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 2019
The effect of gestational folic acid exposure on offspring behavior, Natalie Simone Bourdon
Digital signaling processing with FPGAs, Meng Cao
Visualizing jet lag in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and liver, Guinevere Grace Connelly
Status, threats, and restoration of acroporid corals throughout the Caribbean, Sabrina Cordero
Environmental compliance through the early environmental coordination checklist (EECC) : a case study in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Beatrix Mae Dalton
Screening for undersized culverts : an analysis of estimated characteristics, Molly Rose Day
Toxicity and mutagenicity evaluation of antifilarial neurolenin derivatives as potential drug candidate for lymphatic filariasis, Lydia Pedrick DeAngelo
Beats of the new political age : hip hop and youth political engagement in contemporary Senegal, Aminata Diallo
Instant saviors (just add water), Sofia Evelina Engelman
To break a beautiful thing : a novella, Ellena L. Erskine
Investigating the relationship between the structure and function of the dynein microtubule binding domain, Sarah Jane Flaherty
Implementation of an FPGA-based artificial neural network, Luya Gao
Family matters : intersections of family & gender in criminal court, Katharina Geppert
Conceiving Katsi Cook's life writings : pregnancy as a communal, integrative, and natural experience, Jenna Lee Gilley
Genome dynamics and nuclear changes throughout the life cycles of foraminifera, Eleanor Goetz
Let's face it : ǂb the teratogenic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on craniofacial development, Aliece Tayia Goodman
Mechanism of stereoselective catalysis by Diels-Alderase PyrE3 involved in pyrroindomycins biosynthesis, Xingyi Guan
Operant conditioning to quantify social choices in male prairie voles, Emily R. Halstead
Wordsworth's theater of anxiety, Lacey Carroll Harvey
Five minutes at a time : witness testimony, member engagement, and deliberation in congressional hearings, Ellison Deanna Hersch
The Chinese exclusion era in the United States : gender, politics, and community, Agnes Kangwen Hu
Impact of temperature shocks on the economy of India, Anuska Jain
Tracking magma evolution using strontium isotopes in plagioclase antecrysts in the Cuillin Center, Scotland, Sofia Jean Johnson
An exploration of class and capitalism at the turn of the 19th century through archaeology at MacLeish Field Station, Gwendolyn Ruth Jones
Investigating the role of slit signaling during diencephalon development in zebrafish, Cassie Lynne Kemmler
Once and future, Lily E. Kiewra
Synthesis and characterization of protein-polymer conjugates for receptor-specific cellular internalization, Julia S. Kim
Blood diamonds and kosher ham sandwiches : the politics of the Kimberley certification scheme, Sarah Marie Kolick
V410 x-ray 6 : a multi-wavelength study of transition disk properties at the substellar boundary, Olena Komarova
Lies, labor and luck : comparing lying behavior in real-effort and luck tasks, Oumayma Koulouh
Choreographing crucifixion : Good Friday ritual in late medieval England and its mystical consequence, Abigail Dorothea Kromminga
Posthuman : the interfaced "I", Maddy Frances Kulke
L'atleta donna in Italia : dal fascismo ai giorni nostri, Jane F. Kuntz
United & divided : distinctions in polarization between political elites and the public, Pamela Nancy Larkin
Analysis of pre-extinction archaeocyathan reefs of the lower Cambrian Harkless formation, southwest Nevada, Olivia Renton Leadbetter
Narrative medicine in Victorian novels : how fictional doctors understand the medical profession, Sarah Yelin Lee
Gender and temporality : a study of Virginia Woolf and Ali Smith, Eloise R. Lindblom
Investigating the application of graph clustering algorithms in network neuroscience, Tingshan Liu
Refining the application of a proxy carbon price for Smith College, Zhuoran Li
Identity and representation in the All-State circuit : a critical inquiry of American high school concert band repertoire, Cas Ford Martin
A tale of two Italys : immigration, economics, and the rise of the Italian far-right, Hannah Louise Mathews
Microbial metazoan interaction and the generation of microbial fabrics, Molly Megan
Creating consciousness : technology and characterization at Walt Disney Animated Studios and Pixar Animated Studios, Alison Shay Meneghetti
Domestic violence begets Black women's incarceration : Marissa Alexander's 20-year sentence for non-fatal self-defense, Michaella Mentu
Trafficking in multiracialist politics : American visual culture in the 21st century, Nichola W. Metzger
"Transmuee me senti toute" : queer transgender perspectives on the works of Chrstine de Pizan, T. Miller
Hydrogel formation via photocontrolled ring opening reactions of poly(2-alkenyl azlactone)s with photocaged primary amines, Autumn M. Mineo
Detection of a putative Brugia malayi POU-homeodomain transcription factor binding to its congate promoter, Hafsa Mohamud Mire
The effect of an anabolic steroid on the proteome of developing muscle cells, Emily Ann Morris
