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 2020
Estimating microbial diversity of toxin producing bacteria from soil using cellular automata, Aoi Ogawa
A statistical exploration of accretion rates in substellar objects, Anne Peck
Mapping the evolutionary history of genes along chromosomes in diverse eukaryotic parasites, Dana Ragooanan
Validity and utility of wireless wearable heart rate assessment : comparisons with wired, subjective, and salivary measures, Julia R. Riccardi
Corrupted : evolution of identity and the body in Gothic literature, Renée Rienecker
Queer immigration : Brazilian women navigating race & citizenship in the United States, Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley
Characterizing the role of meteorin as a midline signaling molecule for developing the embryonic CNS, Madeline Marie Ryan
Understanding the role of slow slip events in the Cascadia earthquake cycle, Juliette Paule Saux
Predicting impending failure of an electro-chemical sensor, Junyuan Shi
From bustles to bras, 1851-1939 : honors thesis and exhibition catalog, Allison Lora Smith
Re-visioning time and intimacy for the anthropocene : Virginia Woolf's queer modes of life-writing in To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and Flush, Rylee Marie Smith
The effect of human body temperature on the proteo-transcriptomic responses of commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli, Isidora Stanković
Authoress of the world : womanhood in Margaret Cavendish's writings, Jemma Kathryn Stephenson
Examining which factors influence exhaustivity in children's answers to wh-questions, Bethany Mary Stoddard
Effects of dim evening light on circadian rhythms and behavior, Selma Tir
Family matters : political mobilization among evangelical Protestants and Latter-day Saints, Rachel Carr Venator
Music from my living room : an album for the Smith community, Sarah Elizabeth Vespa
Automatically merging evolving goal models, Yilin Wang
Automatically merging evolving goal models, Yilin Wang
An encoder-based soft optical waveguide sensor pair for contact force detection and localization, Yuhan Wen
The Jews of Bukhara : from ancient beginnings to the present day, Shoshana Beth Werblow
Analysis of neurolenin bioactivity in adult Caenorhabditis elegans and Dirofilaria immitis, Grace Caroline Wessels
Synthesis and base pair opening kinetics of the Spiroimminodihydantoin lesion, Ruby C. Wu
Development of a tandem Diels-Alder/Pauson-Khand reaction strategy for the synthesis of a tetracyclic steroid core, Eve Yuanwei Xu
Metabolites prediction in multiple studies using machine learning, Ziwei Zang
Nucleosomal base excision repair of spiroiminodihydantoin lesions initiated by formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase, Linghe Zhang
Honors Projects and Theses from 2019
The impact of homesickness on autobiographical memories in first-generation college students, Mathena Alexis Abramson
Does a higher minimum wage reduce poverty rates?, Sarah Elizabeth Albert
Modeling racially disproportionate language on Twitter during NFL game play, Julianna Grace Alvord
Retrospective financial analysis of the mercury and air toxics standards compliance costs, Haleigh M. Anderson
Visiones en el horizonte : la liminalidad y su expresión en tres novelas cubano/americanas, Sarah Denni Arnold
American dreamin' : critical perspectives on race and Black capitalism in Jay-Z's 4:44, Aliya Bailey
While I might be an Avenger... it's not like I have super-powers : negotiating representations of deafness and disability in Marvel's Hawkeye comics, Juliana Caroline Bauerle
Rethinking imperialism : globalization, trade and tea in the Qing Dynasty, Kendra Donovan Bonde
Characterizing phenol analog modulation of GABAa receptor currents as novel anesthetic agents, Lauren Chelsea Bondi
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
Queering Judson: Re-membering the Early Postmodern Dance Movement, 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