Honors Program Theses
This collection contains Honors Program Theses written by undergraduate students in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa.
Every honors student has the opportunity to complete undergraduate research during their time at UNI by writing a thesis. Students work with faculty members in their major or area of interest to develop and conduct a study during either their Junior or Senior year.
Submissions from 2020
Caregivers' perceptions of literacy toolbox for children in foster care, Raelynn Meade, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2019
Summer melt and socialization: Informing retention strategies for higher education, Cecelia Alice Hawbaker, Department of Communication Studies, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
"It's important to just have your voice heard": Young voters' change perception of political efficacy, Christopher Matthew Merck, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2017
A presidential paradigm shift: Changes in presidential rhetoric regarding Cuba, Alyssa Chellan Dixon, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Workplace friendship as an antecedent of employment engagement, Victoria Marie Settanni, Department of Communication Studies, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2016
An analysis of how public relations professionals use social media, Abigail Jen Kreun, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2015
Finding community: the importance of intergroup dialogue within diversity workshops, Joslyn Nycole Aldape, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessing study abroad outcomes: Groundwork for change in curriculum, Avary Bradford, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Losing Robin Williams: an analysis of user-generated Twitter content following the sudden death of a celebrity, Samantha Mallow, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Perspectives on why the glass ceiling still exists for women in advertising and media and tools to help shatter it, Olivia Hottle Mossman, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Digital action: An exploratory documentary of artistic process, Dana Renee Potter, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2014
The feeling that you are where you belong: a qualitative analysis of college music groups and student success, Susan Elizabeth Johnson, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What's faith have to do with it? : the media framing of religion and politics in the 2012 Republican primaries, Zoe Russell, Department of Communication Studies, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2013
Sustainable Food at UNI: Past, Present and Future: A Documentary, Glenna Maureen Goldman, Department of Communication Studies, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2012
From Strangers to Siblings: An Ethnography of the Appalachia Service Project Summer Staffers, Rachel Elizabeth Tish, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2011
Apologia, atonement, and the public sphere, Christopher Outzen, Department of Communication Studies, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Essential workplace communication skills: Student vs. employer perspectives, Amanda Schickel, Department of Communication Studies, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
What it's like to be me: A qualitative look at students' narratives about diversity inclusion and discrimination, Megan Deanne Wharff, Department of Communication Studies, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
