Honors Scholar Theses from 2013
An Investigation of Gender Differences in Pro-environmental Attitudes and Behaviors, Sonja Plavsic
Community-Centered Design: Using Applied Research to Develop a New Identity for the Windham Harm Reduction Coalition, Celia E. Poirier
A Multi-Agent, Connectionist Model of Metonymy Production, Robert J. Powers
Wild and Wonderful: Stories and Stereotypes of 19th through 21st Century West Virginia and Appalachia, Rachel Puelle
"Balanced Between Poetry and Practicality": The Agrarian Figure in Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd and Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Rebecca Puelle
Delay of Principle B in Spontaneous Speech, Kelcie Burns Reid
Newspaper Presidential Endorsements: Who Publications Support, Why Votes Change, and the Practice’s Sharp Decline, Jesse Rifkin
Seasonal and Inter-Annual Atmospheric Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Groton, CT, Lauren Rothermich
Disability Literacy and Attitudes Towards Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cathryn T. Ryan
The $1.2 trillion United States tax expenditures in 2011: A Deeper look into Corporate Tax Expenditures, Chante Sommerville
Dirichlet's Theorem and Applications, Nicholas Stanford
Warsaw Uprising of 1944: A Touchstone in United States and Russian Relations, Jordan Szczygiel
The Financial Crisis of 2008: The Greatest Downturn in the U.S. Economy Since the Great Depression, Eric Vaheb
From Empire to Independence: The Curious Case of the Baltic States 1917-1922, Dovile O. Vilkauskaite
Self-Medication Practices of Undergraduate College Students: Non-Medical Prescriptive Stimulant Use, Kim M. Vo
Biophysical Characterization of Optimized Self-Assembling Protein Nanoparticles as a Malaria Vaccine, Sophia Walker
Collusion in Peer Evaluation, Suo Wang
Direct Reprogramming of Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts Into GABAergic Neurons, Nicholas J. Wasko
The Uncontrollable Increase in U.S. Disability Rolls and The Inevitable Exhaustion of The U.S. Disability System, Daniel P. White
Does the Early Bird Really Catch the Worm?: An Economic Analysis of Application Factors for Honors Students at the University of Connecticut, Mallika M. Winsor
A Pilot Test on the Role of Power in Mate Choice, Addison Zhao
Honors Scholar Theses from 2012
The Origins of Christian Society in Ancient India, Crista Nalani Anderson
Five Children's Book Covers Employing Illustrative Type, Rochelle Lynn BaRoss
Beliefs and Coping with Life Stress among UConn Students, John Paul Beninato
The Evolution of Health Insurance in America: A Look at the Past, Present, and Future of an Increasingly Dynamic Industry, Matthew Billas
Habituation Effect in Attention Modification Training for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Olivia E. Bogucki
Point of Use Water Treatment with Forward Osmosis for Emergency and Population Migration Relief, Ethan L. Butler
Professional Development Needs of Early Childhood Providers: A Focus Group Study, Cristin Caparotta
Tying the Knot: Determining the Legality of Same-Sex Marriage and the Courts’ Responsibilities in Defining the Right, Eva Cerreta
Longitudinal Changes in Pronoun Reversals in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically Developing Children, Michelle Cheng
Examination of the Chromatin Structure of Xlr3b Using the Chromosome Conformation Capture Assay, Sarah Elise Conderino
DMFT and Its Possible Determinants in the Honduran Population, Patrick T. Cooper
Characterization of a Thermal Reservoir for Consistent and Accurate Annealing of High Sensitivity Thermoluminescence Dosimeters in Brachytherapy Dosimetry, William Patrick Donahue
Use of Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Imaging for 3-Dimensional Ultrastructural Visualization of Muscle Repair Mechanisms, Matthew Dufner
The Post-Communist Way: Negotiating a New National Identity in Hungary, Sarah Fabian
Young Adult Cancer Survivors' Satisfaction With Interpersonal Life Changes, Kelly J. Foy
Salinity Preference of Alaskan Threespine Stickleback: Test for Divergence in Halotaxis between Ancestral and Landlocked Populations, David C. Fryxell
Monte Carlo Simulation and Risk Assessment in Capital Bugeting, Caitlin Gallagher
Growth and Expression of Halorhodopsin for Application in a Protein-Based Artificial Retina, Megan Ryan Gillespie
Nuremberg or The South African TRC: A Comparison of the Retributive and Restorative Models of Justice, Brendan Gooley
Perceived Control and Adjustment: A Comparison of Bereavement and Relationship Dissolution, Sara B. Greenberg
Farmer Suicides in Maharashtra, India: Facts, Factors, and Possible Fixes, Jennifer Guha
Education Preparation to Respond to the Needs of Homeless Children & Youth: Perceptions of School Personnel, Sarah Elizabeth Harris
Getting to the "Why": Teacher Practices that Support Mathematically Sound Student Justifications, Briana Hennessy
Honors Retention: The Persistence of Juniors and Seniors in the Honors Program Through Examination of Commitment to Completion of Honors Thesis, Amy A. Holland
Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Testing of Titania-Based Aerogels for the Degradation of Volatile Organic Compounds, Dayton Thomas Horvath
