Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2013
To play or not to play: Using drama as an effective pedagogical tool to teach literature, Maeve Devlin (English Language and Literature)
Teaching Common Core exemplary texts for today's elementary students, Elizabeth Drada (Teacher Education)
Chthonic powers: T.S. Eliot and H.P. Lovecraft, Charles Elliott (English Language and Literature)
Disruption of ephrin-A5 in developing Xenopus laevis embryos by shRNA, Sarah C. Engmark (Biology)
Influence of "resistance caming" on physical performance among disabled youth, Laurel Erickson (Health Promotion and Human Performance)
Exploration of Non-Specific Peptide Inhibitors of Amylin Aggregation in Type-2 Diabetes, Hector Figueroa (Chemistry)
The best travel case, Brian Fischer (Accounting and Finance)
An examination of the relationship of problematic food types to the development of substance use disorder in post-bariatric surgery patients, Lauren Fowler (Psychology)
The glass ceiling: Examining leadership perceptions within the domain of athletic administration, Brittany J. Galloway (Communication, Media and Theatre Arts)
Existential phenomenology's role in understanding minority cynicism in the American legal system, Layla Garcia-Brown (History and Philosophy)
Gertrude's role in Hamlet, Emily Graf (English Language and Literature)
Buddy Up program evaluation: Creating an overall lifestyle change, Kathryn Hansen (Marketing)
Integrating cell phones as technology in the high school English classroom, Kimaya Shanell Hudgins (English Language and Literature)
Synthesis of 1-pyrenyldiazomethane for derivatization of short-chain fatty acids, Mary E. Kalvaitis (Chemistry)
The role of amylin in type 2 diabetes, Kristina Kurkimilis (Health Promotion and Human Performance)
As far as the laws of Great Britain permit: The effect of British imperialism on French Canada, and its effect on the American Revolution, Aaron Luedtke (History and Philosophy)
The Effectiveness of Targeted Political Advertisements, Vincent P. Malainy (Political Science)
Compendium of early Paleozoic noncalcified macroalgae, Kara Marsac (Geography and Geology)
The value of a college degree: What price is society willing to pay?, Olu Osuntuyi (Management)
Can Ethical Business Behavior Be Legislated?, Emily C. Owens (Management)
Facilitated Communication and the Criminal Justice System, J. Robert Quillen (Psychology)
Short chain fatty acid production by probiotic organisms in the gastrointestinal tract, Elyssa Rautiola (Chemistry)
The impact of a memory box activity on relationships between residents of a long term care facility and the staff, Camilla Reynolds (Social Work)
Parental care, control, and communication about sex: The relation to risky sexual behaviors and relationship style in emerging adults, Nicole M. Richards (Psychology)
The persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust, Jennifer Rokakis (Women's and Gender Studies)