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 2024
EFFECTS OF DIAZEPAM, D-AMPHETAMINE, AND MORPHINE ON RATS’ CHOICES BETWEEN FOOD ALONE AND FOOD WITH DELAYED SHOCK, Mackenzie Baranski
Domesticated Animal, Luisa Barron
WOLF HOMESITE SELECTION AND DEN CHARACTERISTICS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, Lucas K. Beck
Salt Dreams, Phoebe E. Billups
Who’s Next: Elementary Principals’ Process for Identifying Future School Leaders in Washtenaw County, Michigan, Jennifer Bookout
FROM TURF TO TURF: FUNGAL INVASION OF ASCOCORYNE TURFICOLA IN A NORTHERN MICHIGAN BOG, Evan L. Coscarelli-Trott
Effects of Dextromethorphan on Neurite Outgrowth and Marble Burying Behavior, Alexia Dalton
EFFECTS OF FOREST SUCCESSION ON RAM'S HEAD LADY'S SLIPPER (CYPRIPEDIUM ARIETINUM) POPULATIONS IN THE GRAND SABLE DUNES, MI, Katelyn J. DeWitt
NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION IN COMPARISON TO HEAT THERAPY AS A MODALITY AFTER EXERCISE-INDUCED MUSCLE FATIGUE, Diana Dzasezeva
The Endings, Benjamin J. Fidler
Plumbing the Depths of the Shallow End: Exploring Persistent Homology Using Small Data, R. Anne Flynn
GEN Z’S PERCEPTIONS AND USE PATTERNS OF SMARTPHONES IN NATURE-BASED RECREATION, Miles A. Glendening
The Mongolian Remodeling and the structure of Anoplocephalid cestode diversity, Mackenzie Grover
Environmental DNA (eDNA) Metabarcoding: Analysis of Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Community Structure and Diversity, Katherine Hoehne
Patterns in Gray Wolf Pup Survival and Recruitment in Northern Minnesota, Andrea Hynes
PERCEPTIONS OF TRAUMA-INFORMED EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES IN WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, Kimberly C. Jasper
What Drives Gut Microbial Diversity and Community Structure Among Closely-Related Host Species?, Rylee Jensen
EFFECT OF UPPER BODY FATIGUING EXERCISE ON SHOULDER DYNAMIC STABILITY IN OVERHEAD AND NON-OVERHEAD ATHLETES, Abby M. Knight
Magpy: A Python Package for Magmas, Skylar Korf
Tribal Relations and NAGPRA: Consciousness, Connectedness, and Cause, Rylee S. LaLonde
Resting-state Functional Connectivity Correlates of Inhibitory Control over Emotional Stimuli, Makayla Mattson
SEASONAL VARIATION IN ROTIFER OCCUPANCY WITHIN FRULLANIA EBORACENSIS LOBULES: ILLUMINATING A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OVERLOOKED SPECIES, Emily A. Mydlowski
USING ADDITIONAL MEASURES OF HANDGRIP STRENGTH TO PREDICT AEROBIC CAPACITY IN WHEELCHAIR USERS, Eric Naugle
Neurocorrelates of Character Choice in a Videogame Task, Elijah Nieman
Something Like Human, Sofie R. Olin-Hitt
The Near Normality of the Commutant of a Moufang Loop, Evan Phillips
Gradual Memory Safety, Jack Phillips
Throwing The Bones, Dacia Price
UTILIZING THE LEAF-QUESTIONNAIRE TO DETERMINE THE RISK OF LOW ENERGY AVAILABILITY IN COLLEGE FEMALE WRESTLERS, Rafaela Rafajlovska
THIS NOW WHICH IS TO SAY YOU, Lauren Sparks
EXAMINATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN DECOMPOSITION BYPRODUCTS IN SOIL, savannah m. struble
GHOST PENINSULA, Zane E. Tanis
Drug Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Mouse Model, Megan Wells
Theses from 2023
TRANSACTIONAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE SUPERINTENDENCY: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF THREE UPPER PENINSULA SUPERINTENDENTS’ EXPERIENCES, Lisa A. Coombs-Gerou
THE EMPRESS OF ROME & OTHER STORIES THAT MAKE ME POSSIBLE, Zoa Coudret
ATTENTION BIAS TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMAGES FOLLOWING EMOTIONAL INDUCEMENTS OF PRIDE AND GUILT, Caleb W. Coughtry-Carpenter
TROPHIC DYNAMICS OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR FISH COMMUNITY, Ariel Edwards
INCONMENSURABLE: AN ARCHIVE OF THE UNSPOKEN, Camila L. Garcia
Effect of COVID-Protocols on Athletic Training Burnout, Harrison C. Garcia
BRICK, Sally Geiger
THE STATUS OF INVASIVE DUSKY SLUG (ARION) SPECIES IN THE UPPER GREAT LAKES: A MOLECULAR APPROACH, Olivia W. Hall
NECROBIOME SUCCESSION IN COLD CONDITIONS, Callan M. Herst
I Made You this Playlist because I Don't Know How to Say "I Love You", Matthew R. Howard
SHARED AND UNIQUE PATTERNS OF RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY LINKED TO ATTENTIONAL AND INTERPRETATION BIASES, Dahlia Kassel
TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DOES NOT DECREASE TORQUE LOSS OVER HIGH INTENSITY REPETITIONS, Ian Koskinen
Appropriated Voices: William Blake’s “The Little Black Boy” and British Antislavery Poetry, Brett J. Mattson
