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 2009
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
The role of migration in community dynamics in Beaver Lake Basin, Daniel J. Armichardy
CRITICAL PEDAGOGY AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE (LITERATURE) CLASSROOM, Alyssia Rowan Ashkevron
EFFECT OF FOOT POSITION ON EMG AND FORCE OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES, Saravanan Balasubramani
THE HISTORY OF STUDENT JOURNALISM AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, 1919-2002, Kristy Basolo
OF NECESSITY, Mary-Kay Wildenhain Belant
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ADDED UPPER-BODY MASS ON ROWING ERGOMETRY DURING INCREMENTED WORK LOADS, Keith C. Burley
MITAKUYE OYASIN, Grace Caron Chaillier
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
O6 – METHYLGUANINE – DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (MGMT) GENE SILENCING USING RNA INTERFERENCE AND SENSITIVITY TO TEMOZOLOMIDE., Steven Michael Davis
IT MUST HAVE BEEN, Linda Johnson
THE AGE STRUCTURE, LENGTH, CONDITION, AND MOVEMENT OF RESIDENT AND COASTER BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) IN PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, MICHIGAN, Paul C. Kusnierz
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
Oxygen consumption, effect of lateral pedal width variation relative to Q-angle in avid cyclists, Melinda J. McCutcheon
STUDENT AND TEACHER PERCEPTIONS ABOUT USING ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE GENERAL SCIENCE CLASSROOM, Rhonda Lee McKimpson
Breakdowns a collection of short stories, Richard Robert Monroe
The Storyteller, Susan Renee Page
A CASE STUDY ON ATTRIBUTION RETRAINING AND SELF-EFFICACY IN A HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING SETTING, Heather Laurel Pickett
THE KINETICS OF NEUTRALIZING ANTI-VIRAL ANTIBODIES AND THE PRODUCTION OF A T CELL-DEPENDENT ANTIBODY RESPONSE DURING VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS INFECTION, Emily Claire Pyle
THE BEHAVIOR OF SPAWNING PHASE SEA LAMPREYS (PETROMYZON MARINUS) FROM MIDDLE RIVER, WI AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO A LOW-HEAD SEA LAMPREY BARRIER, Sara N. Ruiter
THE CHARACTERIZATION AND IN VITRO SILENCING OF THE ONCOGENE ZBTB7A IN MALIGNANT GLIOMA, Justin Joseph Segula
TRUTH IN FICTION IN LEE SIEGEL’S LOVE AND OTHER GAMES OF CHANCE, Jason Mathew Shrontz
SHEER FORCE OF WILL, Teague Whalen
FORAGING ECOLOGY OF PILEATED WOODPECKERS IN DUKES EXPERIMENTAL FOREST IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN, Michael R. Wierda
ODE TO THE OTHER: DISPLACING SELF IN POETRY, Jennifer Joy Simula Yeatts
Theses from 2007
IMPROVING TEST SCORES IN HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS THROUGH THE USE OF JOURNALS, Timothy J. Barron
LIFELINES: THE WIT, WISDOM AND WOE OF PAUL HARRY, Mark J. Beardslee
LEGACY OF KINGS AND THE BLACK WIDOW CURSE, Richard Berrigan Jr.
