Graduate Student Work
A collection of Graduate Student Work at the University of Northern Iowa.
Events from 2020
Factors That Enhance Well-being: Hope and Meaning in Life, Social support, and Resilience, Hiroki Hirano
Frequency of engagement in positive events mediates the links between sleep and positive affect, Hiroki Hirano and Dilbur D. Arsiwalla
Positive and Negative Affects Mediates the Links between Frequency of Engagement in Different Types of Positive Events and Life Satisfaction, Hiroki Hirano and Dilbur D. Arsiwalla
The Effect of Environmental and Terrorism/Crime Threats on Political Orientation and Attitudes: Failure to replicate Thórisdóttir and Jost (2011), Hiroki Hirano and Dylan Pieper
Self-Stigma and Disclosure of Depression in the Workplace, Bailey Holm
Self-stigma and disclosure of depression in the workplace, Bailey Rose Holm Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Physiological performance characteristics of Universal Tennis Rating (UTR), Savanna Storm Hunt Open Access Thesis
Young athletes' perceptions of playing through pain, Aubri Keesee Open Access Thesis
Step twin cities? : Exploring uneven spaces in Waterloo-Cedar Falls business landscapes, Natalia Khortseva Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Prompted reflective thinking and implications for mathematics teacher efficacy in an elementary mathematics methods course, Brooke Krejci Open Access Dissertation
Characterizing protagonists in graphic novels for teens, Danielle Lahr Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Bleeding cuts, magical spells, sealed hymens: A study of the rite of Tasfih in Algeria, Ahlam Laouar Open Access Thesis
Using adapted primary science literature to enhance argumentation and reasoning skills in middle school students, Betsy Wiederin Lemus Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implementation of a joint power delivering and communication technology for smartphones over the 3.5 mm audio jack, Ziyuan Li Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
Clinical outcomes of orofacial myofunctional therapy in children without concurrent orthodontia, Julia Logan Open Access Graduate Research Paper 2021 Award
Indices of metabolic stress following resistance exercise, Steven Alexander Long Open Access Thesis
Productivity and community composition change in prairie biomass feedstocks, Kathleen Loretta Madsen Open Access Thesis
Carbon sequestration and weedy invasion in CRP fields, Destiny Danielle Magee Open Access Thesis
Portrayal of immigration in fiction for grades 4-6, Melissa N. Marwedel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Guardian, a novel, John Ross Mason Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The Mediating Role of Sleep in the Link between Attachment Styles and Conflict Styles in Romantic Relationships, Alyssa McCoy and Dilbur D. Arsiwalla
Alaska national parks and indigenous peoples: Collaboration for a protected future, Siobhan McTiernan Open Access Thesis
Hi God: An autoethnography of loneliness in graduate school, Grace Elisabeth Mertz Open Access Thesis
Festivals as a sustainable development tool: Case study of Teriberka, Russia, Maria Monakhova Open Access Thesis
Issues of accessibility in victim services for survivors with disabilities: an agency assessment, Sara Naughton Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Doctoral Psychology Students' Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practice, Jordan A. Newburg
Doctoral psychology students' attitudes toward evidenced-based practice, Jordan Ashley Newburg Open Access Thesis
Consent Form Presentation Effects on Participants’ Attitudes, Knowledge, & Data, Jordan Newburg, Alyssa McCoy, and Brian Fairfield
Levels of cyclin B in THP-1 cells incubated in hibernating and non-hibernating bullfrog plasma, Lithobates catesbeianus, Tharuka D. Pathmaperuma Open Access Thesis
Three cases of makerspace integration in school library programs in conjunction with district initiatives: Literacy, design thinking, and STEAM, Sara Pflughaupt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Challenging social systems under the threat of pollution: Replication and extension of Eadeh and Chang (2019), Dylan J. Pieper Open Access Thesis
Influence of book clubs on reading motivation for third through fifth grade students, Allyson Reister Open Access Graduate Research Paper
"I was a trailblazer": A phenomenological study of the baseball playing experience of girls, AJ Richard Open Access Thesis
Examining African American male mentors relationships with African American boys: Benefits, barriers, recruitment, and retention, Quenton Angelo Richardson Open Access Dissertation
