Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Climate analysis using tree-rings from the Wind River Range, Wyoming, Derek Richards, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Developing an integrated spatially explicit scale dependent modeling framework for wind farm suitability assessment in Iowa, Tesfay G. Russell, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Anger, relationships, and intimate partner violence in emerging adults with and without ADHD symptomology, Gina Marie Sacchetti, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
School and juvenile justice personnel's perceptions of dangerousness regarding adolescents with mental illness, Amber Lynne Schramm, Department of Psychology, 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, Department of History, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Intraindividual personality change: Situational influences, patterns of change, and frequency-based measurement, Carol Tweten, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Human trafficking and the media: Comparing newspapers' portrayal of victims and offenders, Brittany Leigh Virkus, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Role of Self and Parental Criticism in Non-suicidal Self-Injury, Brooke Aleece Ammerman, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Predicting commitment for those in military relationships, Darrina Sofia Bledsoe, Department of Psychology, 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, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
From sidebets to sideshow: The influence of gambling on the development of professional wrestling in America, 1870-1911, Lee Casebolt, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
“Unto You Who Fear My Name Shall the Sun of Righteousness Arise With Healing in His Wings”: The Popular Cultural Perceptions of Radium, 1900-1930, Tausha Nichole Fristo, Department of History, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Mean girls and troublemaking boys : a qualitative study about interpretive reproduction and peer culture in a preschool classroom, Heidi Marie Gansen, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Language as a social reality: The effects of the infantilization of women, Chelsae R. Huot, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Automated sinkhole extraction and morphological analysis in northeast Iowa using high-resolution LiDAR data, Jonathon Launspach, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
The Duluth Model in practice: Evaluating police and practitioner response to domestic violence, Jessica L. Lorenz, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, 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, Department of Psychology, 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, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
From saeter to sod: Single women homesteaders of Norwegian descent farming their land in Dakota territory, 1862-1929, Sara Marie Skindelien, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Playing by new rules: board games and America's cold war culture, 1945-1965, Matthew John Sprengeler, Department of History, 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, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Is higher education the key to unlock the door of fortune? A study of students' occupational aspirations, Daiyue Sun, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Effects of anger and impulsive traits on non-suicidal self-injury, Ashley S. Zellhoefer, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
“Where the Blazed Trail Crosses the Boulevard”: Gear, Fashion, and Outfitting in Early Recreational Wilderness Camping, 1880-1920, Brian Beauvais, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Interpersonal Violent Imagery Upon Short Term Memory Recall, Stacilyn Chananie-Hill, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Sexual Socialization of Sexual Offenders: How They Learn About Sexuality and How It Influences Their Future Behaviors, Erin Nicole Ditscheit, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Goal-Setting on Performance in an Industrial Painter Training Program, Bradley Gerber, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Space, History and Law: Rethinking Canadian Territorial Claims in the Arctic, Michael Graham, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Psychopathy and Victim-Type Related to Treatment Outcome for Civilly Committed Sexual Offenders, Ashley Helle, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Baseball in the heartland: Semi-pro baseball survives in Iowa, Todd Michael Hospodarsky, Department of History, Open Access Thesis 2004 Award
The Crocker Street YMCA: A Legacy of Leaders, Michael P. Kates, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Self-defeating behaviors in sexual offenders: Exploring factors of social support and motivation to change, Cassie Rose Nieman, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2013 Award
Circulating and organizational testosterone and the perception of dominance, Jon C. Pedersen, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2014 Award
Role strain in probation and parole work and strategies used to reduce strain, Samantha A. Shoger, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Women's status and fertility rates : results from national level data, Jason Thomas Surratt, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Work-Family Balance as a Mediator of Relationships between Family-Supportive Organizational Perceptions and Employee and Organization Outcomes, Jaimie Bell, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
A Survey of Lidar Use by Iowa Professionals, William G. Burkett, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Shockingly Absurd!: How EC Comics and Mad Magazine Contributed to the Counterculture, 1952-1960, Matthew D. Cossolotto, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Not Giving Back: The Social Exchange Concern Hypothesis of Physical Disability Stigma, Thomas P. Dirth, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Post-Graduate Settlement Patterns: Tuition Reciprocity and Its Impact on Graduate Retention in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, Andrew Miles Duggan, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Human Values and the Importance of Money, Sara Lucia Estrada Villalta, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Role of Work Environment on Employee Job Engagement, Micayla Michelle Evers, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Defining the “Good” Mother: Examining the Myths of Motherhood and the Hierarchical Construction of Femininity in Weeds and Weekly Magazines, Johnanna Joy Ganz, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
PCE groundwater quality assessment of the University of Northern Iowa campus area, Brian Gedlinske, Department of Geography, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Psychopathy: Correlates of the MMPI-2-RF and PPI-R, Katherine Achsah Lisa Hall, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Advanced information processing technologies and police discretion, Kevin Wayne Howard, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
The social origin of violent behavior, Todd Arthur Mensink, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, 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, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, 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, Department of History, Open Access Thesis 2012 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Cultural Tolerance of Americans in Canada, Benjamin Campbell Barclay, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Language exclusionary behavior and attitudes toward immigrants, Christine L. Bennett, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Effect of Race on Eyewitness Identification Lineup Processing Strategies: An Analysis of Eye Movements, Ryan Betts, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Race, Colonialism, Gender and the Rwandan Genocide, Jessica Patrice Braccio, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
