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 2022
The Role of the Infralimbic Cortex in Adult Male Rats in a Set-Shifting Task, Megan E. Devir, Psychology
Forcing Families to Choose Between Basic Rights: An Assessment of Vermont’s Nutritional Programs and their Barriers to Immigrants, Mia J. Dillon, Anthropology
The Antimicrobial Effects of Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil on Three Species of Non-aureus Staphylococci Associated with the Bovine Udder and Teat Skin, Leah C. Dollar, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Analyzing and Defining Collective Weakness of Will, Megan Dalton Doyle, Philosophy
Characterizing the Effects of Vaccine Adjuvants on Skeletal Muscle Myotubes and Macrophages, Aliceson L. Drollette, Joseph J. Bivona, and Matthew E. Poynter, Biology
Developing and Testing a Monitoring Protocol for River Corridor Easements in Vermont, Cecelia J. Egler, Environmental Sciences
Case Study: University of Vermont Faculty and Staff Transportation Modes and Carbon Emissions, Kathleen Enns, Environmental Studies
The Perception of Bodies: An Exploration of Ancient and Modern Constructs of Gender, Emily Flavin, Classics
Exploring code dissemination in open science: traces of GitHub projects in the literature, Alex P. Friedrichsen, James P. Bagrow Ph.D, and Laurent Hébert-Dufresne Ph.D, Data Science and Complex Systems
Quantifying Photorealism, Carl G. Fung, Electrical Engineering
Charles I – Dead is Better, Joe Gallo, History
Review of “Sustainable” Management Certifications for North American Maple Sugar Production, Jake M. Gess, Department of Plant Biology
Health Behaviors and the Adolescent Brain: Predicting Cognition from Physical Activity and Diet in Children Enrolled in the ABCD® Study, Reese Joy Fields Green, Mathematics
Daily Scale Dew Point Anomaly Driven Snowpack Ablation in Vermont, Anna Grunes, UVM Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Stacked Organic LED Microcavities with Blue Emitting Layer, Katherine G. Henry, Physics
Parent Psychological Control as a Mediator Between Parental Stress and Children’s Rejection Sensitivity, Katherine E. Hewlett, Psychological Sciences
Using Citizen Science Data to Predict the Probability of Occupancy, Colonization, and Extinction of Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Garrett Timothy Higgins, Environmental Sciences
Testing the veracity of space-for-time-substitution surveys in modeling long-term zooplankton community dynamics, Lia J. Ivanick, Jason Stockwell, and Ariana Chiapella, Rubenstein Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Subtle Worlds: Exploring Relational Ecology with Clay, Emerson Odom Jeffery, Environmental Studies
The Activism, Trials, and Politics of Ahmed Kathrada, McCauley Joshua, History
Twitch Plays Simulated Soft Robotics, Sidhanth Kafley, Computer Science
Differences in the Protective Relation Between Social Support, Gratitude, and PTSD Across Sexual and Non-Sexual Trauma, Julia N. Kim, Psychology
How Bong Joon-ho uses Genre: Subverting Expectations in Memories of Murder, The Host, and Parasite, Liam Kinney, Film and Television Studies
Language Preferences Surrounding the Diagnostic Labels for Anxiety and Depression, Quinn Kirby, Department of Psychological Science
The Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Singing Behavior in Vermont, Chloe Koval, Environmental Sciences