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 2007
Crippling America, Health Care Fraud Incentives, Colby Goetsch, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Critical Examination of Love, Marriage, and Society in Late 19th Century Aristocratic Russia As Seen Through Works of Tolstoy and Chekov, Bridget Lynn Gongol Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Young Adults and Health Insurance Coverage: A Description of Trends, Christina Lynn Hansen, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Interior Design for the Classroom, Jessica Hellmann, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Analysis of the Triple Goddess: Images of Persephone, Kali, and Nephthys, Kimberly Elaine Holladay Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Meeting the Interests of Adolescent Females in Physical Education, Sarah Marie Huffer, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Thomas Jefferson's Biographers: Historiography and Sally Hemings, Courtney Ihde, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Private Rates of Return to Undergraduate Education by Major, Nick Johnson, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sarbanes-Oxley - From Idea to Implementation: A Look at the Impact on Public Companies, Stephanie Lynn Johnson, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Academic and Social Self-Efficacy in Honors and Non-Honors University Students, Carmen Marie Krapfl, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Quartz Grain Surface Textures as Indicators of Infilling Processes and Depositional Environments Associated With Ice-Wedge Casts in Northeast Iowa, Michael Loux, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What Determines the Performance of Graduates? Selection Versus Quality: Evidence from Top Law Schools, Eric Marshall
Introduction, Ken McCormick
A Sense of Place: An Analysis of the Role of Environmental Factors in Presidential Speeches, Timothy Michael McCue, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Język: Attitudes Toward Language in Poland, Angela Ott, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessment of Key Parameters to Achieve Bacteria Transformability in E. coli and A. tumefaciens, Zach Regelin, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The History and Evolution of Traditions and Norms in the Appointment of Federal Judges, Dustin Wray Rook, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Mathematics Education: An International Perspective, Lisa Roose, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Microbiological Enhancement of Phosphorus Sequestration in Iron-Enriched Sediments, Lindsay Marie Sandersfeld, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
On the Effect of Cranial Deformation in Determining Age From Ectocranial Suture Closure: A Test of the Meindl and Lovejoy Method, Ingrid L-A Sensor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Father-Son Bonding: The Influence of Paternal Relationships on College Males' Sexual Behavior and Values, Erica L. Spies Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Poverty Reduction: An Evaluation of Micro Finance and Foreign Aid, Wade Summers, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Implications of Eminent Domain in a Post-Kelo World, Brock L. Toll
Producing a Short Film, John Wiedenheft, Department of Communication and Media, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
St. Peter Canisius and the Youth: Jesuit Educators in Counterreformation Germany, Kendra Anne Willey, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Conceptualization of Mental Illness Held by North-Eastern Iowa Legislators, Jennifer J. Younie, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2006
The Effects of divorce on children and interventions for all members of the family unit, Laurie Arieux, Department of Social Work, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Identity Theft: Who's in Your Wallet? A Look at Urban Legends and Consumers' Greatest Risks, Amber Sue Beenken, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The loathsome and the virtuous: An examination of Sleeping Beauty and Snow White in literature and film, Heather Marie Birk, Department of Philosophy and World Religions, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Overcoming Cultural and Linguistic Barriers in Providing Adequate Speech-Language Pathology Services to U.S. Latinos, Allison Carolan Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Cooperative and Competitive Games: An Examination of the Effects of Goal Structures on Social Development, Courtney J. Darby, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Senior Voice Recital, Sarah Jo Duvel, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Process to Perform, Nicole Suzanne Farley, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Asbestos Litigation and Indemnification, Paul Grammens, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Case Studies: Sustainable Design Buildings in Iowa, Ashley Marie Hinz, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Self-Injury: An Analysis of the Behavior, Causes, and Effective Treatments, Lindsey Huyser, Department of Social Work, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Economic Inefficiency of Title IX, Alicia Irons
The University of Northern Iowa Honors Program and You, Eric Jacobs, Department of Communication and Media, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Educating Students to be Better Citizens: Effects of Service-Learning Courses on Civic Attitudes and Engagement, Aubree Rae Johnson, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Moral of the story, Katie Beth Jones, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The factors influencing the price of beef, an econometric study, John David Kamienski Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Striking Out: The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League Failed to Break Gender Barriers, Lindsey Letcher, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Introduction, Ken McCormick
The Economic Implications of Price Rounding, Steven Meester
Turkey's Entrance Into the European Union: Global Implications, Melanie Miller, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Insurance: A Consumer's Perspective, Elizabeth Ann Nanke, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Learning to Live and Living to Learn: An Exploration of Human Relations in the Classroom, Stephanie Lynn Orth, Department of Teaching, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Oboe Recital, Dane C. Philipsen, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of Natural Disasters on Long Run Growth, Aaron Popp
