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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
2025
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Design and Integration of a Multisensory Board for Real-Time Monitoring of Metal Casting Foundry Sand Molds
, Nathaniel Addo
Open Access Thesis
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Competitive State Anxiety, Mental Toughness, and the Role of Coaches and Climate
, Derek Anderson
Open Access Thesis
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Nomadic and Communal Performances of Home at the University of Northern Iowa
, Nathaniel Aron
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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“So, Thanks Procrastination:” Procrastination Among College Students in Academic Recovery and the Role of Community in Breaking the Cycle
, Heather M. Asmus
Open Access Dissertation
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Investment Casting Additively Manufactured Pattern Burnout Time Identification and Prediction using Machine Learning
, Samuel Bast
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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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
Open Access Thesis
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Reasons for the Exodus of Potential Teachers from Public Education
, Gary D. Benda
Open Access Dissertation
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Competitive School Culture and the Gifted Adolescent
, Kailyn Bettle-Nilles
Open Access Dissertation
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Academic Advising Administrators’ Early Career as Midlevel Managers: Self-Perceived Impacts of Training on Job Effectiveness
, Kim Bock
Open Access Thesis
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Understanding Student Barriers to Selecting and Applying to Midwest Community College
, Christina R. Brandon
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Facilitating Student Engagement in Elementary Science Classrooms with Reformed Teaching Principles
, Nathaniel Bryant
Open Access Dissertation
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The Impact of Structural Gamification on Student Motivation and Engagement in a Middle School Language Arts Classroom
, Natalie Campbell
Open Access Dissertation
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Educating Students With Limited or Interrupted Formal Education in Midwestern Schools: Navigating Shifting Terrain
, Lillian Cook
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Age as More Than a Number: An Applied Geography of Elderly Vulnerability to Heat Events in the Southeastern United States
, John Darko
Open Access Thesis
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The Gender Gap: Exploring Superintendents’ Perceptions and Experiences in Iowa
, Jillian Dotson
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Servant Leadership in Education: Nurturing School Climate for Growth and Success
, Lisa M. Dursky
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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An African American Teacher Librarian’s Transformation with Culturally Diverse Literature in a K-5 School Library: An Autoethnography
, Tiffiany Evans
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Organization Communication Policy to Emphasize Student Employee Productivity
, Yohan Fernando
Open Access Thesis
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Every Teacher a Reading Teacher: An Exploration of Teacher Preparation and Literacy Instruction
, Jossette N. Finney
Open Access Dissertation
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From Neurons to Action: Building Bridges between Brain-Based Education and Bias Training & Development
, Ericka Gonzalez-Smith
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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More Than Just a Game: What Higher Education Can Learn From Player Agency
, Kyle Haiman
Open Access Dissertation
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Sunlight through Stained Glass
, Lauren Hanssen
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Anxious, Persistent, and Resilient; Oh My!
, Samantha Hilbert
Open Access Thesis
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“Why Do I Have to Do This?”: Examining General Education for CTE Students
, Jennifer Hough
Open Access Dissertation
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High School Students Enrolled in Asynchronous, Online, Dual Credit Courses: An Exploration of Student Preparedness and Academic Support
, Amy Hueser
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Sons of the Red Earth: A Collection of Short Stories
, Tomiisin Ilesanmi
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Practice Makes Ready, Not Perfect: Exploring Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of their Pre-student Teaching Practicum Experiences
, John B. Jimo III
Open Access Dissertation
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The Post-Covid Impacts of Particulate Matter and Visibility on National Park Visitation Numbers from 2019 to 2023
, Courtney Johnson
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Equity Leadership in Independent Schools in Seattle
, Nimisha Joshi
Open Access Dissertation
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Examining the Associations Between Smoking Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Smoking Behavior among U.S Adult Smokers
, Tenzin Kalsang
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Exploring Postsecondary Students’ Beliefs Relative to Behavior That Promotes Sleep
, Levi T. Kirkpatrick
Open Access Dissertation
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An Examination of Middle School Girls’ Perceptions and Preferences of Reading from a Device Versus Paper
, Debra Kisch
Open Access Dissertation
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Check All That Apply: The Persistence and Problem of the Black/White Racial Binary in Iowa Public Schools
, Jessica Nessan Kluck
Open Access Dissertation
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From Grades to Growth: Exploring Student Perceptions of Standards-Based Grading, Feedback Utilization, and Teacher–Student Relationships
, Meghan Koellner
Open Access Dissertation
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What are Teacher Beliefs and Perceptions About Teaching Children to Read Within a One-Way Spanish Immersion School?
, Kathleen Konrardy
Open Access Dissertation
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The Impact of Administrator Beliefs on Positive School Environments: A Quantitative Study of High School Administrators in One East Central Iowa District
, Sarah E. Kruse
Open Access Dissertation
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Evaluating the Physiological Response of Enterococcus faecalis to Hemolymph
, Joseph Lawrence
Open Access Thesis
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True Inclusion: A Qualitative Study in Autoethnography; Examining the Educational Journey and Divine Calling of an Administrator to Champion the Inclusivity of Students with Special Needs
, Andrea Loutsch
Open Access Dissertation
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Exploratory Research on Particulate Matter and Ammonia Concentration Downwind from Confined Hog Production Facilities
, Benjamin David Lynch
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Understanding the Problem of the Modern-Day Teacher Shortage: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study of the Stories of Teachers in the Profession
, Adam R. Magliari
Open Access Dissertation
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Material Sins: A Novel Excerpt
, Patrick Markovich
Open Access Thesis
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Rural Girl Comedy Hour
, Riley McCall
Open Access Thesis
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Censorship: Through an Iowan’s Eyes
, Erin McRae
Open Access Thesis
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Bumble Bee Population Genetics in Iowa and the Impacts of Repeated Emergency Management on the Conservation Reserve Program
, Michael Mellett
Open Access Thesis
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Do ADHD Symptoms Enhance College Students’ Creativity and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy?
, Jorge Sebastian Montesinos
Open Access Thesis
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Sustainability Of Biogas Production from Organic Wastes In Dubuque
, Emmanuel Oseghale
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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The Influence of Honor Culture Ideology on Juror Decision Making
, Aubrey K. Paschal
Open Access Thesis
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Making the Jump: A Self-Study of the Implementation of Gamification and Student Discussion in Middle School Mathematics
, John Pauly
Open Access Dissertation
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Opportunities and Barriers in Iowa’s Teacher Apprenticeship Program
, Patricia Ryan
Open Access Dissertation
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The Eights, a Play by Katrina Sandvik
, Katrina Sandvik
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Socioeconomic Status and Educational Opportunities Through the Eyes of Students and Teachers: Diverse Realities, Shared Insights
, Jill Schany
Open Access Dissertation
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Revealing the hidden benefits of social emotional learning: unpacking what’s really going on?
, Marissa Schweinfurth
Open Access Dissertation
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The Educational Perspective of At-Risk Students: How Standards-Based Grading Affects Students in Alternative Education
, Matthew John Secl
Open Access Dissertation
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Iowa Teacher Attrition: Is the Grass Truly Greener on the Other Side?
