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.
Submissions from 2015
Density and diversity of bees in the midwestern agricultural landscape: Influence of surrounding agricultural land use and biofuel candidate crops, Andrew J. Ridgway, Ai Wen, and Kenneth Elgersma Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Effects of ATP and ATP inhibitors on the P2X7 receptor, Holly Marie Salzbrenner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Investigating the linguistic identity development of dual language learners, Elizabeth Silbernagel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analysis of protein expression for potential biomarkers in human pancreatic tumor cell lines, Jade Ashley Simpson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cross-cultural differences regarding participation in University of Northern Iowa classrooms, Suzanne C. Sontag Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Does religion affect economic growth?, Parash Upreti Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors Affecting Economic Growth in Developing Countries, Parash Upreti
Comparing application development between desktop and Android platforms, Ramya Varadaraju Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Therapy and treatment crossover for language production impairment between populations with Broca’s aphasia and sequential bilinguals, Nicole Catherine Wakeman Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Turkish identity in poetry before and after the 1928 language revolution, Angela Marie Wrage Open Access Honors Program Thesis
How inclusion is defined and implemented in elementary classrooms, Bailey Jo Wright Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Above- and belowground biomass and soil respiration in a low-input perennial biofuel production system, Jordan Young, Jessica Abernathy, and Kenneth Elgersma Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Submissions from 2014
Public accounting recruiting: implications of the antecedents and consequences of organizational identity on hiring, Ariana Marie Aquilani Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Rhetoric and science: examining and identifying the rhetorical techniques used by students in a composition classroom, Amanda Arp Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The impact of the linguistic backgrounds of world language teachers on secondary world language classrooms, Sarah Bair Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Were Revenues of National Basketball Association Franchises Affected by the Tim Donaghy Gambling Scandal of 2007?, Travis Buhrow
Measuring employee recognition: a review and recommendation, Jessica Sue Clark Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Medication noncompliance in patients over the age of 65: risk factors, problems, and potential solutions, Rachel N. Cook Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sustainability of sustainability: exploring alternatives in alternative energy, Corey C. Cooling Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The genetics of bipolar disorder, Laura Cross Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Surviving in the age of social media: social media as the technological facilitator in the interpersonal relationships of college students, Ross L. Curnow Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
A kinematic analysis of the softball slap hitting technique, Jonathan Faga Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Concussions: education for coaches and safe return to play for athletes, Catherine Fettkether Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Final Four Formula: A Binary Choice Logit Model to Predict the SemiFinalists of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, Cameron Fuqua
Association between parenting processes and child behavior outcomes: the moderating and mediating role of child characteristics, Taylor Elizabeth Ann Goetzinger Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The gender behind the math in the 21st century, Paige Hageman Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Raising your child bilingually: advantages and disadvantages, Olivia Grace Hawley Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The investigation into the conditions of tantalum disulfide nanotube growth, Lauren Holmes Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The effects of hypergravity on development of the heart and behavior of Xenopus laevis, Stacey Howes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Barriers to accessing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC): Pogo Boards as a potential solution, Amanda Jo Huisman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The impact of self-objectification on political efficacy: does self-image affect feelings of political adequacy, Victoria M. Hurst Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Royal Flush or Just a Bluff: Casinos and County Unemployment in the Midwestern United States, Amber Irlmeier
Tribal and commercial casinos in the midwestern United States: effect on county unemployment, Amber Irlmeier Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The portrayal of stuttering in the film industry, Anna Katelyn Joerger Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Manipulatives in secondary mathematics, Elizabeth Rae Johnson Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The feeling that you are where you belong: a qualitative analysis of college music groups and student success, Susan Elizabeth Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Patient reported outcomes in response to land and water based exercise on pain and function, Christian Junker Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Study abroad: an essential part of language acquisition, Emillie Kenne Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Things ain't what they used to be: a look at the emergence of female flutists into the jazz world, Megan Kingery Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Next to normal: a costume design based in psychological research, Grace R. Kinser Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Management information systems: an information portal for a major with limitless interpretations, Benjamin Richard Lahue Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What variables explain differences in coaching salaries for Division I women's sports?, Tyler Lange Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Using seed recovery methods to determine causes of failed germination in native prairie species, Paige Leytem Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Determinants of college hockey attendance, Max Martino Open Access Honors Program Thesis
From College to the NFL Playoffs: An Analysis of Individual Contribution to Team Success, Elizabeth Mastalio Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Introduction, Ken McCormick
Activism and offense : a philosophical analysis, Stef McGraw Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Semantic feature analysis application for people with aphasia, Alison Meyer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What Motivates U.S. Food Aid Donations? Characteristics of Countries That Received Food Aid from the U.S. in 2012, Beth Monnier
