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Master's Theses
Theses from 1994
The Ku Klux Klan and the Press in Western Kansas, 1921-1926 : An Examination of Hays, Larned and Wallace County, Betsy Crawford-Gore
The Effects of Personalized AIDS Messages on Perceived Personal Risk and Sexual Behaviors Among College Students, Lori L. Jenkins
The Relationship Between Communication Apprehension, Rhetorical Sensitivity, and Loneliness in Early Marriage, Shannon McDowell
Small Mammal Populations of the Principal Agricultural Crops in North-Central Kansas, Thomas L. Welker
Conflict Management Styles Used by Members of the Kansas Highway Patrol to Handle Conflict Situations, Lonnie Whitten
Attribution Style Comparisons Between Genders and Between Learning Disabled, Normal Achieving, and Gifted Groups, Jacalyn M. Seba
Relationships Between Social Skills, Social Support, and Problem Behaviors for Boys in Residential Facilities for Conduct Disorders, Matthew Shepherd
The Effect of Contingent Teacher Touch and the Relationship of Proximity and On-Task Behavior in Elementary School Students, Deanna Ward Berry
Interpretation of Groundwater Quality in Lower Cretaceous Rocks of Western Kansas Using Borehole Geophysical Logs, Kevin R. Collins
Urban-Rural, Age, and Gender Differences for Children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scales and Their Relationship to Social Intelligence, Diana M. Dellere
Job Satisfaction, Gloria Carolyn Carson
The Relationship Between Religiosity and Psychic Phenomena, Carol Dewey
Ageism in Higher Education : Age-Based Stereotyping and Attitudes Toward Nontraditional Students at Fort Hays State University, Lisa Lynn Krueger Kinyon
The Beckerdite Local Biota, (Miocene: Early Hemphillian) Clark County, Southwestern Kansas, Gregory A. Liggett
Biotic Regions of Kansas: Mammals and the Environment, Julie M. McCullough
Career Maturity of Welfare Recipients, Carol M. Beckman
Attitudes and Beliefs of School Administrators Toward Inclusion, Patricia Ann Herbig
Occupational Sex-Role Stereotyping in Secondary Students, Maribeth Long
Educators' Comfort Levels with Classroom Initiatives Identified in Kansas' Quality Performance Accreditation, T. Zoann Torrey
Stress and Western Kansas High School Students, Janet K. Walker
University Faculty Attitudes Toward Homosexuality, James Anthony Gourley
A Follow-Up Study in Vocational Rehabilitation, Douglas M. Main
Attitudes of Graduating Seniors Toward High School, Julie Sue Maurath
A Test of Language Planning Processing in Schizophrenia: An Explanation for Verbal Hallucinations, Suzanne Louise Meyer
Recruitment and Selection Practices at Selected Municipal and County Law Enforcement Agencies in the State of Kansas, Ellyn K. Ness
Theses from 1993
Elderly Women's Perceptions of Reminiscence, Debra A. McDonald
Selected Variables and College Achievement, Robert R. Glenn
A Survey of the Vertebrates of Slate Creek Salt Marsh, Sumner County, Kansas, with an Emphasis on Waterbirds, Eugene A. Young
Bats of Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota, John M. Anderson
Meeting the Needs of High Risk Children: The School Support Teacher Role, Grizel Hidalgo-Tablada
A Replication of the Characteristics of an Effective University Professor as Determined by Student Ratings, Drew A. Hosman
Effect of Hands-on Instruction, Gender and Socioeconomic Status on Science Content Achievement of Fifth Grade Students, Quaife Nichols
A Study of Attitudes Toward Reading of Western Kansas Students in Grades One Through Six in a Selected School, Navene N. Rains
Parent and Teacher Attitudes Toward a Continuous Progress Model, Germaine L. Taggart
Monthly Variation in the Incidence of Cerebrovascular Accidents, Donna Kay Gifford
Climatic Implications of Terrestrial Arthropods from the Parachute Creek Member (Middle Eocene), Green River Formation, Garfield County, Colorado, Larry A. Codington
Marital Violence: The Effect of Provocation on College Students' Perception of an Incident of Wife Abuse, Nancy R. Meade
Identifying Students at Risk of Developing Eating Disorders : A Replication of Sherri D. Wineland Matlock's Thesis, Denise M. Guy
An Epideictic Rhetorical Analysis of President William Jefferson Clinton's Inaugural Address : "American Renewal.", Nicholas H. Owen
The Utility of Dsm-Iii-R Decision Trees in Relation to Diagnostic Speed and Accuracy, Robert D. Morgan
The Effects of a Kansas Education Class on Students' Knowledge and Attitudes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, R. Warren Sager
Perceptual Differences of Adolescents and Parents Concerning the Context and Usefulness of Sexuality/Aids Communication, Brenda Werth-Benoit
Selection of Potential Landfill Sites for Ellis County, Kansas Utilizing the Geographic Information System Idrisi, Theron Barton
