Undergraduate Student Work
This collection contains works by undergraduate students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Northern Iowa. All student works require department, unit, or individual faculty review.
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Submissions from 2011
"With a Woman's Bitterness": Early Propaganda Against Female Rulers in Medieval Chronicles in the Twelfth and Fifteenth Centuries, Elizabeth Anne Wiedenheft, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Digit ratios, Baron-Cohen's Reading the Minds in the Eyes and dart-throwing task, Betul Zora, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2010
Campaigning in Judicial Elections: The Effects of Candidate Status, Katelyn Marie Bries, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sticks and Stones: Fracture Analysis of the University of Iowa-Stanford Collection, Diane Eddie, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Steamboat Bill : William J. Peterson: Iowa's river historian, Nathan J. Gruber Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
The hidden power of the caucus: The impact of early caucuses/primaries on youth voter turnout, Mary Jo Halder, Department of Political Science, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Seeking Alternatives to Marijuana Prohibition, Rachel Kiesel, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sex and Setting: A Look at Operational and Organizational Stress in Policing, Laura Anne Lundell, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Archaeological Model of Northern Warren County Prehistory with Survey Data, Whitney Alina Mark, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cost, Quality and Access: An Analysis of Health Care in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, Katherine Elizabeth Reidy, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Experience of Upward Mobility, Lacey Jae Ritter, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors Affecting Religious Beliefs at a Public Midwestern University, Dana Catherine Shook, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Wandering Socially: Technology and the Modern American Hobo Community, Natalie K. Turner, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2009
Indigent Defense in America: Racially or Geographically Unjust?, Lisa Karen Akre, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Mental Health of Low Socio-Economic Populations, Sarah E. Bumgarner, Department of Social Work, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Impact of a Proposed Federal Shield Law, Lisa Dahlke, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Unique Silencer, Christofer Ditscheit, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Problem-solving behaviors in college relationships, Bethanie Frattini-Scott, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Relationship Between Employment and Alcohol Consumption Among College Students, Justin Michael Sprung, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Comparing Single Member District Plurality and Proportional Representation in the Next Eleven Countries, Maggie McMahon Stehn, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly and Long-Term Care Insurance as a Viable Option for Today's Elderly, Brenda Joan Turnis, Department of Social Work, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Powerful and powerless speech styles in employment mock interviews, Amanda M. Wilson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Administration Oversight: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform During Recent Presidential Administrations, Chantel Witt, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2008
The Myth and Reality of Prom: A Qualitative Examination of the American High School Prom Experience, Sarah C. Brandt, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Militarization Versus Democratization: A Case Study of Pakistan and India's Divergent Political Paths Since Independence, Zenab Afzal Chowdhry, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Effect of Gender on Health Care Policy in the State Legislature, Ashley Wilson Huth, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A sociological assessment of the dental health of Latino children in Des Moines, Iowa, Esperanza Pintor Martinez, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The Iowa caucuses: Effects of presidential campaigns on state politicians, Amy Kathleen Meyers, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An American's Guide to Cultural Brokering, Jessica Anna Sauer, Department of Social Work, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Birthrate and Population Density as Predictors of Quality of Life, Jessica M. Young, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2007
Educational Programs in Correctional Facilities: Are They Worth the Cost?, Adam Robert Baggett, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Everybody's Doing It But Me: Comparing Pluralistic Ignorance Across Behaviors, Katherine S. Corker, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Repeat After Me: The Use of Errorless Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom, Mark Adam Foster, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Thomas Jefferson's Biographers: Historiography and Sally Hemings, Courtney Ihde, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Academic and Social Self-Efficacy in Honors and Non-Honors University Students, Carmen Marie Krapfl, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Sense of Place: An Analysis of the Role of Environmental Factors in Presidential Speeches, Timothy Michael McCue, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Język: Attitudes Toward Language in Poland, Angela Ott, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The History and Evolution of Traditions and Norms in the Appointment of Federal Judges, Dustin Wray Rook, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
On the Effect of Cranial Deformation in Determining Age From Ectocranial Suture Closure: A Test of the Meindl and Lovejoy Method, Ingrid L-A Sensor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
St. Peter Canisius and the Youth: Jesuit Educators in Counterreformation Germany, Kendra Anne Willey, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Conceptualization of Mental Illness Held by North-Eastern Iowa Legislators, Jennifer J. Younie, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2006
The Effects of divorce on children and interventions for all members of the family unit, Laurie Arieux, Department of Social Work, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Cooperative and Competitive Games: An Examination of the Effects of Goal Structures on Social Development, Courtney J. Darby, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Case Studies: Sustainable Design Buildings in Iowa, Ashley Marie Hinz, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Self-Injury: An Analysis of the Behavior, Causes, and Effective Treatments, Lindsey Huyser, Department of Social Work, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Educating Students to be Better Citizens: Effects of Service-Learning Courses on Civic Attitudes and Engagement, Aubree Rae Johnson, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Striking Out: The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League Failed to Break Gender Barriers, Lindsey Letcher, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2005
Personality and individual differences in health-promoting behaviors, Benjamin J. Bristow, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Psychometric characteristics of the multidimensional anxiety scale for children in adolescent samples, Nicole Carlson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors affecting judicial decision making, Brooke Marie Hansen, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Conscientious Communities: The Question of the Government Legislation of Morality, Lindsay Nicole Jenkins, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Brothers' Foundings, Bradley M. Strouse, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2004
The Effects of Neo-Liberalism: A Proposal to Measure Women's Feeling of Safety and Job Satisfaction In Two Garment Factories, Briana Henscheid, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Are parties true to their word? Platform politics in the 1996 election, Catherine Louise Olexa, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
