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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For your convenience, the NMU Theses collection has also been organized into departmental collections. You may browse these sub-collections by clicking the links below:
Theses from 2022
The Earth Ball, Elijah Sparkman
LARVAL FISH EXPORT IN RESPONSE TO VARYING COMPENSATING GATE DISCHARGE AT THE SAULT RAPIDS, ST. MARYS RIVER, Signe F.K. VanDrunen
INTERROGATING RACISM: AN ARTS-BASED SELF-STUDY OF THE INTERACTIONS OF ONE WHITE TEACHER EDUCATOR IN A RURAL TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM, Jaime VanEnkevort
Kissing the Archimedeans, Anthony Webb
Varieties of Nonassociative Rings of Bol-Moufang Type, Ronald E. White
WOODLAND CARIBOU AS ECOLOGICAL DRIVERS OF FIR WITCHES' BROOM INFECTIONS ON THE SLATE ISLANDS, Ella C. Wilbanks
Theses from 2021
VETERAN TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES IN CONNECTION TO TEACHER EMPOWERMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL, Jessica Aho
Skateboard Jesus, Kenley Alligood
EFFICACY OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT TRAINING (ACT) IN A TELE-HEALTH FORMAT TO TREAT INDIVIDUALS WITH AN EATING DISORDER, Morgan Angel
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
FLUOXETINE AS A NOVEL TREATMENT TO ATTENUATE CISPLATIN-INDUCED COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, Xochitl Delgado
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON TEACHER INTERACTIONS WITH STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, Travis Depuydt
CEREBELLUM-SEEDED FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY CHANGES IN TRAIT-ANXIOUS INDIVIDUALS UNDERGOING ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION TRAINING, Katherine Elwell
Caregivers’ Understanding Of Early Literature Expectations For Firstborn Children Entering Kindergarten, Kathleen England
Algebraic Structures and Variations: From Latin Squares to Lie Quasigroups, Erik Flinn
COLONY COLLAPSE, Greg Gose
PLUMAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LONG-EARED OWL (Asio otus) IN THE VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA OF LIGHT, Emily Griffith
Wolf Selection of Human-Modified Linear Features and Cover Types When Hunting and Killing White-Tailed Deer Fawns, Austin T. Homkes
A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE OF FEAR: HUMAN IMPACTS ON CARNIVORE COMMUNITIES, Tru Hubbard
HOMESCHOOLING DURING COVID-19: A CASE STUDY, Rebecca Z. Johnson
SENSITIVE AND SPECIFIC DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 IN SALIVA USING REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION, Casey Juntila
The Sound a Body Makes : and Other Ruminations on Navigating Roadkill, Olivia Kingery
COORDINATION VARIABILITY AND INJURY RISK IN EXPERIENCED COLLEGIATE DANCERS, Emily Klinkman
Evaluating the Undesired Outcomes of Response Interruption and Redirection, Nicole LaFoille
Assessing the Efficacy of Training Parents via Telehealth to Administer Natural Environment Training, Olivia LaForest
Hidden Diversity of Madagascan Freshwater Crabs (Brachyura: Potamoidea) Revealed by Morphological and Molecular Studies, Ellen Leever
The Rusted Gate, Rebecca Matteson
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
CHAMELEON BOY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LITERARY CRITIQUE OF BIRACIAL SUBJECTS IN A RACIALIZED SOCIETY, David Robinson
IN SEARCH OF A SIMPLIFIED, OBJECTIVE ATTACHMENT STYLE ASSESSMENT: THE ATTACHMENT IMPLICIT MEASURE, Lisa Savage
Computable Model Theory on Loops, Josiah Schmidt
Leadership Styles Present During Change in Secondary Education, Jeanine Sherman
Taunggyi Dreamer: Exiles, Diasporas, and Pleasures, Singh Kaur Singh
THE BROWN BEAR GUT MICROBIOME: A NOVEL TOOL FOR CONSERVATION & MANAGEMENT, Sarah M. Trujillo
Necrobiome Succession in Muscle Tissue as a Potential Indicator of Postmortem Interval, Anna Wacker
IMPACTS OF BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN INFECTIONS ON BREEDING ECOLOGY AND SUCCESS IN WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS (Zonotrichia albicollis), Rachel Weisbeck
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