Student Work
This collection contains works by undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at the University of Northern Iowa.
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Events from 2026
Communicating with Professors In-Person and by Email Regarding Excuses and Absences, Kassandra McKown
“Crimes by the Brave”: Military Installation Impacts on Local Crime, Mara Strader Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Missing Children: The Underrepresentation of Youth in Mental Health Data, Sammie McDonald
State-Corporate Crime in Agricultural Markets: The Lynch Livestock Fraud Case, Leah Blaine
The Art of Asking for More Time: How Students Display Facework When Asking for Extensions, Leah Hill
Tradition, Transition, & Identity: Models of Masculinity in Marvel Superhero Films, Mikey Brown
When the Conversation Gets Difficult: Navigating Relationships with Belief Differences, Caitlyn Wylie
Events from 2025
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 Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Attitudes Toward Juvenile Offenders: How Juvenile Justice Personnel Perceive Juvenile Recidivism, Morgan Barnette Open Access Honors Program Thesis
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
Examining the Role of Mental Health in Prisoner Reentry, Ireland Laughlin Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Friendship with Violence: The Boffer LARPing Community, Cassandra Ralston
How Do Documentaries Depict the Experiences of Juveniles in Correctional Facilities?, Emma Decker Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Language as Privilege: Socioeconomic Status and the Politics of Foreign Language Learning, Brenda Koumondji Open Access Honors Program Thesis
My Internship: UNI Museum, Sydney Blum
One, Two, Unemployment’s Coming for You: How Slasher Films Reflect Societal Fears, Arwen G. Hansen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Role of Capital on Literacy and Second Language Acquisition: A Cross-National Comparative Study, Brenda Koumondji
Who Owns the Dead: The Unequal Access to Repatriation in US Law, Sydney Blum Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Who Owns Their Dead: Unequal Access To Repatriation in US Law, Sydney Blum
Who Owns Their Dead: Unequal Access to Reptriation in the United States, Sydney Blum Open Access Poster Presentation
Submissions from 2024
Culture, politics, and economics: Alcohol and the dynamic social environment of Celtic Europe, Trevor Davidson Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
Field Experience at the Center for Social and Behavioral Research at the University of Northern Iowa, Elliott Waller
Information Provided by State Human Trafficking Websites: A Content Analysis, Brooklyn Dilley Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Internship at 1st Judicial District Department of Correctional Services, Taylor Short
Internship at the Denison Police Department, Yolanda Loarca
Language Barriers in the U.S. Legal System for Primarily Spanish Speakers: Attorney Perspectives and Potential Solutions for True Equal Access, Emma F. Kizer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Mastering 3 Learning Strategies: A Guide for Undergraduate Peer Science Tutors in Walk-In Setting, Terra Mills
“Our Hands are Tied”: How State Educational Diversity Laws Affect Iowa Public Educators and How Educators Respond, Lydia Berns-Schweingruber Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2024 Award
"Our Hands are Tied": How State Educational Diversity Laws Affect Iowa Public Educators and How Educators Respond, Lydia Berns-Schweingruber
Preschool Para-Educator, Chamya Adams
Shadowing With The First Department of Corrections, Clark Willis
The Use of Communal Resources and its Effect on Wellness, Cassandra Ralston
Unearthing UNI's First Football Stadium, Hannah Huffman Open Access Poster Presentation
Unveiling Health Disparities: Exploring the Impact of Redlining on Diabetes Prevalence in Waterloo's Neighborhoods, Sydney Blum and Jayme Renfro
Events from 2023
Analysis of Bricks and Crucibles from Riverwalk Trail, Tyson Smith
An Analysis of the Relationship between K-12 Public Education Spending and Student Academic Achievement in Iowa, Lydia Berns-Schweingruber
Field Experience at Friends of the Family, Sydney Ward
George Wyth State Park, Kaitlyn Clark
How Hypermasculinity and Rape Myth Acceptance (RMA) Relate to Rape Proclivity in College Males, Cora Lynn Patterson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Internship at First Judicial Department of Correctional Services, Abbey Doyle
Someone Has a Case of Sexism: A Content Analysis of Workplace Films, Christian Kreger
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
We Would Be Friends: Fans, Musicians and Social Media, Cassidy Byrnes
Events from 2022
Childhood Inequalities: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Emotional Development of Children Who Grow Up Reliant on Older Siblings, Jasmine Carbin
Wage Inequality Amongst Artists, Raegan Christianson
What is it like to be Queer on Campus?, Archer Lozier
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Agrochemicals and rural women's health in the Volta Region of Ghana, Sedomda Kpikpitse Open Access Thesis
“He Was Just a Jerk": How Students Decide Whether or Not to Ask For Extensions, Jamie Bennett
"I Don't Want to Seem Like a Burden to Them": Exploring the Emotions Behind Students Asking for Extensions and Excused Absences, Micah Saunders
