Undergraduate Student Work
This collection contains research and creative works by undergraduate students at the University of Northern Iowa. All student works require department, unit, or individual faculty approval before they are posted to UNI ScholarWorks.
UNI's Undergraduate Student Work collection is featured in the Digital Commons Undergraduate Research Commons.
Events from 2018
Positive Language Teaching: Culturally Responsive, Strengths-Based and Empathetic, Lauren Anderson, Alyssa Hanken, and Tessa Noes Horn Open Access Poster Presentation
Bee and Butterfly Response to Floral Resources in Central Iowa Prairie Restorations, Chandler Dolan, Kathleen Madsen, Mark Myers, and Ai Wen Open Access Poster Presentation
Personality in politics, Rachael Fix Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effect of Fe substitution on structural, magnetic and electron-transport properties of half-metallic Co2TiSi, Juliana Herran Open Access Poster Presentation
Attitudes on Education Policy in Iowa, Sarah Hofmeyer Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Extracellular ATP Effects on Intracellular Actin Fibrils' Location and Characteristics, Dianna Huisman Open Access Poster Presentation
Investigating Reactive Diruthenium Intermediates for C-H Bond Silylation Reactions, Nina Jocic Poster Presentation
Gender Differences in Sexual Assault and PTSD Stigma, Megan Kennedy Open Access Poster Presentation
Much Ado About Gender: How Artists Express Feelings about Gender Discrimination through their Art, Anna Larson Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Nitrogen resorption in prairie biomass feedstocks with different diversity, Michael Lashbrook Poster Presentation
Biogeography of Southwestern Pocket Gophers in the Genus Geomys, Courtney Massey Open Access Poster Presentation
Anti-fungal Compounds from Native Prairie Plants, Sarah McMichael Open Access Poster Presentation
The Effectiveness of Encouraging Habilitation in Adults with Wearable Activity Trackers, Ashley Norem Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Synthesis and Coupling Schemes of Naphthalimide Compounds with Target Drugs, Kaitlyn Parrott Poster Presentation
rtk4all: Implementing a Low-Cost and Accurate Positioning System, Charcey Petersen Open Access Poster Presentation
Silylation of Pyridine and Pyridine Derivatives using Diruthenium Catalysts, Josh Prybil Poster Presentation
Flutists in Red: Increasing Discoverability of Female Flute Players in the World’s Most Used Reference Source, Lydia Richards Paper (UNI Access Only)
Rates and Patterns of Evolution in a Duplicated Genome in the Family Catostomidae, Megann Schmidt Open Access Poster Presentation
La discriminación contra latinos (Discrimination Against Latinos), Lauren Swan Open Access Poster Presentation
S.T.O.R.I.E. Time, Spring Semester 2018, University of Northern Iowa. Human Relations: Awareness and Applications (Spring 2018)
Submissions from 2017
Organizational culture: An analysis of the aggregate impact on financial performance, Arijan Alagic Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Skin Bleaching in the African Community, Yena Balekyani Open Access Poster Presentation
The Effect of Childhood Siblings on Adult Income, Heather Bavido Open Access Poster Presentation
Alcohol and Its Relationship to Family Work Conflict, Jasmine Beecham Open Access Poster Presentation
Masculinity, dress, and power: A theoretical intersection, Parker Bennett Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
UNI Students' Perspectives on Textbook Costs, Tristan Bennett
The business of fraud, Jessica Marie Berkshire Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Magnetic behavior of bulk and nanostructured MnxTaS2, Lucas Paul Beving Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Tallgrass Prairie Center: A Floral Resource Index to Assess Pollinator Habitat Quality in Eastern Iowa Prairies, Gabrielle Brown and Laura L. Jackson
Formation of Titan aerosol from CO and CH4, Tate Christensen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A presidential paradigm shift: Changes in presidential rhetoric regarding Cuba, Alyssa Chellan Dixon Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The professional development of students through global experiences, Myle Duong Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Tallgrass Prairie Center: Factors Affecting Cirsium arvense Density in Eastern Iowa Conservation Reserve Program Fields, Esther Edgerton and Laura Jackson
Gender and music: can we hear a difference between female and male composers and performers?, Arianna Edvenson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cedar Falls Community Main Street: A gap analysis of customer & business owner perceptions, Cassie Evers Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Archaeology: puzzle of the past: an exhibit design, Kristine Eyheralde Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Evidence of Youthful Aging: Chronic Stress and the Association With DNA Damage, Jason Fly Open Access Paper
Some Evidence of Youthful Aging: Elevated Cortisol and the Association With DNA Damage, Jason Fly Open Access Poster Presentation
A Content Analysis on Surveying Refugee, Immigrant and Other Hard-to-Reach Populations, Aarika Forney Paper
Major depressive disorder in adults: Determining demographic causes and links between health insurance and government aid, Taylor Lillian Fox Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
TiO2 Coating Method for Nanocellulose Aerogel, Byron Fritch Open Access Poster Presentation
Employee wellness program attitudes, Lucille Madden Gee Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Realizing EDGAR: eliminating information asymmetries through artificial intelligence analysis of SEC filings, Ryan H. Giarusso Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Tallgrass Prairie Center: Soil Legacy Effects of Prairie Biomass Feedstocks with Different Diversity, Alec Glidden and Mark Sherrard
Developmental analysis of Leea guineensis (Leeaceae), Sally Gray Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Disparities in Infant Mortality: Are Sociocultural Risk Factors Shaped by Institutionalized Racism?, Maddie Grimm Open Access Poster Presentation
Disparities in infant mortality: are sociocultural risk factors shaped by institutionalized racism?, Madison Grimm Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cultural Influences on Time Pressure in the U.S. and Taiwan, Maribel Guevara-Myers Open Access Poster Presentation
Effect of Structural Disorder on Magnetic Properties of MnCrVAl, Juliana Herran Open Access Poster Presentation
A reflective analysis of the practice and performance of a degree tuba recital, Taylor Hicks Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Impact of Immigration on National and Supranational Identity, Sarah Hofmeyer
Culturally responsive teaching from a culture specific perspective: Chinese students' experiences of CRT in the U.S., Tessa Noel Horn Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
