Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2014
Moving wheels, heels, and hearts: A look at dance therapy and Down syndrome, Adeline Rose Zemcik (Music and Dance)
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2013
The virtual watercooler: Influences of political comedy on social media discussion, Andrew Abad (Political Science)
Is there trauma and resilience in adolescents who experienced immigration raids? An annotated bibliography of research, Esther Ayers (Social Work)
The tilt of the boron triangle in tourmaline, Charles J. Badgerow (Geography and Geology)
Exploring active video games (AVGS) as an intervention promoting wellbeing as it relates to depression, Dania Berjaoui (Health Sciences)
The Effects of Study Abroad: An EMU Case Study, Zachary Blasdel Blackwell (World Languages)
Exploring the Knowledge Gap in Early Childhood Assessment, Daniel J. Cichoracki (Teacher Education)
Seeing the unseen: Underrepresented groups in prime-time television, Cherese E. Colston (English Language and Literature)
Control fraud in America: Are we structurally encouraging control fraud?, Emmanuel J. Connell (Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology)
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)