"It all just ends": Death attitudes across age, gender, and religion, Bekah Bass Open Access Honors Program Thesis
“It All Just Ends”: Death Attitudes Across Age, Gender and Religion [Poster], Bekah Bass
Public Perceptions of the Police: Race, Socioeconomic Status, and their Interaction, Grace Tolliver
Taking On the System: The Story of the UNI 7, Eliza Mussman
Events from 2020
Field Study at Our Little Haven Daycare and Preschool, Jalie Belloma
Internship at Roberts, Stevens, & Prendergast P.L.L.C., Alanna Nietert
Let's Talk About Death: Conversation and Bereavement in Late-Life Widows and Widowers [Paper], Bekah Bass
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 Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2019
Case study in the emotional and social benefits of joining a women's organization in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Hailey Lorenzen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Chasing the Idea: Love and the Impossible, Caleb A. Stekl Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Prehistoric Plant Resources in the Cedar Valley: How Prehistoric People Utilized Flora In Subsistence Practices, Lyn Tackett Open Access Poster Presentation
The anthropological significance of Knockloon Hill, Emma Rosentrater Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Women's occupational health and safety in the informal economy: Maternal market traders in Accra, Ghana, Joyceline Amoako Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 2018
Corruption in public education, Cade M. Olmstead Open Access Undergraduate Student Work
You Sell Like a Girl: Entrepreneurship in the Quilt World, Clayton Miller
Events from 2017
Skin Bleaching in the African Community, Yena Balekyani Open Access Poster Presentation
The civic and political engagement of Latinos in Omaha, Nebraska, Christian Israel Espinosa Torres Open Access Thesis
The gamers in gaming: Studying Twitch TV and its followers, Micah Zeimetz Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Events from 2016
Childhood Factors and Incarceration for African American Men: How Early Life Community Experience Influences Adult Outcomes, Abigail Cobb Open Access Poster Presentation
Contrasting American and Chinese exceptionalism : Representations of political corruption, Tatiana Rice Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Friends in High Places: Drinkers’ Perceptions of Gender, Sobriety, and Relationships with Nondrinkers, Seth Behrends Open Access Poster Presentation
Liberty and justice for all? : Ethics in the American criminal justice system, Haley Hasenstein Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Religion in Ms. Marvel: How College Students Interpret Islam in the Life of Kamala Khan, Jasmine Hernandez Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Still going bump in the night: a structural-esque analysis of yurei, death, and dying in Japanese folklore and anime, Samuel Nicholas Calonkey Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The adolescent refugee experience: cultural attitudes of high school Burmese refugees living in Iowa, Alexis Helgens Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Consumption of Zombie Culture, Tony Ketelaar Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
"Yeah, I taught myself on YouTube": young women and navigating the world of traditional crafting, Emily A. Gardner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2015
Female mate selection criteria : preferences in short-term and long-term mating, Elizabeth R. Agey Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Non-destructive DNA extraction methods that yield DNA barcodes in spiders, Reva Ann Bork Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2014
Excavation and stratigraphic analysis of a late nineteenth century boiler house, Ariel Marie Williams Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Human trafficking and the media: Comparing newspapers' portrayal of victims and offenders, Brittany Leigh Virkus Open Access Thesis
Positional plagiocephaly among tribal societies and contemporary western societies: a comparison of treatments, results, and effects, Jacinda Rose Ruggles Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Surviving in the age of social media: social media as the technological facilitator in the interpersonal relationships of college students, Ross L. Curnow Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2013
A Heroic journey within videogames and the effects of player experience, Jeremiah Moffitt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Is higher education the key to unlock the door of fortune? A study of students' occupational aspirations, Daiyue Sun Open Access Thesis
Mean girls and troublemaking boys : a qualitative study about interpretive reproduction and peer culture in a preschool classroom, Heidi Marie Gansen Open Access Thesis
The Duluth Model in practice: Evaluating police and practitioner response to domestic violence, Jessica L. Lorenz Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The unveiling of W.E.B. DuBois : A qualitative content analysis of diverse interpretations of the works and life of W.E.B. DuBois, Sonja Lee Bock Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 2012
