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 2022
Towards Understanding the Robustness of Flying Mesh Network, Tanzeel Ur Rehman, Dheryta Jaisinghani Ph.D., Sarah Diesburg Ph.D., and Andrew Berns Ph.D. Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Assessing Methods for Enhancing Monarch Habitat in Re-enrolling CRP Sites, Eva van de Mortel, Tristan Murphy, and Laura L. Jackson Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
The development of a photographic atlas of plant adaptations for pollination, Bethany Van Dusseldorp Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Addressing the accessibility gap in music: A review of the literature, Rachel Ann Vaughan Open Access Honors Program Thesis
SocioApp: Detecting Your Sociability Status with Your Smartphone, Aaron Walker Open Access Poster Presentation
That Distant Sound, Kolten Webber
Secondary Trauma & Maintaining Emotional Well-Being, Morgan Wickman
Comparison of Plant Richness and Density in CRP-42 Fields Between 2018 and 2022, Liz Wilgenbusch and Ai Wen Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Chromatography-mass spectroscopy analysis of Native American pottery for maple syrup residues, Alexis Wirtz Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy Analysis of Native American Pottery for Maple Syrup Residue [Poster], Alexis Wirtz, Joshua Sebree Ph.D., and Donald Gaff Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Using Color with Care: An Exploration of the Application of Psychological Color Theory within Language Classrooms, Mackenzie Wisneski Open Access Poster Presentation
Using color with care: An exploration of the application of psychological color theory within language classrooms, Mackenzie Wisneski Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analysis of Temperature Dependence of Surface Roughness of Gold Film on MoS2, Joshua Wolff, Jeff Carlson, and Timothy E. Kidd Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Leveraging ML to Detect Interference Patterns of Co-Existing IoT and Non-IoT Networks, Vesa Xerxa, Dheryta Jaisinghani Ph.D., Sarah Diesburg Ph.D., and Andrew Berns Ph.D. Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
The role of self-efficacy in pelvic floor physical therapy, Madison Marie Young Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2021
Comparison of Chalk Types and Their Ghosting Effects, Felicienne Alexandre, Shoshanna Coon, and Kirk Manfredi Open Access Poster Presentation
The Solar Eclipse of 1869 as seen in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, Trishyan Anthony and Thomas A. Hockey Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Management of Water Recharge in the California Central Valley, Alex Augustine
Cooperative Education at the UNI Child Development Center, Brandy Avalos
Theories and applications of blockchain, Matthew R. Barton Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
"It all just ends": Death attitudes across age, gender, and religion, Bekah Bass Open Access Honors Program Thesis
“It All Just Ends”: Death Attitudes Across Age, Gender and Religion [Poster], Bekah Bass
My year with digital supremacists, Nick Baur Open Access Honors Program Thesis
“He Was Just a Jerk": How Students Decide Whether or Not to Ask For Extensions, Jamie Bennett
Emancipated from Tyranny and Oppression: America's Invasion of Canada During the War of 1812-1815, Alex Billman
Identification of fungi and their secondary metabolites from Wind Cave, Kyle Biscoglia Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Identification of Fungi and Their Secondary Metabolites from Wind Cave [Poster], Kyle J. Biscoglia and Kirk Manfredi Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Characterization of the Intestinal Mucin Role in Colonization of the Spodoptera frugiperda Midgut, Noah Bond and Jerreme Jackson Ph.D. Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Landscape genetics of Iowa's threatened black redhorse, Morganne C. Borsh Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A critical examination of corporate ideology in educational policy and practice: The real cost, Grace Brady Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Art by intention and art by appropriation: "Authenticity," Western encounters, and ethics of collection and display of African art, Katelyn Nicole Brockmeyer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Using sentiment analysis to find the public's opinion on Iowa's three state schools, Alexa Ryan Bullock Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessing the comfort level of speech-language pathologists in assessing and treating deaf and hard of hearing children, Kaitlyn Burkamper Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Engineering the Buffalo Commons: How is it Possible to Engineer Restored Prairies for Soil Carbon Sequestration, Victor Burns
Waypoint Family Services, Richard Campos
Midwest memoir: Cole Carolan, Cole James Carolan Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Investigating the Unknown Purple Substance from Newsprint Paper, Briyana Carter, Shoshanna Coon, and Kirk Manfredi Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Methods and evaluation outcomes in speech, language, and hearing camps, Lindsey Paige Carter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What man artow?: An exploration of the narrator of the Canterbury tales, Kimberly Cavalier Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Bacillus bacteriophage Q11 may have a 5' covalently attached protein, Emily Cornelius Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Evaluation of Pre-Lysis Rinses To Improve DNA Yield and Purity, Joseph Correa, Emma Pellegrino, and Marek K. Sliwinski Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
On the Vulnerability of OpenThread to Agile Denial of Service Attacks, Casey Cronin, Sarah Diesburg Ph.D., and Dheryta Jaisinghani Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
A review of the molecular mediators of host-baculovirus interactions in Lepidoptera, Olivia Crouse Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Spreading awareness and gaining donor support for UNI Dance Marathon, Hannah Marie Dash Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Average Life Expectancy Across Nations, Madison Eberhart