Learning Disabled Locus of Control Orientation : Birth Order and Parental Perceptions, Christine L. Nolte
Loneliness and Communication Apprehension in Marriage, Patricia A. Ault-Duell
Children's Attitudes Toward Physical Activity and Self-Esteem, Stan R. Ewy
Perceived Threat of Tuberculosis and Compliance with Tuberculin Skin Testing Among International College Students, Woung-Ru Tang
School Violence: Its Effect on Secondary Teachers in Rural Kansas Settings, Kent Ullom
One Dozen Provocative Squats, James M. Adams
A Local Study of the Roles and Functions of the Secondary School Counselor, Deborah Elaine Schalesky
An Evaluation of the Kansas Case Management Program in a Community Support Services Network, Terry Seirer Becker
Effects of Mood States on Self-Control, Shantel Lindsey-Randolph
Drawing, Shingo Ozaki
Relationship Between Cognitive Development and Social Integration in Students in Transition, Jeanne Mann
The Effects of Uniforms, Sex and Race on Children's Perceptions of Police Officers, Margaret R. Letterman
Geology and Avifauna of the Late Pleistocene and Middle Holocene Blonquist Rockshelter, Summit County, Utah, Barbara A. Beasley
Acceptance of Family Violence in Relation to Sex-Role Stereotyping : Attitudes Among Professional Groups and the General Population, Betty A. Bolte
Attributes Superintendents Rate Important in Elementary Principal Candidates, Leticia A. Porter
Characteristics and Perceived Burdens of Adult Caregivers of Aged Relatives, Mary Jane Koranda
Primal Essence, Donna Roberts
Habitat Preference of Cervus Elaphus on the Southern Great Plains, James Robinson
Habitat Breadths of Small Mammals in Northeastern Kansas, Eric R. Schreiber
Study Behaviors of Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Jana R. Howard
Variables Affecting Categories of Forgiving Behaviors in Relationships, Karen Ohmart
Coaches' Attitudes Toward Female Certified Athletic Trainers, Jodi Lyn Cox
The Pseudopotential Approach to the Low-Energy Electron Scattering Cross-Section of Gaseous Lasers, Zhongyi Gu
Selected Variables and a Self-Management Program with Adolescents, Eva Marie Junk
The Roles and Functions of the High School Principal, Dennis C. Shipp
Group Activities Designed to Modify Motivational Orientation and Learning Strategies, Genevieve R. Hagerman
Job Satisfaction in Human Services : A Rehabilitation Agency, Rita G. Brown
Tracing Trajectories of Change: Personal Construct Theory as Applied to Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Christine E. Poage
A Hot Breakfast Program in an Elementary School, Sheryl Neeland
A Biography of Edgar Francis McNeil: Educator, Coach, and Administrator, Michael R. Miller
International Standards for Data Communications Technologies, Ke-Ting Zheng
Biostratigraphy of Mosasauridae (Squamata, Varanoidea) from the Smoky Hill Chalk Member, Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Western Kansas, Bruce Schumacher
The Vegetation of Slate Creek Wetland, Michael D. Proctor
Symbolic Interpretations of Man and Nature, David Chalfant
The Original Heart, Frederick T.S. Fung
The Ephemeral, Morgan D. Gallatin
Attitudes of Rural Nurses Toward Homosexuals and Willingness to Care for AIDS Clients, Connie L. Hoskins
The Human Vehicle, Mitchel Sommers
Theses from 1992
Social Support and Cancer Patients, Darcy Basgall-Newell
Aspects of the Functional Morphology, Phylogeny, and Paleoecology of the North American Miocene Rhinoceros, Aphelops, David Wilcots
A Study or Predictive Validity Using Development Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (Dial/Dial-R) and California Test of Basic Skills (Ctbs), Elizabeth A. Billinger
A Consultant's Guide to Historical Reenactment Activities on the Plains, 1823-1873, Randy Smith
Factors Affecting Teachers' Perceptions of Inservice Effectiveness, Kathy E. Cook
Coping with Anger-Provoking Incidents, Michael R. Krueger
Plant Communities of Lake Scott State Park Scott County, Kansas, Jean M. Stramel
Fear of Success, Deanna L. Barnett
College Students' Perception of a Disabled Counselor, Henrique Braga
Artifactual Communication in Cheyenne Ceremonial Dance, Sheryle Robinson
Effectiveness of Different Dimensions of Social Support for Threats and Challenges, Kelli Pfau Johnson
The Role and Function of the Elementary School Counselor as Perceived by Elementary School Counselors, Randel B. Josserand
Geochemistry of Groundwater and Gases in the Vadose Zone in Selected Parts of Hays, Kansas, Satya P. Sinha
Small Mammals at Interchanges of an Interstate Highway, Thomas W. Haner
Perceived Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer, Donna Stephenson
A Tempest in Prairie Politics: The Rise of Populism in Ellis County, Kansas, Brian Tittel
Comparison Between Coping Adaptiveness and Sex-Role Orientation, Sean Wagner