Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

 

JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic honors theses and capstone projects from 2014 to the present.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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The relationship between handedness and memory errors, Verena Sema Bethke

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Do the eating behaviors and food preferences of children ages 2 to 18 years resemble those of the mother or father?, Kirsten Brooke Boestfleisch

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Development of an optimized protocol for the isolation of methicillin-resistance genes in Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophages present in the environment, Taryn Katherine Boyle

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The nursing implications of bath salts abuse: A learning tool and curriculum for emergency department nurses, Molly Ann Brennan

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W. H. Keister Elementary School garden: Making environmental connections, Kinsey Elizabeth Browning

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A study into the diagnosis of obesity in infants less than two years old in the state of Virginia, Lindsay Ann Bruno

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Women in terrorism: Exploring the motivations of women joining terrorist organizations, Cara Rae Buchanan

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Capital structure study: Accounting and statistical issues, Long Thai Bui

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Passion for academics and problematic health behaviors, Alexander Timothy Bureau

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Structure and function of novel RTX-like proteins BAV1944 and BAV1945 in Bordetella avium, Nathaniel Tate Burkholder

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The significance of the transition of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SADA) Systems to TCP/IP platforms, Matthew Alexander Care

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Defining and determining national economic success, Nicole Regina Clarke

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The relationship between food bloggers and public relations professionals, Hannah Michelle Cox

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Psychological effects of intensified cycle training and effectiveness testing of the mental/physical state and trait energy and fatigue scale, Jack Dyer Crouch III

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Understanding metal-organic framework assembly in hydrotis(1,2,4-triazolyl)borate materials, Matthew Ryan Dent

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The concept of spatiality in Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Patočka, Dora Duvisac

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Development of an immunodiagnostic assay for canine tear lacritin, Alison Mae Enghauser

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The effects of physical activity on on-task and off-task behaviors of an elementary school student with ADHD, Kayla Whitney Eppard

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Lion and livestock conflict in the Amboseli region of Kenya, Gabriela Schieve Fleury

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The role of ambient temperature in the recovery from major surgical stress, Mary Katherine Garbarini

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Not just a pretty face: The evolution of the flight attendant, Angelica Rose Gertel

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Influence of a caffeine mouth-rinse on 3-kilometer cycling performance, Jenna Louise Goffe

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Being, narrative, and ethics: A hermeneutical-phenomenological inquiry into the ontology of ethics, Paul Lucas Goldberg

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Factors associated with minor misbehavior in adolescent males, Hunter William Greer

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Vocal fundamental frequency as a function of deception and stress, Joshua David Gross

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Between land and sky: A comparative look at Soviet and American relations and perspectives during the Berlin Airlift, Jacqueline Danielle Guerrier

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Bringing out the animal in me: An examination of art and the individual within the Furry subculture, Jacqueline Danielle Guerrier

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Through the woods, Riley Joseph Hanlon

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Functional movement screening: A study on efficacy in predicting sport-related injuries in collegiate athletes, Daniel Charles Hanson

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Development of inputs from the Lateral Superior Olivary Nucleus to the Inferior Colliculus in EphA4 wild type and mutant mice prior to hearing onset, Allyse Bailey Harris

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Blood, sand, and silk: The implementation of airborne forces in North Africa by the United States Army, 1942, Thomas Spencer Harvey

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Gene expression in the kidney of rats affected by metabolic syndrome: A meta-analysis, Brittany Leigh Hatchett

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Social and cultural capitol in formal one-on-one mentoring relationships, Madeleine Emily Hines

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Analysis of perceived stress, perceived stress management, and symptom severity in women with fibromyalgia, Mavis Leigh Hodges

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A comparison of life satisfaction, subjective well-being, and physical health in undergraduate college students, Emily Shuenn-Wen Hsu

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Classroom, concert hall, and career: A yearlong survey of the female choral conductor's experience, Kaitlyn Detamore Hunsberger

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A periodic matrix population model for monarch butterflies, Emily Hunt

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Effects of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on bone mineral density and overuse injuries in collegiate female athletes, Lena Marie Husnay

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The effects of alcohol priming on subsequent preferences for alcohol and other drugs, Carly Devon Isakowitz

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Graphical calculation of the fractal dimension for applications in geography, Leeanne Nathalie Jackson

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A study of honors program attrition: What are they missing?, Laura Ann Jennings

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Vegetarian meal consumption and the influence on college success and health, Sarah Marie Jochem

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Investor expectations of the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis: Applying the Bates model to modern Stock Market events, Eric Gene Kitchens

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Music as a force for social change: El Sistema in Venezuela and in the United States, Anna Ione Kobylski

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Thought derailment as a predictor of verbal memory performance in people with a serious mental illness, Shannon Leigh Kovach

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Communication coping strategies of victims of crime, Katherine Nicole Leeds

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Comparison: Perception and knowledge of protein consumption in female athletes for post weight lifting recovery, Samantha Jane Lofton

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"Don’t call me a pothead!" A qualitative study of high achieving marijuana users, Katrina Chanel Miles

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A comparison of Bayesian Monte Carlo methods for deterministic models, Amanda Marie Miller

