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Actor–Partner Model Of Parenting And Co-Parenting Practices And Youth Resilience During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Olivia Aspiras, Jaimie O'Gara, Justine Radunzel

Faculty Publications

The present research examined parents' perspectives of co-parenting and supportive and hostile parenting as predictors of youth resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were 47 mother/father dyads who had at least one K-12 child (Mage = 11.40, SD = 3.92). Mothers and fathers each completed an online survey that measured parenting, co-parenting, and youth resilience during the pandemic. Data were analyzed using the actor–partner interdependence model. Results revealed a positive relationship between mother supportiveness and perceived youth resilience; in contrast, increased father supportiveness was associated with lower perceived youth resilience. For both mothers and fathers, increases in their own hostility …

Uni Science Education Update Conference [Program] April 6, 2018, University Of Northern Iowa Science Education Program.

Science Education Update Conference Documents

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Exercise Video-Guided Bodyweight Interval Training On Psychophysiological Outcomes In Inactive Adults With Obesity, Gabriella F. Bellissimo, Alyssa Bailly, Kelsey Bourbeau, Christine Mermier, Anthony Campitelli, Quint Berkemeier, Jonathan Specht, Jessica Smith, Jeremy Ducharme, Matthew J. Stork, Jonathan P. Little, Len Kravitz

Faculty Publications

Purpose: Determine the impact of a 6-week YouTube-instructed bodyweight interval training (BW-IT) program on cardiometabolic health, muscular strength, and factors related to exercise adherence in adults with obesity. Methods: Fourteen adults (30.7 ± 10.3 yrs, BMI 35.5 ± 5.4 kg/m²) participated in this study. The BW-IT program progressed bi-weekly from a 1:3 to 1:1 work-to-rest ratio, using maximum effort intervals of high knees, squat jumps, scissor jacks, jumping lunges, and burpees. Pre- and post-intervention measures included peak oxygen consumption ( (Formula presented.) O2peak), relative quadriceps isometric muscular strength, waist circumference (WC), body composition via bioelectrical impedance, and cardiometabolic …

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, April 2025, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- Celebrating Earth Day
--- Looking back at 2024
--- MSEI deadline approaching for Eastern Iowa
--- Painter Training Classes
--- Partner events
--- Industry News

Csbs Kudos, Spring 2025, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Kudos

Contents:

--- Faculty Accolades
--- CSBS Awards
--- Promotions
--- Retirements: Robert Dise; Carolyn Hildebrandt
--- Scott Peters talks civics education on "Iowa Press"
--- Kelli Snyder receives Iowa Athletic Trainers' Society Educator of the Year Award
--- Nancy Kertz named to 2025 Great Iowa Nurses
--- Bill Henninger receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for spring 2025
--- A legacy of leadership
--- UNI Center for Civic Education hosts naturalization ceremony
--- PATCVP hosts inaugural Dan Marburger MVP Advocacy Awards
--- UNI public health students earn top honors at national competition
--- UNI expands access to offer Master’s in History …

Uni Science Education Update Conference, Save The Date Flier, Spring 2025, University Of Northern Iowa. Science Education Program.

Science Education Update Conference Documents

No abstract provided.

Review: Chasing The Stars: How Astronomers Of Observatory Hill Transformed Our Understanding Of The Universe, By James Lattis And Kelly Tyrrell, Thomas Hockey

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Uni Schedule Of Classes: Policies And Procedures, Spring 2025, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Uprising, Issue 19 [Spring 2025], University Of Northern Iowa. Northern Iowa Student Government.

Uprising

Contents:

Lasting Light --- 10
Timeless Allure --- 12
In Its Tenth Year --- 20
Remember Me --- 21
Enduring the Season --- 23
Capitol Charade --- 24
Political Fashion and the Conservative Cultural Shift --- 30
Untitled Poems --- 31
Blackout Poetry --- 32
Tin-Iversary --- 34
What does Uprising mean to you? --- 42
Wattpad Girl --- 44
Eccentricity --- 46
A Celebration of Genres and Girls: A Three-Way Interview --- 54
Senior Spring --- 56
My Life My Choice --- 57
Fate in Focus --- 58
Speak Up: Speak Up! --- 66
Sapphics --- 68
Tattooed Narratives …

Who Owns Their Dead: Unequal Access To Reptriation In The United States, Sydney Blum

Research in the Capitol

Museums and scientific institutions in the United States house human remains and important cultural objects in their collections; materials obtained in various manners over the past few centuries. In 1990, Congress passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which mandated that federally funded institutions return Native remains and cultural objects to the affiliated tribe. Over the last three decades the rules have been modified a couple of times with the input of tribes and institutions. This has become an ongoing negotiation process as both public and professional conversations change. In recent conversations of repatriation, the topic has even …

19th Annual Research In The Capitol [Program], March 31, 2025, University Of Northern Iowa. University Honors Program. Iowa State University. Honors Program. University Of Iowa. Honors Program.

Research in the Capitol Programs

Program of research presentations given at the Capitol by students from the University of Northern Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Iowa.

