Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Bomb Media 1951-1964, Tristan Edward Abbott, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
The Environmental Implications of Aggradation in Major Braided Rivers at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, Scott Robert Beason, Department of Earth Science, Open Access Thesis
The Use of AFLP to Create a Genetic Linkage Map for Fusarium graminearum, Eric Von Berns, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Effects of Identity on Public-Organization Relationships: A Case Study of Student-University Relations, Nadezhda Olegovna Bocharova, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Master's Recital in Voice, Sarah Martha Brindley, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Jazz Pedagogy and the Guitar: Recital Recording, Tony Brown, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Surviving Katrina: A Qualitative Narrative Inquiry, Farren Keith Clark, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Piano Recital, Elena Dorozhkina, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Framed: Youth Conceptions of Citizenship, Jennifer Lea Farrell, Department of Communication Studies, 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, Department of Communication Studies, 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, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Succession of an Iowa sand prairie into an adjoining old-field, Susan Jill Kirt, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
A Graduate Recital in Voice, Celeste Lea Bembry, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Voice, Nicole Birkland, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Up Wau Hollow and Other Stories, Deborah J. Bloom, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
An Exploration in Exhibit Design, Maria A. Buteler Tillard, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Adding species diversity to a reconstructed prairie using an incremental approach, Amy L. Carolan, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Master's Recital in Piano, Kyungsun Choi, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Biomonitoring organochlorine and cholinesterase inhibiting insecticide in eastern Iowa streams, Matthew Thomas Fisher, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis 2007 Award
Bible Beater/Bra Burner: Liminal Experiences of Christian & Feminist Identity, Jennifer Lynn Freitag, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
The Range of Angles in the Euler-Gergonne-Soddy Triangle, David J. Gisch, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
George Frideric Handel's St. John Passion, Boe Tanner Hodnefield, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Biotechnology Education in the State of Iowa: A Survey of Teachers and Factors Affecting Inclusion, Jason Allen Lang, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Student Attendance and Its Relationship to Student Achievement in an Earth Science Class, Gregory Lee Schafer, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Direction of Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen: Theatre UNI, Spring Semester 2004, Megan E. Schumacher, Department of Theatre, Open Access Thesis
Voicing women's resistance within religious studies: An interrogation of rational choice theory, Anne E. Tedore, Department of Philosophy and World Religions, Open Access Thesis 2008 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Repeating Decimals and Cyclotomic Polynomials, David H. Chapman, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
The Spring Break Effect: The Relationship Between Individual Self-Objectification and Physical Fitness Behavior, Brett Dobesh, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Conservation Genetics of Blue-Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma laterale) in the Upper Midwest, Jonathan Michael Eastman, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Agricultural Pollution of Ground Water Near Gilbertville, Iowa, Paula Frost Even, Department of Earth Science, Open Access Thesis
From Craft to Art: A Philosophy of Jazz Pedagogy Developed From Performance, Educational and Personal Experiences, Thomas Lawrence Giampietro, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Master’s Recital in Cello, Vladimir Gouliaev, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Molecules, Morphology, and Biogeography: An Analysis of the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Physaria reediana Species Complex (Brassicaceae), Benjamin R. Grady, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Cameras in Court: A Utilitarian Ethical Approach, Kylie L. Greene, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Voice, Suzanne R. Hendrix, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
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, Department of Technology, Open Access Dissertation
"Second-class families": Media portrayal of adoption in America, Jennifer Ellen Struve, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis 2006 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Master's Flute Recital, Kylie Kay Anderson, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
An Overview of a Jazz Recital and Related Pedagogy, Duncan William Bamsey, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of the Instrument Selection Processes Used by Directors of Beginning Bands, Dale Edward Bazan, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Modeling and measuring the dispersion of odors from hog confinements, François Béra, Department of Earth Science, Open Access Thesis 2005 Award
Modeling and Measuring the Dispersion of Odors from Hog Confinements, François Béra, Department of Earth Science, Open Access Thesis
A Master’s Recital in Cello, Suzanne Bullard, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Guide for Standards-Based, Interdisciplinary, Elementary Art Activities for Cultural Institutions, Carolyn L. W. Carpenter, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Dig Deep: From Down Under, So Shall I Emerge, Lori Ann Dale, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
CMC Interpersonal Relationships: A Phenomenological Study of Online Relational Stages, Traci McCollom Dillavou, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Master's Piano Recital, Kirstin Marie Dyer, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
The State of Public Speaking Courses in Japanese Colleges, Shoko Hayashi, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
