Honors Theses

* denotes winner of the Claver Prize for distinguished scholarly research

Biology

Madison Buddenbohn - Biomechanical and Hemodynamic Parameters in Relation To Performance Changes in the Division 1 Endurance Runner

Alexandra Colman - Investigating the expression of hippocampal processing bodies due to the effects of sleep deprivation in primary neuronal cultures

Mary Frattara - Investigating a simple neural circuit regulating stress responses in Caenorhabditis elegans

Katherine Koestler - Noncovalent Interactions in the Dimerization of Mucin 16 Transmembrane Domain

Caroline Kominick - Glutamatergic control of sleep in Caenorhabditis elegans

*Jordan McCarthy - Sleep deprivation impairs mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activity and memory in female mice

*Alexa Mihaita - Understanding the roles of RNA-binding proteins and small regulatory RNAs in the virulence of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

 

Classical Studies

Chase Davis - Ovid’s Metamorphoses: A Study in Translation, Transformation, and Visualization

 

English, Writing, and Journalism

Bernadette Bergman - Imagining Queer and Drug-Using Futures

*Anne Gutherman - Chalk Fairies: A novel in progress

*Allie Miller - Beyond the Binary: Exploring LGBTQIA+ College Journalism

Natalie Nevins - The Mental Game: At What Cost? Female Athletes and the Collegiate Athlete Tax

 

Health Sciences

Morgan Lucille O’Shea - Holistic Healthcare: A comparison between the United States healthcare system and El Sistema Nacional de Salud in Spain

 

History

Tanner Lamoreux - Martial Migrants: The Evolution of the Mercenary into Citizen-Soldier and Ruffian

 

Mathematics

Nicole Angelini -  Training a YOLO Deep Learning Model to Detect and Classify Components in Chest X-Rays

 

Psychology

Rachel Brown - The Effects of Acne vulgaris on the Perceptions of Individuals by Others

 

Sociology

Ian Rowe-Nicholls - Giving to the Mirror: A Study of Social Distance, Compassion Collapse, and White Guilt

 

Theology and Religious Studies

Julia Osęka - The Development of the Image of Mary Magdalene in Early Christian Literary Sources and its Influence on the 20th and 21st Century Roman Catholic Church

Isabella Stefanic - The Right to a Dignified Death: A Medical Curriculum on End of Life Care

 

* denotes winner of the Claver Prize for distinguished scholarly research

Biology

James Bilboa - Sleep is enhanced in male mice that overexpress calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV 

Mihaela Costin - Expression of RNA granule markers in the hippocampus

Olivia DeSanto - Does the EIIA[ntr] have any protein friends in Sinorhizobium meliloti?

*Samuel Gingerich - Identification and Analysis of Gene Products from Sinorhizobium meliloti which Physically Interact with Enzyme IIANtr

Annie Matthew - Understanding how the redox properties of myoglobin and hemoglobin modulate oxygen binding

*Cecilia Petruconis - Post translational modifications of 4EBP2 affect the expression of RNA granule markers in primary hippocampal neuronal cultures

 

Chemistry

Kayla Flanders - Methods and Applications in Protein Film Electrochemistry for Hydrogen Sulfide Detection

*Kara Moulton - Synthesis of Pentacyclo[4.3.0.02,4.03,8.05,7]non-4-ene

 

Classical Studies

Jordan Busza - Tortuous Love: Reflections on Failed Love Relationships in the Classical World

Madison Dalton - Love, Loss, and Lies: Sisters & Sisterhood

 

Economics

Daniel DiSandro - The U.S. Public Health Response to Mpox: Historical, Medical, Governmental, and Ethical Perspectives

 

English Literature

*Emma Yakscoe - Environmentalism in Irish Literature

 

History

Maura Burrell - US Catholic Institutions between Anticommunism and Central American Solidarity

*Connor Mignano - Between the Crossroads of Contradiction: Myth, Memory, and the Lost Cause in Pennsylvania

Maxwell Moyer - From Enslaved to American: Analyzing Changes in Black Identity in South Carolina During Reconstruction

Ryan Mulligan - Why and How did Left-Leaning Progressives Work and / or Influence Right-Leaning and Far-right Progressives? An Examination

 

Mathematics

Alana Simrell - The Mathematics of Gerrymandering

Elizabeth Tootchen - Investigating Partial Differential Equations and their Applications

 

Psychology

Erin Lamanna - Sleep and Executive Functioning in Preschoolers with Symptoms of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Anne Winkler - Mindfulness and Healthy Selfishness: A Two-Part Study

 

* denotes winner of the Claver Prize for distinguished scholarly research

Biology

Emily Bernabe - Assessing Stigma and Coping in Long COVID Patients   

Paige Conrad - Dissecting the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of an RFamide neuropeptide during sleep in Caenorhabditis elegans

*William Majewski - Effects of Redlining on Tree Canopy Coverage and Surface Temperatures in Philadelphia

Teagan McCarthy - The Orphaned G-Protein coupled receptor NPR-38 regulates sleep in Caenorhabditis elegans

Mary Marino - Investigation of RNA Chaperone Protein ProQ in the Virulence of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

April Pivonka - The RNA-binding Protein CsrA Affects Virulence and Metabolism in Escherichia albertii

Alex Vlahovic - Effects of the Bar Mutation on Sexual Behavior in Drosophila melonogaster

*Elizabeth Wash - Acetylation of histone H3K18 is decreased in the cerebellum following chronic sleep restriction

 

Chemistry

*Amanda Lucas - A Shorter Alternative Pentacyclo[4.3.0.02,4.03,8.05,7]non-4-ene, a Pyramidalized Alkene

Analise Sulentic - Investigating the Function of the AIM33 Gene in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae   

 

Economics

Allison McBryan - Assessing Tourists_Preferences for Sustainable Ecotourism in the Maya Biosphere Reserve

 

English Creative

*Giana Longo - A Journey Through Writing: Tiara Dreams Revised

 

History

Sophia Wooden - Belarusian Identity: Language and History

 

Marketing

Margaret McLaughlin - Study on the Difference between Instagram and TikTok’s Social Media Marketing Success

 

Mathematics

Victoria Posivak - The Role of Cardinality in the Construction of Separating Examples in Topology

 

Philosophy

*Briana Baier - The Ethical Use of Algorithms

 

Psychology

Abigail Gilson - Flavor Recall and the Impact of Supertasting

 

Sociology / Criminal Justice

Amanda Herzig - Themes of Juvenile Delinquency 

Juliana Magriples - Restorative Justice and Campus Sexual Misconduct: Examining Student Attitudes and Higher Education Institutional Policy           

Christine Nasife - Social Media and Law Enforcement: Changes in Attitude