind but Seeing: Post-clinical Medicine in Jose Saramago's Blindness, Matthew J. Ftacek
Wolf Predation: Where and How Wolves Kill Beavers, and Confronting the Biases in Scat-Based Diet Studies, Thomas Gable
The Cranberry Club, Michael Giddings
Classical Masculinity in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Timothy N. Grams
DIET ANALYSIS OF NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE JUVENILE SALMONIDS IN A LAKE SUPERIOR TRIBUTARY, Alexis C. Growe-Raney
The Highlands, Amy Elisabeth Hansen
EFFECTIVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES IN SCHOOLS WITH POSITIVE CLIMATES IN THE AGE OF HIGH-STAKES TEACHER EVALUATIONS, Kristina M. Hansen
REMAIN, Johanna M. Hardy
Personality and Longevity in the Profession of Athletic Training, Tyler Harris
A Case Study in a Superintendent’s Leadership Under Duress, Anders C. Hill
Evaluation of a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay to Simultaneously Detect Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in Nasal Samples, Polly Hockberger
A Novel and Rapid Staphylococcus aureus Bacterial Identification Method Utilizing ImmunoMagnetic Beads and Single Cell Laser-Light Scattering, Kaylagh Hollen
12-DAY ADVENTURE RUN-HIKE TRAINING AT ALTITUDE IMPROVES SEA LEVEL 5KM PERFORMANCE, Andrew M. Jones
THE FEAR OF DROWNING, Christen N. Kauffman
WHALES AND OTHER MAMMALS: ESSAYS, Ryan Wesley Kauffman
THE INVERSION LAYER: ESSAYS, Benjamin W. Kinney
Lessons for an Educator: The Real Meaning of Sacrifice and Service, Courtney A. LeMire Mrs.
THE HISTORY OF THE DISEASE CONCEPT OF SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY, Brooke A. Lewis
Transitioning from Elementary to Junior High: Action Research at Bark River-Harris School District, Jason B. Lockwood
EXPATRIATES OF "GOOD" MOTHERHOOD: BEARING WITNESS, GUILT, AND BURDENS OF TRANSGRESSIVE MOTHERHOOD, Kelsey Nicole Lueptow
Engine, Robin C. McCarthy
EXAMINATION OF CD133 AND CD147 AS CANCER STEM CELL MARKERS, Christopher McMahon
THE NECK AS A POTENTIAL SITE FOR VESTIBULAR TACTILE SENSORY SUBSTITUTION, Kelly A. Morrow
ENVELOPE ELEGY, Caleb P. Nelson
The Fire in the Firefly: The Unspoken (Speaks), Ania S. Payne
MULTIPLEX REAL TIME PCR and MELT CURVE ASSAY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE and STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, Melissa J. Pierpont
USING A VIRTUAL WORLD FOR SCIENCE INSTRUCTION WITH FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS, Amy Eileen Pihlainen
Molecular evolutionary analysis of the American pika (Ochotona princeps), Andrew Michael Rankin
EFFECTS OF OPTOGENETIC ACTIVATION AND PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATION OF DOPAMINE NEURONS, Remington J. Rice
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN P300 EVOKED POTENTIALS AND PREFRONTAL CORTEX OXYGEN USE: A COMBINED EEG AND NIRS STUDY, Will S. Rizer
THE IMPACT OF MOVING FROM TWO-PERSON TO FOUR-PERSON TEAMS ON SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS TOWARDS SCHOOL, Zachary B. Sedgwick
TEACHERS’ AND ADMINISTRATORS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP FOR K-12 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS, Travis S. Smith
Deeper Than Roots, Braelyn D. Spencer
ASSESSMENT OF NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR AGONIST EFFECTS ON FEAR-POTENTIATED STARTLE, Mark Aaron Vanden Avond
An Imaginary, Average Sun, Matthew Weinkam
Upper Body Characteristics Related To Double Pole Performance in Female Cross Country Skiers, Karmen M. Whitham
ANALYSIS OF TUMOR SPECIFIC PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME (GBMs) TUMORS THROUGH IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY, Amanda M. Wigand
The Overexpression of Basigin-3 in Glioblastoma, Samantha M. Wightman
How to Hitchhike West with a Promise, Max Wojciechowski
Ghost, Moving, Andrea Wuorenmaa
Theses from 2015
16-Bit Ghouls: A Novella, Alyssa M. Bersine
HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS AND DEMOGRAPHY OF CALYPSO BULBOSA AND CYPRIPEDIUM ARIETINUM IN THE GRAND SABLE DUNES, MICHIGAN, Adrienne L. Bozic
Yardbirds, Joshua A. Brewer