Student Work
This collection contains works by undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Northern Iowa.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Acoustic and Perceptual Measures of Stop Consonant Voicing in Parkinson’s Disease, Claire Evelyn Tow Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Bridging Communication Gaps: Aac Designs for Dialectal Spanish Speakers and Communication Partners, Kaela T. Clemen Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Conversations on the Wall: Using Public Art to Destigmatize Discussions of Death, Hope Thurm and Melinda Heinz
The Role of Parent Involvement in Enhancing Pediatric Speech and Language Therapy, Katie Lynch Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Role of Parent Involvement in Enhancing Pediatric Speech and Language Therapy, Katie Lynch and Kenneth Bleile Open Access Poster Presentation
Submissions from 2025
Acoustic Analysis of Vowels in Foreign-Accented English, Hannah Nedder Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Modern Community Men’s Shed, Carly Bendull and Melinda Heinz
Auditory Perception of Foreign-Accented English in Noise, Carly Bendull Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Field of Speech Language Pathology: A Comparative Literary Review of Language Development, Ana Herrig Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Communicating Across Languages: The Complexities of Bilingual and Multilingual AAC for Arabic Speakers, Emma Fagerstrom Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Efficacy of Spanish Audio-Supported Second Language Vocabulary Learning in a Single Case Study, Destiny M. Jones Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2025 Award
Family Caregiver Emotions In Dementia Simulation Education, Sarah Stegge and Elaine M. Eshbaugh
Fostering Intergenerational Relationships at Men's Sheds, Katie Cullen
Implementing Peer-Mediated Support Interventions for Children Diagnosed With Autism, Elise Wehr Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Language Assessment in Pediatric Speech-Language Pathology, Sierra Kay Buscher Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Linguistic Representation in the Public Library of Cedar Falls: Successes and Recommendations, Sara Petersen Poster Presentation
mTBI Literature Review: Devices, Protocol and Nutritional Health, Nicholas Huinker, Sarah Stegge, and Elaine M. Eshbaugh
No pued/o/ encontrar la/s/ palabra/s/ correcta/s/: An exploration of morphological selections in monolingual Spanish and bilingual English-Spanish AAC systems, Sara Petersen Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Preliminary Findings for Conversational Synchrony in Early Huntington’s Disease Patients, Samantha Robinson Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Preliminary Findings for Conversational Synchrony in Early Huntington’s Disease Patients, Samantha Robinson Honors Program Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Second-Language Acquisition of French Nasal Vowels: Phonological and Orthographic Considerations, Claire Tow
The Effects of of Both Parent and Child Technology Use on Developing Literacy Abilities, Ava McMenomy Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Understanding Dementia Friendly Features of Public Bathrooms: Dementia-Friendly Bathroom Design Explored + Checklist, Sarah Stegge, Elsie Aslesen, Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi, Denell Henninger, and Janice Blevins
Submissions from 2024
Comparing In-Person and Remote Language Assessments for Adults with Communication Disorders: Clinical Applications for Speech-Language Pathologists, Lauren Rotherham Honors Program Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Empathy, Education, & Empowerment: Reflections on the World of Dementia, Sarah Stegge, Jordan Neely, Samantha Heyer, and Elaine M. Eshbaugh
Orthographic Influences on the Production of French Nasal Vowels by English-Speaking Learners of French, Claire Evelyn Tow Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effect of High-Emotion Simulator Training on Students’ Reaction Time in Response to Infant Stress Cues During a Simulated Bottle Feeding, Claire Michelle Biermann Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available) 2025 Award
Submissions from 2023
A Literature Review of the Connection Between Infant Early Intervention and Childhood Executive Functioning, Nola Miriam Conner Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
A New Baby!: The Role of an Interactive Infant Feeding Simulator, Madison Kolbet, Emmalee Fannon, Kelsey Feller, Sarah MacDougall, and Alyssa Mason
Exposure, Adaptation and Expectations: How They Affect Perception of Foreign Accented Speech, Isabella Huddleston Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Language Development and Poverty: Considerations and Applications for Speech-Language Pathologists, Samantha Lynn Ehler Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2023 Award
Main Concept Analysis of Picture Description and Procedural Tasks in Patients with Huntington's Disease, Bailey Rustad Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Neurodiversity and the Field of Speech Language Pathology: A Literary Review of the History, Common Practices, and Misconceptions, Wren Anne Repko Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Read the Feed: Evaluating the Role of an Interactive Infant Feeding Simulator on Demonstrated Feeding Skills, Sarah MacDougall, Kelsey Feller, and Alyssa Mason Graduate Research Paper (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Events from 2022
A Review of Selective Mutism in Immigrant Children [Poster], Lauren Cummings Open Access Poster Presentation
Graduate student knowledge and skill development in infant feeding: Effectiveness of high-emotion simulator training, Emmalee Fannon Honors Program Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Graduate Student Knowledge and Skills in Infant Feeding Following High-Emotion Simulator Training [Poster], Emmalee Fannon and Madison Kolbet Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Selective mutism in immigrant children, Lauren Cummings Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Virtual Conversations with la Universidad Marista, Sara Petersen and Kyle Spaete
Submissions from 2021
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
A workbook presenting fluency shaping and narrative therapy strategies for school-age children who stutter, Bailey Nicole Rustad Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Dementia Friendly 18: A Program to Increase Community Dementia Awareness, Bailey Rustad and Anne Gradoville
Identifying Spanish-English cognates as intervention targets for speech sound disorders with bilingual children, Janessa A. Klein Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Methods and evaluation outcomes in speech, language, and hearing camps, Lindsey Paige Carter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Pre-service students understanding of professional roles, Anne Whalen Gradoville Open Access Honors Program Thesis