The Learning Garden: A Case Study, Laurie Ann Kellogg Hayzlett, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Master's Piano Recital, Yuhua Zhou, School of Music, 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, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Master’s Piano Recital, Lan-Yi Chen, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Breaking the Stereotypes: Influences and Characteristics of Academically Talented Women, Joy Leigh Daggs, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Effects of Pesticides and Their Combinations on Human Fibroblast Cells, Yijun Deng, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Effects of Nitrates/Nitrites on Lymphocyte Proliferation and Cytokine Production, Lu Fang, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Piano Performance, April 2003, Anna A. Fateeva, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Deterrence Rhetoric in a Post-Cold War Security Environment, Michael D. Griffin, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Costume design for Roosters by Milcha Sanchez-Scot, Theatre UNI, Spring Semester, 2003, Carmelita Tyson Guse, Department of Theatre, Open Access Thesis
Negotiating Voices: Ethnography of Interactive Theatre Techniques Within a Classroom, Jana Gymer-Koch, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Block Scheduling and Music Education: Building Time for Effective Education, Laura J. Horst, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Recent Jewish immigrants' communication in Postville, Iowa: A case study, Anna I. Levina, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Student Manipulated Lewis Structure Models on Chemistry Achievement According to Cognitive Level, Kimberly M. Ross, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Organophosphorous insecticide contamination in streams: Insects as bioindicators, Brian M. Andersen, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis 2003 Award
Monitoring of prairie bushclover (Lespedeza leptostachya) in south-central Iowa, Paul J. Bockenstedt, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Piagetian Developmental Reasoning Levels of High School Students in Differentiated First Year Chemistry Courses, Pamela Kay Brewer-Michael, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Prints and Installations: Clinical Essence, Karla Kaye Burkhardt Oler, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Strategies Against Architecture, B. Justin Sanhueza Campoy, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Masters Recital in Piano Performance, Ji-Young Chung, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Suitability of HSP70 as a Biomarker for Pesticide Contamination of Aquatic Systems: A Laboratory Investigation Using Chironomus tentans as a Model, Lori Rae Covington, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Piano: April 22, 2002, Allison Rae Dencklau, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Conducting, Julie Marie Feld, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Graininess of Spatial Distribution in House Sparrows and House Finches: Implications for Interspecific Competition, Carol A. Heaverlo, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Choral Conducting, Theodore J. Hesse, School of Music, 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, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Identifying and Comparing Misconceptions Held by American and Russian University Students in Mechanics, Alexandra Sokolova, Department of Physics, Open Access Thesis
A Study of the Validation of the Constructive Inquiry Science Reasoning Skills Test, Matthew John Stier, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Emergence and mortality of native prairie forbs seeded into an established stand of grasses, Dave Williams, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis 2004 Award
Emergence and mortality of native prairie forbs seeded into an established stand of grasses, Dave Williams, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Migration and cultural identity: Performing the Afro-Caribbean woman's struggle, Elvinet Samantha Wilson, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Graduate Recital in Voice, Korey Barrett, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Master's Flute Recital, Kathleen Anne Cameron, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Dust, Alexandra Catherine Dooley, Department of Art, 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, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis 2002 Award
Graduate Recital in Voice, Rebecca Grady, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Developmental Tendril Morphology in Echinocystis lobata (Michaux) Torrey and Gray (Cucurbitaceae), Theodore Bowen Guthrie, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Graduate recital in Voice, Joy Harell, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Sojourn, John A. Heidersbach, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Machine Learning in Euchre: A Comparison of Techniques, Michael J. Holmes, Department of Computer Science, Open Access Thesis
Teaching Effectiveness in an Introductory High School Honors Physics Course as Measured by the Force Concept Inventory, April Crawford Moore, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Germination, emergence, and early growth of Spartina pectinata, Wade Herold Williams, Department of Biology, 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, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Master's Oboe Recital, Terri Smith Armfield, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Inner Presence, Amy L. Bailey, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
A Structure-Model for the Hamlet-Tradition, Christopher Scott Chiron, Department of Theatre, Open Access Thesis
Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault: A Feminist Perspective, Geeta Cowlagi, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of Student Understanding of Light in Geometrical Optics: Relating Formalism to Conceptual Understanding of the Physical Phenomena, Ekaterina Denissova, Department of Physics, Open Access Thesis
Identification of Potential Molecular Biomarkers of Cadmium Induced Stress in C̲hironomus tentans ̲, David Hunter Dyer, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
An Evaluation of Two Different Data Modeling Techniques for Data Warehousing, Litao Fu, Department of Computer Science, Open Access Thesis
Photodecomposition of crystal violet dye in water solution and suspensions of metal oxides, Tatiana Yurievna Zakharian, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Open Access Thesis 2001 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Field Methods to Enhance Degradation of Nitrate in Surficial Soils, Urko Atxotegi Alegria, Department of Earth Science, Open Access Thesis
