Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Psychoeducational module to promote knowledge and reduce stigma towards recreational marijuana users, Stephanie J. Strong Open Access Thesis 2018 Award
Constructing identities in the West Branch landscape: Herbert Hoover's life and legacy as a common man, 1935-1992, Ryan Lucas Wurtz Open Access Thesis
The new North: Patents and knowledge economy analysis in Alaska, Salma Zbeed Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 2016
The use of meditation and yoga as a treatment tool for juvenile offenders in Residential Treatment Centers for relapse prevention, Danielle K. W. Ballard-Green Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Dying to live forever Sophia Harris journal 1860 to 1861, Shirley Ilene Davis Open Access Thesis
Three men in the wilderness: Ideas and concepts of nature during the Progressive Era with Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot and John Muir, Jeffrey A. Duke Open Access Thesis
Analyzing winter migration fidelity and movement of the wild Taimyr reindeer herd, Rangifer T. tarandus, Emily T. Francis Open Access Thesis
Racial disparities among African Americans primarily in the criminal justice system and other areas in society, Juana D. Hollingsworth Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Natural disasters and disaster preparedness at universities: A case study at the University of Northern Iowa, Garrett Edward Jepsen Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Unions in Waterloo, Iowa: How organization, political activism, and community outreach led to the rise and fall of organized labor, 1947-1990, Dylan Christian Krauter Keller Open Access Thesis
The effects of control threat on women's acceptance of benevolent sexism and traditional gender roles, Zheng Li Open Access Thesis
Analysis of the spatiotemporal dynamics of the active wildfire events in the Arctic tundra biome using MODIS data (2001-2015), Arif Masrur Thesis (UNI Access Only)
From soprano to barking dog : John Cage, the avant garde, and the counterculture, 1940-1975, Heather M. McAlpine Open Access Thesis
Exposure therapy discontinuation among Iraq War veterans, Kendra Renner Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Labeling of religious non-believers: The effect of the "atheist" title on moral judgments about non-theists, Brock C. Rozich Open Access Thesis
The impact of cognitive map quality and expert testimony on juror decisions and perceived credibility of eyewitnesses, Justin Parker Simmons Open Access Thesis
Up close and personal : Examining the role race plays in public perceptions of law enforcement, Olivia K. Thompson Open Access Thesis
"Rock Against Reagan": The punk movement, cultural hegemony, and Reaganism in the eighties, Johnathan Kyle Williams Open Access Thesis 2017 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Perceived relational evaluation : biological, psychological, and physical health correlates, Emily Christina Banitt Open Access Thesis
August Becker and traditional vs. modern culture in the first decades of the twentieth century, Michelle Lea Becker Smith Open Access Thesis
Rethinking the Conquest : an exploration of the similarities between pre-contact Spanish and Mexica society, culture, and royalty, Samantha Billing Open Access Thesis
Predictors of racial prejudice : a meta-analysis of the influence of religion and political orientation, Kristin Ann Broussard Open Access Thesis 2016 Award
Different levels of negative emotions and their impact on prosocial behavior, Tsamchoe Dolma Open Access Thesis
Injunctive and descriptive norms effect on physical activity, Monica Lynn Ehn Open Access Thesis
Danish Cedar Falls : The immigrant experience, Carrie L. Eilderts Open Access Thesis
The disintegration of Yugoslavia and football, Adnan Kajtezović Open Access Thesis
The dual role of self-enhancement : protection and stigma, Corina Evelyn Klein Open Access Thesis
Spaces of disadvantage, places of hope : Women empowerment, economic emancipation and NGOs in Bogotá slums, Ekaterina Korzh Open Access Thesis
“Our Navy” : women accepted for voluntary emergency service at Iowa State Teacher's College, 1942-1945, Marissa Krein Open Access Thesis
Identification of sluggish cognitive tempo by pre-service teachers, Rachel Elizabeth Meisinger Open Access Thesis 2016 Award
A model for measuring the contribution of form to perception of biological sex in point-light actors, Michael Mintz Open Access Thesis
An American's Paris: tourism and the American consumer, 1947-1961, Margaret Nervig Open Access Thesis
Spacial analysis of foreclosure and neighborhood characteristics in Miami metropolitan area, Florida, Adejoh Emmanuel Ogbe Open Access Thesis
Stars, stripes, and swastikas : the American Turners and national identity, 1935-1945, Amy Rekward Open Access Thesis
