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 2021
VETERAN TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES IN CONNECTION TO TEACHER EMPOWERMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL, Jessica Aho
Skateboard Jesus, Kenley Alligood
Human As We All Are: Posthuman Subjectivity in The Paper Menagerie and The Three-Body Problem, Jennifer Baker
A GUIDEWAY THROUGH THE LAND OF GHOSTS AND OTHER STORIES, Audrey Bauman
ENGAGING SECONDARY STUDENTS: THE BENEFICIAL INTERSECTION OF YOUNG ADULT AND CLASSIC LITERATURE, Jacob Bonetti
Calamity Sample: Stories About The Weatherman, Hannah Cajandig
The Gender Epidemic: Intersecting Disease, Gender, and Sexuality in a Graphic Novel, Autumn Cejer
Visualizing Geometric Structures on Topological Surfaces, Andrea Clark
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON TEACHER INTERACTIONS WITH STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, Travis Depuydt
Algebraic Structures and Variations: From Latin Squares to Lie Quasigroups, Erik Flinn
COLONY COLLAPSE, Greg Gose
Wolf Selection of Human-Modified Linear Features and Cover Types When Hunting and Killing White-Tailed Deer Fawns, Austin T. Homkes
HOMESCHOOLING DURING COVID-19: A CASE STUDY, Rebecca Z. Johnson
The Sound a Body Makes : and Other Ruminations on Navigating Roadkill, Olivia Kingery
Assessing the Efficacy of Training Parents via Telehealth to Administer Natural Environment Training, Olivia LaForest
Amor fati, Ian Maxton
The Physiological Effects of Therapy Dogs During Exercise for Sedentary Adults, Josie Lynne Mazzone
Impression, Storm, Victoria Rego and Victoria Anne Rego
Leadership Styles Present During Change in Secondary Education, Jeanine Sherman
Taunggyi Dreamer: Exiles, Diasporas, and Pleasures, Singh Kaur Singh
USING ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY TO ANALYZE THE IMPACTS OF COMMON CARP ON WILD RICE RESTORATION, Franklin Zomer
Theses from 2020
THE CATASTROPHIC OPEN WOUND: THE APPLICATION OF COMPLEX POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN LINDA HOGAN’S SOLAR STORMS AND EDEN ROBINSON’S MONKEY BEACH, Kawther I. Abbas
INVESTIGATING INDICATOR ASSOCIATIONS AND USABILITY CHARACTERISTICS FOR MEASURING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS IN CHILDREN, Abdulrahman I. Alaqil
INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN WINTER BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) MOVEMENT IN A SMALL NORTHERN MICHIGAN STREAM, Benjamin Bejcek
A BLENDED DISPLACEMENT; STORIES FROM THE PERIPHERY, Katherine Belliel
All This Plastic, All This Glass, Randi Clemens
Development of tolerance as a function of within session reinforcement in a blackjack game, Sarah Dartt
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT TRAINING ON BURNOUT IN BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANS WORKING IN MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES, Mallory DePetro
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF FASTING CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMOZOLOMIDE FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME, Joseph Duffy
The Wild Diamond Diaries: Healing Alongside America's Wild Horses, Megan Emily
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INDOOR VERSUS OUTDOOR AEROBIC EXERCISE IN FEMALE CANCER SURVIVORS: A LITERATURE REVIEW, Emily Ferroni
TOUCHING THE CENTER THAT BURNS: AN EXORCISM, Maggie Finch
QUEERING THE CURRICULUM: ESTABLISHING EQUITY FOR LGBTQIA STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS IN MICHIGAN, Miranda Findlay
A COMPARISON OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE COACHES STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PRACTICES 1997-1998 TO 2018, Corey Fitzgerald
ELECTROCORTICAL CHANGES OBSERVED IN THE N2 AS AN OUTCOME OF ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION TRAINING, Hayley Gilbertson
THE GUT MICROBIOTA OF A WILD AMERICAN BLACK BEAR (Ursus americanus) POPULATION, Sierra Gillman
Almost Trued: An Urban Exploration, Madeline Gombis
The Female Leadership Experience in Pre-Professional and Professional Ballet, Jill Grundstrom
Former Boy Detective, T Guzman
T. Hanks for Everything, Anissa Johnson
Resurgence in Dogs, Monica Jones
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOODLAND CARIBOU, SOIL CARBON CYCLING AND SOIL FERTILITY ON THE SLATE ISLANDS ARCHIPELAGO IN ONTARIO, CANADA, Melinda Kantola
Crossroads, Rebecca Keyes
Survivor’s Guilt and the Ethics of Remembering in Isaac Bashevis Singer's The Slave and Cynthia Ozick’s “The Shawl”, Ryne Menhennick
ONE DISTRICT’S STAKEHOLDERS’ DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUPPORTS AND BARRIERS IMPACTING THE USE OF A DIGITAL MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM, Andrew R. Mills
