Honors Projects from 2024
The Devil in the Details: Sex Work Legalization, Sexual Violence, and Moral Subjectivity, Molly Hauf
Changing the Communication for a Changing Climate: Effects of Climate Change Communication on Identity, Emotions, and Mobilization, Liam Schwartz
Honors Projects from 2023
Deconstructing the Miniskirt Mythology: Clothing and Womanhood in 1960s London, Neva Miller
Honors Projects from 2022
Soft Power and Polite Propaganda: Public Diplomacy in the Early Cold War, Coby Aloi
Assessment of Lithic Reduction Methods, Hannah Dory Bergene
The Ableist Gaze and Disability Trauma: How OnScreen Representation Erases the Truth, Emily Brown
"Not what they have chapter and verse for:" On Judgments, Assumptions, and Expectations in Austen and Eliot, Piper Dutton
Experimental Archaeology: Assessing Methods in Lithic Debitage Analysis, Eva Larson
Midwestern Communities’ Reaction to the 1940s and 1950s Polio Epidemics, Lauren McDonald
Honors Projects from 2021
The Formation of Identity Narratives within Racialized Space, Eva Alphonse
Drag Magazine: A Study of Community, Olivia Austin
Microbial Metabolism of Environmentally Relevant Nitrogen-Rich Compounds: Guanidine, Guanylurea and Metformin, Ash Robinson
Honors Projects from 2020
Extracurricular Activities and Positive Outcomes: Unique Challenges for Muslim Youth in the United States, Aaisha Abdullahi
Microbial Degradation of Urea Oligomers: Potential Slow Release Nitrogen Fertilizers, Maddy Bygd
Just What the Doctor Ordered: Treatment Methods of Homosexuality in Minnesota, 1920-1950, Paige Daniels
Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations and Its Allure for the Past Thirty Years, Michaela Munda
Selling Sex in a Culture of Convergence: Prostitution in the French Concession of Shanghai, Lance Pederson
Honors Projects from 2019
The Battle Over the Canal: The Dispute Between Sister Cities that Shaped the Future of the Twin Ports, Parker Bertel
A Life Sentence: An Evaluation of Voter Disenfranchisement Through a Constitutional Lens, Miranda Noel Janssen
The Slaughterhouse Cases: “Unforeseen” Consequences and Public Reaction, Gavin Jensen
Lithic Production Technologies at the Louisville Swamp Site, Avery Marshall
Can We Reduce Social Comparison and Fear of Missing Out with Labels on Instagram?, Taylor Martinek
Ciudadanos: Constructing the nation at the margin of the state in Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico, 1846-1870, Duncan Riley
“It’s in the Blood”: American Working-Class Identity and Memory within Transformations of Capitalism, Andy Stec
Licensing Paralegals to Practice Law: A Path Toward Bridging the Justice Gap in Minnesota, Conner Suddick
Honors Projects from 2018
Random Walks on Simple Two-Dimensional Manifolds, Tom Eichlersmith
Paleoecological Investigation of the Effect of Rainbow Trout Predation on Zooplankton Body Size and Community Composition, Michael E. Gilray
Hydrodynamic Forces Acting on a Moving Hand, Elizabeth A. Gregorio
The Controversial Passage of Proposition 227, Erin E. Kinney
The Italian American Community’s Responses to Discrimination during World War Two., Gillian P. Molland
The Behavioral Immune System: Homelessness as a Disease Marker, Anya O’Connor
Franz Boas and the Columbian Field Museum, Martin W. Peper
The Radium Dial Painters: Workers’ Rights, Scientific Testing, and the Fight for Humane Treatment, Elizabeth Richter
The Washburn-Crosby Company: Cadwallader Washburn’s Vision for Minneapolis Flour Milling, Alex Schmidt
Men, Masculinity and Perceptions of Higher Education Sexual Violence Programming: A Qualitative Analysis, Merry M. Snyder
Honors Projects from 2017
Bad cops or bad training? How police officer training impacts use of force incidents., Kendra Bengtson
Closing the Science and Achievement Gap: Overlap of the Next Generation Science Standards and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Brenna G. Bloome
The “Trump” Card: Donald Trump’s Rhetoric on Immigration and Refugee Issues -- Perspectives from Mexico, Pakistan and Spain, Sarah A. Campbell
Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Minnesota Soil Bacteria from Areas of High and Low Ferric Iron, GUNNER L. DROSSEL and Presley Martin PhD
The Effect of Pack Size on Finish Time in the Fukuoka Marathon, Fernando E. Espinosa Jenkins
Uncovering Candidate Cold Tolerance Genes in Maize (Zea Mays), Raeann N. Goering
Investigating the Role of CUL3 in Phenotypic Changes and Metabolic Activity of HCT116 Colorectal Cancer Cells, Farhoud Golafshan
The Katyn Massacre: Cover-up, Suppression, and the Politics of War, From an American Perspective, Joe Grundhoefer
All for the Kids: A Case for Ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, Jessica L. Hirte
Investigating the Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract and Feeding-Related Peptides on Mammalian Suckling, Fathima A. Mohamed
