Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The design and evaluation of a small size wind-solar hybrid power system, Bekir Zihni Yuksek Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
A Novel Method of Studying Ion Formation and Fragmentation Using a Modified Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer, David S. Ames Open Access Thesis
Limited assessment of a selected particulate matter sensor technology in emission measurement applications on diesel vehicles, Svetlana Korotkova Espinosa Open Access Dissertation
Producing early modern space and the mind in public and closet drama, Megan M. Gallagher Open Access Thesis 2013 Award
Strategic communication in women's rights organizations: Tools, challenges and best practices, Anastasia Kalinina Open Access Thesis 2013 Award
Early avian colonization in a prairie biofuel project, James T. Mason Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Increasing the Accuracy of Protein Three-Dimensional Structure Comparison, Mauricio J. Arriagada-Benitez Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
A Master's Recital in Viola, Amy Beekhuizen Open Access Thesis
Kurt Vonnegut, Authorship and the Purpose of Literature: A Study of Kilgore Trout, Danielle M. Benesh Open Access Thesis
The effects of planting methods and granivory on seedling emergence in a tallgrass prairie reconstruction, Justin Vernon Huisman Open Access Thesis
Creating salsa, claiming salsa: Identity, location, and authenticity in global popular music, William Guthrie LeGrand Open Access Thesis 2011 Award
Conflicting identities and ideologies: A rhetorical analysis of the National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, Kaori Yamada Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Pollution Swapping: The Effect of Phosphorus Sequestration on Denitrification in Wetland Sediments, Nathaniel Femi Adegboyega Open Access Thesis
Master of Music Degree Recital, Bonnie Eve Alger Open Access Thesis
A Master's Recital in Percussion, Matthew M. Andreini Open Access Thesis
A Motor Speech Programming Investigation Using Inhibition: Part I, Jeffrey Thomas Backlin Open Access Thesis
Identifying Communication Skills Necessary for Two-Year College Graduates to Succeed in the Changing and Competitive Workplace, Sarah R. Baker Open Access Thesis
Baseball as Family: Successful High School Coaches’ Perceptions on Effective Communication, Aaron Barber Open Access Thesis
Positions of Power, Abjection and Constraint: Evaluating Discursive Attempts to Save an Other, Ruth Janet Beerman Open Access Thesis
Captivating emotions: Sentiment and the work of rhetorical drag in colonial and early national captivity narrative, Gleidson Gouveia Open Access Thesis 2010 Award
The effects of varying seeding rates of Bouteloua curtipendula and mowing on native plant establishment in a new prairie reconstruction, Ryan Leon Welch Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Mother-Daughter Communication and Media Influence on Self-Esteem and Body Image, Tori Austin Open Access Thesis
Comparing the Effects of Sung versus Spoken Lyrics on Speech and Language Acquisition in Late-Talking Toddlers, Chelsea Ki Sook Clock Bell Open Access Thesis
Academic Success: A Qualitative Case Study of Student Perspectives, Heather Marie Bentley Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Bomb Media 1951-1964, Tristan Edward Abbott Open Access Thesis
The Environmental Implications of Aggradation in Major Braided Rivers at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, Scott Robert Beason 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
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
Succession of an Iowa sand prairie into an adjoining old-field, Susan Jill Kirt Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
A Graduate Recital in Voice, Celeste Lea Bembry Open Access Thesis
Adding species diversity to a reconstructed prairie using an incremental approach, Amy L. Carolan Open Access Thesis
Biomonitoring organochlorine and cholinesterase inhibiting insecticide in eastern Iowa streams, Matthew Thomas Fisher Open Access Thesis 2007 Award
Direction of Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen: Theatre UNI, Spring Semester 2004, Megan E. Schumacher Open Access Thesis
Voicing women's resistance within religious studies: An interrogation of rational choice theory, Anne E. Tedore Open Access Thesis 2008 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Modeling and simulation to investigate effects of static mixer, carrier gas, temperature and pressure on the mixing ratio of carbon nanotubes growth reactors, David Addie Noye Open Access Dissertation
"Second-class families": Media portrayal of adoption in America, Jennifer Ellen Struve Open Access Thesis 2006 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Master's Flute Recital, Kylie Kay Anderson Open Access Thesis
An Overview of a Jazz Recital and Related Pedagogy, Duncan William Bamsey Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of the Instrument Selection Processes Used by Directors of Beginning Bands, Dale Edward Bazan Open Access Thesis
Modeling and measuring the dispersion of odors from hog confinements, François Béra Open Access Thesis 2005 Award
Modeling and Measuring the Dispersion of Odors from Hog Confinements, François Béra Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Memorization of Piano Music: Instrumental Sub-Context Alteration within the Same Room among Community College Students, William Wayne Backlin Open Access Thesis
Costume design for Roosters by Milcha Sanchez-Scot, Theatre UNI, Spring Semester, 2003, Carmelita Tyson Guse Open Access Thesis
Recent Jewish immigrants' communication in Postville, Iowa: A case study, Anna I. Levina Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Organophosphorous insecticide contamination in streams: Insects as bioindicators, Brian M. Andersen Open Access Thesis 2003 Award
Monitoring of prairie bushclover (Lespedeza leptostachya) in south-central Iowa, Paul J. Bockenstedt Open Access Thesis
The use of AFLP to detect genetic differentiation within and among populations of two prairie plant species: Panicum virgatum and Coreopsis palmata, Christopher Andrew Hilker Open Access Thesis
Emergence and mortality of native prairie forbs seeded into an established stand of grasses, Dave Williams Open Access Thesis
