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 2021
Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance following Dietary Stress in Drosophila, Jessica Wright, Biology
Theses from 2020
A Replication and Cross-Validation of Hakes and Sauer's "An Economic Evaluation of the Moneyball Hypothesis", Joshua Ross Audette, Economics
Postcolonial Entanglement: How the Carnivalesque Links Toni Morrison and Chris Abani in Disruptive Dialogue, Katherine B. Bamberger, English
Recovering Endangered Siberian Marmot (Marmota sibirica): Status and Distribution in a Steppe Region of Mongolia, Reilly A. Becchina, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Children's Literature About Stuttering: A Content Analysis, Clara Behrman, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Cross-Linguistic Pitch Differences in English and French Bilinguals: Timothée Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp, Kate Isabella Bellino, Linguistics
“Yes, You Know a Dog Person When You See One, Don’t You?”: A Pragmatic Exploration of Dog-Related Speech, Alexander V. Benevento, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics
Temperature Dependent Charge Transport Characteristics of Ferroelectric Organic Field Effect Transistors, Jared C. Benson, Physics
Temperature Dependent Charge Transport Characteristics of Ferroelectric Organic Field Effect Transistors, Jared C. Benson, Physics
Changing Endowments in the Public Goods Game, Madeleine Bowe, Economics
Economic Growth and Weight Gain: A Dynamic Approach to the Obesity Epidemic, Courtney M. Brady, Economics
A Stitch Between, Erin Elizabeth Bundock, Art and Art History
Theta Wave Coherence in Pre-Semantic Processing: An EEG study of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Azilee J. Curl Miss, Neuroscience; Communication Sciences & Disorders
An fNIRS Investigation of the Prefrontal Cortical Processing Demands Associated with a Communication Based Assessment for Mild Cognitive Impairment, Julia K. Deziel, Neuroscience/Communication Sciences & Disorders
The Effect of Reproductive Experience on Habit Formation, Elizabeth Dybas, Psychological Science
Predictive Modeling of the Outcomes of University of Vermont Women’s Basketball Games, Jennifer Eberling, Mathematics and Statistics
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