School speech-language pathologists' identification, use, and need of resources and materials, Emily Michael, Melissa Tranel, and Hannah Fahey Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 2020
Clinical outcomes of orofacial myofunctional therapy in children without concurrent orthodontia, Julia Logan Open Access Graduate Research Paper 2021 Award
Eating behaviors in autism, Kayla Diane Beyer Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Efficiency of low-tech augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) access methods, Brittany Davis Open Access Thesis
Respiratory differences in spontaneous and scripted speech among bilingual adults, Anna Irene Sagan Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Events from 2019
Informed Hearing Loss Prevention at Theatre UNI [Poster], Mallory Park Open Access Poster Presentation
Informed hearing loss prevention for Theatre UNI, Mallory Park Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Outcomes of an intensive exercise-based swallowing program for persons with Parkinson's disease: A single-case experiment, Jocelyn Jenks Open Access Thesis 2019 Award
Submissions from 2018
Comparison of two levels of inpatient dysphagia treatment dosages on swallowing outcomes, Paige Licht Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors affecting performance on a screening tool in persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Jordan Deanna Stierwalt Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
NMDA: Review and clinical implications for potential cognitive deficits, Madison A. Miller Honors Program Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Parent perspectives on inclusive bookclubs, Amy Bucciferro Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Post-swallow residue in relation to lingual pressure generation in persons with Parkinson's disease, Ross Westemeyer Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The effects of book club participation on reading comprehension in children with disabilities, Elizabeth Ann Kosmicki Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 2017
A comparison of technologies for recording speech and the effects of speaker age, Jacquelyn Marie Knustrom Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Comparison of various technologies in the acquisition of speech samples for transcription purposes: listener perception vs. acoustic analysis of signal quality, Alexa Klimes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Results and efficacy of two measures of executive function in adolescent athletes, Jocelyn Jenks Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2016
A book club for children with autism spectrum disorder, Elizabeth Ann Kosmicki Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A case study: language environment analysis of a bilingual child with speech-language delay, Sarah Van Maanen Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Inclusion: learning without barriers, Amy Lois Bucciferro Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Initiation of communication from users of AAC and preceding communication partner's utterances, Lauren Vaughn Welser Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Lingual pressure generation in relation to saliva and water swallowing in healthy young adults, Anna Joerger Open Access Thesis
Measuring swallow speed in healthy young adults during repetitive water and saliva swallowing conditions, Glendolyn Neely Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Perceptions of Use of Hearing Protection in High String Musicians, Alyssa Adamec Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Repetitive saliva and water swallowing frequency counts in healthy young adults, Joanna Baranska Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2015
Attention test performance and normal aging: the effect on executive function, Rachel Carmen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Refractoriness of a transit reaction: Respiratory and aerodynamic response, Michele Dacy Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Therapy and treatment crossover for language production impairment between populations with Broca’s aphasia and sequential bilinguals, Nicole Catherine Wakeman Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2014
Barriers to accessing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC): Pogo Boards as a potential solution, Amanda Jo Huisman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Concussions: education for coaches and safe return to play for athletes, Catherine Fettkether Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Raising your child bilingually: advantages and disadvantages, Olivia Grace Hawley Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Semantic feature analysis application for people with aphasia, Alison Meyer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Speech inhibition with utterance length and complexity, Meghan Opolka Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The portrayal of stuttering in the film industry, Anna Katelyn Joerger Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2013
Does Baby Sign open the door to second language learning?, Nicole A. Hulme Open Access Honors Program Thesis
English-only legislation: The Iowa story, Kari Lien Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The "Tragedy" of Down syndrome: Is it really so tragic?, Ashley A. Richardson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Writing supports for older students with significant disabilities: examining two students' journeys towards becoming writers, Emily Helen Freeman Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 2012
Key Elements of Poverty Influencing Language Development and Academic Achievement, Joanna L. Eggert Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
A Motor Speech Programming Investigation Using Inhibition: Part I, Jeffrey Thomas Backlin Open Access Thesis
A Speech Motor Programming Investigation Using Inhibition, Alison Michele Corbett Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Aging Effects on the Transcription of Differentially Impaired Dysarthric Speech, Molly Anne Duggan Open Access Thesis
Analysis of echoic properties in vocalizations of a preverbal child on the autistic spectrum, Sarah A. McConnell Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Comparing the Effects of Sung versus Spoken Lyrics on Speech and Language Acquisition in Late-Talking Toddlers, Chelsea Ki Sook Clock Bell Open Access Thesis
Respiratory Kinematics of Adult Males During Graded Listening Tasks, Laura LeRette Gingrich Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 2006
Overcoming Cultural and Linguistic Barriers in Providing Adequate Speech-Language Pathology Services to U.S. Latinos, Allison Carolan Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Submissions from 1994
The ability of children with specific language impairment to comprehend contrastive stress in sentences, Nicole M. VanCleave Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Submissions from 1991
Laryngeal compensation and linguistic stress in children with velopharyngeal dysfunction, Ann Kathryn Lundberg Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
