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Honors Theses from 2017
The Fabric of Animation, Anna Aaberg
Investigation of Three-Axis Accelerometer Calibration Techniques, Alec Archer
Pivot, Dorothy Armstrong
War of the Words: Development of Inter-Lexical Inhibition in Typical Children, Christina Blomquist and Bob McMurray
Shame On You: An Exploratory Study of Shame in the an African American Community, Kyah Bridges
Talented and Gifted Teaching Methods: Are Teachers Prepared to Teach the Talented and Gift, Kristen Budreau
Branding Yourself as an Artist, Jaelynn Burkamper
I Sing Of Misogyny and Sexual Assault: Rape Culture in Contemporary American Pop Music, Chloe Cable
A New Type of Chinese Zodiac Animal Characters, Jiaying Cao
Child and parent perspective of effective and ineffective therapeutic alliance during treatment for stuttering, Mallory Carr and Patricia Zebrowski Ph.D
Effects of Neonatal Supplemental Oxygen and High Fat Diet on Weight Gain, Ventricular Hypertrophy and Contractility, Shreya Chandrasekar, Melissa L. Bates, Shilpa Vellookunnel, Michael J. Hoover, Madison E. Sturgeon, and Austin Murphy
Romani Musicians: The Fantasy of the Exotic in Film and Popular Culture, Grace Coleman
Iowa High School Journalism Project, Julia Davis
Ship Airwake Computational Modeling Method Verification, Gregory Dooley
Newbery Award-Winning Books and Gifted Readers, Jennifer Dreyer
Latino Nativity Status and Cancer Screening Behaviors within the U.S., Alejandra Escoto
Dissecting Chinese Involvement in Road Construction Projects in Tanzania, Isabel Flores
Memes, Romanticized Jealousy & Abuse: How Neo-liberal Capitalist Ideology Upholds Gender Essentialism in Relationships., Marissa Gordinier
"Iowa Settlers & Chief Che-Neuse's Band: Familial Exchanges, Meskwaki Exiles, & the Importance of Storytelling", Keegan Gormally
The Interfaith Initiative: An Interfaith Dialogue Experiment, Jessica Graff
Evaluating the Degree of STEM Curriculum Incorporation in the Elementary Classroom, Mary Grismer
26 Coffee Cups: An Exploration In Book Design, Scott Christian Hage
Constrained Channel Estimation Methods in Underwater Acoustics, Emma Hawk
Parental Verbal Responsiveness during Prelinguistic Vocal Development: Variability and Association with Language Outcomes, Yelim Hong and Julie Gros-Louis
Bits and Pieces: A Case for Holistic Analysis in the Study of Ceramic Archaeology, M. A. Hoofnagle
Human Water Security: It Boils Down to State Bureaucratic Capacity, Seth Howard
The Art of Art Education, Kaylee Huber
In the Spirit of Dada Man Ray, The Ridgefield Gazook, and TNT, Emma Husar
Politics Beyond the Personal: Reading Wolin In the Age of Trump, Christopher Jackson
Parent perspectives on effectiveness of speech language pathologists during home visits for early intervention, Madeline Judisch
Inverse Relationship between Progesterone Receptor and Myc in Endometrial Cancer, Tamar Kavlashvili
Issues Regarding Hawaiian 'Ki'i': An Analysis of the Commercialization and Mass Production of Ancient Sacred Hawaiian Objects, Loxley M. Keala
Capturing the Political Climate of 2017, Marissa Kelly
Public Policy and the Influence it Holds, Rylee Kerper
Beyond Boundaries-Interacting with Unfamiliar Material, Ari Kim
Envision: The Eye Patch Club App, Hannah Kopach
Littlel Looks & Big Pictures- a Personal Blog, Kylie Kreischer
Body As Apparatus, Jonathon Laufersweiler
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act: Spending and Poverty, Emily Legel
Does Racial Bias in the Identification of Threatening Stimuli Generalize to Older Black Men?, Gustav Lundberg
From Religiosity to Atheism, How Gender Shapes Non-Belief, Gustav Lundberg
Experimental White Glazes, Elizabeth Mann
Intercultural Advocacy and Communication: Establishing Campus Food Pantry at the University of Iowa, Benjamin Marks
"Sick, Dead, or Lying:" A critical textual analysis of asexuality in popular culture, Benjamin Marks
CREATING PINHOLE CAMERAS AND IMAGES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, Carly Matthew
Subliminal, Mary McDonald
Under Water: Aesthetics and Function in Alexis Rockman's Flooded Landscape, Amy Folkedahl Meehleder
Frugal Artist, Daniel Milburn
The Effects of Music on Short-Term and Long-Term Memory, Alexandria Miller
No, How are YOU Feeling?, Miranda Mulcrone