Emergence and mortality of native prairie forbs seeded into an established stand of grasses, Dave Williams Open Access Thesis 2004 Award
Migration and cultural identity: Performing the Afro-Caribbean woman's struggle, Elvinet Samantha Wilson Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Graduate Recital in Voice, Korey Barrett Open Access Thesis
The effect of valproic acid on motility and morphometry parameters, and actin and N-cadherin distribution in avian neural crest cells, Leah Christine Fuller Open Access Thesis 2002 Award
Germination, emergence, and early growth of Spartina pectinata, Wade Herold Williams Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
The Role of Intercultural Communication in Conflict Resolution between African Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children, Aje-Ori Anna Agbese Open Access Thesis
Master's Oboe Recital, Terri Smith Armfield Open Access Thesis
Inner Presence, Amy L. Bailey Open Access Thesis
A Structure-Model for the Hamlet-Tradition, Christopher Scott Chiron Open Access Thesis
Photodecomposition of crystal violet dye in water solution and suspensions of metal oxides, Tatiana Yurievna Zakharian Open Access Thesis 2001 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Field Methods to Enhance Degradation of Nitrate in Surficial Soils, Urko Atxotegi Alegria Open Access Thesis
Sex, Violence, and Hand Puppets: History and Structure of Punch and Judy Performance Tradition, James Robert Davis Open Access Thesis
Effects of sludge application on prairie establishment, Brenda Joan Durbahn Open Access Thesis
The use of RAPD to detect genetic variation in populations of Liatris aspera Michx., Duane Joseph Kitchen Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Network Security: An Evaluation of Security Policies and Firewall Implementations, Melanie L. Abbas Open Access Thesis
Inactivation of Soybean Peroxidase During Sodium Azide Oxidation: A Comparative Study, Mohamed Yehia Zakaria Aboul Eish Open Access Thesis
Breeding bird use of intensively managed rotational grazing pastures, native prairies and savannas: A comparison, Jennifer Marie Hurley O'Hara Open Access Thesis 1999 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Understanding of Wetlands as Expressed by Selected Community Leaders, Donald Nathan Bardole Open Access Thesis
Fuzzy logic: An analysis of logical connectives and their characterizations, John F. Hamman Open Access Thesis 1998 Award
Macrophyte-macroinvertebrate interactions in a lentic ecosystem and the effect of fluridone treatment to control Myriophyllum spicatum L., Gregory J. Moeller Open Access Thesis 1999 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
A Survey of Pedagogical Techniques for the College Jazz Program, Eric D. Allen Open Access Thesis
Trumpet Recital, Bryan Wendell Bennett Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Voice, April 16, 1996, Christine Bergan Open Access Thesis
Honor among thieves? Socio-economic theories of Thorstein Veblen in the plays of David Mamet, Steven Allan Halverson Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
The development of SCARS for identification of AM fungi, Jason Daniel Abbas Open Access Thesis 1997 Award
Radon reduction, improvement of indoor air quality, and energy savings through an original solar ventilation system, Heather E. Rhoads Open Access Thesis 1996 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Graduate Recital in Voice, November 22, 1994, Thomas Alpers Open Access Thesis
Camera Images: Preserving, Editing, and Mitigating the Past, Larry Beck Open Access Thesis
Conceptual Representation of the Newtonian Model of Motion in University Physics Students, Giannēs Chatzēgeōrgiou Open Access Dissertation
A partial "squeezing theorem" for a particular class of many-valued logics, Stephen Michael Walk Open Access Thesis 1995 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Ritual as Constructor of Reality in Mexican Families, Mario Andujo-Licón Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of Metaphorical Statements of Preadolescents and Artists Who Journal, Ellen Barth Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Under the Canopy of Heaven, Ellen Ann Albanese Open Access Thesis
Vocal Recital, Nicole Jahara Bachman Open Access Thesis
Graphic Design: Eastern and Western Design Elements in Visual Communication, Li-Ying Bao Open Access Thesis
Stream microcosm toxicity tests: Colonizing test organisms and predicting the effects of fenvalerate on riffle insect communities, Dan H. Breneman Open Access Thesis 1994 Award
Towards the development of a Kantian environmental ethic, Sally Nelson Wiedmann Open Access Thesis 1994 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Breakdowns, Blair L. Benz Open Access Thesis
Multivariate analysis of the Carex brevior group in Iowa, Scott C. Zager Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Graduate Piano Recital, Maximillan R. Antig Open Access Thesis
Gas exchange of four Viburnum species, Lisa Gayle De Berg Open Access Thesis 1991 Award
Factors related to the occurrence of certain prairie graminoid species in Black Hawk County, Iowa, roadsides, Pauline Mary Drobney Open Access Thesis
Public Relations for the Not-For-Profit Professional Resident Theatre: An Examination of Four Models, Lauren Green-Caldwell Open Access Thesis
Survey of Public Profiles, Attendance, and Preferences for Cedar Falls/Waterloo Community Leisure and Arts Activities, Steven Michael Wikert Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
William Gillette and American Theatrical Realism of the Late Nineteenth Century, Mark Burnett Open Access Thesis
Power Plays: Feminist Theory of Power in a Select Group of Lillian Hellman's Plays, Cindy J. Pope Open Access Thesis
A survey of the vascular flora of Black Hawk County, Iowa, Karen E. Van Norman Open Access Thesis
A Comparison of the Iowa Language Arts Curriculum Guide and Project S.T.A.G.E., Randall Mark Wright Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Status of Evolution as a Topic in Iowa High School Biology Classrooms, Heidi Ann Andre Open Access Thesis
Music Listening: Enjoyment as a Function of Repetition (Grades One through Six), Debra Ann Barschow Open Access Thesis
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Creative Dramatics: A Working Relationship, Kristin Louise Card Open Access Thesis
Plato's Crito: A speech act and structuralist analysis for performance, Gary Gerard Gute Open Access Thesis
