Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Submissions from 2026
The Multidimensional Impacts of Poverty On Adolescent Outcomes, Klarence Baker, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Analysis of Environmental Site Assessments of Brownfield Redevelopment in Waterloo, Iowa, Sage Cappi, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Factors Affecting Dating Violence in Adolescence, Madison Darrah, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Exploratory Study in Sports Geography: The Interaction with the Environment and Sense of Place in Endurance Running Events, Jackson Steffener, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Mapping the Geography of Economic Espionage in the United States (2000–2025): An Applied Counterintelligence and Spatial Analysis, David A. Turner, Department of Geography, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 2025
Spring 2025 Graduate Portfolio, Alex Billman, Department of History, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Variations to the Traditional Delivery of EMDR, Jonathan Bluemke, Department of Social Work, Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Age as More Than a Number: An Applied Geography of Elderly Vulnerability to Heat Events in the Southeastern United States, John Darko, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Health Conditions in Black Individuals, Emily K. Etringer, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Healthcare Access, Kyla M. Frost, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Impact of Social Support, Cultural Background, and Early Interventions, Alysha Haaland, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as a Risk for Child Maltreatment, Maddie Hawley, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Graduate Portfolio, Amber Ellen Hoodjer, Department of History, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parenting Support Groups Outcomes, Christina Howell, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effects of Group Theraplay on Emotional Regulation and Social Interaction Skills in Children with Emotional and Behavior Disorders, Andrea Hutchison, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Examining the Associations Between Smoking Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Smoking Behavior among U.S Adult Smokers, Tenzin Kalsang, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Bereaved Parents and Posttraumatic Growth, Jet Kofoot, Department of Social Work, Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Exploratory Research on Particulate Matter and Ammonia Concentration Downwind from Confined Hog Production Facilities, Benjamin David Lynch, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Graduate Portfolio, Cody Miller, Department of History, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Do ADHD Symptoms Enhance College Students’ Creativity and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy?, Jorge Sebastian Montesinos, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Supporting Intimate Partner Violence Survivors Who Have Experienced Homelessness or Housing Instability, Taylor K. Olberding, Department of Social Work, Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
The Influence of Honor Culture Ideology on Juror Decision Making, Aubrey K. Paschal, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Sexual and Bystander Sexual Harassment Experiences Among Part-time Female Employees: Testing an Interactive Model, Erin Powers, Department of Psychology, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Police Interactions on Adverse Mental Health Outcomes Within Black Communities, Anessa Smith, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Impacts of Sexual Assault on Mental Health in Adolescents, Nicole Trip, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
A 30-Year Time Series Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Corn Yield in Iowa Using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model – 1992 to 2022, Tesleem Ajisafe, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cognitive Decline, Kallie Bakker, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults, Karlyn Bouska, Department of Social Work, Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Physical Activity and Mental Health Symptoms in Adults, Olivia A. Brecht, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
How Rural Identity, Self-Reliance, and Stoicism Relate to Attitudes Toward Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Iowans, Taylor Brown, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Adverse Childhood Experiences Increasing the Likelihood of Substance Use Disorder, Kelsey L. Cain, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Modeling Phosphorus Loading Dynamics in Milford Creek Watershed: With Comparison to a Consent Decree TMDL, Olivia Calvin, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Portfolio, Olivia Campbell, Department of History, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Desert or Mirage? An Examination of Food Deserts in Iowa Cities, Andrew Creasey, Department of Geography, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Impact of Alcohol Use on Dating Violence among Adolescents, Kaygen Kay Deitrick, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Alcohol Use in Adulthood, Callie Franzen, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Traumatic Brain Injury and Public Stigma: The Effect of Perceived Responsibility, MacKenzie Grenko, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Cognitive Decline, Ashley Highland, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Spatial and Temporal Impacts of Land Use and Climate on Avian Abundance in Iowa From 2001 to 2019, Lucas Kaufmann, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Graduate Portfolio, Addy Kaune, Department of History, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Perceived Parental Acceptance and Minority Stress as Predictors of Mental Health Outcomes Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Emerging Adults, Kieran R. Luedke, Department of Psychology, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Impact of Bullying on Depression in Sexual Minority Adolescents, Ian Neff, Department of Social Work, Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
The Impact of Sexual Assault and the Influence of Leadership within the Military, Holly Rigel, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Suspected vs. Diagnosed Mental Illness, Race, and the NGRI Plea, Alexa Roudabush, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Predictors of Attitudes Towards Transgender People in India, Rishika Sheetal Singh, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The Role of Parental Divorce in Childhood on Depression Among Adults, Amy Stoermer, Department of Social Work, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Yoga and Mental Health among Young Adult Women, Coryssa Tucke, Department of Social Work, Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Boundary Lines Crossed? Seeking Honor After the Vietnam War Took Their Sons, Hannah Ackerman, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Do We Want Them to Understand Each Other? Perceptions of Political Perspective-Takers, Ian Beatty, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Monitoring and Modeling Urban Heat Patterns in the State of Iowa, USA Utilizing Mobile Sensors and Geospatial Data, Clemir Abbeg Coproski, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2024 Award
Intimate Partner Violence Stigma: The Intersection of Race and Socioeconomic Status, Antoinette Fleming, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Mapping for Impact: Actionable Spatial Literacy through Counter-Mapping, Rachel Hansen, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