RECIPROCITY ACOLLECTION OF ESSAYS, Shannon M. Cole
BEAUTY IS BETTER WITH DECEPTION: MOTIVATION AND COMPETITION, Anthony J. Crispigna
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH REGUARDING GAMBLING ON NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS, Stephanie Laura DePetro
SNOW DAY, Raphael DiDomenico
ACTUARIES AND OTHER STORIES, Todd Dodson
THEOSMOREGULATORY ABILITIES OF FRESH WATER CRABS FROM THAILAND (POTAMIDAEANDPARATHELPHUSIDAE) AND BIOGEOGRAPHICALIMPLICATIONS, Lara Jin Qiu-ting Esser
METAFICTION AND DAVID MITCHELL’S GHOSTWRITTEN, Benjamin D. Hagen
EFFECTS OF SEX AND AGE ON WINTER DIET IN THE AMERICAN MARTEN IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN, Andrea Leigh Hales
TRAIN WRECKS AND OTHER ENDEAVORS, Adam Houle
DREAMING THE TRAIN UNDERWATER, Abigail Hope Keller
WALKING WOUNDED, Robin J. Kennedy
EFFECTS OF SEED MIXTURE COMPOSITION AND COVER CROP USAGE ON PRODUCTIVITY AND GROWTH OF NATIVE PRAIRIE FORBS AND GRASSES, Kimberly S. Larson
Effects of water ski ramp on sagittal knee flexion, Audrey Sue Lundy
Pocketful of pebbles, Molly Anne Maier
Stolen, Jason J. Markle
Quantification and comparison of metallothionein levels in crayfish (Orconectes propinquus) as a biomarker of metal pollution in the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Heather Anne Martin
PERCEPTION AND DEGREE, Jason Redmon
EFFECTS OF SOURCE, GENDER, AND AGE AT SOUND EXPOSURE ON HEARING IN C57BL/6J MICE, Alyssia Joni Rogers
ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF ARSENIC, Michael William Sanville
WILDE LOVE, Benjamin Joseph Schneider
A FOCUS GROUP STUDY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS’ PERCEPTIONS ABOUT YEAR-ROUND EDUCATION IN MICHIGAN’S COPPER COUNTRY, Mollie Louise Trewartha
Theses from 2006
REINVENTING THE WHEEL, Michael Jamison Krym
IMPACT OF AQUATIC MACROPHYTES ON ESCHERICHIA COLI CONCENTRATIONS AT RECREATIONAL INLAND BEACHES, Mary-Cathrine Christina Elaine Leewis
RELATIONS, April E. Lindala
Distribution of the deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) in a corridor between Marquette and Menominee in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Kimberly Jaclynn Miedema
The effects of exercise on soluble low density lipoprotein receptor related protein in the blood of athletes and non-athletes, Matthew John Nielsen
Fall survival of American woodcock in the western Great Lakes region, Eileen Johnston Oppelt
MIGRATORY ACTIVITY OF TWO STRAINS OF BROOK TROUT (Salvelinus fontinalis) IN PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE CHARACTERIZED USING STATIONARY RFID SYSTEMS, Sean P. Stimmell
CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS OF COMMON LOON (Gavia immer) PARASITES: BLACK FLIES, HAEMATOZOANS, AND THE ROLE OF MERCURY, Meggin Leigh Weinandt
AN OUTCOME EVALUATION OF THE IRON COUNTY, MICHIGAN DRUG COURT TREATMENT PROGRAM, Jason Paul Wickstrom
INVOLVEMENT OF HEMOPROTEINS FROM BLACK LOCUST ROOTS IN PHYTOREMEDIATION, Kenneth J. Zanon
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
A Comparative Study to Determine the Relative Proficiency in Mechanical Writing Skills Exhibited by Business Communications Students., Gail L. Cornel
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gold-Plated Bitches, Frederick R. Defauw
Model Program to Meet the Needs of the Cerebral Palsied Residing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan: An Interdisciplinary Diagnostic Team Approach, David Featheringill
Lead Concentrations and Isotope Ratios in Rocks from Marquette County, Cinderella Leung Gagnon
Dissociation and Self Condensation of Phthalides, Steven Dallas Gagon
A Follow-Up Study of the 1974, 1975, and 1976 Graduates of the Steno/Secretaroa; Co-op Related Class at Ishpeming, Michigan., Barbara M. Gauthier
Ethnobotany of Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Limited Survey of Current Plant Uses, Steven J. Gill
Role and Training of Teacher Aides: A Teacher Aide Handbook for Joint School District No. 1, Silver Lake, Wisconsin, Perry K. Hellum
Parental Assessment of Educational Goals and Objectives in the Sault Ste. Marie Elementary Schools., Arthur H. Hutton
Reorganization Study, Adams Township and Portage Township School Districts., Paul D. Kimball
A Relationship Between Teachers' Contract Provisions and Individual Teachers' Needs Ranked According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs., Page N. Nicolson
A Survey of Parent and Teacher Attitudes Toward Discipline in the Public Elementary Schools of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario., George W. Pateman
Catalysis Study of an Enzyme, Maureen Ross
A Study to Determine the Relationship of a Family Financial Management Mini-Course to First-Year Bookkeeping/Accounting Achievement., Patricia A. Rudness
Isolation of Some Neutral Compounds Associated with the Stem of the Flax Plant Linum usitatisssium, Robert J. Schock
A Study in Meditation: Implications for Learning., Franklin E. Shurtliff