Graduate Student Work
A collection of Graduate Student Work at the University of Northern Iowa.
Submissions from 2023
Does systematic phonological awareness in the early primary grades impact student learning beyond primary grades, Renee Lyn Sorenson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Foster Parent Adversity and Support, Autumn Stowe and Ellie Rogaczewski
La Serva Padrona: Production Research and Design, Grace Sullivan Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Graduate Recital Yuxiao Sun, Piano, Yuxiao Sun Open Access Thesis
Indigenous Economic Institutions Building: A Case Study of the Yerv Reindeer Herding Cooperative, Polina Syadeyskaya
Indigenous Economic Institutions Building: A Case Study of the Yerv Reindeer Herding Cooperative, Nenets Autonomous District, Russia, Polina Syadeyskaya
Strengths-Based Leadership Traits in Intercollegiate Student-Athletes, Caitlin Thilges Open Access Thesis
Dual identity, self-esteem, and well-being in Tibetan refugees, Tenzin Urgyen Open Access Thesis
Comparison of Load Balancing Algorithms in Cloud Computing, Rajkumar Vishnani Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Using Fundraising Data Strategically in Nonprofit Organizations to Drive Relational Fundraising, Anna L. Warner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Intervening for a Depressed Peer: The Effects of Resilience Empathy, and History of Depression, Brendan Weed Open Access Thesis 2024 Award
Intervening for a Depressed Peer: The Effects of Resilience, Empathy, and History of Depression, Brendan Weed and Elizabeth Lefler
Somewhere I Belong: An Assessment of Nonprofit Retention Initiatives Through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Janessa Weightman Graduate Research Paper (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The critical role of happiness in education: Resilience, retention, and what happy teachers do differently, Jill Marie Hayes White Open Access Dissertation
OUT in Education: A Qualitative Study Examining the Intersectionality and the Lived OUT Experiences of PreK–12 LGBTQ+ Educators, Landon Wood Open Access Dissertation 2024 Award
The Flow Experience of Adults Age 50 and Older in Recreational Doubles Pickleball, Glynis Worthington Open Access Dissertation
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Quantifying genomic diversity and growth in Iowa bluegill, Jeremy Raymond Abels Open Access Thesis
Feminist qualitative study of victim blaming of sexually assaulted women in India, Alia Afzal Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Media framing of marriage practices in Afghanistan, Hakima Afzaly Open Access Thesis
Changes in the barley stem proteome in response to drought during grain filling, Mohammed Al Slamh Open Access Thesis
Wind conducting recital: A journey through 100 years of wind band repertoire, Foteini Angeli Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The impacts of adolescents' leisure activity types on psychological well-being, academic self-efficacy, self esteem, and stress, Dongyub Back Open Access Dissertation
Psychopathy and emotion regulation: The mediating role of motives and goals, Morning S. Baker Open Access Thesis
Cowboy Cooper Goes West: Mystery Babylon and the Western Hero Archetype, Matthew Bancroft-Smithe
Solution Aversion and Climate Change Beliefs, Ian Beatty
Third Party Perspective Taking, Ian Beatty
Rating Tweets from News Sources, Ian Beatty and Taylor Simington
You can't live off pride: Welfare and farm aid in the Reagan era, Jeremiah David Brockman Open Access Thesis
Association between habitat and the genetic diversity of the brown-belted bumblebee (Bombus griseocollis) in the agricultural landscape across northeast Iowa, Clarissa Elizabeth Bruns Open Access Thesis
Using Internet reciprocal teaching to develop second graders' online text evaluation skills, Annika Buell Open Access Thesis
Building an understanding of the Common Core state standards and complex texts, while supporting upper elementary readers with complex text through shared reading, Joanna Mae Carlson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Identifying misconceptions about evolution relative to science curriculum exposure at the secondary level, Rachel Carney Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Mental Illness Stigma toward Black and White Elite Male Athletes, Nicholas Clark
Mental illness stigma toward Black and White elite male athletes, Nicholas William Clark Thesis (UNI Access Only) 2023 Award
The Geographical (and almost) Non-Geographical Advantages on Access to Water Resources, Clemir Abbeg Coproski
The Association Between Parent and Adult Child Severe Mental Illness, Taylor Courier
The association between parent and adult child severe mental illness stigma: The effects of gender, relationship quality, and contact, Taylor Joyce Courier Open Access Thesis
Master's flute recital, Breanna Daley Open Access Thesis
MM percussion recital, Tyler Darnall Open Access Thesis
Leading early childhood education in Iowa schools, Alaina T. Daters Open Access Dissertation
A historical analysis of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agencies (FEMA) response and recovery to Gulf Coast hurricane and other weather-related disasters, Lauren Marie Denning Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Music: Conducting Creating a New Symphony Orchestra and a New Repertory, Juan Dominguez
Tell me, which realm do I remember?, Danielle Dunagan Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Graduate voice recital: Jovon Eborn, baritone, Jovon Eborn Thesis (UNI Access Only)
High school earth science students evaluating agricultural solutions, Jaclyn Citlali Sanchez Erickson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Survey Regarding Dimensions of Access in University-Sponsored Clinics, Anna Ervin
Graduate recital: Colin Evers, piano, Colin Evers Open Access Thesis
Teacher hiring and selection processes in Iowa schools, Michael C. Fisher Open Access Dissertation 2023 Award
"Land of the Silver Birch": Environmental attitudes and place-making in a Northern Minnesota Boy Scout camp, 1960-1975, John Mark Fretham Open Access Thesis
Black Voices in Southern Labor Spaces: The Delta-Providence Cooperative Farms & The North Carolina Commission of Interracial Cooperation, Tyler Eugene Fulks
