Honors Program Theses
The University Honors Program is an intellectually stimulating and socially nurturing community of students of exceptional academic achievement. Every honors student has the opportunity to complete undergraduate research during their time at UNI by writing a thesis. Students work with faculty members in their major or area of interest to develop and conduct a study during either their Junior or Senior year. To go to the Honors Program page, click here.
From this page, you can browse our Honors Program Theses by academic department or by the year of completion Some theses and dissertations are not eligible for open access.
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Submissions from 2014
The impact of self-objectification on political efficacy: does self-image affect feelings of political adequacy, Victoria M. Hurst Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Tribal and commercial casinos in the midwestern United States: effect on county unemployment, Amber Irlmeier Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The portrayal of stuttering in the film industry, Anna Katelyn Joerger Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Manipulatives in secondary mathematics, Elizabeth Rae Johnson Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The feeling that you are where you belong: a qualitative analysis of college music groups and student success, Susan Elizabeth Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Patient reported outcomes in response to land and water based exercise on pain and function, Christian Junker Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Study abroad: an essential part of language acquisition, Emillie Kenne Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Things ain't what they used to be: a look at the emergence of female flutists into the jazz world, Megan Kingery Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Next to normal: a costume design based in psychological research, Grace R. Kinser Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Management information systems: an information portal for a major with limitless interpretations, Benjamin Richard Lahue Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What variables explain differences in coaching salaries for Division I women's sports?, Tyler Lange Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Using seed recovery methods to determine causes of failed germination in native prairie species, Paige Leytem Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Determinants of college hockey attendance, Max Martino Open Access Honors Program Thesis
From College to the NFL Playoffs: An Analysis of Individual Contribution to Team Success, Elizabeth Mastalio Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Activism and offense : a philosophical analysis, Stef McGraw Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Semantic feature analysis application for people with aphasia, Alison Meyer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Determinants of poverty and strategies to reduce poverty in Cambodia, Beth A. Monnier Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Culturally relevant pedagogy: secondary mathematics in an urban classroom, Julia Glissmann North Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Speech inhibition with utterance length and complexity, Meghan Opolka Open Access Honors Program Thesis
When I was your age, Pluto was a planet: two children's books concerning environmental issues, Caitlin A. Peterson Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
In defense of defense: a statistical look at roster construction, coaching strategy, and team defense in the National Basketball Association, Luke Ronald Peterson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Investigating the expression of AHNAK2 and CTHRC1 in pancreatic cancer cell lines, Logan Patrick Poole Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Current developments in forensic science: establishing the credibility of forensic linguistics through authorship analysis, Annette Putnam Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Comparison of life experiences of men and women in the sciences, Tori Nicole Quist Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analysis of the canola lip mutant, Matthew Rafferty Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A preliminary systematic analysis of the species of genus Physaria (Brassicaceae) of Wyoming, Kayla Rethwisch Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Conductor influence on student attitude, motivation, and participation, Laura Maria Rodriguez Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Muddied waters: exploring Iowa's water policy and practices, Jorgen D. Rose Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Positional plagiocephaly among tribal societies and contemporary western societies: a comparison of treatments, results, and effects, Jacinda Rose Ruggles Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What's faith have to do with it? : the media framing of religion and politics in the 2012 Republican primaries, Zoe Russell Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Patient preference for physician prayer in medical situations, Blaine Mahlon Schlawin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Gender differences in pay expectations at three career stages, Elijah Rogeay Seay Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Ethics and executive compensation, Brittany Silvey Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The role of KNOX genes during simple and compound leaf development in the genus Ampelopsis (Vitaceae), Allie Marie Simpson Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Putting management theory into practice in private prisons, Hilary Tanner Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Bridging the social media value gap between fans and artists, Andrew Teeter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Latitude and environmental pressure: their impact on carapace morphology in three species of fiddler crabs (genus Uca) across the Atlantic Ocean, Katherine Susannah Mary Thomas Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Listening to movies: the emotional response of an audience to music in correlation with film, Jillian Whitaker Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Variation in state funded student grant programs: political and economic influences, KaLeigh Karr White Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Excavation and stratigraphic analysis of a late nineteenth century boiler house, Ariel Marie Williams Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Trauma-informed services and trauma awareness among staff on the college campus, Tricia Wisniewski Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2013
A linguistic playground: A case study of trilingual code-switching, Aynur Damirgi Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Leisure trends and technology within Generations X, Y, and Z, Alyssa Eisenman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
More than a quick and easy meal: convenience food advertising in Ladies' Home Journal, 1945-1954, Molly Franta Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Attainable Arts Integration in the elementary school classroom, Anneliese Gentzsch Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sustainable Food at UNI: Past, Present and Future: A Documentary, Glenna Maureen Goldman Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
