This is a collection of works authored by students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Missing Voices: Journeys of Pre-Service Teacher Candidates and Graduates of Color in a Predominantly White Teacher Education Program, Robbie R. Burnett
A Dramaturgical Analysis of The Miracle Worker, Abby Butzer
North Minneapolis Residents' Knowledge and Awareness of Indoor Air Quality in Older Residences, Blisse Marie Cajacob
La actitud estoica como táctica de subversión y reconstrucción de la identidad femenina en tres novelas de Piedad Bonnett y Laura Restrepo, Deisy Esperanza Cañón
Weathering and Trauma on Bone, Marie Cato
House of God: MA Thesis, Michael James Cimino
IT Centralization and the Innovation Value Chain in Higher Education: A Study for Promoting Key Innovations Through Innovation Management and Organizational Design, Edmund Udaya Clark
Dating Without Devices, Steven Clark, Mallory Spier, and Megan Yerhot
Catalyst Metal Nanoparticle Size Study Using Atomic Force Microscopy, Jonathan Cody, James Adams, Daniel Fleming, and Aldo Kusnardi
2D Electrophoresis Analysis of Environmentally Stressed Soybean Plants, Ryan Colakovic
Point Mutation D129G and Calmodulin's Effect of Protein Stability and Structure and its Link to CPVT, Jacob Conway
Asking Questions to Get Answers, Alexis Danielle Cummings
College Students' Resource Choices for STI and Pregnancy Prevention, Shaina Daleiden, Britta Higginbotham, Taylor Besse, and Crystal Burger
Seasonal Variation in the Dorsolateral and Medial Cortex of Green Anole Lizards, Amber Day and Abdi Abdilahi
War Economics - An Examination of World's Countries and their Military Expenditure, Franziska Deeg
911,What's My Emergency? Emotional Labor, Work-Related Rumination, and Strain Outcomes in Emergency Medical Dispatchers, Jessica Lee Deselms
Study of Role of Meniscus and Viscous Forces During Liquid-Mediated Contacts Separation, Prabin Dhital
PHYSICAL/VISUAL: Translating Martial Arts to Gallery Arts, Katelyn Dick
Impact of Stigma on Attitudes towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help for Depression, Anna Marie Dierks
Parent Participation in Child Therapeutic Settings, Robert Doss
Lakota People: Wounded on Their Own Homeland, Kristine Dunnum and Madison Wittenburg
Effect of Abiotic Stress on the Expression of Auxin Signaling F-Box 2 mRNA, Dane Dusek
Increasing Mobility and Balance: The beneficial Effects of Treadling in Elderly Women, Shyler Egan, Joseph Putz, and Anna Leloux
The Impact of Pornography on the Genital Body Image and Sexual Self-Efficacy of Female College Students, Monica Elizondo
The Use of Elements of Modern Art in the Work of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Marilyn Evenmo
Spinning Charlotte's Web: The Intersectional System of Meat, Cancer, and Capitalism, Ashley Flaherty
Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson and the Role of Women in Post-Colonial African Politics, Aaaron Flomo
Fruit and Vegetable Availability, Nutrition Education and Access Amongst Food Pantries in California, Maine, Mississippi and South Dakota, Sarah L. Fowler
The Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Decomposition of Sagebrush Litter Collected Along an Altitudinal Gradient, Philip Fraley
Equal, but Different: Science Communication Impact on Beliefs of Sex Differences in the Brain, Laura Fry
An Analysis of Reinforcers Maintaining Caregiving Behaviors of Long-Term Care Facility Staff, Sandra Garcia
Impression Management Strategies of College Professors with Disabilities, Chelsie Gaspar
Can You Hack It? Validating Predictors for IT Boot Camps, Courtney Gear
"Get Tough on Juvenile Criminals": An Assessment of Punitiveness and Punitive Attitudes, Richard Charles Gehrke
Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies for Pre-Service Teachers, Katherine Gibson, Amanda Roche, and Patrick McCarthy
An Analysis of Western Medicine Mistrust Among Selected African Immigrant Women in Minnesota, Wanjiru Julie Gicheru
Cognitive Complexity, Mindfulness, and Reflection in Mental Health Professionals, Dharshini Goonetilleke
Jasmine Greenwaldt: Continuum, Jasmine Elise Greenwaldt
β-Lactam Resistance in Staphylococcus Species Isolated from Students, Laurie Grund
Land Cover Mapping and Change Analysis at the Tensleep Preserve in Wyoming, Tyler Richard Grupa
Managing Processes Used by Families during the Chronic Illness Experience, Rhianna Gwilt
Effectiveness of Spending and Median Household Income on Education, Clint Haala
Non-Genotoxic Human APOBEC3A, Jessica Hadler
Truthfulness and Deception: How Do People Tell the Difference?, Katelyn Hakinson and Megan Lahti
How Different Measures Affect Cognitive Ability in People with Aphasia, Kristina Hanson and Jade Mussehl
"Reality" TV: Portrayals of Labor and Birth in a Mainstream Reality Series One Born Every Minute, Kyrsten Harper, Rebecca Rand, Lauren Sobotta, and Nicole Soley
Biocompatibility of Hydroxyapatite and Stainless Steel Alloys, Mehedi Hasan and Clenten Ndonwie
Impact of Coaching Feedback on Cultural Competency of Undergraduate Students at MSU, Mankato, Jordan Hassemer and Arinn DiSalvo
Impact of Coaching Feedback on Cultural Competency of Undergraduate Students at MSU, Mankato, Jordan Hassemer, Arinn DiSalvo, Kwame Opoku Akyeampong, and Chloe Nicol
Intervention E-mails and Retention: How E-mails Tailored to Personality Impact an Undergraduate Student's Decision to Return to School or Not, John Kelly Heffernon
