This is a collection of works authored by students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Correlates of Truancy Among Somali High School Students in Minnesota, Aisha Abdi
Effects of Continuous Cropping of Autoflowering Hemp on Rhizosphere Soil Microbial Communities and Plant Physiology, Eugene Gyan Afari
Abel Assefa Honors Portfolio, Abel Assefa
Hawi Atinafu Honors Portfolio, Hawi Atinafu
Aruzhan Betigenova Honors Portfolio, Aruzhan Betigenova
Evaluating Soil and Plant Health in a Wide-row Maize (Zea mays L.) Production System Integrated with Perennial Cover Crops and Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), Sovika Bhattarai
Daughters of the Sea, Adrianne Braaten
Isn't Sugar Sweet? & Other Stories, Jacob Butlett
On Saying Goodbye: Interactional Role Liminality & Post-Death Symbolic Interaction, Deborah Cobb
Euphemia Deemi Honors Portfolio, Euphemia Deemi
The Sound Design for The Women of Troy, Anastasiia Didenko
Elle Eckert Honors Portfolio, Elle Eckert
PBIS Fidelity as a Predictor of School Connectedness for Secondary Students, Danielle German
Lifetime Subscription (And Other Options), Jake Griggs
Wreak Havoc, Cassandra E. Hampshire
Jessica Heinsch Honors Portfolio, Jessica Heinsch
Creating the Role of Aunt Eller in Oklahoma!, Phyllis Horridge
Vernice Horton Honors Portfolio, Vernice Horton
Impact of Cross-Client Heterogeneity in Federated Learning for Real-World Plant Disease Classification, Ritesh Janga
Rate Response of Curlyleaf Pondweed and Native Plants to Flumioxazin in Minnesota Lakes, Pearl J. Jensen
Alexa Johnson Honors Portfolio, Alexa K. Johnson
Everything Will Hurt Forever Until Tomorrow, Elizabeth Kassuelke
Retention Factors for College Students Who Have Experienced Trauma, Deborah Klinnert
Kiera Laney Honors Portfolio, Kiera Laney
What are Men Doing to Prevent Gender-Based Violence? Challenges and Resistance to Traditional Masculinities in Costa Rica, Fiorella Masís Aguilar
Virtual Reality in Education: A Thematic Literature Review, Aleksandra Mbuyi
Dragonsworn, Josie McCarty
Brock Nielsen Honors Portfolio, Brock Nielsen
Sociolinguistic Challenges to the Academic Inclusion of Latin American Immigrants of Legal Age and Spanish in High Schools in Minnesota: A Qualitative Study on the Learning of English as A Second Language, Geanella Margarita Ochoa Veloz
Vibration-Based Fault Diagnosis in Industrial Rotating Machinery, Yaman Pandey
A Data-Driven Framework for Automation Readiness in Minnesota State University, Mankato Course Scheduling, Prisca Bongu Payanzo Maba
Butterfly Husks, Heather Pecore
Watching Over Cold Waves: The Influence of Social and Technology Surveillance on Independent Older Adults’ Safety, S M Ashfaqur Rahman
Differentiating Blunt Force Trauma Fractures from Thermal Fractures in Fleshed and Skeletal Deer Heads, Alyssa Ranney
Stories that Wound, Stories that Heal: Navigating the Effects of Performing Traumatic Experiences in Collegiate Forensics, Manuel Reyes
Lean Service System Optimization in U.S. Automotive Maintenance Centers: A Time Study and Simulation-Based Approach to Reducing Service Cycle Time and Increasing Efficiency, Rakibul Hasan Sarker
Emma Sealey Honors Portfolio, Emma Sealey
Jenna Shoultz-Thao Honors Portfolio, Jenna Shoultz-Thao
Improving the Quality of Physics Practice, Wyatt W. Thompson
Data-Driven Climate Damage Functions for Capital Formation: Estimating the Climate Penalty Using Maching Learning, Pramudya Wicaksono
Bethel Zegeye Honors Portfolio, Bethel Zegeye
Portfolios from 2025
Meri Abateneh Honors Portfolio, Meri Negash Abateneh
Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Comparative Narratives of Women Leaders in Public Relations in Ghana and the United States of America, Adriana Kukuwaa Adu
Creation of a Dual-Fluorescence Reporter System to Assay miRNA Regulation of APOBEC3A, Tolulope D. Ajayi
Temporary Marriage in Iraq: Views and Perceptions, Zena Al Safar
Estimation of Energy Use Intensity by Space Usage at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Rocio Alvarado Ramirez
