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 2017
Stable Isotope Chemistry in Titan Haze Aerosol, Allison Wold, Thomas Gautier, Jennifer Stern, Joshua Sebree, and Melissa Trainer Open Access Poster Presentation
The gamers in gaming: Studying Twitch TV and its followers, Micah Zeimetz Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2016
Perceptions of Use of Hearing Protection in High String Musicians, Alyssa Adamec Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Tessellations: An artistic and mathematical look at the work of Maurits Cornelis Escher, Emily E. Bachmeier Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Branding the UNI/Wellness Recreation Center: creating a cohesive cross-media collegiate recreation identity, Rachael Bair Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Determinants of the GPA's of College Students, Mitchell Beckman Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Friends in High Places: Drinkers’ Perceptions of Gender, Sobriety, and Relationships with Nondrinkers, Seth Behrends Open Access Poster Presentation
Celebrating 100 years of the National Park System in the classroom, Kailyn Louise Bettle Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Exploration of Empfindsamer stil: The creation and performance of an informed performance edition of CPE Bach's Concerto in D minor for flute and orchestra, Emily C. Bicknese Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Chimera: a multigenre exploration of the postmodern self, Keegan D. Bosch Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Motion virtual manipulatives in the elementary math classroom, Cole Boudreau Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Intellectual virtues and the epistemic evaluation of disagreement, Hansen Garlington Breitling Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Inclusion: learning without barriers, Amy Lois Bucciferro Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Brand new scars: complex characterization and literary craft elements in Ed Brubaker's Captain America, Lexi Nicole Byrnes Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Still going bump in the night: a structural-esque analysis of yurei, death, and dying in Japanese folklore and anime, Samuel Nicholas Calonkey Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Craic in the concert hall: The benefits of playing Irish traditional music to the classically trained musician, Hannah Carr-Murphy Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Childhood Factors and Incarceration for African American Men: How Early Life Community Experience Influences Adult Outcomes, Abigail Cobb Open Access Poster Presentation
Equitable discourse in middle school mathematics classrooms: With emphasis on girls and the mathematically gifted, Merci F. Day Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The efficient recovery of deleted data from NAND flash memory, Lisa Diercks Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors Influencing College Choice: A Study of Enrollment Decisions at a Regional Comprehensive University, Trevor Draisey
The determinants of NFL player salaries, Trevor Draisey Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Education: an unexplored variable on millennial volunteer attitudes, Darian N. Everding Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Excess folic acid as a potential competitor of glutamate may interfere with neural development, Benjamin Fick Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The impact of teacher prompting and questioning on third grade students' comprehension, Jenna Francois Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The effect of rearing temperature on somite formation and skeletal development in the zebrafish, Danio rerio, Sarah Jean Freeland Open Access Honors Program Thesis
"Yeah, I taught myself on YouTube": young women and navigating the world of traditional crafting, Emily A. Gardner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Frequently-used discipline and management techniques in the Cedar Valley, Gabriel Gedlinske Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Liberty and justice for all? : Ethics in the American criminal justice system, Haley Hasenstein Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The adolescent refugee experience: cultural attitudes of high school Burmese refugees living in Iowa, Alexis Helgens Open Access Honors Program Thesis
To make a better music school, Alissandra Henkle Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Religion in Ms. Marvel: How College Students Interpret Islam in the Life of Kamala Khan, Jasmine Hernandez Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Magnetic properties of polymeric framework materials with cobalt, Cassara Higgins Open Access Honors Program Thesis
College Students' Beliefs About Alcohol and Drinking at UNI Homecoming, Brooke Hollenberg Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Proportional reasoning in middle level mathematics textbooks, Rebecca Holzrichter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Isolation Methods and DNA Analysis of Small Bacteriophages of Bacillus Anthracis, Brandon Hoskins Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Prairie Power Project, Sara Judickas Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Health Savings Accounts: Benefits, Costs, and Potential Effects, Conrad Keezer
Concussions in female collegiate diving: an exploratory study, Sarah Kemp Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Consumption of Zombie Culture, Tony Ketelaar Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The effects of argumentation on student motivation in mathematics, Julie Kirkpatrick Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Bridge Numbers: A Knotty Journey, Julie Kirkpatrick and Tracy Wulfekuhle Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
A book club for children with autism spectrum disorder, Elizabeth Ann Kosmicki Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An analysis of how public relations professionals use social media, Abigail Jen Kreun Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Optimizing Sucrose Gradients for Small Bacteriophage Purification, Ryan Lode Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The Civil Rights Movement through the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Hannah Lodge Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Introduction, Ken McCormick
Elasticity of Food Demand by Outlet: Effects of the Nutrition Labeling Provision of the Affordable Care Act, Kevin McGee
Determinants of NBA Average Annual Attendance by Team, Kevin Joseph McGee Open Access Poster Presentation
Determinants of per game average annual attendance for NBA teams, Kevin Joseph McGee Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Valproic acid activates hyperactivity in cultured neurons: possible support for overconnectivity hypothesis of autism, Alexis McGinley Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
