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 2016
The Abolitionist Archetype: Andrew Delbanco and the Ethics of Political Protest, Ariel F. Eaton, Political Science
The Impact of Full Practice Authority of Nurse Practitioners and Resulting Patient Satisfaction, Kayleigh Ehler-Vock, Nursing
Making Something From Nothing: Exploring Food, Transition, and Globalization in Post-Socialist Poland, Julianna F. Fedrizzi, Global & Regional Studies
Discourse Communication in Individuals with and without Traumatic Brain Injury, Emma L. Feldmann and Michael S. Cannizzaro, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Farmer Resiliency in a Changing Climate: A Comparative Study of Massachusetts and Vermont Farmers, Ann G. Fitzgerald, Environmental Program
Parental Tobacco Use: Impact on Child Emotion Identification Ability, Allison R. Giroux, Neuroscience
The effect of cyclophosphamide on salt taste in mice, Michael Gomella, Biology
Rumination, Negative Life Events, and Depressive Symptoms in a Sample of College Students, Molly B. Gormley, Psychological Science
Evaluation of the Development of Crystals on Smear Ripened Cheese through Polarized Light Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction, Mariam Haq, Biochemistry
Inclusion of Mobile Home Parks in Vermont Emergency Planning, Rachel A. Heath, Community Development and Applied Economics
Coping Strategies in Middle Childhood: The Role of Parental Modeling, Jamie A. Herold, Psychological Sciences
A Peculiar Approach to Death: The Work of Edward Gorey, Lydia Horne, Art History
Repackaging Grand Narrative: From Narrative to Database in the Remakes of Space Battleship Yamato and Mobile Suit Gundam, Aaron J. Kane, Department of Asian Languages and Literatures
Effects of a Secretin Receptor Antagonist on Cerebellar Learning, Josefina M. Kather, Psychological Science
Life history of Monocystis parasites and genetic diversity of their hosts, the invasive Amynthas earthworms, Erin L. Keller, Biology
NEW DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO IDENTIFYING CLIMATE DRIVERS IN NORTHERN CONIFERS, John Burns Kilbride, Geography
The Relationship Between Child Adversity, Anxiety Symptoms and White Matter Integrity, Naomi Koliba, Department of Neuroscience
An Improved Model of House Dust Mite Allergic Sensitization, Susan F. Kostin, Biology
Fear Conditioning and Extinction: Examining the Role of GSK3β ser 389, Benjamin Liebman, Psychology
Wingstrokes: Linking migration citizen science data for Blue-headed & Red-eyed Vireos to spring climate in Vermont as depicted visually in art, Jessica Mailhot, Environmental Sciences
Impacts of chronic stress on urinary bladder function & recovery through modification of PACAP signaling, Morgan E. Mathews, Neurological Sciences
Multiple Queens versus Multiple Mates: A Test of the Polygyny/Polyandry Tradeoff Hypothesis in the Ant Veromessor pergandei, Rachel Mellen, Biology
A Market for Water Transfers in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the Role of Transaction Costs, Genevieve Meller, Economics
(Hetero)sexual Grooming: A content analysis of female sexualization in American pre- and young-teen television, Anne Moyerbrailean, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
The effects of thermal acclimation on feeding rates and thermal tolerance in the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in Lake Champlain, VT, USA, Marissa Ng, Biology