Goal Drought, Stephanie Oesch
Junkballer, Daniel Pobereyko
EVALUATING SOLUBLE AXL AS A BIOMARKER FOR GLIOBLASTOMA, Daniel Raymond
Snow Ghost, Joseph Rowles
GENE REGULATION CONTROLLED BY THE CRBS/R TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEM, Alexzandra Sales
Ecological Factors Influencing Infection Rates of the Birch Polypore Inonotus obliquus in the Laurentian Mixed Forest Province, Anna R. Slowik
Serum-based biomarkers and magnetic resonance imaging following mild traumatic brain injury in collegiate athletes post return-to-play, Taylor R. Susa
THE EFFICACY AND APPLICATION OF A 40-HOUR ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM TOWARDS THE APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN™ CREDENTIAL, Kimberly Thompson
Using Relational Frame Theory to Teach Prepositions to Children with Autism, Alexandra Vacha
AVAILABILITY AND PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND APPROACHES TO ADDRESS TRAUMA-RELATED OUTCOMES IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN, Jaime VanEnkevort
The Illuminated Empty Spaces, Jane Wagar
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROBABILISTIC REINFORCEMENT, AS A GAMIFICATION ELEMENT, IN A COLLEGE CLASS SETTING, Tiffanie Weeden
Theses from 2019
Reassessment of the extinction risk of the Neotropical freshwater crabs of the family Pseudothelphusidae, Ada Acevedo Alonso
Evaluating Changes in Error-Monitoring Electrocortcial Responses as an Outcome of Attention Bias Modification Training, Jeremy Andrzejewski
Authentic Learning in a Middle School Classroom: A Case Study, Andrea Ballard
The Natural Mother of the Child, Krys Belc
Swimming Performance Post Blood Flow Restriction Training in Collegiate Swimmers, Amy E. Boettcher
THE EFFECTS OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT TRAINING ON RECALL IN OLDER ADULTS WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEMENTIA, Jennifer Cammarata
Atlas of Distance, Alex Clark
An Examination of Affective Blunting in Rodents, Sigrid Crowel
Insignify, Emmanuel Flores
MYCOBIOME ANALYSIS OF TREES SELECTED BY BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES (Poecile atricapillus) AS NEST SITES, Connor Gable
Players' Preference For Losses Disguised As Wins In Keno: A Concurrent Choice Procedure, Sarah Hall
IMPROVING THE RIGOR OF ONLINE EDUCATION: EXPLORING CHARACTERISTICS OF FACULTY AND SYLLABI WITHIN AN ONLINE PROGRAM ASSESSMENT PROCESS, Brad J. Hamel
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER-BASED SIMULATIONS ON THE INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, Heather Isaacson
COMPARING FUNCTION-BASED MULTIPLE STIMULI WITHOUT REPLACEMENT AND PAIRED-CHOICE PREFERENCE ASSESSMENT RESULTS, Chiara Johnson
EVOLUTION OF FRESHWATER CRABS IN LAKE MALAWI AND THE LAKE MALAWI BASIN IN THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT VALLEY, Emily Johnson
Ending My Childhood: Stories of Growth, Jackson Keller
Parts Tethered Elsewhere, Shannon Konoske
Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Putative Antipsychotic Drugs, Alex Lekander
The Effects of Gamification in Conjunction with The Good Behavior Game and ClassDojo, Michele LHuillier
Behavior, Nest Site Selection and Success of Black Terns (Chlidonias niger), Dawn Marsh
Effects of Infanticide Risk and Timber Harvest on American Black Bear Space Use, D. Cody Norton
STUDENT EXPERIENCE WITH A TEACHER-DESIGNED DISCUSSION PROTOCOL, Lacey O'Donnell
Assessment of sex differences and amphetamine on schedule-induced polydipsia, Min Park
SUCCESSFUL SHOT LOCATIONS AND SHOT TYPES USED IN NCAA MEN’S DIVISION I BASKETBALL, Olivia D. Perrin
THE EFFECT OF A NOVEL REHABILITATION PROGRAM ON WALKING PERFORMANCE IN PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, Alyssa J. Rebensburg
LARVAL DEVELOPMENT AND MORPHOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICAN BURBOT (LOTA LOTA MACULOSA), Thornton Ritz
Secret Wars, Kaleigh Rodgerson
A SELF-STUDY OF A SPECIAL EDUCATOR’S TEACHING PRACTICES IN A PRISON SETTING: PROMOTING THE SELF-EFFICACY FOR LITERACY TASKS OF ADULT LEARNERS WHO ARE INCARCERATED, Brandon M. Selling
Improving Procedural Fidelity and Treatment Outcome in Natural Environment Training Using Peer Feedback, Kara Shawbitz
UNDERSTANDING NEGLECT OF PLANT BIOLOGY EDUCATION IN MICHIGAN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, Kim Smith
Genetic Diversity of Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in the Liuwa Plain of Zambia, Stephanie J. Szarmach
EFFECTS OF CHOICE ON MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION FLUENCY ACQUISITION FOR THIRD GRADE STUDENTS, Terri Tammelin