Undergraduate Student Work
This collection contains works by undergraduate students in the Wilson College of Business at the University of Northern Iowa. All student works require department, unit, or individual faculty review.
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Events from 2026
Civic Moments at UNI: What Would You Do Next?, Elle Eike
Faith-Based Leadership, McKenna Hohenadel, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Loud and Clear: How Leader Extraversion Shapes Follower Perception of Leadership Effectiveness, Maggie Sholes, Department of Management, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2025
Culture, Labor Laws, and Foreign Investment: An Analysis on the Impact of Uncertainty Avoidance, Annalee Benisek, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Female Client Preferences of A Financial Advisor’s Gender, Rachel Ames Clayberg, Department of Finance, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Analysis of Commercial Real Estate, Amanda Christine Fowler, Department of Finance, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Role of Financial Literacy Education in Shaping Students’ Future Financial Decisions, Arianna Shornock, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2024
Housing Affordability: An Examination of Factors in Black Hawk County Impacting Housing Affordability for UNI Graduates, Mason DeLaine Fritz, Department of Finance, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Reexamination of College Students’ Behaviors and Knowledge of Recycling, Ella Hilbrant, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Educational Outcomes as a Result of Redlining, Brynn Jeambey
The Impact of Sentiment on Iowa Farmland Values by Agricultural District, Skyler Kelly, Department of Finance, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Food Access: Addressing the Problem of Food Deserts in Waterloo, Iowa, Adele Kuruppu
Small Business Burnout: Reversing the Entrepreneurial Burnout, Adele Kuruppu Poster Presentation
Small Business Burnout: Reversing the Entrepreneurial Exit, Adele Kuruppu, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Impact of ESG Initiatives on Stock Returns, Reagan Lommell, Department of Finance, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effect of Gender-Based Occupational Segregation on Women's Earnings in the United States and Canada, Jadyn Grace Milius, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Analysis of Post-War Economic Growth in the Balkans, Edina Tahirovic, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Events from 2023
New Policy Opens Trade Between India and the U.S. [Poster], Morgan Aitchison
The Power of Homeownership, Esha Sanjiv Jayswal, Department of Accounting, Honors Program Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The Power of Homeownership [poster], Esha Sanjiv Jayswal Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Better Solutions to Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Access: Giving Away Vaccines Rather than Vaccine Formulas, Tristen Prouse, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
How to Not Save the World from COVID-19: The Dire Consequences of Giving Away the Vaccine Formula [poster], Tristen Prouse Open Access Poster Presentation
How to Not Save the World from COVID-19: The Dire Consequences of Giving Away the Vaccine Formula [poster], Tristen Prouse
Reversing the Entry: Generation Z's Outlook on Accounting, Andrew Straube, Department of Accounting, Honors Program Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Events from 2022
Consumerism and Mental Health, Esha Jayswal
Influence of the CPA credential on the life satisfaction of University of Northern Iowa accounting alumni, Derek Richard Koppes, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Mindfulness and Gardening, Carter Pennings
Benefits of Minimalism on Mental Health, Madison Tenhulzen
Submissions from 2021
Theories and applications of blockchain, Matthew R. Barton, Department of Management, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Spreading awareness and gaining donor support for UNI Dance Marathon, Hannah Marie Dash, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
GILTI regulations: The intended effects compared to the actual results, Carson Lee Ehrenberg, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Fraud and COVID-19: An unintended downside of government aid during the pandemic, Derek LaBarge, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Homeownership by race: Factors that explain the homeownership gap between blacks and whites, Sarah Madsen, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Creating an optimal portfolio with covariance adjustments for moving average trends, Jayden Moore, Department of Finance, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Evaluating college students' attitudes and understanding of recycling, Taylor Shipley, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Converging artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies for security and risk management in banking, Van Binh Hai Tran, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Consideration of the ethical implications of artificial intelligence in the audit profession, Marcy Kim Uglum, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2020
A statistical analysis of the NFL draft, Jaedon Bettle, Department of Economics, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The influence of state political orientation on firm environmental practices, Trisha Coberly, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Determinants of long-term care insurance: Are spouses substitutes?, Jacob Harold-Matthew Haag, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
What Determines Whether or Not Individuals Purchase Long Term Care Insurance [Poster], Jacob Harold-Matthew Haag Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
"Finding financial freedom": A financial literacy program for high school students, Alexis Hahn, Department of Accounting, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
An empirical analysis on major league soccer player earnings, Aaron Michael Anderson Iehl, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Examination of the attribution of blame for accounting errors under the proposed 2024 CPA examination structure, Laura Jean Kaufmann, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Frauds in K-12 school districts, Cassandra Lorraine Zinnel, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2019
Alcohol and marijuana: Substitutes or complements and a deeper evaluation of marijuana prohibition, Nicholas Andrew Brown, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effects of Relative Wages and Border Enforcement on Illegal Immigration, Aaron Iehl