Effect of Birth Order Placement on Tendency Toward General Deviance, Nichole Rae Reese Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Its Implicit Sexual Consequences: A Content Analysis, Olivia Lynn Egen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Making a Way: Music in an African American Congregation, Emily Miller-Todd Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Role strain in probation and parole work and strategies used to reduce strain, Samantha A. Shoger Open Access Thesis
The Sexual Socialization of Sexual Offenders: How They Learn About Sexuality and How It Influences Their Future Behaviors, Erin Nicole Ditscheit Open Access Thesis
Women's status and fertility rates : results from national level data, Jason Thomas Surratt Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Advanced information processing technologies and police discretion, Kevin Wayne Howard Open Access Thesis
Analyzing the Construction of the Medical Professional Identity: How Do Doctors Learn to "Do Doctoring?", Lauren Dougall Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Health Reform: The Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Iowa's Critical Access Hospitals, Brittany D. Fett Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Music Videos as Social Commentary: A Sociological Analysis of Lady Gaga, Jacob Allen Everett Rudy Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Patterns of alcohol violations from police reports on a midwestern campus, Emily A. Wesley Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Sacred Stones for Sacred Structures: An Examination of Patterns in the Temples and Twin Complexes at Tikal and Palenque, Meredith Mae Hild Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The social origin of violent behavior, Todd Arthur Mensink Open Access Thesis
Transforming lives: Exploring the impact of transitioning on female-to-male transpersons and partners of female-to-male transpersons, Megan Marie Tesene Open Access Thesis 2012 Award
Violent Crime and Drug Use: The Relationship Between Drugs and Types of Crime, Richard William Fortney Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2010
An Archaeological Model of Northern Warren County Prehistory with Survey Data, Whitney Alina Mark Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors Affecting Religious Beliefs at a Public Midwestern University, Dana Catherine Shook Open Access Honors Program Thesis
From the Barrio to a Four-Year University: The Academic Success Stories of Fifteen Socioeconomic Disadvantaged Latino Male College Students, Erineo Eddy Espinoza Open Access Thesis
Seeking Alternatives to Marijuana Prohibition, Rachel Kiesel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sticks and Stones: Fracture Analysis of the University of Iowa-Stanford Collection, Diane Eddie Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Testing the selective chivalry theory in Iowa : gender sentencing of rural property offenders, Maria Dorothy Herring Koeppel Open Access Thesis
The effects of OWI victim impact courses on offender recidivism, Sarah Emily Johnson Open Access Thesis
The Experience of Upward Mobility, Lacey Jae Ritter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The new childbirth : an analysis of planned cesarean sections, Loren Wilbers Open Access Thesis
Wandering Socially: Technology and the Modern American Hobo Community, Natalie K. Turner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
An analysis of state-by-state variations in African American incarceration rates, Kristen Laura Johnson Open Access Thesis
Evaluating the sentencing of non-violent drug offenders, Christopher Joseph Koch Open Access Thesis
Institutional racism and public policy : a critical discourse analysis of the war on drugs, Kyle L. Mahannah Open Access Thesis
Powerful and powerless speech styles in employment mock interviews, Amanda M. Wilson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Voluntary Simplicity and its effects on personal identity, family life, and relationships, Julie Ann Fox Open Access Thesis
When networks matter : Mexican migrants' access to the welfare state through social ties, Margaret Louise Ralston Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 2008
A sociological assessment of the dental health of Latino children in Des Moines, Iowa, Esperanza Pintor Martinez Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
The Myth and Reality of Prom: A Qualitative Examination of the American High School Prom Experience, Sarah C. Brandt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2007
Educational Programs in Correctional Facilities: Are They Worth the Cost?, Adam Robert Baggett Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Gender inequalities in toddler confrontation teachers' responses, Jessica Hermeyer Open Access Thesis
Język: Attitudes Toward Language in Poland, Angela Ott 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 Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Conceptualization of Mental Illness Held by North-Eastern Iowa Legislators, Jennifer J. Younie Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Gender and policing : an analysis of police departments as gendered organizations, Kimberly L. Seavey Open Access Thesis
Gender Socialization through Children’s Literature: Body and Beauty Image, Meera Basnet Open Access Thesis