Am I not a Woman and a Sister and an Immigrant?: Approaching Intimate Partner Violence in Black Immigrant Communities Within an Intersectional Framework, Azzah Nasraddin
Breaking the Silence: Women’s Stories as Agents of Change for Abortion Rights in Ireland, Kelsey O'Donnell
Law and Society: The Justice Divide in the United States, Abigail Olson
Tomb 70 3D Reconstruction, Elissa Opfer
Vascular Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Prematurity After O2 Supplementation, Amanda Owens
The Storyteller's Apprentice, Kaycee Pancake
Quanta, Miranda Pederson
Novel Roles of Adhesion G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Cardiovascular Development, Andrew Poggemiller
Intervention to Enhance the Use of Sit-Stand Desks in College Students, Ashley Raulli
The Role of gpx-8 in DNA Repair of C. elegans, Grant T. Read
Effects of Medial Olivocochlear Auditory Reflex Activation on Cochlear Vibration, Alexandra Redfern and Shawn Goodman
Utilizing Tumor Exome Variation to Predict Cancer Treatment Outcomes, Michael Rendleman
Do Illustrations Influence Reading Comprehension in Adults with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities?, Kiara Rivera
Fairly Local, Alison Schwebach
The Case of the Boy with Anomia: Contributions of Visual and Language Processing in Naming, Sharon Serper
Relation Between Park Characteristics and Physical Activity Levels in a Rural Midwest Community, Haley Sevening and Kathleen Janz
Mental Health Parity Legislation (2008-2015): Effects on Mental Health Outcomes, Tyler Shearer
La instrucción explícita de la pronunciación: Los efectos a la adquisición de los sonidos de una segunda lengua, Samantha Steier
The Design of an Electro-Mechanical Bicycle for an Immersive Virtual Environment, Oliver Stroh
Neonatal Supplemental Oxygen Exposure Promotes the Development of Metabolic Disease in Adult Rats, Madison E. Sturgeon, Michael Hoover, Rachel Leuhrs, Shilpa Vellookunnel, Shreya Chandrasekar, Austin Murphy, and Melissa L. Bates
An Analysis of the Social and Economic Relations Between the Pharaonic and Artisan Classes of New Kingdom Egypt, Maja Stina Sunleaf
Creating Health-Related Digital Media Abroad, Helaina Thompson
Another Summer, Laura Townsend
Electroforming on ceramic, Yen-Lin Tsai
Good Grief: How to Lose the Ones You Love, Celine Uhl
Vessel Reactivity and Blood Flow in Rats Exposed to Neonatal Supplemental Oxygen, Shilpa Vellookunnel, Melissa Bates, Michael Hoover, Madison Sturgeon, Shreya Chandrasekar, and Austin Murphy
Abiotic Degradation of Trichloroethylene by Iron Minerals, Samuel Wallace
Are In-group Social Stimuli more Rewarding than Out-group?, Ann Walsh
Say Cheese: An Analysis of Olympic Medalists’ Smiles, Raelyn Webster
Los métodos de tutoría y el aprendizaje de la escritura en español como lengua extranjera, Katherine Will
Lost Soul: The Process of Revision in Fiction, Nathan Woolard
Learning Motor Skills with Rewarding Feedback and Variability, Weijie Xiao
The Effects of Response and Stimulus Repetition across Sequences of Trials in Go/No-go Tasks, Chan Xu
Analysis of Parental Leave Policies for Staff at Big Ten Schools, Rachel Zuckerman
Honors Theses from 2016
Engineering Financial Literacy: Modules to teach engineers core business topics, Alexandra Bartlett
Cats and Dogs: The Development of the Household Pet through Symbolic Interpretations and Social Practices in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Lindsey Nicole Blair
The Problematic Epic of Finland: An Exploration of Tricky Heroes, Silent Women, and Absent Fathers in the Kalevala, Carolyn S. Brugman
Towards Standards for the Manual Digitization and Vectorization of Analog Historical Maps and Records, Ian Dunshee
Summer Days, Victoria R. Erickson
Taping as Process and Medium, Megan Michelle Farlow
The House of Augustus and the Villa Farnesina: The New Values of the Imperial Decorative Program, Megan Michelle Farlow
Dogman's Ensemble, Samuel Feldstein
A Study of Michael Borremans, Yifan Fu
Shapes and Noise: Does Border Geometry and Capital Location Affect the Prevalence of Insurgency in a State?, Ryan B. Hall
The Uncrowned King: Axel Oxenstierna and Sweden's Rise to Power During the Thirty Years War, Forest R. Johnson III
Dear Bees, I love you., Dakota Keller
Impressionistic Renaissance, Elinor K. Krieger-Coble
The Financial and Tax Implications of the Affordable Care Act on Lower and Middle Class U.S. Residents, Janel Orton