, Shauna L. Smith
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
Migrant Families and Curriculum: A Formative Program Evaluation on the Impact of Curriculum on Migrant Family Engagement
, Ellen Sonnet
Dissertation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
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Learning to Learn: Underprepared College Students Who Succeeded
, Todd Spellman
Open Access Dissertation
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Prevalence of Emergency Management across the Conservation Reserve Program and Effects of Emergency Management on Field Vegetation
, Gretchen Steffensmeier
Open Access Thesis
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Parting the Corn Rows: Nikita Khrushchev’s Visit to Iowa, 1959
, Jordan Stiles
Open Access Thesis
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Leadership Perceptions of Employee Identity: How Leaders Facilitate an Inclusive Environment
, Arian Sullivan
Open Access Thesis
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Teacher Becoming of Alternatively Licensed Teachers
, Erin Summerhays
Open Access Dissertation
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Navigating Uncertainty: The Role of Administrators in Crisis Communication and System Restructuring During the COVID-19 Pandemic
, Audrey P. Wallican-Green
Open Access Dissertation
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Educational Leadership in Model PLC Schools: Actions That Lead to Sustained Success
, Nathan L. Wear
Open Access Dissertation
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The Next Generation Science Standards and their Implementation in Iowa High Schools
, Janell Wright
Open Access Dissertation
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
2024
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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
Open Access Thesis
The Effect of High-Emotion Simulator Training on Students’ Reaction Time in Response to Infant Stress Cues During a Simulated Bottle Feeding
, Claire Michelle Biermann
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
2025 Award
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How Rural Identity, Self-Reliance, and Stoicism Relate to Attitudes Toward Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Iowans
, Taylor Brown
Open Access Thesis
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Modeling Phosphorus Loading Dynamics in Milford Creek Watershed: With Comparison to a Consent Decree TMDL
, Olivia Calvin
Open Access Thesis
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Boxes With Curves: The Necessity for School Leaders to Empower and Engage Through Culturally Competent Lenses
, Priscilla Culp
Open Access Dissertation
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Regulating Women’s Bodies is a Joke: Culture Jamming, Perspective by Incongruity, and their Effect on Abortion Rhetoric
, Meghan Bailey Cutcher
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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The Flute Music of Claude Arrieu: Jean-Pierre Rampal, Radio, and the French Flute School
, Breanna Daley
Open Access Thesis
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An Exploration of the Relationship Between Burnout, Resilience, and Psychological Safety Within the Workplace
, Riley Elenz
Open Access Thesis
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Teacher Use Of Rubrics To Assess Claim, Evidence And Reasonings In The High School Science Classroom
, Brianna Finnegan
Open Access Thesis
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What is Working and How Do We Know? Examining the Literacy Curriculum in an Elementary School After Years of Filling the Holes: A Qualitative Study in Improvement Science
, Kimberly Graven
Open Access Dissertation
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Public Stigma: The Effect of Perceived Responsibility
, MacKenzie Grenko
Open Access Thesis
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Dog-Training Programs for Incarcerated Women
, Susan Grover
Open Access Thesis
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A Process Evaluation of a Program Designed to Expand Access to the Iowa Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed)
, Justine R. Hoover
Open Access Dissertation
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Social Media News Consumption by College Students Using the Elaboration Likelihood Model
, Colin Horning
Open Access Thesis
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The Spatial and Temporal Impacts of Land Use and Climate on Avian Abundance in Iowa From 2001 to 2019
, Lucas Kaufmann
Open Access Thesis
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Haunting Euramerican Memories: Rhetorical Haunting and the Diffuse Memory of the Dakota 38+2
, Noel Keil
Open Access Thesis
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Retrospective Analysis on the Impact of Increased Set Volume on Back Squat and Bench Press One Repetition Maximums in Freshman NCAA DI FCS American Football Players
, Colin T. Klatt
Open Access Thesis
Perceived Parental Acceptance and Minority Stress as Predictors of Mental Health Outcomes Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Emerging Adults
, Kieran R. Luedke
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
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Urugendo Rwo Kwibuka: A Journey to Remember
, Gélase Magnificat
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Racial Competence Among Human Resources Leaders: A QuantCrit Analysis
, Steven D. Parker
Open Access Dissertation
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The Cancellation Station Podcast: The Controversies of Canceling
, Quinn Rauchenecker
Open Access Thesis
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Suspected vs. Diagnosed Mental Illness, Race, and the NGRI Plea
, Alexa Roudabush
Open Access Thesis
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Effects of Q-Collar on Cognitive and Physical Performance During Cycling Time Trial
, Zacary Simon
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Predictors of Attitudes Towards Transgender People in India
, Rishika Sheetal Singh
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Narratives of Identity: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Biracial Identity Construction and Performance in Family, Education, and Media
, Eboni Springfield
Open Access Thesis
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Indigenous Economic Institutions Building: A Case Study of the Yerv Reindeer Herding Cooperative
, Polina Syadeyskaya
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Positioning Paperback Books as Americana: Cultural and Historical Impacts of the Wadle Pocket Book Collection
, Jake Volk
Open Access Thesis
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Leadership Experiences from the Perspective of High Achieving Elementary Educators
, Danielle Woods
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
2023
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Boundary Lines Crossed? Seeking Honor After the Vietnam War Took Their Sons
, Hannah Ackerman
Open Access Thesis
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Othermothering: An Autoethnographic Exploration of the Subconscious and Conscious Ways Black Female Student Affairs Professionals Care for and Support Minority Students at Predominantly White Institutions
, Janel Alleyne
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Do We Want Them to Understand Each Other? Perceptions of Political Perspective-Takers
, Ian Beatty
Open Access Thesis
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Characterizing Genetic Diversity and Testing for Fisheries Induced Evolution in Southeastern Kansas Populations of Bluegill (
Lepomis macrochirus
, Morganne C. Borsh
Open Access Thesis
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Anchored to a Community: Middle School Students’ Experience of Belonging in the Classroom: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study
, Angela Thera Butler
Open Access Dissertation
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Stakeholder Impact on Individual Development Within a Transition Worksite Program: A Case Study
, Kong Chen
Open Access Dissertation
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“I Can’t Do This Anymore, But I Have 1000 More Kids to Serve”: A Qualitative Study of Full-Time Residential Summer Camp Staff Burnout
, Sarah Cohen
Open Access Dissertation
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A Graduate Recital in Piano
, Christine Compton
Open Access Thesis
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Monitoring and Modeling Urban Heat Patterns in the State of Iowa, USA Utilizing Mobile Sensors and Geospatial Data
, Clemir Abbeg Coproski
Open Access Thesis
2024 Award
PDF
No Need to Set the Alarm, I’ve Been Up Since 2:30am! Why My Teaching Job Keeps Me Up at Night: A Phenomenological Research Study on Empathic Strain of Iowa Educators
, Lindsey Cornwell
Open Access Dissertation
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Culture of learning: A qualitative case study of teacher leader perceptions on the power of a district's schemata in a distributive leadership model
, Sharon Dentlinger
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Mapping for Cultural Resurgence: Reclaiming Geocultural Knowledge of Kamchatka’s Indigenous Peoples from Early Scientific Expeditions
, Semyon Drozdetckii
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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The Effect of a 5-Week Concurrent Training Program on ACFT Scores, Ruck March Times, and Aerobic Capacity in Army ROTC Cadets
, Cody Durbin
Open Access Thesis
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No Contaban Con Mi Resiliencia: Mental Health of Undocumented/DACAmented Undergraduate Latino Men in the 45 Era
, Jesús Lizárraga Estrada
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
2024 Award
PDF
Intimate Partner Violence Stigma: The Intersection of Race and Socioeconomic Status
, Antoinette Fleming
Open Access Thesis
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A Graduate Recital in Piano
, Heather Gillis
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Assessing Transfer Student Acclimation and Help-seeking
, Dylan Haase
Open Access Thesis
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Mapping for Impact: Actionable Spatial Literacy through Counter-Mapping
, Rachel Hansen
Open Access Thesis
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Unlocking Possibility: The Influence of the Oulipo Movement on Language, Semantics, and Politics in Modern Literature
, Sidney M. Haren
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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An Evaluation of Reading Teachers: The Interaction Between Teacher Instructional Practices, Beliefs, Actions, and K-2 Student Reading Achievement
, Amy Harger
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Preparing students for life after college: A mixed-methods analysis
, Nichole Zumbach Harken
Open Access Dissertation
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“Fitting in and Doing Well”: Assessing First-Generation College Students’ Motives, Belongingness, and Academic Behaviors
, Lacie K. Hines
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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An Exploration of Commitment in Walk-on Athletes
, Clint Huemann
Open Access Thesis
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The Development of Sustainable Health and Wellness Habits in Emerging Adults through Courses in Postsecondary Institutions
, Allison Lee Hugo
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Disordered Eating, Anxiety, and Perfectionism Among Emerging Adult Men and Women
, Karissa Jensen
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Non-Traditional Learning in STEM: How Students Autonomy and the Impact of Teacher Delivery Develops Deeper Conceptual Understanding at the Middle School Level
, Sarah Kelly
Open Access Dissertation
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The Pandemic-Uncanny: Self-Estrangement and Environment in Out There and Bliss Montage
, Kersten Khaley
Open Access Thesis
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Graduate Recital: Lauren Leman, Mezzo-soprano
, Lauren Leman
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Can White Nationalist Rhetoric Increase Prejudice Toward Mexican Immigrants?
