Graduate Student Work
A collection of Graduate Student Work at the University of Northern Iowa.
Submissions from 2008
A preferred vision for leading schools : a reflective essay, Sarah E. Willenborg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Micronesian Youth in Hawaii: Development of After School Programs to Support Micronesian Youth in Selected Schools in Hawaii, Hao Yang Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Low power energy harvesting and storage techniques from ambient human powered energy sources, Faruk Yildiz Open Access Dissertation 2009 Award
Alcohol use among adolescents, Malynda R. Zuck Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Bomb Media 1951-1964, Tristan Edward Abbott Open Access Thesis
Employee Engagement as a Mediator of the Relationship between Management Support and Job Performance and Turnover, Liliya Akbulatova Open Access Thesis
Life Threatening Communication: Assessing Suicide Threat and Its Relation to Psychological Factors in Adolescent Inpatient Sample, Jennifer Bailey Open Access Thesis
A case study using guided reading and teacher read-alouds while monitoring English language learners' and native English speakers' reading achievement, Kelsey M. Baker Open Access Thesis
Use of learning styles in the selection of instructional strategies : Does pedagogy lead to practice?, Roger E. Baker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) : a model for English language learners, Edith L. Bakley Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Introversion : relationship with mental well-being, Elizabeth A. Balder Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Sandplay with children in the school setting, Sophie I. Banwarth Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Guess who's not coming to dinner: A review of the policies and practices in three urban Iowa school districts to recruit teachers from underrepresented backgrounds, Willie B. Barney Open Access Dissertation
The Environmental Implications of Aggradation in Major Braided Rivers at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, Scott Robert Beason Open Access Thesis
Sexual Minority Youth In The Research Literature: The Invisible Students, Kelly J. Beck Open Access Thesis
NBPTS Portfolio Option: Young Adolescence Science, Mary Margaretta Beck Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Use of AFLP to Create a Genetic Linkage Map for Fusarium graminearum, Eric Von Berns Open Access Thesis
Family literacy nights : factors for success, Crystal Betts Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Advisory programs : organization and implementation, Angela Ruth Black Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effects of Identity on Public-Organization Relationships: A Case Study of Student-University Relations, Nadezhda Olegovna Bocharova Open Access Thesis
Home and school literacy partnerships : building stronger tomorrows hand in hand, Tera Bockenstedt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What I believe about leadership and education, Adam R. Booth Open Access Graduate Research Paper
NBPTS Portfolio Option, Cindy L. Borske Open Access Graduate Research Paper
“Out from Gens Romulum into the Weal-Kin”: Re-Locating Modernist Poetics in David Jones’ Anathémata and Basil Bunting’s Briggflatts, Lucie Boukalova Open Access Thesis
Fathers as readers : A program for African American fathers and their children, Amber Nicole Boyd Open Access Graduate Research Paper
When to refer : Religiosity and counseling students' decision to refer GLBT clients, Cynthia R. Boyle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Acupuncture for Labor Pain Management a Review of the Literature, Saraj Brainard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Views Of Students With Disabilities Regarding Dropout And School Belonging, Rebecca L. Brandau Open Access Thesis
Neo Romance: Gender Renegotiation in Harlequin Romance Novels, Amanda L. Breeden Open Access Thesis
The Global Gag Rule: Implications for Feminism, NGO Funding, and Women’s Global Health, Amanda L. Breeden Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What I believe about leadership and education : a reflective essay, Julie A. Bride Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Master's Recital in Voice, Sarah Martha Brindley Open Access Thesis
"Feelin' blue, oh what to do?": coping with negative emotions, Jana L. Brinkman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Approaches to studying and study tactics of baccalaureate nursing students, Lisa D. Brodersen Open Access Dissertation
A Cross-Cultural Community: An Evaluative Study of the Global Health Corps Training Program at the University of Northern Iowa, Kalani Kee Brown Open Access Thesis
Jazz Pedagogy and the Guitar: Recital Recording, Tony Brown Open Access Thesis
The Effects of the NutriActive Healthy Experience Intervention on Nutrition Knowledge in Kindergarten and First Grade Students, Jennifer Marie Bruss Open Access Thesis
The effects of parental involvement on student achievement, Meghan J. Budke Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of facial attractiveness, weight, and immediacy on social influence: A test of dynamic social impact, Melinda Bullock Open Access Thesis 2009 Award
Impacts of cyberbullying, Kelly Burns Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Mental Health Services In Schools: School Psychologists' Current Practices And Perspectives, Nicole Carlson Open Access Thesis
Practice what you preach : a look at retention research and classroom practice, Angela R. Carpenter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What I believe about leadership and education : a reflective essay, Christopher A. Cartee Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Estimating the economic impact of tourism: A comparative analysis of Albania, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece, Arjana Çela Open Access Dissertation
The Influences of Gender Identity on the Expectancies for Success and Perceived Task Value of Three Different Activities, Chi Ching Chow Open Access Thesis
Reading strategies for struggling readers in the middle school, Kathleen Claeys Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Surviving Katrina: A Qualitative Narrative Inquiry, Farren Keith Clark Open Access Thesis
Motor Learning and Its Application to Accent Modification, Lindsey Nicole Clark Open Access Thesis
Dealing with grief and depression issues in schools, Nykole L. Conrad Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of service learning on children, Cedilia R. Corken Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What happens when veteran and beginner teachers' life histories intersect with high-stakes testing and what does it mean for learners and teaching practice: The making of a culture of fear, Shelly L. Counsell Open Access Dissertation
