Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Validation of the Suicide Resilience Inventory-25 (SRI-25) with African American High School Students, Stephanie Elizabeth Gantt, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Gender inequalities in toddler confrontation teachers' responses, Jessica Hermeyer, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Cedar Falls Civil War, Cynthia Rae Huffman Sweet, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Tree species identification in an urban environment using a data fusion approach, Matthew A. Voss, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2008 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Self-Esteem, Locus of Control, Conformity, and the Psychology behind Body Modification, Brianne Renae Arends, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Authority of Traditional Islamic Leaders: A Sociological Study of Kyai's Authority in Pesantren, Achmad Zainal Arifin, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
The Relationship between Sexual Behavior and Relational Aggression in College Students, Hiliary Baethke, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Gender Socialization through Children’s Literature: Body and Beauty Image, Meera Basnet, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
“Votes for Women”: Gender, ‘Race,’ Class, and the Suffrage Cartoons of Life and Harper’s Weekly, 1890-1916, Mellisa Annesha Campbell, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Links Between Late Adolescents’ Tendency for Mild to Moderate Violence and School Shooters, Elizabeth Ruth Strey Christenson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Coping Strategies and Personality in Schizophrenia: Can These Two Factors Influence Relapse Rates and Quality of Life?, Amanda Collins, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Fine Art and Processing Fluency: Symmetry and Contrast Influence Preference in Paintings, Jennifer Ann Grossheim, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
God Image, Self-Monitoring, and Willingness to Authentically Forgive, Bryan J. Hall, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Hallucination Simulations on Neurocognition: An Investigation of Auditory Hallucinations Using the Irrelevant Speech Paradigm, Suzanne Adele Horsager, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Athletic Training Education: A Review of Literature, Abigail S. McCorkel, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gender and policing : an analysis of police departments as gendered organizations, Kimberly L. Seavey, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
GIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Planning Confined Animal Feeding Operations in Iowa, Brian Lance Bakker, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
An Evaluation of Crash Cluster Identification Methodologies: A Case Study of Iowa, Leonard Sitji Bombom, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Russian Immigration to the USA, 1990-2003, Alexandra Mikhailovna Bozheva, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Food Preferences Between Diverse Ethnic Groups in a College Population, Enrique Gallegos Covarrubias, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Parental Marital Status Relationship With Adult Children’s Marital Status, Susan Barbara Frommelt Czerniak, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Perceptions of Luck and Gambling Patterns, Dustin Daugherty, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Extraction of Transportation Infrastructure From Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data, James Paul Gerjevic, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Monitoring spatial and temporal water quality changes in Iowa lakes using airborne hyperspectral imagery, Nathan Robert Green, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2007 Award
Correlates of Health Promotion: Meaning in Life, Religiosity, and Christian Identification, Daniel Melvin Huber, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Sticks, stones, & stigmas: A social-cognitive account of stereotype threat mechanisms, Michael C. Philipp, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2006 Award
Emotional intelligence as a protective factor for risk behavior in adolescence, Nicole Renee Skaar, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
We're not "free-loading jocks" : the presentation of the self in the everyday lives of the collegiate level student athlete, Katie Leanne Sorrell, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Protecting us from pictures : gender and support for legal restrictions on pornography, Elizabeth Lynne Chivers, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Protecting Us From Pictures: Gender and Support for Legal Restrictions on Pornography, Elizabeth Lynne Chivers, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Determining Criminal Motive Using Deductive Profiling: A Feasibility Study, Kelly J. Dupont, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Relationships Among Belief in Divine Intervention, Belief in Good Luck, Paranormal Beliefs, Locus of Control, Academic Ability, Cognitive Ability, and Gender, Jenni Rebecca Durham, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Assessing the Applicability of Traditional Urban Transportation Planning Methods for the University Campus: A Case Study of the University of Northern Iowa, Jess Douglas Elder, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Children’s Perceptions of Peers’ Intentions in Ambiguous and Aggressive Situations, Tara Jo Finch, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Gender Moderation of the Relationship Between Hours in Role and Work-Family Conflict: A Test of Competing Theories, Lucas D. Gray, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Drug use and pool performance : an exploratory study, Robert P. Hansen, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Mapping wetlands and potential wetland restoration areas in Black Hawk County, Iowa using object-oriented classification and a GIS-based model, James Harken, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2005 Award
Impact of the child-parent relationship on affectual solidarity between grandchildren and grandparents : the perspective of young adults, Maria A. Monserud, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
The John Deere Ceres program: The decision to locate assembly of a German tractor in Waterloo, Iowa, Chris T. Simenson, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
The effects of social identity salience on the cohesion of demographically diverse groups, Michael Anderson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2004 Award
The Effects of Gender, Gender-Role, and Type of Relationship on Self-Reported Intimacy, Keith Karl Buhr, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Depression and Cognitive Changes in Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type and Normal Aging, Emily A. Carr, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Culture from chaos: The formation of social norms from the dynamic self-organization of individuals' attitudes and behavior, Jerry G. Cullum, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2005 Award
Portrayal of women in magazine advertisements targeted toward three age groups of women : a content analysis, Stephanie Lynn Cummings, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Agricultural Land Evaluation in Black Hawk County Using Geospatial Technologies, Elisha Jasper Dung, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Body image, eating disturbance and estrogen levels across the menstrual cycle, Mei-Chuan Wang, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2004 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Urban Traffic Externalities and Housing Value, Michael Owen Carpenter, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
The Student Worry Questionnaire-30: Further Examination of Gender Differences, Janet A. Carter, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
A Political Geography of Chinese and Other State Claims to Territorial Sovereignty of the Spratly Islands, William Jeffery Brown, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
