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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

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Successful Application of Emerging FTIRS Technique to Quantify Biogenic Silica and Organic Carbon in Lake Sediments for Paleoclimate Reconstruction: A Case Study from Lacawac Lake, Pennsylvania, M.A. Fischer

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Self-Exploration in a Non-Dualistic Cosmology: The Roles of Mentors in Guunmong, Ruolin Demi Gong

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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

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Investigating Delays: What Temporal Variation in EPA Action under CERCLA Suggests About Equity, Jane Andrews

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Aiding Users in Requirements Analysis Tasks Through Color and Filtering, Yesugen Baatartogtokh

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The Role of Forced Migration in Non-Capitalist Accumulation Today, Hannah Beck

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DNA-Palladium Conjugates for Targeted Drug Delivery in Biological Systems, Laura Birkart

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Combinatorial Approaches for the Synthesis of Protein-Polymer Conjugates (PPC) for Drug Delivery, Ama Boamah

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The Role of Cobalt-Complexed Alkynes in the Diels-Alder Reaction, Ashlyn Bohn

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Cherry Pie: American Stories of Sexuality and Religion, Amelia Burton

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Predictors of Domestic Sex Trafficking Susceptibility in a Nationwide Sample of Women, Betsy Ruth Button

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An Innovative Alliance between Gays and Lesbians: Contract Marriage, Reproductive Intention, and Internalized Heteronormativity, Xi Cassie Cao

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Making Space: Collective Histories in Contemporary Installation Art from the Algerian Diaspora, Alexandra Casais

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Differentiation of Boron Reagents within Chan-Evans-Lam Oxygen Methylation, Angela Chavez

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Characterizing the Role of GPR37 as a Novel Regulator of the Wnt Pathway, Iris Cheng

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The Structural and Kinetic NMR Studies of the Spiroiminodihydantoin (Sp) Lesion Mismatched to Guanine in a 11-mer DNA Duplex, Jiayun Chen

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Effect of Sp Lesions on the Breathing Kinetics of 11-mer DNA Duplexes, Michelle Chen

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In Vagueness We (Should) Trust: Defending the Virtues of a Linguistic 'Vice', Chloe Church

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Resilience, Race, and Sexual Orientation as Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth in Smith College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kristin E. Cirulli

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Freckled Whelp: Adaptations of Shakespeare, Kaitlyn Connors

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Bacterial Microbiome Variation Across Symbiotic State and Clonal Lines in a Cnidarian Model, Ezra Curtis

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Evaluating the Feasibility of a Multiplex qPCR Assay for Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis and Lymphatic Filariasis from Urine, Siobhan Dietz

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"Supporting local agriculture and feeding people": Farmers’ Markets in Hampden County and Fresh Food for Low-Income Communities, R.C. Ettenger

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Transcriptomics in Developing Foot-flagging Frog (Staurois parvus) Tadpoles: Optimization of RNA Extraction and cDNA Library Preparation for RNAseq, Rose A. Evard

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Women’s Labor Force Participation Trends in the U.S.: An Intersectional Analysis, 1990-2019, Sarah Fleming

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Analog Horror: Authenticity, Immersion, and Hyperdiegesis in Digital Horror, Stevie Gatto

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Progress Toward Identifying Bioactive Sites of Neurolenin Compounds, Nina Glesby

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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

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Positive Effects of Mycorrhizal Inoculum from Widespread Kalmia latifolia on Seed Germination and Performance of Endemic Rhododendron carolinianum (Ericaceae): Implications for Climate Change Migration and ex-situ Conservation, Virginia Griswold

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Mathematics Underlying Cryptographic Protocols with Application to Blockchain, Lucy Groves

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The Role of Cargo-Motor Connectivity in Transport by Ensembles of Dynein, Hana Hieshima

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The Hairpin: A Novel Method to Correct for the Effects of Population Stratification on Polygenic Risk Scores, Shevaughn Holness

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Differential Gene Expression of the Spinal Cord and Leg Muscle of the Foot-Flagging Frog, Staurois parvus, Mika Holtz