A healthy herd: addressing the justifications for vaccine denial and applying the health belief model to the current anti-vaccination movement, Sarah L. McHugh Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A grading catalogue of selected works for solo trombone and piano, Brent Michael Mead Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Testing for modularity in the axial skeleton of fishes, Emily Meier Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Comparing Bee Abundance and Diversity in Candidate Biomass Crops, Ben Nettleton Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Examining the renewable energy consumption-economic growth nexus in sub-Saharan African countries, Luke Neuhaus Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Chinese Strategic Asset Seeking Activity in the United States, Justin Niday Open Access Poster Presentation
The Efficiency of the Major League Baseball Free-Agent Market, Jacob Oswald
The effects of colonial origin on economic growth, Erica Lynn Pabst Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
2014 Welfare Use by Immigrants vs. Natives in the United States, Jessica Pabst
No one is here : Poems, Jennifer Pauk Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Changing the Calculus: An Investigation of Undergraduate Economics Program Quality, Lindsey Pedersen
Dropping in on dropouts: an analysis of withdrawals from the University of Northern Iowa, Lindsey Marie Pedersen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The secondary interview : Ethical concerns regarding social media scanning in the commercial hiring process, Christopher Pollpeter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Contrasting American and Chinese exceptionalism : Representations of political corruption, Tatiana Rice Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Visualizing interactions between Bacillus anthracis bacteriophages and macrophages, Abigail Shew Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Spin-gapless semiconductivity and half metallicity in Heusler alloys, Bradley A. Staten and Pavel V. Lukashev Open Access Poster Presentation
Observations of music and literacy in early childhood education, Ann Strom Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Testosterone and Male Susceptibility in Leishmania infantum chagasi Infection, Elizabeth Turcotte and Nilda E. Rodríquez Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
S.T.O.R.I.E. Time, Fall Semester 2016, University of Northern Iowa. Human Relations: Awareness and Applications (Fall 2016).
A benefit to the profession: Teacher retention in the middle years, Claire Vander Wiel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Mindfulness in the classroom: Cultivating peace from within, Maya VanDriel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A case study: language environment analysis of a bilingual child with speech-language delay, Sarah Van Maanen Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Morphometric analysis of simple, lobed, and compound leaf development in the genus Ampelopsis (Vitaceae), Austin Joseph Voves Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Statistical modeling of earthquake damage, Allison Nicole Waters Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Initiation of communication from users of AAC and preceding communication partner's utterances, Lauren Vaughn Welser Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Power of the Situation: Approach and Avoidance Tendencies in Romantic Relationships, Emily Wetherell and Helen C. Harton Open Access Poster Presentation
Submissions from 2015
Female mate selection criteria : preferences in short-term and long-term mating, Elizabeth R. Agey Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Finding community: the importance of intergroup dialogue within diversity workshops, Joslyn Nycole Aldape Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Juror misperceptions of eyewitness evidence : impact on expert testimony and credibility, Tiffany M. Anderson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Age variation in nonverbal cue recognition in computer-mediated communication, Nathaniel Beyerink Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Documenting the state of kindergarten classrooms: a picture is worth a thousand words, Britney Nicole Bockstahler Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Non-destructive DNA extraction methods that yield DNA barcodes in spiders, Reva Ann Bork Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Primer efficacy in the DNA barcoding of spiders, Rhennetta Jo Bork Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessing study abroad outcomes: Groundwork for change in curriculum, Avary Bradford Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The early demagogues : the rise of the plebeian tribunate and their exclusive interests, c. 550-450 BCE, Conner James Brakeville Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Relevant decision criteria and their level of importance in consumers' choice of hospital, Jordan Brelje Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Similar but different: an analysis of differences in clarinet and saxophone pedagogy and doubler’s misconceptions, Nicholas Jeremy Carlo Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Attention test performance and normal aging: the effect on executive function, Rachel Carmen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A new system of first-order predicate logic based on Wittgenstein's single operation N, Benjamin Castle Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The benefits of legalizing marijuana and products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, Pat Chizek Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Latinos in the Major Leagues from 1920 to 1939: A Human Capital Approach, Tom Cullen
The effects of hibernation on the hemostatic properties of the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, Kiana Cullinan Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Refractoriness of a transit reaction: Respiratory and aerodynamic response, Michele Dacy Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Measuring the stability of iso-1-cytochrome c variants using heme spectra, Sarah Elizabeth Eikenberry Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The impact of hyped IPO's on the market, Elias Escobedo Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Investigating educational quality at one comprehensive university, Blake Thurston Findley Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The American symphony orchestra: factors affecting concert attendance and predictions for the millennial ticketholder, Hayley Graham Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Easterlin or Cantril: Does a Country’s Income Determine its People’s Happiness?, Jon Heinzman
