Senior Honors students give final capstone presentations

This week, a total of 10 Honors students presented their final Senior Honors projects.

Through their Honors 455 course, these students have worked with a faculty mentor to deepen their understanding of a topic of compelling interest in their major. Their presentations outlined their methodology, research and theoretical analysis for the audience.

Senior Honors projects are semester-long independent research designed to showcase the work of the Honors Program students.

Faculty mentors included Brandon Van Ness, Marc O’Reilly, Emily Isaacson, Matthew Kennedy, Greg Cooper, Julie O’Reilly, Barry Devine, Stacey Pistorova and Sue Hlavinka.

Congratulations to these seniors for their outstanding work culminating their time in the Honors Program:

• Emma Keto, Quantification of Dye in Commercial Drinks using UV-VIS and a 3D-Printed Modular Spectrophotometer
• Kiara Grow, Determining the ‘Right Side’ of the Civil War of Skyrim Using In-Game Evidence
• Tristin Buurma, Campaigns Gone Viral: The Power of Social Media in Modern U.S. Presidential Elections
• Amy Corfman, Captain America vs. Iron Man: A Musical Case Study of the MCU
• Ally Kirkendall, A Guide to Grant Writing
• Rachel Adams, Revenue and Expense Analysis From Division I Athletic Programs
• Kami Stanfield, Reddit and Resistance: Analyzing a Men’s Rights Reddit Thread
• Brooklyn Wharton, Are You Not Scared Enough: Found Footage and the Illusion of Reality
• Abby Nagy, What’s a Makerspace?: The Story of the Creation of the Heidelberg University Builderspace (HUB)
• Autumn Perry, The Lasting Impact of Brechtian Theater