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 2008
Carpe noctum, Mark Andrew Turnage Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Case of Social Responsibility: An Ideal of Objectivity, Sara Van Hemert Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Research Mentors' Perspectives on Scientist-Teacher Partnerships, Andrea Van Waardhuizen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Fundamental Stock Market Analysis Tool, Rakshith Varadaraju Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Debian Clusters for Education and Research: The Missing Manual, Kristina Wanous Open Access Honors Program Thesis
UNI elementary education majors' beliefs toward mathematics education, David Frederick Wirtz Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Birthrate and Population Density as Predictors of Quality of Life, Jessica M. Young Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2007
Cell Cycle Analysis of Atrazine-Treated Human Fibroblast Cells Using Flow Cytometry, Andrea L. Austin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Educational Programs in Correctional Facilities: Are They Worth the Cost?, Adam Robert Baggett Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Mon Voyage: Paris Through My Eyes, Kristyn Ann Beckman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Mathematics and Spanish: A Comparative Approach of Teaching Methods, Emily R. Borcherding Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effect of Homocysteine on Neural Crest Cells, N-cadherin, and its Binding Partners, Kacie Rae Callaway Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Post Holocaust Theodicies: Contemporary Solutions to the Problem of Evil, Wei-erh Chen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Financial Planning Tools for a UNI Graduate, Scott Ivan Cochran Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Academic Advising: Differences Between Freshmen and Sophomores, Abby L. Cochren Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sound Spectral Analysis of UNI Carillon Bells, Kimberly Cordray Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Everybody's Doing It But Me: Comparing Pluralistic Ignorance Across Behaviors, Katherine S. Corker Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Considering the Consequence of Class: Cross-Class Relationships in Nineteenth Century British Novels, Julie Christine Crow Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Lights Up! On Teaching Hints for Novice Theatre Educators, Chelsea Cunningham Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Free Clinics of Iowa: An Inside Look at an Alternate Route to Healthcare, Laura DeBoer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Repeat After Me: The Use of Errorless Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom, Mark Adam Foster Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Crippling America Health: Care Fraud Incentives, Colby Goetsch Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Critical Examination of Love, Marriage, and Society in Late 19th Century Aristocratic Russia As Seen Through Works of Tolstoy and Chekov, Bridget Lynn Gongol Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Young Adults and Health Insurance Coverage: A Description of Trends, Christina Lynn Hansen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Interior Design for the Classroom, Jessica Hellmann Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Analysis of the Triple Goddess: Images of Persephone, Kali, and Nephthys, Kimberly Elaine Holladay Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Meeting the Interests of Adolescent Females in Physical Education, Sarah Marie Huffer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Thomas Jefferson's Biographers: Historiography and Sally Hemings, Courtney Ihde Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Private Rates of Return to Undergraduate Education by Major, Nick Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sarbanes-Oxley - From Idea to Implementation: A Look at the Impact on Public Companies, Stephanie Lynn Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Academic and Social Self-Efficacy in Honors and Non-Honors University Students, Carmen Marie Krapfl Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Quartz Grain Surface Textures as Indicators of Infilling Processes and Depositional Environments Associated With Ice-Wedge Casts in Northeast Iowa, Michael Loux Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Sense of Place: An Analysis of the Role of Environmental Factors in Presidential Speeches, Timothy Michael McCue Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Język: Attitudes Toward Language in Poland, Angela Ott Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessment of Key Parameters to Achieve Bacteria Transformability in E. coli and A. tumefaciens, Zach Regelin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The History and Evolution of Traditions and Norms in the Appointment of Federal Judges, Dustin Wray Rook Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Mathematics Education: An International Perspective, Lisa Roose Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Microbiological Enhancement of Phosphorus Sequestration in Iron-Enriched Sediments, Lindsay Marie Sandersfeld Open Access Honors Program Thesis
On the Effect of Cranial Deformation in Determining Age From Ectocranial Suture Closure: A Test of the Meindl and Lovejoy Method, Ingrid L-A Sensor Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Father-Son Bonding: The Influence of Paternal Relationships on College Males' Sexual Behavior and Values, Erica L. Spies Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Poverty Reduction: An Evaluation of Micro Finance and Foreign Aid, Wade Summers Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Producing a Short Film, John Wiedenheft Open Access Honors Program Thesis
St. Peter Canisius and the Youth: Jesuit Educators in Counterreformation Germany, Kendra Anne Willey Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Conceptualization of Mental Illness Held by North-Eastern Iowa Legislators, Jennifer J. Younie Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2006
