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 2015
"Compulsion": The Fictionalization of the Leopold-Loeb Case and the Struggle for Creative Control of "The Crime of the Century", Maria L. Zambrana
Theses from 2014
THE EFFECT OF NALTREXONE ON NICOTINE-INDUCED CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE IN RATS, Jonathan M. Adams
VISUAL CUES EFFECTS ON TEMPERATURE PERCEPTION, Carrie Anne Balcer
The Perceived Demands of CrossFit, Bryanne N. Bellovary
ANTIDEPRESSANT EFFECTS OF THE NTS1 AGONIST PD149163 IN THE FORCED SWIM TEST, Lawrence Carey IV
EFFECTS OF LEPTIN ON ESTABLISHED GLIOBLASTOMA CELL LINES, Nicholas J. Cook
To Soar Above the Apple Grove: Stories, Emily V. Doseck
ACUTE EFFECTS OF LONG DISTANCE RUNNING ON C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS, Bridget E. Durocher
HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN APPLIED TO PERCEPTUAL PARADIGMS, Jonathan T. Fancher
Seasonal Roads, Lynn K. Fay
Framing Identity: Repudiating the Ideal in Chicana Literature, Michael A. Flores
THE EFFECT OF WINTER VERSUS SUMMER RUNNING ON LOWER EXTREMITY MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY RATE IN RECREATIONAL RUNNERS, Elizabeth Frieseke
SHIFTING SPACES IN DIGITAL RHETORIC: EPHEMERA IN THE AGE OF INFINITE MEMORY, Geoffrey Gimse
Endophytic Actinomycetes as potential agents to control common scab of potatoes, Alaxandra A. Goodman
Libraries in Battle: An Analysis of the Image of the Library in Texts by Swift, Borges, and Sloan, Elyssa M. Gould
LEAVING NORMAL, Genean Anne Granger
War and Return, Alexander Gubbins
CHARACTERIZATION OF VARYING LOCAL WINTER STREAM HABITAT AND ITS IMPACT ON COLDWATER FISHES, Jesse J. Haavisto
Diet Analysis of Burbot from Eastern Lake Michigan: 1999-2012, Casey J. Hares
This Is the Dream-Freeze, Timothy B. Johnston
Trends in Juvenile Delinquency, David L. Jones Mr.
THE EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUALIZED, STUDENT-SELECTED SPELLING LISTS ON ELEMENTARY STUDENT LEARNING AND MOTIVATION, Andrea N. Kleinpaste
"Why don't you speak ordinary English?" she said coldly: Linguistic Rebellion in "The Prussian Officer" and Lady Chatterley's Lover, Nicole R. Koroch
IDENTIFICATION OF HCMV UL97 IN GBM CELL LINES AND A POSSIBLE ROLE FOR GANCICLOVIR, Thomas McFall
Around the Table, Rachel E. Mills
Her Body Breathes Into Mine, Zarah C. Moeggenberg
MOVEMENT BREAKS: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PHYSICAL MOVEMENT ON KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS’ RECALL OF ADDITION FACTS, Erika L. Morrison
SOMEWHERE AMONGST THE ASHES, Keith Rebec
Plant Community Development of Isle Royale's Moose-Spruce Savannas, Michael C. Rotter
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