GILTI regulations: The intended effects compared to the actual results, Carson Lee Ehrenberg Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Anti-communist politics of the Second Red Scare and how it affected Hollywood and the types of movies being made, Maddy Everson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Creating synthetic analogs of fluorescent speleothems in Wind Cave as an astrobiological model cave, Teresa Feldman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Mitochondrial Genome of the Spiny-Wristed Fiddler Crab, Leptuca Spinicarpa Rathbun 1900, Amber Finke, James Demastes Ph.D., J. Antonio Baeza, and Carl Thurman Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
School Counseling at Peet Jr. High School, Carli Gasaway
The search for life in extreme environments: Measuring diversity and quantity of Archaea in Wind Cave National Park, Nicole Geerdes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Phosphorescence of Wind Cave Cavern, and the Level of Organics Associated with it, Steven Gomez and Joshua Sebree Open Access Poster Presentation
Diffusion of Gold on WSe2, Colin Gorgen and Andrew Stollenwerk Ph.D. Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Pre-service students understanding of professional roles, Anne Whalen Gradoville Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Examination of Eastern Iowa Water Policy, Tyler Green
Counseling Holmes Middle School, Sterling Greiner
"The Concord Concept:" Speculative fiction challenging young adult literature conventions, Dylan Lee Haase Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Elementary Special Education Associate, Mara Halbach
Made in China: Decline of unions and stagnant wages in the U.S., Witt Harberts Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2022 Award
Visibility of Lattice Points, Sydney Hauser and Adrienne Stanley Ph.D. Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
The effects of fluoride on macrophage THP-1 cell apoptosis, Jessica Heims Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Raman Spectroscopy: Investigation of Acidic Azure B on Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles, Cobey Heinen Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Burnin' Down the Hall(s): The Story of UNI's Two Original Buildings, Central and Gilchrist Halls, and Their Ultimate Demise, Mandy Hereen
Traditional media marketing and the Panther marching band, Adam James Herzog Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Affordable Care Act Insurance Coverage Gains in the Midwest: Evidence from the Dependent Coverage Provision, Sarah Herz
Curating a Global Collection of Fiddler Crabs for the American Museum of Natural History, NYC, Samantha Heyer, Dee Dee Pitzen, Amber Finke, Frank H. Barnwell, and Carl L. Thurman Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Enterococcus faecalis Colonization of the Helicoverpa zea Midgut Epithelium, Sierra Hill and Jerreme Jackson Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The Associations Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Sleep Disorders, Mckenzie Hollander
Comparison of Expiring CP-25 and 3-Year Old CP-42 Plantings for Monarch Habitat Quality, Schuyler Hop and Laura L. Jackson Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Phonology and fluency: How pronunciation is (and is not) taught in United States ESL classrooms, Nik Hucke Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Meskwaki Nation Food Sovereignty Program Natural History and Soil Study, Gerardo Jacobo, Chad Heinzel Ph.D., Christina Blackcloud, Luke Kapayou, Stephanie Snow, and Felix Navarrete Open Access Poster Presentation
"Beautiful Work": The Works Progress Administration Arts Programs 1935-1944, Dana Jamison
On beauty: Ancient perceptions of beauty from classical Greece to Imperial Rome, Maya Jess Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Underwater Laser Scanning for River Bathymetry, Courtney Johnson
Virtual vs. In-Person Instruction: The Impact of Teachers' Understanding of Physics, Madelyn Johnson, Jeff Morgan Ph.D., and Lawrence Escalada Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
School Counseling at Cedar Falls High School, Emily Kause
Possessive structures and genitive case: Spanish and English compared, Elizabeth Kelsey Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Fiddler Crabs from the Shore of the Western Atlantic Ocean, Claire Kipp and Carl L. Thurman Ph.D. Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Stochastic Monte Carlo Simulations of Competing Nucleoproteins on Single-Stranded DNA, Aaron Kirchman and Ali Tabei Ph.D. Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Service Learning in Partnership with the Panther Pantry, Ashleigh Kistenmacher, Carlie Johanningmeier, Kamryn Finley, Allie Hittner, and Rachel Weber
Ministry matters: A study of the relationship between campus ministry and socialization, Rachel Jean Kitrell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Identifying Spanish-English cognates as intervention targets for speech sound disorders with bilingual children, Janessa A. Klein Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Northeast Iowa Foodbank, Nora Klemesrud, Melissa Hoffman, Erinn Schaffner, and Grace Rempe
A student tubist's guide to doubling on bass trombone, Donovan Klutho Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Until There's a Cure, There's a Cause, Jaylee Knowles
Fraud and COVID-19: An unintended downside of government aid during the pandemic, Derek LaBarge Open Access Honors Program Thesis
International Medical Graduates and Health Outcomes: A Way Out or A Grave Mistake, Neel Lal
The idolization of Ada Lovelace and its necessity, Autumn Lauen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
"Into the Unknown": Masquerading Fear in Over the Garden Wall, Kayla Lawrence
Multicultural Education and Attitudes Towards Immigrant Groups in the U.S. [Poster], Anika Lillegard-Bouton
Multicultural education and attitudes towards immigrant groups in the United States, Anika Marie Lillegard-Bouton Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Tearing Down the Veil: Demystifying Disease During the London Cholera Epidemic of 1854-1855, Peter Limbert
The effect of proximal carceral contact on political participation, Emily Loomis Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Impacts of theatre on the mental health of high school students, Madeline Ludwig Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A descriptive analysis of intuitive eating on the UNI campus, Natalee Jeanne Lyons Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2022 Award
Homeownership by race: Factors that explain the homeownership gap between blacks and whites, Sarah Madsen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Privatizing Social Security: Economic and Social Concerns, Sarah Madsen
Childcare Provider, Holly Majerus
