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 2011
American Limbo, Cassidy Lachmann Hart
THE EFFECTS OF THE NEUROTENSIN-1 RECEPTOR AGONIST PD149163 ON VISUAL SIGNAL DETECTION TASK PERFORMANCE IN RATS, Todd M. Hillhouse
Love in the Time of Cyberspace, Joseph L. Janca
Under a Rock: Essays of Events Unearthed, Overlooked, and Pushed Aside, Timothy B. Johnston
PREVENTING RECIDIVISM IN MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN: WHAT WORKS, Katherine Frances Kubont
METHYLATION AND PATTERNS OF EVOLUTION IN IMPRINTED GENES IN THE MOUSE, Tori A. LaFleur
MIGRATION OF MURINE SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE ISOLATED NEUROSPHERES, Danny C. LeBert
EFFECTS OF PATCH SIZE, ISOLATION, AND HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS ON SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN THE GRAND SABLE DUNES OF PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, Sarah Lou Malick
Floating Away from the Moon, Krista Mann
Choir Practice, Terri L. Martin
Buoys, Erica Marais Mead
Fallout: Part One, Meredith A, Neuman
COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN MENTAL ROTATION IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE, Debra L. Nyman
A TWO-YEAR TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL INVESTIGATION OF QUESTING TICKS IN MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, Tiffany J. Opalka
COMPARISON OF COUNTERMOVEMENT JUMP AND LANDING KNEE ANGLE: 2D VIDEO VS ELECTROGONIOMETRY, Erich J. Petushek
Long Walk on a Strange Road, Thomas E. Rich
AMERICAN BEAVER FORAGING ECOLOGY: PREDATION AVOIDANCE, DIET, AND FORAGE AVAILABILITY, William J. Severud
THE COLLECTED LETTERS AND UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF KARIN PANKREEZ, NOVELIST ASPIRANT, Jason Shrontz
Acts of Nature, Rebecca Tavernini
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO DOUBLE-POLE ERGOMETRY: STANDING VS. SITTING, Jodi Lynn Tervo
METHODS TO INCREASE TEMOZOLOMIDE SENSITIVITY IN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME: MANIPULATING PARP-1 AND MGMT, Vanessa Loraine Thibado
Theses from 2010
Effects of Gender and Role Selection in Cooperative Learning Groups on Science Inquiry Achievement, Maria Geralyn Affhalter
Spiritual and Material Crosses in the Works of John Donne, Angela Aliff
Junk City, Issac J. Coleman
Grizzly Heaven, Robert R. Cole
The Crown of Prayer and Praise: Worship in Donne's LA Corona, Erin E. Colgrove
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE R&R CONSENSUS REGION USING IN SILICO MOLECULAR MODELING, Nethaniah Dorh
Balore: The Jewel of the Mountain, Jeffrey C. Evans
Shades of Clear, Daniel A. Gocella
HEADBANGING BY PIGEONS: A SYSTEMATIC REPLICATION AND EXTENSION OF AN ANIMAL MODEL OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, Allison H. Hahn
INVESTIGATING THE KOLB LEARNING STYLE INVENTORY’S IPSATIVE SCORES USING SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL AND LIKERT SCALING, Grace Eleanor Jamieson
A Study Examining the Relationship Between High School Dropouts and Criminality at the Ojibway Correctional Facility, Scott Jette
THE POST-FREUDIAN CASEBOOK NEURONOVEL, Krysthol Kauffman
EFFECTS OF PD149163 ON MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTICAL DOPAMINE RELEASE IN RATS, Amber L. LaCrosse
HAMSTRING MUSCLE ACTIVATION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GENDER WHILE PERFORMING SINGLE LEG LANDINGS, Matthew Lewis
Presidents & Assholes, Heather Luebke
EFFECTS OF MOOD AND EMPATHY ON THE PERCEPTION OF EMOTION IN PHOTOGRAPHIC FACES, Justin P. Madigan
Factors Affecting Predation on Wood Turtle (Glyptemys Insculpta) Nests in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Jenny Lynn Rutherford
A MULTI-SCALED HABITAT ANALYSIS OF LICHEN COMMUNITIES ON GRANITE ROCK IN THE HURON MOUNTAINS, MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, Ryne Douglas Rutherford
Tiger God, Aubrey Ryan
DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS PROPERTIES OF PD149163, Candice J. Schuck
COGNITIVE DEFICITS AND BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL IN PERSONS WITH DIABETES, Peder Henrik Seglund
NON-INVASIVE GENETIC SAMPLING IN THE ANALYSIS OF WHITE-TAILED DEER POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS, Grant Montgomery Slusher
INFLUENCE OF LEARNING STYLES, GENDER, SELF-RATED COMPUTER EXPERIENCE, AND AGE ON PREFERENCE FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING VERSUS TRADITIONAL LEARNING, Sherrry A. Smith-LaBrash
RURAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF CHALLENGES, ASSISTANCE REQUIRED, AND SUPPORT FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, Joseph R. Zerbst
Theses from 2009
Venus Spinning, Tara Acton
Cease to Exit, Eric Edwin-Joseph Benac
On Superior's Southern Shore: Land and Identity in Selected Works of Louise Erdrich and Jim Harrison, Kyle A. Bladow
