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 2020
Effect of pre-exposure to methamphetamine in male rats at two training levels subthreshold to habit, Charlotte Evans, Neuroscience
Field Guides for Leaving: A poetic exploration of the hyperlocal in Burlington, Vermont, Rachel A. Foster, English
5-Bar Linkage Kinematic Solver and Simulator, Brandon J. Gamble, Mechanical Engineering
Ethnographic Storytelling: Sharing an Armenian Tradition through Collaborative Digital Media, Tali Gelenian, Anthropology
Analyzing the Implementation of the Agile Methodology in a Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Course, Michael Vincent Gilarde, Mechanical Engineering
Exploring Incel Language and Subreddit Activity on Reddit, Kelly C. Gothard, Mathematics and Statistics
Diagnosing and Addressing Mental Illness Among Vermont Refugees: A Study of Mental Health Screening and Community Resources in Burlington, VT, Zachary Johns, Political Science
Mechanisms of Cold Tolerance in Temperate-Zone Insects, Jhanavi Hemal Kapadia, Biology
our city, Kyle P. King, Film and Television Studies
UVM's Roadmap to Zero Waste, Isabel Lisle, Environmental Studies
The Cows Don’t Milk Themselves: Using Worker-Driven Social Responsibility to Fight Labor and Housing Injustice on Vermont’s Dairy Farms, Marisa Grace Loury, Anthropology
Exploring the Pharmacophore of Novel Synthetic Peptide Activators of type I-alpha cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase, Emily E. MacDonald, Pharmacology
Sign Language Translation Using Machine Learning and Computer Vision, Gordon MacMaster, CEMS
Honduras: Factors Underlying Immigration to the United States, Annika M. Meurs, Political Science
Exploring the Potential Role of Reactive Astrocytosis in Cognitive Impairments from Early Life Seizures, Harriet R. Milligan, Neurological Sciences
Seated Postural Changes with Foot Position at a Tall Workstation, Sarah C. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering
First documentation of malaria parasites (genus Plasmodium) in the Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) and patterns of infection with mercury exposure, Alyssa P. Neuhaus, Ellen Martinsen, Joseph Schall, Allan Strong, Oksana Lane, and Adrienne Kovach, Biology
Lift & Drag Effects of a Variable-Angle Winglet System, Dante M. Newman, Mechanical Engineering
Micro Wind Turbine Viability at the University of Vermont, Christopher Michael Nolan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Synthesis of the local knowledge and ecology of vansemberuu (Saussurea dorogostaiskii Palib.) for conservation, Darkhad Valley, Khuvsgul, Mongolia, Joscelyn Norris, Nyamgerel Nudkhuu, Tumursukh Jal, Lhagvajau Davaajii, Davaatseren Buyanjargal, Nyam-Ochir Dvvjii, Byaamba Ornobish, Batzaya Erdenebat, and Tsoogo Ornobish, Environmental Studies
Optimizing Cell Culture Media for Combined Use for Ex Vivo Lung Bioengineering, Christopher R. Nuckols, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Forever Everglades: Understanding Magical Realism Through Place, Julia L. Nugent, English
Comparison of inflammatory response and morphologic damage induced by endotoxin in mouse and bovine mammary gland, Laura Ashley Olszanski, Animal and Veterinary Science
Quantifying and Predicting Gully Erosion and its Contribution to Nutrient Pollution from Vermont's Roads, Frank Carl Piasecki, Geography
The Effects of Aging on pH in Forest Soil Samples, Emily H. Piersiak, Environmental Science