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 2012
In Wonderland : a neoclassical exploration of quantum mechanics, Danielle Page Pite
Impact of oil price shocks on the Russian stock market, Elena Plesco
Visualizing racial identity, Rebecca Jean Rosen
The synthesis and reactivity of a novel cationic Diels-Alder dienophile stabilized by a cobalt-complexed alkyne, Sarah Adler Rothstein
Channeling remittances to a more productive sector for the Nepali economy, Trishagni Sakya
From social democracy to neo-liberalism : the effect of U.S. foreign policy on Costa Rica's political development, Melissa Salazar
Άδελφο : a comparative study of Pauline theology of salvation to Jews and Gentiles in Acts 28 and Romans 9-11, Natalie Carroll Sargent
Contextualizing ecotourism : a history and framework for sustainable development, Emma Rose Shapiro and Ethan
Inflation convergence in the European Union, Sonu Shrestha
Turning Beantown into Beetown : a sociological analysis of urban apiculture in Boston, Massachusetts, Marta Anna Sicinska
Ruthenium gallops the nicotinamide ring, Eliza Kate Spear
Negative emotion words in trauma narratives predict PTSD symptom severity in retired police officers, Robin Brown Spencer
Effects of natural variation in maternal care on behavioral and neuroendocrine phenotypes in rats, Emily Joy Starr-Phillips
Testing the teratogenic effects of Deepwater Horizon crude oil and dispersants on Zebrafish embryos, Rachel Elizabeth Stein
Using path analysis to examine mass media exposure, sociocultural views about women, and disored eating symptomatology, Ilana Sophia Teitelman
Developing a point-of-care assay for the detection of filarial parasites in mosquitoes, Francesca Rachael Tomaino
Mn(CO)₅R : why are the carbonyls leaning?, Amelia Catherine Valladares
Accuracy of DNA pairing by the RecA protein : proof of concept for a RecA gene chip, Julea Michelle Vlassakis
The history of Smith College's dual degree programs in liberal arts and engineering, Heidi Katharine Waugh
The art market for the hottest Chinese contemporary artists : a hedonic approach, Kailin Weng
An environmentally friendly synthetic approach : making vanillin from colored clay, Lexiaochuan Wen
The impact of Smith College on the Hampshire County economy, Kaitlyn E. Willcoxon
"Senseless dreams?" : the self-presentation of Nicholas II in image and word, 1904-1917, Lauren Sarah Young
Computer modeling of the evolution of the Gilkey and Thiel Glacier Valley profiles, Juneau Icefield, Alaska, Jenna Marie Zechmann
Social identity theory and the compatibility of self-motives in intergroup context, Jinghui Zhang
Investigation of a molecular mechanism for anesthetic preconditioning, Alexis Marie Ziemba
Honors Projects and Theses from 2011
Looking for a lost city : the creation of Holocaust lieux de mémoire, Laura Christina Arellano-Weddleton
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
Characterization of the promoter of the Brugia malayi thioredoxin-peroxidase-2 protein gene, Adeola Phebean Awodele
The formation of large garnets at Gore Mountain, New York : experimental partial melting of amphibolite and meta-gabbro, Jennifer Anne Axler
Correlated evolution of ant seed dispersal and flowering phenology in the herbaceous flora of the temperate deciduous forest biome, Lois I. Bangiolo
Socially aware computing and intelligent garments, Aliyah Haggar Bilal-Gore
"She's not there" : beyond the vilifications of Norma Khouri's Honor lost, Elizabeth A. Brasington
Defining rights : Parliamentary discourse on the Kenyan female circumcision crisis, 1929-1931, Hilary Ravdin Buxton
Indeterminate systems, Katherine Ann Conlon
Swells, men of the world, and gentlemen : construction of masculinities in London high society, 1850-1880, Abigail Q. Cooper
Jet lag-induced internal desynchronization is associated with deficits in adult neurogenesis in mouse hippocampus, Kayla L. Correia
An assessment of housing affordability in an exurban community : the case of Leverett, Massachusetts, Molly Alter Daniell
Fra il dialetto e la lingua nazionale : il gap generazionale in Abruzzo, Christine Marie Davenport
MicroRNA regulated gene expression in Brugia malayi, Tarja Yvanka De Soysa
A preliminary examination of the cognitive consequences of intergroup attack : de-personalization, well-being and rejection sensitivity, Catherine Viola Dodson
Analytics and art : visualizing Wikipedia word frequencies using image collages, Elizabeth Do
"DNA does not lie, but its truth is often elusive" : critical discourse analysis of news reports on predictive genetic testing, Carolyn Blythe Drake
Experimental calibration of a model used to estimate campus heating energy consumption, Darcy Elizabeth Dwyer
Taking care : women, gay men and AIDS in New York City, 1981-1992, Lena Samora Eckert-Erdheim
Controlling surface chemistry on nanopatterned silicon substrates : direct organic functionalization of rough surfaces, Amelia Kate Evans
Investigating the biodiversity of amoebae from the Smith College Plant House, Anastasia Lauren Gant
"Our Republic" : St. Enda's College, 1908-1916, Gwen Bardeen Gethner
Assessment of GABAa receptor modulation by potential endozepines : a patch-clamp electrophysiological study, Shikha Goel
A longitudinal study of language acquisition and literacy development in Hispanic chidren with varying degrees of bilingualism : the effects of English immersion in preschool, Markeisha Nadrian Grant
