Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Student Attendance and Its Relationship to Student Achievement in an Earth Science Class, Gregory Lee Schafer Open Access Thesis
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
Repeating Decimals and Cyclotomic Polynomials, David H. Chapman Open Access Thesis
The Spring Break Effect: The Relationship Between Individual Self-Objectification and Physical Fitness Behavior, Brett Dobesh Open Access Thesis
Conservation Genetics of Blue-Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma laterale) in the Upper Midwest, Jonathan Michael Eastman Open Access Thesis
Agricultural Pollution of Ground Water Near Gilbertville, Iowa, Paula Frost Even Open Access Thesis
From Craft to Art: A Philosophy of Jazz Pedagogy Developed From Performance, Educational and Personal Experiences, Thomas Lawrence Giampietro Open Access Thesis
A Master’s Recital in Cello, Vladimir Gouliaev Open Access Thesis
Molecules, Morphology, and Biogeography: An Analysis of the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Physaria reediana Species Complex (Brassicaceae), Benjamin R. Grady Open Access Thesis
Cameras in Court: A Utilitarian Ethical Approach, Kylie L. Greene 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 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
Modeling and measuring the dispersion of odors from hog confinements, François Béra Open Access Thesis 2005 Award
A Master’s Recital in Cello, Suzanne Bullard Open Access Thesis
A Guide for Standards-Based, Interdisciplinary, Elementary Art Activities for Cultural Institutions, Carolyn L. W. Carpenter Open Access Thesis
Dig Deep: From Down Under, So Shall I Emerge, Lori Ann Dale Open Access Thesis
CMC Interpersonal Relationships: A Phenomenological Study of Online Relational Stages, Traci McCollom Dillavou Open Access Thesis
Master's Piano Recital, Kirstin Marie Dyer Open Access Thesis
The Learning Garden: A Case Study, Laurie Ann Kellogg Hayzlett Open Access Thesis
Master's Piano Recital, Yuhua Zhou 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
Master’s Piano Recital, Lan-Yi Chen Open Access Thesis
Breaking the Stereotypes: Influences and Characteristics of Academically Talented Women, Joy Leigh Daggs Open Access Thesis
Effects of Pesticides and Their Combinations on Human Fibroblast Cells, Yijun Deng Open Access Thesis
Effects of Nitrates/Nitrites on Lymphocyte Proliferation and Cytokine Production, Lu Fang Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Piano Performance, April 2003, Anna A. Fateeva Open Access Thesis
Deterrence Rhetoric in a Post-Cold War Security Environment, Michael D. Griffin 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
The Effects of Student Manipulated Lewis Structure Models on Chemistry Achievement According to Cognitive Level, Kimberly M. Ross 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
Piagetian Developmental Reasoning Levels of High School Students in Differentiated First Year Chemistry Courses, Pamela Kay Brewer-Michael Open Access Thesis
Prints and Installations: Clinical Essence, Karla Kaye Burkhardt Oler Open Access Thesis
Strategies Against Architecture, B. Justin Sanhueza Campoy Open Access Thesis
Masters Recital in Piano Performance, Ji-Young Chung 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 Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Piano: April 22, 2002, Allison Rae Dencklau Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Conducting, Julie Marie Feld 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
Identifying and Comparing Misconceptions Held by American and Russian University Students in Mechanics, Alexandra Sokolova Open Access Thesis
A Study of the Validation of the Constructive Inquiry Science Reasoning Skills Test, Matthew John Stier 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
Master's Flute Recital, Kathleen Anne Cameron Open Access Thesis
Dust, Alexandra Catherine Dooley 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
Graduate Recital in Voice, Rebecca Grady Open Access Thesis
Teaching Effectiveness in an Introductory High School Honors Physics Course as Measured by the Force Concept Inventory, April Crawford Moore Open Access Thesis
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
Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault: A Feminist Perspective, Geeta Cowlagi Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of Student Understanding of Light in Geometrical Optics: Relating Formalism to Conceptual Understanding of the Physical Phenomena, Ekaterina Denissova Open Access Thesis
Identification of Potential Molecular Biomarkers of Cadmium Induced Stress in C̲hironomus tentans ̲, David Hunter Dyer Open Access Thesis
An Evaluation of Two Different Data Modeling Techniques for Data Warehousing, Litao Fu 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
The Ob-Literation of Art, Walter Sun Chien 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
KBBG-FM: Communicating to Educate, Edward W. Ellis Jr. Open Access Thesis
Idols Are for Suckers: An Exhibition of Prints, Brett Anthony Fisher 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
Toxicity of TNT, HMX, and RDX Degradation Products to Mammalian Cells before and after Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils, Irina Yurievna Blinova Open Access Thesis
Use of RAPDS to Develop Specific Primers for the Identification of Mycorrhizal Fungi, Cynthia A. Boyd Open Access Thesis
Differential Expression of the Putative Multidrug Resistance (MDR) P-Glycoprotein in Marine Hepatocytes, Marty C. Braud Open Access Thesis
Playing the Game: Female Graduate Students’ Communication Experiences, Jacqueline Marie Brucher Open Access Thesis
Comparison of Litter Decomposition Rates and Soil Arthropod Abundance in Different Stages of Prairie Reconstruction, Lisa M. Busch Open Access Thesis
President Clinton and the Rhetoric of Time, Estrella Cedeno Open Access Thesis
Typographic Communication, Soo-Kyung Chun Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Voice, Julianne Joy Carlson Davis Open Access Thesis
Database Security: Evaluation of a Multi-Policy Access Control Model, Fei Dong Open Access Thesis
Genetic Characterization of the Gene Coding for a 77 kD Ascospore-Specific Protein in Aspergillus nidulans, Chad Edward Galer Open Access Thesis
A Case Study of Four Fifth Grade Teachers and Their Perceptions of How and Why They Teach Science, Ana K. Houseal 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
Ecomorphology of Peromyscus in Iowa, Frederick Dramani Biga Open Access Thesis
Role of Calcium and Other Cations on Contractile Vacuole Activity of Tetrahymena thermophila, Robert William Bird Open Access Thesis
Fat Storing Patterns of Migrating Sharp-Shinned Hawks, David John Conrads Open Access Thesis
Graduate Guitar Recital, Robert G. Dunn Open Access Thesis
Curriculum Development and Evaluation for a Computer Literacy Course, Molly J. Fagan Open Access Thesis
Am I Virtually Me?: Virtual Reality and the Self, Douglas J. Frederick 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
Metaphors of Memory, Mary Alice Applegate Open Access Thesis
Trumpet Recital, Bryan Wendell Bennett Open Access Thesis
Graduate Recital in Voice, April 16, 1996, Christine Bergan Open Access Thesis
