Undergraduate Student Work
This collection contains works by undergraduate students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Northern Iowa. All student works require department, unit, or individual faculty review.
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Submissions from 2016
Testing for modularity in the axial skeleton of fishes, Emily Meier Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Comparing Bee Abundance and Diversity in Candidate Biomass Crops, Ben Nettleton Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
No one is here : Poems, Jennifer Pauk Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Visualizing interactions between Bacillus anthracis bacteriophages and macrophages, Abigail Shew Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Spin-gapless semiconductivity and half metallicity in Heusler alloys, Bradley A. Staten and Pavel V. Lukashev Open Access Poster Presentation
Testosterone and Male Susceptibility in Leishmania infantum chagasi Infection, Elizabeth Turcotte and Nilda E. Rodríquez Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
A benefit to the profession: Teacher retention in the middle years, Claire Vander Wiel 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)
Morphometric analysis of simple, lobed, and compound leaf development in the genus Ampelopsis (Vitaceae), Austin Joseph Voves Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Statistical modeling of earthquake damage, Allison Nicole Waters 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
Submissions from 2015
Finding community: the importance of intergroup dialogue within diversity workshops, Joslyn Nycole Aldape Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Age variation in nonverbal cue recognition in computer-mediated communication, Nathaniel Beyerink Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Primer efficacy in the DNA barcoding of spiders, Rhennetta Jo Bork Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessing study abroad outcomes: Groundwork for change in curriculum, Avary Bradford Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Similar but different: an analysis of differences in clarinet and saxophone pedagogy and doubler’s misconceptions, Nicholas Jeremy Carlo Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Attention test performance and normal aging: the effect on executive function, Rachel Carmen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A new system of first-order predicate logic based on Wittgenstein's single operation N, Benjamin Castle Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The benefits of legalizing marijuana and products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, Pat Chizek Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The effects of hibernation on the hemostatic properties of the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, Kiana Cullinan Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Refractoriness of a transit reaction: Respiratory and aerodynamic response, Michele Dacy Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Measuring the stability of iso-1-cytochrome c variants using heme spectra, Sarah Elizabeth Eikenberry Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The American symphony orchestra: factors affecting concert attendance and predictions for the millennial ticketholder, Hayley Graham Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Solving Lights Out on parity graphs, Derek Hofland Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Analysis of Ipomoea (morning glory) leaf mutants, Abigail Anne Lee Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Impact of cost barrier on high school chemistry laboratory teaching practices, Robin Livermore Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Losing Robin Williams: an analysis of user-generated Twitter content following the sudden death of a celebrity, Samantha Mallow Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Functional analysis of drought-resistant genes in barley using VIGS, Natalie Catherine Martin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The analysis of diruthenium compounds on human cells as potential chemotherapeutic agents, Elizabeth McCulloch Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Perspectives on why the glass ceiling still exists for women in advertising and media and tools to help shatter it, Olivia Hottle Mossman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
NuMuzArt: an original, multi-sensory, creative experience, Tori Christine Ovel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Digital action: An exploratory documentary of artistic process, Dana Renee Potter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The future of restorative dental care, Carl Reitz Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Density and Diversity of Bees in the Midwestern Agricultural Landscape: Influence of Surrounding Agricultural Land Use and Biofuel Candidate Crops, Andrew J. Ridgway, Ai Wen, and Kenneth Elgersma Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Effects of ATP and ATP inhibitors on the P2X7 receptor, Holly Marie Salzbrenner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analysis of protein expression for potential biomarkers in human pancreatic tumor cell lines, Jade Ashley Simpson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
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)
Above- and belowground biomass and soil respiration in a low-input perennial biofuel production system, Jordan Young, Jessica Abernathy, and Kenneth Elgersma Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Submissions from 2014
Rhetoric and science: examining and identifying the rhetorical techniques used by students in a composition classroom, Amanda Arp Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The impact of the linguistic backgrounds of world language teachers on secondary world language classrooms, Sarah Bair Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The genetics of bipolar disorder, Laura Cross Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Concussions: education for coaches and safe return to play for athletes, Catherine Fettkether Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The gender behind the math in the 21st century, Paige Hageman Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Raising your child bilingually: advantages and disadvantages, Olivia Grace Hawley Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The investigation into the conditions of tantalum disulfide nanotube growth, Lauren Holmes Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The effects of hypergravity on development of the heart and behavior of Xenopus laevis, Stacey Howes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Barriers to accessing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC): Pogo Boards as a potential solution, Amanda Jo Huisman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Tribal and commercial casinos in the midwestern United States: effect on county unemployment, Amber Irlmeier Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The portrayal of stuttering in the film industry, Anna Katelyn Joerger Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Manipulatives in secondary mathematics, Elizabeth Rae Johnson Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The feeling that you are where you belong: a qualitative analysis of college music groups and student success, Susan Elizabeth Johnson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Study abroad: an essential part of language acquisition, Emillie Kenne Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Things ain't what they used to be: a look at the emergence of female flutists into the jazz world, Megan Kingery Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Using seed recovery methods to determine causes of failed germination in native prairie species, Paige Leytem Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Activism and offense : a philosophical analysis, Stef McGraw Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Semantic feature analysis application for people with aphasia, Alison Meyer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Culturally relevant pedagogy: secondary mathematics in an urban classroom, Julia Glissmann North Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Speech inhibition with utterance length and complexity, Meghan Opolka Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Ground Arthropod Abundance in Switchgrass and Diverse Prairie Agroenergy Crops, Stephanie Paape, Libby Torresani, and Mark C. Myers Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