Determinants of poverty and strategies to reduce poverty in Cambodia, Beth A. Monnier Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Automation and the Labor Force, Loren Nerhus
Culturally relevant pedagogy: secondary mathematics in an urban classroom, Julia Glissmann North Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Speech inhibition with utterance length and complexity, Meghan Opolka Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Ground arthropod abundance in switchgrass and diverse prairie agroenergy crops, Stephanie Paape, Libby Torresani, and Mark C. Myers Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
When I was your age, Pluto was a planet: two children's books concerning environmental issues, Caitlin A. Peterson Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
In defense of defense: a statistical look at roster construction, coaching strategy, and team defense in the National Basketball Association, Luke Ronald Peterson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Investigating the expression of AHNAK2 and CTHRC1 in pancreatic cancer cell lines, Logan Patrick Poole Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Current developments in forensic science: establishing the credibility of forensic linguistics through authorship analysis, Annette Putnam Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Comparison of life experiences of men and women in the sciences, Tori Nicole Quist Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analysis of the canola lip mutant, Matthew Rafferty Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A preliminary systematic analysis of the species of genus Physaria (Brassicaceae) of Wyoming, Kayla Rethwisch Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Conductor influence on student attitude, motivation, and participation, Laura Maria Rodriguez Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Muddied waters: exploring Iowa's water policy and practices, Jorgen D. Rose Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Positional plagiocephaly among tribal societies and contemporary western societies: a comparison of treatments, results, and effects, Jacinda Rose Ruggles Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What's faith have to do with it? : the media framing of religion and politics in the 2012 Republican primaries, Zoe Russell Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Patient preference for physician prayer in medical situations, Blaine Mahlon Schlawin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Gender differences in pay expectations at three career stages, Elijah Rogeay Seay Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Ethics and executive compensation, Brittany Silvey Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The role of KNOX genes during simple and compound leaf development in the genus Ampelopsis (Vitaceae), Allie Marie Simpson Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Putting management theory into practice in private prisons, Hilary Tanner Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Bridging the social media value gap between fans and artists, Andrew Teeter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Latitude and environmental pressure: their impact on carapace morphology in three species of fiddler crabs (genus Uca) across the Atlantic Ocean, Katherine Susannah Mary Thomas Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Grassland bird nest survival in perennial agroenergy crops, Libby Torresani, Stephanie Paape, and Mark C. Myers Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Listening to movies: the emotional response of an audience to music in correlation with film, Jillian Whitaker Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Variation in state funded student grant programs: political and economic influences, KaLeigh Karr White Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Excavation and stratigraphic analysis of a late nineteenth century boiler house, Ariel Marie Williams Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Trauma-informed services and trauma awareness among staff on the college campus, Tricia Wisniewski Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2013
A linguistic playground: A case study of trilingual code-switching, Aynur Damirgi Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Does Success on the Grid-Iron and Court Increase Applications to Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Schools?, Andrew Dykstra
Leisure trends and technology within Generations X, Y, and Z, Alyssa Eisenman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
More than a quick and easy meal: convenience food advertising in Ladies' Home Journal, 1945-1954, Molly Franta Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Attainable Arts Integration in the elementary school classroom, Anneliese Gentzsch Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sustainable Food at UNI: Past, Present and Future: A Documentary, Glenna Maureen Goldman Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
UNI's dance craze: A psychological analysis and creative documentary on 'The Interlude Dance' and 'The Dance Party', Ian Goldsmith Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Chicago Americanization movement: Solutions to the immigrant problem, Heather Greel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A study in merger induced galaxy evolution through post-starburst systems, Zachary Dean Griffith Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Jeffersonian ideals: practical in the United States of the 21st century?, Charles William Gustafson II Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sequencing a DNA polymerase alpha gene in Thermomyces lanuginosus, Sonia Tien-Yang Han Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Learning styles: A viable approach to instruction?, Lauren A. Hanzelka Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Would the 1995 Balanced Budget Amendment be an Effective Mechanism for Stabilizing Public Debt?, James Harbaugh
Opportunity for engagement : how viewing "The Lizzie Bennet diaries" transcends traditional reader response, Molly Hayes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
ATP-induced changes in F-actin expression Via P2X7, Taylor Hircock Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Birds and butterflies respond to soil-induced habitat heterogeneity in experimental plantings of native tallgrass prairie species in Iowa, USA, Benjamin J. Hoksch, Mark C. Myers, James T. Mason, Jarrett D. Pfrimmer, and Andrew J. Ridgway Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
The Effectiveness of Negative and Positive Advertisements, Kristen Hora Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Does Baby Sign open the door to second language learning?, Nicole A. Hulme Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Going offline: Personality and its effects on the transition of online relationships to the offline world, Morgan Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Does international recruiting make sense in the Missouri Valley Conference?, Natalie Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The federal estate tax: a comprehensive look at the effects on American farming and ranching businesses, Taylor G. Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
