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Faculty Intention and Faculty Implementation - Do They Align?
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
There have been a multitude of calls to reform teaching in undergraduate education. The implementation of active learning in the classroom increases student learning, relative to traditional lecturing. I worked with ...
Foraging Strategies and Morphometric Characteristics of Bats in North and South Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Insectivorous bats are an important group for studying links between dietary flexibility and associated impacts on foraging and morphology of individuals from different populations. Since different habitats generally have ...
Influence of Habitat Characteristics on Amphibian Stress and Reproductive Success in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
As amphibians continue to decline, conservation efforts are a necessity in management plans. It is essential to determine the correlation between water characteristics, stress, and habitat alteration with anuran losses. ...
Rural Youth's Enrollment in a Stem Summer Camp: A Comparison Between In-Person and Take-Home Experiences
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
The utilization of informal STEM education opportunities has been well established as a way to supplement and support formal STEM education learning. Many of the studies confirming this were completed in urban settings. ...
An Evaluation of the Social Perceptions and Biological Efficacy of Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Avian-Agriculture Conflict
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
North Dakota sunflower producers face a dilemma when it comes to blackbirds (Icteridae). Migrating flocks produce localized damage to production, which results in some farmers with no bird issues, while others face total ...
Aging and Early Life Stress: Telomerase Dynamics and The Consequences for Telomeres in a Wild Bird
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Aging is an underlying risk factor for many major diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegeneration. Yet we still do not know the full extent of how our bodies age and what determines our lifespan. ...
The Conservation of Variation in Gryllodes sigillatus and Closely Related Cricket Species
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
The ability to adjust behaviors to a particular environment has been well documented across taxa. Our understanding of behavioral plasticity is largely based on experiments in which individuals have a single exposure to ...
Evolution of Intraspecific Genetic Differences Across Heterogeneous Environments and the Potential Impacts on Environmental Restoration
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Genetic differences evolve between seed sources of widely distributed species that can impact restoration success. Using the herbaceous perennial Geum triflorum (Pursh) as a model species, we examine genetic differences ...
Red-Winged Blackbird Migration Distance and Its Relationship with Reproduction
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) are one of the most commonly researched birds in North America. My study aims to build upon what is known about migration patterns and reproduction in this species. My first ...
Establishing and Characterizing Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Cell Lines
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Commercial cancer cell lines have long been extensively used as an important platform to study cancer. They have contributed to a plethora of discoveries in the field of cancer research. However, there are limitations with ...