When I was your age, Pluto was a planet: two children's books concerning environmental issues, Caitlin A. Peterson Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
In defense of defense: a statistical look at roster construction, coaching strategy, and team defense in the National Basketball Association, Luke Ronald Peterson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Investigating the expression of AHNAK2 and CTHRC1 in pancreatic cancer cell lines, Logan Patrick Poole Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Current developments in forensic science: establishing the credibility of forensic linguistics through authorship analysis, Annette Putnam Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Comparison of life experiences of men and women in the sciences, Tori Nicole Quist Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analysis of the canola lip mutant, Matthew Rafferty Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A preliminary systematic analysis of the species of genus Physaria (Brassicaceae) of Wyoming, Kayla Rethwisch Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Conductor influence on student attitude, motivation, and participation, Laura Maria Rodriguez Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
What's faith have to do with it? : the media framing of religion and politics in the 2012 Republican primaries, Zoe Russell Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The role of KNOX genes during simple and compound leaf development in the genus Ampelopsis (Vitaceae), Allie Marie Simpson Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Grassland Bird Nest Survival in Perennial Agroenergy Crops, Libby Torresani, Stephanie Paape, and Mark C. Myers Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Listening to movies: the emotional response of an audience to music in correlation with film, Jillian Whitaker Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2013
A linguistic playground: A case study of trilingual code-switching, Aynur Damirgi Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Sustainable Food at UNI: Past, Present and Future: A Documentary, Glenna Maureen Goldman Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Sequencing a DNA polymerase alpha gene in Thermomyces lanuginosus, Sonia Tien-Yang Han Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Opportunity for engagement : how viewing "The Lizzie Bennet diaries" transcends traditional reader response, Molly Hayes Open Access Honors Program Thesis
ATP-Induced Changes in F-Actin Expression Via P2X7, Taylor Hircock Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Birds and butterflies respond to soil-induced habitat heterogeneity in experimental plantings of native tallgrass prairie species in Iowa, USA, Benjamin J. Hoksch, Mark C. Myers, James T. Mason, Jarrett D. Pfrimmer, and Andrew J. Ridgway Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Does Baby Sign open the door to second language learning?, Nicole A. Hulme Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Expressed Sequence Tag for DNA Polymerase Alpha in Embryonic Chicken Brain, Rebecca Krewer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Process of a Painting, Dusty Ann Kriegel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
English-Only Legislation: The Iowa Story, Kari Lien Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A study of the genes TFL1 and LFY as agents in the divergent evolution of the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana and Carica papaya, Ryan Lockard Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Generating new Type II protein models using cytochrome c, Lindsey M. Ludwig Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Search for Catalytic Subunit of DNA Polymerase α in Thermomyces lanuginosus, Chelsea Elyse Meier Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Utility of Phosphoglucose Isomerase (PgiC) Intron Sequences in the Phylogenetics of Physaria (Brassicaceae), Troy Joseph Mensen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Competition and extrinsic motivation in the band classroom: A review of literature and suggestions for educational practice, Stephanie Kay Opsal Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Developing Crochet Patterns for Surfaces of Non-Constant Curvature, Katherine Lea Pearce Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analysis of Mathematical Descriptions of Gravitational Microlensing, Sarah Michelle Pearce Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Influences of Armenian Folk Music on Clarinet Chamber Works by Aram Khachaturian and Alexander Arutiunian, Emma Peterson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The "Tragedy" of Down Syndrome: Is it Really So Tragic?, Ashley A. Richardson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effects of Flooding on the Flora and Fauna of a Reconstructed Tallgrass Prairie, Andrew J. Ridgway, Mark C. Myers, and Benjamin Hoksch Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
A Population Genetic Study of the Fish Rhinichthys cataractae in Northeast Iowa Using Microsatellite Genotype Data, Haley Ann Rinehart Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Comparative phylogeography of species across the Mississippi embayment, Matthew James Samec Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Relationships between habitat preference and population size of the declining longnose dace, Erica Anne Scullin Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
An Examination of Expression: Sonata no.1 in F Minor, Op. 120 by Johannes Brahms, Mary Beth Thiry Open Access Honors Program Thesis
From Here to There: The Music's Journey: How the Music in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy Represents the Cultures of Tolkien's World, Jennifer Louise Titus Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Equivalences of Dessins D'Enfants, Rachel M. Volkert Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Gaining Perspective: Student Learning Perceptions of the Role of TESOL Principles in Their English-Learning Experiences, Danielle Christine Westcot Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Musical Analysis of Selections From Contemporary Christian Music Contributing to an Original Composition, Ashley Elizabeth Williamson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Bank Erosion Hazard Index (BEHI) Study of Dry Run Creek, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Cara Wright Open Access Honors Program Thesis
