Student Research from 2022
The Ethics of Care and the U.S. Covid-19 Pandemic Response, Samantha Treveline Barrett
Borderline Personality Symptoms and Relationship Threat: The Moderating Role of Perceived Parental Rejection, Elsa Baumgartner
The Relationship Between Late Night, Twitter, and Political Literacy in 2020, Sally Burkley
Resurrecting Gaelic: Modernity and Heritage Language Revival in Scotland in a Comparative Perspective, Sean Coady
Einstein's Equations, Lagrangians for General Relativity, and ADM Formalism, Timothy Corbett
The Impacts of Coal Ash Concentration on Trace Contaminant Leaching and Toxicity of Coal Ash in Planorbella duryi, Catherine Crowell
Bildungsroman and Trauma in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina, Bernadette D'Auria
Mutually Exclusive: Being Gay and Being a Man in E.M. Forster’s Maurice, Kimber Foreman
East Versus West: The National Gallery of Art’s Relationship to Modern Art and Architecture, Meredith Glasco
Goddess of France, 1745-1764: Madame de Pompadour and the Rococo Traditions of 18th-Century French Portraiture, Meredith Glasco
Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, QAnon and Blood Libel, Georga Hackworth
Inferno of the Mind, Amber M. Harvey
“The Battle Against Sameness”: Queer Marriages in Forster and Woolf, Lindsey Hatton
Effectiveness of Virginia Teacher Preparation Programs, Christine Houchins
Humanitarian Intervention and American Public Opinion: An Analysis to Intervene, Alexia Inge
Performative Disability: The Objectification of Atypical Physiognomy in the Self-Portraits of Egon Schiele, Sophia Maldonado
PROMETHEUS & THE BODY BEAUTIFUL: Arno Breker and the Weaponization of the Greco-Roman Tradition in the Größe Deutsche Kunstausstellung, Sophia Maldonado
The Garden of Secrets and Truths, Chloe Martin
Opposing Ideologies: The Function of Sacrifice in the Contemporary Construction of Extremist Communities., Gabriel Matteson
Unearthing the Witch: Reckoning with Gender, Magic, and the Unusual Dead within Anglo-Saxon Deviant Burials, Samantha Melvin
Dorothy Allison's Gothic Poverty, Jessica Morin
Making Russian Music: Uncovering Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Musical Ideas through His Letters, Sydney Morrison
Prosodic and Deictic Features as Performance Markers in Southern Baptist Sermons, Matt Nelson
Reception of Classical Material in the Argument of Charles Loyseau's Traité des Ordres et Simples Dignités, Matt Nelson
La Discapacidad en los Sistemas de Educación en Bolivia y Chile, Kree Pace
“Hysteria Abated”: Forster’s Treatment of Women’s Mental Health in Howards End, Rosemary Pauley
A Defense of Moral Realism, Caleb Robb
Little Women, Little Houses: Authorship and Authority in Louisa May Alcott and Laura Ingalls Wilder, Katia Savelyeva
ElGamal Encryption in the General Linear Groups, Lynn Sherman
How Rhythm Affects Prosody, McKenzie Ward
The Dissection of Twins, Amber Zipfel
Student Research from 2021
An Examination of the Influence of Literacy upon Political, Cultural and Class Unity in England and Francia during the Early Middle Ages, Matthew Abbott
The Diary of a Mad Black Woman : An Analysis of Film and Anger, Summer Allen
The ‘She-cession’: A look at Women’s Labor during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Aspen Aston
Songs of Eden, Emma Atkinson
Game Chromatic Number on Segmented Caterpillars, Paige Beidelman
This is America: Comparing the U.S. and Foreign Media Press Coverage of African American Foreign Policy Officials, Nina Burges
Assessing the Presence and Concentration of Microplastics in the Gizzards of Virginia Waterfowl, Thomas Bustamante
A Content Analysis of Political Discourse on TikTok, Devin Carson
The Role of Verbal Behavior in Patient-Provider Interactions, Hannah Checkeye
"The Relationship Between Parasocial Relationships and Grooming as a Problematic Rhetorical Strategy on YouTube", Freeman Conner
Between Life and Death: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Childbirth in the Nazi Concentration Camps, Grace Corkran
Murder and Morality: Late Nineteenth-Century Protestants’ Reaction to the Murder of Helen Jewett, Grace Corkran
I Like To Think I’m Making Something New: An A. I. Attempts Narrative, Kelly Donaghey
Felony Disenfranchisement through Rousseau's Social Contract, Blake Donohue
