Students who fulfill all the requirements of the Honors College, including successfully completing a senior thesis or project, earn the special distinction of graduating as an Honors College Scholar. This distinction is noted on student transcripts and the designation of Honors College Scholar is conferred at UVM's commencement ceremony.
The following is a collection of theses submitted by Honors College Scholars.
Theses from 2022
The emotional arcs of horror: a distant reading of Stephen King’s novels, Delaney Woods, Mathematics
Theses from 2021
Plasmaspheric dynamics studied using a three-dimensional machine learning-based plasma density model in the inner magnetosphere and the ionosphere, Hannah Ace, Physics
Hydrologic Modeling of a Small Wetland Complex to Inform Estimates of Phosphorus Retention, Isabelle C. Augustin, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cyanobacteria Phage S-RSM4 Optimization of Pentose Phosphate Pathway via Glucose 6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Homologous to Synechococcus Host, Zachary J. Babbitz, Biochemistry
Inferring the demographic history of red spruce (Picea rubens) from chloroplast genome sequences, Katherine Anne Bardsley, Plant Biology
Sexual Orientation, Gender, & Self-Styling: An Exploration of Visual Identity-Signaling, Julian Ash Barritt, Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies
Cooking Interventions and Perceived Stress Levels Among College Students, Nicole Marie Bellhorn, Health Sciences
La Balena: A Weird Fiction Representation of Women’s Asylums and Emigration in Fascist Italy, Aiden McGwire Blasi, English
The Relationship of Fatigue and Parental Disability in Mothers with Inflammatory Arthritic Conditions in Comparison to Mothers Without Chronic Diagnoses., Chrystina Maria Bonelli, Victoria Priganc, Susan Kasser, and Kris Winston, Health Sciences
Estrogen replacement in ovariectomized rats during acquisition delays the habit formation consistently observed in intact female rats with the same level of instrumental training, Gillian P. Bremer, Neuroscience
The Parental Experience of Having a Child Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, Paige M. Brower, Professional Nursing
China's Soft Power in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative: Three Case Studies, John W. Bush, Political Science
Impacts of Estrogen and Progesterone Replacement During Acquisition on Habit Formation in Ovariectomized Female Rats, Francesca Carasi-Schwartz, Psychological Sciences
"Forgive Me, Lisa:" P.T., Allegory, and the Monstrous-Feminine, Kyra Chevalier, Community Development & Applied Economics
Eco-Anxiety in “the Climate Generation”: Is Action an Antidote?, Isabel Grace Coppola, Environmental Studies
Characterizing Insecure Error Distributions For Various RLWE Problems, Alec Lee Critten, Mathematics and Statistics
France’s Asylum Seeker and Refugee Populations in the Age of the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, Alexandra Crosby, Global & Regional Studies Department
Prison, Punishment, and Premature Death: Group-differentiated Health Impacts of Incarceration during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Valentina Czochanski, Global Studies
Modeling pulmonary fibrosis: Impacts of glutaredoxin on differentiation in tracheosphere development, Alexander Robillard D'Amico, Larner College of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Toward a More Efficient and Effective Method for Tracking 3D Bone Position and Orientation in Fluoroscopic Images, Harrison M. Davis, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Anxiety Responses Across the Estrous Cycle in Relation to BNST-PACAP Interactions, Claire Deckers, Psychological Sciences
The Influence of Vegetation and Green Spaces on Air Quality and Outdoor Air Temperature Mitigation on Multiple Scales, McKinley Deery, Environmental Studies
A Model of Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) Occupancy in the Northeastern United States, Kayley J. Dillon, Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
Theory of Mind Differences Between Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder Following Social Story Intervention, Sindhu Donepudi, Neuroscience / Communication Sciences and Disorders