, Nathan Lewey
Open Access Thesis
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Principals’ Knowledge of Trauma-Informed School Practices
, Elsa Leyhe
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The Relationship Between Mindful Eating, Physical Health, and General Well-Being in the U.S.
, Yuan Ling Looi
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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A Study of Jacob Druckman’s
Reflections on the Nature of Water
, Paul Lansky’s
Three Moves for Marimba
, Emmanuel Séjourné,
Concerto pour vibraphone solo et orchestre à cordes
, Joseph Tompkins,
March
, and Kevin Volans,
She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket
, Ethan Martin
Open Access Thesis
PDF
From Art to Propaganda: The Shift in the Concept of the “Most Dead” in True Crime Literature
, Hannah McConkey
Open Access Thesis
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The Impact of Imagined Interactions and Mindfulness on Anxiety in Romantic Relationships
, Alyssa R. McCoy
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Understanding Student Perceptions of Supplemental Instruction: Student Perceptions of Supplemental Instruction Implemented in Order to Overcome Perceived Skill Deficits
, Andrew Miehe
Open Access Dissertation
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Enhancing Soil Carbon Sequestration through Grassland Restoration of Former Row Crop Fields at Irvine Prairie
, Joshua Joel Mixdorf
Open Access Thesis
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Application of Lortie's Apprenticeship of Observation Model: Evidence of Iowa Teaching Standards with Amish School Teachers
, Jacquelyn R. Burr Moorman
Open Access Thesis
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Assessment of Conservation Reserve Program Enhancements at Contract Renewal: Impact on Monarch Butterfly (
Danaus plexippus
) Habitat
, Tristan L. Murphy
Open Access Thesis
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The Relationship between Spirituality and Resilience: The Mediating Role of Self-Compassion
, Tenzin Nyima
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Main Concept Analysis of Picture Description and Procedural Tasks in Patients with Huntington's Disease
, Bailey Rustad
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
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Masters in Tuba Performance Recital Abstract
, Daniel Sanchez
Open Access Thesis
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A Master’s Recital in Wind Band Conducting
, Stephen Seaberg
Open Access Thesis
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Graduate Recital Yuxiao Sun, Piano
, Yuxiao Sun
Open Access Thesis
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Strengths-Based Leadership Traits in Intercollegiate Student-Athletes
, Caitlin Thilges
Open Access Thesis
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Dual identity, self-esteem, and well-being in Tibetan refugees
, Tenzin Urgyen
Open Access Thesis
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Intervening for a Depressed Peer: The Effects of Resilience Empathy, and History of Depression
, Brendan Weed
Open Access Thesis
2024 Award
PDF
The critical role of happiness in education: Resilience, retention, and what happy teachers do differently
, Jill Marie Hayes White
Open Access Dissertation
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OUT in Education: A Qualitative Study Examining the Intersectionality and the Lived OUT Experiences of PreK–12 LGBTQ+ Educators
, Landon Wood
Open Access Dissertation
2024 Award
PDF
The Flow Experience of Adults Age 50 and Older in Recreational Doubles Pickleball
, Glynis Worthington
Open Access Dissertation
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
2022
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Quantifying genomic diversity and growth in Iowa bluegill
, Jeremy Raymond Abels
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Feminist qualitative study of victim blaming of sexually assaulted women in India
, Alia Afzal
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Media framing of marriage practices in Afghanistan
, Hakima Afzaly
Open Access Thesis
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Changes in the barley stem proteome in response to drought during grain filling
, Mohammed Al Slamh
Open Access Thesis
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Wind conducting recital: A journey through 100 years of wind band repertoire
, Foteini Angeli
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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The impacts of adolescents' leisure activity types on psychological well-being, academic self-efficacy, self esteem, and stress
, Dongyub Back
Open Access Dissertation
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Psychopathy and emotion regulation: The mediating role of motives and goals
, Morning S. Baker
Open Access Thesis
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You can't live off pride: Welfare and farm aid in the Reagan era
, Jeremiah David Brockman
Open Access Thesis
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Association between habitat and the genetic diversity of the brown-belted bumblebee (
Bombus griseocollis
) in the agricultural landscape across northeast Iowa
, Clarissa Elizabeth Bruns
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Using Internet reciprocal teaching to develop second graders' online text evaluation skills
, Annika Buell
Open Access Thesis
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Mental illness stigma toward Black and White elite male athletes
, Nicholas William Clark
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
2023 Award
PDF
The association between parent and adult child severe mental illness stigma: The effects of gender, relationship quality, and contact
, Taylor Joyce Courier
Open Access Thesis
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Master's flute recital
, Breanna Daley
Open Access Thesis
PDF
MM percussion recital
, Tyler Darnall
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Leading early childhood education in Iowa schools
, Alaina T. Daters
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Tell me, which realm do I remember?
