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 2015
Timber vs. Steel Bridge Superstructure Construction: A Simplified Structural, Economic and Environmental Analysis, Jack Dugdale, Civil Engineering
Narrative Language and the Use of Story Grammar and Evaluative Language in Children with Williams Syndrome and 7q11.23 Duplication Syndrome, Kara E. Freeman, Communication Sciences and Disorders
What Angle Will You Take? Patterns of Perspective-Taking in a Body-Based Task, Tegan West Garon, Secondary Education
No Time for Lyme: Public Health Approaches to Lyme Disease in Vermont, Jessie Gay, Anthropology
Factors Impacting Women's Participation in STEM Fields, Lila Carly Gilbreath, Secondary Education: Mathematics
Strange Days: The American Media Debates The Doors, 1966-1971, Maximillian F. Grascher, History
Semi-Firm, Aged Gold: Rural Economic Effects of AOC Comté and Their Implications for Vermont Agricultural Policy, Hailey P. Grohman
Deconstructing Systemic Oppression Through Teaching Community Organizing: A students-teaching-students course, Francesca A. Hall, Environmental Studies
The Place of Classical Chinese Literature in Modern Sino-Japanese Pop Culture: The Case of Cao Cao in Sanguo Yanyi, Jonathan M. Heinrichs, Asian Studies
The Forest in the Depths of Her Eyes: Sayoko’s Silence and Art-Making as a Reparative Force in Medoruma Shun’s Me no oku no mori, Alisa Holm, Japanese
Design and Fabrication of Flow-Focusing Devices for Tissue Engineering Applications, Samuel Hotaling, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Investigation on Heat Flux Measurements in Plasma Ground Test Facilities for Aerospace Heating Applications, Camden B. Houghton Mr., College of Engineering
Inhibitory Effects of Ethanol on the NLRP3 Inflammasome, Laura Rose Hoyt, Medicine
A Pain in the Brain: How PACAP CeA Infusion Alters Mechanical and Thermal Sensitivity, Julia Grace Huessy, Neuroscience
Deeper Effects of Climate Change: The Influence of Temperature and Diet Quality on Fish Metabolism, Frances M. Iannucci, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Age-related Differences in Beta-range Electroencephalography Activity and Its Correlation with Postural Sway during Prolonged Quiet Stance, Stephanie L. Kirk, Exercise and Movement Science
Research and Costume Design for "Our Town", Alyssa R. Korol, Theater
The role of PLXNA1 in visual system development of Danio rerio, Sarah Light, Neuroscience
The Muslim Brotherhood: How its Troubled History Suggests that it Will Not merely Survive but Thrive in the Twenty-First Century, Ben Morris Lindstrom-Ives, Global Studies
Population Viability of Mega-Herbivores in Manyara Ranch, Tanzania, in a Climate Change Context, Ellen E. Loftis, Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
Comparative Representations of Vermont Migrant Latino Farmworkers, Kerry Martin, English
“Peace Capital”: American Media's Coverage of May 1968 in Paris, Geoffrey J. Matthews, History
Anxiety Levels and Sibling Relationship Quality of Adults with Siblings with Down Syndrome Compared to those of Adult Siblings of Typically Developing Individuals, Katie L. McCormack, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Quantifying Nutrient and Sediment Loads during Spring Runoff in the Missisquoi River Basin, Baxter G. Miatke, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences: Environmental Engineering
An Exploratory Analysis of Electric Usage Data from the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Colby John Nadeau, Statistics