The Relationship Between Aggression and Measures of Neuroticism and Agreeableness in College Students, Ashley Alexandra Buol, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Consequences of Work-Family Balance and Comparisons With Work-Family and Family-Work Conflict, Sasha Marie Burnett, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Regional Differences in Jurors’ Attitudes and Knowledge, Heather M. Caspers, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Testing the Relationship Between Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Pathological Skin Picking Using a Bidimensional Model of ‘Fear’ and ‘Anger', Nicole Christine Egan, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
From the Barrio to a Four-Year University: The Academic Success Stories of Fifteen Socioeconomic Disadvantaged Latino Male College Students, Erineo Eddy Espinoza, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Faculty Hiring Committees Perceptions of Hiring Processes and Subjectivity, Laura Caraleen Foster, Department of Psychology, 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, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Psychometric Comparisons of the Reasons for Living Inventory for Young Adults and the College Student Reasons for Living Inventory in a College Sample, Ashley A. Heck, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Testing the selective chivalry theory in Iowa : gender sentencing of rural property offenders, Maria Dorothy Herring Koeppel, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
The effects of OWI victim impact courses on offender recidivism, Sarah Emily Johnson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
A late-Quaternary record of environmental variability from lake sediment cores, Wind River Range, Wyoming, Tyler Johnson, Department of Geography, 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, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2011 Award
The new childbirth : an analysis of planned cesarean sections, Loren Wilbers, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The Effects of Different Types of Background Music on Preschoolers’ Aggressive Classroom Behavior, Marissa Anne Arnett, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Bullying Prevention in Secondary Schools, John William Augustine, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Employee Personal Wellness Programs: Benefits and Barriers to Participation, Amanda Bakeris, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Detecting Coached Underreporting on the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF, Elizabeth M. Bolinger, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Development of a Spatial Decision Support Tool for Watershed Critical Area Identification of Soil Loss and Best Management Practices (BMPs) Evaluation, Luhua Cai, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Racial Prejudice and Political Orientation: A Test of Dovidio and Gaertner’s Integrated Model of Racism, Abbie Anne Chalupnik, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Further Delineation of the Role of the Amygdala in Face Processing and Racial Categorization, Osman Afzal Chowdhry, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Resumes and Cover Letters: The Accuracy of Extraversion Judgments Made From Resume and Cover Letter Biodata, Matthew Sean Christensen, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Gender Violence Prevention: The Effects of a Forum Theater Program on Bystander Efficacy and Behavior, Jennifer Nicole Crawford, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Applying the Job Strain Model: Control, Conflict, and Facilitation, Kama D. Dodge, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Investigating the Potential Contributors to Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Stress, Emotional Dysregulation, and Alexithymia, Kelly K. Espenschade, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Anonymity on Self Reports of Depression and Alcohol Consumption, Yolanda Latrice Evans, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Social Support and Work-School Conflict: A Daily Study, Eric John Faurote, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Voluntary Simplicity and its effects on personal identity, family life, and relationships, Julie Ann Fox, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Risk Management of Commercial Overland Food Transport and Distribution, Lucas Charles Hartman Geadelmann, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Rape Myth Acceptance in a Dynamic Environment: Application of Social Impact Theory to RMA, Zebbedia G. Gibb, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
An Examination of the Effectiveness of the MMPI-2 and the PAI in the Detection of Random Responding, Lesley Ann Hiebing, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
A Test of Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behavior: Predicting Students’ Intentions Toward Joining an Army ROTC Program, Jason Hornberg, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
An analysis of state-by-state variations in African American incarceration rates, Kristen Laura Johnson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Evaluating the sentencing of non-violent drug offenders, Christopher Joseph Koch, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Institutional racism and public policy : a critical discourse analysis of the war on drugs, Kyle L. Mahannah, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
The effects of Indian-accented English and need for cognition on message evaluation: A field study, Duoc V. Nguyen, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2011 Award
When networks matter : Mexican migrants' access to the welfare state through social ties, Margaret Louise Ralston, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Those magnificent men or their flying machines?: Tradition and modernity in the 1928 National Air Races, Joshua James Waddle, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
A test of TMT: Mortality salience and avoidance of worldview threats, Taylor Wayne Wadian, Department of Psychology, 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, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Surface temperature mapping of the University of Northern Iowa campus using high resolution thermal infrared aerial imagery, Alexander Savelyev, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2010 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Employee Engagement as a Mediator of the Relationship between Management Support and Job Performance and Turnover, Liliya Akbulatova, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Life Threatening Communication: Assessing Suicide Threat and Its Relation to Psychological Factors in Adolescent Inpatient Sample, Jennifer Bailey, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Neo Romance: Gender Renegotiation in Harlequin Romance Novels, Amanda L. Breeden, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
A Cross-Cultural Community: An Evaluative Study of the Global Health Corps Training Program at the University of Northern Iowa, Kalani Kee Brown, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The effects of facial attractiveness, weight, and immediacy on social influence: A test of dynamic social impact, Melinda Bullock, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2009 Award
Perceptions of Parental Rejection, Peer Rejection, and Peer Victimization in Relation to Self-Reported Depression, Clayton Joseph Egli, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Validation of the Suicide Resilience Inventory-25 (SRI-25) With Chinese and American College Students, Qijuan Fang, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
