Student Work
This collection contains works by students in the School of Community and Geographic Innovation at the University of Northern Iowa.
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Events from 2026
A GIS-Based Integrated Assessment of Groundwater Potential and Contamination Vulnerability in the Cedar Falls Area, Iowa, Dennis Nkansah
Analysis of Environmental Site Assessments of Brownfield Redevelopment in Waterloo, Iowa, Sage Cappi, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
An Exploratory Study in Sports Geography: The Interaction with the Environment and Sense of Place in Endurance Running Events, Jackson Steffener, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Conflict Dynamics and Resistance Mobilization in the Arctic: A Quantitative Examination of Environmental Struggles, Isaac Eshun
GeoTREE Center Drone Photography, Modeling and Analysis across UNI Campus, Tim Conlon, Harriet Quarshie, and John DeGroote
Mapping the Geography of Economic Espionage in the United States (2000–2025): An Applied Counterintelligence and Spatial Analysis, David A. Turner, Department of Geography, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Age as More Than a Number: An Applied Geography of Elderly Vulnerability to Heat Events in the Southeastern United States, John Darko, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Exploratory Research on Particulate Matter and Ammonia Concentration Downwind from Confined Hog Production Facilities, Benjamin David Lynch, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Gamification and Geography Education: A Survey and Typology of Games, Ruth Ohaka, Department of Geography, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
A 30-Year Time Series Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Corn Yield in Iowa Using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model – 1992 to 2022, Tesleem Ajisafe, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Desert or Mirage? An Examination of Food Deserts in Iowa Cities, Andrew Creasey, Department of Geography, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Modeling Phosphorus Loading Dynamics in Milford Creek: Using Updated Hydrological Models for TMDL Comparison, Olivia Calvin
Modeling Phosphorus Loading Dynamics in Milford Creek Watershed: With Comparison to a Consent Decree TMDL, Olivia Calvin, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Organic Agriculture in Sioux County, IA, A Multicriteria Land Suitability Analysis, Beatrice Chali
The Spatial and Temporal Impacts of Land Use and Climate on Avian Abundance in Iowa From 2001 to 2019, Lucas Kaufmann, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Events from 2023
Breweries of Iowa Urban Landscapes, Casey Shanaberger
Mapping for Cultural Resurgence: Reclaiming Geocultural Knowledge of Kamchatka’s Indigenous Peoples from Early Scientific Expeditions, Semyon Drozdetckii, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Mapping for Cultural Resurgence: Reclaiming Geocultural Knowledge of Kamchatka's Indigenous Peoples from Early Scientific Explorers, Semyon Drozdetckii
Mapping for Impact: Actionable Spatial Literacy through Counter-Mapping, Rachel Hansen, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Monitoring and Modeling Urban Heat Patterns in the State of Iowa, USA Utilizing Mobile Sensors and Geospatial Data, Clemir Abbeg Coproski, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2024 Award
Events from 2022
American Agriculture and How Mexico Pays For It: How Midwestern Agricultural Runoff Has Cost Gulf Economies, Emma Durian and Monica Carroll
Changes in reproductive behavior and birth patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sakartvelo (The Republic Georgia) [რეპროდუქციული ქცევასა და შობადობის ცვლილებები კოვიდ-19 პანდემიის დროს საქართველოში], Nino Mateshvili, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Fashioning the new arctic: A perspective on indigenous cultural economy in the Russian north, Varvara Korkina Williams, Department of Geography, Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
…Four Feet High & Rising, Ross Keane
'Lady in the Lake': An Unsolved Crime by Water Jurisdiction, Hayley Peterson
Road Salt and its Effects on Iowan Waterways, Casey Shanaberger
The Geographical (and almost) Non-Geographical Advantages on Access to Water Resources, Clemir Abbeg Coproski
What’s the Dam Problem? Geopolitics of the Nile, Lucas Corbett
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Analyzing perceptions of citizen science as part of an international learning experience, Katelyn Marie Miner, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Analyzing the Extent of, Sources and History of Water Quality Issues in Iowa, Campbell Hoffman, Mark Tollefson, and Peyton Simmons
Engineering the Buffalo Commons: How is it Possible to Engineer Restored Prairies for Soil Carbon Sequestration, Victor Burns
Examination of Eastern Iowa Water Policy, Tyler Green
From Power to Recreation: Repurposing Dams Along Iowa's Cedar River, Casey Shanaberger
Geo_Capabilities: Redefining Rurality in the Heartland for Better Hindsight with Ark_Adiums, Maritza Salinas
Geospatially-intelligent three-dimensional multivariate methods for multiscale dasymetric mapping of urban population: Application and performance in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, Nikolay Golosov, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Quantifying carbon sequestration for riparian-zone restoration in Ecuador, Paula Carvalho de Castro, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
