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 2012
Conflicting kinematics of the Salerno Creek deformation zone, Grenville Province, Ontario, Naomi Anna Barshi
Development of a tandem Diels-Alder/Pauson-Khand strategy for the synthesis of tetracycles, Catriona Emily Blunt
Reviving the Republic : Florence from 1494-1512, Dagny Regan Broome
Explaining China's strident human rights diplomacy : the role of domestic factors, Nhung Trang Bui
A textbook for introductory programming classes at liberal arts colleges, Julia Catherine Burns
Financial liberalization and income inequality : an empirical investigation of Latin America and Asia, Guangye Cao
The Hrafnfjordur central volcano : petrogenesis of a volcanic sequence in the early stages of an Icelandic rift zone, Emily Francis Carbone
Geochemical analysis of the Cambro-Ordovician Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland, Canada, Katherine Amelia Castagno
Revival in Uganda : church, state and the Mukono crisis in 1941, Kristen Laurene Connor
Patch-clamp investigation of the modulation of GABAa receptor currents with isomers of the potential anesthetic 2,6-dimethylcyclohexanol, Celine Joelle Croft
Investigating the ecology of post-Sturtian (~716 Ma) microfossil assembleges in a cap carbonate, the Rasthof formation, northern Namibia, Lilly Alaine Dalton
Design of a portable data acquisition system to measure real-time MP3-player sound pressure output, Adina-Elena Draghici
Experimental calibration of Fe and Mg partitioning between garnet and biotite samples at elevated pressures, Kathryn Elaine Durkin
The identification and characterization of a circadian clock gene in Brugia malayi, Ruth Maria Eichinger
Breaking the glass dome : an analysis of women's candidacies for the House of Representatives in 2008 and 2010, Alana Gayle Eichner
Breaking the glass dome : an analysis of women's candidacies for the House of Representatives in 2008 and 2010, Alana Gayle Eichner
Protein localization in murine C2C12 cells during normal and heat stressed myogenesis, Veronica Marie Falconieri
Equilibrium and disequilibrium in the geographic ranges of plants : an experimental test with two forest herbs, Jessamine Hope Finch
An empirical analysis of the tourism industry as an agent for development in small-island developing economies, Raquel Arlene Frederick
Ambiguous selves : Madeleine Pelletier's interwar autobiographical writing, Hannah Clare Frydman
"El Decano" en Sudamérica : Aaron Copland and "political expediency", Nicole Betsy Glotzer
ATICoS : authoring tool for interactive creation of spaces, Junzhu Guo
Voltage sensitivity and humidity estimation for low humidity PEM fuel cells, Shelly C. Hagerman
Voltage sensitivity and humidity estimation for low humidity PEM fuel cells, Shelly C. Hagerman
Development of a gyro-stabilized model aircraft for atmospheric research, Elizabeth Farrell Helbling
Brown v. Brown : the limits of logic in law and language, Theresa Sophie Helke
More than words : the politics of classifying mass atrocities, Kaitlin Hodge
Breaking the "jolly negro" : racist material culture and white domesticity in the era of Jim Crow, Kaitlin Cecily Hovanes
Bioactive compounds from plants and their utility in lymphatic filariasis drug development, Saira Rehnuma Huq
Decoding the promoter of the thioredoxin peroxidase-2 gene of Brugia malayi, Nguyen Phuong Huynh
Fish story, Kōtarō, Isaka and Carly Greenstreet
Effectiveness of engineered bacteriocins as target-specific antibiotics, Clare Chren Landefeld
Elucidating the molecular basis of Pseudomonas syringae effector AvrPto activity within Nicotiana species, Sarah Evelyn Lim
Understanding the effects of symmetry on the flexibility of macromolecular structure, Tiffany Qiyang Liu
Martydom within the poetry of G.M. Hopkins, Julia Ann Marley
The role of narrative development in preschool in the language and literacy development of English/Spanish dual language learners, Lillian Rose Masek
Shadows on the "little bit ... of ivory : Jane Austen's religious and political convictions as expressed in her novels, Jessica Jo McQuillan
A metagenomic analysis of the equine gastrointestinal tract when affected by parasitic helminths, Ivy Laurene Mead
Dissolved organic carbon in Avery Brook, West Whately, Massachusetts, Susanna M. Michael
Bog-gling diversity : cryptic species of testate amoebae in local fens and bogs of western Massachusetts, Angela Maria Oliverio
Representations of reality : the changing relationship between sculpture and painting in Valois Burgundy, Sophia Helen Ong
The chromatographic separation of the diastereomers of 2,6-Dimethylcyclohexanol, a potential general anesthetic, Alexandra Elizabeth Page
Our microbial planet : understanding microbial diversity through analyses of ciliate morphospecies, Gladys Isabel Palaguachi
A third dimension for the Stereotype Content Model of inter-nation perceptions : adding morality to warmth and competence, Dong Joo Park
Effect of temperature shift on motility of Escherichia coli, Shannon Corinne Pettit
The third passport : crip identity formation and world making in Jeanette Winterson's Oranges are not the only fruit and Shyam Selvadurai's Funny boy, Allison Laura Pilatsky
In Wonderland : a neoclassical exploration of quantum mechanics, Danielle Page Pite
Impact of oil price shocks on the Russian stock market, Elena Plesco
Visualizing racial identity, Rebecca Jean Rosen
