Mary Ann Bolton Undergraduate Research Award
The Mary Ann Bolton Undergraduate Research Award is given to students who demonstrate excellence in library research conducted for an undergraduate paper or project carried out under the guidance of a UNI faculty member or mentor. This is a monetary award with the donations of Mary Ann Bolton providing $1,200 to the first place winner, and $800 to two runner-ups.
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Award Winners for 2024
- First Place, Madeline Roubik, How is International Orchid Trade Regulated, and how Effective are those Regulations?
- Runner-up, Lydia Berns-Schweingruber, "Our Hands are Tied": How State Educational Diversity Laws Affect Iowa Public Educators and How Educators Respond.
- Runner-up, Sara Petersen, Culturally Competent Strategies for Tutoring Writing with International ELL Students.
Submissions from 2024
“Our Hands are Tied”: How State Educational Diversity Laws Affect Iowa Public Educators and How Educators Respond, Lydia Berns-Schweingruber Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2024 Award
Culturally Competent Strategies for Tutoring Writing with International ELL Students, Sara Petersen Open Access Paper 2024 Award
How is International Orchid Trade Regulated, and how Effective are those Regulations?, Madeline Roubik Open Access Paper 2024 Award
Submissions from 2023
An Analysis of the Relationship between K-12 Public Education Spending and Student Academic Achievement in Iowa [paper, Bolton award version], Lydia Berns-Schweingruber Open Access Paper 2023 Award
Language Development and Poverty: Considerations and Applications for Speech-Language Pathologists, Samantha Lynn Ehler Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2023 Award
Breaking the Marble Ceiling: The Construction of Athena in Greek Thought, Elizabeth Tulley Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2023 Award
Submissions from 2022
The Gender Bias Burden on Business: Women's Access to Credit in Bahrain, Sandra J. Thiman Open Access Paper 2022 Award
Submissions from 2021
Made in China: Decline of unions and stagnant wages in the U.S., Witt Harberts Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2022 Award
A descriptive analysis of intuitive eating on the UNI campus, Natalee Jeanne Lyons Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2022 Award
Understanding the lived experiences of Asian American transracial adoptees in college, Frances Elizabeth McDermott Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2021 Award
Assessing the implicit curriculum in social work education: An examination of the University of Northern Iowa students' experiences, Madison Motz Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2021 Award
The moderating role of mindful awareness in the associations of adverse childhood experiences and coronavirus exposure with sleep patterns, Shyanne Faith Sporrer Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2021 Award
Submissions from 2020
Testing the effects of mindfulness meditation in reducing music performance anxiety as measured by cortisol and self-report, Anya E. Shorey Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2020 Award
Spectral time: How Gérard Grisey’s concept of musical time is still relevant today, Isaac Raymond Smith Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2020 Award
Submissions from 2019
Seed Mix Design and First-year Management Influences Ecological Outcomes in Prairie Reconstruction, Alec Glidden Open Access Paper 2019 Award
Learning and literacy in music: activities for integrating children's literature into the elementary general music curriculum, Taryn Jeanette Kroymann Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2019 Award
She's not allowed to do that: performing stigmatized same-sex sexuality, Orion Lee Risk Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2019 Award
Breathe in, breathe out: An exploration of the impacts of yoga on self-regulation and classroom community, Shaylyn Trenkamp Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2020 Award
Submissions from 2018
Exploration of Potential Treatments of Bronze Disease Through SEM/EDX Analysis, Nicole Bishop and Brian Pauley Poster 2019 Award
Flutists in Red: Increasing Discoverability of Female Flute Players in the World’s Most Used Reference Source, Lydia Richards Paper (UNI Access Only) 2018 Award
Submissions from 2017
"Slavery wasn't that bad": An examination of the effects of reduced social studies class time and student misconceptions, Matthew Karl Mengler Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2018 Award
Tracing Ancient Healing Practices through the Hibiscus, Lyn Tackett Open Access Paper 2018 Award