"Contrasts": Differences and similarities in choral settings of Christina Rossetti's poems, Coren Hucke Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Lessons from "The Fleet": improving organizational leadership based on Prairie Lakes Church practices through fictional narrative, Christopher Huling Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Results and efficacy of two measures of executive function in adolescent athletes, Jocelyn Jenks Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Education inequity: a comparative analysis of Johannesburg and Chicago city schools, Melissa Marie Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Tallgrass Prairie Center: Effects of Planting Time and Grass-Forb Seeding Ration on Establishment in CRP Pollinator Habitat, Kylie Jonas and Laura L. Jackson
Homo humanus: An installation investigating the omnipresence of self-documentation, Ashley Elizabeth Jones Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Predictors of Attitudes toward Transgender Men and Women, Natalie Kaufman Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Gender differences in sexual assault and PTSD stigma, Megan Kennedy Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Comparison of various technologies in the acquisition of speech samples for transcription purposes: listener perception vs. acoustic analysis of signal quality, Alexa Klimes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Trying to fit in with the weird parts of the Internet: Online subcultures and content creation, Isak Fedeler Knivsland Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A comparison of technologies for recording speech and the effects of speaker age, Jacquelyn Marie Knustrom Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Investigating the role of the written curriculum on lesson planning for first-year elementary mathematics teachers, Anna Kron Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Tallgrass Prairie Center: The Weeds of CRP Polinator Habitat, Molly A. Langhenry and Mark E. Sherrard
New Insights into the “Manna from Heaven” Hypothesis, Clare Laubenthal Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Effects of Role-Goal Methods on Student Engagement: A Case Study, Zach Lillquist Open Access Poster Presentation
Effects of role-goal methods on student engagement: A case study, Zachariah John Lillquist Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors Affecting Student Graduation Rates, Kaleb Luse Open Access Poster Presentation
Shrink and squeeze: today's teaching pressures and its effect on teaching social studies, Alyssa Diane McKeone Open Access Honors Program Thesis
"Slavery wasn't that bad": An examination of the effects of reduced social studies class time and student misconceptions, Matthew Karl Mengler Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Anticipatory reactions to erotic stimuli: An exploration into "psychic" ability, Margarita Meza Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The impact of terrorism on commercial office real estate in Manhattan, Madeline M. O'Donnell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
“Long Cold Days”: The Natural Ice Industry, 1880 to 1940, Andrew Olson Open Access Poster Presentation
The effects of governance and inequality on economic growth, Ethan James Philo Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The genetic relationship between leaf margin regulation and vascular patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana, Lulua Rawwas Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
An examination of the association between traumatic brain injury and sleep disruptions among athletes in contact and non-contact sports, Olivia A. Rigdon Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The effects of hibernation on the time of coagulation of the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, Joshua Samec Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Kleine Harlequinade: Synthesizing a Directing Education, Alexandra Saulsbury Open Access Poster Presentation
Live notes: bringing the power of desktop MIDI input to the Android platform, Joshua Schriever Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Secondary mathematics educators and coaches' role in providing motivation, Reggie Schulte Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Workplace Friendship as an Antecedent of Employee Engagement, Victoria Settanni Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Workplace friendship as an antecedent of employment engagement, Victoria Marie Settanni Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Accommodating invisible illnesses and disabilities in the workplace, Elizabeth Simmons Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Tracing Ancient Healing Practices through the Hibiscus, Lyn Tackett Open Access Paper
Evaluating trends in financial literacy: The impact on individuals and workplaces, Michelle Temeyer Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Using the growth mindset to improve opportunities for negotiation in argument-based inquiry elementary classrooms, Bridget Tharp Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Beauty Outside Our Doors: Conservation Stories of Black Hawk County, University of Northern Iowa. Environmental Literature (Spring 2017).
S.T.O.R.I.E. Time, Fall Semester 2017, University of Northern Iowa. Human Relations: Awareness and Applications (Fall 2017)
S.T.O.R.I.E. Time, Spring Semester 2017, University of Northern Iowa. Human Relations: Awareness and Applications (Spring 2017)
Running Past the Trees: Facing Childhood and Adolescence in Iowa's Cedar Valley, University of Northern Iowa. Two-Dimensional Concepts (Spring 2017).
Comparing first-generation and continuing-generation college students' self-efficacy, campus involvement, and academic performance, Kaylin Nichole Upah Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effects of studying abroad on college students, Kaliana Villa Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Student perceptions on the innovative use of technology in Iowa classrooms, Preston Vorthmann Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Connections between science teachers' professional development preferences and their teaching practices and beliefs, Jessica Marie Wayson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Direct Measurement of Supra-Physiological Levels of Ascorbate in Plasma using a Nanophotometer, Bailey Wetherell Open Access Poster Presentation
Developmental immunity of the skeletal elements of the Weberian apparatus to the effects of exogenous estrogen (17-β estradiol), a known disruptor of cartliage development, Bailey Jordan Wetherell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Elephant in the Room: Bringing Homosexuality to the American Literary Conversation, Clay Whisler Poster Presentation
African-American Labor History in Waterloo: The Exhibit, Niria White Open Access Paper
Assessing Productivity in Prairie Biomass Feedstocks with Different Levels of Diversity, Alyssa Williams Open Access Poster Presentation
