Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current
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Projects from 2020
Narratives of immigration: NBC and CNN coverage of border “crisis”, Shanna C. 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 E. Kircher
The efficacy of a verification stage for determining VO2max and the impact of sampling time, Emily J. Kontos
The correlation between personal stressors, anxiety and caffeine consumption among JMU faculty, Erica B. LaRocca
The Grace and Leigh oral history project, Spencer Law
Beaver Creek restorative design using engineering in nature, Lindsay M. 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
Difference in stigma between anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, and the effect of eating disorder symptomology on stigma in college students, Ashley A. Matkins
Refining interpretations of a deglacial record in Gulf of Mexico marine sediment cores using foraminifera C-14 dates and multi-proxy sediment analyses, Lindsey R. Monito
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 D. 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 S. Palmieri
Integrating psychological theory into the legal doctrine of deterrence, Alexander G. Parseghian
Application for student safety in Harrisonburg, Clara R. Peirce
Level Best: An original screenplay, Katherine M. Repholz
From branches to fibers - investigating f-actin networks with biochemistry and mathematical modeling, Melissa A. Riddle
Women in socialist Cuba: Political and economic equality, Julia E. Rogers
Detours in music - podcast, Laura F. Ruple
Memorable messages and young adults’ sexual beliefs and behaviors, Caroline D. Ryan
Dependence of the nociceptive withdrawal response on stimulus location in the intact, unanesthetized rat, Brady Simpson
Towards natural language understanding in text-based games, Anthony Snarr
Understanding issues of exclusivity surrounding shared mobility devices in Harrisonburg, Virginia., Katherine E. 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 J. 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 Z. S. Virk
Curvature in compressed thin cylindrical shells approaching the isometric limit, Nicole Voce
Evaluating the effectiveness of quantitative easing: An SVAR approach, Seth T. Walker
Comparative analysis of state policies for former foster youth, Erin A. Watkins
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 R. Zastudil