The Effects of Off-Season and In-Season Training on Lactate Threshold in NCAA Division III Female Soccer Players, Rachael M. Nelson
Entangled: Romantic Love and Philosophy, Sydney E. Thorp
The Impact of Pre-Performance Anxiety on VO2Peak Values in Female Collegiate Soccer Players, Mallory J. Wirth
A Survey of β-lactam Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Culturable Ampicillin Resistant Bacteria in Minnesota Soils, Emily M. Wollmuth
Darwinian Evolutionary Theory and Constructions of Race in Nazi Germany: A Literary and Cultural Analysis of Darwin’s Works and Nazi Rhetoric, Emily M. Wollmuth
Honors Projects from 2016
Delinquency, Depression, Religiosity, and Social Support in the Prediction of Substance Use: Findings from ADD Health, Nicholas Francesco Heimpel
Proto-Postmodernism: Constructing Postmodern Ethics through Cold War Literature and Theory, Rock LaManna
Motivational Effects of Non-contingent Reinforcement in Children, Alexandra S. Leaskas
Spanish Persecution of the 15th-17th Centuries: A Study of Discrimination Against Witches at the Local and State Levels, Laura Ledray
“There is only power”: Surveying the Structures and Operations of Power in the Magical World of Harry Potter, Aaron D. Marciniak
Assessing the Use of Food Waste Biochar as a Biodynamic Plant Fertilizer, Rachel Mazac
Human Vision Inspires Cortisol and Immune Behaviors, J. Forrest Olsen
Verbatim: Henry Kissinger, the Yom Kippur War, and the Legacy of the United States in the Modern Middle East, Nathaniel Schumer
The Effect of Birth Order on Attitudes Toward Altruism, Deanna R. Smith
Analysis of a Commingled Skeletal Sample from Acacia Park Memorial Cemetery, Rachel M. Winter
Honors Projects from 2015
Activating the Biological and Behavioral Immune Systems, Julia Christensen
Paint and Sound: A Dialogue, Alyse M. Emanuel
The Possibility of Peace: Israeli Public Opinion and the Camp David Accords, Daniel L. Gerdes
The Significance of CRISPR/Cas9-Directed CUL3 Knockout on Human Colorectal Cancer Cells, Zoe A. Lautz
College Students’ Knowledge of Suicide Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies, Joshua Mitchell
Stabilization or Exploitation? Cartelization as Institutional Drift in Romania and the Czech Republic, Daniel J. Muck
"Waste Not, Want Not": Farmers' Reactions to the New Deal in Minnesota, Kacie Phillips
The Effects of Familial Relationships and Sibling Sex Composition on Behavioral Adjustment in Middle Childhood, Elyse I. Pierce
The American Mainline Protestant Church: Being the Body of Christ in Context Without Christendom, Jessica G. Putland
The Deserving Poor: The Reimagining of Poverty in Reformation Theology and Poor Relief, Jared Thomley
Backyard Archaeology: A Snapshot of Life on the Home Front in the Hamline Neighborhood, Yvonne M. Thorpe
The Lady on Angel Hill: Mary Jane Folsom and Movement in the Nineteenth Century St. Croix River Valley, Taylor M. Yetter
Honors Projects from 2014
Freedom of the Press in Cuba from 2002-2013: Voices of Post-Revolutionary Exiled Cuban Journalists, Writers and Dissidents in the U.S., Karen E. Anaya
Something Wicked This Way Comes: Scoring Hamline University's Production of "Macbeth", Andrew Brady
Women Struggle to Reach the Top: Gender Disparities in the Workplace, Shannon E. Doherty
Three Pluralisms: Theories, Methodologies, and Levels of Analysis in the Study of World Politics, Lucas M. Dolan
French Opera and the French Revolution, Etienne Nicolas Mehul, Savannah J. Dotson
When Speech Isn't Free: Legal Barriers and Consequences of Reporting Sexual Violence, Kevin M. Fleming
The Nature of Sovereignty: Explaining the Role of Sovereignty through the Environmental Policies of Belgium and Bulgaria, Stephanie L. Grisell
The Effect of Stretching and Strengthening on Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Heather Hollinger
Peers, Parent-Child Conflict, and Familial History in the Prediction of Substance Use in College, Angela M. Holth
Suspense, Structure, and Point of View: Building Surprise in Fiction, Lydia R. Klismith
How “True” is True Enough?, Teresa O. Klotz
Finding the Witch’s Mark: Female Participation in the Judicial System During the Hopkins Trials 1645-47, Shannon M. Lundquist
Gateways to the Goddess: Devotion to Kali in Cross-Cultural Perspective, Nicole C. Petersen
Guilty of Homelessness: Evaluating the Criminalization of Homelessness Through a Human Rights Framework, Cristina M. Semi
Regulation, Enforcement or Negligence: A Look into the Possible Causes of Continued Abuse within the Bangladesh Apparel Sweatshop Industry, Anne Marie Sketch
What Experience Can’t Tell: How to Show Reality in Young Adult Fiction, A Female Warrior’s Story, Jessica A. Walker
Honors Projects from 2013
Blowin' in the Wind: The Contribution of the Weather Underground to the Canon of Trauma Literature, Caitlin D. Bishop