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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Browse Honors Program Theses by year of completion:
Submissions from 2012
Differences in Interim Financial Reporting: GAAP vs. IFRS, Benjamin Carton Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Making a Change: Motivational Interviewing in a College Group Setting, Hannah Jo Culbertson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Writing Workshop: A Comparison of Theory and Practice, Brandi Dawn Delveau Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Its Implicit Sexual Consequences: A Content Analysis, Olivia Lynn Egen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Key Elements of Poverty Influencing Language Development and Academic Achievement, Joanna L. Eggert Open Access Honors Program Thesis
"The Effect of Basic Financial Literacy on Choice of College Major": A Study of Accounting and Education Majors at a Four-Year University in the Midwest, Austin Prescott Foster Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Spanish Through Music: A Model for the Content-Based Classroom, Anna Gansen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Perceptions of "Americanism": U.S. high school students' attitudes towards non-standard English accents, Christina Michelle Goering Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Development and Utilization of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Kristen Granzow Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effectiveness of Testing on Information Retention: A Meta-Analysis on the Testing Effect, Renee Jayne Greiman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Quantz and Frederick the Great: Masters and Monarchs of the Flute, Betsy Anne Groat Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Laboring under assumptions, Chloe Louise Haley Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Incorporating effective grammar instruction into the classroom, Erin Mary Harrity Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Appearance and Perception: The Effects of Hair Color and Weight on Product Perception, Jamie Harthoorn Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Uncovering morphological variation in light of genetic data within the Ozark minnow, Notropis nubilus, Sara Katherine Holmes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Thomas Jefferson and His Religious Beliefs in the Contexts of History and Today, Nolan Christian Hovland Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An environmental systems analysis of hydropower and its effects upon indigenous settlements in Karnataka, India, Amy Joens Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Using Ecological Niche Modeling To Resolve Cryptic Taxa Within the Greenside Darter Species Complex, Jack Alphonse Kosmicki Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Spinning Wheels, Weaving Words, and Cupbearing: The Wife's Lament and Female Power, Agency and Resistance in Anglo-Saxon England, Alison Leytem Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Family Matters: Influential Factors of Choice Regarding the Family-Career Dichotomy for the Next Generation of Mothers, Beth Lindberg Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Why Do Corporations Donate? An Analysis of Factors Affecting Corporate Philanthropy, Patrick Luensmann Open Access Honors Program Thesis
How autism is portrayed in the media, Miranda Madesian Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Pay Expectations: How Do They Influence Selection of College Degrees and Motivational Effort Towards College?, Benjamin J. McCarty Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of Property Rights on Ocean Resources: Two Possible Solutions to the Tragedy of the Commons, Nathan David Miller Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Making a Way: Music in an African American Congregation, Emily Miller-Todd Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Mass Media's Coverage of Political Campaigns, Katherine Elizabeth Pauk Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cognitive Maps and the Confidence-Accuracy Relation in Eyewitness Identification, Hannah Mazoe Paul Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effect of Birth Order Placement on Tendency Toward General Deviance, Nichole Rae Reese Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cursed: An Experiment in Gender Roles in Video Game Concept Art, Gillian Renk Open Access Honors Program Thesis
"From Research to Realized Garments": A Costume Design Process for Dying City, Tori Rezek Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Application of Graphic Communications: Increasing the Functionality of the Aplington-Parkersburg School District Website, Holly Janae Richtsmeier Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Overrepresentation of Minorities in Special Education: A Conceptual Analysis of a Longstanding Conundrum, Aimee Sargent Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Study of Nitrogen Sources in the Municipal Wells of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Alison Renee Schell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Closing the Achievement Gap: The Promise of Dual Language Programs for English Language Learners, Jocelyn Jane Strong Open Access Honors Program Thesis
GPU-Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Rigid Water, Byron Alexander Tasseff Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Pulling Back the Veil on Stem Cell Research: The Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as an Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Sara Ternes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
From Strangers to Siblings: An Ethnography of the Appalachia Service Project Summer Staffers, Rachel Elizabeth Tish Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Teen Theatre: Exploring the Role of the Young Adult in Art and Life, Jessica J. Vaught Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Determining the Virulence of Corn Pathogen Fusarium verticillioides Utilizing Deletion Mutants Lacking Genes FV_00027 or FV_NPS6, Abigail Zieman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2011
Rational decision-making in the face of uncertainty: An experiment in Jeopardy!, Trevor Boeckmann Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Bad Reputations: A Discussion of Gender Norms and Personas Created and Performed in Courtly (and Not So Courtly) Lyrics, Rebecca Ann Bohnet Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Fair Value Accounting Debate and the Future of the Profession, Kristina Ann Bowers Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Different Kind of Garden: Seeding the Growth of TaS2 Nanostructures with 3d Transition Metals, Kayla Rose Boyle Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Musical eating and culinary listening: Composing with sounds and flavors, Isaac Brockshus Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Lighting Design and Development Process For the Strayer-Wood Theatre's Production of On the Verge, Michael Franklin Brown Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Disney and the Classroom: How Children's Perceptions Can Help Inform Teacher Practice, Kimberly Lynn Burken Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Perceptions of the Online Learning Experience, Michelle Burow Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Justices Denied: The 2010 Iowa Supreme Court Retention Election, Andrew John Clopton Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Goose Neck: A New Play About Acting, Magic Choppers, And the Sunny Side of Suicide, Elizabeth