Submissions from 2023
Using Transition State Theory to Understand the Kinetics for the Gas-Phase Synthesis of Ammonia, Chloe Boyd, Stephen Case, and Abigail Seputro
The History, Use, and Effects of Derivatives in Accounting, Nick Ciuffreda
Factors Affecting Total and Bioavailable Concentrations of Trace Metals in Surface Soils in the Kingston, Jamaica, Region, Katherine Cook, Faith Jones, and Anna Velardi
Re-Imagining Tibetan Buddhist Mandalas: The Practical Incorporation of Contemporary Aesthetics with Traditional Vajrayana Symbolism, Kaelyn Escuadra
Fixing the Bechdel Wallace Test: An Analysis, Pearl Lee
Exploration into the Inhibition of Tyrosinase, Ryan Meek
The possibility of an Intelligent Designer, Hermela Million
UMW Rare Books Spotlight, Nick Onorato
The Effect of Photoperiod on Male Zebrafish Sex Hormones, Madeline Phillips
Miss You, Jenell Poling
Optimization of Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye on Activated Charcoal, Abigail Seputro
Submissions from 2022
The Importance of Rhodophyta Gracilaria Both Past and Present, Abhishiek Arora
Elemental Characterization between Single Origin Arabica and Peaberry Robusta from Vietnam, Docia Atanda, Takoda Chris, Carleigh McDonald, and Emily Morris
Beware the Ides of March: A Digital Journal on the Acting Process in Julius Caesar, Sterling Barbett
Borderline Personality Symptoms and Relationship Threat: The Moderating Role of Perceived Parental Rejection, Elsa Baumgartner
Adjusting Environmental Performance Index Scores toAccount for Gross National Income, Rory Black
Genomic Similarity to Predict Infection in Bacillus Phages, Kayla Botto
Future in Phage Therapy Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Elizabeth Breckenridge, Sandra Arias, and Bonnie Butter
Essential Oils as Bacterial Disinfectants, Chandler Carlson and Julia Rizzo
Abel Lake Water Quality: Trends over four decades, Ashley Clayborne
Exploration of the Effects of Bond Length on the Potential Energy Curves for Diatomic Compounds, Ramsey Cotton and Ashley Summers
Influence of Nutrient Contamination on Macroinvertebrate Communities in Two Tidal Freshwater Creeks, Molly Curling and Mika Bishton
Using Potential Energy Surfaces of Diatomic Molecules to Determine the Bond Dissociation Energy via Computational Chemistry, Skye Curry and Nathaniel Holbrook
Addressing LGBTQ+ Health Disparities: A Training for Preclinical Medical Students, Kaylee Deardorff
Assessing the Correlation Between the Electron-Nucleus Binding and Electron-Electron Repulsion, Isabella Groover and Joey Henry
How Electrons Impact Binding Energy, Nicholas Hacker and Sierra Hunter
Ruined by Lynn Nottage: An Exploration of Women and Violence, Olivia Harrington
Optimizing the Alkylation of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives for Use in the Synthesis of the Oxidative Metabolites of DEHP, Hannah Harris
Groundwater Pollution Regulation in the U.S., Nicole Hornbuckle
The Ruins of Memory: A Dream of Grief, Alex Huber
Kenmore Park: A Playground Redesign, Alberic Karina-Plun, Jeremy Knerr, Ben Loppacker, John Giannini, Zadie Lacy, Elizabeth Goodloe, Rebecca Kellam, Megan Riley, and Hannah St. Onge
Factors Influencing Small Business Employees’ Decisions to Return to Work, Alexis Kochanski
Grumio Bacteriophage Genome Annotation, Celeste Lockwood
Partnership In Preservation, The Creation of a Native American History and Culture Trail in King George County, VA, Samantha Melvin
Analysis of Glyphosate in Pond Water by HPLC, Madison Minvielle, Abigail Seputro, Dorothy Haas, and Zahia Clemmons
Northanger Abbey: A Digital Companion, Rosemary Pauley
Supporting Emerging Sports in the United States at a Collegiate Level, Joseph Ritter
Ground water iron concentration, Caroline Sampson, Emma Jones, Katherine Lauderbaugh, and Joey Pack
Critical Edition of Gilbert and Sullivan’s PRINCESS IDA, Ivy Sanders
Graph Embedded Term Rewrite Systems, Saraid Satterfield
Optimization of Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye on Activated Charcoal, Abigail Seputro
Does Student Engagement Have a Darkside?, McKayla Shaffer, Valentina Leon-Ledezma, Sofia Taylor, and Carrie Van-Orden
Education Applications Review, Celia Shively
Identification of Fungi on Spotted Lanternfly, Kayla Smith
Transition State Theory: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Ammonia Production via DFT Functional, Madeleine Stanisha and Emma Freakley
Myokine Expression in a Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Cell Culture Model, Abigail Vorsteg
Localization of Transgenes for Drosophila Models of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1, Andrea Waltrip and Noah Smith
