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 2018
Collecting carbon: An analysis of soil carbon in conservation reserve program fields and agricultural fields, Cody Welcher, Destiny Magee, and Kenneth Elgersma Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Correlation between wild bee populations and vegetative resources in the Conservation Reserve Program’s pollinator enhancement plantings, Olivia Willoughby, Alyssa Burgert, Nathan Theel, and Ai Wen Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Submissions from 2017
UNI students' perspectives on textbook costs, Tristan Bennett Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Magnetic behavior of bulk and nanostructured MnxTaS2, Lucas Paul Beving, Department of Physics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Formation of Titan aerosol from CO and CH4, Tate Christensen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A presidential paradigm shift: Changes in presidential rhetoric regarding Cuba, Alyssa Chellan Dixon, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Gender and music: Can we hear a difference between female and male composers and performers?, Arianna Edvenson, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
TiO2 Coating Method for Nanocellulose Aerogel, Byron Fritch and Tim Kidd Open Access Poster Presentation
Realizing EDGAR: eliminating information asymmetries through artificial intelligence analysis of SEC filings, Ryan H. Giarusso, Department of Computer Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Developmental analysis of Leea guineensis (Leeaceae), Sally Gray, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effect of Structural Disorder on Magnetic Properties of MnCrVAl, Juliana Herran, Rishabh Dalal, Paul Gray, and Pavel Lukashev Open Access Poster Presentation
A reflective analysis of the practice and performance of a degree tuba recital, Taylor Hicks, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Culturally responsive teaching from a culture specific perspective: Chinese students' experiences of CRT in the U.S., Tessa Noel Horn, Department of Languages and Literatures, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
"Contrasts": Differences and similarities in choral settings of Christina Rossetti's poems, Coren Hucke, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Results and efficacy of two measures of executive function in adolescent athletes, Jocelyn Jenks, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Homo humanus: An installation investigating the omnipresence of self-documentation, Ashley Elizabeth Jones, Department of Art, 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, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A comparison of technologies for recording speech and the effects of speaker age, Jacquelyn Marie Knustrom, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Investigating the role of the written curriculum on lesson planning for first-year elementary mathematics teachers, Anna Kron, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
New Insights into the “Manna from Heaven” Hypothesis [Poster], Clare Laubenthal, Joshua Sebree, and Marek Sliwinski Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
The genetic relationship between leaf margin regulation and vascular patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana, Lulua Rawwas, Department of Biology, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The effects of hibernation on the time of coagulation of the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, Joshua Samec, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Kleine Harlequinade: Synthesizing a Directing Education, Alexandra Saulsbury Open Access Poster Presentation
Live notes: bringing the power of desktop MIDI input to the Android platform, Joshua Schriever, Department of Computer Science, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Secondary mathematics educators and coaches' role in providing motivation, Reggie Schulte, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Workplace friendship as an antecedent of employment engagement, Victoria Marie Settanni, Department of Communication Studies, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Workplace Friendship as an Antecedent of Employee Engagement [Poster], Victoria Marie Settanni and Melissa Dobosh Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Developmental immunity of the skeletal elements of the Weberian apparatus to the effects of exogenous estrogen (17-β estradiol), a known disruptor of cartliage development, Bailey Jordan Wetherell, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Elephant in the Room: Bringing Homosexuality to the American Literary Conversation, Clay Whisler Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Assessing Productivity in Prairie Biomass Feedstocks with Different Levels of Diversity, Alyssa Williams and Mark E. Sherrard Open Access Poster Presentation
Stable Isotope Chemistry in Titan Haze Aerosol, Allison Wold, Thomas Gautier, Jennifer Stern, Joshua Sebree, and Melissa Trainer Open Access Poster Presentation
Submissions from 2016
The Utility of tallgrass prairie reconstructions as bioenergy feedstocks, Jessica Abernathy and Mark Sherrard Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Perceptions of Use of Hearing Protection in High String Musicians, Alyssa Adamec Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Tessellations: An artistic and mathematical look at the work of Maurits Cornelis Escher, Emily E. Bachmeier, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Branding the UNI/Wellness Recreation Center: creating a cohesive cross-media collegiate recreation identity, Rachael Bair, Department of Art, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Exploration of Empfindsamer stil: The creation and performance of an informed performance edition of CPE Bach's Concerto in D minor for flute and orchestra, Emily C. Bicknese, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Chimera: a multigenre exploration of the postmodern self, Keegan D. Bosch, Department of Languages and Literatures, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Motion virtual manipulatives in the elementary math classroom, Cole Boudreau, Department of Computer Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Intellectual virtues and the epistemic evaluation of disagreement, Hansen Garlington Breitling, Department of Philosophy and World Religions, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Inclusion: learning without barriers, Amy Lois Bucciferro, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Brand new scars: complex characterization and literary craft elements in Ed Brubaker's Captain America, Lexi Nicole Byrnes, Department of Languages and Literatures, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Craic in the concert hall: The benefits of playing Irish traditional music to the classically trained musician, Hannah Carr-Murphy, School of Music, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Equitable discourse in middle school mathematics classrooms: With emphasis on girls and the mathematically gifted, Merci F. Day, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The efficient recovery of deleted data from NAND flash memory, Lisa Diercks, Department of Computer Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Education: an unexplored variable on millennial volunteer attitudes, Darian N. Everding, Department of Philosophy and World Religions, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Excess folic acid as a potential competitor of glutamate may interfere with neural development, Benjamin Fick, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The effect of rearing temperature on somite formation and skeletal development in the zebrafish, Danio rerio, Sarah Jean Freeland, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
