Graduate Student Theses
Several UW-La Crosse graduate programs require completion of a thesis or other culminating scholarly project. Students are mentored in the research process by a committee composed of graduate faculty members. When completed, all theses are available in Murphy Library at UW-L. (return to Research/Thesis Information)
Listed below is a sampling of theses completed in recent semesters.
| Thesis Title | Student | Graduate Program | Faculty Advisor |
| Injury and Violence and the Relationship to Prematurity or Low Birth Weight: A Pilot Study | Miller, A | Public Health: Community Health Education | Keely Rees |
| Prevalence of the Components of the Female Athlete Triad College Aged Females | Davis, J | Clinical Exercise Physiology | Rebecca Battista |
| Hip and Knee Positions during the Curling Delivery | Kreamer, E | ESS: Human Performance | Mark Gibson |
| Characterization of an Unclassified Virus and Survey for its Presence in Wisconsin Bluegill Population | Barbknecht, M | Biology | Michael Hoffman and Becky Lasee |
| Professional Burnout in School Psychology: Impact of Changing Practices | Burns, B | School Psychology | Robert Dixon |
| Diagnosis, Prevalence, and Prevention of the Spread of the Parasite Heterosporis in Yellow Perch and other Freshwater Fish in Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and in Lake Ontario. | Miller, P | Biology | Mark Sandheinrich
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| Determining the Binding Partners of PKA in the Axoneme of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii Flagella | Boateng, L | Biology | David Howard
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| Rish Management Practices in High School Athletic Directors | Bezdicek, P | ESS - Sport Administration | David Waters
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| Physiological effects of Slacklining on Balance and Core Strength | Mahaffey, B | ESS - Physical Education Teaching | Jeff Steffen
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| Acquiring and Promoting Sibshop Certification as a Direct Competency for Therapeutic Recreation and Child Life | Bintzler, A | Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation | Susan Murray
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| Nutrient Intake in Female Collegiate Track and Field Athletes | Benson, M | Clinical Exercise Physiology | John Porcari
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| Effective Strategies Used by Adapted Physical Education (CAPE) Specialists for Transition Planning in Adapted Physical Education (APE) | Romero, C | Special/Adapted Physical Education | Patrick DiRocco
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| Ornamental Plant Soilas a Reservoir for the Emerging Human Pathogen, Scedosporium Apiospermum | Lauer, C | Biology | Tom Volk
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| Energy Cost & Relative Intensity of the Kettle Bell Workout | Schnettler, C | Clinical Exercise Physiology | John Porcari |
| The effects of Plant Invasion on Arbuscular Mycorrihizal Fungi: A Review of how these Community Dynamics are Studies | Curland, R | Biology | Tom Volk
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| The Protective Mechanism of Platelet Shape Change in Hibernating Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus Tridecemlineatus) | Melin, T | Biology | Scott Cooper |
| Effects of a Sports Performance Training Program on Adolescent Athletes | Hazuga, R | ESS - Human Performance | Rebecca Battista |
| Athletic-Care for Coaches: Providing Appropriate Prevention, Recognition, and Management for Athletic-Related Injuries and Conditiona | Fall, S | Public Health: Community Health Education | Keely Rees |
| Evaluation of the Physiological Responses to 20-Minute Workout on the Crosse-X Machine | Shatzer, J | Clinical Exercise Physiology | John Porcari |
| Continuity Planning for Local Public Health Agencies in Northern Wisconsin: Providing Essential Public Health Services after Displacement | Garske, G | Public Health: Community Health Education | Gary Gilmore
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