The synthesis and reactivity of a novel cationic Diels-Alder dienophile stabilized by a cobalt-complexed alkyne, Sarah Adler Rothstein
Channeling remittances to a more productive sector for the Nepali economy, Trishagni Sakya
From social democracy to neo-liberalism : the effect of U.S. foreign policy on Costa Rica's political development, Melissa Salazar
Άδελφο : a comparative study of Pauline theology of salvation to Jews and Gentiles in Acts 28 and Romans 9-11, Natalie Carroll Sargent
Contextualizing ecotourism : a history and framework for sustainable development, Emma Rose Shapiro and Ethan
Inflation convergence in the European Union, Sonu Shrestha
Turning Beantown into Beetown : a sociological analysis of urban apiculture in Boston, Massachusetts, Marta Anna Sicinska
Ruthenium gallops the nicotinamide ring, Eliza Kate Spear
Negative emotion words in trauma narratives predict PTSD symptom severity in retired police officers, Robin Brown Spencer
Effects of natural variation in maternal care on behavioral and neuroendocrine phenotypes in rats, Emily Joy Starr-Phillips
Testing the teratogenic effects of Deepwater Horizon crude oil and dispersants on Zebrafish embryos, Rachel Elizabeth Stein
Using path analysis to examine mass media exposure, sociocultural views about women, and disored eating symptomatology, Ilana Sophia Teitelman
Developing a point-of-care assay for the detection of filarial parasites in mosquitoes, Francesca Rachael Tomaino
Mn(CO)₅R : why are the carbonyls leaning?, Amelia Catherine Valladares
Accuracy of DNA pairing by the RecA protein : proof of concept for a RecA gene chip, Julea Michelle Vlassakis
The history of Smith College's dual degree programs in liberal arts and engineering, Heidi Katharine Waugh
The art market for the hottest Chinese contemporary artists : a hedonic approach, Kailin Weng
An environmentally friendly synthetic approach : making vanillin from colored clay, Lexiaochuan Wen
The impact of Smith College on the Hampshire County economy, Kaitlyn E. Willcoxon
"Senseless dreams?" : the self-presentation of Nicholas II in image and word, 1904-1917, Lauren Sarah Young
Computer modeling of the evolution of the Gilkey and Thiel Glacier Valley profiles, Juneau Icefield, Alaska, Jenna Marie Zechmann
Social identity theory and the compatibility of self-motives in intergroup context, Jinghui Zhang
Investigation of a molecular mechanism for anesthetic preconditioning, Alexis Marie Ziemba
Honors Projects and Theses from 2011
Looking for a lost city : the creation of Holocaust lieux de mémoire, Laura Christina Arellano-Weddleton
Six-nippled sheep and other eugenic oddities : exploring voices of the American eugenics movement in the Northeast from 1883 to the mid-1920s, Ceilidh Robin Auger-Day
Characterization of the promoter of the Brugia malayi thioredoxin-peroxidase-2 protein gene, Adeola Phebean Awodele
The formation of large garnets at Gore Mountain, New York : experimental partial melting of amphibolite and meta-gabbro, Jennifer Anne Axler
Correlated evolution of ant seed dispersal and flowering phenology in the herbaceous flora of the temperate deciduous forest biome, Lois I. Bangiolo
Socially aware computing and intelligent garments, Aliyah Haggar Bilal-Gore
"She's not there" : beyond the vilifications of Norma Khouri's Honor lost, Elizabeth A. Brasington
Defining rights : Parliamentary discourse on the Kenyan female circumcision crisis, 1929-1931, Hilary Ravdin Buxton
Indeterminate systems, Katherine Ann Conlon
Swells, men of the world, and gentlemen : construction of masculinities in London high society, 1850-1880, Abigail Q. Cooper
Jet lag-induced internal desynchronization is associated with deficits in adult neurogenesis in mouse hippocampus, Kayla L. Correia
An assessment of housing affordability in an exurban community : the case of Leverett, Massachusetts, Molly Alter Daniell
Fra il dialetto e la lingua nazionale : il gap generazionale in Abruzzo, Christine Marie Davenport
MicroRNA regulated gene expression in Brugia malayi, Tarja Yvanka De Soysa
A preliminary examination of the cognitive consequences of intergroup attack : de-personalization, well-being and rejection sensitivity, Catherine Viola Dodson
Analytics and art : visualizing Wikipedia word frequencies using image collages, Elizabeth Do
"DNA does not lie, but its truth is often elusive" : critical discourse analysis of news reports on predictive genetic testing, Carolyn Blythe Drake
Experimental calibration of a model used to estimate campus heating energy consumption, Darcy Elizabeth Dwyer
Taking care : women, gay men and AIDS in New York City, 1981-1992, Lena Samora Eckert-Erdheim
Controlling surface chemistry on nanopatterned silicon substrates : direct organic functionalization of rough surfaces, Amelia Kate Evans
Investigating the biodiversity of amoebae from the Smith College Plant House, Anastasia Lauren Gant
"Our Republic" : St. Enda's College, 1908-1916, Gwen Bardeen Gethner
Assessment of GABAa receptor modulation by potential endozepines : a patch-clamp electrophysiological study, Shikha Goel
A longitudinal study of language acquisition and literacy development in Hispanic chidren with varying degrees of bilingualism : the effects of English immersion in preschool, Markeisha Nadrian Grant
Shapin' words : Toomer, Faulkner, Eliot and modernist poetics, Sarah Ayres Green
Fez : heritage and identity in the spaces and places of Fās, Morocco, Ariel Sydney Gregory