Honors Projects
"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, Honors Project
Methylation of oxygen nucleophiles using dimethyl carbonate : mechanistic studies, Noelia Margarita Martinez-Muñoz, Honors Project
Disrobing modesty : how female practitioners articulate Christian womanhood in the blogoshere, Gabrielle Sara Martin, Honors Project
The St. John's Wood Clique : "the lost pages of history", Laura Martin, Honors Project
Developing a molecular method for estimating the effective population size of ciliate morphospecies Chilodonella uncinata, Cynthia Jepkosgei Masai, Honors Project
The role of narrative development in preschool in the language and literacy development of English/Spanish dual language learners, Lillian Rose Masek, Honors Project
Lev Shestov : faith, reason, and experience, Avery M. Masters, Honors Project
A tale of two Italys : immigration, economics, and the rise of the Italian far-right, Hannah Louise Mathews, Honors Project
Micromixer : a benchtop polymer mixer, Emily Matz, Honors Project
Self-help for hoarding : a follow-up study, Sarah Beth Maxner, Honors Project
The responsibilities of audiences to speakers : a speech act theory of epistemic violence, Helen Celia Mayer, Honors Project
Making sense of environmental enrichment : the behavioral responses of captive African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) to ecologically relevant scents, Lily Thane Maynard, Honors Project
Between Russia and the United States : concepts and conflicts of Jewish citizenship in the early twentieth century, Emily Alyse Mazza, Honors Project
Effects of prenatal folic acid exposure on social behavior in prairie voles, Taylor Eve McCain, Honors Project
Guerreras de la cancha : leveling the playing field: exploring the role of government in facilitating equal access to soccer for girls in the United States and Ecuador, Maya Nicole McCann, Honors Project
Authoritarianism and attitudes about arranged marriages in Bangladesh and South India, Jessica McCarthy, Honors Project
Tentacular thinking : Medusa in and of the Anthropocene, Lilian Rose McCarthy, Honors Project
Feeding-induced circadian disruption in the liver : towards a non-invasive method of observing circadian disruption in peripheral tissues, Eleanor Evans McCartney, Honors Project
Dimensions of religious orientation and hazardous alcohol use among college students, Elan McCollum, Honors Project
Exploring the evolution of Ramsey games, Theodore McCulloch, Honors Project
Snake cube puzzles : Hamilton paths in grid graphs, Alison Elizabeth McDonough, Honors Project
Archaeocyathan reefs and chemostratigraphy of the lower Cambrian wood canyon formation in Titanothere Canyon, Death Valley, California, Teresa Claire McGann, Honors Project
Extraction and functionalization of Neurolinens from Neuoleana lobata, Catherine Patricia McGeogh, Honors Project
A network model for auditory-system changes to increases in intracranial pressure, Mary Clark McGrath, Honors Project
The effects of IL-1β on sleep and circadian rhythmicity in an animal model of fatigue, Grace Brown McKay-Corkum, Honors Project
The synthesis and use of stimuli-responsive cross-linkers to prepare PVDMA hydrogels, Isabella Frances McNamara, Honors Project
Knot theory and the Alexander polynomial, Reagin McNeill, Honors Project
Shadows on the "little bit ... of ivory : Jane Austen's religious and political convictions as expressed in her novels, Jessica Jo McQuillan, Honors Project
A metagenomic analysis of the equine gastrointestinal tract when affected by parasitic helminths, Ivy Laurene Mead, Honors Project
Putting the "success" in succession : comparing dominant species in a deciduous forest isn't so "clear cut", Madeleine Ann Meadows-McDonnell, Honors Project
Microbial metazoan interaction and the generation of microbial fabrics, Molly Megan, Honors Project
Stormwater harvesting recommendations, Rajiha Mehdi, Honors Project
The presence of lateral gene transfer events in fungal genomes : determining the presence of viral lateral gene transfer events in Eukaryotic genomes, Jiaqi Mei, Honors Project
Jorge Amado in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : publications and popularity, Victoria Melnikova, Honors Project