“Fitting in and Doing Well”: Assessing First-Generation College Students’ Motives, Belongingness, and Academic Behaviors, Lacie K. Hines, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Disordered Eating, Anxiety, and Perfectionism Among Emerging Adult Men and Women, Karissa Jensen, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Can White Nationalist Rhetoric Increase Prejudice Toward Mexican Immigrants?, Nathan Lewey, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Relationship Between Mindful Eating, Physical Health, and General Well-Being in the U.S., Yuan Ling Looi, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The Impact of Imagined Interactions and Mindfulness on Anxiety in Romantic Relationships, Alyssa R. McCoy, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The Relationship between Spirituality and Resilience: The Mediating Role of Self-Compassion, Tenzin Nyima, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Dual identity, self-esteem, and well-being in Tibetan refugees, Tenzin Urgyen, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Intervening for a Depressed Peer: The Effects of Resilience Empathy, and History of Depression, Brendan Weed, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2024 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Feminist qualitative study of victim blaming of sexually assaulted women in India, Alia Afzal, School of Applied Human Sciences, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Psychopathy and emotion regulation: The mediating role of motives and goals, Morning S. Baker, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
You can't live off pride: Welfare and farm aid in the Reagan era, Jeremiah David Brockman, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Mental illness stigma toward Black and White elite male athletes, Nicholas William Clark, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only) 2023 Award
The association between parent and adult child severe mental illness stigma: The effects of gender, relationship quality, and contact, Taylor Joyce Courier, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
"Land of the Silver Birch": Environmental attitudes and place-making in a Northern Minnesota Boy Scout camp, 1960-1975, John Mark Fretham, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Not our problem: Ingroup glorification facilitates moral disengagement and exclusion, Matthew Gunderson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The path from paramilitary to politics: Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin, and the Good Friday Agreement: 1986-1998, Brenann Hamilton, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
The medieval ideal: Utopian medievalism in the life, thought, and works of William Morris, Benjamin Michael Kimball, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Changes in reproductive behavior and birth patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sakartvelo (The Republic Georgia) [რეპროდუქციული ქცევასა და შობადობის ცვლილებები კოვიდ-19 პანდემიის დროს საქართველოში], Nino Mateshvili, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Frank Capra's America: The fall of political ambiguity, 1930-1950, Lydia Lennice Pakala, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Women Provos: Women in the Provisional IRA and their impact on Irish republicanism and Northern Irish society during the 1970s, Sean Alexander Riley, Department of History, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Effects of perceived reach on ratings of media bias, quality, and agreement, Matthew Sedlacek, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Grit, sense of belonging, and student involvement: keys to mental health for LGBTQ students in higher education, Emma Welch, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Fashioning the new arctic: A perspective on indigenous cultural economy in the Russian north, Varvara Korkina Williams, Department of Geography, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Public perception of adults with ADHD in the United States: Stigma vs. strengths, Peyton S. Barton, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Quantifying carbon sequestration for riparian-zone restoration in Ecuador, Paula Carvalho de Castro, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Geospatially-intelligent three-dimensional multivariate methods for multiscale dasymetric mapping of urban population: Application and performance in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, Nikolay Golosov, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Hedonic and eudaimonic happiness: Their associations with well-being and the influence of age and culture, Hiroki Hirano, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Examining individual differences in attitudes toward the insanity defense, Dominique M. Kornely, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Agrochemicals and rural women's health in the Volta Region of Ghana, Sedomda Kpikpitse, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Analyzing perceptions of citizen science as part of an international learning experience, Katelyn Marie Miner, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Quality and quantity of social support in college students with ADHD symptomatology, Chloe J. Reeble, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 2022 Award
Redefining what's manly: Using masculine attributes to describe counseling services for men, Riley Nicholas Rodemaker, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Associations between insecure attachment style and borderline personality disorder: The role of sleep disruptions, Elijah Schaefer, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
How HPA stress response relates to anxiety: Sex differences and estradiol, Carrie Shea, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Effects of exposure to video games on sexual harassment, Chelsea Renee Washburn, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Negative halo effects in parent ratings of ADHD and conduct problems, Helena Frances Alacha, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The Presentation of Race at Mark Twain Historical Sites in Hannibal, Missouri, Anthony Wayne Birch, Department of History, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Labor's unsettled vagrancy: The rise and fall of the hobo labor movement, 1865-1929, Laura Kathryn Carpenter, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Advertising patriotism: Gender and sacrifice in Ladies' Home Journal, 1942-1945, Travis John Carrier, Department of History, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Utilization of machine learning algorithms to support retail chain store location decisions, Petr Grin, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Richard Walther Darré, National Socialism, and Bauernpolitik, Andrew P. Harnois, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Self-stigma and disclosure of depression in the workplace, Bailey Rose Holm, Department of Psychology, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Step twin cities? : Exploring uneven spaces in Waterloo-Cedar Falls business landscapes, Natalia Khortseva, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Alaska national parks and indigenous peoples: Collaboration for a protected future, Siobhan McTiernan, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Festivals as a sustainable development tool: Case study of Teriberka, Russia, Maria Monakhova, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Doctoral psychology students' attitudes toward evidenced-based practice, Jordan Ashley Newburg, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Challenging social systems under the threat of pollution: Replication and extension of Eadeh and Chang (2019), Dylan J. Pieper, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
A ground based investigation of snow metamorphism using an energy flux model and hyperspectral imaging across cropland, grassland and barren surface in northeast Iowa, Ayan Sasmal, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
