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.

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Theses from 2018

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Influence of Exercise Environment on Stress and Affect in Sedentary Adults: A Comparison of Indoor and Natural Environments, Rachel M. Snider, Rehabilitation and Movement Science

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In vivo characterization of hippocampal electrophysiological processes in the heterozygous Pten knockout model of autism, Anthony J. Spinella, Matthew Weston, and Jeremy Barry, Neuroscience

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Enumerating Curves of Genus 2 Over Finite Fields, Rose K. Steinberg, Mathematics and Statistics

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Relationships between Climate and Growth of Quercus rubra, Pinus strobus, and Tsuga canadensis in Northern Vermont, Kristen Ann Switzer, Environmental Sciences

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Ideas, Institutions, Intervention, and Ethnic Conflict: A Constructivist Analysis of Russian Peacekeeping in the Former Soviet Union, Nicholas H. Vidal, Political Science

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Investigating the Tumor Suppressor Role of RUNX1 in Human Breast Cancer, Adam S. Weinheimer, Biochemistry

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5-HT6R Viral Vector-Mediated Indirect Pathway Activation in the Dorsolateral Striatum: A Discussion on Basal Ganglia Habitual and Goal-Directed Circuits, Caleb S. Winn, Neuroscience

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EXPLORING THE DECLINE IN THE MALE SHARE OF COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT MASCULINITY, Julia Wood, Economics

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The Meme as Post-Political Communication Form: A Semiotic Analysis, Jacob A. Yopak

Theses from 2017

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The Battle For Cape Wind: An Analysis of Massachusetts Newspapers and Their Framing of Offshore Wind Energy, John Alessi, Political Science

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Optical and Electronic Investigation of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Semiconductor Quinacridone, Michael V. Arnold, Physics

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Understanding the Study Abroad Experience for International Students from China at the University of Vermont, Cecilia A. Baker, Grossman School of Business

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Fyn-Mediated Regulation of Protein Kinase A, Sam Barritt, Biology

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Co-occurrence of /t/ Variants in Young Vermont Speakers, Sarah Bellavance, Romance Languages and Linguistics

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Concepts of Moral Geography in Dante Alighieri and James Joyce, Alexander P. Benoit, English

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Interactions between BNST PACAP stress system and Estrous Cycling in Non-overiectomized Female Rats, Beniah Brumbaugh, Psychological Science

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Characterization of the Subcellular Localization of DCBLD2 and its Regulation by Tyrosine Phosphorylation, Sarah A. Bullock, Biology

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A Means to an End, A Means to an End, A Means to an End: Repetition through two filmmakers and four films, Alec O. Buzzell, Film and Television Studies

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The Impact of Act 148 on Food-Insecure Populations in Chittenden and Essex Counties of Vermont, Gina E. Cassara, Environmental Studies

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Phase I Development of a Patient Perspective Measurement of Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care: The Patient-Centered Integration Profile, Brennen Clayton Caveney, Psychology

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Computational Fluid Dynamic Modelling of a Small-Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, Ashley Victoria Chase, Mechanical Engineering

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Female Auteurs and Their Perceptions of Gender, Sexuality, and National Identity., Elizabeth J. Chesley, Film and Television Studies

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Historical Patterns of Arboviral Seroprevalence across Africa and Asia, George C. Chrisafis, Biology

Heart for Hire: Stories from Vermont, Alexander B. Collingsworth, English

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A Comparative Study of the Anglo-British Act of Union (1707) and the British-Irish Act of Union (1801), Hunter A. Colvin, History