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 2014
DISASTER SALSA, Linda A. H. Sirois
EBBINGHAUS ILLUSION IN TOUCH AS EVIDENCE FOR THE TWO STREAM PERCEPTION-ACTION HYPOTHESIS, Erin R. Smith
SEED BANK DYNAMICS WITHIN A METAPOPULATION FRAMEWORK: A STUDY OF AN ANT-DISPERSED SPECIES, Emily E. Sprengelmeyer
A PHYLOGENETIC REEVALUATION OF THE GENUS GAVIA (AVES: GAVIIFORMES) USING NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING, Quentin D. Sprengelmeyer
PERCEPTIONS OF OPEN-ENDED ART BY FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHER, Amanda M. Swanson
CHARACTERIZATION OF HCMV-ENCODED CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR US28 TRANSDUCED MSU1.1 HUMAN FIBROBLAST CELLS, Danielle R. VanBeckum
HAPTIC AND EXOSKELETON DEVICES FOR NEUROREHABILITATION OF UPPER LIMB PARALYSIS: A STATE OF ART AND A NIGHT LANDING TASK, Samantha Renee Wagner
In a Relative Way, Gabriel W. Waskiewicz
Where I Belong, Joy E. Weitzel
Theses from 2013
Assessment of Attention in Vasopressin-Deficient Brattleboro Rats Using a Five-Choice Serial Reaction Time Task, Michael D. Berquist II
Eternal Twilight, Ashley Brooke Boulton
American Stoner, Kelly Carter
Headbanging by Pigeons III. A Systematic Replication and Extension of an Animal Model of Psychopathology, Darin Allen Casler
AN ECOSYSTEM SERVICE-BASED APPROACH TO TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE SPECIES CONSERVATION IN MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA, Kristin Anne Denryter
CHORES AND DOMESTIC LIFE IN JUVENILE LITERATURE, Tyler R. Dunn
ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CHEWING LICE IN A NORTHERN MICHIGAN POPULATION OF BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS, Emily Shea Durkin
Bodies Shaped in Paint and Earth, Emily Ann Engelhard
THE MODERATING EFFECT OF FLOW BETWEEN COMPETENCE FEEDBACK AND INTRINSIC MOTIVATION, Kayla Marie England
The Shrike: An Original Screenplay, Louis Fisk
OVERWINTERING OF BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) IN SEVENMILE CREEK, LAKE SUPERIOR, MICHIGAN, USA, Chris R. Gagnon
DIVERGENT PATTERNS: RE-WRITTEN MAPS, MYTHS, AND MR(S) IN SARAH KEMBLE KNIGHT AND ELIZABETH HOUSE TRIST’S TRAVEL NARRATIVES, Ashley Alexandra Goedker
How to See in the Dark, Nancy G. Gold
URBANIZATION EFFECTS ON OVERWINTERING BROOK AND BROWN TROUT: FISH CONDITION AND MOVEMENT, Rachael A. Guth
PRACTICE AND MEMORY LOAD IN A DUAL VISUAL WORKING MEMORY TASK, Joshua Louis Hoelter
Graphic Novels: Agents of Reading Engagement, Susan Hornbogen
DIET COMPARISON AMONG NATIVE AND INTRODUCED SALMONIDS IN A TRIBUTARY TO LAKE SUPERIOR, Julie L. Howard
THE USE OF AN ANIONIC POLYACRYLAMIDE BLEND TO CONTROL THE CYANOBACTERIA MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA, Kyla Jayne Iwinski
Bridging the Gap: Transcending Multimodal Pedagogies Used in Composition Courses to Teach Literature, Lucy Anne Johnson
DOG-FACED DEFLORES: DISABILITY IN EARLY MODERN LITERATURE, Rebecca A. Kahl
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY AND DISORDERED EATING IN FEMALE COLLEGIATE ATHLETES, Mariah Israel Lash
Shadow of the Mountain, Erkki Wilho Mackey
Ghosts of Summer, Chanomi Maxwell-Parish
SAME-SEX VS OPPOSITE-SEX ATHLETIC TRAINERS: NCAA ATHLETES’ COMFORT AND PREFERENCE, Megan M. McCullough
Come True, Melody McNeill
