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 2013
We are all mindreaders : a study of children's ability to predict other people's emotions, Ellen Rose Harrington
The temporal genetic variation of the ciliate morphospecies Chilodonella uncinata, Carmen Marie Hernandez
Development of a tandem Diels-Alder/Pauson-Khand reaction strategy for the synthesis of tetracycles, Elsa Hinds
Rural electrification in South Africa - design challenges, considerations and choices, Jennifer Holliday
Could I be Miss America? : an Asian American's experience with the Miss America organization, Xiaojia Hua
A mixed memory : Mexican American studies in the borderlands, Gerilyn Anne Hubbe
Design of a portable data acquisition system to measure sound exposure from MP3 headphones, Huimin Ji
Spatial characterization of sulfate reducing bacteria in the Avery Brook beaver ponds, Rachel Anne Kaminsky
Five-coordinate intermediates : why carbon will not behave, Sarah Frances Kay
The role of circadian rhythms in fatigue, Gloria Kim
The role of Orexin on animal fatigue model with Interleukin 1β, Hyunji Kim
DNA catalyst conjugates (DCats) for site-selective chemical transformations in complex environments, Jiyeon Kim
Women's voices : a choral setting of Charlotte Brontë's "Life", Dayton Kinney Kinney
Hindsight bias magnifies escalation of commitment, Shuyao Kong
²³Na- and ³⁹K-NMR studies of monensin- and valinomycin-mediated ion transport through liposomal membranes, Colby Rachel Loew
Design and analysis of hybrid power system options for off grid rural electrification in northern Kenya, June Midecha Lukuyu
Geochemical evidence for the origin of mineralogical rinds surrounding garnet-amphibolite blocks in a subduction zone mélange, Catalina Island, California, Lauren Jeanne Magliozzi
A network model for auditory-system changes to increases in intracranial pressure, Mary Clark McGrath
Stormwater harvesting recommendations, Rajiha Mehdi
De-constructing construction : role of environmental standards in the building sector, Anna Carr Mokros
The role of romantic comedies in the cognitive processes of female self-perception, Emily Jane Morris
Exploring the neurotoxic effects of isoflurane on the cytoskeleton of developing murine neurons, Belinda Juliana Nhundu
Discarding behavior and habituation of distress in hoarding disorder, Clarissa Wei Ong
Using targeted proteomics to examine desmin regulation during C2C12 myogenesis, Aunaly Palmer
Design of an algorithm to track targets using bistatic radar data, Alina Paige Pechacek
Prenatal genetic testing : the moral impacts on parental autonomy, Yaesshna Thaynambaal Pillay
A platform of pillars : the stelae at Uxmal, Mexico, Catherine Hariton Popovici
Recovered memory : the making of profit, place, and person at Sierra Tucson rehab facility, Lisbet Hope Portman
Theoretical orientations : intersectionality, Anne Michelle Re
Postvernacular Yiddish : a case study of the Yiddish Book Center, Carole Chloe Renard
"I mbáidín teangan" : Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Irish folklore in translation, Lisa Michelle Saladin
Exploring inconsistencies between perfectionism, athletics, and disordered eating, Victoria Elizabeth Santarsiero
Constraining the record of neoproterozoic life : new insights from cryogenian strata (~850 to 635 Ma) of northern Namibia, Maggie Anne Sawdy
Performative looking methodology : queering identity politics from a Black cultural studies perspective, Ollie James Schwartz
Exploring the promoter of Brugia malayi thioredoxin peroxidase-2 gene, Iju Shakya
The impact of teacher depression on the quality of the teacher-child relationship and children's behavioral outcomes in PreK and kindergarten, Alyssa Leigh Shaw
Synthesis and purification of 2,6-dimethylcyclohexanol for application as a general anesthetic, Kelly Aiken Smith
Investigation of the thermodynamic stability of the diastereomeric spiroiminodihydantoin lesion, Elizabeth A. Stewart
Innovation within tradition : halachic egalitarianism and the role of independent minyanim, Katy Lora Swartz
Assessment of the predictive and concurrent validity of the bilingual English Spanish oral screener, Joselina Tejada
ERP measures of sensitivity to social comparison feedback, Thanh-Giang Jennifer Tran
A biogeographic comparison of cuticle thickness, claw resistance to breakage, and genetic variation in the invasive European green crab Carcinus maenas, Sarah Jeanne Tucker
Learning queer knowledge : a study of lesbian community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jennifer Bucchianeri Wachowski
"I don't want to be the victim no more" : a lesbian history of South Bend, Indiana 1974-present, Elizabeth Anne Williams
Metagenomics of the methane ice worm, Sirsoe methanicola, and its associated microbial community, Wei Xin
Understanding knowledge building discourse in undergraduate engineering education : an in-depth case study, Yanning Yu
Telling, retelling, and not telling : narrating the black Atlantic, Madeline Lee Zehnder
Effects of eastern hemlock removal on nutrient cycling and forest ecosystem processes at the MacLeish Field Station, Whately, MA, Jenna M. Zukswert
Honors Projects and Theses from 2012
Generation of a functional network around a single kinase highlights its involvement in unsuspected biological processes, Akosua Gyanea Adu-Gyamfi
The evolution and ecology of functional traits along a soil fertility gradient, Grace Harper Anderson
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