, Danielle Dunagan
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Graduate voice recital: Jovon Eborn, baritone
, Jovon Eborn
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Graduate recital: Colin Evers, piano
, Colin Evers
Open Access Thesis
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Teacher hiring and selection processes in Iowa schools
, Michael C. Fisher
Open Access Dissertation
2023 Award
PDF
"Land of the Silver Birch": Environmental attitudes and place-making in a Northern Minnesota Boy Scout camp, 1960-1975
, John Mark Fretham
Open Access Thesis
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Not our problem: Ingroup glorification facilitates moral disengagement and exclusion
, Matthew Gunderson
Open Access Thesis
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Use of technology and its impact on higher order thinking in the science classroom
, Mauree Angelina Haage
Open Access Thesis
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The path from paramilitary to politics: Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin, and the Good Friday Agreement: 1986-1998
, Brenann Hamilton
Open Access Thesis
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Training for challenging behaviors in the school setting
, Kenzie Heusinkvelt
Open Access Thesis
2023 Award
PDF
Educational experiences of first generation Black African students with and without dis/abilities
, Shehreen Iqtadar
Open Access Dissertation
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The medieval ideal: Utopian medievalism in the life, thought, and works of William Morris
, Benjamin Michael Kimball
Open Access Thesis
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Late Romantic art song from various national styles
, Aricson Jakob Knoblock
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Preliminary investigation into the effects of hard and soft water on silica green sand properties
, Matthew P. Krueger
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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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
Open Access Thesis
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Engaging a "coalition of the willing": Instructional coaches' social networking strategies to facilitate teachers' research use
, Kimberly S. McCoy-Parker
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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The trouble with floating
, Alyssa Minch
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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How do we use creative and personal memories for creative communication?
, Tyler Robert Montgomery
Open Access Thesis
Crisis communication in the wake of the storm: Derecho 2020
, Annette M. Moudry
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
PDF
The writing identity of a Hip Hop lyricist and educator: An autoethnography
, Lamont Muhammad
Open Access Dissertation
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Gender performance and political identity at the January 6 Capitol insurrection
, Emma Elise Newton
Open Access Thesis
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Investigating the environment needed to shift instructional practice towards a learner-centered classroom in rural Iowa
, Kelli Olson
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Frank Capra's America: The fall of political ambiguity, 1930-1950
, Lydia Lennice Pakala
Open Access Thesis
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Unstacking the matryoshka nesting doll: A self-study of playful language instruction for adult second language learners
, Marine Pepanyan
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Master's recital: Kyle Punt
, Kyle Punt
Open Access Thesis
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Doing corpus pragmatics: Variations in speech acts performed in conversations occurring naturally in academic contexts
, Jacob Philip Rigal
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Women Provos: Women in the Provisional IRA and their impact on Irish republicanism and Northern Irish society during the 1970s
, Sean Alexander Riley
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Master's recital: Luke Sanders
, Matthew Lucas Sanders
Open Access Thesis
Sounds of the trumpet
, Cody Alan Schnebel
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
PDF
Lexile levels and their value to public school teachers
, Kristin Schumacher
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Effects of perceived reach on ratings of media bias, quality, and agreement
, Matthew Sedlacek
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The new independents: A historical analysis of webcomics and webtoon
, Leonal A. Sepúlveda S.
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Understanding morphological responses of
Typha
(cattail) species to nutrient pollution
, Anna Marie Shapiro
Open Access Thesis
PDF
A study of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata in E minor, BWV 914; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata Op. 10, No. 3 in D major; Claude Debussy’s
Pour le piano L. 95
; and Frederic Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
, Hanna Stolper
Open Access Thesis
3-D printing task scheduling for idle time minimization: An optimization algorithm using Knapsack problem and artificial intelligence
, Hamid Tahery
Dissertation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
PDF
A graduate recital in piano
, Molly Thomas
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Grit, sense of belonging, and student involvement: keys to mental health for LGBTQ students in higher education
, Emma Welch
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Graduate recital: Brandon Whitish, baritone
, Brandon Mark James Whitish
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Prophet loss
, Brooke Marie Wiese
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Ecocriticism in young adult dystopian literature: Revealing a generation's desire to reconnect with nature
, Alexus Williams
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Students vs. suspects: A qualitative examination of stereotype threat and the impact on behavior of Black males
, Ryan J. Williamson
Open Access Dissertation
Fashioning the new arctic: A perspective on indigenous cultural economy in the Russian north
, Varvara Korkina Williams
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
PDF
A familiarization protocol: Repetitions in reserve
, Elvert A. Wise
Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
2021
PDF
How have you experienced being on testosterone? Narrative inquiry into the T-body experience
, Noah Andrew
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor cortex on cycling time trial performance and prefrontal cortex activation
, Abigail Hope Auten
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Public perception of adults with ADHD in the United States: Stigma vs. strengths
, Peyton S. Barton
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Jacob Brandenburg master of music recital abstract
, Jacob Brandenburg
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Pasting our past: Cultural memory, family photographs, and ephemeral street art
, Isaac Wilson Campbell
Open Access Thesis
2023 Award
PDF
Quantifying carbon sequestration for riparian-zone restoration in Ecuador
, Paula Carvalho de Castro
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Halo Sport ergonomic effects on older adults' cognitive, balance, and motor performance
, Kristina Cavey
Open Access Thesis
Master's recital in conducting
, Jack Thomas Frank
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
PDF
Seed mix design, planting time, and first-year mowing management to improve multifunctionality and cost-effectiveness of tallgrass prairie reconstructions
, Alec James Glidden
Open Access Thesis
PDF
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
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Translation into Spanish, cultural adaption and content validity of the Bristol COPD Knowledge Questionnaire
, Vilma Gómez
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Arthropod fauna of Plains pocket gopher (
Geomys bursarius
) burrow systems
, Brett Lyle Gourley
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The socio-economic health and well-being of immigrants living in the state of Iowa during the COVID-19 pandemic
, Samantha Jaquelyn Habinck
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Job satisfaction and burnout among hospice nurses working on interdisciplinary teams: A multimethod study
, Hillary Hamilton
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Hedonic and eudaimonic happiness: Their associations with well-being and the influence of age and culture
, Hiroki Hirano
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Graduate voice recital: Alyssa Holley, soprano
, Alyssa Holley
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Recommender systems in higher education: The effectiveness of meta-data analysis in predicting academic success
, Michael J. Holmes
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Viability of a proposed transparent fluid model for analog metal casting filling process
, Andres Segura Irazoqui
Open Access Thesis
A comprehensive analysis of injection strategies for improving diesel engine combustion under cold start development
, Balkrishna A. Kamble
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
PDF
Hybridity, border-crossings and the homeland in contemporary literature by women
, Rand Omar Khalil Khalil
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Examining individual differences in attitudes toward the insanity defense
, Dominique M. Kornely
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Agrochemicals and rural women's health in the Volta Region of Ghana
, Sedomda Kpikpitse
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Community diversity influences selection on nutrient resorption in
Panicum virgatum
, Michael J. Lashbrook
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Activity recognition based on thermopile imaging array sensors
, Qingshan Liang
Open Access Dissertation
Gio's story
, Sermantha Louisy
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
PDF
Influence of landscape on the population genetics of the rainbow darter (
Etheostoma caeruleum
) in glaciated and unglaciated environments
