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 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
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT TRAINING ON BURNOUT IN BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANS WORKING IN MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES, Mallory DePetro
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
THE GUT MICROBIOTA OF A WILD AMERICAN BLACK BEAR (Ursus americanus) POPULATION, Sierra Gillman
The Female Leadership Experience in Pre-Professional and Professional Ballet, Jill Grundstrom
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOODLAND CARIBOU, SOIL CARBON CYCLING AND SOIL FERTILITY ON THE SLATE ISLANDS ARCHIPELAGO IN ONTARIO, CANADA, Melinda Kantola
Survivor’s Guilt and the Ethics of Remembering in Isaac Bashevis Singer's The Slave and Cynthia Ozick’s “The Shawl”, Ryne Menhennick
Goal Drought, Stephanie Oesch
Junkballer, Daniel Pobereyko
Snow Ghost, Joseph Rowles
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
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
Threat Perception Alteration as an Effect of Use-of-Force Simulation Training, Ellyse VanDyke
SEASONAL CHANGES IN BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE (POECILE ATRICAPILLUS) SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND GARGLE VOCALIZATIONS, James VanOrman
THE EFFECTS OF SHOE TYPE ON BIOMECHANICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO STEPPING AND INCLINED WALKING, Ashley L. VanSumeren
In Color, Indigo Villanueva
honeypot, Brenna Womer
Behavioral and Psychophysiological Effects of Near-Miss Outcomes in a Game of War, Erin Wylie
Theses from 2018
CD147 AS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN GLIOBLASTOMA TREATMENT, Beau Adams
The Effects of Stress on American Football Overhand Throw Accuracy, Cale Anderson
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE GLOBAL-MINDEDNESS OF FRESHMEN AND SENIOR STUDENTS AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Anthony Barnes
I Was Thinking Something In The Car, But Now I Forgot, OllieMae Bartlett
AVIAN FORAGING RESPONSE TO JACK PINE (PINUS BANKSIANA) VOLATILE CHEMICALS, Katie Bjornen
Aesthetic Shapes of Holocaust Literature and Pedagogical Applications, Kate A. Bonacorsi
THE CHARACTERIZATION OF BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITIES IN BDNF LOXP TRANSGENIC MICE, Ryan Brandt
wait for it to bloom., Deziree Brown
COMPENSATORY HIP AND KNEE MECHANICS IN TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTEES DURING STAIR DESCENT AND DIRECTIONAL TASK, Mindie Clark
ASSESSING THE EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THE CUTANEOUS-RABBIT EFFECT USING FACES, Bartholomew Endres
Isolating and Identifying Fungal Endophytes from Roots of Rare Orchid Cypripedium arietinum in Grand Sable Dunes, Michigan, Kari Farkas-Lasich
Effects of Norharmane and Nicotine on the Conditioned Place Preference of Mice, Lindsey Galbo
Ecological Drivers of Plant Community Composition in a Patterned Fen at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Michigan, Alex Graeff
THINGS WE HAVE IN COMMON: ESSAYS AND EXPERIMENTS, Willow Grosz
The Wrong Side of Yesterday, Jacob Hall
THREE SPEEDS OF YOGA AND THE EFFECTS ON SALIVARY CORTISOL LEVELS IN FEMALE NURSING STUDENTS, Meagan Hennekens
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULT ONE DOG CANICROSS RUNNERS, Ashlyn Jendro
HYPOXIA-REGULATED EXPRESSION OF GLUT-1 IN GBM CELL LINES, Marissa Kane
The Immortal Jellyfish and Other Things That Don't Know About Love, Tianli Kilpatrick
Affective Images of Climate Change: Analysis and Database Development, Elizabeth Lehman
Healing through Humility: An Examination of Augustine's Confessions, Catherine Maurer
CHARACTERIZATION OF THERANOSTIC PEPTIDES FOR GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME, Aaron Mellesmoen
Biomechanical Adaptations to an Implemented Ramp Angle in Recreational Alpine Skiers, Stephanie R. Moore
CLIMATE DRIVEN RANGE SHIFTS OF NORTH AMERICAN SMALL MAMMALS: SPECIES’ TRAITS AND PHYLOGENETIC INFLUENCES, Katie Nehiba
‘Presume Not That I am the Thing I Was’: Altering Perceptions of the Disabled via the Staging of Disability in Early Modern England, William Nyfeler
Lonely This Side of Nowhere, Anne Okonowski
Investigating Sexual Violence in College-Aged Dating Couples: Does the Medium Affect the Message?, Emily F. Plackowski
CLOSE READING AND CRITICAL THEORY, Kimberly Rosewall
Bramble and Knife, Sara Ryan
STUDENT ATHLETES' PERCEPTION OF SMARTPHONE USE AND ITS EFFECTS ON SLEEP QUALITY, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION, Alexis Schaefer
That Said, Karl Alderic Schroeder
MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN STUDENTS AT A NONMETROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, Janelle Taylor