Growing Up Online: Children, Family Vlogs, and the Monetization of Childhood, Jenna Anderson
Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models for Glioblastoma Survival., Muna Awel
Environment Mapping and GPS-Based Trailer Parking Using Low-Cost Peripheral Sensors and Post-Processing Algorithms, Connor Best
The El Mozote Massacre of 1981: Central American Human Rights and United States Cold War Policy, Abbey Botko
Effect of Exogenous Iodide Treatments After Sodium Perchlorate Exposure on Behavior and Brain Development in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Emma Bourgeois
Her, And Other Recurring Themes, Syed Hussain Shahryar Bukhari
The Role of Thyroid Hormone Transporters Mct8 and Oatp1c1 in Cochlear Myelination and Ossicle Bone Development, Nathalia Castellanos Mejia
Allison Chaffee Honors Portfolio, Allison Chaffee
RIPPLES: An Automated Embedding Generation Algorithm for the Forward-Forward Algorithm, Spencer Connolly
Exploring Front-Line Implementers Perceptions to Inform Tier 1 PBIS Implementation Coaching, Sammi Cowger
Lucidity, Jamen Darling
Taryn Dolan Honors Portfolio, Taryn Dolan
Examining School Psychologists’ Perspectives of School Resource Officers, Kaylee Engle
A Vision Transformer Based Assistive System for Dermatological Diagnosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Syeda Lamima Farhat
Cultivating the Competitor: Advocacy, Competition and Education, Vanessa Fowler
Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Equity in School District Strategic Planning: From Paper to Practice to Performance, Joshua T. Fraser
Art Therapy in Social Work Practice, Laura Gebur
Laser Based Metal 3D Printer, Inura Goonawardena
Impact of High School Racial Composition on Intercultural Competence of Undergraduate Students, Ryuto Hashimoto
Embodied Affliction: Somalis’ Perception of Trauma, Ahmed M. Hassan
From Enrollment to Graduation: How Social Support Shapes Latino Educational Trajectories in Minnesota, Erick Heaney
The Art of Movement, Payton Hedderman
From "Pata Pata" to Come Back, Africa: Miriam Makeba and Her Fight Against Apartheid, 1953-1990, Maddie Heiser
Emily (Em) Hodge Honors Portfolio, Emily (Em) Hodge
The Triangle of Social Media, Mental Health, and Activism: Lessons from July 2024 Anti-Discrimination Students Movement in Bangladesh, Md Belal Hossain
Minnesota School Boards Association Communications Internship, Anna Houston
Exploring the Experiences of Collegiate Black Female Student-Athletes from a Phenomenological Perspective, Deja L. Jackson
Elephant Presence Detection for Early-Warning in Kenya: A CNN Transfer-Learning Approach, Pascaline Jerotich
What We Watch on Social Media Makes an Impact, Gracie G. Johnson
Food Porn, Amanda Jordan
A Tale of Two Kingdoms, Grace Kabliska
Machine Learning-Driven Music Genre Recognition, Redeate Kidanue
A Qualitative Examination of Special Education Directors' Beliefs Regarding Restrictive Procedures, Jennifer L. Krueger
Exploring Cultural Perspectives on Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Literature Review, Carly A N Kuhlman
Geochronology and Geomorphology of the Brule Spillway of Glacial Lake Duluth, Madeline Josephine Laaksonen
Sai Meghana Lakku Honors Portfolio, Sai Meghana Lakku
A Case Study on the Use of Cultural Violence and its Contribution to the Third Reich's 'Euthanasia' Program, Grace Larsen
Marcescence, Ben Liebl
House of Spirits, Kari Lutes
Critical Discourse Analysis of MeToo Activism Representation in Nepalese News Coverage: Privileged Bodies, Masculine Gaze, and Absentees Others, Grisha Mainali
Exploring Facilitators’ Experiences Addressing Students’ Needs in a Higher Education Work-Based Engineering Program, Cody D. Mann
Racial Diversity Matters: Experiences of Dental Hygienists of Color in Education and Practice, Sonika Masih
Jasmine Mata Diaz Honors Portfolio, Jasmine Mata Diaz
Personal Temporality, Theodore (Tim) Ives Messenger IV
The Rhythm of Resistance: Marginalized Bodies and Dominant Rhythmic Systems, Bilan Mire