Pieces to the puzzle, Ann L. Cracco Open Access Dissertation
Guided reading in early childhood classrooms, Shyla Dawn Crosser Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Crisis management in education, Jamie L. Cusick Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Identifying behavioral characteristics of high school principals providing leadership in reforming Iowa high schools, Nadene E. Davidson Open Access Dissertation
Exercise : nature's defense against depression and anxiety, Holly A. Dorenkamp Open Access Graduate Research Paper
From isolation to integration : an in-class writing model for literacy specialists, Sarah Nadine Dorsey Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Measuring Levels of Satisfaction, Commitment, and Constraints of Middle-Age Women Exercising in Fitness Centers, Melissa Dowd Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The importance of mentoring first year teachers, Julia Lynn Doyle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The What, the Why, and the How of using repeated readings of poetry to increase reading fluency, Melissa Feldmann Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Year round schooling, Rita Danielle Fiala Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Child in Need of Assistance and a Lack of Rural Mental Health Care, Katie L. Fisher Open Access Thesis
What I believe about leadership and education : a reflective essay, Angela C. Fogle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
How the clinical settings of radiography programs affect learning perceptions, Peggy Fortsch Open Access Dissertation
Using picture books to enhance content area reading, Tamra C. Foster Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using a balanced literacy approach in elementary schools, Jennifer Lynn Freeman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Roles and reflections : using team teaching to improve literacy teaching, Jennifer L. Frett Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading intervention : using self-assessment to increase fluency and comprehension for struggling readers, Paula L. Ganzeveld Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Motivation for leisure reading : a model Camp Adventure curriculum, Nicole Beth Geopfert Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Partnering with homeschoolers: Collaborations between homeschoolers and public schools, Sharon Gerst Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading aloud to children : is there a relationship to reading achievement?, Stephanie Gierstorf Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adult learners : who are they, and what do they need to succeed?, Antoinette Givens Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Abuse and dissociation disorder, Myrtle Godfrey Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What I believe about leadership and education : a reflective essay, Lisa L. Goedken Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An analysis of students' perceptions of online multimedia tutorials to assist classroom instruction, Alex A. Goerdt Open Access Thesis
Significance of the general public for public relations: A study of the blogosphere's impact on the October 2006 Edelman/Wal-Mart crisis, Sergei Golitsinski Open Access Thesis 2009 Award
Self-Esteem & Developmental Assets: An Examination of the Pertinent Literature off the Relationship between Self-Esteem and Developmental Assets in Adolescents, Angela Gorsuch Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Compliance of Iowa Private Foundations with the Iowa Principles and Practices for Charitable Nonprofit Excellence, Julie Patricia Gosselink Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effect of Three Rest Intervals After a High Intensity Training Protocol on Speed and Strength Variables in Division I Track and Field Sprinters and Jumpers, Eric Lee Hanenberger Open Access Thesis
An Evaluation of the Relationship between Physical Fitness Measures and Academic Achievement, George Victor Harnick Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of spirituality in women's leadership at community colleges, Carol L. Hedberg Open Access Dissertation
Effects of digital storytelling in a language arts classroom, Joseph J. Hegland Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A vision for leading : a reflective essay, Carrie M. Heinzerling Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading comprehension : what strategies make a difference?, Jill Helgerson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Inclusion of special needs students into the regular education classroom, Jennifer S. Hemann Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Quantifying granivory in a reconstructed prairie: affects of season, species, seed predators, sacrificial food, and the chemical deterrent capsaicin, Craig M. Hemsath Open Access Thesis
Meeting the needs of the adult learner in the instructional design environment, Takeisha Henfield Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gender inequalities in toddler confrontation teachers' responses, Jessica Hermeyer Open Access Thesis
Incorporating Readings Outside of the Textbook Into a High School Science Curriculum, Melissa Hesner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Building relationships to support self-regulation, Sherice Hetrick-Ortman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
School Psychology Shortage And Urban/Rural Differences, Melissa Marie Hickman Open Access Thesis
Investigating the impact of data-driven decision making on elementary curriculum and its implications for teaching and learning, Sara A. Hofer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
No Child Left Behind Act : implications and strategies for middle school science teaching, Kimberly A. Holmes Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Student Achievement at the Middle Level: Is Block Scheduling a Viable Option in Science Education?, Julie A. Holub Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The benefits of collaboration and co-teaching in the elementary grades, Katherine Kelley Hoover Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using high interest reading material to motivate struggling and reluctant readers, Nicoles C. Hoover Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Review of the Literature Related to Pregnant Adolescents and Their Use of Doulas as Childbirth Support, Janet Hunter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A commitment to excellence in educational leadership: a reflective essay, Michelle A. Hunt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Tree identification and age project, Mark Jensen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A vision for school leadership : a reflective essay, Tamela J. Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
