Senior Honors Presentations

Honors students will present their final Senior Honors projects. Through the Honors 455 course, students have worked with a faculty mentor to deepen their understanding of a topic of a compelling interest in their major. Their presentations will outline their methodology, research and theoretical analysis in layman's terms. Senior Honors projects are semester-long independent research projects designed to showcase the work of Honors Program students.

Tuesday, April 26

Julia Jacobs -- Am I Mentally Ill or Did I Just Anger the Greek Gods?: An Exploration into the Use of Prescientific Mythology to Explain Mental Illness

Alexis Young -- Psychological and Social Issues in Video Game Culture

David Haines -- How the Wealthy Won with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Julie Spencer -- Limitations to Lowering Fraud Risk in Nonprofit Organizations

Brooke Franz -- Returning Citizens as Prison Volunteers: “To Build a Bridge Between Institutions and Communities”

Stephanie Drapp -- Microflora of the Mouth: A Comparative Study of Smokers versus Non-smokers

Emily Fox -- The Negative Effect of Neem Oil on Embryonic Development in Chicken Eggs

Chayce Schaub -- Will Magic Erasers Whiten Cow Teeth?

Hannah Ours -- Gauging Awareness of Genetic Counseling at a Small, Rural University

Jonathan Hurst -- The Compositional Study of Popular Heroes and Villains

Wednesday, April 27

Emily Flottman-Mullen – Stateless Money: Ukraine's Use of Digital Gold to Spark First "CryptoWar"

Madeline Deiderick -- Pharmacogenomic Research Implementation in Healthcare

Kayla Buck -- Incorporation of Gold Nanoparticles into a Nitric Oxide Releasing Wound Healing Patch

Lauren Reaves -- The Covid-19 Pandemic and Effects on Workplace Productivity

Kayla Mullinax -- Translation Studies: The Interaction of Life and Language

Sarah Shoots -- Investigating Mental Health Issues in Female Athletes

Micah Mydloski -- The Barons of Business: Then vs. Now

James Williams -- American Marketing Trends of the Late Nineteenth to Mid-Twentieth Century

Aedan Ginty -- What Motivates a Man: The Mind of William Tecumseh Sherman

Jessalyn Adkins -- Jessalyn’s Study Abroad Adventure: A Travel Guide to Scotland

Thursday, April 28

Elizabeth Bowman -- I Refused to Wear the Grippy Socks

Paige Hood – Stages

Sydney Shaffer -- Health Outcomes for Limited English Proficiency Patients

Taylor Richardson -- 'Dive': A One Act on Depression

Cassey Bolyard -- Food and Mood: The Correlation Between Diet and Serotonin

Ryan Waskiewicz -- Non-Fungible Tokens: The Art of Modern Investing

Kelly Spence -- Playing in the hills: History of topographic maps and applications for a lab-scale Augmented Reality Topographic Model

Bern DySart -- Nationalism and Populism: An Exploration of Thought and Government

Emma Baughman -- The Lion, The Lamp Post, and Lewis: Exploring Narnian Political Philosophy

Victoria Bunevich -- The History of Burlesque Dancing and Its Relation to Popular Media