REFLECTIONS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS BY GENDER AND RACE/ETHNICITY ON OBTAINING A SUCCESSFUL SCIENCE EDUCATION, Bethany Mihalik
COMPONENTS OF THE DICKINSON COUNTY TREATMENT COURT: WHICH ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE?, Amber R. Miller
Ghost Work, John Minser
The Effects of Antidepressant Drugs on the Schedule-Induced Polydipsia, Sean Mooney-Leber
“MY RESOLUTION’S PLACED AND I HAVE NOTHING OF WOMAN IN ME”: THE SUBJUGATION OF SHAKESPEAREAN WOMEN, Jennifer A, Nicholas
PREVENTING IMPAIRED DRIVING THROUGH COLLEGE-BASED FREE RIDE HOME PROGRAMS, Andrew J. Nogar
GENETIC INVESTIGATION OF BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) POPULATION STRUCTURE IN LAKE SUPERIOR TRIBUTARIES LOCATED IN PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, MICHIGAN, USA, Jonathan J. Pearce
Infintitesimals, Brandon Richard Peters
THE ROLE OF MUSCLE-SYNTHESIZED BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF) IN THE HEALTH AND MAINTENANCE OF MOTORNEURONS, Emily J. Pomeroy
THE ROLE OF NT1 RECEPTOR AGONISM IN DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS PROPERTIES OF A D1 OR D2 DOPAMINE RECEPTOR AGONIST, Kristoffer R. Rusch
INDUCTION OF T CELL APOPTOSIS BY GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME, Keith Zachary Sabin
Rum Heart, Cameron Witbeck
Theses from 2012
Between Beats, Alexander Belz
Fruit Farm, Harger Boal
Rise of the Volsung, Katherine Buel
The Effects of Summer Camp on Self-Esteem and Self-Concept in Children Diagnosed with Cancer, Meghan E. Connell
A Wild World, Cameron Michael Contois
Changes in Knee Valgus Angle of Female Athletes During Different Phases of the Menstrual Cycle, Eric John Daniels
THE POPULATION STATUS OF THE FEDERALLY THREATENED PITCHER’S THISTLE (CIRSIUM PITCHERI) IN THE GRAND SABLE DUNES AT PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, MICHIGAN, Kimberly Sue Danielson
Frontiers, Justin Lawrence Daugherty
A MOLECULAR GENETIC ASSESSMENT OF SEX RATIOS FROM BREEDING, MIGRATORY AND OVERWINTERING COMMON LOONS, Abigail Leigh Debiak
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVENTURES COURSE: AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT WRITING TO GUIDE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, Chuck Santiago Delpier
The Flora and Ecology of a Neotropical Savanna, Utila, Bay Islands, Susan Fawcett
Somewhere In Between, Amelia M. Gagliano
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH OF THE K.I. SAWYER COMMUNITY REGARDING THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF POLICE SERVICE, Gabriel Lee Green
Come with Me to Taco Tuesday: Essays and Appeals, Richard Hackler
Do Not Resuscitate and Other Imperatives, Stacy B. Harrison
Gate City, Andrew Hilleman
WHAT IS THE MONETARY COST OF LOCAL MARIJUANA ENFORCEMENT?, Collin Masato Ito
SEED TYPE, PREDATOR, AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON FORAGING BLACKCAPPED CHICKADEES (POECILE ATRICAPILLUS), Sayako Iwanaga
Teeth and Claws: A Collection of Reformed Fairy Tales, Elizabeth J. Kepsel
AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT BROOK TROUT (Salvelinus fontinalis) AGING PRACTICES INCLUDING ANALYSES OF CALCIFIED STRUCTURES AND THE VALIDITY OF USING DIGITAL PICTURES FOR AGING, Christopher Kovala
