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 2017
'Let Us Record the Atoms As They Fall Upon the Mind': Virginia Woolf Wrestles With James Joyce's Ulysses, Sophie Ryan Thorup, English
A Route to Surface-bound Metalloporphyrins as Models for Oxygen Reduction Catalysts, Stephen J. Van Wyck, Chemistry
How to Live a Fulfilling Life in a Time of Technology, Hope E.B. Ward, Philosophy
Autumn Storms Trigger Enhanced Export of Iron, Phosphorus, and Carbon from a Forested Vermont Catchment, Austin E. Wilkes, Geology
Theses from 2016
Lower-Socioeconomic Status Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Clinical Characteristics, Attendance, and Implications for Future Practice, Hannah Lauren Apfelbaum, Psychological Science
Necroptosis of Glycolytic Dendritic Cells Enhances Activation of Gamma Delta T Cells, Kathleen R. Bashant, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Differing Prefrontal Cortical Activation Across Multiple Forms of Discourse Production, Max Walter Breidenstein Mr., Neuroscience
Writing Fantasy, Ethan H. Childs, English
The Effectiveness of the Implementation of Drug Courts on the Opioid Epidemic in the State of Vermont, Jacqueline A. Collins, Community Development and Applied Economics
Blowing My Lines, Aidan Charles Dolbashian, English
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