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
A Computational Approach for Identifying Plant-Based Foods for Addressing Vitamin Deficiency Diseases, Christina Yu and Indra Neil Sarkar, Biochemistry
Theses from 2014
Eating in Crisis: Culturally Appropriate Food and the Local Food Movement in the Lives of Domestic Violence Survivors, Rachel A. Aronson, Anthropology
Plant-Derived Bioactive Lipids Impacts Glucose Homeostasis and Energy Metabolism in Mice, Pamela L. Bay, Shae Rowlandson, Jana Kraft, Mina Peshavaria, and Thomas Jetton, Animal Science; Medicine
Anglo or Apeman? Transatlantic Caricature and the New Irish Race, 1861-1872, Rob Benner, History
Using Crowdsourcing to Discover Correlational Relationships, Alex Berger, Computer Science
Queen City Stories, Charles Tanner Bowden, English
Changing Actors and Discourse: An Analysis of Ten Years of Media Coverage In Vermont’s Wind Power Debate, Neil E. Brandt, Environmental Studies
“It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”: MTV, Postmodern Theory, and Generational Shifts in the United States, Marissa A. Bucci, Individually Designed-American Studies
The Impact a Final Four Appearance has on the Number of Applications and Average SAT Scores at a University, Sandro Carissimo, School of Business Administration
Instructions for uploading to Scholarworks, Brit Chase, Honors College
Evaluating Workplace Democracy in Mondragon, Anders Asa Christiansen, Political Science
Electrical Characterization of Deuterium-Doped Gallium Antimonide Grown on Silicon Substrates, Justin T. Dao, Electrical Engineering
Knights & Neighves, Laura N. Davenport, Film & Television Studies
Why Does Modern Science Need a Father?: French Cartesianism and the Performance of the Scientific Subject, Daniel M. Davis, History
Using Backpropagation Neural Networks for the Prediction of Residual Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils, Luke Detwiler, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Statistical Analysis and Graphic Representation of the Correlation of Bach and Chopin Preludes, Stephanie M. Donato, Department of Mathematics
Belle Femme: An Interpretation of a Play to Raise Awareness for Violence Against Women, Kelsey L. Giustra, Theatre
The Greenleaf Farm Resiliency Project: An Ecological Landscape Design, Holly Lee Greenleaf, Environmental Studies
The Demise of the Citizen-Soldier and its Implications for the Role of the American Army, John S. Hart, History
Poetry as a Complex System, Bronwen E. Hudson, European Studies
“Dual Track Advocacy:” Legal Strategies, Political Strategies and Their Intersection in the Marriage Equality Movement, Alexander Wade Jones, Political Science
Exploring the Laffer Curve: Behavioral Responses to Taxation, Samuel B. Kazman, Economics
THE DUCHESS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF LOUISA LANE DREW, Rivka Kelly, Theatre
EFFECT OF HEXAGONALITY PERCENT ON THERMAL CONDUCTIVTY IN SILICON STRUCTURES., Samuel P. Kessler, Mechanical Engineering
Functional Data Analysis With Application to United States Weather Data, Katherine S. King, Mathematics and Statistics