A ground based investigation of snow metamorphism using an energy flux model and hyperspectral imaging across cropland, grassland and barren surface in northeast Iowa, Ayan Sasmal, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Alaska national parks and indigenous peoples: Collaboration for a protected future, Siobhan McTiernan, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Festivals as a sustainable development tool: Case study of Teriberka, Russia, Maria Monakhova, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Step twin cities? : Exploring uneven spaces in Waterloo-Cedar Falls business landscapes, Natalia Khortseva, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Unveiling Shadows: How to Optimize Shadow Detection in HSI through Combination of LiDAR and Histogram Thresholding, Maritza Salinas Open Access Poster Presentation
Utilization of machine learning algorithms to support retail chain store location decisions, Petr Grin, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Analysis of a paleoglacier reconstruction model for valley glaciers of the Wind River Range, Wyoming, Taylor Rae Garton, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Evaluating livelihood vulnerability of farming communities to winter storms in Iowa, Yiyi Zhang, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2020 Award
High-resolution satellite imagery analysis of coastal tundra vegetation disturbances caused by all-terrain vehicles (ATVs): A case study in Teriberka, Russia, Md Atiqur Rahman, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Separability of maize varieties using an unmanned aircraft and hyperspectral sensor in Iowa, Daniel Murphy, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The erosion of democracy: Gerrymandering in the United States, Matthew P. Ruiz, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Affective risk perception in automotive environments, Dane Atkins, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Integration of refugees from Burma in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in Iowa, Christopher J. Pierce, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Landscape and climate drivers of harmful algal blooms in Iowa, Aaron Padilla, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Spatial disparities and socio-economic conditions : A food desert analysis of greater Des Moines, Iowa, David Jensen, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Spatiotemporal assessment of condition, seasonal trends, and determinants of agriculturally derived nutrients in the upper Cedar River watershed, Iowa, Sushil Tuladhar, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A multiscale assessment of wind energy resources and suitability in the Russian Arctic, Narmina Iusubova, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Estimating energy fluxes and evapotranspiration of corn and soybean with an unmanned aircraft system in Ames, Iowa, Áthila Gevaerd Montibeller, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Spatial competition in airport markets: An application of the Huff model, Joel Heilman, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
The influence of child safety warning signs on vehicle speeds, Luke Alan Miller, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The new North: Patents and knowledge economy analysis in Alaska, Salma Zbeed, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Analysis of the spatiotemporal dynamics of the active wildfire events in the Arctic tundra biome using MODIS data (2001-2015), Arif Masrur, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Analyzing winter migration fidelity and movement of the wild Taimyr reindeer herd, Rangifer T. tarandus, Emily T. Francis, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Celebrating 100 years of the National Park System in the classroom, Kailyn Louise Bettle, Department of Geography, Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Natural disasters and disaster preparedness at universities: A case study at the University of Northern Iowa, Garrett Edward Jepsen, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Spaces of disadvantage, places of hope : Women empowerment, economic emancipation and NGOs in Bogotá slums, Ekaterina Korzh, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Spacial analysis of foreclosure and neighborhood characteristics in Miami metropolitan area, Florida, Adejoh Emmanuel Ogbe, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Climate analysis using tree-rings from the Wind River Range, Wyoming, Derek Richards, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Creative heartland: Creative capital and knowledge economy in micropolitan Midwest, Philip A. Cavin, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Developing an integrated spatially explicit scale dependent modeling framework for wind farm suitability assessment in Iowa, Tesfay G. Russell, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Understanding the impact of vegetation on surface roughness length for enhancing wind resource characterization in Iowa, Andrei Vladimirovich Kushkin, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Understanding the long-term spatiotemporal dynamics of the Taimyr Reindeer Herd during the summer concentration period, Matthew D. Cooney, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Automated sinkhole extraction and morphological analysis in northeast Iowa using high-resolution LiDAR data, Jonathon Launspach, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Space, History and Law: Rethinking Canadian Territorial Claims in the Arctic, Michael Graham, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
A Survey of Lidar Use by Iowa Professionals, William G. Burkett, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
