This collection contains doctoral dissertations, masters theses, independent studies, and similar works representing graduate student culminating achievements. To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Research Unit, Center, or Department page. Graduate dissertations and theses may also be found using the Library's catalog.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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The Effects of Disclosing Childhood Sexual Abuse on an Adult Survivors' Sense of Self-Esteem, Personal Trauma, and Interpersonal Capabilities, Susan E. Rudolph

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Phenotypic changes in Escherichia coli mrcA (PBP 1a) and mrcA-yrfE-yrfF mutants., Frances Carol Sailer

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Promoting parent involvement, Rhonda Sand

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Perceptions of African American students regarding cultural diversity at Andrews University., Cheryl Eileen Roberts Saunders

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The Jury System in the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota: An Overview, Candace M. Schafer

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Social Capital and Adolescent Student At-Risk Behaviors, Jeffrey M. Schatz

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Duck nesting and habitat on privately owned, rotation grazing systems in North Dakota, Darrell J. Schindler

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The relationship of nurse job satisfaction and patient satisfaction with nurses, Rosanne Schmidt

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Career Paths and Mobility Issues of Women Administrators in North Dakota Public Schools, Debra K. Schroeder Syvertson

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The effect of supine sleep position on speech-language development of infants birth to six months of age, Justine E. Schumacher

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Personality Factors Associated with Success or Failure on the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 (USMLE Step 1), Carole Jean Sherva

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Factors influencing CRNA's attitudes regarding midazolam as a preoperative sedative with pediatric patients, Trent E. Siemers

The Disinhibition: An Experiment Using Chat Technology With Sixty Sixth Graders, Jeremy J. Sims

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The Disinhibition Effect: An Experiment Using Chat Technology with Sixty Sixth Graders, Jeremy J. Sims

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Social support as a moderator of depression among female survivors of Domestic VIolence, Kimberly D. Slocombe

Developmentally appropriate experience in art with young children, Evangeline N. Smith

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Developmentally Appropriate Experience in Art with Young Children, Evangeline N. Smith

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“Education in the large”: The life and thought of Dean Joseph Kennedy of the University of North Dakota, 1858–1937., Kenneth Lansdale Smith

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Imaging spectrometry to map potential wildfire fuels at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, Nathan F. Smith

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Public Sector Collective Bargaining: The Possibilities of Participative Management Practices in North Dakota State Government, Lyle A. Snyder

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Living with heart failure : the effects of education on self-care and resource utilization, Karen Solheim

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The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Sentinel Butte Formation Around Beicegel Creek, McKenzie County, North Dakota, Joseph L. Stone

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The Effects of Multicultural Factors on the Supervision Working Alliance, Derya Suzen

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Factors Associated with Parenting Stress and Self-Competence in Parents of Preschool-Aged Children, Erin Tentis

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Characterization of experimental polychondritis in aged HLA-DQ transgenic mice, Allison T. Thiele

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Contact experiences and Native American elders' use of medical care, Sandra Tibke

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Psychotherapy Integration: Examination of Clinical Utilization, Gregory T. Tierney

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Characterization of dielectric materials using the short pulse propagation method for transmission line model extraction, Trevor Timpane

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Gap junctional responses to increased cAMP levels in a mouse mammary tumor cell line., Nancy Lee Traiser

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Dual-Task Attentional Limitations in Anxiety: Examined with the Attentional Blink Paradigm and the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Heather B. Trangsrud

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Bloat, and other stories, Isaac John Turner

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Deception detection accuracy of trial attorneys, Brian Van Fossen

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Crossing the Gender Barrier - A History of Male Nurses in Manitoba, Canada, 1960-1980, Carolyn M. Van Mackelberg

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Combining speech and earcons in spoken hierarchical menu systems, Maria Louella Vargas

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Factors that affect health care providers' assessment of older drivers, Mary M. Vidoloff

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Perceptions of Persons with Mental Retardation Regarding Inclusion in Death and Dying Rituals, Paulette Marie Wagner

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Protein -protein interactions between aldolase, lactate dehydrogenase and the cytoskeleton using green fluorescent protein-labeled enzymes., Karl Alexander Wald

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Minimizing power systems distribution losses using direct load control., Ali M. Wehbe

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Evaluating the Appropriateness of Fast Forword Training for Hard of Hearing Children, Shari M. Weisz

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Mud water, Brian Welch

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Genetic structure and isolation by distance in Napaea dioica L. (Malvaceae): An analysis of microsatellite DNA variation., Jonathan Paul Wenger

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How marital adjustment, marital cohesion, marital locus of control and marital satisfaction are affected by military induced spousal separations, A Christine White

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Differences in Acoustic Measures of Vowels in Ventriloquial and Normal Speech, Corrie S. M. Wiesner

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Actor motivated scenic design using biomechanics and constructivism, Troy C. Wilhelmson

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Convergent and discriminate validity of acculturation and eating disorders measures in Northern Plains Native Americans, Mary J. Wilkie

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Patients' knowledge regarding the image and role of nurse anesthetists, Marsha M. Wilson

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Borehole Stability in Shale, Christopher A. Wolfe

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Transport studies on iron, aluminum and nickel-doped praseodymium barium copper oxide., Xiaochu Yang

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Stabilization of gap junctions during plasma membrane remodeling of NRK cells, Sally A. Aadland

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Description and Genesis of the Western Cold Turkey Creek Field Anomaly, Williston Basin, Bowman County, North Dakota, Karyn A. Alme