Seasonal habitat and movement ecology of adult brook trout in a northern Michigan headwater stream, Dan Monhollon
CHROMOSOMAL SIGNATURES OF AGING, SIBLING STATUS, AND POLLUTANTS: AN EXPLORATION OF COMMON LOON TELOMERE DYNAMICS, Amy L. Munes
THE EFFECT OF STEP RATE TRAINING ON RUNNING ECONOMY AND BIOMECHANICS, Nahir Negron-Fernandez
Sympatric Soil Microbe Interactions between Streptomyces and Fusarium Isolates, Lehren A. Olk-Szost
HERE NOR THERE, Lisandra Perez
LEVITY, Allison Leigh Peters
FECAL CORTISOL METABOLITES: A NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR MONITORING THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF FREE RANGING BROWN BEARS, Justin A. Pinero
Doves Don't Fly Here, Nadine Rodriguez
Effects of Static Versus Dynamic Cupping on Ankle Dorsiflexion, Alexandria N. Schaub
The impacts of embryo development and asynchronous hatching on morphology, growth, and development of larval burbot (Lota lota)., Andrew J. Shapiro
RAPID DETECTION OF THE IDH1 R132H MUTATION IN GLIOMAS USING RECOMBINASE POLYMERASE AMPLIFICATION, Collin Smith
Mother Rind, Julia Talen
Genetic Alterations Associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Nicole Thomas
Effects of Eccentric Nordic Hamstring Exercise on Fascicle Length in Females, Sarah J. Triemstra
Effects of Dextromethorphan on Schedule-Induced Polydipsia in Rats, Madeline T. Van Fossen
CONTIGO Y LAS ESTRELLAS, Esperanza E. Vargas Macias
Science, Community, and Culture: A Holistic Approach to Ecological Research and Education, Laura Whipple
SEXUAL MATURATION, OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE HISTORY VARIATION IN LAKE SUPERIOR BURBOT (LOTA LOTA), Michael Woodworth
Sue, Heath Joseph Wooten
Control of Pausing in Rich-Lean Transitions by Spatially Localized and Spatially Diffuse Stimuli, Carson S. Yahrmarkt
Theses from 2022
SIMPLE ORGANIC FERTILIZER AMENDMENTS FOR FARMING IN DEGRADED SOILS: EFFECTS ON PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, Andrew Adamski
Purification and Characterization of an Anti-Basigin Monoclonal Antibody: Application to the Study of Human Uterine Cells and Tissues, Jeannine M. Barna
Effects of temperature and density on the facial malformation of hatchery-reared cisco, Coregonus artedi, Reinna C. Blair
RELATING METABOLIC PHENOTYPES TO MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR IN BROOK TROUT, Jacob E. Bowman
The Social Construction of Language: Identity, Reality, and Trauma in American Composition Courses, Joselyne Campos
Concussion and Mental Health: Case Series, Haley M. Clark
Teaching Perspective Taking Skills to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mitchell Cox
Effects of annual thermal regime on growth trajectories of native age-0 brook trout (Salvelinus Fontinalis), Chase M. Daiek
INCREASE IN 1RM BACK SQUAT AFTER ABDOMINAL STABILIZING MANEUVERS, Caro Els
Molecular Evolution in the Mountains: Genetic Affinity and the Environment led to Adaptive Variation in the American Pika (Ochotona princeps), Zachery M. Farrand
A RAFT THROUGH STORMS (A.R.T.S.), Ronald L. Ferguson
MANAGEMENT OF YOUTH SPORT-RELATED CONCUSSION BY URBAN AND RURAL PRACTITIONERS: A PILOT STUDY, Brett R. Fox
PREDICTING CONTAMINANT TRANSFER FOLLOWING RE-ESTABLISHED CONNECTIVITY IN THE BOARDMAN RIVER, Ross A. Gay
The Relationship Between Cognitive Flexibility and Rumination: From Laboratory to Daily Life, Cassidy R. Girard
Quandles that are Knot Quandles, Jason Haskell
Saints in Space and the Queer Fantastic, Madeline Hernstrom-Hill
Only Underwater Can We Breathe: The Book of Mermaid Contemplations, Jessica Hudson
Raised In A Shockwave, Haley Hulan
THE MENTAL NOISE HYPOTHESIS: A RELATION BETWEEN NEUROTICISM AND P3 LATENCY VARIANCE IN A STROOP-STYLE REACTION TIME TASK, Jeremy Lawrence
A systematic review: The effect of prophylactic braces on reducing risk factors related to ACL injury in athletes, Zak Linczeski
"What if We're on the Wrong Side?": Police Brutality, Protest, and Player Culpability in Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human, Karmann E. Ludwig
ELECTROCORTICAL CHANGES FOLLOWING ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION IN A SAMPLE OF HIGH-BIPOLAR TRAIT INDIVIDUALS, Siraj J. Lyons
Measuring Affective Responses to Different Types of Nature Exposure, Abigail P. Moffett
Factors Influencing Attitudes Towards Ex-Offenders, Sydney Mosser
Understanding Parent-School Communication and Involvement of Children Receiving Title 1 Services, Holly B. Muscoe