Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2026
A Hero For Whom: The Caped Crusading State Apparatus, Jonathan Bethards, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Master's Recital: Anna Godtland, Anna Godtland, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Graduate Recital in Voice, Morgan Horning-Griffin, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
The Sisterlands, Elise McDowell, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Echoes of the Nation: Janáček, Bartók, and the Articulation of Central European Identity in Opera, Elyse Morris, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
The ABC’s Few Chapters, Kaleb Soucie, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Acoustic and Perceptual Measures of Stop Consonant Voicing in Parkinson’s Disease, Claire Evelyn Tow, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Nomadic and Communal Performances of Home at the University of Northern Iowa, Nathaniel Aron, Department of Communication Studies, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Organization Communication Policy to Emphasize Student Employee Productivity, Yohan Fernando, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Sunlight through Stained Glass, Lauren Hanssen, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Evaluating the Physiological Response of Enterococcus faecalis to Hemolymph, Joseph Lawrence, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Material Sins: A Novel Excerpt, Patrick Markovich, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
Rural Girl Comedy Hour, Riley McCall, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
Censorship: Through an Iowan’s Eyes, Erin McRae, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
The Eights, a Play by Katrina Sandvik, Katrina Sandvik, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
The Effect of High-Emotion Simulator Training on Students’ Reaction Time in Response to Infant Stress Cues During a Simulated Bottle Feeding, Claire Michelle Biermann, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available) 2025 Award
The Flute Music of Claude Arrieu: Jean-Pierre Rampal, Radio, and the French Flute School, Breanna Daley, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Positioning Paperback Books as Americana: Cultural and Historical Impacts of the Wadle Pocket Book Collection, Jake Volk, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Characterizing Genetic Diversity and Testing for Fisheries Induced Evolution in Southeastern Kansas Populations of Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), Morganne C. Borsh, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
A Graduate Recital in Piano, Christine Compton, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Graduate Recital in Piano, Heather Gillis, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Unlocking Possibility: The Influence of the Oulipo Movement on Language, Semantics, and Politics in Modern Literature, Sidney M. Haren, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The Pandemic-Uncanny: Self-Estrangement and Environment in Out There and Bliss Montage, Kersten Khaley, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital: Lauren Leman, Mezzo-soprano, Lauren Leman, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
A Study of Jacob Druckman’s Reflections on the Nature of Water, Paul Lansky’s Three Moves for Marimba, Emmanuel Séjourné, Concerto pour vibraphone solo et orchestre à cordes, Joseph Tompkins, March, and Kevin Volans, She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket, Ethan Martin, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
From Art to Propaganda: The Shift in the Concept of the “Most Dead” in True Crime Literature, Hannah McConkey, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
Enhancing Soil Carbon Sequestration through Grassland Restoration of Former Row Crop Fields at Irvine Prairie, Joshua Joel Mixdorf, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Assessment of Conservation Reserve Program Enhancements at Contract Renewal: Impact on Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Habitat, Tristan L. Murphy, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Main Concept Analysis of Picture Description and Procedural Tasks in Patients with Huntington's Disease, Bailey Rustad, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Masters in Tuba Performance Recital Abstract, Daniel Sanchez, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Master’s Recital in Wind Band Conducting, Stephen Seaberg, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital Yuxiao Sun, Piano, Yuxiao Sun, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Quantifying genomic diversity and growth in Iowa bluegill, Jeremy Raymond Abels, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Changes in the barley stem proteome in response to drought during grain filling, Mohammed Al Slamh, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Wind conducting recital: A journey through 100 years of wind band repertoire, Foteini Angeli, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Association between habitat and the genetic diversity of the brown-belted bumblebee (Bombus griseocollis) in the agricultural landscape across northeast Iowa, Clarissa Elizabeth Bruns, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Master's flute recital, Breanna Daley, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
MM percussion recital, Tyler Darnall, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Tell me, which realm do I remember?, Danielle Dunagan, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Graduate voice recital: Jovon Eborn, baritone, Jovon Eborn, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Graduate recital: Colin Evers, piano, Colin Evers, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Late Romantic art song from various national styles, Aricson Jakob Knoblock, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The trouble with floating, Alyssa Minch, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Master's recital: Kyle Punt, Kyle Punt, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Doing corpus pragmatics: Variations in speech acts performed in conversations occurring naturally in academic contexts, Jacob Philip Rigal, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
Master's recital: Luke Sanders, Matthew Lucas Sanders, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Sounds of the trumpet, Cody Alan Schnebel, School of Music, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The new independents: A historical analysis of webcomics and webtoon, Leonal A. Sepúlveda S., Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
Understanding morphological responses of Typha (cattail) species to nutrient pollution, Anna Marie Shapiro, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
A study of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata in E minor, BWV 914; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata Op. 10, No. 3 in D major; Claude Debussy’s Pour le piano L. 95; and Frederic Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, Hanna Stolper, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