Trauma in children's literature, Kyra Ross Open Access Graduate Research Paper
"This is how we play destroy": Deconstruction and the construction of a cyborg future in Poppy's Am I a Girl?, Stevie Eve Sanchez Open Access Thesis
The Trump Administration: Government secrecy, bureaucracy, and democracy, Logan J. Santel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A ground based investigation of snow metamorphism using an energy flux model and hyperspectral imaging across cropland, grassland and barren surface in northeast Iowa, Ayan Sasmal Open Access Thesis
The Role of Sleep in the Relationship between Insecure Attachment and Borderline Personality Symptoms, Elijah Schaefer and Dilbur Arsiwalla
Utilizing pre-laboratory strategies in a high school chemistry classroom to improve performance on guided inquiry labs, Jacquelyn Schmitt Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
An analysis of ADHD in middle grade and young adult literature, Sydney Schuler Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Master's recital: Isaac Schwartz, Isaac Schwartz Open Access Thesis
How quality management has been impacted in the face of COVID-19, Eldina Siljkovic Open Access Thesis
Graduate voice recital: Jenna Skarphol, mezzo-soprano and Dr. Andrea Johnson, piano, Jenna Skarphol Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Evercross, Randi Ann Smith Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Representation of LGBTQ characters in 2019 young adult literature, Janelle M. Snyder Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gazing at scattered stars: Immigration through the lens of elementary graphic literature, Jennifer K. Stanerson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Pluralistic ignorance of campus norms, Evan Stilgenbauer Open Access Thesis
What is Your Prejudice? Predicting Prejudice Towards Greek Members, Evan Stilgenbauer, Matt Sedlacek, and Riley Rodemaker
The digital bridge to campus: Mass communication and graduate student enrollment decisions, Ashley Stoppel Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Evaluation of the csr1-2 allele from Arabidopsis thaliana CS3102 as an imazapyr herbicide resistance marker for biolistic transformation of the shoot apical meristem, Amanda J. Stump Open Access Thesis
Technology based grammar instruction, Erin Mary Summerhays Open Access Thesis
Making the water cycle accessible and relevant for English language learners, Summer Teed Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Three cases of makerspace integration in school library programs in conjunction with district initiatives: STEAM, design thinking, and literacy, Lisa Tegels Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Identification of trends in scientific communication by minority students in an integrated and advanced ninth grade science curriculum, Loren Thalacker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Stained glass, synthetic web: The simultaneous rise and fall of something person, Seth Thill Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available) 2020 Award
A master's recital in conducting, Meredith Kay Tipping Open Access Thesis
The impact of severe mental health on peers in supporting roles: A look at secondary trauma and college students, Courtney Tripp-Stuck Open Access Thesis
Vietnam: A soldier's story, Ryan Charles Villarreal Open Access Thesis
Graduate recital in violin, Bethany Washington Open Access Thesis
An exploration in Ramsey theory, Jake Weber Open Access Thesis
Culture in transitional chapter books: Assimilation or inclusion, Jeanette P. White Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Graduate voice recital: Elizabeth Wiley, soprano, and Dr. Korey Barrett, pianist, Elizabeth Wiley Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Using Self-reflection and Community Engagement Opportunities to Combat Social Justice Issues, Dionna Williams and Catherine Zeman
Effects of a sport nutrition education intervention on nutritional knowledge, dietary behaviors, and self-efficacy in NCAA Division I softball players, Kylie Wilson Open Access Thesis
Syllabi Analysis of Undergraduate Introduction to Adapted Physical Education Courses, Kylie Wilson, Scott McNamara, and Lauren J. Lieberman
Graduate voice recital: Anna Zetterlund, contralto, Anna Zetterlund Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
A master's recital in flute, Kimberly Ann Abeyta Open Access Thesis
Perception of preservice teachers on the implementation of multicultural education, Winnie Esther Akinyi Open Access Thesis