Cook Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Corr's College Cooking: Teaching Students How to Cook Healthy Meals on a Budget, Kayla Marie Corr Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Influencing factors behind urban sprawl in the United States, Charles N. Cowell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors controlling hop flowering and their potential for use in the brewing and pharmaceutical industries, Margaret Nicole Crain Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Risk Management Plans for University Athletic Facilities, Brittney Donlin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analyzing the Construction of the Medical Professional Identity: How Do Doctors Learn to "Do Doctoring?", Lauren Dougall Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Study of the Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Past, Present, and Reform, David E. Droessler Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effects of hypergravity on Xenopus embryo growth and cardiac hypertrophy, Bryce Joseph Duchman Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The Effects of Hypergravity on Xenopus Embryo Growth and Cardiac Hypertrophy, Bryce Joseph Duchman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Parallel Experience of a Bilingual Child With a Communication Disorder and a College Language Immersion Program, Kate Sussan Elahi Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Earnings Management and the Effect on Long-Run Performance for Firms With Seasoned Equity Offerings, Danielle Enderson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Way Out: A Musical Depiction of an Artist's Journey of Self-Discovery, Robert Espe Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Health Reform: The Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Iowa's Critical Access Hospitals, Brittany D. Fett Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An analysis of elementary teachers' self-reported competencies in handling student grief in the classroom, Ashley Rae Fitzgerald Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The efficiency of the NFL point spread betting market, Nicholas Mark Fohey Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Violent Crime and Drug Use: The Relationship Between Drugs and Types of Crime, Richard William Fortney Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Analysis of Financial Leverage and the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis, Larissa A. French Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Multilingual theatre: Community value and future education necessity, Diana Milree Garles Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Girl's Basketball in Iowa: The Game of Six-On-Six and Its Impact on the State's Athletic Culture, Sarah Gronemeyer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Interface design to support situation awareness in virtual puppetry, Keisha Joy Harthoorn Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Designing for the User: Exploring the Interface Design of Web Services, Katelyn Anne Haw Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of MYD88 Inhibition on Bovine Lung Endothelial and Epithelial Cell Cytokine Expression, Cassandra Kay Hayne Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Exploring Literacy Across the Curriculum: Writing in the Mathematics Classroom, Sarah E. Heddinger Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sacred Stones for Sacred Structures: An Examination of Patterns in the Temples and Twin Complexes at Tikal and Palenque, Meredith Mae Hild Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Leading Unconducted Chamber Vocal Ensembles: A Case Study of the University of Northern Iowa Varsity Men's Glee Club Camerata, David Hoobler Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Integrated marketing communications plan for HospiceADEASY, Megan Elizabeth Horn Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Jerry Falwell's Use of Theological Methodology for Making Political Claims: A Critique, David William Hosack Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Chains of Hidden and Invisible Power: An Understanding Imperative for Societal Transformation, Leanne Baker Hotek Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Traditional vs. Alternative Assessment Methodology in Iowa's Secondary Social Science Classroom, Jake Edward Hoversten Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The hearing room: Combining video art and electroacoustic music, Aaron Michael Hynds Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effect of Egg-Incubation Temperature on Growth and Selected Temperature of Apalone Spinifera, the Spiny Softshell Turtle, Amy L. Klopfenstein Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Fit Measures of Work-School Congruence and Individual Outcomes, Kimberly E. Kluesner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Recruitment of the Latino Population: Marketing Campaign for Hawkeye Community College, Shelly Kuboushek Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Visualizing Social Studies, Sarah Christine Larsen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Formation of Intercellular Junctions During Secondary Neurulation in the Tail Bud Region of Developing Chick Embryos, Selena Mae Losee Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Bass Clarinet: Its History and Role in the Symphony Orchestra, Katlin MacBride Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Raising good Soviets: Media depictions of Soviet life and upbringing under Khrushchev, Chelsea Miller Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An analysis of strategies for the education of English language learners, Tracy Elizabeth Moore Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Fuga: A Homoiconic Object-Oriented Programming Language, Francisco Mota Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Heinrich Baermann: The Clarinetist and Inspiration, Alisa Nagel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Apologia, atonement, and the public sphere, Christopher Outzen Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Social Media Marketing: Facebook and the Effect of Coupons on Customer Loyalty Among College Students, Ciara Pearce Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a DI-T-Butyl Dicyclopentadienyl Ligand, Regina Rose Reinig Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Music Videos as Social Commentary: A Sociological Analysis of Lady Gaga, Jacob Allen Everett Rudy Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Individual Batting Factors Influencing a Team's Probability of Winning, David Matthew Rygh Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Scholarship management system, Eric Irvin Sauser Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Essential workplace communication skills: Student vs. employer perspectives, Amanda Schickel Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Assessment of the Adoption of IFRS in Foreign Countries in Comparison to the Anticipated Results of United States IFRS Adoption, Emily Schippers Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Netflow-Based Bandwidth Auditor for the RESNET Network, Jessalyn Schweitzer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Implementing a Natural Language to Structured Query Language Translator, Kevin J. Shannon Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Analysis of QuickBooks Internal Control Utilization, Andrew J. Steckel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Statistical Analysis of the Factors Affecting University Endowments, Lisa M. Stoecken Open Access Honors Program Thesis
