This is a collection of works authored by students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

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Events from 2012

Native Prairie Plant Display on Campus, Brandon Brooks, Jaydon Rueckert, Jeffrey Rosamond, and Stacey Allen

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Aemilia Lanyer's Use of the Garden in Salve Deus Rex Judæorum, Anna Brovold

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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

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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

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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

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French Language Legislation in the Digital Age: The Use of Borrowed English Telecommunication Terms and Their Official French Replacements on Twitter and in the American Foreign Language Classroom, Gina Caruso

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The Effectiveness of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Across Cultures, Caylin Cedergren

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Internal Consistency of the Self-Perception Profile for Children: Using Covariance Structure Modeling to Overcome the Limitations of Cronbach's α, Ian Cero

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Program Notes for a Graduate Recital in Piano, Amy Jun Ming Chin

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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

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Real Jobs, Real Community, Real Wages: A Guide to Customized Employment, Kelsey Christy

Selected Language Skills of a Child with Moebius Syndrome, Kim Churness

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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

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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

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Adult Children's Perceptions Of Critical Caregiving Conversations With Their Aging Parents: A Pilot Study, Wendy S. Cregg

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Connecting Future Teachers to Study Abroad, Kyle John Crimi

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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

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An Overview of Avoidant Personality Disorder, Kristin Dehrkoop

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Memory Priming in Elderly Individuals Diagnosed with Dementia, Jessica Lee Deselms

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The BackPack Food Program's Effects on Self-Reported Hunger and On-Task Behavior, Meghan E. Ecker

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"First Impression": Creating an Intake Procedure that is Welcoming to Clients and Useful to Clinicians, Brandi Embacher

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The National Survey of Student Engagement as a Predictor of Academic Success, Paul Michael Fursman

The Agony of Illumination, Stephanie Gamboni

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Relationship Between Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents, Joshua Ganz

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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

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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

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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

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Stroke Rehabilitation, Length-of-Stay, and Re-Admission Rates: A Literature Review, Morgen Hagedorn

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Perceptions of a Text-Based SJT versus an Animated SJT, Amanda Helen Halabi

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The Impact of Dakota Missions on the Development of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, Daphne D. Hamborg

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Exploring the Two-Year College Faculty Work Experience: The Active Job, the Evolving Institution and the Changing Effort-Reward Bargain, Jacobs Wayne Hammond

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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

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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

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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

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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

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An Examination of the Social Acceptability of Elderspeak by College Students and Community Dwelling Older Adults, Kasie Lynn Hummel

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Vestige, Gina Hunt

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Zen Communication - A Cross Cultural Approach to Mindfulness, Appropriate Response, and Flow in Dyadic Interactions, Gregory Husak

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Determining Musical Preferences in Persons with Dementia: Comparing Caregiver Options to Stimulus Preference Assessment, Eva Christine Igler

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The Moderating Effects of Work Control and Leisure Control on the Recovery-Strain Relationship, Jason Nicholas Jaber

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Health Expenditure and Suicide Rate for Senior, Hanako Maruyama Jeong

Design and Analysis of Space Frame Chassis, Barry Johnson

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Exploration of Weight Gain in Female Breast Cancer Survivors, Mary Kay Johnson