The Influence of Family Dynamics on Women’s Pay Expectations, Kelly Kristine Fredericks, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Coping responses among aged home health care clients : a qualitative study, Bobbie Kay Grother, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
The new social discipline : a critical analysis of federal drug-free workplace legislation and employee drug testing, Matthew T. Lammers, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
The effects of individual factors on punitive attitudes toward juvenile offenders, Jennifer Keely Mac Connell, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2003 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Assessing the classification accuracy of digitized National Aerial Photography Program imagery: Comparison with botanical data, Mark Arthur Alexander, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2001 Award
Civilian Conservation Corps Rubble and Masonry Dams and Gully Morphology in Northeastern Iowa, Timothy Robert Beerman, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Gender, Self-Efficacy, Anxiety, Experience, and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition, Short Form (WAIS-III), Laura Jean Blalock, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Counting It All and Counting for Something: An Exploration of Women in the Contingent Service Industry, Cheryl L. Buchholz, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Similarities in aggression, inattention/hyperactivity, depression, and anxiety between friends and nonfriends, Kristin A. Clark, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2001 Award
Perceived Personal and Societal Control of Events and Millennial Irrationalism, Angela Nicole Dennis, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Influence Tactics on Performance and Supervisory Evaluations of Subordinates, Courtney L. Determan, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Family structure and children's academic achievement : the role of income and parental control, Jean M. Hoth, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
The double edged sword of depersonalization: An examination of depersonalization's role in the police profession, Michael J. O'Connor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Personality Characteristics Associated With People Who Frequently Experience Flow, Mark A. Ackerman, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Differential Effects of Game Structure and Sociomoral Atmosphere on the Social Behaviors of First Grade Students, Taunjah Patrease Bell, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Relationship between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Aggression in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study, Eric Wayne Boelter, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
“I Only Want to Be”: Black Women Experiences as Depicted in Nikki Giovanni’s Poetry, Lawanda Brown, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Juvenile Justice Professionals and the Goal of Rehabilitation, Heather Bruch, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Leadership in Student Organizations: Do Women and Men Lead Stereotypically?, Jennifer Cullen Danielson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The College Student Worry Questionnaire: Development and Preliminary Psychometric Properties, Gretchen M. Domek, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Gender, religion, causal attributions, and correctional orientations among juvenile justice personnel, Amy Lynn Lyons, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Adolescent depression : further examination of gender differences, Elizabeth Marie O'Neill, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Reasons for living inventory for adolescents (RFL-A) : validation in three adolescent populations, Joe S. Rich, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Commonweal in the heartland: Charles T. Kelly and Iowa's industrial army, Ryan James Sprau, Department of History, Open Access Thesis 2000 Award
Dramaturgical perspective in modern police work : an analysis of interviews and observations, Michael P. Wagner, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
In their own words : women's caregiving experiences, Loralie L. Wiebold, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Gender, Gender Role Socialization, and the Tripartite Model of Anxiety and Depression in Male and Female College Students, Sarina E. Abel, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Awareness of Deficits in Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type and Normal Aging, Jay D. Anderson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Prospective Memory and Age-Related Impairment, Barry Robert Ardolf, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Frontal Lobe Dysfunction in Non-clinical Compulsive Checkers, Christopher J. Boys, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Parent Training Effects on Satisfaction with Parent-Child Relationships, Parenting Performance, and Conduct Symptoms, Conna Sue Bral, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Employee Expectations and Job Stress: A Study of Attrition in the Employment of Telemarketers, Jeff Cooper, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Recycling Economic Development: Observing the Wage and Occupational Structure of the Plastics Industry, Dawn Marie Dungan, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Gangs, drugs, and delinquency, Tina Renea Engstrom, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
The morality issue: How Darlan influenced the Allied unconditional surrender pledge in World War II, Brian Fiderlein, Department of History, Open Access Thesis 1999 Award
An Evaluation of the Responses of Clinical and Non-Clinical Boys on the Social Skills Inventory for Youth, Rachel Frederickson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Utopia in Iowa?: Etienne Cabet and the Icarian Concept of Progress, John Davis Higdon, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
The social history of a moral vision : a qualitative study of the Ulster Project in Decorah, Iowa, Mark Murray McCrory, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Estimating the potential available labor supply for mid-sized Iowa communities, Randal Robert Pilkington, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2000 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Soil Catenas of Calcareous Tills, Whiskey Basin, Wyoming, Michael Todd Applegarth, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
A Neuropsychological Assessment of Music Stimulation on Individuals With Dementia, Peter Leo Cuff, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Right-Wing Authoritarianism Relative to Traditional Western Thinking and Locus of Control, Nadejda Diakonova, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
An Attempt to Identify Health Defensive Externals, Sarah J. Flynn, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Pain Related Self-Statements Scale (PRSS): Psychometric Properties in a College Sample, Howard D. Griffin, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Correctional management : the systemic impact and consequences of truth-in-sentencing legislation, Timothy S. Sexton, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Validation of the Reasons for Living Inventory-II (RFL-II) in a College Sample, Monty T. Baker, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Study of Optimism in a Freshman College Student Population: An Analysis of the Optimism about College Life Scale, Patrick John Barlow, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Invisible walls: Milliken v. Bradley and America's urban apartheid, Sonia E. Ingles, Department of History, Open Access Thesis 1998 Award
Evaluating intensive home supervision : a community based juvenile corrections program, Laone K. Kishman, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
An exploratory look at university students' attitudes toward welfare recipients, Glen Leonard Lantz, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Another look at social learning theory and dating violence, Samantha Smith O'Hara, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