Predictors of job satisfaction and organizational commitment in a library employee survey, Brandon Heath Schipper Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Caged manhood : office culture and how Walter Camp's Daily Dozen revitalized the workforce, 1903-1940, Nick Sly Open Access Thesis
“God will deliver us” : human rights abuses from Guatemala to Iowa and back, 1980-2014, RaeAnn Lillian Swanson Open Access Thesis
Influx of child immigrants to the United States: Policy & practice implications, Megan Vogt Open Access Graduate Research Paper 2016 Award
In connection with all things : the memory of Alexander Humboldt and his works in the context of 19th century thought in Europe and America, Ray Joseph Werner Open Access Thesis
The influence of the single stereotype on moral judgments, Peng Zhang Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Creative heartland: Creative capital and knowledge economy in micropolitan Midwest, Philip A. Cavin Open Access Thesis
Understanding the long-term spatiotemporal dynamics of the Taimyr Reindeer Herd during the summer concentration period, Matthew D. Cooney Open Access Thesis
Perceptions of changes in diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorders in DSM-5: Parents, school professionals, and mental health professionals/trainees, Nathalie Claire Dubois Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Do offenders' life goals reflect locus of control and personality traits?, Luci L. Dumas Open Access Thesis
Dennis Mahony, "At the Disposal of Tyrants": An analysis of a newspaper editor's intentions during the Civil War, Ryan Robert Engelman Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Gender differences in self-concept consistency and career choices under stereotype threat, Asha Ganesan Open Access Thesis
Violent video games and aggressive behavior: mortality salience and the hostile attribution bias, Paden R. Goldsmith Open Access Thesis
Testing implications of the general theory of crime, Kirstin Denise Kerr Kramer Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Understanding the impact of vegetation on surface roughness length for enhancing wind resource characterization in Iowa, Andrei Vladimirovich Kushkin Open Access Thesis
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): Examining the overlapping features, co-occurrence, and sex differences, Brittany Lewno Open Access Thesis
Education at its corp, Steven Michael Pals Open Access Thesis
Climate analysis using tree-rings from the Wind River Range, Wyoming, Derek Richards Open Access Thesis
Developing an integrated spatially explicit scale dependent modeling framework for wind farm suitability assessment in Iowa, Tesfay G. Russell Open Access Thesis
Anger, relationships, and intimate partner violence in emerging adults with and without ADHD symptomology, Gina Marie Sacchetti Thesis (UNI Access Only)
School and juvenile justice personnel's perceptions of dangerousness regarding adolescents with mental illness, Amber Lynne Schramm Thesis (UNI Access Only)
"Democracy put in action": Experiences of African Americans in the Women's Army Corps at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1942-1945, Rebecca Singer Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Intraindividual personality change: Situational influences, patterns of change, and frequency-based measurement, Carol Tweten Open Access Thesis
Human trafficking and the media: Comparing newspapers' portrayal of victims and offenders, Brittany Leigh Virkus Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Predicting commitment for those in military relationships, Darrina Sofia Bledsoe Open Access Thesis 2014 Award
The unveiling of W.E.B. DuBois : A qualitative content analysis of diverse interpretations of the works and life of W.E.B. DuBois, Sonja Lee Bock Open Access Thesis
From sidebets to sideshow: The influence of gambling on the development of professional wrestling in America, 1870-1911, Lee Casebolt Open Access Thesis
Mean girls and troublemaking boys : a qualitative study about interpretive reproduction and peer culture in a preschool classroom, Heidi Marie Gansen Open Access Thesis
Language as a social reality: The effects of the infantilization of women, Chelsae R. Huot Open Access Thesis
Automated sinkhole extraction and morphological analysis in northeast Iowa using high-resolution LiDAR data, Jonathon Launspach Open Access Thesis
The Duluth Model in practice: Evaluating police and practitioner response to domestic violence, Jessica L. Lorenz Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Social and cultural influences on alcohol drinking habits among native American college and university students across the United States, Wayva Waterman Lyons Thesis (UNI Access Only) 2015 Award