, Jonathan Michael Luiken
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
The influences driving decisions by Latinx students to enroll in upper-level high school STEM courses
, Erica Malloy
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Musical composition graduate portfolio
, Juan Marulanda
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Master's recital: Max McBride
, Max Niles McBride
Open Access Thesis
PDF
24andmore: Using genome-wide SNPS to investigate the genetic diversity of Iowa walleye (
Sander vitreous
) broodstock
, Rachel Ann McDonnell
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Analyzing perceptions of citizen science as part of an international learning experience
, Katelyn Marie Miner
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Deities and dumbasses
, Isaac Nielson
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Identifying ways to support preservice teachers to engage in inquiry work through Project Approach: A self-study
, Allison K. Pattee
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Graduate recital in violin
, Maria del Pilar Serrano Pineda
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The internalization of the model minority myth and its effect on Asian American students' academic stress
, Anne E. Raecker
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Understanding the use of crisis communication in Clery Act compliance
, Allyson L. Rafanello
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Mid-level manager's perspectives of competencies for entry-level campus housing professionals
, Nicholas F. Rafanello
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
2022 Award
PDF
The systematics of
Physaria
sensu stricto from Wyoming and surrounding areas
, Jason Ratcliff
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Virus induced gene silencing of
Fusarium verticillioides
pathogenicity genes in maize
, Jennifer M. Redfern
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Quality and quantity of social support in college students with ADHD symptomatology
, Chloe J. Reeble
Open Access Thesis
2022 Award
PDF
Redefining what's manly: Using masculine attributes to describe counseling services for men
, Riley Nicholas Rodemaker
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Associations between insecure attachment style and borderline personality disorder: The role of sleep disruptions
, Elijah Schaefer
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
How HPA stress response relates to anxiety: Sex differences and estradiol
, Carrie Shea
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Exploring the rhetorical constitution of a safe space for women in Begum Rokeya and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's works
, Rifat Rezowana Siddiqui
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The beef debate: Religion, history, and harmony in India
, Shreya Singh
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Financial literacy on college campuses and its relationship to student retention, completion, and debt
, Jaclyn K. Smith
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Digital conditions of self & social construction: A critical synthesis of our digital ecosystem & the implications for identity, knowledge, & ideology
, Alexander Sojka
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Effects of exposure to video games on sexual harassment
, Chelsea Renee Washburn
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Exploring the experiences of one team of teachers: Well-being and navigating the demands of the education profession
, Abby Weiland
Open Access Dissertation
2023 Award
PDF
Graduate voice recital: Athena-Sadé Whiteside, mezzo-soprano
, Athena-Sadé Whiteside
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
The zones of regulation in schools
, Kyle Andrew-Kelly Wiebers
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Model evidence links (MELs) and the impact of critical thinking on open ended responses
, James Gregory Zabel
Open Access Dissertation
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
2020
PDF
Negative halo effects in parent ratings of ADHD and conduct problems
, Helena Frances Alacha
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Western media coverage of international news: A content analysis of Associated Press coverage of Africa
, Adukwu Samuel Atadoga
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Graduate recital in trombone
, Obediah Bauer
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Trend in male engagement in maternal and newborn health services in Ethiopia
, Wubite Bekele Bogale
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Investigating the production of cores by using reclaimed foundry green sand
, Kristopher Lee Boss
Open Access Thesis
PDF
3D printing technology on spare parts business supply chain management: A case study in appliance industry
, Salih Boysan
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Impact of positive psychology in PK-12 settings
, Daniel Paul Butler
Open Access Dissertation
2022 Award
PDF
Labor's unsettled vagrancy: The rise and fall of the hobo labor movement, 1865-1929
, Laura Kathryn Carpenter
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Advertising patriotism: Gender and sacrifice in
Ladies' Home Journal
, 1942-1945
, Travis John Carrier
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
The overground railroad of the Jim Crow era: A rhetorical analysis of the
Negro Motorist Green Books
, Cecilia Louise Cerja
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
On the zeta Kirchhoff index of several graph transformations
, Danny Cheuk
Open Access Thesis
PDF
An elephant is in the lake: How a nice girl navigated growing up amidst murder and madness in suburban Chicago
, Mary Chipman
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Through their eyes: Exploring the relationship between college females' body perceptions and recreation center messaging
, Sydney Leigh Ann Cindrich
Open Access Thesis
2020 Award
PDF
Recoverability of large vs small muscle groups
, Jacob Alan Clark
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Efficiency of low-tech augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) access methods
, Brittany Davis
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Graduate recital: Taylor Dengler, soprano
, Taylor Anne Dengler
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Prediction of heat treatment distortion and optimization of manufacturing tolerances for machined components
, Akaff Diam
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
The effect of cutting condition selection on tool life in sand milling
, Craig Ertl
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Clinical education learning environments: Difference between actual and preferred clinical experiences of athletic training students
, Matthew Edward Frericks
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Grading and equity: Inflation/deflation based on race, gender, socio-economic and disability statuses when homework and employability scores are included
, Robert Thomas Griffin
Open Access Dissertation
2020 Award
PDF
Utilization of machine learning algorithms to support retail chain store location decisions
, Petr Grin
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Richard Walther Darré, National Socialism, and Bauernpolitik
, Andrew P. Harnois
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Self-stigma and disclosure of depression in the workplace
, Bailey Rose Holm
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Physiological performance characteristics of Universal Tennis Rating (UTR)
, Savanna Storm Hunt
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Young athletes' perceptions of playing through pain
, Aubri Keesee
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Step twin cities? : Exploring uneven spaces in Waterloo-Cedar Falls business landscapes
, Natalia Khortseva
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Prompted reflective thinking and implications for mathematics teacher efficacy in an elementary mathematics methods course
, Brooke Krejci
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Bleeding cuts, magical spells, sealed hymens: A study of the rite of
Tasfih
in Algeria
, Ahlam Laouar
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Implementation of a joint power delivering and communication technology for smartphones over the 3.5 mm audio jack
, Ziyuan Li
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Indices of metabolic stress following resistance exercise
, Steven Alexander Long
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Productivity and community composition change in prairie biomass feedstocks
, Kathleen Loretta Madsen
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Carbon sequestration and weedy invasion in CRP fields
, Destiny Danielle Magee
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Guardian, a novel
, John Ross Mason
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Alaska national parks and indigenous peoples: Collaboration for a protected future
, Siobhan McTiernan
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Hi God: An autoethnography of loneliness in graduate school
, Grace Elisabeth Mertz
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Festivals as a sustainable development tool: Case study of Teriberka, Russia
, Maria Monakhova
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Doctoral psychology students' attitudes toward evidenced-based practice
, Jordan Ashley Newburg
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Levels of cyclin B in THP-1 cells incubated in hibernating and non-hibernating bullfrog plasma, Lithobates catesbeianus
, Tharuka D. Pathmaperuma
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Challenging social systems under the threat of pollution: Replication and extension of Eadeh and Chang (2019)
, Dylan J. Pieper
Open Access Thesis
PDF
"I was a trailblazer": A phenomenological study of the baseball playing experience of girls
, AJ Richard
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Examining African American male mentors relationships with African American boys: Benefits, barriers, recruitment, and retention
, Quenton Angelo Richardson
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
"This is how we play destroy": Deconstruction and the construction of a cyborg future in Poppy's
Am I a Girl?
