Twenty-one College of Arts & Sciences Students earned departmental honors in 2017.
Outstanding undergraduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences at the junior or senior level who maintain an accumulative GPA of at least 3.50 may be eligible to earn departmental honors from their department of major. A thesis or project is required as the culmination of supervised research or an appropriate project carried out over several terms. Students graduate “With Honors,” a designation noted on their transcript and diploma and an impressive credential for students applying to graduate school.
Alex Apparicio, Political Science and African American Studies, “How Race Dictates Space.” Adviser: Kristine Taylor
Kyle Burback, English Creative Writing, “Expanded and Intergrated Entries from the Orthogonal Encyclopedia on Nature.” Adviser: Dr. Joan Connor
Anne Chester, World Religions, “Foodie Culture, Muslim Identity, and the Rise of Halal through Media.” Adviser: Dr. Loren Lybarger
Benjamin Colvin, Biological Sciences-Microbiology, “Human Polymerase Eta Isoform Three Structure and Function.” Adviser: Dr. Tomohiko Sugiyama
Phoenix Crane, Psychology, “The POWER of Consent: An Evaluation of Peer- Based Consent Programming in Sexual Assault Prevention.” Adviser: De. Kimberly Rios
Anne Marie Esposito, Forensic Chemistry, “Detection of Cocaine and its Interferents by Ion Mobility Spectronetry coupled with SIMPLISMA and ALS.” Adviser: Dr. Peter de B. Harrington
Kendra Green, Political Science, “When Congress is Away: The Constitutional Politics of Presidential Recess Appointments.” Adviser: Dr. Kathleen Sullivan
Elana Groger, Psychology, “Individual Differences in Dementia Worry and Caregivers Burden of Individuals with Dementia.” Adviser: Dr. Julie Suhr
Emily Hake, Political Science Pre-Law, “The Decline of Trust in the Federal Government and the Effects of Contemporary Media.” Adviser: Dr. Sarah Poggione
Alena Kilmas, Political Science, “Communal Divides on Citizenship in Jordan.” Adviser: Dr. Nukhet Sandal
Jasmine Lambert, Political Science, “From Federal to State: The Shift of Welfare Policy in the United States.” Adviser: Poggione
Chloe Musick, Political Science, “Redefining the Effectiveness of Upward Bound: An Analysis of its Measuring Standards and a Proposition for the Future.” Adviser: Dr. Barry Tadlock
Hannah Nash, Political Science Pre-Law, “Political Evolution: A Theory on the Phenomenon of Political Change in a Social Construct.” Adviser: Dr. Vincent Jungkunz
McKenzie L. Nelson, Biological SciencesPre-Professional, “Predictions of Radius Bending Strength by Radius Stiffness, Mineral, and Ulna Mechanical Properties.” Adviser: Dr. Anne B. Loucks
Kyra Andra Reisenfeld, Biological Sciences, “Plumage Reflectance. Territory Quality, and Social Interactions In the hooded Warbler (Steophaga Citrina).” Adviser: Kelly Williams
Sara Sams, Political Science, “The Effect of Gender and Party and the Treatment of Congressional Witness.” Adviser: Poggione
Samantha Sinegar, Psychology, “Mindfulness, Cortisol, and Sexual Minorities: Investigation of the Effcets of Mindfulness Diurnal Cortisol Patterns in Sexual Minorities.” Adviser: Dr. Peggy Zoccola
Austin Stevens, Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, “Determining the Chemoresistance effects of Growth Hormone (GH0 and Growth Hormone Receptor (GHR) action in Human Pancreatic Cancer and Hepatocellualr Carcinoma.” Adviser: Dr. John Kopchick
Mahmmoud Tabbaa, Biological Sciences-Pre-Professional, “Pyrithicne Zinc effect on Helas Cell Proliferation and Viability.” Adviser: Dr. Yang Li & Dr. Christine Griffin
Ben Vizy, English Literature & Writing, “One Week in October.” Adviser: Mark Halliday
Jacob Williamson, Astrophysics and Applied Mathematics, “SN 2005da: A Spectroscopic and Phototmetic Analysis of a Peculiar Type Ic Supernova.” Adviser: Dr. Ryan Chornock
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