A Midwestern culture of civility: Student activism at the University of Northern Iowa during the Maucker years (1967-1970), Christopher J. Shackelford Open Access Thesis
From saeter to sod: Single women homesteaders of Norwegian descent farming their land in Dakota territory, 1862-1929, Sara Marie Skindelien Open Access Thesis
Playing by new rules: board games and America's cold war culture, 1945-1965, Matthew John Sprengeler Open Access Thesis
"The most deadly spot on the face of the earth": The United States and antimodern images of "Darkest Africa" 1880-1910, Melinda Stump Open Access Thesis
Is higher education the key to unlock the door of fortune? A study of students' occupational aspirations, Daiyue Sun Open Access Thesis
Effects of anger and impulsive traits on non-suicidal self-injury, Ashley S. Zellhoefer Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Baseball in the heartland: Semi-pro baseball survives in Iowa, Todd Michael Hospodarsky Open Access Thesis 2004 Award
Self-defeating behaviors in sexual offenders: Exploring factors of social support and motivation to change, Cassie Rose Nieman Open Access Thesis 2013 Award
Circulating and organizational testosterone and the perception of dominance, Jon C. Pedersen Open Access Thesis 2014 Award
Role strain in probation and parole work and strategies used to reduce strain, Samantha A. Shoger Open Access Thesis
Women's status and fertility rates : results from national level data, Jason Thomas Surratt Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 2011
PCE groundwater quality assessment of the University of Northern Iowa campus area, Brian Gedlinske Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Advanced information processing technologies and police discretion, Kevin Wayne Howard Open Access Thesis
The social origin of violent behavior, Todd Arthur Mensink Open Access Thesis
Transforming lives: Exploring the impact of transitioning on female-to-male transpersons and partners of female-to-male transpersons, Megan Marie Tesene Open Access Thesis 2012 Award
From a weak tribual to a branch of government: The Supreme Court of the United States from 1789 to Marshall, Dale Edward Paul Yurs Open Access Thesis 2012 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Language exclusionary behavior and attitudes toward immigrants, Christine L. Bennett Open Access Thesis
Obscenity and pornography: A historical look at the American Library Association, the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, and the Supreme Court, Gretchen Brooke Gould Open Access Thesis
Testing the selective chivalry theory in Iowa : gender sentencing of rural property offenders, Maria Dorothy Herring Koeppel Open Access Thesis
The effects of OWI victim impact courses on offender recidivism, Sarah Emily Johnson Open Access Thesis
A late-Quaternary record of environmental variability from lake sediment cores, Wind River Range, Wyoming, Tyler Johnson Open Access Thesis
Status is fine for the in-group but out-group members watch out: Examining an optimal model of face processing using eye-tracking, J. Daniel McCarthy Open Access Thesis 2011 Award
The new childbirth : an analysis of planned cesarean sections, Loren Wilbers Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Voluntary Simplicity and its effects on personal identity, family life, and relationships, Julie Ann Fox Open Access Thesis
An analysis of state-by-state variations in African American incarceration rates, Kristen Laura Johnson Open Access Thesis
Evaluating the sentencing of non-violent drug offenders, Christopher Joseph Koch Open Access Thesis
Institutional racism and public policy : a critical discourse analysis of the war on drugs, Kyle L. Mahannah Open Access Thesis
The effects of Indian-accented English and need for cognition on message evaluation: A field study, Duoc V. Nguyen Open Access Thesis 2011 Award
When networks matter : Mexican migrants' access to the welfare state through social ties, Margaret Louise Ralston Open Access Thesis
Those magnificent men or their flying machines?: Tradition and modernity in the 1928 National Air Races, Joshua James Waddle Open Access Thesis
A test of TMT: Mortality salience and avoidance of worldview threats, Taylor Wayne Wadian Open Access Thesis 2010 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Pain stages of change: Variations in pain acceptance, catastrophizing, and emotional distress across a model of readiness for behavior change, Melinda J. Collingwood Open Access Thesis
Surface temperature mapping of the University of Northern Iowa campus using high resolution thermal infrared aerial imagery, Alexander Savelyev Open Access Thesis 2010 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
The effects of facial attractiveness, weight, and immediacy on social influence: A test of dynamic social impact, Melinda Bullock Open Access Thesis 2009 Award