, Stevie Eve Sanchez
Open Access Thesis
PDF
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
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Master's recital: Isaac Schwartz
, Isaac Schwartz
Open Access Thesis
PDF
How quality management has been impacted in the face of COVID-19
, Eldina Siljkovic
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Graduate voice recital: Jenna Skarphol, mezzo-soprano and Dr. Andrea Johnson, piano
, Jenna Skarphol
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Evercross
, Randi Ann Smith
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Pluralistic ignorance of campus norms
, Evan Stilgenbauer
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Evaluation of the
csr1-2
allele from
Arabidopsis thaliana
CS3102 as an imazapyr herbicide resistance marker for biolistic transformation of the shoot apical meristem
, Amanda J. Stump
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Technology based grammar instruction
, Erin Mary Summerhays
Open Access Thesis
Stained glass, synthetic web: The simultaneous rise and fall of something person
, Seth Thill
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
2020 Award
PDF
A master's recital in conducting
, Meredith Kay Tipping
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The impact of severe mental health on peers in supporting roles: A look at secondary trauma and college students
, Courtney Tripp-Stuck
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Vietnam: A soldier's story
, Ryan Charles Villarreal
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Graduate recital in violin
, Bethany Washington
Open Access Thesis
PDF
An exploration in Ramsey theory
, Jake Weber
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Graduate voice recital: Elizabeth Wiley, soprano, and Dr. Korey Barrett, pianist
, Elizabeth Wiley
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Effects of a sport nutrition education intervention on nutritional knowledge, dietary behaviors, and self-efficacy in NCAA Division I softball players
, Kylie Wilson
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Graduate voice recital: Anna Zetterlund, contralto
, Anna Zetterlund
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
2019
PDF
A master's recital in flute
, Kimberly Ann Abeyta
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Perception of preservice teachers on the implementation of multicultural education
, Winnie Esther Akinyi
Open Access Thesis
PDF
A study of non-profit leaders' risk-taking propensity and managerial leadership styles
, Younis Q. Al Hassan
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Impact of social support on Saudi women with type II diabetes living in Saudi Arabia
, Fatimah Al-Khidhr
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Exploring the knowledge and behavior needed to prevent osteoporosis among Saudi women
, Zahra Al Khidhr
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Women's occupational health and safety in the informal economy: Maternal market traders in Accra, Ghana
, Joyceline Amoako
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Early childhood professional learning facilitators: A self-study within a new delivery model
, Allison Jane Barness
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
An investigation of pre-service teacher and faculty knowledge on RTI
, Nichole M. Beckman
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Increasing student perceptions of success and inclusion through strategic programming of underrepresented composers
, Joyce J. Beyer
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of physical education teachers in Saudi Arabia about drug prevention education: Potential for health education
, Fahad Bin Radhyan
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Pre-service teacher knowledge and attitudes about the trans body in the classroom: Implications for teacher education
, Kyrie Dora Borsay
Dissertation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
PDF
An investigation into the prediction of double-skin penetration within chromite molds and cores in heavy section steel casting using process simulation software
, Nathaniel Bryant
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Graduate recital in composition
, Adam Walter Carlsen
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Seeing the forest for the trees: Elementary STEM environments that nurture creativity and innovation
, Lisa Jo Chizek
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Constraints to African American college women's leisure-time physical activity and use of campus recreation services and facilities: A retrospective ethnographic exploration of experiences
, Domino Ebony Chumrley-Birch
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
A study to explore linkages between reports of institutional racial oppression, internalized racial oppression, and self-efficacy in African American youth in predominately white colleges and universities (PWIS)
, Belinda Creighton-Smith
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
2020 Award
PDF
The effect of cold stratification and perigynia removal on the germination of three prairie carex species
, Christina M. Boeck Crew
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Post-trip blues: Full time college students' emotional and motivational post-trip transition from adventure break trips
, Nichole Crockford
Open Access Thesis
PDF
A master's recital in flute
, Tamara Kathleen Drury
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
The relationship of walkability, social capital and the built environment in a Blue Zones® demonstration site community
, Thomas Manford Flack
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Are the deaf stigmatized?
, Christina M. Fortuna
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
ADHD symptoms and non-suicidal self-injury in the college transition
, Anna Marie Garner
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Analysis of a paleoglacier reconstruction model for valley glaciers of the Wind River Range, Wyoming
, Taylor Rae Garton
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Morphological and morphometric analysis of Nekemias arborea and Ampelopsis aconitifolia (Vitaceae)
, Sally Rose Gray
Open Access Thesis
PDF
"Half-breeds," squatters, land speculators, and settler colonialism in the Des Moines-Mississippi confluence
, Matthew Hill
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Understanding ESL undergraduate students' beliefs about learner-centered instruction
, Mahjabeen Hussain
Open Access Dissertation
2020 Award
PDF
An investigation of machine learning for classification of vehicle engine issue reports
, Almir Ibragimov
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Cultural practices and the transmission of Ebola in Sierra Leone: Lessons learned from a medical anthropology perspective
, Abubakarr Jalloh
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Outcomes of an intensive exercise-based swallowing program for persons with Parkinson's disease: A single-case experiment
, Jocelyn Jenks
Open Access Thesis
2019 Award
PDF
Student-teacher relationships: How to find a common ground in relationship building
, Jason Knittel
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Writing workshop and creativity despite standardization: An exploration of elementary teachers' practices
, Darcie Kay Kress
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
"Something beyond ordinary love": (Re)covering the extraordinary in Compton Mackenzie's Extraordinary Women
, Hannah Lane
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
An investigation of solar panel thermal images collected from an unmanned aerial vehicle
, Ginger Ivy Jo L'Heureux
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Master's recital in jazz pedagogy: A performance-demonstration of rhythm section instruments, trumpet, electric wind instrument, synthesizer, compositions, and arrangements by DeMetrio Lyle
, DeMetrio Lyle
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Empowering children's social ecology: Reenvisioning postconflict reconstruction and education in rural Liberia
, Kristen N. McNutt
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Therapist self-doubt when facing severe psychopathology in adolescent males
, Zachary Mark Meehan
Open Access Thesis
2019 Award
PDF
Beyond "Born This Way": Reconsidering trans narratives
, Ashley Elizabeth Meyers
Open Access Thesis
PDF
A master's recital in clarinet
, Sayyod Mirzomurodov
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Graduate recital in trombone
, Thomas Mortenson
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The price of progress: American agricultural innovations in relation to economic and social change, 1920-1989
, Zachary Cass Moye
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Separability of maize varieties using an unmanned aircraft and hyperspectral sensor in Iowa
, Daniel Murphy
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Analysis of a boat alignment device and method
, Troy Allen Myers
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Tangled twilight. Destiny, horror, and transformation in nature: American culture of progress during the Vietnam War 1965-1975
, Alexander Newkirk
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Impact of parent mentoring and participation in FIRST robotics on middle and high school age female perceptions of engineering careers
, Kirsten Olson
Open Access Thesis
PDF
A master's recital in flute
, Shiqun Ou
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Trainers' perspectives of teacher professional development
, Harun Parpucu
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Analysis of a fragmented mitochondrial genome in a chewing louse, Geomydoecus aurei
, Alexandra Cleone Place
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Investigation of the changes of preservice teachers' efficacy beliefs in teaching students with special needs
, Pujaningsih Pujaningsih
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
From meme to memegraph: The curious case of Pepe the Frog and white nationalism
, Fernando Ismael Quinones Valdivia
Open Access Thesis
PDF
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
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
A master of music recital in clarinet
, Lucas Randall
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The impact of sexual assault on sexual risk-taking
, Melanie Alison Reyes
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The erosion of democracy: Gerrymandering in the United States
, Matthew P. Ruiz
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Aut is love
, Nathan Selove
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Identifying and overcoming barriers to college student success
, Crystal Sivia
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Preschool teachers' beliefs and actions concerning creativity in the classroom
, Latisha Lynn Smith
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Graduate recital in oboe
, David Thompson
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The legality of aerial bombing during World War II in Europe
, Robert I. Umsted
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Graduate recital in viola
, Gabriel Mateo Forero Villamizar
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Graduate recital in composition
, Denzel Washington
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Influence of external and internal factors on financial advisors' guidance of clients in the area of charitable giving
, Angela J. Gorsuch Widner
Open Access Dissertation
2019 Award
PDF
Evaluating livelihood vulnerability of farming communities to winter storms in Iowa
, Yiyi Zhang
Open Access Thesis
2020 Award
PDF
Motivation to call police: The exploration of racial and risk averse motivation
, Alivia Lauren Zubrod
Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
2018
PDF
Graduate recital in piano
, Mariya Akhadjanova
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
The girl who lost her shadow: A collection of short fiction
, Paola Alfano
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Voltage regulation of unbalanced distribution network with distributed generators through genetic algorithm
, Islam Ali
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Instructors' attitudes and perceptions toward critical thinking: A case study of interior design instructors in Saudi Arabia
, Afnan Al Ramis
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The effectiveness of a "patient discharge information" booklet in patient education programs in Saudi Arabia
, Amani Mohammed Al Rebeh
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Exploring the academic, social, and cultural experiences of English language learners from Saudi Arabia at a Midwest university in the U.S.