Media’s Depiction of the Black Lives Matter Activism, Paige Heinrich, Janelle Brown, Matthew Danielson, and Courtney Fisher
Comparison of Cognitive Abilities with Left Versus Right Hemisphere Brain Damage, Michele Hoerdt
The Concept of Substrate Integrated E-plane Waveguide and Circuits, Danyang Huang
Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Injector Flow, Olumide Ige
The Impact of Aging on the Fertility of Eisenia Fetida (Earthworm), Uyi Imasuen and Boluwatife Gbadebo
Examining Empirical Evidence to Conceptualize the Family Anxiety Construct, Mara Irmiter
Cultural Competency of Military Veterans: A Literature Review, Joe Itoh
An Investigation into Native and Non Native English Speaking Instructors' Assessment of University ESL Student's Oral Presentation, Rubaiyat Jabeen
Impact of Community-Based Creative Arts Programs on Youth, Kasey Jacques, John Seipel, Nyairah Abdullah, and Trelijah Miller
Impact of Creative Arts on At-Risk Youth, Kasey Jacques, John Seipel, Nyairah Abdullah, and Trelijah Miller
A Measure Theoretic Approach to Problems of Number Theory with Applications to the Proof of the Prime Number Theorem, Russell Lee Jahn
Streptomyces Tolerance to Alkaline Conditions and Production of Calcite, Kaddijatou Jallow and Ali Oku
FSAE Tubular Frame Torsional Stiffness to Weight Research, Joe Jaspers and Steven Thuening
Viennese Coffeehouses: Memorials to a Bygone Area, Marielle Jenquin
A 2X2 Polarization Switchable Patch Antenna Array For Polarization Modulation, Pengfei Ji
Using In-situ Hybridization to Localize FAM171B Expression, Brooke Jones
Mental Health of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Heterosexual, and Questioning Youth in Rural, Micropolitian, and Metropolitan Regions in Minnesota: Assessing Internalizing and Externalizing Self-report Behaviors, Jessica Louann Jorgenson
Spirituality in Higher Education: A Narrative Analysis of Its Use for Decision-Making, Jeffrey Francis Judge
Choice Intervention on Writing Performance, Erin Kahnke and Carrington Riss
Studying the Structure and Stability of F141L Calmodulin Mutant in the Assessment of Cardiac Related Complications, Drew Kampmeyer
Minnesota Collaborative Agreement: Potential for Dental Hygienists to Increase Direct Access for Underserved Populations, Rachel Jane Kashani-Legler
Comparative Trematode Biota of Healthy Waterbirds Harvested from Lake Winnibigoshish Minnesota, Oklumhekho Kassim
The Reichstag in Berlin: Self-Representation of a New Germany, Mikayla Keener
Final Project, Tyler Keller
A Critical Analysis of Sexual Education and the Benefits of Including Pleasure within Sexual Education Curriculum, Samantha Kerr, Hannah Comer, Danielle Gamble, Alexandra Olson, and Liberty Lough
The Story Telling Abilities of Bilingual Elementary Students in the Midwest, Aisha Khalif and Bethany Bishop
A Wavelet Transform Module for a Speech Recognition Virtual Machine, Euisung Kim
Representing Autistic Masculinity: Hegemonic Gender Performances in Contemporary Autism Films, James Samuel Kizer
Effective Paraprofessional Implementation of Reading Fluency Intervention, Krystal Klement
The Relationship between College Students' Use of Facebook and their Feelings of Alienation from their Institution, Oleksandr Komarenko
Dancing to Survive, Bethany Koshak
Effects of Hydrology on the Growth and Recruitment of Stream Fish in the Eastern Broadleaf Province of Minnesota, Eric J. Krumm
Evaluating Anaerobic Work Capacity Using Time and Intensity in Cyclists Performing High-Intensity Interval Training, Luke Krynski
Development and Leadership: A Case Study of Mobutu’s Leadership, Celine Kyelem
Development of Conjunctions in School Age Children, Monique LaFontaine, Mariah Anderson, Brook Binner, and Kailey Clark
Strategies of Student Activism: A Qualitative Study Examining Racial and Social Justice Organizing on a Midwest College Campus, Rebecca J. Lambert
The Effects of Varying Durations of Formalin Fixation on Larval Fathead Minnow's Pimephales promelas Genetic Utility, Ryan Leba and Coleman Mamaer
Zooplanktonic Community Dynamics of the Minnesota River with an Ichthyoplankton Gear Comparison, Nathaniel Lederman
Existing Soil Conditions in Construction, Kyle Lehnertz, Austin Blum, Nathan Johnston, and Thomas Suchecki
Internalization of Escherichia coli (E. coli) into Lettuce Leaves through Stomata; Cross Contamination between Bruised Leaves, Jote Limeneh and Lucy Saidu
Kehinde Wiley: Creative Genius or One-Note Sellout?, Emily Luehmann
Author Support for Wiki Based Help Systems: Genre Conventions for Content Templates, Claire Lundeby
So You Think You Can Detect Deception?, Shaylyn Lyksett, Kaitlyn Hunstad, and Brianna Fitzgibbons
Human Papillomavirus and Human Herpesvirus-8: Knowledge, Perception of Risk and Barriers to Screening and Treatment among Selected Students at Africa University, Zimbabwe, Rujeko Olga Machinga
Coherent Optical Fiber Communication System Modeling and Analysis Using Ptolemy II, Sanjina Maharian
Adaptive Skiing: A Culture of Its Own, Katelynn Malecha
Herman the German: From Ancient Warrior to Monument in the United States, Katelynn Malecha and Jonathan Smith
Family Communication Construct: Examining Family Nursing Science and Practice, Allison Maleska
Determinants of Divorce in the U.S., Pa Musa Manneh
