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Honors theses, masters theses, and doctoral dissertations represent the culmination of scholarly and creative work undertaken by students at their college or university. They can serve multiple purposes:

• as models for other students considering approaches to layout, methodology, and theoretical underpinnings of an issue/topic/problem
• as insights into recent research that may not yet be published as books, book chapters, or journal articles
• as rich bibliographical sources given their lengthy list of references 

To access a thesis or dissertation that is not available electronically, see your options here. 

• University of Maine Theses and Dissertations (some early titles; full coverage 2001-present) DigitalCommons@UMaine, the University of Maine's institutional repository, provides full text access to a large number of UMaine's electronic masters theses and doctoral dissertations (ETD), primarily from 2001-present, but with scattered theses that have been scanned retrospectively by special request.
• University of Maine Honors College Theses in DigitalCommons@UMaine Find undergraduate theses completed by Honors College graduates. Note: some departmental theses are not included.
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global Compiles dissertations and theses across many fields of study, including language and literature. Requires login with UMaine account.
• WorldCat This online catalog includes materials held by over 72,000 libraries worldwide, and includes citations to dissertations and theses primarily outside of UMaine (although UMaine theses are cataloged here, too). To find dissertations or theses, go to Advanced Search, enter relevant keywords in one field. In a separate field, enter the word "dissertation" or "thesis" or "theses" or "dissertations" and select "Subject" from the dropdown menu. You can place an Interlibrary Loan request for a thesis or dissertation that UMaine does not own.
• DART-Europe E-Theses Portal Access to over 700,000 European theses and dissertations.
• Global Electronic Theses & Dissertations Search Search approximately 6 million theses and dissertations via the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations database.
• Open Access Theses and Dissertations Resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 5 million theses and dissertations.
• EBSCO Open Dissertations Created from a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs, Open Dissertations is a free electronic theses and dissertations database offering access to more than 800,000 ETDs. Includes electronic access to records of dissertations accepted by American universities from 1933-1955. This resource does not offer full text; for full text access, place an Interlibrary Loan request.
• ProQuest Open Dissertations & Theses Full text of ProQuest's open access dissertations and theses, from 1951-present.
• Theses Canada Portal The collection contains both microfiche and electronic theses and dissertations that are for personal or academic research purposes, from participating Canadian universities.

Contributing your Thesis or Dissertation to DigitalCommons@UMaine

For graduate students working on a thesis or dissertation, when your work has reached a certain point in the approval process, the University of Maine Graduate School will provide instructions for submitting your work to the Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD) in DigitalCommons@UMaine.  Once you have been given approval to do so by the Graduate School, visit Fogler Library's Theses Instruction page for steps to create a DigitalCommons account and enter metadata for your thesis or dissertation.

If you are a graduate author from a previous semester and have questions about your work in the ETD, contact Fogler Library Special Collections at um.library.spc @ maine.edu or 207.581.1686.

Undergraduate students in the Honors College should contact the Honors College directly at [email protected] or 207.581.3263 for more information about the Honors College in DigitalCommons .

Printing Services

The following service provides the option to have a thesis or dissertation printed and bound.

ThesisOnDemand ,  a service of HF Group Binding Services

Additional Resources

• UMaine Graduate School Thesis Guidelines
• UMaine Graduate School Thesis Resources Includes key steps in the process, as well as thesis guidelines and a template.

Viewing Print copies of most University of Maine honors theses, masters theses, and doctoral dissertations are located in the Special Collections Department of Fogler Library. Theses and dissertations can be viewed in the department. Many theses and dissertations may be viewed online in full-text PDF format in the DigitalCommons@UMaine ETD database . Current University of Maine cardholders may view UM doctoral dissertations in PDF from 1997 to present in the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database . 

Interlibrary Loan A PDF is typically available through Interlibrary Loan for works completed since the year 2001.  We highly recommend this option if you have discovered a masters thesis in the ETD database where the Level of Access is Campus-Only.  Print copies of older University of Maine masters theses may also be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.  Check with the largest library where you have borrowing privileges to learn about their ILL procedures.