MARIJUANA USE AMONG STUDENTS AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Guy R. LaPlante
SPECIATION OF THE HOUSE MOUSE: GENE FLOW AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION IN A HYBRID SYSTEM, Matthew R. Lindeman
Ariel, The Broken, James Robert Loomis
Cry, the Beloved Contradiction: Paton’s Colonial Legacy, Cameron Mahoney
In Mirrors and Through Windows, Laura Mead
The Anthem of Eddie Fortune, Jordan R. Meyers
Gravity Tender, Darrin Moir
In the Middle: North of 45, Susan A. Morgan
CLASSIFICATION OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE 18TH CENTURY: A COMPARISON OF THE NOSOLOGIES OF CARL LINNAEUS, FRANCOIS BOSSIER DE SAUVAGES, RUDOLPHO VOGEL AND WILLIAM CULLEN, Heather Ann Munsche
A RELATIONSIHP BETWEEN AN ATHLETE’S LEVEL OF COMPETITION AND THEIR ABILITY TO TOLERATE PAIN, Cora Rose Ohnstad
METAFICTION AND B. S. JOHNSON’S ALBERT ANGELO, Olivia Maureen Olson
EFFECTS OF 1α,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D3 (CALCITRIOL) ON CULTURED GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME CELLS, Justine M. Pinskey
EFFECTS OF VARYING LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS’ SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE RETENTION, Christy L. Provost
MICHIGAN PRISONER REENTRY INITIATIVE AND SEX OFFENDERS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF A SEX OFFENDER TRANSITION PROGRAM, Lynda Rayburn-James
USE OF THE PHRASE “THAT’S SO GAY” AS A HETERONORMATIVE MICROAGGRESSION, Mary K. Ross
A SEARCH FOR AN ENDEMIC POPULATION OF IXODES SCAPULARIS IN SELECT AREAS OF PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, Steven J. Schaar
WORKING TOWARD A PEDAGOGY OF AWARENESS: MULTIMODALITY AND UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING IN THE FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION CLASSROOM, Virginia M. Schminke-Yaussy
THE BRONTЁS AND THE BEASTS: NEWLY AWAKENED SYMPATHIES AND SHIFTING REPRESENTATIONS OF OTHER-THAN-HUMAN ANIMALS IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE, Teresa Sherman-Jones
INHIBITION OF MIR26A MICRORNA RESTORES SENSITIVITY TO TEMOZOLOMIDE, Angela G. Stewart
Falls, Luke Anthony Thominet
EFFECTS OF PD149163 ON WORKING MEMORY IN A DELAYED NON-MATCH TO POSITION TASK, Jennifer L. Thornton
WILLIAM BLAKE’S VISIONS FOR THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AND BEYOND, Lauren Vander Lind
The Lakeland Fires, Andrea E. Wuorenmaa
Theses from 2011
Crime and Education: College Students and Their Relationship with the Clery Act, Matthew Robert Bush
Mothering in Prison: Maintaining Relationships through Prison Programs, Shawna Bussone
Can the Headsprout Early Reading Program Improve Reading Skills in a Head Start Preschool Classroom?, Tracy Newton Cadeau
The Effect of Birth Order Perceptions on the Evaluation of Personality, Emily E. Case
EFFECTS OF PD149163 ON SPATIAL WORKING AND REFERENCE MEMORY IN RATS PERFORMING A RADIAL ARM MAZE TASK, Maureen Suzanne Donegan
‘HELPLESSLY CULPABLE’: THE OTHER AND THE ETHICAL RELATIONSHIP IN IAN MCEWAN’S SATURDAY, Elizabeth M. Faucett
Wise Woman Mandala, Mary Angela Formolo
NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: A CASE STUDY OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF FACULTY SEEKING A BALANCE OF TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP AND SERVICE, Erica L. Goff Ms.