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Browsing Student Honors Theses by Title

Browsing Student Honors Theses by Title

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  • Coyle, Megan (2013-12-13)
    Examines the portrayal of men and women in popular movies and television. Specific films and television shows are used as case examples.
  • Houk, Julia (2014-05-12)
    My thesis focuses on cultural analysis and tracing themes through three novels and then contextualizing each with outside research on areas of interest. I examine Italian-Americans, Latino-Americans, and Chinese-Americans ...
  • Nash, Gracia (2014-05-12)
    I believe in the importance of familiarizing oneself with materials to gain the vocabulary necessary for expression. My work, therefore, is centered upon material exploration, and personal connections with material. For ...
  • Bennett, Kelsey (2019-05-09)
    The goal of this thesis is to demonstrate the relationship between mathematics and art. To do so, I have explored the work of two artists, M.C. Escher and Sol LeWitt. Though these artists approached the role of mathematics ...
  • Weese, Cassidy (2017-05-01)
    While YA novels span a variety of topics, one of the most popular genres features a “mean girl” character. Mean girls are presented as the character that everyone loves to hate. As easy as it is to read mean girls as snobby ...
  • D'Ambrosia, Gillian (2020-11-20)
    As my therapist once told me, anxiety at its heart is fear of the future. The future never gives itself away, which perhaps what makes it so frightening. Most people I’ve met spend their nights falling asleep to thoughts ...
  • Morozumi, Takumi (2019-05-14)
    Traveling the world as part of my schooling, I have come to think that I do not have one hometown, but several. Having lived in Japan, The United Arab Emirates, The United States, and China, has aided me to handle risk, ...
  • Gloss, Kelsey (2015-12)
    58S bioactive glass with a composition of 0.6SiO2 - 0.36CaO - 0.04P2O5 was prepared using an acid-catalyzed sol-gel technique. This glass was then treated at temperatures of 500_C, 625_C, 675_C, 700_C, and 725_C for 24 ...
  • Baker, Roxanne (2015-05-06)
    The purpose of this study is to evaluate the threat of three toxic heavy metals to the environment based on their estimated bioavailability and mobility. Since 2013 Helen Mango, Department of Natural Sciences at Castleton ...
  • Dannick, Samantha (2012-04)
    Of the multiple ways to approach conflict resolution, the sport-based and faith-based models discussed in this thesis are only two of the many options. That being said, they are two very dissimilar approaches. What can be ...
  • Doyle, Jaclyn (2021-04-20)
    I find release, freedom and play in working without restraint or expectation. I respond intuitively to the process of making and find importance in the labor and work. Combining an array of materials in abundant, repetitive ...
  • Wake, Erik L. (2013-05)
    In this thesis, an attempt is made to develop a three layer coating structures to protect steel against corrosion. The first layer is a silica sol-gel thin film, the second layer is a gallium thin film, and the third layer ...
  • Koltiska, Katherine (2012-05)
    My work is about finding the center. It is about searching for the calm, appreciating the understated, and celebrating the small moments. There are three major elements: simplicity of form; complexity of meaning; and ...
  • Pellegrino, Victoria R. (2021-05)
    Electric-field dipole engineering at the nanoscale (E-DENS) allows scientists and engineers to investigate and modify the electric-field interactions of atoms at the atomic level and determine how those interactions affect ...
  • Saccucci-Bryan, Liam G. (2019-05)
    BaTiO3 is a perovskite in which structural phase transitions are induced through polarization, and currently is one of the most widely used materials for ceramic capacitor technology. Above the TC1 (Curie temperature one), ...
  • Kottwitz, Chloe (2021-05)
    My work explores natural phenomena that I am drawn to, translating those inspirations through neon, and inviting the audience to reflect on the magnificence outside.
  • Loop, Alexandra (2017-05-08)
    Originally, the focus of my research was reception theory and Caravaggio’s patrons. My interest lay in his patrons’ desires and their subsequent commissions that Caravaggio fulfilled. Did they knowingly commission paintings ...
  • Huta, Jenevieve (2022-04-29)
    The National Atmospheric Deposition Program oversees the sampling and analysis of atmospheric deposition, including of chemicals associated with automobile emissions, such as NOx and sulfur oxides. Visitation to National ...
  • Dunscombe, Hannah (2012-05)
    Observational drawing is the artist's way of discovering his or her surroundings. In order to explore this, I constructed an accordion-fold sketchbook and filled it with drawings done around upstate New York. In order to ...
  • Brooks, Thomas (2017-05)
    This project began with a few simple sketches. I always enjoy drawing characters and coming up with stories to distract myself from the pressures of my fine art practice. Many of these stories remain as such; just a few ...

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