To make a better music school, Alissandra Henkle, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Magnetic properties of polymeric framework materials with cobalt, Cassara Higgins, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Proportional reasoning in middle level mathematics textbooks, Rebecca Holzrichter, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Isolation Methods and DNA Analysis of Small Bacteriophages of Bacillus Anthracis, Brandon Hoskins Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Prairie Power Project, Sara Judickas Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The Consumption of Zombie Culture, Tony Ketelaar Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
The effects of argumentation on student motivation in mathematics, Julie Kirkpatrick, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Bridge Numbers: A Knotty Journey, Julie Kirkpatrick and Tracy Wulfekuhle Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
A book club for children with autism spectrum disorder, Elizabeth Ann Kosmicki, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An analysis of how public relations professionals use social media, Abigail Jen Kreun, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Optimizing Sucrose Gradients for Small Bacteriophage Purification, Ryan Lode Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Valproic acid activates hyperactivity in cultured neurons: possible support for overconnectivity hypothesis of autism, Alexis McGinley, Department of Biology, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
A grading catalogue of selected works for solo trombone and piano, Brent Michael Mead, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Testing for modularity in the axial skeleton of fishes, Emily Meier, Department of Biology, 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, Department of Languages and Literatures, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Visualizing interactions between Bacillus anthracis bacteriophages and macrophages, Abigail Shew, Department of Biology, 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, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A case study: language environment analysis of a bilingual child with speech-language delay, Sarah Van Maanen, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Morphometric analysis of simple, lobed, and compound leaf development in the genus Ampelopsis (Vitaceae), Austin Joseph Voves, Department of Biology, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Statistical modeling of earthquake damage, Allison Nicole Waters, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Initiation of communication from users of AAC and preceding communication partner's utterances, Lauren Vaughn Welser, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2015
Finding community: the importance of intergroup dialogue within diversity workshops, Joslyn Nycole Aldape, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Age variation in nonverbal cue recognition in computer-mediated communication, Nathaniel Beyerink, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Primer efficacy in the DNA barcoding of spiders, Rhennetta Jo Bork, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessing study abroad outcomes: Groundwork for change in curriculum, Avary Bradford, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Similar but different: an analysis of differences in clarinet and saxophone pedagogy and doubler’s misconceptions, Nicholas Jeremy Carlo, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Attention test performance and normal aging: the effect on executive function, Rachel Carmen, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A new system of first-order predicate logic based on Wittgenstein's single operation N, Benjamin Castle, Department of Mathematics, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The benefits of legalizing marijuana and products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, Pat Chizek, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The effects of hibernation on the hemostatic properties of the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, Kiana Cullinan, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Refractoriness of a transit reaction: Respiratory and aerodynamic response, Michele Dacy, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Measuring the stability of iso-1-cytochrome c variants using heme spectra, Sarah Elizabeth Eikenberry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The American symphony orchestra: factors affecting concert attendance and predictions for the millennial ticketholder, Hayley Graham, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Solving Lights Out on parity graphs, Derek Hofland, Department of Mathematics, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Analysis of Ipomoea (morning glory) leaf mutants, Abigail Anne Lee, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Impact of cost barrier on high school chemistry laboratory teaching practices, Robin Livermore, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 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, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Functional analysis of drought-resistant genes in barley using VIGS, Natalie Catherine Martin, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The analysis of diruthenium compounds on human cells as potential chemotherapeutic agents, Elizabeth McCulloch, Department of Biology, 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, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
NuMuzArt: an original, multi-sensory, creative experience, Tori Christine Ovel, School of Music, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Digital action: An exploratory documentary of artistic process, Dana Renee Potter, Department of Communication Studies, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The future of restorative dental care, Carl Reitz, Department of Biology, 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, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analysis of protein expression for potential biomarkers in human pancreatic tumor cell lines, Jade Ashley Simpson, Department of Biology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Comparing application development between desktop and Android platforms, Ramya Varadaraju, Department of Computer Science, 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, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, 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, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