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Systemically Characterizing the Functional Impact of Alternative Splicing in Endothelial Cell Differentiation Using Long Read RNAsequencing Data, Shraddha Iyer

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Base Excision Repair of Oxidative Guanine Lesions in Nucleosomes Initiated by Formamidopyrimidine DNA Glycosylase, Alina Jarrett

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Characterizing Lineage-Specific Genes in Testate Lobose Amoebae (Arcellinida), Angela Kaijia Jiang

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An Adaptive Grid to Compute Earth Mover’s Distances in Search of Quantum Chaos, Jessica Kaijia Jiang

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Dead Clade Walking: Archaeocyaths in the Lower Cambrian Mule Spring Limestone, Nevada, Grace Karbowski

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Faith-Based Credit Unions: Community, Values, and the Solidarity Economy, Zoe Kruse

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Bridging the Gap: Developing Self-Rolling Azlactone Hydrogels for Nerve Injury Applications, Arshiyan Alam Laaj

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In vitro Toxicity and Mutagenicity Evaluation of Sesquiterpene Lactones Derived from Neurolaena lobata as Potential Drug Candidates for Lymphatic Filariasis, Chloe Leach

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Uncovering the Hidden Role of GPR37 in Müller Glia-Mediated Neuronal Regeneration, Zhixin Liao

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Circadian Rhythms of Mammalian Skin with and without the Central Clock, Hongtong Lin

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The Role of GPR37 in Adult Neurogenesis, Vivian Li

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Them Quiet Suburbs, Those Picket Fences, The Separation: Reparations for Black America, Alexis Jean Luckett

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Post-Polymerization Functional Patterning of Polymer Networks for the Development of Chemical Sensors, Anna Lynch

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Precision Spectroscopy of Atomic Nitrogen-14 and Oxygen-16, Chitsoe Maruko

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The Future is an Open Door: Interfaith Collaborations to Combat White Christian Nationalist Violence in Synagogues and at the Border, Eliza Menzel

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Characterization of Amyloid Precursor Protein Regulation by Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors 3, 6 and 12, Sabra Mouhi

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Effects of Jetlag on Skin Health, Pratima Niroula

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Cranial Neural Crest Cells: Breaking Convention to Build the Forebrain, Nalini Oliver

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Fishnet: a Homecoming, Paige Passantino

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Handwriting Recognition for Old Nom Handwriting Manuscripts, Phuong Phan

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Associations Between Micromorphological Traits and Macromorphology of Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Traps and Their Potential Relationship to Prey Capture, Marge Poma Alarcon

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Engineering Fn3 Protein-Drug Conjugates for Targeted Cancer Therapy, Vivien Qiao

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Going North: Inferring Testate Amoeba Habitat Shifts in Response to Climate Change with Ecological Niche Modeling, Emma Schumacher

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Development of a Sandwich Formula Implementation Code for MCNP, Caroline Sears

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Design of Small Aircraft for Atmospheric Measurements, Alexandra Stephens

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Visualizing Spaces of Non-Place in Japanese-Brazilian Film and Television, Emilia Helena Tamayo

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Self-supervised Learning for Ancient Syriac Handwriting Style Identification, Yanning Tan

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Exploring Eukaryotic Genome Evolution Through Phylogenomics and Microscopy, Caitlin Timmons

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Parasites of the Kalahari Desert Black Rhinoceros: Investigating Nematode Diversity via 18S Metagenome Sequencing: Devising Genomic Methods for Sensitive and Reliable Detection of GI-borne Rhinoceros Parasites, Margaret K. Weber

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A Potential Microbiological Agent to Combat Ophiostoma novo-ulmi Infection of Elms, Jennifer Wise

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What Makes a Requirement?: Towards Distinguishing Software Requirements from Generic Text, Sasha Yeutseyeva

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Conceptual Analysis of Scientific Process Paragraphs, Yuezhang Mackie Zhang

