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 2024
The Unique Associations Between ADHD Symptoms and Children’s School Readiness in a Preschool Sample, Greta Vecsey, Psychological Science
Racially Polarized Voting Analysis: Ecological Inference Applied to the 2022 Midterms in Georgia, Hannah E. Warn, Mathematics
First Meals and Last Meals: Vehicles of Food Meaning, Sophie E. Warth, Anthropology
Evaluating the Impact of Climatic Factors on Tick-Borne Pathogen Prevalence: Insights from Ixodes scapularis and its Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti Pathogens, Joseph D. Webb, Biology
Change in the Abundance of Coral Across the Hawaiian Archipelago During 2000–2017 in Relation to Thermal Stress, Emma Wetsel, Rubenstein
Collective Nostalgia’s Effect on Consumer Behavior, Jasper Williams, Grossman School of Business
The Effects of Microtiming Deviations and Quantization on the Perception of Musical Groove, Emilia Winquist, Mathematics and Statistics
Multiphase Modeling & Locating Oxygen Gas in a High Test Peroxide Satellite Propellant Tank, Elizabeth Gilbert Zheng, Mechanical Engineering
Assessing the Contribution of Liver 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-CoA Synthase 2 (HMGCS2) to Dietary Medium-Chain Triglyceride-Induced Ketone Body Production, Kaitlyn A. Zoller, Madeleine M. Mank MPH, V. Amanda Fastiggi BS, and Matthew E. Poynter PhD, Department of Medicine
Theses from 2023
Assessment of Differences in Performance of Two Lake Trout Stocking Strategies in Lake Champlain Using Lipid Analysis, Jack B. Baker, Matthew Futia, and J. Ellen Marsden, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Science Communication and Social Media: Audience Reactions to Mpox on YouTube, Zoë Bui Barton, English
Spatial and Working Memory in Mice post Traumatic Brain Injury, Sarah Baumann, Biology
Why are Young Adults Using E-cigarettes? A Survey of Vermont Undergraduate Students, Max Gunnar Behrens, Psychological Science
The Entanglement Entropy and Quantum Sticking of a Cold Atom, Alice Dennett Blake, Physics
Risk Analysis of Clostridiodides Difficile Infections in a Hospital Setting and the Impact of Prior Choice on Predictive Capability, Trevor D. Blanchard, Statistics
Green Tinted Glasses: Fashion Consumption Practices as Pro-Environmental Behaviors, Sadie Bloch, Community Development and Applied Economics
The Effects of Mutations in a Highly Conserved Site on the Alpha-4 Helix of KIF18A, Olivia Anne Budington, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Jazz as an Imperfect Metaphor for Democracy: The Asian American Woman's Experience, Irene Choi, Music
Effects of In-Stream Process-Based Restoration on the Geomorphology of a New England Headwater Stream, Evan S. Choquette, Environmental Sciences
Paid Parental Leave and Gender-Just Degrowth, Eleanor Churchill, Environmental Studies and Economics
Mechanisms of Vascular Endothelial Cell Plasma Membrane Activation Following Acute Exposure to Trauma Factors, Jade Cleary, Neuroscience
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Vermont Parents, Geneva R. Cote, Biomedical and Health Sciences
Characterization of Lymantria Dispar Dispar Defoliation in Vermont: Comparing Unoccupied Aircraft Systems and Satellite Data, Lauren Cresanti, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
REV1 inhibition elicits differential response to cancer therapy, Andrew J. Crompton and Nimrat Chatterjee Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
An Assessment of Stigma in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Vermont, Charlotte Frances Crum, Mathematics & Statistics