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 2026
"The Queen's Grace Heartily Thanks You for the Quails:" Honor Lisle and the Role of Gift-Giving in the Education and Preferment of Her Children, Alexa Renee Gordon, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Power, Perceptions, and the Working-Class, Jadin Grieser Poster Presentation
We Don’t Get Our Voices Heard, We Work: Working-Class Perceptions of Power and Powerlessness in Iowa, Jadin Grieser, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
“Police Power” or Puppeteer: US Interventions in Latin America and its Immigration Crisis, Alison Meagher Poster Presentation
Perceptions of Money in Politics: Analyzing the Connection Between Knowledge of Congressional Campaign Fundraising and Political Trust in the United States, Catriona Schmadeke, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Harm Reduction Awareness and Perceived Norms Around Cannabis Usage Among College Students, Tiana Selimagic, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Predictors of Prejudice towards People with Tattoos, Jordan Smith and Helen C. Harton Open Access Poster Presentation
“Crimes by the Brave”: Military Installation Impacts on Local Crime, Mara Strader, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effects of Race and Tattoo Status on Criminality Judgements, Madelyn Wells, Gabriella Haddad, and Helen C. Harton Open Access Poster Presentation
Submissions from 2025
Attitudes Toward Juvenile Offenders: How Juvenile Justice Personnel Perceive Juvenile Recidivism, Morgan Barnette, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Who Owns the Dead: The Unequal Access to Repatriation in US Law, Sydney Blum, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Who Owns Their Dead: Unequal Access to Reptriation in the United States, Sydney Blum Open Access Poster Presentation
The Legacy of Redlining: Examining Educational Inequalities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Emily Brennom, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Legacy of Redlining: Examining Educational Inequalities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Emily Brennom Open Access Poster Presentation
A New Application of the Coimbra Method for Cranial Entheseal Changes, Emily Carlo Open Access Poster Presentation
A New Application of the Coimbra Method On Cranial Entheseal Changes, Emily Marie Carlo, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
How Do Documentaries Depict the Experiences of Juveniles in Correctional Facilities?, Emma Decker, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Yearbooks as a Tool in Racial History Research, Jadin Grieser Open Access Poster Presentation
One, Two, Unemployment’s Coming for You: How Slasher Films Reflect Societal Fears, Arwen G. Hansen, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Language as Privilege: Socioeconomic Status and the Politics of Foreign Language Learning, Brenda Koumondji, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Outlaws, Lawmen, and the Emergence of Justice on the Western Frontier, Kaci Krier Open Access Poster Presentation
Outlaws, Lawmen, and the Emergence of Justice on the Western Frontier, Kaci Mae Krier, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Analysis of the Relationship Between Health Behaviors and Civic Engagement, Faith Larsen, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Examining the Role of Mental Health in Prisoner Reentry, Ireland Laughlin, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Hireability of Female Hispanic Applicants by Accent/Career Type and Participant First Language, Lauren Logue and Helen C. Harton Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Hireability of Female Hispanic Applicants by Accent/Career Type and Participant First Language, Lauren R. Logue, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Redlining and its Consequences: High School Sports Winningness in the Des Moines, IA Independent School District, Grant Lane Pedersen, Department of Political Science, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Changes in Iowa's Code Chapters 622A and 622B and Chapter 47 of Court Rules: A Reflection of Evolving Interpreter and Translation Services in the Iowa Judicial System, Kai Smith Poster Presentation
A Personal Exploration of the Cultural Impact of Shinto and the Meiji Shrine on Japan, Ashley Uitermarkt, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2024
We Did What? To Whom? An Analysis of How US Educational Materials Present the Philippine-American War and Occupation, Jude Beekman, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
“Our Hands are Tied”: How State Educational Diversity Laws Affect Iowa Public Educators and How Educators Respond, Lydia Berns-Schweingruber, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2024 Award
Culture, politics, and economics: Alcohol and the dynamic social environment of Celtic Europe, Trevor Davidson Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Information Provided by State Human Trafficking Websites: A Content Analysis, Brooklyn Dilley, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Beyond the Classroom: Do the Iowa Civic Virtues Standards Achieve Their Goals?, Damien Foster, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Political Orientation and Moral Values: Examining their Effects on Susceptibility to Misinformation, MaKayla L. Hall, Jordan A. Neely, and Helen C. Harton Open Access Poster Presentation