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Successful approaches to encourage family involvement in a school division located in southeastern Virginia with varying income levels, Katelyn Elizabeth Montague

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After Rembrandt: Captain William Baillie and print culture in 18th century London, Andrea Clare Morgan

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Investigating inactive, chloroplast localized beta-amylase-9 in Arabidopsis thaliana, Nurlybek Mursaliyev

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A bioinformatics approach to revealing the genetic basis for bacteriophage host specificity, Hayley Anne Norian

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BRIC and the road to superpowerdom, Zachary Keith Ochoa

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"Home has so many meanings": Society's issues personified through baseball, Mark Andrew Overstreet

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Isolation of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (MRCoNS) from a fecal-contaminated stream in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Michael Timothy Partin

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The costume design of Boeing Boeing, Camille Melaine Petrillo

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Socially active executives as digital influencers, Kelly Anne Pollhammer

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Writing fellows in an undergraduate psychology course, Caroline Prendergast

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Labeling and framing of human trafficking victimhood, Elizabeth Regina Ramirez Kemp

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Analysis of the direction of escape response of crickets to looming-object stimulation, Kate Louise Reiman

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Hofmeister anion effects on thermodynamics of caffeine partition between aqueous and cyclohexane phases, Bradley Allen Rogers

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Examining tail development models in the four-toed salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum, Peter Daniel Rossbach

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I'm not just a statistic: A qualitative analysis of sexual assault survivors, Kelsey Lynn Ruane

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Spiritual assessments and interventions in nursing, Katie Elizabeth Ruefer

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Media scrutiny of politicians and the relevance of private life and personality, Stephanie Lynn Salomon

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Role of ß-amylase1 (BAM1) in the recovery of arabidopsis plants from osmotic stress, Jonathan Michael Schmitz

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Microtubule organization and cell-to-cell communication in Arabidopsis thaliana, Lauren Michelle Schulte

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Heart rate variability in habitual college-aged snorers, Erica Elizabeth Searfoss

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Reforming the U.S. intelligence community: Successes, failures and the best path forward, Christopher John Sheehy

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Role of interleukin-3 in blood-stage malaria infection caused by Plasmodium berghei ANKA, Abdalla Sheikh

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The financial implications of a cashless society on individual consumers, businesses, banking institutions, and the government, Stephanie Kaitlyn Skaggs

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An examination of the relationship between mindset, attitudes toward affirmative action, and perceptions of diversity, Elizabeth Lee Smith

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The influence of carbohydrate content and type on gastrointestinal tolerance during endurance cycling, Sarah Allston Smyth

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Nutritional ergogenic aid use in male college students, Megan Elizabeth Solloway

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Challenges to community reintegration for those convicted of a felony in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Sarah Elizabeth Stack

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An approach to Bordetella avium as a universal poultry live vaccine platform for the expression of foreign antigens, Carly Elizabeth Camille Starke

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The effect of the Okavango River on Angola's economic stability and the effect of its policy on surrounding countries, Loren Marie Stoehr

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The effect of physical and demographic factors and training on the time-to-adoption of domestic cats in a local shelter, Deborah T. Stratton

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Charles Lisanby, the artist: Defining masculinity through the matador, Michelle Nicole Strickland

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Conflict on the mesa: Assessing defensibility of plaza-oriented villages in the Salinas Pueblo Province, New Mexico, Daniel Mark Sumner

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Canine clinical study for tear lacritin as a treatment for dry eye, Alan Chancellor Tate

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Immunodiagnostic analysis of lacritin in human breast milk, Veronica Christine Vassilev

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Aquaponics: Economics and social potential for sustainable food production, Brandon Collins Walraven

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Music from the trenches: Solo vocal literature influenced by and composed in "No Man's Land", Jennifer Elizabeth Weyman

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The Haitian immigrant experience in the Shenandoah Valley, Kelli Renee Williams

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Black banner and white nights: The world of Ibn Fadlan, Joseph Daniel Wilson

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"Functional yet feminine": The gendered image of the American servicewoman in World War II, Suzanne Claire Wilson

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Path tracing using lower level of detail for secondary rays, Ryan Irby Wolter

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How purpose in life and locus of control relate to alcohol behaviors among college students, Chelsea Marie Woods

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Approximating the wiener process, Branden James Wooten

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Direct capture of plasmids conferring resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics from agriculturally-impacted stream sediment, Elena Emilova Balkanska

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Hand hygiene: Behavior changes in college students, Claire Evelyn Ballweg

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An analysis of magical realism and its development in Latin American literature, Carolyn Anne Bedi

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Mental illness, narrative, and rhetorics of recovery, Anders Rains Bruce

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Influence of initial position and stimulus location of the paw on the nociceptive withdrawal reflex in intact rats, Christopher Anthony Chrzan II

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An exploration of multimedia journalism through a multi-platform storytelling website, Lani Finley Furbank

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Euphonium performance of cello literature, Nathan Seraf Gredler

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The proficient I.T. consultant: A study of the professional, Sina Chidi Joseph-Ojeniyi

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A call to violence: Trends in violent content of video games, Emily Molly Keller