Engineering proteins for receptor-mediated transport across the blood-brain barrier, Naomi Murata
The association between stress, body composition and diet quality among UMass students, Insia Naqvi
The abundance of animals in lower Cambrian carbonates of the western United States : ǂb the effects of the archaeocyath extinction on benthic communities, Rhiannon Zoe Nolan
The role of bioelectrics during early embryonic development in Danio rerio, Andrea Gabrielle Olivera
Examining the genome content and life cycles of Arcellinid testate amoebae : on the hunt for silicon transporter homologs, Emma Gabrielle Östlund-Sholars
Effects of aging and omega-3 fatty acid diet on medical gastrocnemius muscle proteome, Marguerite Aurora Pacheco
The effects of humanitarianism and cold war media on American international adoption, Eden X. Phillips
Computing principal lines of curvature on polyhedra, Zoë Camille Riell
Them what brung you : a full length play, Tanya Ritchie
Designing a telepresence robot for the classroom, Macarena Alejandra Rojas Bustamante
Elucidating the potential symbiotic relationships between ciliates and bacteria, Simran Sahni
Other words for the otherworld : the artist and madness in Nabokov's American novels, Julia B. Smith
Embodied toxicity in the plasticene : BPA, BPS and the political ecology of endocrine disruption, Athena Maria Sofides
Backwards in high heels : gender and candidate priorities in the 2018 elections, Emma Louise Stewart
Disrupting notions : ameliorating romantic jealousy through compersion, Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen
Modeling the effects of meteorin on the development of Zebrafish : a gene association model for autism spectrum disorder, Raegan Dae Stokes
La Reina, la Loca : the medieval 'madness' of Queen Juana I., Erin A. Sulla
Imagining the family : neoliberalism and welfare's end in the United States, Rebecca Claire Tibbitts
Priming ambiguous images : ǂb are facial expressions special?, Elizabeth Grace Van Winkle
Optimizing collection purification and characterization of salivary dopamine and its metabolites as biomarkers for Parkinson's disease, Josselyn Sofia Vergara Cobos
Perceiving meaning, Alina S. Wang
Grains of wheat, Abigail Claire Weaver
Modern benthic foraminifera of Carbla Beach, Shark Bay, Western Australia: population ecology and taphonomy, Daniel Eli Wood
A method for verifying RNA integrity in mosquito nucleic acid extraction, Bethlehem Asnakew Yigzaw
Design of a controllable turntable for an FPGA-based image processing system, Yuqing Zhu
Honors Projects and Theses from 2018
Exploring the origin, diversity, and phylogeny of cultivated lettuce (Lactuca sativa), Youngjoo Ahn
Reelin in autism spectrum disorders : an investigation of reelin-disabled signaling in zebrafish neurogenesis and disease, Katrina G. Anderson
"Brave new world" : envisioning sites of queer futurity and resistance in The tempest, Marianna Eleftheria Apostolakis
Effects of mineral weathering and acid mine drainage on Pco2 in Davis Mine Brook and Maxwell Brook Watersheds, Rowe, Ma., Casey L. Armanetti
Conjugating viral antigens to tumor-targeting proteins toward a novel immunotherapy, Samantha Rose Baierl
Sex and species differences in spinal motor neuron androgen receptor expression in frogs, Aditi Ramya Balasubramanian
Chan-Lam aerobic methylation of phenols, Mairead Elizabeth Bartlett
The construction of a noise eater utilizing a PID controller and subsequent modifications using neural networks, Isabelle Elise Bunge
Don't take it at face value : a case study on facial expressivity, emotional coherence, and posttraumatic stress disorder, Julianna Rose Calabrese
The site specificity of oxidation on water etched Si(100) surface, Xinyuan Chen
Graph-based matching for word spotting in handwritten documents, Ji Won Chung
An analysis of citizenship status as a tool to regulate migrant labor streams, Celeste M. Clerk
The YWCA and US imperialism in the Philippines : whiteness, racialized affect, and anti-Black stereotypes, Illaria R. Dana
Characterization of proteins engineered to bind mesothelin for targeted cancer therapy, Daniela Amoakohene Deny
Design of a small unmanned aircraft for surveying of agriculture, Annick Jade Dewald
Design of an arduino-based proportional-integral-derivative controller to automate pH control, Keqin Ding
Navigating of microtubule obstacles by ensembles of dynein, Amalia Rose Driller-Colangelo
Physician attitudes in treating commercial sex workers, Sarah Eleanor Evans
Negotiating LGBTQ+ identity at a historically women's college, Jessica Elianna Feinberg
Eyes wide shut : the intersectional effects of gender and race of target photos on African American men and women's recognition memory, Jada Rene Flint
Expression cloning and analysis of a putative Brugia malayi POU-homeodomain transcription factor, Nicole Frumento
Telling fortunes and cutting purses : the Romani in Rome : early seventeenth century art, theater and society, Madeleine Gaines Greaves
Cannibalism in Blepharisma americanum : a genome comparison, Bethaney Gulla-Devaney
Using organocarbonates as safer electrophilic reagents, Bezawit Sirak Habtesellassie