2008 - present
The Honors Project is a research project for which eligible students apply during their junior year and complete in their senior year. A successfully completed thesis project leads to the awarding of the bachelor of arts degree with the notation "honors," "high honors" or "highest honors" in the student's major subject. Each student is asked to archive his or her project in Smith ScholarWorks for access and preservation.
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Honors Projects and Theses from 2017
Identification of TPX-2 promoter binding proteins in the parasite Brugia malayi : a novel approach to stage specific anthelmintic drug discovery, Amalia Rose Sweet
Opinions we loathe : speech rights on college campuses, Julie Marie Voorhes
Reactive azlactone hydrogels : fundamental characteristics and cell compatability, Megan Marie Wancura
Aesthetic men and vanishing women : Oscar Wilde's homosociality and the rejection of desire, Emma Cairns Watson
Modeling sediment transport during sluicing events in Paradise Pond, MA, Cheryl Lyn Watts
Measuring liver gene expression using in vivo bioluminescence imaging, Ivana William
Investigating genome architecture and composition in the class Litostomatea, Monica Annmarie Wilson
No John Trumbull : social, political, and cultural resonance of Hamilton: an American musical, Maria Dougherty Wood
Práticas educativas no sistema educacional Brasileiro : necessidade e perspectivas de reforma, Natassia Yahoub
Improving access to open-source data about the NYC bike sharing system (Citi Bike), Weijia Zhang
DNA-catalyst conjugates for site-selective transformations in biological sciences, Yu Zhang
Aerobic, copper catalyzed phenol methylation via the Chan-Lam coupling reaction, Yingchuan Zhu
Honors Projects and Theses from 2016
Implications for Middle Easterners and North Africans in the United States within the 2020 census, Najwa Faris Alsheikh
DNA-catalyst conjugates (DCats) for site-selective chemical transformations in complex milieus, Ana Emilia Arguello
Spatial and temporal distributions of ciliates in New England tidal ponds, Mary Elizabeth Badger
Heroes of their kind : male and female heroism in old Norse sagas, Gwendolyn Rose Baltera
Sexually stigmatized peer groups and reproductive health : a quantitative approach to management behavior, Emma Rose Beauchamp
Characterizing PAH-induced teratogenesis of the pharyngeal system during Zebrafish craniofacial development, Kathryn Soule Berg
Bottom-up and top-down controls on red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) distribution : a possible "landscape of fear" on the forest floor, Elizabeth Mary Besozzi
Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of a cisplatin-modified DNA 9-mer, Emily Anne Boerger
"We post to give inspiration to other people" : LGBTQ young adults of color and degital spaces of empowerment, Eden Green Bonjo
How choice matters in the Mass effect series : the effect of simulated realities on our perception of alien individuals, Sydney Jean Stallings Brown
Synthesis and analysis of multi-functional polymer hydrogel biomedical materials, Anna Laura Carroll
Islam in France, radicalization, and the unintended consequences of official rhetoric and media coverage, Sarah Anne Cassidy-Seyoum
Histories, cultures, and identities : Africanist dance in America, Charnice Ometa Charmant
Modeling cytoplasmic dynein motor ensemble motility with cargo designed using DNA oragami : the effect of rigid and and segmented cargo on dynein movement, Karen Wing Lam Chau
Ethylene carbonate ethoxylation on aromatic nitrogen nucleophiles, Peishan Chen
Music in senses: 2015-2016 for voice, flute, piano, violin, saxophone, percussion, and electronics, Yunzhu Chen
a sadgurl'z republic : [is poetry enuf?] language turns to zound, Ntozake Shange, Yolandi Elvira Cruz Guerrero
An investigative study of cardiovascular abnormalities using mathematical models of the cardiovascular system and its regulatory mechanisms, Jamie Alexandra Cyr
Cultural cues and their effects on shooter bias, Emily A. Derosier
Investigating cytoplasmic dynein function using chimeric proteins to isolate subdomain mechanisms, Ria Anand Deshpande
Origin and metamorphism of xenoliths in the Cuillin Center, Isle of Skye, Scotland, Emily Abbott DiPadova
"Dangerous memories" : the Holocaust in French documentary film, Catherine Day Ellsberg
Experiments investigating retention of sodium in peatlands affected by road-salt pollution, Hannah Ruth Francis
Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant experiences in the U.S., Shabia Furkan
Reconceiving environmental justice : a Foucauldian discussion on power, green governmentality and the formation of subjects, Gabriella Veronika Grange
Effects of Withania somnifera on human glycine receptor, Elizabeth Sullivan Halpin
Copper mediated C-H methylation with methylboronic acid, Clare Elizabeth Jacobson
Multiple object tracking using convolutional neural network in wireless sensor networks, Hee Jin
Migration versus mutualism : can the small-ranged endemic plant Rhododendron catawbinse form specialized ericoid mycorrhizae with soil fungi north of its native range?, Elena Maria Karlsen-Ayala
Investigating varied reactivity in aerosol-mimicking solutions, Claire Elena Keller
Analysis of creatine kinase expression and regulation throughout C2C12 myogenesis, Arcadia June Kratkiewicz
