This is a collection of works authored by students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Student Teacher Perceptions of the Impact of Mentoring on Student Teaching, Lori Kay Bird
Laptops in the Classroom: Evaluating the Potential Benefits of Technology Against Distractions, Britten Block, Ryan Meyer, Maria Almoite, and Kayla Scott
Rosenbauer Commander 4X4, Daniel Boyer
Devaluing Sex to Cope with Anxiety: A Comparative Investigation of Sexual Delay Discounting with High and Low Socially Phobic Populations, Miranda N. Bretz
The Hierarchy of Rococo Women Seen Through Fashion in Paintings, Sanda Brighidin
Implementation of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) Program Within a University Audiology Clinic, Tara Brink
Native Prairie Plant Display on Campus, Brandon Brooks, Jaydon Rueckert, Jeffrey Rosamond, and Stacey Allen
Aemilia Lanyer's Use of the Garden in Salve Deus Rex Judæorum, Anna Brovold
Teachers' Perspectives on Bullying: Understanding Educational Interventions, Ryan Dennis Buch
Balkan Elegy: Analysis of the Performance Artist Marina Abramovic, Jelena Bulajic
Portrait of Aging, Jelena Bulajic
Physical Activity Patterns of Deaf Adults, Kenisha Butler
Is It All the Mind? Predicting the Performance of Marathon Running, John Bygrave
Teacher Training for LRE Mainstreaming and Diverse Classrooms, Rhonda J. Callanan
Examining College Students' Levels of Erotophobia and Erotophilia, Allison Campbell, Miranda Bretz, Keegan McPherson, and Matthew Schumann
Identification of Factors that Promote the Growth of Dormant Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Thu Minh Cao
Modern Mosques of the Midwest; Examining Identity of Regional Mosques, Kathryn Carrier
The Effectiveness of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Across Cultures, Caylin Cedergren
Program Notes for a Graduate Recital in Piano, Amy Jun Ming Chin
Are there Roles for Technical Communicators in Small Community Food Systems?, Brent William Chisholm
Isolating Brain RNA to Determine Genes Involved in Hygienic Behavior in the Honey Bee, Apis Mellifera, Laura Chopp
Effects of Mechanical Wounding and Methyl Jasmonate Treatment of Pea Lipoxygenase Isoforms, Young Hee Cho
How Do People Think About Their Decisions: Understanding How Scenario Domain Influences the Framing Effect, Anthony Christian
Real Jobs, Real Community, Real Wages: A Guide to Customized Employment, Kelsey Christy
Selected Language Skills of a Child with Moebius Syndrome, Kim Churness
Health Care Providers' Intention to Provide Culturally Competent Health Care to Somali Based Upon the Indirect Measures of the Integrated Behavioral Model, Amanda Kaye Ciesinski
Investigating Racial Stereotypes for African American with a New Implicit Measure of Reading Comprehension, Carrie Claussen and Megan Selberg
Identifying Organizational Factors that Moderate the Engagement-Turnover Relationship in a Healthcare Setting, Stevie Ann Collini
Collection and Analysis of a 13N Labeled Ammonia Radiotracer, Nicholas Compton, John Clymer, James Cotter, Henry Dam, Zach Lesko, and Lucas Swanson
Gender Bias is Here to Stay? Investigating How Subtle Changes in Language can Influence Gender Stereotyped Occupations, Emily Coon and Natalie Lloyd
An Analysis of Albedo and Absorption of Solar Radiation in Regards to the Urban Heat Island Effect, Vegetation, and Potential Energy Use, Elixus Couvertier, Andrew Meyer, and Lisa Edman
Adult Children's Perceptions Of Critical Caregiving Conversations With Their Aging Parents: A Pilot Study, Wendy S. Cregg
Connecting Future Teachers to Study Abroad, Kyle John Crimi
Manning Up: A look at Women in the Military and their Sense of Self, Kari Elizabeth Davis
Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Diabetes Dynamics, Sara DeBoer, Jordan Tait, Bang Huang, and Alyssa Van Klei
An Overview of Avoidant Personality Disorder, Kristin Dehrkoop
Memory Priming in Elderly Individuals Diagnosed with Dementia, Jessica Lee Deselms
A Case Study of Four High School ESL Students' Oral Reading Fluency and Affect, Katie Devaney
A New Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) Model for Cancerous and Normal Breast Tissue, Eric Diep and Nicholas Esler
Smoothing Function for Minimum 1-Norm Linear Equation System, Nhung Do
Polarization Recovery in MIMO Optical Receivers Using Blind Equalization, Bushara Dosa
A National Study of the Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Student Conduct Administrators, Mary C. Dowd
Psychiatric Professional Beliefs Regarding Dissociative Identity Disorder, Nicole Draheim and Amber Schramm
In-Depth Analysis and Program Notes on a Selection of Wind Band Music, Benjamin James Druffel
Selected Language Skills of a Child with Aspergers Syndrome, Jennifer Duley
Organizational Wellness Programs: Who Participates and Does it Help?, Justin Michael Dumond
Big Wyoming Sagebrush Screens UV Radiation More Effectively at Higher Altitudes, Michael Dyslin
Career Counseling: Right Nurse, Right Position, Erin Eccles
The BackPack Food Program's Effects on Self-Reported Hunger and On-Task Behavior, Meghan E. Ecker
