Undergraduate Student Work
This collection contains research and creative works by undergraduate students at the University of Northern Iowa. at the University of Northern Iowa. All student works require department, unit, or individual faculty review.
UNI's Undergraduate Student Work collection is featured in the Digital Commons Undergraduate Research Commons.
Events from 2021
Management of Water Recharge in the California Central Valley, Alex Augustine
Cooperative Education at the UNI Child Development Center, Brandy Avalos
“He Was Just a Jerk": How Students Decide Whether or Not to Ask For Extensions, Jamie Bennett
Emancipated from Tyranny and Oppression: America's Invasion of Canada During the War of 1812-1815, Alex Billman
Engineering the Buffalo Commons: How is it Possible to Engineer Restored Prairies for Soil Carbon Sequestration, Victor Burns
School Counseling at Peet Jr. High School, Carli Gasaway
Examination of Eastern Iowa Water Policy, Tyler Green
Counseling Holmes Middle School, Sterling Greiner
Elementary Special Education Associate, Mara Halbach
Burnin' Down the Hall(s): The Story of UNI's Two Original Buildings, Central and Gilchrist Halls, and Their Ultimate Demise, Mandy Hereen
Affordable Care Act Insurance Coverage Gains in the Midwest: Evidence from the Dependent Coverage Provision, Sarah Herz
"Beautiful Work": The Works Progress Administration Arts Programs 1935-1944, Dana Jamison
Underwater Laser Scanning for River Bathymetry, Courtney Johnson
School Counseling at Cedar Falls High School, Emily Kause
Service Learning in Partnership with the Panther Pantry, Ashleigh Kistenmacher, Carlie Johanningmeier, Kamryn Finley, Allie Hittner, and Rachel Weber
Northeast Iowa Foodbank, Nora Klemesrud, Melissa Hoffman, Erinn Schaffner, and Grace Rempe
Until There's a Cure, There's a Cause, Jaylee Knowles
"Into the Unknown": Masquerading Fear in Over the Garden Wall, Kayla Lawrence
Multicultural Education and Attitudes Towards Immigrant Groups in the U.S., Anika Lillegard-Bouton
Tearing Down the Veil: Demystifying Disease During the London Cholera Epidemic of 1854-1855, Peter Limbert
Taking On the System: The Story of the UNI 7, Eliza Mussman
Full Circle Services, Inc., Madison Nesselroad
Chemical Substitution Induced Half-Metallicity in CrMnSb, Adam Ramker, Evan O’Leary, and Devon VanBrogen
Determining the Connection Between Henry Purcell's King Arthur and Jean-Baptist Lully's Isis, Kristin Rasmussen
Waypoint Family Services, Richard Campos Richard Campos
Dementia Friendly 18: A Program to Increase Community Dementia Awareness, Bailey Rustad and Anne Gradoville
Co-operative Education: Center for Social & Behavioral Research, Adan Reyes Salas
"I Don't Want to Seem Like a Burden to Them": Exploring the Emotions Behind Students Asking for Extensions and Excused Absences, Micah Saunders
Cooperative Education Experience at MercyOne Hospital, Michaela Schlup
Exploring the Prevalence & Impact of Eating Disorders in Athletes: A Literature Review and Analysis, Emily Schotzko
From Power to Recreation: Repurposing Dams Along Iowa's Cedar River, Casey Shanaberger
The Moderating Role of Mindful Awareness in the Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Coronavirus and Sleep, Shyanne Sporrer
All Eyes on Space: The Search for Environmental Safety and Pioneer 10: 1969-1974, Samantha Titus
Public Perceptions of the Police: Race, Socioeconomic Status, and their Interaction, Grace Tolliver
Submissions from 2020
Histological morphology and structural integration in the four major morphologies of the Cypriniform Weberian apparatus, Jeremy Raymond Abels Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Plants and the Paranormal, Natalie Aird and Ellie Wigginton
MercyOne: Patient Advocate, Kaitlyn Bahlmann
Let's Talk About Death: Conversation and Bereavement in Late-Life Widows and Widowers [Paper], Bekah Bass
Let’s Talk About Death: Conversation and Bereavement in Late-Life Widows and Widowers [Poster], Bekah Bass Open Access Poster Presentation
Poisons in Romeo and Juliet, Jenna Bauch Open Access Poster Presentation
Field Study at Our Little Haven Daycare and Preschool, Jalie Belloma
A statistical analysis of the NFL draft, Jaedon Bettle Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Supplemental seeding and seed predation in a newly planted tallgrass prairie, Isabella Betzer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Eating behaviors in autism, Kayla Diane Beyer Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Role of guns in child mortality, Alexandria Bibbs Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
MercyOne Therapy Rooms, Natalie Bohnsack
The Impact of Record Low Interest Rates in Brazilian Capital Markets, Allan F. Brenner
Exploring the effectiveness of robotics curriculum on teaching STEM related concepts, Tyler Brown Poster Presentation
Genetic variation within a broadly distributed chewing louse genus (Thomomydoecus), Clarissa Elizabeth Bruns Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Examining variation in tooth morphology using micro-CT analysis, Luke Thomas Butikofer Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Characterization of a New mtDNA Minicircle in a Chewing Louse, Geomydoecus aurei, Ashley L. Campbell, Dino Bolic, James W. Demastes, and Theresa A. Spradling Open Access Poster Presentation
Science curriculum alignment to the NGSS, Whitney E. Canaday Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Meet Your Audience Where They Are: The Dissemination and Reception of Political Messaging Among Young Voters [Poster], Bailey Caskey Poster Presentation
