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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

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Theoretical orientations : intersectionality, Anne Michelle Re

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Postvernacular Yiddish : a case study of the Yiddish Book Center, Carole Chloe Renard

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"I mbáidín teangan" : Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Irish folklore in translation, Lisa Michelle Saladin

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Exploring inconsistencies between perfectionism, athletics, and disordered eating, Victoria Elizabeth Santarsiero

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Constraining the record of neoproterozoic life : new insights from cryogenian strata (~850 to 635 Ma) of northern Namibia, Maggie Anne Sawdy

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Performative looking methodology : queering identity politics from a Black cultural studies perspective, Ollie James Schwartz

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Exploring the promoter of Brugia malayi thioredoxin peroxidase-2 gene, Iju Shakya

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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

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Synthesis and purification of 2,6-dimethylcyclohexanol for application as a general anesthetic, Kelly Aiken Smith

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Investigation of the thermodynamic stability of the diastereomeric spiroiminodihydantoin lesion, Elizabeth A. Stewart

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Innovation within tradition : halachic egalitarianism and the role of independent minyanim, Katy Lora Swartz

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Assessment of the predictive and concurrent validity of the bilingual English Spanish oral screener, Joselina Tejada

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ERP measures of sensitivity to social comparison feedback, Thanh-Giang Jennifer Tran

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A biogeographic comparison of cuticle thickness, claw resistance to breakage, and genetic variation in the invasive European green crab Carcinus maenas, Sarah Jeanne Tucker

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Learning queer knowledge : a study of lesbian community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jennifer Bucchianeri Wachowski

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Paleoecology of post-extinction fossil assemblages of the lower Triassic virgin limestone member in the Muddy Mountains, Southern Nevada : new insights into silicification of recovery faunas, Sophie Westacott

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"I don't want to be the victim no more" : a lesbian history of South Bend, Indiana 1974-present, Elizabeth Anne Williams

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Metagenomics of the methane ice worm, Sirsoe methanicola, and its associated microbial community, Wei Xin

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Understanding knowledge building discourse in undergraduate engineering education : an in-depth case study, Yanning Yu

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Telling, retelling, and not telling : narrating the black Atlantic, Madeline Lee Zehnder

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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

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Generation of a functional network around a single kinase highlights its involvement in unsuspected biological processes, Akosua Gyanea Adu-Gyamfi

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Living rocks, ancestral forests and the secular state : nationalisms, colonialisms, spiritualities and silences at the National Museum of the American Indian and the Musée du quai Branly, Alessandra Amin

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The evolution and ecology of functional traits along a soil fertility gradient, Grace Harper Anderson

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Conflicting kinematics of the Salerno Creek deformation zone, Grenville Province, Ontario, Naomi Anna Barshi

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Development of a tandem Diels-Alder/Pauson-Khand strategy for the synthesis of tetracycles, Catriona Emily Blunt

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Reviving the Republic : Florence from 1494-1512, Dagny Regan Broome

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Explaining China's strident human rights diplomacy : the role of domestic factors, Nhung Trang Bui

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A textbook for introductory programming classes at liberal arts colleges, Julia Catherine Burns

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Financial liberalization and income inequality : an empirical investigation of Latin America and Asia, Guangye Cao

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The Hrafnfjordur central volcano : petrogenesis of a volcanic sequence in the early stages of an Icelandic rift zone, Emily Francis Carbone

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Geochemical analysis of the Cambro-Ordovician Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland, Canada, Katherine Amelia Castagno

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Revival in Uganda : church, state and the Mukono crisis in 1941, Kristen Laurene Connor

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Patch-clamp investigation of the modulation of GABAa receptor currents with isomers of the potential anesthetic 2,6-dimethylcyclohexanol, Celine Joelle Croft

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Investigating the ecology of post-Sturtian (~716 Ma) microfossil assembleges in a cap carbonate, the Rasthof formation, northern Namibia, Lilly Alaine Dalton

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Design of a portable data acquisition system to measure real-time MP3-player sound pressure output, Adina-Elena Draghici

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Experimental calibration of Fe and Mg partitioning between garnet and biotite samples at elevated pressures, Kathryn Elaine Durkin

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The identification and characterization of a circadian clock gene in Brugia malayi, Ruth Maria Eichinger

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Breaking the glass dome : an analysis of women's candidacies for the House of Representatives in 2008 and 2010, Alana Gayle Eichner

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Breaking the glass dome : an analysis of women's candidacies for the House of Representatives in 2008 and 2010, Alana Gayle Eichner

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Protein localization in murine C2C12 cells during normal and heat stressed myogenesis, Veronica Marie Falconieri

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Equilibrium and disequilibrium in the geographic ranges of plants : an experimental test with two forest herbs, Jessamine Hope Finch

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An empirical analysis of the tourism industry as an agent for development in small-island developing economies, Raquel Arlene Frederick

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Ambiguous selves : Madeleine Pelletier's interwar autobiographical writing, Hannah Clare Frydman

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"El Decano" en Sudamérica : Aaron Copland and "political expediency", Nicole Betsy Glotzer

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ATICoS : authoring tool for interactive creation of spaces, Junzhu Guo

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Voltage sensitivity and humidity estimation for low humidity PEM fuel cells, Shelly C. Hagerman

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Voltage sensitivity and humidity estimation for low humidity PEM fuel cells, Shelly C. Hagerman

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Development of a gyro-stabilized model aircraft for atmospheric research, Elizabeth Farrell Helbling

