Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2013
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)
Tyrone and Vivian Brown: A person-in-environment retrospective, Tyrone Brown (Social Work)
The "push" and "pull" of Mexican immigrants across the United States border, Kayleigh Del Cotto (Political Science)
The five p's of type 1 diabetes, Paula Elizabeth Esteva (Nursing)
Analysis of DNA copy number variants in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisae, Alexander Friske (Biology)
Hezbollah: A present day non-state actor, Travis Fry (Technology Studies)
Senior flute recital: Program notes, Corinne Marie Galligan (Music and Dance)
The matriarch: A historical review of the life of Ada Mae Woodson Brown Metcalf, Pamela Gesund (Social Work)
From the closet to the campaign trail: Homosexuality and elections, Emily Gillingham (Political Science)
Social movements in Latin America: Political process theory and repertoires of contention, Ariani Gil-Regalado (Political Science)
Examining the seed bank and restoration potential in Great Lakes coastal wetlands invaded by Phragmites australis, Lily Glaeser (Biology)
Differences in bacterial and methanogen abundance between wetlands invaded by Phragmites australis and those inhabited by Typha spp, Joshua Goldberger (Biology)
"I can't think about kissing": Strong female protagonists and romance in dystopian young adult fiction, Mollie Hall (English Language and Literature)