Unearthing UNI's First Football Stadium, Hannah Huffman Open Access Poster Presentation
Language Barriers in the U.S. Legal System for Primarily Spanish Speakers: Attorney Perspectives and Potential Solutions for True Equal Access, Emma F. Kizer, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
I Failed My Brother: How Online Radicalization Affects the Family Unit, Serenity Kollasch Open Access Poster Presentation
"I Failed My Brother": How Online Radicalization Affects the Family Unit, Serenity Dawn Kollasch, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Impact of High School Climate and Bullying on Depression and Anxiety in Emerging Adulthood, Tyler K. D. Larson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Redefining 21st Century Evangelicalism, Anna McDowell Open Access Poster Presentation
Gender Socialization and Social Media in College Students' Fear of Crime, Ashlyn C. Miller, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Senatorial Behavior in Recent Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings, Alex Perrin and Donna Hoffman Open Access Poster Presentation
Preventing Injuries in Violinists and Violists Through Body Awareness and Appropriate Set-Up, Stephanie Ramos Poster Presentation
The Impact of COVID-19 Related Stress on Parenting and Community Engagement in a Small Iowa Community, Danny Trip and Savanna Farley Open Access Poster Presentation
Events from 2023
Trends in Iowa’s K-12 Public Education: An Analysis of School Spending & Student Achievement [poster], Lydia Berns-Schweingruber, Kristin Mack, and Marybeth Stalp Open Access Poster Presentation
Underground Iowans, Cyrus Emmet Cummings Open Access Poster Presentation
Competencies Acquired in the Psychology Major, Jake Harrington, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
How Economic Distribution Impacts Human Rights on an International Level: A Case Study in Africa and the Balkans, Lindsey G. Ingraham, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Institutional Choices Regarding Human Rights and its Effect on Citizen Participation, Elle Jones Open Access Poster Presentation
The Prevalence and Knowledge of Proper Treatment of People Living with Dementia in Physical Therapy, Eric Robert Melrose, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
How Hypermasculinity and Rape Myth Acceptance (RMA) Relate to Rape Proclivity in College Males, Cora Lynn Patterson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Senatorial Behavior in Recent Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings, Alex Perrin, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A Snapshot of War: First World War Postcards from the Cedar Falls Historical Society, James Alexander Schmitt, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Breaking the Marble Ceiling: The Construction of Athena in Greek Thought, Elizabeth Tulley, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2023 Award
Secondary Traumatic Stress: Therapists’ Past Trauma and Workplace Interventions, Morgan Wickman, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Secondary Traumatic Stress: Therapists' Past Trauma and Workplace Intervention [Poster], Morgan A. Wickman Open Access Poster Presentation
Submissions from 2022
College-age students' attitudes toward essential oils, alternative medicines, and modern medicine, Taylor Nicole Brown, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Social media recruitment and online propaganda by extremist groups, Megan Marie Robinson, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Animal adoption profiles: An application of the human-animal connection, Autumn Stowe, Department of Social Work, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Alexander the Great and Achilles: The origin of the connection between the Homeric hero and the king of Macedon, Katie Thessen, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Gender Bias Burden on Business: Women’s Access to Credit in Bahrain [poster], Sandra Thiman Open Access Poster Presentation
Submissions from 2021
"It all just ends": Death attitudes across age, gender, and religion, Bekah Bass, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Anti-communist politics of the Second Red Scare and how it affected Hollywood and the types of movies being made, Maddy Everson, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Made in China: Decline of unions and stagnant wages in the U.S., Witt Harberts, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2022 Award
On beauty: Ancient perceptions of beauty from classical Greece to Imperial Rome, Maya Jess, Department of History, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Multicultural education and attitudes towards immigrant groups in the United States, Anika Marie Lillegard-Bouton, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The effect of proximal carceral contact on political participation, Emily Loomis, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Assessing the implicit curriculum in social work education: An examination of the University of Northern Iowa students' experiences, Madison Motz, Department of Social Work, Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2021 Award