A study of non-profit leaders' risk-taking propensity and managerial leadership styles, Younis Q. Al Hassan Open Access Dissertation
Impact of social support on Saudi women with type II diabetes living in Saudi Arabia, Fatimah Al-Khidhr Open Access Thesis
Exploring the knowledge and behavior needed to prevent osteoporosis among Saudi women, Zahra Al Khidhr Open Access Thesis
Communicating about being parents in the workplace, Ruqayah Almuzayn Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Women's occupational health and safety in the informal economy: Maternal market traders in Accra, Ghana, Joyceline Amoako Open Access Thesis
Early childhood professional learning facilitators: A self-study within a new delivery model, Allison Jane Barness Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
An investigation of pre-service teacher and faculty knowledge on RTI, Nichole M. Beckman Open Access Thesis
Increasing student perceptions of success and inclusion through strategic programming of underrepresented composers, Joyce J. Beyer Open Access Thesis
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of physical education teachers in Saudi Arabia about drug prevention education: Potential for health education, Fahad Bin Radhyan Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Teacher perceptions of understaffed school libraries, Amanda Bonjour Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Pre-service teacher knowledge and attitudes about the trans body in the classroom: Implications for teacher education, Kyrie Dora Borsay Dissertation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The effect of gamification on student motivation, David A. Brahn Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
An investigation into the prediction of double-skin penetration within chromite molds and cores in heavy section steel casting using process simulation software, Nathaniel Bryant Open Access Thesis
The effects of gamification on student engagement and motivation, Sara Butcher Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Graduate recital in composition, Adam Walter Carlsen Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Seeing the forest for the trees: Elementary STEM environments that nurture creativity and innovation, Lisa Jo Chizek Open Access Dissertation
Constraints to African American college women's leisure-time physical activity and use of campus recreation services and facilities: A retrospective ethnographic exploration of experiences, Domino Ebony Chumrley-Birch Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
Computer science is elementary: Comprehensive plan for computer science implementation at the elementary level, Erin Chute Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study to explore linkages between reports of institutional racial oppression, internalized racial oppression, and self-efficacy in African American youth in predominately white colleges and universities (PWIS), Belinda Creighton-Smith Dissertation (UNI Access Only) 2020 Award
The effect of cold stratification and perigynia removal on the germination of three prairie carex species, Christina M. Boeck Crew Open Access Thesis
Post-trip blues: Full time college students' emotional and motivational post-trip transition from adventure break trips, Nichole Crockford Open Access Thesis
Using critical literacy and emotionally responsive teaching to discuss racism in a literature circle unit, Autumn Rose Den Boer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A master's recital in flute, Tamara Kathleen Drury Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Student engagement within the use of graphic novels, Melissa Felsenthal Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship of walkability, social capital and the built environment in a Blue Zones® demonstration site community, Thomas Manford Flack Open Access Dissertation
Are the deaf stigmatized?, Christina M. Fortuna Thesis (UNI Access Only)
ADHD symptoms and non-suicidal self-injury in the college transition, Anna Marie Garner Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Analysis of a paleoglacier reconstruction model for valley glaciers of the Wind River Range, Wyoming, Taylor Rae Garton Open Access Thesis
Morphological and morphometric analysis of Nekemias arborea and Ampelopsis aconitifolia (Vitaceae), Sally Rose Gray Open Access Thesis
A Feasibility Study on Utilizing Data Science as an Advanced Lean Manufacturing Tool in the Biopharma Manufacturing Sector, Tanya Heerts Open Access Graduate Research Paper
"Half-breeds," squatters, land speculators, and settler colonialism in the Des Moines-Mississippi confluence, Matthew Hill Open Access Thesis