The Total Solar Eclipse Of 1869 As Stimulus For Adoption Of Physical-Astronomy Techniques In The United States, Jennifer Lynn Bartlett, Thomas Hockey

Faculty Publications

In the United States, techniques that would one day be called astrophysical were applied later than elsewhere and comparatively suddenly. Their entry into US main-stream astronomy was motivated by a quasi-stochastic phenomenon: a total eclipse of the Sun visible between the contiguous borders of that country. In reaction to the upcoming event, the US Nautical Almanac Office in particular invested time, workforce, and a great deal of money into the measurements of physical astronomy, especially spectroscopy. This occurred although none of its employees had ever expressed—at least, in writing—expertise or even interest in the subject beforehand. Once adopted, physical astronomy, …

Electronic And Magnetic Properties Of Nearly Spin-Gapless Semiconducting Fevtaal And Fecrzral, Caden Sadler, Samuel Smith, Nhat Phat Nguyen, Brandon Schmidt, Parashu Kharel, Paul M. Shand, Pavel V. Lukashev

Faculty Publications

Here, we present results of a computational study of electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of FeVTaAl and FeCrZrAl, quaternary Heusler alloys that have been recently reported to exhibit spin-gapless semiconducting behavior. Our calculations indicate that these materials may crystallize in regular Heusler cubic structure, which has a significantly lower energy than the inverted Heusler cubic phase. Both FeVTaAl and FeCrZrAl exhibit ferromagnetic alignment, with an integer magnetic moment per unit cell at equilibrium lattice constant. Band structure analysis reveals that while both FeVTaAl and FeCrZrAl indeed exhibit nearly spin-gapless semiconducting electronic structure at their optimal lattice parameters, FeVTaAl is a …

Origin Of Large Effective Phonon Magnetic Moments In Monolayer Mos2, Hussam Mustafa, Cynthia Nnokwe, Gaihua Ye, Mengqi Fang, Swati Chaudhary, Jia An Yan, Kai Wu, Connor J. Cunningham, Colin M. Hemesath, Andrew James Stollenwerk, Paul M. Shand, Eui Hyeok Yang

Faculty Publications

Recent helicity-resolved magneto-Raman spectroscopy measurement demonstrates large effective phonon magnetic moments of ∼2.5 μB in monolayer MoS2, highlighting resonant excitation of bright excitons as a feasible route to activate Γ-point circularly polarized phonons in transition metal dichalcogenides. However, a microscopic picture of this intriguing phenomenon remains lacking. In this work, we show that an orbital transition between the split conduction bands (Δ0 = 4 meV) of MoS2 couples to the doubly degenerate E″ phonon mode (Ω0 = 33 meV), forming two hybridized states. Our phononic and electronic Raman scattering measurements capture these two states: (i) one with predominantly phonon contribution …

Will Yager, Double Bass, Faculty Recital, March 7, 2025 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Electronic, Magnetic, And Structural Properties Of V2coal: Experimental And Computational Study, Parashu Kharel, Cole Brown, Brandon Schmidt, Caden Sadler, Salimatou Diallo, Mohd Anas, Paul M. Shand, Pavel V. Lukashev

Faculty Publications

Here, we present results of combined experimental and computations study of V2CoAl, a Heusler alloy that exhibits nearly perfect spin-polarization. Our calculations indicate that this material maintains a high degree of spin-polarization (over 90%) in the wide range of lattice parameters, except at the largest considered unit cell volume. The magnetic alignment of V2CoAl is ferrimagnetic, due to the antialignment of the magnetic moments of vanadium atoms in their two sublattices. The calculated total magnetic moment per formula unit is nearly integer at the optimal lattice parameter and at the smaller volumes of the unit cell, but it deviated from …

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, March 2025, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- Navigating Change Together
--- UNI Day at Capitol
--- Welcome Olivia
--- Free Assistance Available
--- MSEI Assistance
--- Resilient Iowa Communities
--- Industry News

Is Bullying Associated With Health Risk And Quality Of Life Behaviors In Adolescents?, Ana Beatriz Pacífico, Eliane Denise Araújo Bacil, Thiago Silva Piola, Michael Pereira Da Silva, Fabio Fontana, Jhonatan Gritten Campos, Ademar Avelar, Wagner De Campos

Faculty Publications

This study assessed the practice of bullying, health risk behavior and quality of life in adolescent boys and girls from the city of Maringá, Paraná. A representative sample of 1,020 adolescents participated in the study to assess the association between bullying, health-risk behavior, and quality of life factors through self-reported questionnaires. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were obtained using both crude and adjusted binary and ordinal logistic regression, with a significance level of p< 0.05. Male bullying perpetrators were 2.2 (95%CI=1.4-3.4) and 2.0 (95%CI=1.2-3.2) times more likely to consume alcohol and engage in physical activity compared to non-bullying males. Female bullying perpetrators were 2.1 (95%CI=1.3-3.5), 3.6 (95%CI=1.3-10.1), 1.8 (95%CI=1.1-2.9), and 2.7 (95%CI=1.1-6.3) times more likely to smoke, use illicit drugs, be addicted to smartphones, and have poorer sleep quality. These girls also had a 60% higher chance of having a worse perception of quality of life, respectively, compared to non-bullying females. The conclusion drawn is that bullying may be associated with health risk behaviors for both boys and girls.