The Effects of Voluntary Physical Exercise on Hedonic Drive and Hypothalamic Orexin in CD-1 Mice, Katie Warlick
Evaluating Differences in Mental Health Outcomes in the Transgender Community, Elizabeth Wooten
Submissions from 2021
Differential Myokine Expression in a Model for Myotonic Dystrophy Type I, Huda Al-Bana, Maya Takashima, and Grace Holcomb
Toxoplasma gondii SUB4 Gene Deletion Mutants and Their Viability in Host Cell Invasion, John Asmus
Astronautics: The Physics of Space Flight, Britteny Backus
The Effects of Cortisol on Blood Coagulation in Zebrafish, Bailey Bashara
Game Chromatic Number on Segmented Caterpillars, Paige Beidelman
"Untitled: Into the Mind of Margaret Sutton", Elianna Bowman, Katheen Daly, Tai Frazier, Jennifer Glazebrook, Wilson LeCount, Luka Molloy, Carolyn Riley, Madison Roberts, Katie Toomey, and Maddy Williams
Zu viel Zukunft!, Grace Brecht
Senior Seminar: Artist Talk, Leland Burke
COVID-19 Through Nepali Teachers’ Perspectives, Isabella Burns, Rachel Walters, and Jenna Holland
Catechism and Constitution: The Role of Faith in Recusal on the Supreme Court, Hanna Carey
Revising the Horror Novella, Katherine Cavallaro
Symbolic Methods in Synthesized Cryptosystems, Dalton Chichester
Oda a la Bicicleta, Maria Fernanda Colon
The presence, distribution, and concentration of trace metals in the James River near a coal-burning repository, Catherine Crowell
The Development of a Sediment Pollution Pilot Study in Hazel Run, Briana Edmunds
Climate Change, Paris Accord, and Challenges for the Fashion Industry, Madeline Enderle
Influence of Social Status on Behavior and Stress in Mice, Samantha Everett
Does Coffee Production Impact Ecosystems' Regenerative Capacities?, Tatjana Farjadi
Quantifying Hyperforin in St. Johns Wort, Chase Forster
Communicating Preservation Planning, Colette Fralen, Gabrielle Gallier, Faith Hamman, Kyann Holman, Jessica Lynch, and Emilia Michalkiewicz
Cigarette Demand in the United States, Emily Galloway
Somos el mundo: Global Medical Education for Children, Angeline (Shanthi) Gnanasekaran
Using BLAST to Detect Horizontal Gene Transfer in Pathogenic Fungi, Christopher Good
Asymmetric Synthesis of DEHP, Hannah Harris
The Great Narrative: The Evolution of State Censorship in Soviet Era Museums, Emily Harvey
Sky Horne Theatre Senior Project, Sky Horne
Communication Within Video Game Communities, Alexandra Johnson, Nina Bowen, Arthur Romps, and Madison Turner
Human Trafficking and the Kafala System, Casey Johnson
Understanding Rural Healthcare in America: A General Survey of Rural Healthcare Systems, Macy Justice
Researching & Creating Children's Literature for the Frederickburg StoryWalk Project, Eli Keith, Beth Anderson, Kira Frazee, John Giannini, Kayla Havert, Mariah Lipscomb, Stephanie Martens, Katie Molina, Juliette Sanusi, and Kendall Wilkinson
A Complete Analysis of Thomas Reid and Common Sense Realism, Adam Kritz
Quantifying Microplastics Found in Canada Geese from Various Fredericksburg Locations, Zhanna Leavitt
Phage Hunting at the University of Mary Washington: Genome Annotation of Hari and JackRabbit, Hannah Lee, Sabine Krall, John Tan, Raesa Zia, Charlotte Russell, Jayme Boudreau, Hannah Stottlemyer, Andrew Cooper, Elizabeth Sullivan, Madison DeWitt, Mitchell Freitag, Jacob Cantor, Arianna Chase, and Vallarie Burgre
The Effect of Netflix on U.S. Cable TV Subscriptions, Luke Lilienthal
Relationship Between Economic Development and Environmental Degradation., Quinn Lipetz
Catholicism and Preservation, Francesca Maisano
Where there is land, there is wealth, Olivia Mason-Lucas
Oda al Piano, Madison Minvielle
Modeling Polarization in Mass Populations using Agent-Based Modeling & Novel Opinion Dynamics, Justin Mittereder, Robert Carroll, and Brandon Frulla
The Effectiveness of Uzarigenin as an Antiseptic against Staphylococcus aureus, Gabrielle Moore
The Influence of Olfactory Stressors on Anxiety-like Behaviors (ALB) and Amygdalar Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Levels in CD1 Mice, Laiba Murad, Bradley Torrington, Olayemi Fadahunsi, and Mary Zagrobelny
Assessing the Presence and Concentrations of Nutrient Pollution In Freshwater Environments In Fredericksburg, Virginia, Reagan Nierman
Apoptosis in Crithidia fasciculata, Kaelynn Parker and Abigail Delapenha
Literatura carcelaria y los derechos humanos en cuatro obras del siglo XX, Sarah Patterson
Government and Music during the Bosnian War, Kassie Phillips
Problematic Approaches in Communication Towards People with Disabilities, Samantha Price
Oda al patio, Jennifer Ramos
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Siddhartha Rao
Resident Curator Program, Vanessa Richardson