Moral Exclusion, Negative Words and Schadenfreude Surrounding the COVID-19 Vaccine, Matthew Gunderson
Nationalism and Collective Guilt Predict Attitudes Towards Americas’ Past Infractions, Matthew Gunderson
Not our problem: Ingroup glorification facilitates moral disengagement and exclusion, Matthew Gunderson Open Access Thesis
Use of technology and its impact on higher order thinking in the science classroom, Mauree Angelina Haage Open Access Thesis
The path from paramilitary to politics: Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin, and the Good Friday Agreement: 1986-1998, Brenann Hamilton Open Access Thesis
Relationship between decoding and writing with early readers: An action research study, Nicole M. Henningsen Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Changes in Brain Oxygenation of Rugby Players with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury During Match Play, Katherine Hermsen
Training for challenging behaviors in the school setting, Kenzie Heusinkvelt Open Access Thesis 2023 Award
The Influence of Gender and Culture on Pay Expectation and Negotiation, Thu Hoang
Vocabulary strategies in elementary science - A self-study, Katherine Hooey Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Educational experiences of first generation Black African students with and without dis/abilities, Shehreen Iqtadar Open Access Dissertation
Perfectionism as a Moderator of Disordered Eating and Anxiety Among Male and Female College Students, Karissa Jensen
Perfectionism as a Moderator of Disordered Eating and Anxiety Among Male and Female Emerging Adults, Karissa Jensen
Influence of Trigger Warning Use on Student Perceptions, Karissa Jensen and Megan Bunyer
The medieval ideal: Utopian medievalism in the life, thought, and works of William Morris, Benjamin Michael Kimball Open Access Thesis
Late Romantic art song from various national styles, Aricson Jakob Knoblock Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Preliminary investigation into the effects of hard and soft water on silica green sand properties, Matthew P. Krueger Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Partnership to grow effective readers: professional learning for interventionists and classroom teachers, Jennifer Lane Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Eating Habits and Life Satisfaction Among Adults, Yuan Ling Looi
Have Attitudes Toward Immigrants Changed Over the Last 20 Years?, Yuan Ling Looi, Tenzin Nyima, and Matthew Gunderson
Changes in reproductive behavior and birth patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sakartvelo (The Republic Georgia) [რეპროდუქციული ქცევასა და შობადობის ცვლილებები კოვიდ-19 პანდემიის დროს საქართველოში], Nino Mateshvili Open Access Thesis
Engaging a "coalition of the willing": Instructional coaches' social networking strategies to facilitate teachers' research use, Kimberly S. McCoy-Parker Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
The trouble with floating, Alyssa Minch Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Performance on Language and Cognitive Testing, Hallee Mingus
How do we use creative and personal memories for creative communication?, Tyler Robert Montgomery Open Access Thesis
Crisis communication in the wake of the storm: Derecho 2020, Annette M. Moudry Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The writing identity of a Hip Hop lyricist and educator: An autoethnography, Lamont Muhammad Open Access Dissertation
Teacher librarian influence on students' self-selection of books, Elizabeth A. Nelson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Portrayal of Native Americans and Native culture in children's picture books, Janace Nester Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Gender performance and political identity at the January 6 Capitol insurrection, Emma Elise Newton Open Access Thesis
Investigating the environment needed to shift instructional practice towards a learner-centered classroom in rural Iowa, Kelli Olson Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
Frank Capra's America: The fall of political ambiguity, 1930-1950, Lydia Lennice Pakala Open Access Thesis
Juror Decision Making: The Influence of Defendants Mental Illness, and Severity of Crime, Aubrey Paschal
Liberals and Conservatives: Can Framing Change their Prejudices?, Aubrey Paschal and Rishika Sheetal Singh
Unstacking the matryoshka nesting doll: A self-study of playful language instruction for adult second language learners, Marine Pepanyan Open Access Dissertation
Integrating the Next Generation Science Standards into a 9th grade physical science classroom using Newton's second law of motion, Chad Pietig Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Master's recital: Kyle Punt, Kyle Punt Open Access Thesis
Doing corpus pragmatics: Variations in speech acts performed in conversations occurring naturally in academic contexts, Jacob Philip Rigal Open Access Thesis
Women Provos: Women in the Provisional IRA and their impact on Irish republicanism and Northern Irish society during the 1970s, Sean Alexander Riley Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Master's recital: Luke Sanders, Matthew Lucas Sanders Open Access Thesis
Sounds of the trumpet, Cody Alan Schnebel Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Lexile levels and their value to public school teachers, Kristin Schumacher Open Access Thesis
Effects of perceived reach on ratings of media bias, quality, and agreement, Matthew Sedlacek Open Access Thesis
The new independents: A historical analysis of webcomics and webtoon, Leonal A. Sepúlveda S. Open Access Thesis
Understanding morphological responses of Typha (cattail) species to nutrient pollution, Anna Marie Shapiro Open Access Thesis
Ratings of Different Groups of People, Rishika Sheetal Singh
Pleasure reading workshop: Meeting SEL competencies based on sustained (and maybe not so silent) reading, Lora Sink Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Faculty Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Taylor Sloan and Tenzin Urgyen
The influence of book talks on reader engagement in fourth grade students, Jennifer Smith Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