Creating consciousness : technology and characterization at Walt Disney Animated Studios and Pixar Animated Studios, Alison Shay Meneghetti, Honors Project
Domestic violence begets Black women's incarceration : Marissa Alexander's 20-year sentence for non-fatal self-defense, Michaella Mentu, Honors Project
Normative measurements of energy reflectance in healthy newborns and one-month olds, Gabrielle R. Merchant, Honors Project
Critique and conscience : classics in Louis MacNeice's Autumn journal, Kimberly Meskimen, Honors Project
Trafficking in multiracialist politics : American visual culture in the 21st century, Nichola W. Metzger, Honors Project
Dissolved organic carbon in Avery Brook, West Whately, Massachusetts, Susanna M. Michael, Honors Project
Historicizing Coming out : a cinematic encounter between national heterosexuality and gay identity in East Germany, Madeline Grace Michels, Honors Project
Dancing westwards : depictions of the American west in the mid-twentieth century ballets of Balanchine and de Mille, Katelynn Anne Mikulka, Honors Project
Shooter bias and sunk costs in a policing context : using an escalation of commitment framework to investigate shooting decisions, Martha Miller, Honors Project
Using gravitational-wave signals to model the distribution of spin across the binary black hole population, Simona Jane Miller, Honors Project
"Transmuee me senti toute" : queer transgender perspectives on the works of Chrstine de Pizan, T. Miller, Honors Project
Hydrogel formation via photocontrolled ring opening reactions of poly(2-alkenyl azlactone)s with photocaged primary amines, Autumn M. Mineo, Honors Project
Detection of a putative Brugia malayi POU-homeodomain transcription factor binding to its congate promoter, Hafsa Mohamud Mire, Honors Project
Legitimacy in transitional justice : a comparative look at transitional justice processes in South Africa, the former Yugoslavia, and East Timor, Amelia Hawkins Mitchell, Honors Project
Reading women and writing art in Elizabethan epyllia, Dianne Marie Mitchell, Honors Project
A shape to fill a lack : absence, gender and the American South in three novels by William Faulkner, 1929-1931, Esther Maria Mobley, Honors Project
Investigating complex phytoplankton dynamics : pseudo-nitzschia spp. diversity and toxicity in the nearshore Gulf of Maine, Hanna Margaret Mogensen, Honors Project
De-constructing construction : role of environmental standards in the building sector, Anna Carr Mokros, Honors Project
Locating slow slip events in Cascadia across space and time, Elias Greylin Molitors Bergman, Honors Project
Galectins and lymphatic filariasis : exploring the role of Brugia malayi galectins in parasite persistence, Margaret Mumbi Mongare, Honors Project
Bilattices and the logic of goal modeling, Isabel Grace Montesanto, Honors Project
The effects of carbon source and oxygen availability on gene expression in uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Grace M. Moore, Honors Project
Microfossil assemblages in Cryogenian (~716 Ma) cap carbonates of Namibia, Zambia, Mongolia and Arctic Alaska, Kelsey Reed Moore, Honors Project
Intertextuality and forging identity in Alison Bechdel's Fun home: a family tragicomic, Melina Alice Moore, Honors Project
Who is in charge? : exploring the connection between connexin dependent bioelectrics and morphogen signaling during axis determination in zebrafish, Janeth Mora-Martinez, Honors Project
On film and television : the portrayal of bioethics in popular culture, Elizabeth Morgan, Honors Project
Nanoscale cargo transport of spherical DNA origami structures by ensembles of molecular motor proteins, Jessica Marie Morgan, Honors Project
The effect of an anabolic steroid on the proteome of developing muscle cells, Emily Ann Morris, Honors Project
The role of romantic comedies in the cognitive processes of female self-perception, Emily Jane Morris, Honors Project
"Wild abandon" : rural lesbian histories in Wyoming and Montana, 1960-1998, Katherine Luann Morris, Honors Project
The role of sex and ovarian cycles in rodent behavioral and physiological variability, Kathleen Jane Moshofsky, Honors Project
The effect of circadian disruption and a high fat diet on arcuate microglia in C57/B6 mice, Donna L. Mosley, Honors Project