Meet Your Audience Where They Are: The Dissemination and Reception of Political Messaging Among Young Voters [PowerPoint Presentation], Bailey Caskey
Meet your audience where they are: The dissemination and reception of political messaging among young voters [Paper], Bailey Marie Caskey Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Adapting Instruments, Not Students: A Study of Adaptive Instruments, Cheyanne Chapin Poster Presentation
Adapting instruments, not students: A study of adaptive musical instruments, Cheyanne Maria Chapin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Pathways Behavioral Services, Anna Clark
The influence of state political orientation on firm environmental practices, Trisha Coberly Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cedar Bend Humane Society Pre-Professional Experience, Cassidy Crosser
NSSI Stigma Toward Adolescent Girls and Boys, MacKenzie L. Dallenbach Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Internship at State Training School, Kristy Dempster
How to create a radically inclusive math classroom with regards to gender and sexual orientation, Alexa DeVore Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Identification of genome-linked bacillus bacteriophage proteins, Katherine Dyer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessing CP - 42 Habitat Value for Bees using the Floral Resource Index, Allison Eagan Open Access Poster Presentation
Association between wild bee communities and floral resources in the Conservation Reserve Program, Allison Eagan Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Moderating Role of Anxiety in the Associations between Sleep and Insulin Resistance, Brittany Ellis and Dilbur D. Arsiwalla
Measuring meaningful learning in a chemistry laboratory, Kylie Engstrom Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Fluorescent Speleothem in Wind Cave and their Synthetic Analogues [Poster], Teresa Feldman and Joshua Sebree Undergraduate Student Work (UNI Access Only)
Fluorescent Speleothem in Wind Cave and their Synthetic Analogues [Slides], Teresa Feldman and Joshua Sebree Undergraduate Student Work (UNI Access Only)
Base & Summit: American Women's Right on Either Side of the Passing of the 19th Amendment, Abigail Fer Open Access Poster Presentation
Life and death: Quantifying the risk of heart disease with machine learning, Jack Scott Glienke Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Child Development Center Observation, Suzanna Groves
What Determines Whether or Not Individuals Purchase Long Term Care Insurance, Jacob Haag Poster Presentation
Determinants of long-term care insurance: Are spouses substitutes?, Jacob Harold-Matthew Haag Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Treatment of proximal hamstring tendinopathy with active release technique in collegiate track athletes: A case series, Madison Hagedorn Open Access Honors Program Thesis
"Finding financial freedom": A financial literacy program for high school students, Alexis Hahn Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Reducing MoS2 into single molecular layers using gold-enhanced exfoliation, Taylor Harris Poster Presentation
Tolstoy & The Peasant, William S. Heaton
Analysis of gene expression in early-stage pancreatic cancer and investigation of 1,2,3,4,6-Penta-O-galloyl-β-D-glucopyranoside as a therapeutic, Zachary R. Heinzman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Preparation of the CRISPR Cas-9 system for directed mutagenesis of the FSR1 gene of the filamentous fungi Fusarium verticillioides, Jacob Horn Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
An empirical analysis on major league soccer player earnings, Aaron Michael Anderson Iehl Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The U.S Dollar and Canada Dollar Exchange Rate, Emily Iehl
Modeling the Griffiths Phase in Manganese Intercalated Tantalum Disulfide [Slides], Aaron Janaszak, Lukas Stuelke, and Paul Shand Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Trends in Neuroticism and Political Orientation, Karissa Jensen
Exporting Ideology: Trade with China and Indices of Democracy, Alissa Johnson
Examination of the attribution of blame for accounting errors under the proposed 2024 CPA examination structure, Laura Jean Kaufmann Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Perceptions of dementia in faith-based organizations, Megan Elizabeth Kooker Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Attitudes Towards Latinx Student Support on UNI Campus, Shelby Loomis
The miseducation of American youth: The detriments of whitewashing literature in secondary schools, Molly Magill Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An alternative approach to malware research, Christopher James May Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Role of Cognitive Neuropsychology in Emergency Medicine, Nia McClendon
Full Circle Services, Inc. Community Assistant, Jaden McGhee
Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Mental Health, Lauren McMichael
Caregivers' perceptions of literacy toolbox for children in foster care, Raelynn Meade Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Impacts of Educational, Environmental and Economic Factors on the Happiness Index: Score of a Country, Molly Mingus
The Moderating Role of Emotional Abuse in the Relationship Between Sleep and Anxiety, Taylor Murrell and Dilbur D. Arsiwalla
Comprehensive Systems, Inc., Yi Wei Ng
Internship at Roberts, Stevens, & Prendergast P.L.L.C., Alanna Nietert
Predicting COVID-19 Health Behaviors Using the Health Belief Model, Kristyn Pellymonter, Adam Butler, and Theresa Dethlefs Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
