Senior Honors Presentations

Senior honors projects are semester-long independent research projects designed to showcase the work of the Honors Program students. Topics for these presentations range from discussions of German expressionism to experiments with sediment collected in the barrier reef system near Belize; from coaches' motivational speeches to the effects of pseudoscience. Additionally, each day will begin with a brief ceremony awarding Honors medals to the graduating seniors.

3:00: Welcome and presentation of honors medals

3:15: Josie Brun, “Empowering Women Since the Election: Advocacy and Organizing on Heidelberg’s Campus”

3:30: Hannah Pettiti, “Combining Reality and Fiction in ‘The Purge’: Providing Audience Release at No Risk”

3:45: Rebecca Radabaugh, “Conspiracy Theories: Creation, Risk Factors for Belief, and Dissemination”

4:00: break

4:15: Eric Peterson, “The Tax Implications of being a Professional Athlete”

4:30: Abigail Reed, “To Be, or Not to Be: A Critical Analysis of the Modernization of Shakespearean Plays”

4:45: Patrick VanMeter, “Trauma of the Trenches: The Effect of the Great War on the Art and Cinema of German Expressionism”

5:00: Robert Atha, “The Grandeur of Tragedy:  A Philosophical and Political Criticism of Cold War Era Films”