Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2012
Waiting in line at Mount Rushmore: Understanding the rankings of Presidential Greatness, Neil Weinberg (Political Science)
Entropy and related principles, Jonathan P. Williams (Economics)
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2011
Causes of piracy in medieval Japan, Joanna Abeli (History and Philosophy)
Copy editing in the digital age: How technology has changed copy editing, Angela Anne Avery-Ahlijian (English Language and Literature)
The foster care and adoption process through the eyes of prospective parents, Nancy Hocking Berger (Social Work)
My American journey, Benjamin Crumm (History and Philosophy)
See the difference, make a difference, be the difference, Theresa Dark (English Language and Literature)
Dynamothermal metamorphism of the Chiwaukum Schist in the Steven's Pass Area, Cascade Mountains, Washington, Jennifer A. Davis (Geography and Geology)
Modeling the spread of a wheat pathogen in the United States of America, Patrick T. Davis (Mathematics)
Improving air cargo infrastructure in the developing world: A study of Pune Maharashtra, India, Jordan Dekker (Marketing)
Comparative study of comfort properties of five different common apparel textiles, Diann DiNardo (Technology Studies)
The mani said shei would return: English pronominal gender in native Mandarin speaking learners, examined within a comprehensive theory of language acquisition, Rachelle Felzien (English Language and Literature)
A comparative analysis of Japanese and American marketing: Examining the influence of culture on marketing practices, Jacqueleen Maria Ferrer (World Languages)
An overview of small scale digital forensics, Susan Fowler (Technology Studies)
The impact of family involvement on the academic success of African American students in the intermediate grades, Rebecca Lynn Hodge (Teacher Education)
Opposition to the Mexican-American War: The soldiers, the politicians, Michigan, and the future Republican Party, Christopher Charles Hoitash (History and Philosophy)
The study of the prevalence of DESNOS symptoms in traumatized children, Margot Jagodzinski (Social Work)
Characterizing coaggregation among strains of human gastrointestinal bacteria, Lindsey Kolar (Biology)
Maintaining relationships: Facebook's affect on long-distance friendships, Steven-Paul Lapid (Communication, Media and Theatre Arts)
Supreme Court decisions: The power of substanative due process, Steven-Paul Lapid (Political Science)
Listening: Questions, ideas, reflections, and mistakes from a pre-student teacher, Grace-Ann Astrid Manes (Teacher Education)
English teaching methods: Comparing and contrasting the learning processes of elementary students in South Korea and American students with hearing impairments, Katie McHugh (Special Education)
Girls group survey on adolescent substance use/abuse, Heather Messina (Social Work)
Caesar's expeditions to Britain and modern counter insurgency theory, Robert Nowlen (History and Philosophy)
Learning styles and their effect on student learning, Jennifer Perna (Special Education)