Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2013
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)
Residents of a domestic violence shelter: A needs assessment for post-shelter living, Amber Smith (Social Work)
Social media impact on virtual shopping, Tarah Soltis (Technology Studies)
Women in the Criminal Justice System, Nickole L. Stein-Fisher (Social Work)
The methodological challenges of conducting research on elderly Chinese immigrants in residential settings, Jessica Thomas (Health Sciences)
Insights into readmission rates of atrial fibrillation patients referred to BRIDGE, Thomas Vasko (Nursing)
Characterization of coaggregation between probiotic Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482 and bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract, Rachael Vasquez (Biology)
Practicing what we teach: The politics behind creating a state social studies curriculum, Jacquelyn Visger (Political Science)
Casualties of the drug war, Allan Wachendorfer (Social Work)
The culture of intercollegiate athletes: Pawns for university economic success and academic fraud, Derek Wagner (Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology)
Reductions in muscular strength three months and six months following bariatric surgery are proportional to absolute weight loss, Renee Walton (Health Promotion and Human Performance)
Better social studies: Increasing content knowledge & reading simultaneously, Ellen Rae Weaver (Teacher Education)
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2012
Are individuals' views on inquiry-based learning related to the level of inquiry they have experienced?, Maria Ang (Biology)
Sexual risk taking behaviors of EMU residents, Jennifer Barker (Health Sciences)
Teaching "correct" English: Codeswitching between standard American and vernacular English, Kaia-Marie Bishop (English Language and Literature)
Mental health policy through the lens of a social worker, Rebecca Marie Boog (Social Work)
Nonlinear curve fitting (linear plus exponential) for magnetic cooling data, Shannon Bourke (Mathematics)
Make the grade: An investigation of STI-prevention marketing campaigns, Randal D. Brown (Psychology)