Honors Projects and Theses from 2022

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The Effect of a Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator on the Developing C2C12 Proteome, Ahlenne Abreu

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not only will i stare, Ira Beare

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Sexual Dimorphism in the Cranial Shape of Canids, Emily Ann Blackwell

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Unusual Genomes: Exploring Genome Architecture in Ciliates and Ploidy Cycles Across the Eukaryotic Tree of Life, Wumei Blanche

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Repentance, Redemption, Resurrection: Early Christian Art and Exegesis of The Book of Jonah, Naomi Brill

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CRISPR-Mediated Transfection of Brugia malayi in a Co-Culture System, Sohpia Chertock

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“Early voting is not good for us”: The Effect of Republican Perceptions of Voter Elasticity on State Voting Laws, Charlotte Cox

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Exploring Freshwater Foraminifera Biodiversity in a Local Bog, Tarrin D'Aniello

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The Addition of Non-Canonical Amino Acids to Engineered Cancer-Targeting Proteins, Helen Danielson

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A Different Kind of Missing, Olivia Davis

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The Effect of Black Lives Matter Protests on Arrest Rates: Evidence from Chicago, Carol Xiaomiao Gao

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Reelin Signaling: Neurogenesis and Neuropathology, Zoë Gardner

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Understudied microbes hiding in plain sight within Nepenthes tropical pitcher plants, Jailene Carolina Gonzalez

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Generating Music with Structure Using Self-Similarity as Attention, Sophia Hager

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Development and Optimization of Molecular Diagnostic Assays for the Sensitive and Specific Detection of Schistosoma Species, Sara Halili

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Rapid Effects of Estrogens on Social Approach Behavior and Social Recognition in Male Zebrafish, Rachel Hantz

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Macroalgal-Associated Foraminifera in Tide Pools, Rebecca Harrigan

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High-Precision Spectroscopy Of Neutral Beryllium-9, Molly Herzog

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Comparing Adult and Juvenile Foot-Flagging Behavior in Staurois parvus Frogs with Machine Learning, Christina Hung

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Knockdown of Core Clock Genes in Aedes albopictus and Aedes polynesiensis, Sungwoo Hwang

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Improving Mutational Signature Detection in Cancer Through Frequentist and Bayesian Hypothesis Testing, Natalia Iannucci

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Simulation of a Magneto-optical Trap for Oxygen Atoms, Umeyma Ibrahim

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A FUV to NIR Accretion Luminosity Accounting of the Young Brown Dwarf 2M1207A, Lillian Yushu Jiang

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The State and the Stateless: What Do We Owe Refugees, Qingle Jin

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Optimization of Poly(Pentafluorophenyl Acrylate) Polymer-Drug Conjugates for Targeted Drug Delivery, Macy R. Kasbo

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Triple Stars, Emma J. Kerr

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Synthesis and Optimization of Fn3-Pvdma Protein-Polymer Conjugates for Targeted Drug Delivery Applications, Yeji Lee

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Fishing for Anxiety: Determining the Role of the Reelin Signaling Pathway in Regulating Zebrafish Behavior, Diamond Lewis

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Work Toward the Synthesis of Strained Heteroatom-Containing Cyclic Alkynes Using an Intramolecular Nicholas Reaction, Halley M. Lin-Jones

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Connections between Deicing Practices and Infrastructure on Water Chemistry of Lyman and Paradise Ponds at Smith College, Northampton, MA, Wenxi Li

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Decolonial Liminality: Boundary Crossings in the Novels of Michelle Cliff, Diamond Christina Mark

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Aintabtzis in America: an Armenian Community Rebuilt, Alex Martin

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Popularizing Mysticism: William James, Carl Jung, and the Development of American Psycho-Spirituality, Grace Mason-Brown

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Gravitational Lens Modeling to Inform Studies of Distant Dusty Star-forming Galaxies: A Close Look at J132217, Lilah Mercadante

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The Role of Electricity Sector Modeling in Climate Policy Design: A Case Study of Massachusetts, Lucy E. Metz