The effects of casinos on unemployment: A county level analysis, Sally Anne St. Clair Kron, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Foreign-born workers' effect on agricultural industry in Iowa, Hannah McDevitt, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Work-related outcomes and organizational commitment, Mushaun Miller, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Valuation Multiples: Identifying Undervalued Stocks From 1987 to 2017, Luke Muller
Intrinsic vs extrinsic job search factors: What is more attractive to the younger workforce?, Danielle Nardini, Department of Management, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Determinants of Box Office Performance: Return of the Regressions, Griffin Scott
Maternal Mortality in the U.S., Christine Shipley
Examining the NCAA selection process for bias against mid-majors, Jackson Twait, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The domestic impacts of industrial wind energy in the United States, Collin John Woods, Department of Management, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2018
Organized Gaming and Its Effect on Collegiate Academics, Mark Cochran, Department of Marketing, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The rise of social media marketing: How an entire industry has transformed, Ryan Steven Doser, Department of Marketing, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effective leadership: Prior research vs. the millennials, Marissa Heinzerling, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Biotech fever: Market overreaction to FDA clinical trials, Ethan J. Hugstad, Department of Finance, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The propitious puzzle for small business owners: Understanding the Section 199A deduction, Kameron Elizabeth Kehoe, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Should Division I College Athletes Receive Compensation in Excess of their Scholarships?, Trey Kilburg
Technological Unemployment in the United States: A State-Level Analysis, Courtney Krousie
Identifying the Risk Factors for Food Insecurity in the United States, Destiny Leitz
Marriage premium among homosexual men in the United States, Cole Robert Malcolm, Department of Economics, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Factors influencing academic performance: A study of predicting student performance at a regional comprehensive university, Hannah Martin, Department of Management, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Gentrification in Polk County, Iowa, Danielle Massey
English proficiency and earnings of U.S. immigrants, Toni F. Moeller, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Misconceptions of HR: An analysis of post-millennials' thoughts before entering the workforce, Sarah Paukert, Department of Management, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2017
An Analysis of the Causal Relationship Between Transportation and GDP: A Time-Series Approach for the United States, Arijan Alagic
Organizational culture: An analysis of the aggregate impact on financial performance, Arijan Alagic, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Gender Pay Gap in College Basketball: Is Discrimination the Driving Factor?, Melissa Ament
The Effect of Childhood Siblings on Adult Income, Heather Bavido Open Access Poster Presentation
Determinants of IPO Underpricing: Tech vs Non-Tech Industries, Jordan Beck
The business of fraud, Jessica Marie Berkshire, Department of Accounting, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The professional development of students through global experiences, Myle Duong, Department of Marketing, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cedar Falls Community Main Street: A gap analysis of customer & business owner perceptions, Cassie Evers, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Major depressive disorder in adults: Determining demographic causes and links between health insurance and government aid, Taylor Lillian Fox, Department of Economics, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The 2008 Financial Recession and Fair Value Accounting, Anthony Hurlburt
Trying to fit in with the weird parts of the Internet: Online subcultures and content creation, Isak Fedeler Knivsland, Department of Marketing, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors Affecting Student Graduation Rates, Kaleb Luse Open Access Poster Presentation
The Return of the Machinery Question: Is it different this time?, Kaleb Luse
The impact of terrorism on commercial office real estate in Manhattan, Madeline M. O'Donnell, Department of Finance, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The effects of governance and inequality on economic growth, Ethan James Philo, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Accommodating invisible illnesses and disabilities in the workplace, Elizabeth Simmons, Department of Management, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Evaluating trends in financial literacy: The impact on individuals and workplaces, Michelle Temeyer, Department of Finance, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Events from 2016
Determinants of the GPA's of College Students, Mitchell Beckman Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Factors Influencing College Choice: A Study of Enrollment Decisions at a Regional Comprehensive University, Trevor Draisey
The determinants of NFL player salaries, Trevor Draisey, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Health Savings Accounts: Benefits, Costs, and Potential Effects, Conrad Keezer
Elasticity of Food Demand by Outlet: Effects of the Nutrition Labeling Provision of the Affordable Care Act, Kevin McGee
Determinants of NBA Average Annual Attendance by Team, Kevin Joseph McGee Open Access Poster Presentation
Determinants of per game average annual attendance for NBA teams, Kevin Joseph McGee, Department of Economics, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Examining the renewable energy consumption-economic growth nexus in sub-Saharan African countries, Luke Neuhaus, Department of Economics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Chinese Strategic Asset Seeking Activity in the United States, Justin Niday Open Access Poster Presentation
The Efficiency of the Major League Baseball Free-Agent Market, Jacob Oswald
The effects of colonial origin on economic growth, Erica Lynn Pabst, Department of Economics, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
2014 Welfare Use by Immigrants vs. Natives in the United States, Jessica Pabst