The Effects of Divorce on Children and Interventions for All Members of the Family Unit, Laurie Arieux Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Identity Theft: Who's in Your Wallet? A Look at Urban Legends and Consumers' Greatest Risks, Amber Sue Beenken Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Loathsome and the Virtuous: An Examination of Sleeping Beauty and Snow White in Literature and Film, Heather Marie Birk Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cooperative and Competitive Games: An Examination of the Effects of Goal Structures on Social Development, Courtney J. Darby Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Senior Voice Recital, Sarah Jo Duvel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Process to Perform, Nicole Suzanne Farley Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Asbestos Litigation and Indemnification, Paul Grammens Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Case Studies: Sustainable Design Buildings in Iowa, Ashley Marie Hinz Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Self-Injury: An Analysis of the Behavior, Causes, and Effective Treatments, Lindsey Huyser Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The University of Northern Iowa Honors Program and You, Eric Jacobs Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Educating Students to be Better Citizens: Effects of Service-Learning Courses on Civic Attitudes and Engagement, Aubree Rae Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Moral of the Story, Katie Beth Jones Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Striking Out: The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League Failed to Break Gender Barriers, Lindsey Letcher Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Turkey's Entrance Into the European Union: Global Implications, Melanie Miller Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Insurance: A Consumer's Perspective, Elizabeth Ann Nanke Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Learning to Live and Living to Learn: An Exploration of Human Relations in the Classroom, Stephanie Lynn Orth Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Oboe Recital, Dane C. Philipsen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Earned Income Tax Credit, Taxes, and Food Stamps: Their Effects on Minimum Wage Workers by State, Aaron William Popp Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of the Herbicide Atrazine on Human Liver Cells, Erin R. Powell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cell Cycle Cyclin Expression of Atrazine Treated HepG2 Cells Using Western Blot Analysis, April Dawn Rand Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effects of Historic Preservation Commissions on Midwest Communities, Jennifer Reep Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Content Analysis of Public Elementary School Library Media Program Websites in the State of Wisconsin, Faye I. Reinhart Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Brief Study of Real-Valued Continuous Functions on Various Spaces, Dusty Ross Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Educational Ideas and the Future of Our Society, Mallory Sue Smiens Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Designing Healthy Spaces: Physical and Emotional Response to Color in Built Environments, Megan A. Smith Open Access Honors Program Thesis
LTR Retrotransposon Evolution in Wild Sunflowers, Kaitlin Marie Stimpson Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
TestCASE Tool, John Louis Van Hemert Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Infectious Diseases of the Eye: Loa Loa, Onchocerciasis, & Trachoma, Lindsay N. Wise Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Should Corporate Farming Be Limited In the United States?: An Economic Perspective, Nathan Alan Wittmaack Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Financial Decision-Making by University of Northern Iowa Business Students, Steffany Mae Zabokrtsky Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2005
Personality and Individual Differences in Health-Promoting Behaviors, Benjamin J. Bristow Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Compilation of Homologous Cancer-Related Genes in Humans and Dogs, Julie Susan Brown Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Psychometric Characteristics of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children in Adolescent Samples, Nicole Carlson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Retail Wave: A Look Into the Future of the Apparel Industry, Sarah Clemens Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Critical Analysis of No Child Left Behind, Kelli Brooke Dostal Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Zaghloul's Music: One Business Plan's Writing Process, Jennifer Lynn Dricken Open Access Honors Program Thesis
African American Breast Cancer Health Disparities, Theresa Lynn Gaul Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors Affecting Judicial Decision Making, Brooke Marie Hansen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Influence of British Culture on the Advance of Modern Architecture in the United Kingdom, Shannon K. Holt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Conscientious Communities: The Question of the Government Legislation of Morality, Lindsay Nicole Jenkins Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Analysis of the Effect of a Loser-Pays Rule on the Decisions of an American Litigant, Jaime Leigh Loos Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Seasonal Allergies: An Intertextual Explanation, Nathaniel Abel Nieman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Community Building in the College Classroom: Understanding the Facilitator's Role in Encouraging Community Formation, Joanne Marie Peterson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Economic Argument Against Estate Tax Repeal, Stephen Paul Skram Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Free Trade Area of the Americas: Assessing the Potential of Hemisphere-Wide Free Trade, Andrea M. Smiens Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Brothers' Foundings, Bradley M. Strouse Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Review of Literature and National Survey of Urologists, Mark E. Thomsen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Synthesis and Characterization of Membrane Anchored Peptides, Eugenia Christine Tsamis Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Communication in the Accounting Profession, Heidi Beth Weiskircher Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2004
Reflections on the Development and Implementation of the Camp Iodiseca Biblical Day Camp, Sara Ann Busch Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Theoretical Considerations for Geosynchronous, Earth-Based Gravity Wave Interferometer, William Griffin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of Neo-Liberalism: A Proposal to Measure Women's Feeling of Safety and Job Satisfaction In Two Garment Factories, Briana Henscheid Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Are Parties True to Their Word? Platform Politics in the 1996 Election, Catherine Louise Olexa Open Access Honors Program Thesis
