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 2024
Self-Exploration in a Non-Dualistic Cosmology: The Roles of Mentors in Guunmong, Ruolin Demi Gong
A Stage of Their Own: Nandan Performers and the Reimagining of Gender, Sexuality, and Social Hierarchy in Republican China, Bailey Hightower
Honors Projects and Theses from 2023
Investigating Delays: What Temporal Variation in EPA Action under CERCLA Suggests About Equity, Jane Andrews
Aiding Users in Requirements Analysis Tasks Through Color and Filtering, Yesugen Baatartogtokh
The Role of Forced Migration in Non-Capitalist Accumulation Today, Hannah Beck
DNA-Palladium Conjugates for Targeted Drug Delivery in Biological Systems, Laura Birkart
Combinatorial Approaches for the Synthesis of Protein-Polymer Conjugates (PPC) for Drug Delivery, Ama Boamah
The Role of Cobalt-Complexed Alkynes in the Diels-Alder Reaction, Ashlyn Bohn
Cherry Pie: American Stories of Sexuality and Religion, Amelia Burton
Predictors of Domestic Sex Trafficking Susceptibility in a Nationwide Sample of Women, Betsy Ruth Button
An Innovative Alliance between Gays and Lesbians: Contract Marriage, Reproductive Intention, and Internalized Heteronormativity, Xi Cassie Cao
Making Space: Collective Histories in Contemporary Installation Art from the Algerian Diaspora, Alexandra Casais
Differentiation of Boron Reagents within Chan-Evans-Lam Oxygen Methylation, Angela Chavez
Characterizing the Role of GPR37 as a Novel Regulator of the Wnt Pathway, Iris Cheng
Effect of Sp Lesions on the Breathing Kinetics of 11-mer DNA Duplexes, Michelle Chen
In Vagueness We (Should) Trust: Defending the Virtues of a Linguistic 'Vice', Chloe Church
Resilience, Race, and Sexual Orientation as Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth in Smith College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kristin E. Cirulli
Freckled Whelp: Adaptations of Shakespeare, Kaitlyn Connors
Bacterial Microbiome Variation Across Symbiotic State and Clonal Lines in a Cnidarian Model, Ezra Curtis
Evaluating the Feasibility of a Multiplex qPCR Assay for Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis and Lymphatic Filariasis from Urine, Siobhan Dietz
"Supporting local agriculture and feeding people": Farmers’ Markets in Hampden County and Fresh Food for Low-Income Communities, R.C. Ettenger
Women’s Labor Force Participation Trends in the U.S.: An Intersectional Analysis, 1990-2019, Sarah Fleming
Analog Horror: Authenticity, Immersion, and Hyperdiegesis in Digital Horror, Stevie Gatto
Progress Toward Identifying Bioactive Sites of Neurolenin Compounds, Nina Glesby
Tracing the Threads, Filling the Gaps: A Genealogical Exploration of Anarcha-Feminist Culture, Identity, and Memory in the Río de la Plata region (1896-Present), Lucía Belén González González
Mathematics Underlying Cryptographic Protocols with Application to Blockchain, Lucy Groves
The Role of Cargo-Motor Connectivity in Transport by Ensembles of Dynein, Hana Hieshima
The Hairpin: A Novel Method to Correct for the Effects of Population Stratification on Polygenic Risk Scores, Shevaughn Holness
Differential Gene Expression of the Spinal Cord and Leg Muscle of the Foot-Flagging Frog, Staurois parvus, Mika Holtz
Base Excision Repair of Oxidative Guanine Lesions in Nucleosomes Initiated by Formamidopyrimidine DNA Glycosylase, Alina Jarrett
Characterizing Lineage-Specific Genes in Testate Lobose Amoebae (Arcellinida), Angela Kaijia Jiang
An Adaptive Grid to Compute Earth Mover’s Distances in Search of Quantum Chaos, Jessica Kaijia Jiang
Dead Clade Walking: Archaeocyaths in the Lower Cambrian Mule Spring Limestone, Nevada, Grace Karbowski
Faith-Based Credit Unions: Community, Values, and the Solidarity Economy, Zoe Kruse
Bridging the Gap: Developing Self-Rolling Azlactone Hydrogels for Nerve Injury Applications, Arshiyan Alam Laaj
Uncovering the Hidden Role of GPR37 in Müller Glia-Mediated Neuronal Regeneration, Zhixin Liao
Circadian Rhythms of Mammalian Skin with and without the Central Clock, Hongtong Lin
The Role of GPR37 in Adult Neurogenesis, Vivian Li
Them Quiet Suburbs, Those Picket Fences, The Separation: Reparations for Black America, Alexis Jean Luckett
Post-Polymerization Functional Patterning of Polymer Networks for the Development of Chemical Sensors, Anna Lynch
Precision Spectroscopy of Atomic Nitrogen-14 and Oxygen-16, Chitsoe Maruko
