Theses & Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations by graduate students in the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of Northern Iowa.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
On the Surface: The Mural of Shireen Abu Akleh as Space for Encounter, Saja Abd El Hai, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Assessing Equity, Environmental Social Justice and Intersectionality in U.S. Federal Policies: A Comparative and Temporal Analysis of the Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency, Sneha Basu, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Regulating Women’s Bodies is a Joke: Culture Jamming, Perspective by Incongruity, and their Effect on Abortion Rhetoric, Meghan Bailey Cutcher, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Dog-Training Programs for Incarcerated Women, Susan Grover, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Women's occupational health and safety in the informal economy: Maternal market traders in Accra, Ghana, Joyceline Amoako, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Empowering children's social ecology: Reenvisioning postconflict reconstruction and education in rural Liberia, Kristen N. McNutt, School of Applied Human Sciences, Open Access Thesis
Beyond "Born This Way": Reconsidering trans narratives, Ashley Elizabeth Meyers, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Analyzing how we think about gender: Reevaluating the categories of transgender and cisgender in society, Anna M. Blaho, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
For two or two hundred: A workbook for making a difference, C. A. Brimmer, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Open Access Thesis
Afro culture and performance within the bar space, Jessany Maldonado, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Open Access Thesis
Anthropocentrism, the other face of patriarchy: an investigation into patriarchal attitudes and perceptions of non-human nature, Alexis St. Claire, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Sex and political participation on Facebook, Rachel Gregory, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Suggestions for transgender inclusion in classical music: a mini-cycle, Xavia A. Publius, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Witchcraft accusation, Kamlesh Niraula, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