3-D printing task scheduling for idle time minimization: An optimization algorithm using Knapsack problem and artificial intelligence, Hamid Tahery, Department of Technology, Dissertation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
A graduate recital in piano, Molly Thomas, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Graduate recital: Brandon Whitish, baritone, Brandon Mark James Whitish, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Prophet loss, Brooke Marie Wiese, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Ecocriticism in young adult dystopian literature: Revealing a generation's desire to reconnect with nature, Alexus Williams, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Jacob Brandenburg master of music recital abstract, Jacob Brandenburg, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Master's recital in conducting, Jack Thomas Frank, School of Music, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Seed mix design, planting time, and first-year mowing management to improve multifunctionality and cost-effectiveness of tallgrass prairie reconstructions, Alec James Glidden, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Arthropod fauna of Plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) burrow systems, Brett Lyle Gourley, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Graduate voice recital: Alyssa Holley, soprano, Alyssa Holley, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Recommender systems in higher education: The effectiveness of meta-data analysis in predicting academic success, Michael J. Holmes, Department of Technology, Open Access Dissertation
Viability of a proposed transparent fluid model for analog metal casting filling process, Andres Segura Irazoqui, Department of Technology, Open Access Thesis
A comprehensive analysis of injection strategies for improving diesel engine combustion under cold start development, Balkrishna A. Kamble, Department of Technology, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Hybridity, border-crossings and the homeland in contemporary literature by women, Rand Omar Khalil Khalil, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Community diversity influences selection on nutrient resorption in Panicum virgatum, Michael J. Lashbrook, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Activity recognition based on thermopile imaging array sensors, Qingshan Liang, Department of Technology, Open Access Dissertation
Gio's story, Sermantha Louisy, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Influence of landscape on the population genetics of the rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) in glaciated and unglaciated environments, Jonathan Michael Luiken, Department of Biology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Musical composition graduate portfolio, Juan Marulanda, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Master's recital: Max McBride, Max Niles McBride, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
24andmore: Using genome-wide SNPS to investigate the genetic diversity of Iowa walleye (Sander vitreous) broodstock, Rachel Ann McDonnell, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Deities and dumbasses, Isaac Nielson, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Graduate recital in violin, Maria del Pilar Serrano Pineda, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
The systematics of Physaria sensu stricto from Wyoming and surrounding areas, Jason Ratcliff, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Virus induced gene silencing of Fusarium verticillioides pathogenicity genes in maize, Jennifer M. Redfern, Department of Biology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Exploring the rhetorical constitution of a safe space for women in Begum Rokeya and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's works, Rifat Rezowana Siddiqui, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
Graduate voice recital: Athena-Sadé Whiteside, mezzo-soprano, Athena-Sadé Whiteside, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Graduate recital in trombone, Obediah Bauer, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Investigating the production of cores by using reclaimed foundry green sand, Kristopher Lee Boss, Department of Technology, Open Access Thesis
3D printing technology on spare parts business supply chain management: A case study in appliance industry, Salih Boysan, Department of Technology, Open Access Dissertation
The overground railroad of the Jim Crow era: A rhetorical analysis of the Negro Motorist Green Books, Cecilia Louise Cerja, Department of Communication Studies, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
On the zeta Kirchhoff index of several graph transformations, Danny Cheuk, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
An elephant is in the lake: How a nice girl navigated growing up amidst murder and madness in suburban Chicago, Mary Chipman, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Efficiency of low-tech augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) access methods, Brittany Davis, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Thesis
Graduate recital: Taylor Dengler, soprano, Taylor Anne Dengler, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Prediction of heat treatment distortion and optimization of manufacturing tolerances for machined components, Akaff Diam, Department of Technology, Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
The effect of cutting condition selection on tool life in sand milling, Craig Ertl, Department of Technology, Open Access Thesis
Bleeding cuts, magical spells, sealed hymens: A study of the rite of Tasfih in Algeria, Ahlam Laouar, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Implementation of a joint power delivering and communication technology for smartphones over the 3.5 mm audio jack, Ziyuan Li, Department of Technology, Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
Productivity and community composition change in prairie biomass feedstocks, Kathleen Loretta Madsen, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Carbon sequestration and weedy invasion in CRP fields, Destiny Danielle Magee, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Guardian, a novel, John Ross Mason, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Hi God: An autoethnography of loneliness in graduate school, Grace Elisabeth Mertz, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Levels of cyclin B in THP-1 cells incubated in hibernating and non-hibernating bullfrog plasma, Lithobates catesbeianus, Tharuka D. Pathmaperuma, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
"This is how we play destroy": Deconstruction and the construction of a cyborg future in Poppy's Am I a Girl?, Stevie Eve Sanchez, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
Master's recital: Isaac Schwartz, Isaac Schwartz, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
How quality management has been impacted in the face of COVID-19, Eldina Siljkovic, Department of Technology, Open Access Thesis
Graduate voice recital: Jenna Skarphol, mezzo-soprano and Dr. Andrea Johnson, piano, Jenna Skarphol, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Evercross, Randi Ann Smith, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (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, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