Print copies of University of Maine doctoral dissertations held at Fogler Library are not loaned through Interlibrary Loan. They must be purchased from ProQuest, unless they are available full-text in the DigitalCommons@UMaine ETD database. See information about how to order by phone or online at  ProQuest's Online Dissertation Services . 

Purchase Doctoral dissertations may be purchased from ProQuest in print and digital formats, unless they are available full-text in the ETD database. See information about how to order by phone or online at ProQuest's Online Dissertation Services . 

Digitization

Special Collections can evaluate older titles to scan, within the parameters of copyright, to be added to DigitalCommons@UMaine upon request.  For more information, contact:

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The Honors College at the University of Maine is a community of nearly 800 students who, along with nearly 100 faculty members, are committed to taking intellectual risks through exploring questions both within and outside their academic disciplines in the course of a four-year curriculum.  The College is committed to both broadening and deepening the academic experience of its students, providing them with the resources and skills needed to critically engage important questions and issues.

For those students who graduate from the Honors College, their journey ends with the writing of their Honors thesis. Over the course of the senior year, they work with a faculty mentor completing independent research or a creative project in their discipline. At the end of the two-semester experience, they present the thesis to their thesis committee of five faculty members and professionals in their field.  For these students, this is the culmination of their work at the University of Maine and a springboard to future opportunities and achievements.

“The intense supervision of my Honors thesis was the most important academic experience of my life. My advisor’s personal guidance and insistence that I couple precise research with creative and original thought has served as a benchmark for me for over thirty years.” – James E. Tierney ’69, Attorney General of Maine (1980-1990)

The first four theses were written in 1937, in recent years the number has approached 100.  We plan to populate this digital archive with  many of the over 1300 theses that have been written in those over seventy-five years. 

For more information, contact the Honors College at [email protected] or 207-581-3263.

Honors Theses from 2012 2012

Motherhood as a Unifying Theme in Social Movements: Symbolic Essentialism, Environmental Justice, and the Movement Against Bisphenol A in Maine , Kalie Hess

Unmasking Candidiasis: A Mechanistic Model for Innate Immune-Fungal Cell Wall Dynamics , Erica Hidu

‘Skins’: A Contemporary Moral Panic , Jenna L. Hoops

Environmental Factors Linked to Harmful Algal Bloom Induced Shellfish Toxicity in Cobscook Bay, Maine , Hannah M. Horecka

The Economics of Offshore Wind Energy , Caitlin M. Howland

How Does Context Shape Comedy as a Successful Social Criticism as Demonstrated by Eddie Murphy’s SNL Sketch “White Like Me?” , Abigail Jones

The Worst Angels of our Nature: Has Violence Declined? , Redyn Keller

Objecting to Objectivity , Elizabeth R. Kevit

Endoscopic Evaluation of the Response to Intrauterine Irrigation with 3.3% N-Acetylcysteine in Mares , Christine T. Kissinger

A Cultural Exploration Via the Mediums of Music and Poetry , Colin S. Kolmar

Nameless, Inscrutable, Unearthly: An Examination of Obsession in Moby Dick , Sarah K. Lingo

A Study of Corruption in the Bulgarian Legal System , Stephanie A. Littlehale

Concussion Management, Education and Diagnosis in Eastern Maine High School Football , Sarah K. Lockhart

The Role of Caveolin in the Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) Signaling Pathway , Richard H. Luc

Heterogeneous Deformation of Gabbroic Rocks , Calvin Mako

The Role of Traf2 in Zebrafish , Bradie N. Manion

Transformation of Realism: Narrator’s Function and the Blending of Dialogue and Stream of Consciousness in To the Lighthouse and Between the Acts , Alyssa M. McCluskey

Optimization of Microwave Accelerated Extraction of Resveratrol from Tree Bark , Dustin Niedt