UNI's dance craze: A psychological analysis and creative documentary on 'The Interlude Dance' and 'The Dance Party', Ian Goldsmith Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Chicago Americanization movement: Solutions to the immigrant problem, Heather Greel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A study in merger induced galaxy evolution through post-starburst systems, Zachary Dean Griffith Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Jeffersonian ideals: practical in the United States of the 21st century?, Charles William Gustafson II Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sequencing a DNA polymerase alpha gene in Thermomyces lanuginosus, Sonia Tien-Yang Han Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Learning styles: A viable approach to instruction?, Lauren A. Hanzelka Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Opportunity for engagement : how viewing "The Lizzie Bennet diaries" transcends traditional reader response, Molly Hayes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
ATP-induced changes in F-actin expression Via P2X7, Taylor Hircock Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effectiveness of Negative and Positive Advertisements, Kristen Hora Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Does Baby Sign open the door to second language learning?, Nicole A. Hulme Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Going offline: Personality and its effects on the transition of online relationships to the offline world, Morgan Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Does international recruiting make sense in the Missouri Valley Conference?, Natalie Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The federal estate tax: a comprehensive look at the effects on American farming and ranching businesses, Taylor G. Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Expressed sequence tag for DNA polymerase alpha in embryonic chicken brain, Rebecca Krewer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Process of a painting, Dusty Ann Kriegel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
English-only legislation: The Iowa story, Kari Lien Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A study of the genes TFL1 and LFY as agents in the divergent evolution of the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana and Carica papaya, Ryan Lockard Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Generating new Type II protein models using cytochrome c, Lindsey M. Ludwig Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Should I stay or should I go?: A comparison study of cornerstone and non-cornerstone students' levels of campus engagement and institutional commitment, Theresa Luensmann Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effects of traumatic brain injury on domestic violence survivors, Elizabeth Marie Martin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Search for catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase α in Thermomyces lanuginosus, Chelsea Elyse Meier Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Utility of phosphoglucose isomerase (PgiC) intron sequences in the phylogenetics of Physaria (Brassicaceae), Troy Joseph Mensen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Heroic journey within videogames and the effects of player experience, Jeremiah Moffitt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An American's Paris: Tourism and the American identity, 1947-1963, Margaret Nervig Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Tempestuous translations: Exploring the artistic and thematic relationship between Shakespeare's The Tempest and Beethoven's "Tempest" piano sonata in D minor op.31 no.2, Chelsea O'Donnell Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
A comparison of Brazil and the United States: How higher education can shape and be shaped by history, politics, culture, and economy, Cassandra Mae Oliveira Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Memories of College Hill: A historical view, Emily Marie O'Loughlin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Competition and extrinsic motivation in the band classroom: A review of literature and suggestions for educational practice, Stephanie Kay Opsal Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Developing crochet patterns for surfaces of non-constant curvature, Katherine Lea Pearce Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analysis of mathematical descriptions of gravitational microlensing, Sarah Michelle Pearce Open Access Honors Program Thesis
International Students at UNI: An Analysis of Experiences, Kellie Petersen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Influences of Armenian Folk Music on Clarinet Chamber Works by Aram Khachaturian and Alexander Arutiunian, Emma Peterson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Defensive Communication Between Professors and Students and Its Effects on Student Outcomes, Alexa Pomerenk Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Clogging the System, Harrison Postler Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Beliefs of University of Northern Iowa preservice teachers about gifted and talented learners, Caitlyn E. Reighley Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The "Tragedy" of Down syndrome: Is it really so tragic?, Ashley A. Richardson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Population genetic study of the fish Rhinichthys cataractae in northeast Iowa using microsatellite genotype data, Haley Ann Rinehart Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Comparative phylogeography of species across the Mississippi embayment, Matthew James Samec Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Relationships between habitat preference and population size of the declining longnose dace, Erica Anne Scullin Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Categorical vs. dimensional models of mental health assessment, Nic Stewart Open Access Honors Program Thesis
It's a Juggling Act: An Examination of Work-School Conflict, Danielle Barbara Stuck Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Clean up our home: Ellen Swallow Richards' human ecology and emerging environmental ideologies, 1890-1915, RaeAnn Lillian Swanson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Measuring the Growth of Science Teaching Efficacy of Participants in the INSPIRE Program, Loren Thalacker Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Examination of Expression: Sonata no.1 in F Minor, Op. 120 by Johannes Brahms, Mary Beth Thiry Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Role of Imagery in the Priming of a Mental Construct, Patrick Michael Tiernan Open Access Honors Program Thesis
From Here to There: The Music's Journey: How the Music in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy Represents the Cultures of Tolkien's World, Jennifer Louise Titus Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Equivalences of Dessins D'Enfants, Rachel M. Volkert Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Gaining Perspective: Student Learning Perceptions of the Role of TESOL Principles in Their English-Learning Experiences, Danielle Christine Westcot Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Musical Analysis of Selections From Contemporary Christian Music Contributing to an Original Composition, Ashley Elizabeth Williamson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Bank Erosion Hazard Index (BEHI) Study of Dry Run Creek, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Cara Wright Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2012
Lost in Translation: In Search of the "Real" "Wulf and Eadwacer", John Anderson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Evaluation of the Species Status of Physaria intermedia (Brassicaceae), Katie Arp Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Crafting characters: How to write characters from a beginning writer's perspective, Brittany Michelle Betzer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Morphological Variation Among Populations of Uca rapax in the Gulf of Mexico and Northern Caribbean, Amanda L. Brase Open Access Honors Program Thesis