U.S. presidential election portrayed by foreign media: Costa Rica and Nicaragua comparative study, Emily Neumann, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Exploring eating disorders in athletes: A literature review and analysis of prevention strategies, Emily Schotzko, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Literature review: Improving end-of-life care and creating a good death, Erna Smlatic, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The moderating role of mindful awareness in the associations of adverse childhood experiences and coronavirus exposure with sleep patterns, Shyanne Faith Sporrer, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2021 Award
The influence of gain-loss framing and its interaction with political ideology on social distancing and mask wearing compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jordan Steffen, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The administration of American elections during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sydney Wagner, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Exploring voting habits and attitudes of LGBTQ+ college students in the United States, Jordan Weber, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Reasons for self-mutilating behavior in the 21st century, ZhiQing Yaw, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Events from 2020
Let’s Talk About Death: Conversation and Bereavement in Late-Life Widows and Widowers [Poster], Bekah Bass Open Access Poster Presentation
Role of guns in child mortality, Alexandria Bibbs, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Science curriculum alignment to the NGSS, Whitney E. Canaday, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Meet your audience where they are: The dissemination and reception of political messaging among young voters [Paper], Bailey Marie Caskey, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Meet Your Audience Where They Are: The Dissemination and Reception of Political Messaging Among Young Voters [Poster], Bailey Marie Caskey Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
NSSI stigma toward adolescent girls and boys, MacKenzie L. Dallenbach Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Base & Summit: American Women's Right on Either Side of the Passing of the 19th Amendment, Abigail Fer Open Access Poster Presentation
Perceptions of dementia in faith-based organizations, Megan Elizabeth Kooker, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Predicting COVID-19 health behaviors using the Health belief model [Poster], Kristyn Pellymonter, Adam Butler, and Theresa Dethlefs Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Perceptions of the police: The role of need for cognition and numeracy, Carolyn Pham Open Access Poster Presentation
The impact of school-based mindfulness programs on the externalizing behavior of students, Madison Ruhlmann, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Unveiling Shadows: How to Optimize Shadow Detection in HSI through Combination of LiDAR and Histogram Thresholding, Maritza Salinas Open Access Poster Presentation
Testing the effects of mindfulness meditation in reducing music performance anxiety as measured by cortisol and self-report, Anya E. Shorey, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2020 Award
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free": A case study analysis of U.S. immigration policy and public perceptions of Latin American immigrants, Erin Thomason, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Literature review: The role of inflammatory biomarkers in the connections between sleep and chronic health conditions, Madeline Walker, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2019
The relation between disordered eating, stress, and anxiety in first-year college women, Jenna K. Anderson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Relation between Disordered Eating, Stress, and Anxiety in First-Year College Women [Poster], Jenna K. Anderson Open Access Poster Presentation
The determination of gender roles and power dynamics within female same-sex couples, Sydney Faith Atwood, Department of Political Science, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Students in the Margin: The Creation of Evangelical Ministries on College Campuses, Hannah Gregor Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Effects of political ingroup/outgroup rejection on behavior and physiology, Hannah Rose Lentfer, Department of Psychology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Can Human Rights be Ignored for a Price? An Analysis of Lobbying Power and U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Human Rights [Poster], Collin Lint Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Can human rights be ignored for a price?: An analysis of lobbying power and U.S. foreign policy towards human rights, Collin Lint, Department of Political Science, Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Case study in the emotional and social benefits of joining a women's organization in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Hailey Lorenzen, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