Analysis Modeling and Optimization of a Smart Sulky , Nicholas C. Noble

The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Autophagy Activation During Candida albicans Infection , Ashley E. Norum

The Effects of Suggestion on Dream Recall Frequency , Jack Obery

Electioneering Across the Ages: Examining the Application and Implication of Media-Based Mobilization in American Presidential Campaigns Post-Radio , Cameron C. O'Brien

Prolific Playwrights: Clifford Odets and Lillian Hellman Expose the Thirties , Samantha L. Paradis

The Case for Instrumental Music Education: The Academic, Physical, and Social Benefits for Students , Kayla M. Peard

Characterization of Genes in the CFTR-Mediated Innate Immune Response , Eric Peterman

At What Cost?: A Study of the American Highway System and the Maine East-West Highway Proposal , Brian Philbrook

Business Meetings: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Audio and Video Conferencing in Dispersed Teams , Rachel Porter

Occupy Horror: An Analysis of Gothic Motifs and Malefic Technological Prostheses in Contemporary American Horror Films , Alexis L. Priestley

Improving Assistive Technology Through Phenomenology: A Comparative Analysis of Research Methods , Rafael M. Ramos IV

Characteristics of Young Children's Longest Utterances , Alise R. Ranalli

Data Logging Radiation Detector , Joseph P. Record

Classroom Realities: Teaching Students with Disabilities as a Traditionally or Alternatively Certified Secondary Science Teacher in Maine , Haley A. Richardson

Between “Student” and “Athlete”: The Academic Institution’s Role in the Self Identification of Division I Student-Athletes , Helaina Sacco

Development of Oxidizer Flow Control for use in Hybrid Rocket Motors of the Scientific Sounding Rocket Scale , Luke Saindon

Resistance of Abomasal Parasites to Common Anthelmintics in Small Ruminants in the Northeast , Alexandra M. Settele

The Use of Mass Communication in Animal Rights Fundraising Campaigns , Jaime E.R. Shorter

Health Impacts at the Advent of Agriculture , Erin L. Snape

Modeling the Spread of Biologically-Inspired Internet Worms , Emma Strubell

Sentencing and Treatment of Juvenile Offenders: A Review and Critique , Jessica R. Talbot

Gender Differences and Cognitive Constructs in Generalized Anxiety Disorder , Olivia Anna Teer

A Growing Town: Developing a Local Food System in Orono, Maine , Gregory Viens

Hybrid Healing: Reiki and the Integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Into Biomedicine , Heather M. White

The Implications of Snyder v. Phelps , Meghan White

A Case Study of How Systems for Innovation can Impact Municipal Economic Development , Nathaniel Wildes

The Framing of Animal Cruelty by Animal Advocacy Organizations , Cary Williams

An Adaptive Reuse and Restoration of a Maine Barn , Sarah Elizabeth Williams

War of the Words: Political Talk Radio, the Fairness Doctrine, and Political Polarization in America , Jackson R. Witherill

Honors Theses from 2011 2011

Comfort Levels When Presented with Interpersonal Stressors as a Function of Sibling Status , Emma R. Atherton

Characterization of the Microbial Associates of Nematodes Pathogenic to Myrmica rubra , Jonathan E. Dumont

The Grand Derangement in the Context of the Eighteenth - Century British Empire , Derek A. Jones

Honors Theses from 2010 2010

“Well, He Just Lost Man Points In My Book:” The Absence of Volunteerism Among First-Year College Men , Joshua Bernstein

Divided Ownership, Wild Speculation: An Investigation of the Connections between Thomas Hutchinson and Land Speculation in Eighteenth Century Maine , Cory Michael Davis

An Assessment of the Egyptian Military and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Connection to the Emergence Theory , Pardis Delijani

Duchamp's Audience , Venice Lombardo

An Examination of the Factors Determining American Foreign Policy with Regards to Global Climate Change Treaties , James Lyons

Landscape Level Planning: Exploring and Evaluating Management Alternatives for the Dwight B. Demeritt Forest , Cassie L. Vaillancourt

