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. To filter by department, use the Advanced Search function. Some theses and dissertations are not eligible for open access.
Submissions from 2013
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, Science Education Program, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Examination of Expression: Sonata no.1 in F Minor, Op. 120 by Johannes Brahms, Mary Beth Thiry, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Role of imagery in the priming of a mental construct, Patrick Michael Tiernan, Department of Psychology, 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, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Equivalences of dessins d'enfants, Rachel M. Volkert, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Gaining Perspective: Student Learning Perceptions of the Role of TESOL Principles in Their English-Learning Experiences, Danielle Christine Westcot, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Musical analysis of selections from contemporary Christian music contributing to an original composition, Ashley Elizabeth Williamson, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Bank Erosion Hazard Index (BEHI) Study of Dry Run Creek, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Cara Wright, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2012
Lost in Translation: In Search of the "Real" "Wulf and Eadwacer", John Anderson, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Evaluation of the Species Status of Physaria intermedia (Brassicaceae), Katie Arp, Department of Biology, 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, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Differences in Interim Financial Reporting: GAAP vs. IFRS, Benjamin Carton, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Making a Change: Motivational Interviewing in a College Group Setting, Hannah Jo Culbertson, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Writing Workshop: A Comparison of Theory and Practice, Brandi Dawn Delveau, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Its Implicit Sexual Consequences: A Content Analysis, Olivia Lynn Egen, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Key Elements of Poverty Influencing Language Development and Academic Achievement, Joanna L. Eggert, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, 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, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Spanish Through Music: A Model for the Content-Based Classroom, Anna Gansen, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Perceptions of "Americanism": U.S. high school students' attitudes towards non-standard English accents, Christina Michelle Goering, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Development and Utilization of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Kristen Granzow, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effectiveness of Testing on Information Retention: A Meta-Analysis on the Testing Effect, Renee Jayne Greiman, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Quantz and Frederick the Great: Masters and Monarchs of the Flute, Betsy Anne Groat, School of Music, 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, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 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, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An environmental systems analysis of hydropower and its effects upon indigenous settlements in Karnataka, India, Amy Joens, Department of Earth Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Using Ecological Niche Modeling To Resolve Cryptic Taxa Within the Greenside Darter Species Complex, Jack Alphonse Kosmicki, Department of Biology, 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, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Family Matters: Influential Factors of Choice Regarding the Family-Career Dichotomy for the Next Generation of Mothers, Beth Lindberg, Department of Communication and Media, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Why Do Corporations Donate? An Analysis of Factors Affecting Corporate Philanthropy, Patrick Luensmann, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
How autism is portrayed in the media, Miranda Madesian, Department of Special Education, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Pay Expectations: How Do They Influence Selection of College Degrees and Motivational Effort Towards College?, Benjamin J. McCarty, Department of Psychology, 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, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Making a Way: Music in an African American Congregation, Emily Miller-Todd, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Mass Media's Coverage of Political Campaigns, Katherine Elizabeth Pauk, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cognitive Maps and the Confidence-Accuracy Relation in Eyewitness Identification, Hannah Mazoe Paul, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effect of Birth Order Placement on Tendency Toward General Deviance, Nichole Rae Reese, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cursed: An Experiment in Gender Roles in Video Game Concept Art, Gillian Renk, Department of Art, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
"From Research to Realized Garments": A Costume Design Process for Dying City, Tori Rezek, Department of Theatre, 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, Department of Special Education, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Study of Nitrogen Sources in the Municipal Wells of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Alison Renee Schell, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Closing the Achievement Gap: The Promise of Dual Language Programs for English Language Learners, Jocelyn Jane Strong, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
GPU-Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Rigid Water, Byron Alexander Tasseff, Department of Physics, 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, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
From Strangers to Siblings: An Ethnography of the Appalachia Service Project Summer Staffers, Rachel Elizabeth Tish, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Teen Theatre: Exploring the Role of the Young Adult in Art and Life, Jessica J. Vaught, Department of Theatre, 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, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 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, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Fair Value Accounting Debate and the Future of the Profession, Kristina Ann Bowers, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Different Kind of Garden: Seeding the Growth of TaS2 Nanostructures with 3d Transition Metals, Kayla Rose Boyle, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 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, Department of Theatre, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Disney and the Classroom: How Children's Perceptions Can Help Inform Teacher Practice, Kimberly Lynn Burken, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Perceptions of the Online Learning Experience, Michelle Burow, Department of Computer Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Justices Denied: The 2010 Iowa Supreme Court Retention Election, Andrew John Clopton, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Goose Neck: A New Play About Acting, Magic Choppers, And the Sunny Side of Suicide, Elizabeth Cook, Department of Theatre, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Corr's College Cooking: Teaching Students How to Cook Healthy Meals on a Budget, Kayla Marie Corr, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 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, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Risk Management Plans for University Athletic Facilities, Brittney Donlin, Department of Finance, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analyzing the Construction of the Medical Professional Identity: How Do Doctors Learn to "Do Doctoring?", Lauren Dougall, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Study of the Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Past, Present, and Reform, David E. Droessler, Department of Accounting, 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, Department of Biology, 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, Department of Finance, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Way Out: A Musical Depiction of an Artist's Journey of Self-Discovery, Robert Espe, School of Music, 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, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An analysis of elementary teachers' self-reported competencies in handling student grief in the classroom, Ashley Rae Fitzgerald, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, 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, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Analysis of Financial Leverage and the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis, Larissa A. French, Department of Economics, 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, Department of History, 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, Department of Computer Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of MYD88 Inhibition on Bovine Lung Endothelial and Epithelial Cell Cytokine Expression, Cassandra Kay Hayne, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Exploring Literacy Across the Curriculum: Writing in the Mathematics Classroom, Sarah E. Heddinger, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, 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, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Integrated marketing communications plan for HospiceADEASY, Megan Elizabeth Horn, Department of Marketing, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Jerry Falwell's Use of Theological Methodology for Making Political Claims: A Critique, David William Hosack, Department of Philosophy and World Religions, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Chains of Hidden and Invisible Power: An Understanding Imperative for Societal Transformation, Leanne Baker Hotek, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Traditional vs. Alternative Assessment Methodology in Iowa's Secondary Social Science Classroom, Jake Edward Hoversten, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The hearing room: Combining video art and electroacoustic music, Aaron Michael Hynds, School of Music, 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, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Fit Measures of Work-School Congruence and Individual Outcomes, Kimberly E. Kluesner, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Recruitment of the Latino Population: Marketing Campaign for Hawkeye Community College, Shelly Kuboushek, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Visualizing Social Studies, Sarah Christine Larsen, Department of Teaching, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Formation of Intercellular Junctions During Secondary Neurulation in the Tail Bud Region of Developing Chick Embryos, Selena Mae Losee, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Bass Clarinet: Its History and Role in the Symphony Orchestra, Katlin MacBride, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Raising good Soviets: Media depictions of Soviet life and upbringing under Khrushchev, Chelsea Miller, Department of History, 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, Department of Computer Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
