Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
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)
Submissions from 2021
Re-socialization within organizations: Examining the socialization and job satisfaction of employees following an organizational transition, Sloan T. Alberhasky, Department of Communication and Media, Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
How have you experienced being on testosterone? Narrative inquiry into the T-body experience, Noah Andrew, Department of Communication and Media, Open Access Thesis
Jacob Brandenburg master of music recital abstract, Jacob Brandenburg, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Pasting our past: Cultural memory, family photographs, and ephemeral street art, Isaac Wilson Campbell, Department of Communication and Media, Open Access Thesis 2023 Award
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
Job satisfaction and burnout among hospice nurses working on interdisciplinary teams: A multimethod study, Hillary Hamilton, Department of Communication and Media, 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
School speech-language pathologists' identification, use, and need of resources and materials, Emily Michael, Melissa Tranel, and Hannah Fahey, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Deities and dumbasses, Isaac Nielson, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
It's hard to lose: Embracing a place-based mindset and reculturing rural areas and students, Anthony T. Skip Olson, Department of Languages and Literatures, Graduate Research Paper (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
The beef debate: Religion, history, and harmony in India, Shreya Singh, Department of Communication and Media, Open Access Thesis
Digital conditions of self & social construction: A critical synthesis of our digital ecosystem & the implications for identity, knowledge, & ideology, Alexander Sojka, Department of Communication and Media, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Graduate voice recital: Athena-Sadé Whiteside, mezzo-soprano, Athena-Sadé Whiteside, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Western media coverage of international news: A content analysis of Associated Press coverage of Africa, Adukwu Samuel Atadoga, Department of Communication and Media, Open Access Thesis
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
Disclosure of trans & gender variant identities by students to students, C. A. Brimmer, Department of Communication and Media, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
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
De Vos a Tú: Acomodación lingüística y actitudes lingüísticas en estudiantes internacionales de Centroamérica en los Estados Unidos = De Vos a Tú: linguistic accommodation and language attitudes among Central American international students in the United States, Jose Salinas Herrera, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Graduate Research Paper 2021 Award
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)
Clinical outcomes of orofacial myofunctional therapy in children without concurrent orthodontia, Julia Logan, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Graduate Research Paper 2021 Award
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
Stained glass, synthetic web: The simultaneous rise and fall of something person, Seth Thill, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available) 2020 Award
A master's recital in conducting, Meredith Kay Tipping, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Graduate recital in violin, Bethany Washington, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
An exploration in Ramsey theory, Jake Weber, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
Graduate voice recital: Elizabeth Wiley, soprano, and Dr. Korey Barrett, pianist, Elizabeth Wiley, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Graduate voice recital: Anna Zetterlund, contralto, Anna Zetterlund, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
A master's recital in flute, Kimberly Ann Abeyta, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Increasing student perceptions of success and inclusion through strategic programming of underrepresented composers, Joyce J. Beyer, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
An investigation into the prediction of double-skin penetration within chromite molds and cores in heavy section steel casting using process simulation software, Nathaniel Bryant, Department of Technology, Open Access Thesis
Graduate recital in composition, Adam Walter Carlsen, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The effect of cold stratification and perigynia removal on the germination of three prairie carex species, Christina M. Boeck Crew, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
A master's recital in flute, Tamara Kathleen Drury, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Morphological and morphometric analysis of Nekemias arborea and Ampelopsis aconitifolia (Vitaceae), Sally Rose Gray, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
An investigation of machine learning for classification of vehicle engine issue reports, Almir Ibragimov, Department of Technology, Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
Outcomes of an intensive exercise-based swallowing program for persons with Parkinson's disease: A single-case experiment, Jocelyn Jenks, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Thesis 2019 Award
"Something beyond ordinary love": (Re)covering the extraordinary in Compton Mackenzie's Extraordinary Women, Hannah Lane, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
An investigation of solar panel thermal images collected from an unmanned aerial vehicle, Ginger Ivy Jo L'Heureux, Department of Technology, Open Access Thesis
Master's recital in jazz pedagogy: A performance-demonstration of rhythm section instruments, trumpet, electric wind instrument, synthesizer, compositions, and arrangements by DeMetrio Lyle, DeMetrio Lyle, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A master's recital in clarinet, Sayyod Mirzomurodov, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Graduate recital in trombone, Thomas Mortenson, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Analysis of a boat alignment device and method, Troy Allen Myers, Department of Technology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
A master's recital in flute, Shiqun Ou, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Analysis of a fragmented mitochondrial genome in a chewing louse, Geomydoecus aurei, Alexandra Cleone Place, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
From meme to memegraph: The curious case of Pepe the Frog and white nationalism, Fernando Ismael Quinones Valdivia, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
A master of music recital in clarinet, Lucas Randall, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Aut is love, Nathan Selove, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Graduate recital in oboe, David Thompson, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Graduate recital in viola, Gabriel Mateo Forero Villamizar, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Graduate recital in composition, Denzel Washington, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Graduate recital in piano, Mariya Akhadjanova, School of Music, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The girl who lost her shadow: A collection of short fiction, Paola Alfano, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Voltage regulation of unbalanced distribution network with distributed generators through genetic algorithm, Islam Ali, Department of Technology, Open Access Dissertation
The effects of mycorrhizal inoculant and micronutrients on early plant establshment during a tallgrass prairie reconstruction, Christopher L. Barber, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Parent perspectives on inclusive bookclubs, Amy Bucciferro, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Graduate recital in violin, Naima Burrs, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Blood coagulation properties in hibernating and non-hibernating American bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus), Stephen Cain, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
"Among the unspeakable foundations": Melville's use of the book of Job in Moby-Dick, Andrew S. De Luca, Department of Languages and Literatures, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
3D printed relief valve analysis and validation, John Anthony Dutcher III, Department of Technology, Open Access Thesis