Does a correlation between severe/regressive autism and viral co-infection exist?, Mojdeh Mostafavi, Honors Project
Investigating the nature of mutualisms between Rhododendron seedlings and local versus novel communities of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, Taryn Leigh Mueller, Honors Project
Unearthing stories : Caribbean women respond to the Brontës, Sarah Muffly, Honors Project
Cosmologies of healing in Ceremony and The salt eaters, Kathleen Frances Mullins, Honors Project
The relative efficacy of brief cognitive restructuring and mindfulness-based interventions on perfectionistic concerns, Mary Munroe, Honors Project
Analyses of genome structures in testate amoeba (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) uning single-cell 'omics and flurescence microscopy, Ketty Munyenyembe, Honors Project
Engineering proteins for receptor-mediated transport across the blood-brain barrier, Naomi Murata, Honors Project
A life cycle assessment of packaging for Medtronic's veress needle, Dakota R. Murray, Honors Project
Sedimentary redox geochemistry of the Lower Triassic Montney Formation, British Columbia, Chiza Ngachize Mwinde, Honors Project
American Jewish anti-Zionism : a historical and contemporary analysis, Hunter Rose Myers, Honors Project
The association between stress, body composition and diet quality among UMass students, Insia Naqvi, Honors Project
Placing autonomy back in the patient's hands : a Kantian approach, Ellina Nektalova, Honors Project
The effects of fever temperature on gene expression in Escherichia coli, Germaine Yeku Nendah, Honors Project
The isolation and derivatization of sesquiterpene lactones from Neurolaena lobata, Megan Elizabeth Neubig, Honors Project
Atmospheric mercury deposition in an isolated environment : a 150-year record at Block Island, Rhode Island, Rachel Neurath, Honors Project
Defining the role of the reelin signaling pathway in neurogenesis and behavior - a zebrafish model of autism spectrum disorders, Grace Kathryn Nevil, Honors Project
Heat shock and the developmental regulation of the MAPKs in C2C12 cells, Khue Nguyen, Honors Project
Mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling during C2C12 myogenesis, Nhu Tran Nguyen, Honors Project
Effects of accelerated UV exposure on mechanical properties of natural nylon, technora, and polyester fibers, Thuy Xuan Nguyen, Honors Project
Phylogenetics and biogeography of Hyalospheniidae (Arcellinida), Truc Bang Nguyen, Honors Project
Exploring the neurotoxic effects of isoflurane on the cytoskeleton of developing murine neurons, Belinda Juliana Nhundu, Honors Project
Wideband acoustic imitance measurements and time domain reflectance, Jingping Nie, Honors Project
Design and testing of a miniature PEM fuel cell stack, Julianna Pei-Hsien Niu, Honors Project
Foraminifera over time, space, and in response to temperature, Giovanna M. Noe-Wilson, Honors Project
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, Honors Project
To be or not to be : examining the role of language in a concept of negation, Ann Elizabeth Nordmeyer, Honors Project
Breaking "the code" : art museums and the transmission of cultural capital, Dora Margery Novey-Buttfield, Honors Project
Analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of genes along chromosomes in the genome of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum, Esther Nwaka, Honors Project
Sedimentology and paleobiology of a putative cap carbonate, the Virgin Springs limestone, in the Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak formation, Death Valley, CA, Kaylyn Oates, Honors Project
Worlds beyond : follow-up observations and confirmation of K2 exoplanet candidates, Rachel Eileen O'Connor, Honors Project
Engineering protein-drug conjugates for therapeutic targeting of mesothelin-positive tumors, Elsie Akinyi Odhiambo, Honors Project
Elucidating testate amoeba biodiversity : an analysis of Hyalosphenia spp, Angela Colleen O'Donnell, Honors Project
Estimating microbial diversity of toxin producing bacteria from soil using cellular automata, Aoi Ogawa, Honors Project
"When I need you, I shall send for you" : an analysis of Aksumite and Himyarite authority in an East Roman world, Katherine Ashley O'Hara, Honors Project