Hippocampal Theta and Gamma: Effects of Aging, Environmental Change, Cholinergic Activation and Learning, Matthew D. Howe
Effort-Related Choice Behavior is Affected by Pharmacological Manipulations Associated with Depression: the Effects of Tetrabenazine, Megan Huizenga
Improved Tissue Caliper, Kenneth Ted-Luck Hung
Numerical Simulations of Chirped Excitation, Benjamin Iannitelli
Bar Graphs & Baselines: Student Perceptions of Distortions in Real World Graphs, Robert K. Janes III
Evolution of the bacteriorhodopsin gene bop in haloarchaea, Maulik Jitesh Jani
Elucidating the Mechanism of Antimigratory Activity of Cardiac Glycosides, Joshua H. Johnson
Evolution of Effect: The Numinous in Gothic and Post-Gothic Ghost Experience Literature, Ryan P. Kennedy
Short-time Compensation: Factors Leading to its Adoption and its Success in Connecticut, William Kimball
Adenosine-Dopamine Interactions in the Open Field Arena: Studies Related to Locomotion and Anxiety, Rothem Kovner
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Social Functioning: A Systematic Review of Reviews, Evan Alden LeClair
Eternal Insurance--No Boys Allowed! Understanding Gender Disparities in Church Attendance through a Study of Churches in Hartford, Connecticut, Caitlin Leffingwell
Evidence for PiT-Type (SLC20) and NaPi-II-Type (SLC34) Transporters in the Rat Choroid Plexus, Hien M. Le
Permaculture and Public Health: Mitigation of the Lifestyle Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Through the Establishment of Permaculture Edible Forest Gardens, Brett Christopher Lehner
Changing Roles: Special Education Teachers in a Response to Intervention Model, Julia A. Leonard
Women and War: Power Play from Lysistrata to the Present, Shuyang Cynthia Luo
Kindergarten Mathematics: An Observational Study of Learning Centers in Diverse School Settings, Juliana MacSwan
Measuring Tax Aggressiveness after FIN 48: The Effect of Multinational Status, Multinational Size, and Disclosures, Audrey E. Manning
Improvements to the Forensic Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Typing, Elizabeth Montano
The black experience in postwar Germany, Jamie Christopher Morris
Electronic Circuit to Mimic the Neural Network for the Saccade Controller, Justin D. Morse
The Role of Actin Binding Proteins in Cell Motility, Elizabeth Ojukwu
Genocide in the Classroom: How transitional societies are affected by the quality of genocide education, Leah Oppenheimer
Effect of Plant-Derived Molecules on Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilm on Abiotic Surfaces, Ryan P. Pelletier
Using Music to Study: Variables that Affect a Student's Incorporation of Music in Their Academic World, Kelly Perez
Pope John Paul II’s Role in the Collapse of Poland’s Communist Regime: Examining a Religious Leader’s Impact on International Relations, Arragon Perrone
Medicare: What is in Store for Future Generations?, Karen L. Poon
Predictors of 3PQ and QuickBoard Performance in Power-Oriented Collegiate Athletes, Brendan Putney
Environmental Justice & Sociology, Brenna E. Regan
Do Physicians Contribute to Economic Growth? An Empirical Analysis, Mary Reilly
Effects of Accounting Regulations on Economic Decision-Making: A Case Study in the Film Industry, Christopher Rizzio
Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas Across a Latitudinal Gradient, Chelsea Roy
Metallothionein Gene Dose and the Immune Response, Meaghan Roy-O-Reilly
Identifying Progenitor Cells of Heterotopic Ossification, Eileen E. Semancik
"The wicked flee when none pursueth": A Formalist Critique of Three Crime Films by Joel and Ethan Coen, Timothy Semenza
Does Gender Inequality in Education Affect Educational Outcomes?, Kevin Sheehan
Generating Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Human Fibroblast Utilizing Controlled Expression of Transcription Factors, Ju-Sung Song
Ketamine Can Disrupt Episodic Memory (Hours to Days) Consolidation: Effects of Varying Dose and Retention Intervals, Ryan Darius Tabtabai
The Effects of Rectal Temperature and Hydration Status on Perceptual Ratings in Dehydrating Males, Ethan A. Talbot
Young Black Children's Representations of the Father Figure in Low-income Households, Shawnae Shalae Thompson
Global Expansion of U.S. Fast Food Restaurants : A Case Study of McDonald's in Italy, Bejamin Weyers
Examining Pre Service Teacher Knowledge of Student Rights and Tort Liability, Alexi Wiemer
Accounting for Goodwill Pre&Post SFAS 142 and the Implications for Earnings Management, Liang Jian Wu
Commedia by Zabbo, Laura Zabbo
Honors Scholar Theses from 2011
Near Infrared Imaging System, Barbara Adu-Baffour
Characterization of Arginine-82 Mutants With Non-Native Chromophores, Vivek Alaigh
Celios Fate, Jennifer Allen
Design and Bio-production of a Nanoparticle Avian Influenza Vaccine, Kashif N. Ather
Expression of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) non-structural protein 12 in Escherichia coli, Ariann Boylan
Charlotte Brontë's Villette and Sigmund Freud's Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria: Lucy Snowe's Narrative Ambiguity as Dora's Self-Analysis, Sarah Madeline Brokaw