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Health conditions associated with the greater Grand Forks 1997 flood disaster: Pre- to post-flood seasonal and trend analysis with age and gender effects., Julie Waxvik Anderson

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Toy or Tool: Student Perceptions of a Notebook Computer University, Rilla J. Anderson

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The Comprehensibility of Plain Language and Non Plain Language Minnesota Civil Jury Instructions, Kathryn J. Apostal

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Solid phase microextraction/thickness-shear mode resonator determinations of petroleum hydrocarbons in water., Michelle Applebee

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The Attitudes and Behaviors of Native American Patients with Diabetes and Their Relationship to Seeking Health Care, Madonna Azure

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Alcohol effects on laboratory-induced aggression among participants with and without MCMI-II aggressive-sadistic high-point profiles, Matthew D. Bailly

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An Examination of Hangover Effects on Pilot Performance, JoAnne W. Bates

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The effect of preemptive intramuscular narcotic in the operating room on postoperative pain, Ann M. Baumeister

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Flow through well screens as a function of pump intake location, Kristjan F. Bekker

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Socially Defined "PMS", Lora J. Bertelsen

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Am I the Leader? Resident Assistant's Assessment of Roles and Training, Renee J. Bourdeaux

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Morphological analysis of altertions [sic] in the recovering chick choroid following experimentally induced myopia, Jared M. Bratvold

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Determination of the anaerobic threshold by salivary alpha-amylase and blood lactate, Ulf Gunnar Bronäs

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Examining Differences in Issues of Spirituality Between Couples with Children and Voluntarily Childless Couples, Cheryl L. Broneck

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Client-therapist agreement on target problems and psychotherapy outcome, Michael A. Busseri

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Mapping the feminist self, Erin Elizabeth Ceynar

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A comparison between dolasetron and ondansetron in the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in outpatient gynceological patients, Eileen Channel

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Effects of high pressure on mercury and thallium cuprate superconductors, Thomas M. Clemens

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Topological lattice model of an electron coupled to a classical polarization field, Scott Crockett

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Perceptions of coaches in small colleges regarding sport law and sport injury, Richard J. Cunningham

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Alcohol and speech perception, Charlene D. Cyr

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Speaking the unspeakable : attempts at communication in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam postwar fiction, Robin L. David

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The education and assistance given to smokers by health care professionals piror to surgery to help them stop smoking, Derek Dennis

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Regulatory activity of CD8+ cells in vitro, delayed type hypersensitivity and genetics in Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus-induced demyelinating disease, Paul W. Denton

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Transition metal catalysis for synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon nucleoside adducts, Yen Q. V Dinh

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In search of Benedictine values at a Catholic university: A historiography of the University of Mary., Janet Duppong Auer

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"Just As Good As They Are": Voices of Contemporary Women Involved in Farming and Ranching in North Dakota, Heidi L. Dyrstad

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Hindi-Urdu: Stress accent or non-stress accent?, Lars O. Dyrud

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The Effects of Perceived Competence and Autonomy Support on Exercise Adherence: A Test of Self-determination Theory, Dennis E. Eickhoff

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Faculty Perceptions of Competencies in the Nursing Profession, Debra A. Filer

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The reliability and validity of three new measures of male sexual preferences., George Gaither

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Elected Political Leadership Versus Hired Professional Management: An analysis of local Government Structure in 20th Century America, Bradley M. Gengler

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A Study of Native American GED Graduates at Four Tribal Community Colleges in North Dakota, Karen Starr Gillis

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A Role and Reference account of information structure in Somali, Jennifer Girard

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The Design and Analysis of a Wireless LAN Relayed Frame Protocol Extension, Jody A. Grassel

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The Effects of the Garrison Dam on the Community of Elbowoods, Melford MJ W. Gunderson

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A Review of the Benefits of Flax Supplementation, Samuel P. Held

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The Negative Halo Effect of Oppositional Defiant Behaviors on Teacher Ratings of ADHD: Impact of Child Gender, David A. Jackson

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Char Reaction Kinetics in a Transport Gasifier, Jason P. Jacobsen

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Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical studies of a new class of ligand for modeling the bioredox chemistry of copper: A novel sensor for organic contaminants in water., Richard Jon Jaeger

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A Study of Directorial Choices in Tennessee Williams' Play Out Cry Focused on Selected Expressionistic Elements, Joyce A. Johnson

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Laboratory denitrification using sediments from the Elk Valley Aquifer, Alison E. Kammer

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A Comparison of Intellectual Test Performance Across Native American and European American Children, Austin P. Keith

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Effects of Induced Mood on Cognitive Processing in Healthy Older and Healthy Younger Adults, Laura J. Kitzan

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Kinetic Modeling of a Transport Coal Gasifier, Ryan Zebadiah Knutson

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The effect of Cultural Affiliations on Attitudes, Beliefs, and Reactions to the Fighting Sioux Nickname Issue Between Northern Plains American Indian and Majority Culture College Students, Angela LaRocque

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The Effect of Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Expectancy on Women's Responses to a Date Rape Analogue, Beth A. Lewis

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The Analysis of Selective Information Processing and Neuropsychological Functioning in Individuals At-Risk for Eating Disorders: The Use of a Pictorial Adaptation to the Stroop Paradigm, Using Print Media Advertisements, Kristine L. Lokken

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Our Duty, Our Rights, Our America: Women in American Nativism 1830 - 1930, Tanis Lovercheck-Saunders

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Reconciliation of Religious Beliefs and Minority Sexual Orientation, Shawn V. MacDonald