Phantom Pains, Cynthia Anne Brandon
The Price of Water, Ajani Sebastian Burrell
Effects of Collaborative Action Research and Biology Journaling Notebooks on High School Student Achievement, Elsa Joan Clark Clement
Myth as Redemption in Three Canadian Novels, Elizabeth A. Crachiolo
INTENSE ACOUSTIC STIMULATION DOES NOT AFFECT SUBSEQUENT VERTICAL JUMP PERFORMANCE IN HUMANS, Benjamin A. Crockett
Surviving the Reservation, Rochelle Lynn Dale
A Thicker Kind of Water, Chad R. Dobson
Mother Tongue, Amanda Love Giracca
FURTHEST FROM I, Anthony S. Gurriero
EFFECT OF ANTIGENIC SITE MUTATIONS ON THE BINDING SPECIFICITY OF AN ANTI-HEMAGGLUTININ ANTIBODY TO H3N2 INFLUENZA VIRUS ISOLATES, Juliana Liambaya Hagembe
ELECTRONIC PEER REVIEW IN FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION, Samantha A. Hilton
EFFECTS OF TEACHER-DIRECTED AND STUDENT-CENTERED INSTRUCTION ON SCIENCE COMPREHENSION OF EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS, Christopher Jackson
ROLE OF 5-HT1A RECEPTORS IN THE ABILITY OF IDAZOXAN AND RACLOPRIDE TO BLOCK CONDITIONED AVOIDANCE RESPONDING, Sarah M. Jacobson
The Spiral Unwinding, Lynne M. Johnson
WHY CAN’T THEY WRITE RIGHT? TEACHING GRAMMAR IN THE COMPOSITION CLASSROOM, Sarah J. Johnson
Sacrificial Luann, Michelle Kimball
Belial's Daughter, Roseanna M. Larrin
Pigeon Solo, Thomas Russell Laverty II
Not Lost in Translation, Sharon Madjar
Distant Family, Luke A. Marsy
RICHARD WRIGHT‟S REVISION OF THE JIM CROW MYTHOLOGY IN UNCLE TOM’S CHILDREN, Michael Denny Martin
Sexual Attitudes and Perceptions of Gendered Sexual Roles from the Perspective of Urban South African Women, Duduzile Phindile Mashinini
THE EFFECTS OF FALL VERSUS SPRING FIRES ON HERBACEOUS PLANTS IN NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS, Zeko McKenzie
On Cortez Road My Search for One Homeless Man, Brian Robert McMillan
GROUP COHESION AND PERFORMANCE IN UNIVERSITY CONCERT BANDS, Steven J. Miller
A COMPARISON OF CONDITIONING LEVELS BETWEEN OFF-SEASON AND COMPETITION SEASON FOR DIVISION II WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL, Amy J. Molenaar
The Gift of Tongues: Essays, John D. Monger
MOLECULAR MODELING AND DOCKING ANALYSIS OF THE VARIABLE REGIONS OF AN ANTI-N6-METHYLADENOSINE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY, Avni Patrick Nimani
LIQUID LIES: A PLAY IN ONE ACT, Kelly L. Passinault
Vision and Touch: Testing the Ramachandran Mirror Box, Christopher B. Robichaux
SEASONAL CHANGES IN GROWTH AND THYROID HORMONES IN LAKE SUPERIOR BROOK TROUT, Carla A. Serfas
THE COMPARISON OF CO-STIMULATORY SURFACE MOLECULE EXPRESSION ON HUMAN MONOCYTE-DERIVED DENDRITIC CELLS INFECTED WITH TWO STRAINS OF INFLUENZA VIRUS, Jessie M. Simmon
OPTIMIZING HER2 ANTIGEN PRESENTATION IN THE MHC I, Trisha Rene Sippel
EVALUATION OF THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF A FRESHWATER SPONGE AND TWO SPONGE PREDATORS VIA STALE ISOTOPE ANALYSES, James Skelton
Steward of the Forest: A Bow Hunter’s Journey, Joseph K. Slocum
MANIPULATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO INCREASE ANTI-TUMOR RESPONSE AGAINST OVEREXPRESSED HER-2/NEU PROTEIN, Horacio Soto
SELF-PORTRAIT AS WESTERN SADDLE, Casey Thayer
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE SENIORITY RIGHTS CULTURE WITHIN SEVERAL MID-SIZED MICHIGAN POLICE DEPARTMENTS, Michael E. Walleman
Miss Those Men, Sarah J. Wangler
Inhabiting God's Dream: A Universal Oxherder's Quest, Benjamin J. Wielechowski
Theses from 2008
IDENTIFICATION OF YEAST AND YEAST-LIKE FUNGAL SPECIES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST USING PHYSIOLOGICAL AND DNA SEQUENCE DATA, Scott Eric Danneman
The Prophesist, William Robert Davie
EFFECTS OF PROBLEM SOLVING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH OCCUPATIONS CLASSROOM ON CONFIDENCE AND UNDERSTANDING, Ronda Manninen
A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO IMPROVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' SUCCESS VIA ORGANIZED BIOLOGY NOTEBOOKS, Wendy Hill Manson
STUDENT AND TEACHER PERCEPTIONS ABOUT USING ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE GENERAL SCIENCE CLASSROOM, Rhonda Lee McKimpson
The Storyteller, Susan Renee Page
A CASE STUDY ON ATTRIBUTION RETRAINING AND SELF-EFFICACY IN A HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING SETTING, Heather Laurel Pickett
Theses from 1983
AN ASSESSMENT OF QUANTITY OF PREY CONSUMED BY WOLVES THROUGH ANALYSIS OF SCATS, Jody Traves Amacher
Theses from 1977
Population Biology of the Masked Shrew, Sorex cinereus, in Hardwood Forest Areas of the McCormick Experimental Forest, Marquette County, Michigan., Thomas J. Anderson
A Limnological Study of Three Lakes in Marquette County, Michigan, Gerald L. Bills
Study of the Electronic Substituent Effects on the Homogeneous Isomerization of Substituted Phenylcyclopropanes with Rh(I) Catalysts, Raymond Edwin Chamberlain III