Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
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
Toward successful student writers: Change and growth in writing workshop, Kirstey Ewald, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
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
A Web-Based Intelligent Spatial Decision Support System for Planning Snow Removal Operations, Shriram Ilavajhala, Department of Computer Science, 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
Modeling and measuring the dispersion of odors from hog confinements, François Béra, Department of Earth Science, Open Access Thesis 2005 Award
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
A Comparison of Land Use and Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Cedar River Tributaries in Iowa, Chad Levi Fields, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 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
Competition and Success in Secondary School Drama Programs: A Comparative Study, Lisa Lenstra-Norman, Department of Theatre, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
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
A Graduate Piano Recital, Jennifer Iverson, 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
Health Promotion Evaluation and Needs Assessment in the Transylvania Region of Romania, Bryan C. Byrd, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 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
Graduate Recital in Voice: April 16, 2002, Jason E. Jackson, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Master’s Recital in Organ, Mi-Young Jin, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Theatre as a Change Agent: An Analysis of High School Theatre Education and Its Benefits in Communication and Problem Solving, Cory Losenicky, Department of Theatre, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
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
Emergence and mortality of native prairie forbs seeded into an established stand of grasses, Dave Williams, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis 2004 Award
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
Field Methodology for the Determination of the Prevalence of Giardia Cysts and Cryptosporidium Oocysts Drinking Water and Its Association to the Development of Diarrheal Disease in the Transylvania Region of Romania, Rick J. Bauer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 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
McNally's Men: The Homosocial Gaze in Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Gary L. Green, Department of Theatre, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
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
Graduate Recital in Voice, Michael J. Jensen, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Dino Hayz at the Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science: Introducing Creative Drama, Theatre for Youth and Participation Theatre as Educational Tools in the Museum Setting, Tess Marlene Lassen, Department of Theatre, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
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
Heaven and Hell united: What Dreams May Come in Purgatory, Lisa Beierschmitt, Department of Languages and Literatures, Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
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
The Putdown: Intergenerational Communicative Dynamics of Male Characteristics in the Plays of August Wilson, Bryan C. Moore, Department of Theatre, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
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
The Ob-Literation of Art, Walter Sun Chien, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Sex, Violence, and Hand Puppets: History and Structure of Punch and Judy Performance Tradition, James Robert Davis, Department of Theatre, Open Access Thesis
Effects of sludge application on prairie establishment, Brenda Joan Durbahn, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
KBBG-FM: Communicating to Educate, Edward W. Ellis Jr., Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
Idols Are for Suckers: An Exhibition of Prints, Brett Anthony Fisher, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
The Impact of the Internet on Democratic Discourse, Dalia K. Hamed, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Thesis
The use of RAPD to detect genetic variation in populations of Liatris aspera Michx., Duane Joseph Kitchen, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
The Process of Set Design: Desdemona- a Play About a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel, Jesook Lee, Department of Theatre, Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
The Perception of Arabs and Media's Influence, Abdou Nader, Department of Communication and Media, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Network Security: An Evaluation of Security Policies and Firewall Implementations, Melanie L. Abbas, Department of Computer Science, Open Access Thesis
Inactivation of Soybean Peroxidase During Sodium Azide Oxidation: A Comparative Study, Mohamed Yehia Zakaria Aboul Eish, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Open Access Thesis
Toxicity of TNT, HMX, and RDX Degradation Products to Mammalian Cells before and after Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils, Irina Yurievna Blinova, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