, Sukainah A. Al Subia
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Affective risk perception in automotive environments
, Dane Atkins
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The effects of mycorrhizal inoculant and micronutrients on early plant establshment during a tallgrass prairie reconstruction
, Christopher L. Barber
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Analyzing how we think about gender: Reevaluating the categories of transgender and cisgender in society
, Anna M. Blaho
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Effects of a neuromuscular facilitation intervention on an excessive q-angle
, Steven Blair
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
STEAM Programming (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Applications for Camp Adventure Child and Youth Services
, Shannon Boseneiler
Open Access Thesis
Does performance on an attention test predict executive function test scores in young and older adults?
, Aaron Joseph Brummel
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
PDF
Graduate recital in violin
, Naima Burrs
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The effects of teacher-focused science content courses on preservice elementary teachers' outcome expectancy
, Mark Robert Busch
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Blood coagulation properties in hibernating and non-hibernating American bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus)
, Stephen Cain
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Longitudinal monitoring of various indicators of performance throughout a season for a NCAA Division I women's volleyball team
, Mathieu Castello
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Faculty to faculty incivility in Iowa nursing education programs
, Candace Chihak
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Barriers to seeking psychological help among Iowa's registered sex offenders
, Sage Comstock
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
A study of high school dropout rates in a Midwestern community
, Shinita Irene Crawley
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
"Among the unspeakable foundations": Melville's use of the book of Job in Moby-Dick
, Andrew S. De Luca
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
PDF
3D printed relief valve analysis and validation
, John Anthony Dutcher III
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Student engagement in higher education: Measuring the differences in community engagement
, Stanley S. Ebede
Open Access Dissertation
2019 Award
PDF
Serious leisure as a catalyst to community development as defined by community engagement
, Marie Elomba Adebiyi
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Mindset theory among education professors in a Midwestern private college
, David D. Fox
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Graduate voice recital: Megan Grey, mezzo soprano & Dr. Korey Barrett, piano
, Megan Grey
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
The moral motivations of negative attitudes toward transgender people
, Hailey Annette Hatch
Open Access Thesis
2019 Award
PDF
Resilience in undergraduate students: The relation between personality, social support, and cortisol levels
, Elisheva Joy Havlik
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Pedagogical contraband: A phenomenological approach to understanding student engagement during simulations
, Stephen Austin Henderson
Open Access Dissertation
PDF
Banging spinning hallelujahs
, Moriah Henkelman
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
It starts with "F": A collection of short stories
, Arielle Irvine
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Spatial disparities and socio-economic conditions : A food desert analysis of greater Des Moines, Iowa
, David Jensen
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Perceptions of wellbeing and happiness: Exploring and examining perspectives of college youth
, Theodora Jn-Baptiste
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Women in STEM: does role congruence affect major choice and retention?
, Alba Karuni
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
PDF
Waiting for the mail: A collection of short stories
, James Matthew Keane
Open Access Thesis
PDF
The effects of book club participation on reading comprehension in children with disabilities
, Elizabeth Ann Kosmicki
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Student variables and teacher perceptions: Examining the decline of reading proficiency at sixth grade
, Jo Ellen Latham
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
PDF
They that go down to the sea in ships: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s Two Years Before the Mast and the Sublime
, Laurie Anne Lee
Open Access Thesis
PDF
Leia Lensing, graduate voice recital
, Leia Mae Lensing
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
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Master's recital in jazz pedagogy: A performance-demonstration of rhythm section instruments, compositions and arrangements by Nicholas Leo
, Nicholas Leo
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The moth-eaters & other stories
, Adrianne Lea Lloyd
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2019 Award
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From Bosnia to Waterloo, Iowa: Bosnian refugee and immigrant experiences, 1996-2017
, Zijad Mahmutovic
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Adult- and peer-created motivational climates in sport and injury rehabilitation
, Rachel Majewski
Open Access Dissertation
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Perceived causes and methods of examination malpractice in the Malawian education system: A case study of secondary schools in South East Education Division (SEED)
, Fiddelis Blessings Makaula
Open Access Dissertation
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In the hollow of a tree
, Lisa A. McClurg
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Turnaround leadership: A case study of principal leadership practices in a persistently low-achieving school during the turnaround process
, Stephanie N. Mohorne
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Examining the relationship between social ties and perceived effect of stress on health among employees
, Demi Marie Monaghan
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The effects of massage therapy on delayed onset muscle soreness
, Carli Mueller
Open Access Thesis
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Exploring the experiences of adolescent students attending a virtual school
, Allan G. Nelson
Open Access Dissertation
2019 Award
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Live thy neighbor
, Milica Njezic
Open Access Thesis
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Landscape and climate drivers of harmful algal blooms in Iowa
, Aaron Padilla
Open Access Thesis
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Master's recital: Chase Pebworth, tuba
, Chase Pebworth
Open Access Thesis
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Christopher Phalen, graduate conducting recital abstract
, Christopher Richard Phalen
Open Access Thesis
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Integration of refugees from Burma in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in Iowa
, Christopher J. Pierce
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Gender differences in perceived stigma among sexual minorities and their related health practices
, Sara Kay Richardson
Open Access Thesis
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Affects and absences: Public memory at the Oklahoma City National Memorial
, Jeremy Roberts
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Teachers' pedagogical practices, shift, and professional growth in online courses
, Maryam Rod Szabo
Open Access Dissertation
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The effects of nutrient resorption, photosynthetic rate, and leaf longevity on the success of Typha × glauca
, Clarissa Marie Ruiz
Open Access Thesis
2019 Award
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An exploration of teacher dispositions: Expectation of potential
, Kathleen Louise Saleh
Open Access Dissertation
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Mental health literacy: The knowledge of mental health literacy and help-seeking attitudes among NCAA Division I student-athletes and non-athletes
, Danielle E. Schuck
Open Access Thesis
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Graduate recital in voice
, Emily Secor
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The Food Babe fearmonger: transcending spheres of argument through the dual use of personal and pseudo-technical expertise
, Abigail Shew
Open Access Thesis
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Study of low dose nitrite stress on human mononuclear cells: An in-vitro case-control study on osteoarthritis
, Junu Shrestha
Open Access Dissertation
2019 Award
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An investigation of early childhood outdoor play areas and social and emotional play
, Brandy A. Smith
Open Access Dissertation
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Reconstructing the phylogeny and characterizing the patterns of molecular evolution of the tetraploid freshwater suckers (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae)
, Zachary Evan Sperstad
Open Access Thesis
2019 Award
Factors affecting performance on a screening tool in persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
, Jordan Deanna Stierwalt
Thesis (Electronic Copy Not Available)
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Analysis of the relationship between religion and forgiveness
, Desislava S. Stoycheva
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Spatiotemporal assessment of condition, seasonal trends, and determinants of agriculturally derived nutrients in the upper Cedar River watershed, Iowa
, Sushil Tuladhar
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A master's recital in conducting
