Student Research from 2025
Playing Juror Eight in Twelve Angry Jurors, Ariana Adamek
Numerical Analysis of the SEIR Model, Abigail R. Beckelhimer
Senior Project: Associate Music Director for Nunsense, Madeline Berger
When I Thought We Were Timeless - Cello Duet, Madeline Berger
Dekonstruktion der AfD: Eine Analyse der rechtspopulistischen deutschen Partei der„Alternative für Deutschland”, Elizabeth A. Breckenridge and Elizabeth Breckenridge
Degradation of Vascular Networks in a HUVEC Model of DM1, Bonnie E. Butler
Production Electrician for Peter and the Starcatcher, Matthew T. Carroll
“Already My Heart Misgave me”: Doomed Fantasy and Children in James Joyce’s “Araby” and William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”, Kathleen E. Conner
Incorporating Scenes of Torture in Literature, Kiera A. Croswait
Divine Achilles and his Raging Heart: Cannibalism in the Iliad, Lucca Crowe
Know Thyself: A History of Ancient Neuroscience, Alex Delano
Advertising to Children: A Content Analysis of Ryan's World, Cora Denny
Nunsense is Habit-Forming! Cora Denny Senior Acting Project, Cora Denny
Reading the Fine Print: Poetry and Community on Campus, Logan Edwards
A Special Little Guy, Amelia Emory
The Effects of PFOS Exposure on Zebrafish Dopaminergic Neurodevelopment, Allison G. Fletcher
Synthesis of Surface Bound Ligands Through Click Chemistry for a Tethered Catalyst System towards the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide, Emma J. Goehner
“Every Mother a Missionary”?: The Vlogs of Mormon Mothers, Celia Golden
Eat Your Heart Out: An Adventure in Fiction Book Publishing, Ezra Hanning
Examining the Success of QAnon, Zoe Hanrahan
A Path for a Post-Oil Iraq: A Green Transition Strategy to Prepare Iraq for Climate Change, Jason Edward Harsha
I Let the Ocean Hear My Song, Zachary Heske
Comparing Parasitism and Resistance to Flow in Two Populations of Elimia virginica, Morgan G. Hicok, Abbie Tomba, and Kate Green
IDITAROD’S EFFECT ON MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY TYPE 1 DISEASE PROGRESSION IN A DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER MODEL, Delaney Grace Humphrey
How External Efficacy Influences Support for Third-Party and Independent Candidates: A Mediational Analysis, Joren (Jordy) Santana
Japan and Its Hesitation in Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage, Morgan R. Lewellen
Exploring Education Policy and Resources in Virginia Secondary Education, Gabrielle Lyon
Beyond the Didactic: The Morally Edifying Impact of Pure Aesthetic Experience, Hayley A. Madden
Acting Senior Project - Greta Ohlsson, Emma Magner
"Nunsense" Promptbook, Peyton H. McCarthy
Gibble-Gabble: A Digital Literary Blog, Layla A. McGovern
Thomas Sutpen, Stephen Dedalus, and the Intersection of Creation and Mortality, Layla A. McGovern
Are You Really “Just a Girl?”: A Rhetorical Analysis of Female Identity Construction on TikTok, Gabriella R. Molseed
Nonconformity and Romance: An Analysis of Pride and Prejudice on Film, Gabriella R. Molseed
Influencer Or Fake, It Is All One In The Same On TikTok, Martina Nicholson
Investments or Restrictions? China’s Influence on Freedom of Expression in African Countries, Christina A. Oswalt
Gender Within 20th Century Lesbian Literature, Margaret A. Paulson
Sibelius Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Movement One, Kelsey E. Payne
Trans-Pacific Connections: Chinese Porcelain and Aztec Motifs in Colonial Mexico, Natalia Ramirez
Trans-Pacific Connections: Unveiling Cultural Exchange through Baroque Folding Screens of Japan and Mexico, Natalia Christine Ramirez
Sensory Friendly Performance of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, Mary M. Robinson
Rediscovering Ancient Greek Pigmentation, Cynthia-Rose Seeds
Riding the Digital Wave: How Large Enterprises Are Embracing Disability Inclusion in the Digital Era, Amanda K. Sheward
Guilty...or not? Martha Stitt's Theatre Senior Project, Martha L. Stitt
“Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes”: Singular Female Perspectives in As I Lay Dying and Ulysses, Rowan I. Tully
The World Before the After: How Folktales Relay the Heart of Jewish Mysticism's Afterlife Beliefs, Linnie M. Ulick
It's Habit Forming: "Nunsense" as a Production Electrician, Rylie Vann
I Will Not Accept this Rose: "The Bachelor(ette)," Gender Stereotypes, and Self Perception, Rylie Vann
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: Exploring Post-War Ethics, Claire Marshall Watkins