An Exploration on How and Why People Present Online and How to Successfully Self Present on Linked-In, Callie Dunham
LEGO Company and Segregated Products, Kimberly Eastridge
Thinking Outside the [Text] Box: The Effects of Multimodal Literacy Instruction on Middle School Social Studies Students’ Content Comprehension and Analytical Skills, Glynnis C. Farleigh
Simulations of an Attack on RSA, Makayla Ferrell
Christian Imagery in the Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor, Vanessa Fickes
Influencers in Digital Marketing: The Impact of Instagram Influencers in Brand Communication, Cara Ghaphery
Creative Writing in Multiple Mediums, Piper Giannini
Catfish: The TV Show: A Rhetorical Criticism, Victoria Grant
Pornography, the LGBTQ+ Community, and the Queer Alternative, Rebekah Gredler
Angular Momentum Coherences in Molecular Dynamics, Margaret Gregory
We are Dancers, Jeanette Hiyama
I and You by Lauren Gunderson Directors Book, Sarah Hogestyn
Numerical Study of the SEIQR Model for COVID-19, Caitlin Holt
Nation-Building in Newspapers: A Comparison of Lithuanian and Ukrainian Ethnic Newspapers in America, 1940-1953, Emily Johnson
Kantian Approaches to Animals and Obligations, Caroline Kropka
Mathematics Value Research, Diane LaMoy
“Interrupt the status quo”: How Black Lives Matter Changed American Museums, Jessica Lynch
Australia and the United States: The Role of Secondary Allies in Burden-Sharing, Rachel McVicker
A Rhetorical Criticism of Fan Culture on Social Media Platforms, Darlene Mugisha
Literatura carcelaria y los derechos humanos en cuatro obras del siglo XX, Sarah Patterson
When Admiration Turns to Obsession: A Case Study on Taylor Swift Fan Theories, Kendall Resnick
Crude Measures: Assessing the Success and Failure of Maximum Pressure Campaigns, Dillon Schweers
Two Jews, Three Opinions: An Exploration of Young American Jewish Perspectives on Israel, Kate Seltzer
The Reckoning That Never Happened, Katherine Seltzer
The Pensieve Podcast, Alexandra Slaughter
Black, Gay, and Unapologetic: How Lil Nas X Is Bringing The Out Group In, Julianne Stella Swope
Addressing Digital Technologies Needed for Students in K-12 Schools, Tiffany Tueros
“Yo, is that a gamer girl? I have a boner”; Gendered aggression in competitive video games, Madison Turner
Proton Pump Inhibitors Promote Apoptosis in Jurkat T Lymphocytes, Ashley Utz
How Expansive is Essential? Restriction of Abortion Services in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Eva Katherine Waszak
An Empirical Analysis of Economic Inequality on Economic Growth, Brandon Williams
Parameter Estimation in Nonlinear Regression: Exploring Confidence Intervals for Estimated Coefficients, Brandon Williams
Carpe Diem and Consolation: Horace's Imitation and Manipulation of Greek Lyric Models, Ruth Wilmot
A Critique of Audi's Ethical Intuitionism, Caleb Yarbrough
Student Research from 2020
The Roman Dogma of Animal Breeding: “Bark”aeological Findings Reveal the Effects of Selective Pressures on Roman Dogs, Ariane Akhand
The Mental Health and Social-Emotional Development of Young Children, Teresa Alexander
Japanese Whaling and The International Whaling Commission, Tea Barndt
Markov Chain Model for the Spread of an Epidemic, Abigail Eleanor Bernhardt
Introduction to the Publishing Industry, Krista Beucler
The Effect of Maternal and Paternal Caregivers’ Failure Mindsets and Helicopter Parenting on Emerging Adults’ Intelligence Mindsets, Nichole M. Boigegrain
Zu viel Zukunft!, Grace Brecht
BACTEREMEDIATION: USING NATURALLY-OCCURRING DIESEL-DEGRADING BACTERIA TO CLEAN OIL SPILLS, Fernando Cabezas
An Analysis of Julius Caesar’s Generalship as Compared to Proper Generalship in Vegetius, William Carpenter
Investigating Reproductive Success and Endocrine Regulation of Mating Strategies in Male Japanese Medaka, Lauren Closs
The T, T*, VI, VNI Model for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Dynamics, Amy Creel
Effective ELL Instruction and the SIOP Model: A Comparative Analysis, Rachel Crow
Feelings of Preparedness in First Career Versus Second Career Teachers, John Deemy
Hair and Power in Ovidian Love Elegy; A Discussion of Feminine Dominance and the Hair Apparent, Lydia Eisenberg
Presidential Power Reconsidered: A Contemporary Look at Neustadtian Bargaining, Jeremy Engel