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 2011
A Different Kind of Garden: Seeding the Growth of TaS2 Nanostructures with 3d Transition Metals, Kayla Rose Boyle Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Musical eating and culinary listening: Composing with sounds and flavors, Isaac Brockshus Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Lighting Design and Development Process For the Strayer-Wood Theatre's Production of On the Verge, Michael Franklin Brown Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Disney and the Classroom: How Children's Perceptions Can Help Inform Teacher Practice, Kimberly Lynn Burken Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Perceptions of the Online Learning Experience, Michelle Burow Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Justices Denied: The 2010 Iowa Supreme Court Retention Election, Andrew John Clopton Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Goose Neck: A New Play About Acting, Magic Choppers, And the Sunny Side of Suicide, Elizabeth Cook Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Corr's College Cooking: Teaching Students How to Cook Healthy Meals on a Budget, Kayla Marie Corr Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Influencing factors behind urban sprawl in the United States, Charles N. Cowell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Built Environment’s Effect on Obesity in the United States, Charlie Cowell
Factors controlling hop flowering and their potential for use in the brewing and pharmaceutical industries, Margaret Nicole Crain Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Risk Management Plans for University Athletic Facilities, Brittney Donlin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analyzing the Construction of the Medical Professional Identity: How Do Doctors Learn to "Do Doctoring?", Lauren Dougall Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Study of the Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Past, Present, and Reform, David E. Droessler Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effects of hypergravity on Xenopus embryo growth and cardiac hypertrophy, Bryce Joseph Duchman Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The Effects of Hypergravity on Xenopus Embryo Growth and Cardiac Hypertrophy, Bryce Joseph Duchman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Parallel Experience of a Bilingual Child With a Communication Disorder and a College Language Immersion Program, Kate Sussan Elahi Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Earnings Management and the Effect on Long-Run Performance for Firms With Seasoned Equity Offerings, Danielle Enderson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Way Out: A Musical Depiction of an Artist's Journey of Self-Discovery, Robert Espe Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Health Reform: The Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Iowa's Critical Access Hospitals, Brittany D. Fett Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An analysis of elementary teachers' self-reported competencies in handling student grief in the classroom, Ashley Rae Fitzgerald Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The efficiency of the NFL point spread betting market, Nicholas Mark Fohey Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Violent Crime and Drug Use: The Relationship Between Drugs and Types of Crime, Richard William Fortney Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Analysis of Financial Leverage and the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis, Larissa A. French Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Multilingual theatre: Community value and future education necessity, Diana Milree Garles Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Girl's Basketball in Iowa: The Game of Six-On-Six and Its Impact on the State's Athletic Culture, Sarah Gronemeyer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Interface design to support situation awareness in virtual puppetry, Keisha Joy Harthoorn Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Designing for the User: Exploring the Interface Design of Web Services, Katelyn Anne Haw Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of MYD88 Inhibition on Bovine Lung Endothelial and Epithelial Cell Cytokine Expression, Cassandra Kay Hayne Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Exploring Literacy Across the Curriculum: Writing in the Mathematics Classroom, Sarah E. Heddinger Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sacred Stones for Sacred Structures: An Examination of Patterns in the Temples and Twin Complexes at Tikal and Palenque, Meredith Mae Hild Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Leading Unconducted Chamber Vocal Ensembles: A Case Study of the University of Northern Iowa Varsity Men's Glee Club Camerata, David Hoobler Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Integrated marketing communications plan for HospiceADEASY, Megan Elizabeth Horn Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Jerry Falwell's Use of Theological Methodology for Making Political Claims: A Critique, David William Hosack Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Chains of Hidden and Invisible Power: An Understanding Imperative for Societal Transformation, Leanne Baker Hotek Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Traditional vs. Alternative Assessment Methodology in Iowa's Secondary Social Science Classroom, Jake Edward Hoversten Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The hearing room: Combining video art and electroacoustic music, Aaron Michael Hynds Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effect of Egg-Incubation Temperature on Growth and Selected Temperature of Apalone Spinifera, the Spiny Softshell Turtle, Amy L. Klopfenstein Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Fit Measures of Work-School Congruence and Individual Outcomes, Kimberly E. Kluesner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Recruitment of the Latino Population: Marketing Campaign for Hawkeye Community College, Shelly Kuboushek Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Visualizing Social Studies, Sarah Christine Larsen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Formation of Intercellular Junctions During Secondary Neurulation in the Tail Bud Region of Developing Chick Embryos, Selena Mae Losee Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Bass Clarinet: Its History and Role in the Symphony Orchestra, Katlin MacBride Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Introduction, Ken McCormick
Raising good Soviets: Media depictions of Soviet life and upbringing under Khrushchev, Chelsea Miller Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An analysis of strategies for the education of English language learners, Tracy Elizabeth Moore Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Fuga: A Homoiconic Object-Oriented Programming Language, Francisco Mota Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Heinrich Baermann: The Clarinetist and Inspiration, Alisa Nagel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Apologia, atonement, and the public sphere, Christopher Outzen Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Social Media Marketing: Facebook and the Effect of Coupons on Customer Loyalty Among College Students, Ciara Pearce Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What Determines the Performance of Graduates? Evidence From Top Business Schools, Matt Peterson