Called for Jury Duty, Blaise C. Wingold
Sesame Street: From Puppets to Pixels, Blaise C. Wingold
MicroKnight: A Covert Learning Approach for Educational Videogames, Rain A. Wynes
Becoming Lead Artist for Peter and the Starcatcher, Rebecca S. Yee
Cameron Zakreski Theatre Senior Project: Inside Room 302, Cameron J. Zakreski
Student Research from 2024
Unwanted Pursuit Behaviors & Emotional Reactivity to Former Romantic Partners: An EEG Study, Ameer Abdel-Muhsin
Old Wives’ Tales: Collections from Beneath the Floorboards, Layla Barnes
Portraying Mrs. Hubbard in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, Madison Baylor
Asian American Represenation in Sitcoms, Anna Blake
Programas de ELL dentro del área de Fredericksburg, VA: Una Descripción y Justificación para su Defensa, Natalie Buchanan
The Metaphor of Ekphrasis: or Why does your Ekphrasis look different from mine?, William Butler
Virginia History Standards and Inclusivity, Laura Byers
Truth anti-smoking campaign: Messaging characteristics and the use of fear, Erin Caine
Unveiling the Threat- AI and Deepfakes' Impact on Women, Emily Chapman
Teacher Efficacy in Co-teaching Science Classrooms: Implications for Training, Sabrina Christensen
“4, 24”, and 4c”: The Shared Knowledge of Hair Terminology and Cultural Pride Among Black Women., Aliya J. Claiborne
From Never Enough to Nothing at All: An Investigation of Political Commentary in Euripides' Medea, Eleanor Clark
A Journey on the Orient Express, Mason Clark
Image Repair Strategies and Theories and the Lost Apology in Crisis Communication, Bridget Crowley
More than a Punchline: A Comparative Analysis of Diversity in Dropout.tv & CollegeHumor, Alexander Gluchowski
Establishment Support in Primary Elections: How Much Does It Matter?, Edward Haggerty
The Chinese Room and Creating Consciousness: How Recent Strides in AI Technology Revitalize a Classic Debate, Thomas Held
Boolean Group Structure in Class Groups of Positive Definite Quadratic Forms of Primitive Discriminant, Christopher Albert Hudert Jr.
From Goths to Romans? Changing Conceptions of Visigothic Kingship in the Reigns of Leovigild and Reccared, Lance Hungar
Tools of Oppression: The Virginia School System and the School to Prison Pipeline, Natalie Johnson-Abbott
Trump's 2016 Election Win: Why He Owes it to Jesus, Margaret Jones
The Prevalence of Anti-Feminist Content on TikTok and YouTube Shorts, Naomi Jones
Simulating Information and Communication Applications in Employee Interaction Network Models, Matthew Kanter
A Trump-Shaped Shadow: Demonstrating Competing Republican Identities to Gain Party Support, Amede Karina-Plun
Secrets, Soviets, and Sverdlovsk: Critiques of the Biological Weapons Convention and Biosecurity in the 1970s and 1980s, Morgan Kelley
Incorporating Institutions and Ideology: Why COVID didn't Change Anything, Cullen Kendrick
Medieval German Christian Women’s Religious Experience, Elliot Knell
Exploring Fragmentation in Ali Smith’s Autumn, Emily Koberlein
Learning with Mrs. Phelps, Alex Lagon
Enhancing Second Language Acquisition for University Students with Learning Disabilities: A Mixed-Methods Study, Nelson Leung
The Effect of Social Isolation on Orexin Production and Hedonic Drive in Female Mice, Hudson J. McNerney and R. Parrish Waters
Electing Generational Immigrants: Campaign Messaging Strategies of Asian American Candidates in Virginia, Jane Michael
Analytical and Numerical Analysis of the SIRS Model, Catherine Nguyen
Attachment to Diagnostic Labels: Social Media, Over Identification, and Self-Efficacy for Personal Recovery, Robert Oehler
The Impact of Heterogeneous Voting Strategies and Candidate Issue Adaptation on Elections: An Agent-Based Model, Harmony Peura
Is No News Good News?: Exploring the Impact of Social Media Use on Misinformation Beliefs, Corbin Poyer
“This is Not a Game:” Exploring QAnon Conspiracy as an ARG Through the Lens of Theodor Adorno, Corbin Poyer
Diaspora and Identity in Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth, Riley Prater
Who’s Laughing Now? Comedy as Coping Mechanism and Critique in Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, Mihaughany Redd
Inaba, Reimagined: An Analysis of Persona 4’s Rural Setting in a Neoliberal Context, Stanley Reid
The Plastic Purge: Life Without Plastic, Katherine Reif
Presidential Influence on the Bureaucracy: The Curious Case of Lina Khan, Nickolas Remish