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Brown v. Brown : the limits of logic in law and language, Theresa Sophie Helke

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More than words : the politics of classifying mass atrocities, Kaitlin Hodge

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Breaking the "jolly negro" : racist material culture and white domesticity in the era of Jim Crow, Kaitlin Cecily Hovanes

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Bioactive compounds from plants and their utility in lymphatic filariasis drug development, Saira Rehnuma Huq

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Decoding the promoter of the thioredoxin peroxidase-2 gene of Brugia malayi, Nguyen Phuong Huynh

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Fish story, Kōtarō, Isaka and Carly Greenstreet

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Effectiveness of engineered bacteriocins as target-specific antibiotics, Clare Chren Landefeld

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Elucidating the molecular basis of Pseudomonas syringae effector AvrPto activity within Nicotiana species, Sarah Evelyn Lim

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Understanding the effects of symmetry on the flexibility of macromolecular structure, Tiffany Qiyang Liu

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Exploring the expression pattern and localization of a novel protein family juv-p120 in the parasite Brugia malayi, Yisi Lu

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Martydom within the poetry of G.M. Hopkins, Julia Ann Marley

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The role of narrative development in preschool in the language and literacy development of English/Spanish dual language learners, Lillian Rose Masek

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Shadows on the "little bit ... of ivory : Jane Austen's religious and political convictions as expressed in her novels, Jessica Jo McQuillan

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A metagenomic analysis of the equine gastrointestinal tract when affected by parasitic helminths, Ivy Laurene Mead

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Dissolved organic carbon in Avery Brook, West Whately, Massachusetts, Susanna M. Michael

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Sedimentology and paleobiology of a putative cap carbonate, the Virgin Springs limestone, in the Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak formation, Death Valley, CA, Kaylyn Oates

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Bog-gling diversity : cryptic species of testate amoebae in local fens and bogs of western Massachusetts, Angela Maria Oliverio

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Representations of reality : the changing relationship between sculpture and painting in Valois Burgundy, Sophia Helen Ong

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The chromatographic separation of the diastereomers of 2,6-Dimethylcyclohexanol, a potential general anesthetic, Alexandra Elizabeth Page

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Our microbial planet : understanding microbial diversity through analyses of ciliate morphospecies, Gladys Isabel Palaguachi

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A third dimension for the Stereotype Content Model of inter-nation perceptions : adding morality to warmth and competence, Dong Joo Park

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Effect of temperature shift on motility of Escherichia coli, Shannon Corinne Pettit

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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

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In Wonderland : a neoclassical exploration of quantum mechanics, Danielle Page Pite

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Impact of oil price shocks on the Russian stock market, Elena Plesco

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Visualizing racial identity, Rebecca Jean Rosen

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The synthesis and reactivity of a novel cationic Diels-Alder dienophile stabilized by a cobalt-complexed alkyne, Sarah Adler Rothstein

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Channeling remittances to a more productive sector for the Nepali economy, Trishagni Sakya

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From social democracy to neo-liberalism : the effect of U.S. foreign policy on Costa Rica's political development, Melissa Salazar

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Άδελφο : a comparative study of Pauline theology of salvation to Jews and Gentiles in Acts 28 and Romans 9-11, Natalie Carroll Sargent

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Contextualizing ecotourism : a history and framework for sustainable development, Emma Rose Shapiro and Ethan

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Inflation convergence in the European Union, Sonu Shrestha

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Turning Beantown into Beetown : a sociological analysis of urban apiculture in Boston, Massachusetts, Marta Anna Sicinska

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Ruthenium gallops the nicotinamide ring, Eliza Kate Spear

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Negative emotion words in trauma narratives predict PTSD symptom severity in retired police officers, Robin Brown Spencer

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Effects of natural variation in maternal care on behavioral and neuroendocrine phenotypes in rats, Emily Joy Starr-Phillips

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Testing the teratogenic effects of Deepwater Horizon crude oil and dispersants on Zebrafish embryos, Rachel Elizabeth Stein

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Using path analysis to examine mass media exposure, sociocultural views about women, and disored eating symptomatology, Ilana Sophia Teitelman

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Developing a point-of-care assay for the detection of filarial parasites in mosquitoes, Francesca Rachael Tomaino

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Mn(CO)₅R : why are the carbonyls leaning?, Amelia Catherine Valladares

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Accuracy of DNA pairing by the RecA protein : proof of concept for a RecA gene chip, Julea Michelle Vlassakis

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The history of Smith College's dual degree programs in liberal arts and engineering, Heidi Katharine Waugh

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The art market for the hottest Chinese contemporary artists : a hedonic approach, Kailin Weng

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An environmentally friendly synthetic approach : making vanillin from colored clay, Lexiaochuan Wen

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The impact of Smith College on the Hampshire County economy, Kaitlyn E. Willcoxon

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"Senseless dreams?" : the self-presentation of Nicholas II in image and word, 1904-1917, Lauren Sarah Young

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Computer modeling of the evolution of the Gilkey and Thiel Glacier Valley profiles, Juneau Icefield, Alaska, Jenna Marie Zechmann

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Social identity theory and the compatibility of self-motives in intergroup context, Jinghui Zhang

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Investigation of a molecular mechanism for anesthetic preconditioning, Alexis Marie Ziemba

Honors Projects and Theses from 2011

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Looking for a lost city : the creation of Holocaust lieux de mémoire, Laura Christina Arellano-Weddleton

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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