Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2024
Classroom management in Michigan second grade classrooms, Alyssa Peterson (Teacher Education)
Music from rumble strips: Developing an experiment for undergraduates, Hannah Popofski (Physics and Astronomy)
A Semester Abroad discussion of the film, Tatianna M. Rice (World Languages)
The covenant as formula: Expressing the Noahide and Abrahamic covenants through mathematical models, Olivia Marr Robinson (History and Philosophy)
Character rigging explorations: Basic skeleton to full simulated muscle, Lindsay Diana Timbs (Art)
What Black teachers have to say about the push to remove Critical Race Theory in schools, Tierra M. Tresvant (Political Science)
Synthesis of dihydro-β-carbolines by tandem C-H activation and aza-Michael reaction in the presence of Rh(II)/squaramide catalysis: Investigation of the mechanism via computational methods, Syed Wasiuddin (Chemistry)
Black women in hip-hop: Rap resistance, Alexxus G. Watson (African American Studies)
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2023
Pursuit of happiness: How perceived financial autonomy affects happiness in college students, Maxwell Andrews (Psychology)
Examining the effects of 9/11: How did this event define how we described and treated terrorism?, Kristeana Nevaeh Banks (Political Science)
Adherence to COVID-19 safety guidelines as a function of depression and anxiety, Derek Berger (Psychology)
The art of bringing stories to life: An exploration of live action adaptations and the role of arts managers and producers, Sydney Mae Bumpus (Communication, Media and Theatre Arts)
Tagging ATG5 with an epitope tag to measure the amount of ATG12-5 conjugation in atg10 mutants, Sophie Campbell (Chemistry)
Microbial communities improve growth of slow-growing, uncommon legumes in a restored prairie, Alex Chumney (Biology)
The impact of belief in a just world and social dominance orientation on reactions to pay inequities, Sydney Rae Dhue (Psychology)
Applying machine learning to categorize distinct categories of network traffic, Isaac M. Dunham (College of Engineering and Technology)
Beyond 'severe mental illness': A comparative analysis of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in correctional solitary confinement, Coreena A. Forstner (Psychology)
Impacts of viral infection by Ma-LMM01 on microcystin production by Microcystis aeruginosa, Amber Elizabeth Haley (Biology)
Examining the Strong Black Woman schema, Kaiya Keiko Haywood (Psychology)
Sexism and racism in STEM: A bleak history and a bright future, Abigail Hoskins (Biology)
PTSD endorsement among diverse populations during COVID-19 pandemic, Noor Jassim (Psychology)
Ethnic fractionalization and health in West Africa, Odia Kaba (Economics)
A literary analysis of the Oort Cloud: Summarising its history and proposing a mission to image Oort Cloud Objects, Avital Keeley (Physics and Astronomy)
Examining stereotypes of fatherhood according to the Stereotype Content Model, Basra Keynan (Psychology)
L-menthol: An emerging athletic performance enhancing aid, Maitham Khanafer (Health Sciences)