"First Impression": Creating an Intake Procedure that is Welcoming to Clients and Useful to Clinicians, Brandi Embacher
Effective Pedometer Programs: Determining the Motivational Factors Primarily Responsible for the Physical Activity Increases being made by Participants, Britne Engelking
In One Ear and Out the Other: The Correction of Psychology Misconceptions and Our Minds Resistance to it, Samuel Erickson, Samantha Bergmann, and Sarah Lewer
SEA Program Process Evaluation: Improving Existing Evaluation Methods, Rachel Faust
An Analysis of the Market Reforms and their Impact on the Foreign Trade and Capital Inflow in Former Soviet Union Countries, Gulmira Fazilova
Coping with Economic Stressors: Religious and Non-Religious Strategies for Managing Psychological Distress, Jonathan Karl Feil
Are Nurses the Key Factor in Saving Patients from a Crisis?, Emily Fisher, Kortney Schmitz, Michelle Brunn, and Jill Smith
We're "Fed" Up and Tea'd Off: Frame Analysis of the Tea Party Movement, Daniel Peter Flaaen
Korean Adoptees' Experiences and their Connection to Racial and Ethnic Identity, Max Fordbord
The Creation and Validation of a Pilot Selection System for a Midwestern University Aviation Department, Jacob William Forsman
What Factors Influence Back Pain in Nurses, Brittany Frank, Casey Lynch, Christine Henke, Lyndsay Sadler, and Clifford Rippel
Vascular Regrowth Following Partial Hepatectomy in Rat, Courtney Frank and Kayla Anderson
Awareness of Xylitol, Linda Froehlich, Krystal Bode, and Angela Monson
The National Survey of Student Engagement as a Predictor of Academic Success, Paul Michael Fursman
The Agony of Illumination, Stephanie Gamboni
Relationship Between Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents, Joshua Ganz
Headway Emotional Health Services: A Parent Satisfaction Survey and Needs Assessment, Eowyn T. Gatlin
The Perception of Resources Available to Victims of Domestic Violence in MNSU, Abel D. Gebretkle
Analysis of Benzaldehyde Interactions with Nucleosides, Megan Geitz
Dancing for Everyone, Meagan Gerber and Daniel Stark
Pleistocene Glaciation and Climate of the Boulder Mountains, Western Montana, Questor German
College Students' Perceptions and Misconceptions about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Ashley Germscheid
Effects of Strontium in the Bone Density of Mice, Nathaniel Gonzales and Kali Trukki
Design a Power Substation for Essar Steel Minnesota, Jeremy Goodell, Daniel Marshall, and Cord Semotink
Middle School Student Perceptions of Teacher and Adult Caring Behaviors, Jonathon William Graff
Aquaporin-2 Expression in Rat Kidney, David Green
Commercials and College: The Negative Effects on Body Image, Madeline Greene
Lake Water Filtration for Excess Algae Removal, Sarah Green, Meghann Chiodo, Rebecca Welch, Yllka Patoku, and Cassandra Orcutt
Crowd Control: Mathematically Modeling Human Crowds for Emergency Behavior, John Grooms
Does a Capeweed Population from San Francisco Have Allelopathic Ability?, Dustin Gruber
A Retrospective Analysis of the Perceived Benefits of Participating in Study Abroad Program, Emma Grumke
40 Developmental Assets: A Research Analysis: Healthy Youth Committee & Fairmont's Youth Surveys, Tiffany Gullord
Does the Presence of Information Asymmetry Cause Management to Prefer Debt Financing? An Empirical Test of the Pecking Order Theory of Capital Structure, Benjamin Guthmiller
Impact and Results of Cuts in Training and Development Budgets on Small Local Business, Emily Haag
Stroke Rehabilitation, Length-of-Stay, and Re-Admission Rates: A Literature Review, Morgen Hagedorn
Perceptions of a Text-Based SJT versus an Animated SJT, Amanda Helen Halabi
The Impact of Dakota Missions on the Development of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, Daphne D. Hamborg
Exploring the Two-Year College Faculty Work Experience: The Active Job, the Evolving Institution and the Changing Effort-Reward Bargain, Jacobs Wayne Hammond
Investigation into the Usability of Micromechanical Models to Predict the Behavior of a Nanocomposite Polymer, Jason Handlogten
Beyond Limits: Exploring Motivation and Gender Barriers in Ultramarathoning, Amy Harris
Women of Horror, Andrew Harrison
Who Needs a Plow-Zone? Using a Common Site Mapping Method in a New Way at the Silvernale Site (21GD03), Kyle Gary Harvey
Morphological Characterization of Transgenic Mice Hearts, Jennifer Heibel, Brandon Boeck, and Ashley Overby
Communication Effectiveness and the Emerald Ash Borer Mitigation Campaign, Jonathon Heide
Health Care Providers Influences on Whether or Not They Use Personal Protective Equipment, Amy Hiltner, Emily Cameron, and Alyssa Tranby
An Exploratory Study of a User's Facebook Security and Privacy Settings, Brandon Charles Hoffmann
Identification of Metabolic Adducts Formed Between the Common Food Contaminant, HMF, and DNA, Cameron Hovey
An Examination of the Social Acceptability of Elderspeak by College Students and Community Dwelling Older Adults, Kasie Lynn Hummel
Vestige, Gina Hunt
