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
Required to be Perfect? Expectations for Gifted Black Female Students, Anna Taylor
Relationship Between Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Hot Flash Experience, and Habitual Physical Activity in Healthy Perimenopausal People, Tint Tha Ra Wun
Carlos Martiel As/Against the Posthuman: Subaltern Corporeal Realities, Henne Van Campen
Development of DNA Origami Exoskeletons and Cationic Cores Toward Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Targeted Therapeutics, Justine Wagaman
Contentious Politics in China, Jinghan Wang
The Role of Gpr37 in the Developing and Regenerating Retina, Yuqi K. Wang
MS-ESI Analysis of Glyoxal, Methyl Glyoxal, and Hydroxy Acetone - Salt Systems to Model Atmospheric Product Formation, Cecilia Wheeler
Towards an Enzyme Mimic through DNA-Palladium Conjugation, Emma Whittemore
Visualizing Fluorescent Fusion Protein Fate by Cell-Cycle Induced Recombination, Abigail Wilcox
Partners in Patterning? Characterizing the Relationship between Bioelectricity and Morphogen Signaling during Zebrafish Axis Formation, Claire Woppmann
Design Framework for Thermal Energy Storage Integrated with Geothermal and Energy Transfer, Zehui Yu
Calibrating Coronagraphic Spectroscopy on the HST Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, Jingyi Zhang
Probing Spatial Reasoning Ability of LLM with Python-Composed Dialogs by SHRDLU, Kexin Zoie Zhao
Fishing for Answers: Explaining Environmental Justice Disparities in Chesapeake Bay Recreational Angling, Isabelle Zheng
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
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
Public School Funding and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from New York City, Lia Mikhelashvili
Investigating Weyl Semimetal and Magnetized Phases in Quantum Materials Using Stochastic and Machine Learning Methods, Elizabeth Morningstar
Characterization of Amyloid Precursor Protein Regulation by Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors 3, 6 and 12, Sabra Mouhi
High-Caloric Food as Breakfast Speeds up Re-entrainment but Does not Resolve Internal Desynchrony, Zhen Nie
Effects of Jetlag on Skin Health, Pratima Niroula
Frobenius Objects in Rel and Span, Raina Okonogi-Neth
Cranial Neural Crest Cells: Breaking Convention to Build the Forebrain, Nalini Oliver
Hamiltonian Truncation in Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory, Hyo Jung Park
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
Follow the Red Star: Three Generations of Chinese Sovietophilia, Jianyi Yan
Desert Genealogies: (De)Colonizing Conceptions of Naqab Bedouin Land and Space Under the Israeli State, Mika Yassur
What Makes a Requirement?: Towards Distinguishing Software Requirements from Generic Text, Sasha Yeutseyeva
The Effect of Temperature on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from India, Shuzhe Zhang
Conceptual Analysis of Scientific Process Paragraphs, Yuezhang Mackie Zhang
Coparenting in English-speaking and Chinese Families: A Cross-cultural Comparison Using the Survey Tool CoPAFS, Tianmei Zhu
The Crimson Age: New Extremes of Violence and Gore in Superhero Media, Olivia Zindren
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