The Authority of Traditional Islamic Leaders: A Sociological Study of Kyai's Authority in Pesantren, Achmad Zainal Arifin Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Parental Marital Status Relationship With Adult Children’s Marital Status, Susan Barbara Frommelt Czerniak Open Access Thesis
Using space to describe space: American Sign Language and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, Cindee Calton Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
We're not "free-loading jocks" : the presentation of the self in the everyday lives of the collegiate level student athlete, Katie Leanne Sorrell Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Drug use and pool performance : an exploratory study, Robert P. Hansen Open Access Thesis
Impact of the child-parent relationship on affectual solidarity between grandchildren and grandparents : the perspective of young adults, Maria A. Monserud Open Access Thesis
Intergenerational preferences regarding punishment of criminal offenders, Allison Deutsch, Molly Movall, and Christine Van Berkum Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Protecting us from pictures : gender and support for legal restrictions on pornography, Elizabeth Lynne Chivers Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Neo-Liberalism: A Proposal to Measure Women's Feeling of Safety and Job Satisfaction In Two Garment Factories, Briana Henscheid Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Portrayal of women in magazine advertisements targeted toward three age groups of women : a content analysis, Stephanie Lynn Cummings Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Coping responses among aged home health care clients : a qualitative study, Bobbie Kay Grother Open Access Thesis
Japanese Women With a U.S. Education: Lives in Japan After a U.S. Sojourn, Yukiko Ebara Open Access Thesis
The new social discipline : a critical analysis of federal drug-free workplace legislation and employee drug testing, Matthew T. Lammers Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Counting It All and Counting for Something: An Exploration of Women in the Contingent Service Industry, Cheryl L. Buchholz Open Access Thesis
Family structure and children's academic achievement : the role of income and parental control, Jean M. Hoth Open Access Thesis
The double edged sword of depersonalization: An examination of depersonalization's role in the police profession, Michael J. O'Connor Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Dramaturgical perspective in modern police work : an analysis of interviews and observations, Michael P. Wagner Open Access Thesis
Gender, religion, causal attributions, and correctional orientations among juvenile justice personnel, Amy Lynn Lyons Open Access Thesis
In their own words : women's caregiving experiences, Loralie L. Wiebold Open Access Thesis
“I Only Want to Be”: Black Women Experiences as Depicted in Nikki Giovanni’s Poetry, Lawanda Brown Open Access Thesis
Juvenile Justice Professionals and the Goal of Rehabilitation, Heather Bruch Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Gangs, drugs, and delinquency, Tina Renea Engstrom Open Access Thesis
Recycling Economic Development: Observing the Wage and Occupational Structure of the Plastics Industry, Dawn Marie Dungan Open Access Thesis
The expectations and perceptions of incoming freshmen at UNI, Kristin Michael Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
The social history of a moral vision : a qualitative study of the Ulster Project in Decorah, Iowa, Mark Murray McCrory Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Correctional management : the systemic impact and consequences of truth-in-sentencing legislation, Timothy S. Sexton Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
An exploratory look at university students' attitudes toward welfare recipients, Glen Leonard Lantz Open Access Thesis
Another look at social learning theory and dating violence, Samantha Smith O'Hara Open Access Thesis
Evaluating intensive home supervision : a community based juvenile corrections program, Laone K. Kishman Open Access Thesis
Expressive individualism in a midwestern situated youth subculture group, Jeffrey Michael Webb Open Access Thesis
The aftermath of teenage childbearing : the characteristics of successful adjustment, Sarjo Sanneh Patrick Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
An analysis of racial bias in revocation rates among felony probationers in Black Hawk County, Iowa, Ross Thomas Todd Open Access Thesis
The influence of relative campus prestige between dating partners on dating behaviors, Jennifer Meehan Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 1993
Women and population control in China, Sarah Stumme Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
A review and modification of Wilson and Herrnstein's integrated theory of criminality as it pertains to serial murder and serial rape, Karen Bower Mead Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Sociological implications of technology: The historical treatment of technology in sociological theory and a proposal for empirical research, Martin E. Hansen Open Access Thesis 1992 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Occupational outcomes of bachelor's degrees earned by nontraditional students, Mary Ellen Ellyson Wacker Open Access Thesis 1991 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Racial discrimination in the Big Ten Athletic Conference sports of football and basketball, Reginald John Green Open Access Thesis