PCE groundwater quality assessment of the University of Northern Iowa campus area, Brian Gedlinske, Department of Geography, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Post-Graduate Settlement Patterns: Tuition Reciprocity and Its Impact on Graduate Retention in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, Andrew Miles Duggan, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
A late-Quaternary record of environmental variability from lake sediment cores, Wind River Range, Wyoming, Tyler Johnson, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Development of a Spatial Decision Support Tool for Watershed Critical Area Identification of Soil Loss and Best Management Practices (BMPs) Evaluation, Luhua Cai, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Risk Management of Commercial Overland Food Transport and Distribution, Lucas Charles Hartman Geadelmann, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Surface temperature mapping of the University of Northern Iowa campus using high resolution thermal infrared aerial imagery, Alexander Savelyev, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2010 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Tree species identification in an urban environment using a data fusion approach, Matthew A. Voss, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2008 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
An Evaluation of Crash Cluster Identification Methodologies: A Case Study of Iowa, Leonard Sitji Bombom, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Extraction of Transportation Infrastructure From Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data, James Paul Gerjevic, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
GIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Planning Confined Animal Feeding Operations in Iowa, Brian Lance Bakker, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Monitoring spatial and temporal water quality changes in Iowa lakes using airborne hyperspectral imagery, Nathan Robert Green, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2007 Award
Push and pull: Using regression models to study the influence of economic variables on net migration in Iowa counties, Andrea White Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Russian Immigration to the USA, 1990-2003, Alexandra Mikhailovna Bozheva, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Assessing the Applicability of Traditional Urban Transportation Planning Methods for the University Campus: A Case Study of the University of Northern Iowa, Jess Douglas Elder, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Mapping wetlands and potential wetland restoration areas in Black Hawk County, Iowa using object-oriented classification and a GIS-based model, James Harken, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2005 Award
The John Deere Ceres program: The decision to locate assembly of a German tractor in Waterloo, Iowa, Chris T. Simenson, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Agricultural Land Evaluation in Black Hawk County Using Geospatial Technologies, Elisha Jasper Dung, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Urban Traffic Externalities and Housing Value, Michael Owen Carpenter, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
A Political Geography of Chinese and Other State Claims to Territorial Sovereignty of the Spratly Islands, William Jeffery Brown, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Assessing the classification accuracy of digitized National Aerial Photography Program imagery: Comparison with botanical data, Mark Arthur Alexander, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2001 Award
Civilian Conservation Corps Rubble and Masonry Dams and Gully Morphology in Northeastern Iowa, Timothy Robert Beerman, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Estimating the potential available labor supply for mid-sized Iowa communities, Randal Robert Pilkington, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2000 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Soil Catenas of Calcareous Tills, Whiskey Basin, Wyoming, Michael Todd Applegarth, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
The political geography of a Palestinian state: Main problems of implementation, Saed Jamal Abu-Hijleh, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 1996 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
The Egypt-Palestine/Israel boundary: 1841-1992, Thabit Abu-Rass, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 1993 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Native trees in an urban area: A case study of the Waterloo metropolitan area Black Hawk County, Iowa, Alice Christine Robbins, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Exploratory Data Analysis of Nigeria’s 1963 Age Structures, Julius Oladele Samuel Dada, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
The Kashmir Conflict: A Geographical Perspective, Razia Babar, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
A Pattern of Eolian Deposition in Northeastern Iowa, Lyle L. Davis, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Mechanically Induced Karst Development Along the Silurian Escarpment in Northeastern Iowa, Ardith K. Hansel, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Regional variations in the age structure of the United States: 1870-1970, Donald D. Peterson, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
County Seats of Northeast Iowa: A Multivariate Classification, William E. Blake, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