, Logan Scott Vander Wiel
Open Access Thesis
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A master's recital in voice
, Lara Elizabeth Wasserman
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Post-swallow residue in relation to lingual pressure generation in persons with Parkinson's disease
, Ross Westemeyer
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Conservation genetics and habitat associations of
Rhinichthys cataractae
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, Anna Constance Wieman
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Analysis of ambient particulate concentration near a coal storage pile
, Jennifer Wittenburg
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Sand distribution effect on three dimensional printed sand properties
, Kip Woods
Open Access Thesis
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Examining early childhood special education teachers' practices for supporting children's social emotional competence
, Suad Mohammed Abuzaid
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Ecocritical post-colonial studies on humans, land, and animals
, Alia Afzal
Open Access Thesis
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Intergroup contact theory and global perspective in students who study abroad
, Salomi Aladia
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Examining the supportive employment practices used by Project SEARCH: A descriptive study
, Saeed A. Almalki
Open Access Dissertation
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Current practices of co-teaching in an elementary inclusive school: Moving toward effective co-teaching relationship
, Mona Nassir Al Nassir
Open Access Dissertation
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Examining the quality of special education pre-service teachers' co-planning and co-teaching
, Ohoud M. Arrushaid
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Analyzing Rana Plaza crisis discourse from a postcolonial perspective: Implications for identity and crisis communication studies
, Mir Ashfaquzzaman
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Graduate voice recital
, Kelly Behling
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Valproic acid: A neural outgrowth model for the autism spectrum disorder
, Hannah M. Bergan
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A "Little House on the Prairie" education: Creating a Wilder identity
, Victoria Anez Bertelsen
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Viride: An Iowa gothic
, Rachel Iolene Bing
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An experimental study of non-metallic inclusions precipitation and its effect on impact toughness variations in low alloy steel subjected to complex deoxidation
, Pavel Bizyukov
Open Access Dissertation
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Saving local communities using scrip money to fight the Great Depression in north central Iowa
, Bryan Carl Bjorklund
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The impact of peer coaching on peer relationships and the distribution of knowledge in pre-service teachers
, Kelsey J. Bowers
Open Access Thesis
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Differential gene expression analysis of metolachlor treated human liver cells by microarray
, Navinder Paul Kaur Brar
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An instrumental case study of understanding familial communication in families with hearing parents and deaf children
, Polly Brekke
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For two or two hundred: A workbook for making a difference
, C. A. Brimmer
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Aquatic managers of northeast Iowa : a description of current practices of staff training and implementation detailing competencies, frequency, and evaluation
, Tracy N. Carey
Open Access Thesis
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Food insecurity and the elder male: exploring the gap from needing food to the utilization of assistance programs
, Gale Carlson
Open Access Dissertation
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A master's recital in horn
, Casey M. Chlapek
Open Access Thesis
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Living and teaching for social justice: teacher educators' stories and experiences
, Courtney Kay Clausen
Open Access Dissertation
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Wearable and other stories
, Jennifer Corrigan
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Intergenerational conversation: Authentic learning through critical reflection of a community engagement learning experience
, Amy Davison
Open Access Dissertation
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Students' perceptions of the impacts of dual enrollment programs on later college experiences
, Caralee K. Doak
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Protests, pageants, and publications: Narratives of labor agitators, 1913-1914
, Jayme Edmund
Open Access Thesis
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The power of team in IEP meetings
, Caroline Elser
Open Access Dissertation
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The civic and political engagement of Latinos in Omaha, Nebraska
, Christian Israel Espinosa Torres
Open Access Thesis
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Association of various concentrations of cat's claw herb (Uncaria tomentosa) on lymphocyte proliferation and nitric oxide expression: An in-vitro study of osteoarthritis
, Noha Fadlalddin
Open Access Dissertation
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Lead content of lip balms: A cross sectional convenience sample with exposure assessment estimating an average daily intake for young children
, Julie Grunklee
Open Access Thesis
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Spatial competition in airport markets: An application of the Huff model
, Joel Heilman
Open Access Thesis
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Graduate recital in violin
, Hannah Rae Howland
Open Access Thesis
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Head above water weighing: A valid method to measure body fat storage?
, Molly Lin Hussey
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Improving learning center usage verification processes using Six Sigma
, Latricia C. Hylton
Open Access Dissertation
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A graduate recital in piano
, Elisabed Imerlishvili
Open Access Thesis
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A multiscale assessment of wind energy resources and suitability in the Russian Arctic
, Narmina Iusubova
Open Access Thesis
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The programmatic manipulation of planar diagram codes to find an upper bound on the bridge index of prime knots
, Genevieve R. Johnson
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Breaking out the monster in Lara Croft
, Ashley Patricia Jones
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Smartphone based ubiquitous sensing platform leveraging audio jack for power and communication
, Ranjana Joshi
Open Access Dissertation
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An analysis of youth participation in athletics
, Jonathan Wayne Klein
Open Access Thesis
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Using blended learning to improve undergraduate introduction to literature courses: A mixed methods approach
, Julie Leigh Klein
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Multiplex relationships and the impact on rural science education
, Peter Nicholas Knutson
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Certified nonprofit professionals early career decisions and college student loan debt
, Kristina Elizabeth-Ann Kofoot
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Master's recital in jazz pedagogy: A demonstration of proficiency on rhythm section instruments and saxophone performance by Sean Koga
, Sean Koga
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Comparison of forward lean during Bulgarian split squat at high and low box heights
, Craig Konrardy
Open Access Thesis
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Exploring relational self-efficacy: The influences of shyness and attachment
, Jake Daniel Kuklinski
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A graduate recital in piano
, Jennifer Regina LeGarde
Open Access Thesis
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Leishmania infantum infection at the cellular and organismal levels : foamy macrophages and sex-dependent responses
, Ryan David Lockard
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
2018 Award
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Iowa schoolmarms: The significance of rural schools and the feminization movement, 1865-1920
, Ashley Nicole Loper
Open Access Thesis
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A graduate recital in piano
, Yizhou Luo
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Identifying meaningful patient health outcomes among the athletic population
, Tricia Lyn Majewski-Schrage
Dissertation (UNI Access Only)
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Afro culture and performance within the bar space
, Jessany Maldonado
Open Access Thesis
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Gender differences in cognitive dissonance reduction strategies for partner's physical attractiveness
, Lijing Ma
Open Access Thesis
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder stigma: Accurate and inaccurate portrayals in electronic media
, Camille Mirabelle Marie
Thesis (UNI Access Only)
2018 Award
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Graduate voice recital abstract
, MaKayla McDonald
Open Access Thesis
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The influence of child safety warning signs on vehicle speeds
, Luke Alan Miller
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A master of music recital in bassoon
, Annalea Milligan
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