Honors Theses from 2009 2009

A Comparative Study of African American Representations in Film from Original to Remake as Influenced by the Civil Rights Movement , Erica F. Berry

Acetylcholine-Induced Membrane-Potential Oscillations in Xenopus laevis Oocytes , Corrine N. Grant

Honors Theses from 2007 2007

Language in Utopian Societies: A Study of Works by Le Guin, Atwood, and Lowry , Laura Katherine Latinski

Peruvian Beach Ridges: Records of Human Activity and Climate Change , David A. Reid

Population Genetics of Black Bear (Ursus Americanus) , Amanda K. Thibodeau

Of Certain Rivers , Stephanie Nola Walton

Story Medicine: The Power of Healing a Journey from Anger to Inner Peace , Tifanny Ann Warzecha

Honors Theses from 2006 2006

Jedidiah Morse and the Crusade for the New Jerusalem: The Cultural Catalysts of the Bavarian Illuminati Conspiracy , Rachel A. Snell

Honors Theses from 2004 2004

Of Fau?ty Logic and Point?ess Journeys a Collection of Short Stories , Jared Record

Self-Assembly of Inorganic Membranes: Attachment of Gold Nanoparticles to a Mesoporous Silica Membrane , Jennifer K. Saucier

Honors Theses from 2003 2003

Discovering Properties of Complex Numbers by Starting with Known Properties of Real Numbers , Esther D. Hatch

Something to Talk About: Interactions as Descriptive Schema , Isaac Lawrence Record

From Vietnam to the Persian Gulf; The Decline of Objective Television Media in American War Reporting , Kathleen C. Sprague

Honors Theses from 2002 2002

Technology & Middle School Philosophy: Applications in Music Education , Emily Ann Cain

Understanding the Relationship Between the Arts and Student Aspirations , Samantha Lott

Honors Theses from 1999 1999

An Evaluation of an Avian Diversity Model , Tansy Lynn Wagner

Honors Theses from 1969 1969

An Elementary Proof of the Prime Number Theorem , James G. Huard

Honors Theses from 1960 1960

A Study of the Attitudes of Parents in Relation to the Behavior of their Children in Nursery School , Rose Marie Baron

Honors Theses from 1937 1937

Mammals of Maine , Ralph S. Palmer

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University Honors Theses

Third rome: religion, politics and a persistent myth.

Seth Brugger Monteith , Portland State University

First Advisor

Jon Mandaville

Date of Award

Document type.

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Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in History and University Honors

Moscow (Russia) – Historiography, Moscow (Russia) -- Politics and government -- History

10.15760/honors.1032

This thesis is the culmination of research from over the past three years. It started out with the question: Can the foreign policy of the medieval Muscovite State be fully explained by the concept of Third Rome? Third Rome is a concept of political inheritance whereby Moscow was seen as heir of the religious and political ideology of Byzantium, and, therefore, the Roman Empire. I made an appointment to see the Russian historian Dr. David Goldfrank at Georgetown University. It quickly became apparent that my research, at the time, was inadequate, but with a few suggestions I was sent back on the right path. Yet, I kept thinking that all my research could not have been inadequate. After all, it came from well published historians. I delved deeper into the historiography. The great majority of scholarship that mentioned the concept appeared to validate my original assumption, but recent scholarship by Russian, or more specifically Muscovite, historians countered this assumption. There was a shift in scholarship from those that supported the concept of Third Rome to those that upheld counter views. With such a vast amount of scholarship at my fingertips I sought to organize and explicate how such a shift occurred. The result is this historiographic survey of the concept of Third Rome.

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Recommended Citation

Monteith, Seth Brugger, "Third Rome: Religion, Politics and a Persistent Myth" (2008). University Honors Theses. Paper 1008. https://doi.org/10.15760/honors.1032

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Growing up in Canada, Lemir Lira felt like he got to travel the world without even leaving his hometown. “Toronto was such a diverse and multicultural city that exposed me to different foods, music and customs,” he says.

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