Determinants of Economic Growth in Latin America, Kristi Philips
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a DI-T-Butyl Dicyclopentadienyl Ligand, Regina Rose Reinig Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Music Videos as Social Commentary: A Sociological Analysis of Lady Gaga, Jacob Allen Everett Rudy Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Individual Batting Factors Influencing a Team's Probability of Winning, David Matthew Rygh Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Scholarship management system, Eric Irvin Sauser Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Essential workplace communication skills: Student vs. employer perspectives, Amanda Schickel Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Assessment of the Adoption of IFRS in Foreign Countries in Comparison to the Anticipated Results of United States IFRS Adoption, Emily Schippers Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Netflow-Based Bandwidth Auditor for the RESNET Network, Jessalyn Schweitzer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Implementing a Natural Language to Structured Query Language Translator, Kevin J. Shannon Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Analysis of QuickBooks Internal Control Utilization, Andrew J. Steckel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Statistical Analysis of the Factors Affecting University Endowments, Lisa M. Stoecken Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Differences in Depression Levels Among Tenors, Baritones, and Basses, Rhiannon Jane Talbot Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effects of sexual assault education on college students' rape-supportive attitudes, Jessica Ann Ueland Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Beliefs, concerns, and methods of parents raising children bilingually: A study of Hispanic Iowa mothers attempting to maintain heritage language in their children, Briana Vera Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Patterns of alcohol violations from police reports on a midwestern campus, Emily A. Wesley Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
What it's like to be me: A qualitative look at students' narratives about diversity inclusion and discrimination, Megan Deanne Wharff Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
"With a Woman's Bitterness": Early Propaganda Against Female Rulers in Medieval Chronicles in the Twelfth and Fifteenth Centuries, Elizabeth Anne Wiedenheft Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Growth and characterization of nanoscale thin films, Erik Thomas Wolter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Variables Affecting Crime Rate, Jaime Zeigler Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Pre-service general education teachers' attitudes on the education of English language learners, Rachel Margaret Zidon Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Digit ratios, Baron-Cohen's Reading the Minds in the Eyes and dart-throwing task, Betul Zora Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2010
Playing like a girl: An analysis of the role of gender in trumpet performance, Leslie Ellen Aboud Open Access Honors Program Thesis
EVAluation: Writing, Performing, and Producing a Comedy Show to Critically Examine Social Issues, Eva Elizabeth Andersen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Assessment of Business Ethics: From the Classroom to the Workplace, Jenna Michelle Azbell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Can the ‘Fat Tax’ Carry its Weight?, Carl Bakker
The Impact Drama Has on Enabling International University Students to Assimilate Into the American Culture, Julie Baldwin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
'Fermenting' a Successful Business: Beyer's Wine Cellar, Connie J. Beyer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Motherhood Wage Penalty in America, Jennifer A. Boden
Dramatic Literacy Lessons: Meeting the Speaking Standard of the Iowa Core Curriculum, Ashley Brandt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Evaluating a Wellness Program for UNI Faculty and Staff: Preparing for a Cost-Benefit Analysis, Michelle M. Breen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Campaigning in Judicial Elections: The Effects of Candidate Status, Katelyn Marie Bries Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Paternal religiosity and parenting style: Influence on the quality of daughter's friendships, Abigail Anne Buenneke Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Show and Tell: A Unique Approach to the Professional Educator's Portfolio, Elizabeth Hubler Cameron Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Religion in the classroom, Allison Kay Carey Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Ornithine Decarboxylase (ODC) Regulation by MTOR: New Insights From TSC1 Knockout Cells, Alyssa Mae Cates Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Towards Cloning a Tyrosinase Gene from Pitayas, Kurt J. Chamberlain Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sticks and Stones: Fracture Analysis of the University of Iowa-Stanford Collection, Diane Eddie Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What Motivates Individuals to Participate in Camp AdventureTM Child and Youth Services?, Jennifer Lynn Engler Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The perception and production of Spanish pure vowels by native English speakers, Lauren Erickson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Primary source use in high school history classrooms: Categories, frequency, and assessment, Michaela Goblirsch Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Steamboat Bill : William J. Peterson: Iowa's river historian, Nathan J. Gruber Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
The hidden power of the caucus: The impact of early caucuses/primaries on youth voter turnout, Mary Jo Halder Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Using mathematics as a gateway to literacy for English language learners, Krista Hemphill Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Butterfly response to floral resources at a heterogeneous prairie biofuel production site, Benjamin J. Hoksch and Mark C. Myers Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
In the Ali way: An original solo performance piece, Ali Horsted Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Post exercise massage: Effects on next day performance following heavy lower body resistance training, Kristin Iehl Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Impact of Perceived Importance of an Ethical Situation (PIE) on Ethical Judgment and Intention: Beyond Moral Intensity, Monica Marie Johnston Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Seeking Alternatives to Marijuana Prohibition, Rachel Kiesel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
