• The Effect of Language on Perception of Ingroups and Outgroups 

  Noll, Samantha M. (2018-08)

  The mechanisms behind prejudice are a topic of long standing research in social psychology. The experimental exploration of prejudice through a cognitive psychology approach, however, is rarer. In particular, prior ...

• The Influence of Sodium Chloride on the Performance of Gammarus Amphipods and the Community Composition of Microbes Associated with Leaf Detritus 

  McIlheran, Shelby (2019-08)

  Leaf litter decomposition is a fundamental part of the carbon cycle and helps support aquatic food webs along with being an important assessment of the health of rivers and streams. Disruptions in this organic matter ...

• Assessment of the Clinical Relevance of Fungal Genotype in Blastomycosis Infections 

  Laux, Klaire L. (2019-11)

  While blastomycosis is a relatively rare disease throughout the United States at an annual incidence of 1-2/100,000 in humans, it is hyperendemic to Wisconsin. Some counties have reported an annual incidence as high as ...

• A Genomic View of Escherichia Coli Diversity from Dairy Calves 

  Fossen, Jenna L. (2019-05)

  Escherichia coli is a model organism for the scientific community but there are still numerous gaps in our knowledge, including its diversity within the gastrointestinal tract of dairy calves and those that survive within ...

• Development of a Caregiver Mindset Scale in Caregivers of Persons with Dementia 

  DeBraal, Jordyn M. (2019-07)

  A growth mindset is defined as the belief that one’s basic traits and abilities can be improved upon through continuing effort and learning. In contrast, a fixed mindset is the belief that one’s qualities are inborn and ...

• Assessing levels of mercury in the endangered whooping crane 

  Smith, Paige E. (2019-04)

  Whooping cranes (Grus americana) are one of the most charismatic and endangered birds in North America. Currently, there are 594 wild individuals found in four populations, one of which is the eastern migratory population ...

• Dehumanization of people with dementia: perception of uniquely human nature characteristics 

  Pionk, Timothy D. (2018-07)

  This study assessed how Human Nature (HN) and Uniquely Human (UH) characteristics affected moral status, attitudes toward, and willingness to interact with a female target with dementia. A short narrative described six ...

• Individual differences and processing bias influence on false memories 

  Mohawk, Kevin D. (2019-07)

  Associative memory distortions are often studied using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm (Roediger & McDermott, 1995). Past research has found mixed results concerning the relationship between cognitive style ...

• Testing the empathy-altruism hypothesis 

  Mills, Benjamin T. (2019-08)

  Feelings of empathic concern for a person in need predicts helping of that person, but there are two competing theoretical explanations for this helping motivation. According to the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis (EAH), the ...

• Loss aversion and the gain/loss comparison hypothesis 

  Conway, Sean P. (2019-08)

  Loss aversion is a psychological construct, which posits that monetary losses affect behavior to a disproportionate degree when compared to monetary gains of equal value. However, recently researchers have suggested that ...

• Henry Wait: a character study 

  Brown, Jordan D.J. (2019-05)

  My thesis is an interwoven collection of autobiographical poetry and prose which portray my experiences as a drug addict. Particularly, how I started and how I stopped using drugs, potential causes and consequences of ...

• Reclaiming Helen: discovering the facets behind the infamous face 

  Aumann, Josephine E. (Karcz) (2019-05)

  A vivacious demigod, a scapegoat, an intercessor of love, a shameful adulterer, a pawn traded between men, a victimized woman persecuted by her society, a border crosser: Helen of Greek mythology has played all of these ...

• Oedipa Maas’s Struggle against Existential Nihilism in The Crying of Lot 49 

  Moore, Samantha (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  This paper investigates the journey of protagonist Oedipa Maas in Thomas Pynchon’s novella The Crying of Lot 49, specifically through the lens of her resistance to existential nihilism. Her development throughout the novel ...

• Music as Political Power in Postwar Germany: The Fight for German Reunification through the Voices of East and West German Musicians 

  Meldrum, Monica (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  When the Second World War ended, Germany embarked on a period of heightened reconstruction. Along with the restoration of bombed buildings and the reestablishment of political systems, the postwar era was a time of rich ...

• The Effects of Physical Activity on Adverse Side Effects in Chemotherapy Patients 

  Long-Pero, Maddisen (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  Each year, more than 14 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer. Despite advancements in medicine, a cure for this disease has not been found. Chemotherapy, a common cancer treatment, is often used in an attempt ...

• The Indian Civil Service Exam: A Modest Beginning toward Democratization 

  Dinkel, Anna (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  In 1855 the Indian Civil Service (ICS), the cornerstone bureaucratic system of the East India Company (EIC), made an important change in the appointment of officers. Rather than continuing with the system of individual ...

• “The Glorious American Banner Floating High above the Ramparts”: The Rise and Fall of Know-Nothingism in Wisconsin 

  Depew, Jennifer (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  Know-Nothingism was an anti-immigrant movement that gained prominence in the United States following a surge in Irish and German Catholic immigration during the 1840s and 1850s. Wisconsin, a new state with a diverse and ...

• Memorializing Atrocities: The Problems of Censorship and Fleeting Memory within Eastern European Holocaust Sites 

  Covey, Jacob (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  Since 1945, memories of the Holocaust have gradually faded around the world. Using a combination of firsthand accounts by Holocaust survivors and Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz, as well as scholarly articles on ...

• The Abortion Rights Struggle in Wisconsin 

  Wieczorek, David (2017-12)

  The purpose of this paper is to examine the history of the antiabortion movement in Wisconsin and place it in a broader, national context. The debate can be summarized as the fight over two conflicting personal liberties: ...

• The Heart of the Gay Community: How a Small STD Clinic in Milwaukee Played a Large Role in Wisconsin AIDS Prevention 

  Wasielewski, William (2018-12)

  The history of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/Human Immunodeficiency Virus (AIDS/HIV) activism is becoming a topic of intense research. However, much of the published history focuses on nationwide groups or AIDS ...

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