Honors Theses

2024-2025

Harper Dunne
An Ethnographic Program Evaluation of a Health & Wellbeing Intervention for Latina Immigrants in Iowa City

Jasmine Lee
Understanding the Extent of Knowledge of Dementia, and Caregiving Experiences of Southeast Asian Immigrants in Iowa

Anna Peach
Food Security and Access: Practices and Perspectives of Students at Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa

Carolina Johnson
"Patient Claims Pain is 'Severe'": The Invisible Power of Linguistic Bias in Medicine

Eleanor Hildebrandt
An Analysis of the Shifting Tone of the German News Media’s Discussion of Mental Health during COVID-19

Asel Nasr
Postpartum Body Dissatisfaction: Exploring Social Media Usage and Impact on Postpartum Mental Health

Alessandra Dutra
The Experience of Sex Workers in France and Germany from 2000-2020

Madeleine Bradley
A Hidden Epidemic: Uncovering the Risk Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu)

Lindsay Cobb
Water Inaccessibility in South Africa: Current Spatial Patterns and Future Impacts of Climate Change

Hallie Lartius
Taxation & Health: A Cross-Country Analysis of Taxes as a Share of GDP and National Health Indicators

Charlotte Lenkaitis
Campus Food Pantries: Exploring Sustainability of Student-Led Pantries and Perceived Administrative Support

Isabelle Breitfelder
Disrupting the Narrative of Global South to Global North Immigration: Media Portrayals and the Immigrant Experience

Emily Brekke
Therapeutic Recreation as an Alternative Mental Health Treatment in Local and Global Corrections

Anna Chestnut
Transinstitutionalization and Iowa’s History of State Confinement

Laura Hult
Understanding Women's Decision-Making Process for Delivery Care in Rural Bangladesh

Meghan Lindell
Moral Politics of PEPFAR: A Ugandan Case Study

Allexis Mahanna
Local and Autonomous Community Migration Responses: Case Study of Barcelona, Spain

Brittany Nguyen
Challenges of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Vietnam

Emma Sillman
Economic Imperialism and Its Role in the Rise and Decline of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Puerto Rico

Lucas Fagre
Healthcare Perceptions among Patients and Physicians in Kyiv, Ukraine

Adriana Herrarte-Wirth
An Investigation on the Transition of Tuberculosis within the Former Soviet Union

Maiti Peters
Abortion and the Repercussions of Unintended Consequences: The Mexico City Policy a Case Study in Tanzania and South Africa

Anna Vos
Behind the Screens: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Prenatal Ultrasound Use in Vietnam and the United States