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 2019
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
THE ROLE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE SYNTHESIZED BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF) ON THE HEALTH AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MURINE MOTOR UNIT, Mandy E. Taisto
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
Exploring Empathy in Medical Narratives, Adam Uhrig
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ROLES OF MUSCLE-SYNTHESIZED BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR AND PRESYNAPTIC TYROSINE RECEPTOR KINASE B IN MOTOR NEURON AXONAL TRANSPORT, Luke A. VanOsdol
Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Gabapentin, Michael Zuidema
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
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