Joyful Justice, Alexandra Kogl

Faculty Publications

Political Science is not an obviously joyful discipline, and wrestling with injustice in the classroom is not an intuitive way to open the door to joy. But when students and professor alike practice compassion for victims of injustices (such as sexual violence and white supremacy) and for each other, they sometimes find the kind of common ground that allows joy into the room. Treating one another as peers in a community aimed at seeking to understand what justice is and what it feels like, we experience justice as beautiful, shared work that we can practice at a small scale, setting …

Distinctions Among Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations, Thomas Hockey

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, February 2025, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- Diane Albertson Memorial Scholarship
--- Introducing new IWRC Advisory Committee Members
--- Launching Compost Training Program in Rural Midwestern Communities
--- 2024 MSEI Reminder
--- Resilient Iowa Communities
--- Industry news

University Of Northern Iowa's Strategic Plan 2023-28, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

--- Our Values
--- Goal 1: Innovate for Learner Success
--- Goal 2: Access for All
--- Goal 3: Empower Communities to Shape Their Future
--- Goal 4: Steward Resources Effectively

Between Pedagogical Content Knowledge And Confidence: A Case Study Of Pronunciation Training And Teacher Preparation, Lena Barrantes-Elizondo, Joshua Gordon

Faculty Publications

While many teachers do not feel confident teaching pronunciation because of limited preparation in different areas, research has demonstrated positive effects of training in pronunciation pedagogy, as teachers who receive such training develop cognitions (i.e., knowledge, beliefs, thoughts, actions) that align with current tenets of pronunciation pedagogy. Drawing on this assertion, this paper reports the results of a qualitative case study with five pre-service teaching-English-to-speakers-of-other-languages (TESOL) teachers enrolled in a pedagogical pronunciation course as part of their teacher training program. The study’s main purpose was to understand the role of training in developing content knowledge (CK) and pedagogical content knowledge …

A Cross-Cultural Analysis Of Violence Prevention Programs In Central Asia And The U.S. Education Systems, Nilufar Bobjonova

Graduate Research Papers

The rise of youth violence and aggressive behavior has become a significant public health concern, affecting individuals on multiple levels, including physical, economic, social, and psychological well-being. Given the national attention this issue has received in the United States, various prevention programs have been designed to equip children with essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes to minimize their involvement in violent activities (Higgerson et al., 2008). Preventing violence through structured programs is essential for creating safe and supportive educational environments. Schools serve as an ideal platform for implementing these initiatives, as they provide a consistent setting for teaching young individuals critical …

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, January 2025, Special Edition, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- EPA’s New Hazardous Waste e-Manifest Registration Requirements

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, January 2025, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- Welcome Marketing and Communication Intern Jada Dachtler
--- Farewell Odee!
--- MSEI Season is Underway for Eastern Iowa
--- Grain Facility PM10 PTE
--- 6X Certification and Compliance Report
--- Industry News

Effects Of Group Theraplay On Emotional Regulation And Social Interaction Skills In Children With Emotional And Behavior Disorders, Andrea Hutchison

Graduate Research Papers

Childhood mental health has gained significant attention in recent years. Poor childhood mental health is quickly becoming a major problem in the United States. The impacts of this problem are wide-reaching, affecting families, communities, and schools. Play therapy is one well-known intervention that is often used to alleviate symptoms of mental disorders in children. This study focuses primarily on one play therapy modality: Theraplay®, which is an attachment-based intervention that can be delivered in group and dyadic settings. The purpose of this study is to examine the literature that exists regarding the effectiveness of Theraplay®, specifically Group Theraplay®. Specific questions …

Programs And Courses Catalog 2025-2026, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

Contents:

Academic Calendar ... 5
General Information ... 7
The University and Its Programs ... 7
Academic Structure ... 9
Admission Requirements ... 16
Enrollment and Registration Procedures ... 21
Fees and Financial Aid ... 22
Student Life ... 28
University Facilities and Educational Services ... 33
The Fine and Performing Arts at UNI ... 39
Academic Regulations ... 44
Undergraduate Information and Degree Requirements ... 61
Graduate Information, Admission, Academic Regulations, and Degree Requirements ... 81
List of Programs by Department ... 111
Department of Accounting ... 118
Department of Applied Engineering ... 121
Department of Art and Graphic …

Facilitating A Class For All Students - An Extensive Literature Review, Maya Lynn Mcdaniels

Honors Program Theses

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), every child with a recognized disability is guaranteed a free appropriate public education (FAPE). This means that it is my job as a future elementary school special education teacher to provide FAPE by meeting students’ individual needs, often through an individualized education program (IEP), which includes the provision of specially designed instruction, services, and supports. For example, if an IEP calls for a behavior intervention plan, educators are required to implement proactive supports, such as structure and reinforcement systems or scheduled breaks, to ensure equitable access to learning. As an educator, it is …

Iowa Journal Of Communication, Volume 57, Number 1, Fall 2025 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.