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 2010
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
Synthesis and characterization of a [Ru(bpy)2(NCS)2] derivative for use as a dye-sensitizer in nanocrystalline solar cells, Joel Thomas Kirner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Physical Therapy Availability in the Rural Counties of Iowa, Kelsea Elizabeth Leacox Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Creating University and Community Connections Via Social Media: Cedar Valley Focus, Cassandra Ann Loecke Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sex and Setting: A Look at Operational and Organizational Stress in Policing, Laura Anne Lundell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Archaeological Model of Northern Warren County Prehistory with Survey Data, Whitney Alina Mark Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Formation of the neural tube epithelium basement membrane during secondary neurulation in the chick embryo, Leslie Ann Mataya Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Burnout in scholarship and non-scholarship female college swimmers, Kelly Mateas Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Introduction, Ken McCormick
Creating Units For Second Grade Learners of English as a Foreign Language, Laura Elizabeth Messerly Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Structure Elucidation of a Glycosylated Benzyl Ester of Salicylic Acid from the North American Prairie Plant Oligoneuron rigidum, Sarah Katherine Miesner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
U.S. Animal Agriculture Policy: Problems and Solutions, Steven Mischel
Analysis of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Characteristics and the Synoptic-Scale Weather Pattern at the Potosi, WI SLAMS Monitor, Sean K. Newlin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Women's labor force participation in Spain: An analysis from dictatorship to democracy, Kristi Philips Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Implications of physical attractiveness on time allocations from salesperson to customer, Emily Anne Prinsen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The value-added tax: Effects on tax revenue, U.S. corporations, and individual taxpayers, Joseph Raymond Pudenz Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Creative Non-Fiction: Teaching Teachers, Emma T. Reeve Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cost, Quality and Access: An Analysis of Health Care in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, Katherine Elizabeth Reidy Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Experience of Upward Mobility, Lacey Jae Ritter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
How does the University of Northern Iowa's recycling program compare to the recycling programs of its peer institutions?, Anna J. Schrad Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Home Movies, Taylor Scott Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Purchasing subscription reference databases in the Iowa elementary public school library, Michaela B. Seeman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Recession, unemployment, and attendance at Major League Baseball games, Bradley Joseph Shatek Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Disclosure of At-Risk Status for Huntington's Disease: Is There a "Right Time?", Krysten Ann Shipley Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors Affecting Religious Beliefs at a Public Midwestern University, Dana Catherine Shook Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Playing the Part: An Actress Prepares the Role of Cathy in The Last Five Years, Katy Slaven Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Integrating art and literacy in the elementary classroom, Megan Kristine Sorensen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Collection of Original Music, Kelsey Staudacher Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Service-Learning in Iowa: A Study in Training and Support for Teachers, Jessica Staudt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Earth's Skin: Poems on Connections With Our Natural and Human Environments, Abigail Fay Stonner Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Musically Mainstreamed: Mainstreaming in Elementary General Music Classrooms, Kelsey Rae Ternes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Wandering Socially: Technology and the Modern American Hobo Community, Natalie K. Turner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Collection of Original Music, Hanna Van Hemert Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Competitive Balance and Team Payroll: The Case of Major League Baseball, Tyler Veach
Submissions from 2009
Indigent Defense in America: Racially or Geographically Unjust?, Lisa Karen Akre Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Treatment Options for Neuropathic Pain, Sara Akre Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of Epigallocatechin Gallate on the Structure and Dynamics of Podosomes in Human Macrophages, Vinay Bajaj Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Building a Business: Baker & Associates CPA, Heath Baker Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Health Care in America: Historical Context, Current Issues, Future Reform, Emily Boevers Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effects of a Credit Crunch on Employment by Sector in the U.S.: How have Recessions Associated with Credit Crunches Differed from Other Recessions?, Michael Boevers
Engagement in the Workplace: Incorporating Athletic Team Characteristics Into the Business Community in an Effort to Alleviate Male Disengagement, Matthew J. Bries Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Mental Health of Low Socio-Economic Populations, Sarah E. Bumgarner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Postville: The Emotional Consequences Applying Diagnostic Criteria to a Unique Event, Mollie Katherine Burke Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Savannah: A short story cycle in the tradition of American literary craft, Emily Burney Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Spatial, Geologic, and Land Use Characteristics of Sinkholes in a Karst Landscape: Waverly, Iowa, Adam Richard Campbell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors related to the unemployment rate: A statistical analysis, Reanna Collins Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The purpose of Facebook: The value of Facebook friends in increasing self-perceived popularity, Michael J. Cronin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Impact of a Proposed Federal Shield Law, Lisa Dahlke Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The use of productive questions in the early childhood classroom, Rachel Alice Dengler Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of Sport and Physical Activity on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Youth From Mass Trauma Populations, Sydney de Victoria-Michel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Unique Silencer, Christofer Ditscheit Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Public water fluoridation, Jessica Fohey Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effect of Homocysteine on Development of Contractions and Expression of β-Catenin in Chick Embryo Precardiac Mesoderm, Michelle Lee Formanek Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Problem-solving behaviors in college relationships, Bethanie Frattini-Scott Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Erotics of Textuality, Megan M. Gallagher Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Managing Risk in Life Insurance With Your Genetic Information: The Issues, the Options, and the Speed of Progress, Michelle Gogerty Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Fair value accounting: Variations in relevance by business sector, Elizabeth Harriss Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Preliminary Development of Quantitative Immunoassays for Mitochondrial Proteins, Adriann Hovey Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Study abroad: Products, practices, and perspectives of a new culture, Molly Marie Juza Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Telos: An Interactive Platform for Broadcast Management, Andrew L. Knight Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cedar Rapids Flood of 2008: Manmade or Statistical Anomaly?, Beth Kolsrud Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Ambigrams: The Art and the Math, Callie Kronlage Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessing the Potential Habitat Value of Biomass Production Fields for Grassland Birds, Mandy Larson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A light unto our path: Toward a mutual understanding of fundamentalist Christianity and science, Kassidy K. Lyons Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What Determines the Level of Funding for an Endangered Species?, Josh Mahoney
Does Race Affect the Salaries of NFL Players?, Joshua Patrick Mahoney Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Reading Is for Girls: Examining Gender Differences in Reading Attitudes, Molly Jo McAllister Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Introduction, Ken McCormick
Personal Financial Knowledge of College Students, Adam Moehn Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Senior Year Plus Program in Iowa, Andrew Q. Morse Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Racial Salary Discrimination in the NBA: 2008-2009, Kyle Rehnstrom
The Effect of Elevated Homocysteine on the Expression of Cadherins 6B, 7, and 11 in Migrating Neural Crest Cells of Chick Embryos, Chelsea L. Reinhard Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Women's Labor Markets in Costa Rica, Kelsey Rinehart Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Economics of Golf: An Investigation of the Returns to Skill of PGA Tour Golfers, Kelsey L. Rinehart
Managing Generational Diversity in the 21st Century, Matthew Joshua Rohden Open Access Honors Program Thesis