Shapin' words : Toomer, Faulkner, Eliot and modernist poetics, Sarah Ayres Green
Fez : heritage and identity in the spaces and places of Fās, Morocco, Ariel Sydney Gregory
Genres of spirit : tragedy, comedy and aristocracy in Isak Dinesen's "Sorrow-acre" and "Copenhagen season", Catharina Elise Gress-Wright
City living, healthy living? : the relationship between density and health in U.S. counties and cities, Ella Nicole Hartenian
An analysis of New York energy policy targeting renewable energy and energy conservation, Lindsay Killian Holle
Activities of daily living scale in hoarding disorder, Veselina Gencheva Hristova
Wake, Cassandra Rose Jensen
Material constraints, symbolic violence, and navigating the sorting mechanism : a qualitative study of community college students, Colleen Amber Johnston
Determinants of entrepreneurship in developed and developing countries, Shorena Kalandarishvili
The courage to be confused : negative capability in Keats's sonnets, Megan Rose Kearney
Self-stereotyping in educational environments : the effects of academic labeling and group entitativity on student achievement, Danielle Jaeyoung Kim
Insights into the origin of the South Fork fault detachment, Wyoming, using calcite strain analysis, Katherine Ann Kravitz
L'Héroïne colettienne : une image des paradoxes de la condition féminine pendant la Belle époque, Alexandra Paige Lewis
Exploring the nuclear dynamics of Arcella hemisphaerica and the features of its bacterial endosymbionts, Jian Hua Lin
Inner-party reform in China : a harbinger of democracy?, Hanzhang Liu
Fixing gaps in protein data using inverse kinematics, Yang Li
Circadian rhythms and coupling in hepatocytes, Martha E. Luitje
Characterization of trace metal concentrations and mining legacy in soils, Boulder County, Colorado, Ellen Marcia Maley
"Citizen, my mother is the Republic" : ideologies of terror, gender and heroism in Charles Dicken's A tale of two cities and Victor Hugo's Quatrevingt-treize, Elyse Jade Martin
Making sense of environmental enrichment : the behavioral responses of captive African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) to ecologically relevant scents, Lily Thane Maynard
Legitimacy in transitional justice : a comparative look at transitional justice processes in South Africa, the former Yugoslavia, and East Timor, Amelia Hawkins Mitchell
A shape to fill a lack : absence, gender and the American South in three novels by William Faulkner, 1929-1931, Esther Maria Mobley
"Wild abandon" : rural lesbian histories in Wyoming and Montana, 1960-1998, Katherine Luann Morris
The effects of fever temperature on gene expression in Escherichia coli, Germaine Yeku Nendah
Phylogenetics and biogeography of Hyalospheniidae (Arcellinida), Truc Bang Nguyen
To be or not to be : examining the role of language in a concept of negation, Ann Elizabeth Nordmeyer
Is jet lag stressful? : the interactions between circadian disruption and the stress response in mice, Mallery Roth Olsen
Structural studies of DNA duplexes using 2-dimensional NMR spectroscopy, Joo Hyun Park
Development of a tandem Diels-Alder/Pauson-Khand strategy for the synthesis of tetracycles, Sarah Jacqueline Perlmutter
Prosa, poesia e cinema : la contaminazione tra le forme artistiche nell'opera di Pier Paolo Pasolini, Chrysanthe Alana Peteros
The Tenishev School experiment : pedagogy and poetry, Katey Maya Pillars
Motivation, meritocracy, and the model minority rights myth : representations of Asian Americans in spelling bees, Kimberly Anne Probolus
Contesting U.S. feminist imperialism : the transnational activism of Mexican feminist Elena Arizmendi, 1911-1938, Darcy Rendon
Mitogen activated protein kinase expression in murine C2C12 myogenesis in vitro, Astia Norton Roper-Batker
Doing time is money : the economic crisis, criminal justice ideology and sentencing reform in Michigan,, Leah Jane Sakala
Coming home : the struggles of returning girl soldiers in northern Uganda, Lily K. Samuels
Probing the molecular architecture of bio-films : an in situ FTIR investigation of Poly-L-lysine and alginate on silicon-based surfaces, Cristina Caridad Santarossa
The effects of surface chemistry and nanoscale topography on biofilm colonization and growth, Carmen Say
Origin of the enigmatic breccia and folds in the Turners Falls formation, Deerfield Basin, Western Massachusetts, Lily Elizabeth Seidman
Il fascino del fascismo : la mistica di Mussolini e la politica dell'estetismo, Julia E. Simmons
Peoples politicized : self-determination, the UN and international human rights, Bethany Hannah Singer-Baefsky
Bacterial diversity in Avery Brook beaver pond sediments, Sara Hope Sirois
Cabots talk only to God : a collection of short stories, Quenby MacRae Solberg
How personal crisis made the Risorgimento : Mazzini and Cavour before and after 1836, Camilla Rose Somers
Perception and reality of inter-nation stereotypes and images : a test of image theory and the stereotype content model using objective measures, Deborah Jiehyun Song
Biotic and abiotic factors affecting throughfall volume and spatial variabiity in a New England forest, Caitlin Marie Spence
Market integration of distributed resources through coordinated frequency and price droop, Chin Yen Tee
An exploration of restricted lactate dehydrogenase subunit association, Samantha Danielle Torquato