The Earned Income Tax Credit, Taxes, and Food Stamps: Their Effects on Minimum Wage Workers by State, Aaron William Popp, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of the Herbicide Atrazine on Human Liver Cells, Erin R. Powell, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cell Cycle Cyclin Expression of Atrazine Treated HepG2 Cells Using Western Blot Analysis, April Dawn Rand, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effects of Historic Preservation Commissions on Midwest Communities, Jennifer Reep Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Content Analysis of Public Elementary School Library Media Program Websites in the State of Wisconsin, Faye I. Reinhart, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Brief Study of Real-Valued Continuous Functions on Various Spaces, Dusty Ross, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Educational Ideas and the Future of Our Society, Mallory Sue Smiens, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Designing Healthy Spaces: Physical and Emotional Response to Color in Built Environments, Megan A. Smith Open Access Honors Program Thesis
LTR Retrotransposon Evolution in Wild Sunflowers, Kaitlin Marie Stimpson Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Analyzing the Debate over Offshore Outsourcing in the Service Industry: Is there a Reason for Concern?, Gwynn VanderWeerdt
TestCASE Tool, John Louis Van Hemert, Department of Computer Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Infectious Diseases of the Eye: Loa Loa, Onchocerciasis, & Trachoma, Lindsay N. Wise, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Should Corporate Farming be Limited in the United States?: An Economic Perspective, Nathan Wittmaack
Should Corporate Farming Be Limited In the United States?: An Economic Perspective, Nathan Alan Wittmaack, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Financial Decision-Making by University of Northern Iowa Business Students, Steffany Mae Zabokrtsky, Department of Finance, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
From composition to performance, Jacquelyn Dayle Zwiefel Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Submissions from 2005
Music and visual form: An investigative study, Kendra Bousfield Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Personality and individual differences in health-promoting behaviors, Benjamin J. Bristow, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Compilation of homologous cancer-related genes in humans and dogs, Julie Susan Brown, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Using space to describe space: American Sign Language and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, Cindee Calton Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Psychometric characteristics of the multidimensional anxiety scale for children in adolescent samples, Nicole Carlson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Retail wave: A look into the future of the apparel industry, Sarah Clemens, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Critical Analysis of No Child Left Behind, Kelli Brooke Dostal, Department of Special Education, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Zaghloul's Music: One Business Plan's Writing Process, Jennifer Lynn Dricken Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Efficient Markets Hypothesis Dethroned, Jed Ellerbroek
African American breast cancer health disparities, Theresa Lynn Gaul, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Economics of Mandatory Biotech Food Labeling in the United States, William J. Gongol
Factors affecting judicial decision making, Brooke Marie Hansen, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Influence of British Culture on the Advance of Modern Architecture in the United Kingdom, Shannon K. Holt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Conscientious Communities: The Question of the Government Legislation of Morality, Lindsay Nicole Jenkins, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An examination of tag-questions and ellipsis in English and Spanish, Tiffany Judy Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
The Impact of Computers and Globalization on U.S. Wage Inequality, Jana Kerkvliet
An Analysis of the effect of a loser-pays rule on the decisions of an American litigant, Jaime Leigh Loos, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effect of a Loser-Pays Rule on the Decisions of an American Litigant, Jaime Leigh Loos
Terrorism and Multinational Corporations: International Business Deals with the Costs of Geopolitical Conflict, John J. Mazzarella
Introduction, Ken McCormick
Seasonal allergies: An intertextual explanation, Nathaniel Abel Nieman, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Community Building in the College Classroom: Understanding the Facilitator's Role in Encouraging Community Formation, Joanne Marie Peterson, Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Economic Argument Against Estate Tax Repeal, Stephen Paul Skram, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Free Trade Area of the Americas: Assessing the Potential of Hemisphere-Wide Free Trade, Andrea M. Smiens, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Brothers' Foundings, Bradley M. Strouse, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Review of Literature and National Survey of Urologists, Mark E. Thomsen, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Synthesis and Characterization of Membrane Anchored Peptides, Eugenia Christine Tsamis, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Communication in the Accounting Profession, Heidi Beth Weiskircher, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Push and pull: Using regression models to study the influence of economic variables on net migration in Iowa counties, Andrea White Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Synthesis of Nanomaterials: Magnesium Hydroxide Nanoparticles and Applications for the Catalyzed Decomposition of Toxins, Travis Witte Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Popular Portrayal Versus Historical Evidence Concerning Mary of Magdala, Robin Ann Yoerger Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Submissions from 2004
The formation of the Bible, Steve Allen Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
