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 2019
Evolution of sociality in Anelosimus Spiders, Adelaide Speedie Cotter, Biology
Refining a Phase Vocoder for Vocal Modulation, Benjamin E. Crystal, Electrical Engineering
Strain Effects on Coherent Excitons in Organic Crystalline Thin Films, Katrina E. Czar, Physics
Alexandria, Virginia: Climate and Health Assessment, Oona Mae Davies, Environmental Science
Validity of Heart Rate Measurements in a Fitbit Charge 2 and Apple iWatch in a Free-Living Setting, Dakota R. Dione, Rehabilitation and Movement Science
Second Language Acquisition and Memory Training Transfer: Could working memory training facilitate the learning of a second language?, Jessica Godes, Romance Languages and Linguistics
The Role of Threonyl-tRNA Synthetase in Regulating Autophagy in Ovarian Cancer, Keira L. Goodell, Department of Biology
The Not-So Frozen Conflict: Russia’s Ambitions in the Arctic and their Implications for NATO in the Far North, Anya Gorodentsev, German and Russian Department
Exercise Does Not Effect Context-dependent Episodic Memory, Michael D. Greenberg, Neuroscience
A HEDONIC PRICE APPROACH TO FLOOD RISK AND PROPERTY VALUE IN THE GREATER MIAMI AREA, Straubing Rebecca G, Economics
An Exploration of Demographic Risk as a Barrier to Engagement in Perinatal Wellness, XiXi Halvorson-Phelan, Neuroscience
Analysis of PARylation and PTEN Mutation Effects on PARP and PARG Inhibition Treatment in Primary Brain Tumors, Henre Michael Hermanowski, Biochemistry
Analyzing overlapping communities in networks using link communities, Olivia Hurd, Mathematics
Control of Organic LED Emission Through Optically-Resonant Microcavity Confinement, Benjamin Isenhart, Physics
Comparison of Low-Cost CO2 Non-Dispersive Infrared (NDIR) Sensors for Ambient Greenhouse Gas Monitoring, Annaliese Keimel, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
In vitro methods of antimicrobial susceptibility produce different estimates of cinnamon bark oil minimum inhibitory concentration for Staphylococcus aureus isolates from organic dairy farms, Samantha Keum, Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Non-Profits as Creators of Public Policy in Public-Private Partnerships, Emily Victoria Klofft, Political Science
Ecocritical Poster Art: Subverting Problematic Symbolic Tropes in Contemporary Environmentalism, Clarissa Mae Libertelli, Environmental Studies
Disordered eating prevalence and nutritional knowledge assessment in undergraduate club sport athletes, Sarah M. Lubic, Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences
Restlessness and Domesticity: Reading Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier, Margaret Ann Mahoney, History
Embryonic Heat Shock and its Effect on Larval and Adult Performance in Drosophila melanogaster, Ana Marie Manuelian, Biology
Investigating Kinesin Kif18A as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Aggressive Cancers, Carolyn Anne Marquis, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Investigation of Directed ortho-Metalation Strategies in the Synthesis of Fusarochromanone, an Anti-Cancer Mycotoxin, Nicholas J. Minadeo, Chemistry
Chimera States and Seizures in a Mouse Neuronal Model, Henry M. Mitchell, Mathematics
THE EFFECTS OF A MODIFIED FIFA 11+ WARM-UP PROTOCOL ON FITNESS VARIABLES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, McKenna S. Neeb, Rehabilitation and Movement Science