Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current
JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic honors theses and capstone projects from 2014 to the present. Submit your Senior Honors Capstone.
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Minorities and Authoritarianism in the Middle East: A Case Study of Muslim Alawites in Syria, Mo Al Tayara
The correlation between poverty, water quality, community health, and education in Guatemala and Tanzania, Jessica Besnier
Battling Youth Unemployment in France: Can Macron Put Young People to Work?, Adriana Bolivar
What Are the Predictors of Cyber Power, Carter Bowman
Social Security Reform: How to Prevent the Program's Bankruptcy, Allison Edwards
Ethiopia: A Rising regional power?, Makeda Fikremariam
Alzheimer’s and Patient Caregiver Burnout: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature, Madeline Hekeler
Honor Societies’ constitution and bylaws: The track to ACHS Accreditation, Jenna Jansen
Addressing Climate Induced Displacement: An Analysis of Protection Policies for Environmental Migrants, Meredith Lawing
Academic stressors, perceived stress, and coping strategies among undergraduate students, Danielle Levin
Pediatric health literacy, Morgan Elizabeth Sapper and Grace Gardyne Lloyd
Integrating Ethics and the Opioid Crisis via Simulation: An Ethical Debriefing for Nursing Students, Raigan Shackelford
Determining biostratigraphy and correlation using color alteration index and lithofacies of conodonts in the Edinburg Formation, Central Virginia, Lauren Showalter
Higher order Fourier finite element methods for Hodge Laplacian problems on axisymmetric domains, Nicole Stock
COVID-19: A Black Swan?, Ben Moffett Uehlinger
Population Study of Native and Invasive Turtles in Harrisonburg, Virginia, David Weisenbeck
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Placebo-induced changes in force production for types of muscle contractions, Nicholas Antonacci
The Army National Guard: Recruitment, retention, and the balance of life, Stephanie Ashwell
On the basis of gender: Discrimination of transgender people in the hiring process, Aaron N. Baillargeon
Analyzing the onset and resolution of nonstate conflict in the Middle East & North Africa, Emily Barbaro
Revealing the impact of singing in an aphasia group, Ava Barton
Relationship between muscular strength and balance in an elderly population, Mikayla Nicole Basil
My own distinguished people: An analysis of Carpatho-Rusyn autonomy movements, Alexandra Benc
The impact of prison facility characteristics on the various uses of solitary confinement, Emily Berst
Investigation of potentially catalytic residues of Uba5 through mutagenesis, purification, and structural characterization, Grant Bradley
The effects of childhood trauma on romantic support and adult problem behavior, Keiva Brannigan
Generating acoustic projections using 3D models, Jake Brazelton
The Third Teacher: An analysis of aesthetic and intentionality of space in the classroom, Madeline F. Brown
Influence of testosterone on male-male competition in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, Isabella Bukovich
The effect of map orientation on wayfinding, Danielle Cabiran
Balance and motivic unity in the finale of Robert Schumann's Piano Sonata, Op. 11, Robert Carlson
Exploring the Effect of Cultural Sensitivity in Public Relations Campaigns, Amanda Christian
The impact of anxiety on college students' academic lives, Alex Connolly
Touch as bond: Exploring the use of Contact Improvisation in an ensemble process, J Travis Cooper
Savoring the moon: Japanese prints of the floating world, Madison Dalton
Student beliefs about what factors influence their GPA, Emma Denelsbeck
Whole genome sequence analysis of a transmissible multidrug-resistance plasmid captured without cultivation from poultry litter, Emma Eisemann
Using the Alliant Intercultural Competency Scale to develop behavioral scenarios for assessing sociocultural awareness, Catherine Fisher
Adolescent social experiences and anxiety as predictors of adult romantic jealousy, Jordan E. Gamache
A pilot study on the impact of teaching assistant led CS1 study sessions using Peer Instruction, Megan Elizabeth Gilbert
Lightning activity in the continental United States on an ENSO time scale, 2002-2015, Tyler Gingrich
Expectation gaps between high school mathematics courses and college calculus, Lauren Godfrey
Repatriation: The convergence of cultural heritage and technology, Megan Goldsworthy
Demonstrable effect of vocal changes on singing voices of post-menopausal women, Haley Griffith
The effects of caregiving robots on mortality salience with the elderly, Mira Gruber
The health literacy knowledge and skills among undergraduate students, Madelaine Grygo
Women's representation in European Parliament committees, Reagan E. Harrison
Less-Java, more type safety: Type inference and static analysis in Less-Java, Charles Hines
Characterizing the role of β-amylase3 in cold stress response and recovery in Arabidopsis thaliana, Isabelle Houston
Engagement behaviors on social media in higher education: Content analysis study on Facebook pages of 12 universities, Caroline Jessup
An economic analysis of the short-term rental market: Local regulatory decisions, Joseph L. Kauffman and Harrison D. Hooper
Narratives of immigration: NBC and CNN coverage of border “crisis”, Shanna Kelly
Female leaders navigate the arts, post 'me too', Peyton Kennedy
The function of the intrinsic foot muscles during turns and mediolateral shifts in balance, Hope Kircher
The efficacy of a verification stage for determining VO2max and the impact of sampling time, Emily Kontos
The correlation between personal stressors, anxiety and caffeine consumption among JMU faculty, Erica LaRocca
The Grace and Leigh Oral History Project, Spencer Law
Beaver Creek restorative design using engineering in nature, Lindsay Levatino
Detecting credit card fraud: An analysis of fraud detection techniques, William Lovo
Effect of ambient temperature on recovery of surgically instrumented Sprague-Dawley rats, Gianna Mangone
El peligro de contar historias: un análisis de Tu rostro mañana, de Javier Marías, Madison Morgan
A novel approach to updating municipal tax parcel impervious surface calculations, Patrick Muradaz
A pilot study on a mindfulness intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder, Meredith Obaytek
Emancipation through a domestic education: How one magazine inspired a female literary renaissance in the nineteenth-century Middle East, Lauren Palmieri
Integrating Psychological Theory into the Legal Doctrine of Deterrence, Alexander G. Parseghian
Application for student safety in Harrisonburg, Clara Rose Peirce
Level Best: An Original Screenplay, Katherine Repholz
From branches to fibers - investigating f-actin networks with biochemistry and mathematical modeling, Melissa Riddle
Women in socialist Cuba: Political and economic equality, Julia Rogers
Detours in Music - Podcast, Laura Ruple
Memorable messages and young adults’ sexual beliefs and behaviors, Caroline Ryan
Towards natural language understanding in text-based games, Anthony Snarr
Understanding issues of exclusivity surrounding shared mobility devices in Harrisonburg, Virginia., Katherine Stankard
An analysis and comparison of knot polynomials, Hannah Steinhauer
Understanding the failure of universal healthcare proposals in the U.S. and paths forward, Nicholas Telesco
The artificial leaf: An investigation into the sociotechnical integration of new solar energy innovations, Alexandra K. Treml and Jamie M. Mears
Novel method to determine paleodiet of extinct equid Merychippus sp. using dental calculus, Ranjit Virk
Curvature in compressed thin cylindrical shells approaching the isometric limit, Nicole Voce
Evaluating the effectiveness of quantitative easing: An SVAR approach, Seth Walker
Comparative analysis of state policies for former foster youth, Erin Watkins
The political theory of the Latin American independence movement, Sarah Welsch
The political theory of the Latin American independence movement, Sarah H. Welsch
Correlation between victim-blaming attitudes and victim gender in non-sexual crime scenarios, Caroline Whitlow
CampusPartner: An assistive technology for pedestrians with mobility impairments, Cynthia Zastudil