Peas in a pod : environment and ionization in green pea galaxies, Heather Rose Kurtz
The morality of commercial surrogacy : an assessment with evidence from India, Nikila K. Lakshmanan
Sensational internationals : gender, sexuality, and foreignness in Ruth Landshoff-Yorck's Die Vielen und der Eine, Dinah Rose Lensing-Sharp
The prospects of ZnO in metal oxide sensors for chemical sensing, Sara Lorić
The role of the orexin/hypocretin system in the incubation of alcohol craving in rats, Olivia Gilman Mallari
The evolution of androgen receptor distribution in the spinal cord to support specialized sexual displays : a comparative analysis using a foot-flagging frog, Staurois parvus, Gina Elizabeth Mantica
Good against goods : viewing health and its social determinants through a Platonic lens, Marianna Victoria Mapes
Iskra : a folk opera in two acts, Jessica Leigh Marlor
Methylation of oxygen nucleophiles using dimethyl carbonate : mechanistic studies, Noelia Margarita Martinez-Muñoz
Disrobing modesty : how female practitioners articulate Christian womanhood in the blogoshere, Gabrielle Sara Martin
Developing a molecular method for estimating the effective population size of ciliate morphospecies Chilodonella uncinata, Cynthia Jepkosgei Masai
Archaeocyathan reefs and chemostratigraphy of the lower Cambrian wood canyon formation in Titanothere Canyon, Death Valley, California, Teresa Claire McGann
Extraction and functionalization of Neurolinens from Neuoleana lobata, Catherine Patricia McGeogh
The synthesis and use of stimuli-responsive cross-linkers to prepare PVDMA hydrogels, Isabella Frances McNamara
Jorge Amado in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : publications and popularity, Victoria Melnikova
Dancing westwards : depictions of the American west in the mid-twentieth century ballets of Balanchine and de Mille, Katelynn Anne Mikulka
Shooter bias and sunk costs in a policing context : using an escalation of commitment framework to investigate shooting decisions, Martha Miller
A life cycle assessment of packaging for Medtronic's veress needle, Dakota R. Murray
Design and testing of a miniature PEM fuel cell stack, Julianna Pei-Hsien Niu
Exploring stigma, personhood and citizenship among persons with disability in urban Ghana, Enu Beula Otsyina
Analysis of two approaches for inferring lateral gene transfer in the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum, Zuliat Owoade
Product characteristics in a pilot scale biomass torrefier with heated screw conveyance, Anna Hester Partridge
Hoarding behavior and sleep patterns in a college sample, Margaret Sophie Peebles-Dorin
Why aren't all of the Black students sitting together? : Black student intra-racial dynamics on a college campus, Gabirelle Louise Peterson
Assessing the biodiversity and discovering evidence of RNA editing in testate (shelled) amoebae, Natalie Abigail Phillips
Towards a Black women's romantic ideology : theorizing Black women's cultural production in the 1980/90s, Jocelyn Mitzi Proietti
Exploring modifications and identification of neurolenin as a potential anti-filarial drug candidate for Lymphatic filariasis, Meghna Purkayastha
The poetics of space : a close study of Lucille Clifton's Aesthetic and ethic, Margaret Rose Rathbun
Shooter bias and eye gaze, Rachel E. Silveria
(Dis)respect in the urban classrooms : teachers and an ethic to care, Alexandra Francis Singer
Protein engineering for receptor-mediated drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier, Natalie Durham Sorkin Smith
Nuestro cabello : personal and social significance of hair among Afro-Cuban women, Miari Taina Stephens
Size matters not : the importance of sRNAs in adaptive thermoregulation in uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Madeleine Sutherland
The phylogeography and cytogenetics of Rhipsalis baccifera : the cactus that made it to the Old World, Elizabeth Ann Tan
The said and the unsayable : silence in Jane Austen's Sense and sensibility, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion, Laura Evelyn Thurber
"The wife, the widow" : narratives of grief in contemporary American memoir, Madison McFadden Tierney
Metaphysical free will and contemporary science, Gillian Ariela Tisdale
Drinking motives and alcohol expectancies as predictors of high-risk drinking behavior prior to and during the college transition, Cara Celine Tomaso
Investigating the evolution of Wolbachia spp.- derived genes in the genome of Wolbachia-independent filarial nematodes, Eirini Tsekitsidou
A study of geomorphologic and geochemical evidence for prehistoric floods from Paulina Lake in Newberry Crater, Central Oregon, Heather Elizabeth Upin
Security and privacy issues in the smart grid : a decentralized approach, Angela Upreti
Cam girls, Elizabeth Adeline Slavet Walber
Characterization of cyclohexanol modulation of GABA[subscript A], Erin M. Walch
Interpreting negated adjectives : a developmental perspective, Xiaozhou Wang
The institutional correlates of enrollments of international students, Nutcha Wattanachit
Electric power system design for miniature proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Yijin Wei
Comrades and rivals : farmers and foxhunters in nineteenth-century Leicestershire, Madison Capron White
Aggregate Level Biographical Outcomes for Gay and Lesbian Movements: Collective Identity, Lifecourse, and Generations, Nancy Whittier