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 2021
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
Understanding the lived experiences of Asian American transracial adoptees in college, Frances Elizabeth McDermott Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2021 Award
Structure of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer During PM2.5 NAAQS Exceedances in Iowa, Madison Mckenna and Alan Czarnetzki Ph.D. Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Analog Studies of Organic Pathways in Wind Cave through Cave Water and Crystals, Wilson McNaughton and Joshua Sebree Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Preparing tomorrow's teachers: A program analysis of teacher education in Iowa and its role in preparing preservice teachers for emergent bilinguals, Karrigan Alexandria Mentzer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Examining the effects of netropsin on the mobility of DNA A-tracts using capillary electrophoresis, Jillian Miller Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Evaluation of archeal growth on complex media and antibiotic regimes, Melanie Miller Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Selecting for Durability in Bacillus cereus/anthracis Bacteriophages, Alexis J. Moore and Michael H. Walter Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Creating an optimal portfolio with covariance adjustments for moving average trends, Jayden Moore Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessing the implicit curriculum in social work education: An examination of the University of Northern Iowa students' experiences, Madison Motz Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2021 Award
Electrical Transport Measurements on Ni Films Deposited on MoS₂, Young Moua, Paul Shand Ph.D., Colin Gorgen, and Andrew Stollenwerk Ph.D. Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Taking On the System: The Story of the UNI 7, Eliza Mussman
Including English language learners in Algebra One instruction, Callie Irene Neighbor Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Full Circle Services, Inc., Madison Nesselroad
U.S. presidential election portrayed by foreign media: Costa Rica and Nicaragua comparative study, Emily Neumann Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Meme marketing: How viral marketing adapts to the internet culture, Triet Minh Ngo Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Developing New Yeast Strains to Investigate Gene Looping, Caitlyn Nuehring and Justin P. Peters Ph.D. Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Investigating Fractal Properties of Stochastic Financial Data, Dhruv Patel and Ali Tabei Ph.D. Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Measuring the Microbial Limit of Detection for a Modified DNA Extraction Protocol, Emma Pellegrino and Marek K. Sliwinski Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Visualizing Human RAD51 Protein Binding to Single-Stranded DNA Using Atomic Force Microscopy, Rose Perksen and Justin P. Peters Ph.D. Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Maternal mortality in the United States: Focusing on societal impacts and potential solutions, Grace Petrzelka Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Curating a Global Collection of Fiddler Crabs for the American Museum of Natural History, NYC, Dee Dee Pitzen, Samantha Heyer, Amber Finke, Frank H. Barnwell Ph.D., and Carl L. Thurman Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Artistic expression, permanence and change in a f*cked up world: Coping with the "sounds of silence", Brianna L. Pruitt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Exploring Mesh Networks for Smart Buildings, Brandon Purvis, Dheryta Jaisinghani Ph.D., Sarah Diesburg Ph.D., and Haroon Rashid Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Electronic, Magnetic, and Structural Properties of CoMnVSb, Adam Ramker and Pavel Lukashev Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Chemical Substitution Induced Half-Metallicity in CrMnSb, Adam Ramker, Evan O’Leary, and Devon VanBrogen
Determining the Connection Between Henry Purcell's King Arthur and Jean-Baptist Lully's Isis, Kristin Rasmussen
Precarious enjoyment: Suicide contra schizophrenia, Mohammed Rawwas Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Exploring the role of college women in ministry leadership through a qualitative analysis of Passion Conferences, Abigail Read Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Students' perceptions of different types of banks' marketing, Jeffrey Reicks Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Dementia Friendly 18: A Program to Increase Community Dementia Awareness, Bailey Rustad and Anne Gradoville
A workbook presenting fluency shaping and narrative therapy strategies for school-age children who stutter, Bailey Nicole Rustad Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Co-operative Education: Center for Social & Behavioral Research, Adan Reyes Salas
"I Don't Want to Seem Like a Burden to Them": Exploring the Emotions Behind Students Asking for Extensions and Excused Absences, Micah Saunders
Sustainable and Biodegradable Nanocellulose Composite Materials, Jacob Scheel and Tim Kidd Ph.D. Open Access Poster Presentation
Cooperative Education Experience at MercyOne Hospital, Michaela Schlup
Implementation of a Nanocellulose 3D Printer, Nathan P. Schmidt and Tim Kidd Ph.D. Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Exploring eating disorders in athletes: A literature review and analysis of prevention strategies, Emily Schotzko Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Exploring the Prevalence & Impact of Eating Disorders in Athletes: A Literature Review and Analysis [Presentation], Emily Schotzko
Welcome & Keynote, Marcy M. Seavey, Selena Losee, Riley (Mullins) Plagge, and Nicole (Bishop) North Event