Characterization of Amyloid Precursor Protein Regulation by Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors 3, 6 and 12, Sabra Mouhi
Effects of Jetlag on Skin Health, Pratima Niroula
Cranial Neural Crest Cells: Breaking Convention to Build the Forebrain, Nalini Oliver
Fishnet: a Homecoming, Paige Passantino
Handwriting Recognition for Old Nom Handwriting Manuscripts, Phuong Phan
Associations Between Micromorphological Traits and Macromorphology of Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Traps and Their Potential Relationship to Prey Capture, Marge Poma Alarcon
Engineering Fn3 Protein-Drug Conjugates for Targeted Cancer Therapy, Vivien Qiao
Going North: Inferring Testate Amoeba Habitat Shifts in Response to Climate Change with Ecological Niche Modeling, Emma Schumacher
Development of a Sandwich Formula Implementation Code for MCNP, Caroline Sears
Design of Small Aircraft for Atmospheric Measurements, Alexandra Stephens
Visualizing Spaces of Non-Place in Japanese-Brazilian Film and Television, Emilia Helena Tamayo
Self-supervised Learning for Ancient Syriac Handwriting Style Identification, Yanning Tan
Exploring Eukaryotic Genome Evolution Through Phylogenomics and Microscopy, Caitlin Timmons
A Potential Microbiological Agent to Combat Ophiostoma novo-ulmi Infection of Elms, Jennifer Wise
What Makes a Requirement?: Towards Distinguishing Software Requirements from Generic Text, Sasha Yeutseyeva
Conceptual Analysis of Scientific Process Paragraphs, Yuezhang Mackie Zhang
Honors Projects and Theses from 2022
The Effect of a Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator on the Developing C2C12 Proteome, Ahlenne Abreu
not only will i stare, Ira Beare
Sexual Dimorphism in the Cranial Shape of Canids, Emily Ann Blackwell
Unusual Genomes: Exploring Genome Architecture in Ciliates and Ploidy Cycles Across the Eukaryotic Tree of Life, Wumei Blanche
Repentance, Redemption, Resurrection: Early Christian Art and Exegesis of The Book of Jonah, Naomi Brill
CRISPR-Mediated Transfection of Brugia malayi in a Co-Culture System, Sohpia Chertock
“Early voting is not good for us”: The Effect of Republican Perceptions of Voter Elasticity on State Voting Laws, Charlotte Cox
Exploring Freshwater Foraminifera Biodiversity in a Local Bog, Tarrin D'Aniello
The Addition of Non-Canonical Amino Acids to Engineered Cancer-Targeting Proteins, Helen Danielson
A Different Kind of Missing, Olivia Davis
The Effect of Black Lives Matter Protests on Arrest Rates: Evidence from Chicago, Carol Xiaomiao Gao
Reelin Signaling: Neurogenesis and Neuropathology, Zoë Gardner
Understudied microbes hiding in plain sight within Nepenthes tropical pitcher plants, Jailene Carolina Gonzalez
Generating Music with Structure Using Self-Similarity as Attention, Sophia Hager
Rapid Effects of Estrogens on Social Approach Behavior and Social Recognition in Male Zebrafish, Rachel Hantz
Macroalgal-Associated Foraminifera in Tide Pools, Rebecca Harrigan
High-Precision Spectroscopy Of Neutral Beryllium-9, Molly Herzog
Comparing Adult and Juvenile Foot-Flagging Behavior in Staurois parvus Frogs with Machine Learning, Christina Hung
Knockdown of Core Clock Genes in Aedes albopictus and Aedes polynesiensis, Sungwoo Hwang
Improving Mutational Signature Detection in Cancer Through Frequentist and Bayesian Hypothesis Testing, Natalia Iannucci
Simulation of a Magneto-optical Trap for Oxygen Atoms, Umeyma Ibrahim
A FUV to NIR Accretion Luminosity Accounting of the Young Brown Dwarf 2M1207A, Lillian Yushu Jiang
The State and the Stateless: What Do We Owe Refugees, Qingle Jin
Optimization of Poly(Pentafluorophenyl Acrylate) Polymer-Drug Conjugates for Targeted Drug Delivery, Macy R. Kasbo
Triple Stars, Emma J. Kerr
Fishing for Anxiety: Determining the Role of the Reelin Signaling Pathway in Regulating Zebrafish Behavior, Diamond Lewis
Work Toward the Synthesis of Strained Heteroatom-Containing Cyclic Alkynes Using an Intramolecular Nicholas Reaction, Halley M. Lin-Jones
Decolonial Liminality: Boundary Crossings in the Novels of Michelle Cliff, Diamond Christina Mark
Aintabtzis in America: an Armenian Community Rebuilt, Alex Martin
Popularizing Mysticism: William James, Carl Jung, and the Development of American Psycho-Spirituality, Grace Mason-Brown
Gravitational Lens Modeling to Inform Studies of Distant Dusty Star-forming Galaxies: A Close Look at J132217, Lilah Mercadante
The Role of Electricity Sector Modeling in Climate Policy Design: A Case Study of Massachusetts, Lucy E. Metz