Honors Scholar Theses from 2020
An Empirical Approach Behind the Effects of the Individual Mandate in the US Labor Force, Darin Mathew
Brothers as Men: Masculinity, Homosociality, and Violence Among Fraternity Men, Daniel McCloskey
Math Anxiety in Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Hearing Students: Antecedents and Outcomes, Akriti Mishra
Comparing Behavioral and Parent-Report Measures of Executive Functioning in Deaf and Typically Hearing Children, Abeer Mohamed
Use of Food Waste Activated Carbons for Wastewater Treatment, Abigale Monasterial
Incentivized Learning and Libraries: A Comparative Study of Summer Reading Programs in Connecticut, Andrew Morrison
Musical Ability and Accent Imitation, Maria Murljacic
Identification and Analysis of Feather Degrading Bacteria: A Search for Keratinase Genes, Nehal Navali
Detection of Tinnitus in CBA/CaJ Mice Using the Active Avoidance Shuttle Box Test, Grace Nichols
Characterization of a Mycoplasma Pneumoniae CARDS Toxin Mutant, Nikaash Pasnoori
Optical Clearing Reveals TNBS-induced Morphological Changes of VGLUT2-positive Nerve Endings in the Colorectum, Shivam Patel
Supplements That Affect Cortisol Concentrations during High Intensity Exercise, Sophia Pelehach
Coding Discourse Using Distributed Communicative Principles, Andrea Polin
Examination of Online Accommodation Information for College Students with Disabilities in New England, Emily Rakers
Infinite Volume Reconstruction Method QED Pion Mass Corrections on the Lattice, Michael Riberdy
Temporal Localization of Video Topics Using the YT8M Dataset: An Exploration, Katherine Riedling
Impact of Different Types of Social Support on Adherence and Treatment Outcomes in an Online Behavioral Weight Loss Program, Jocelyn Rossitto
Amygdala and Neocortical Structural Volume Analysis in the Shank3B Mutant Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Preet Sawhney
Evaluating Driving Performance of a Novel Behavior Planning Model on Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Keyur Shah
Using Machine Learning to Conduct a Detailed Behavioral Analysis in an Appetitive Social Learning Task, Thomas Shao
Spirituality as a Moderator Between PTSS and Cardiovascular Reactivity, Kriti Sharda
Contributions of gyrA and parC Mutations and qnrS2 Acquisition to Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Aeromonas veronii Hm21, Daniel J. Silverstein
Exploring the Relationship Between Children’s Vocabulary and their Understanding of Cardinality: A Methodological Approach, Justin Slifer, Emily Carrigan, Kristin Walker, and Marie Coppola
Description of the Attitudes, Knowledge and Beliefs on Marijuana in Undergraduate Students Compared to Nursing Undergraduate Students, Maifrak Sobrino
Investigation of Particle Interference in Induced Electromagnetic Coil, Elizabeth Soha
Poor Maternal Nutrition during Gestation Alters Placental IGF-I, IGF-II, and IGFBP-3 mRNA Expression in Sheep, Caitlyn Splaine
Pre-Exercise Hydration Status Changes in Females Throughout the Menstrual Cycle, Kristen A. Splaine
Ethnic Conflict's Effect on Internet and Black Male Feminism, Seraphin Tala
Driven Towards Whiteness: the 1968 Election and White Supremacy, Arianna Tsikitas
KCNQ2 Localization in the Brainstem, Christina Valera
Theoretical Foundation of Solution Dehydration in Porous Media: Effect of Microstructure and Solute Interactions, FERNANDA SULANTAY VARGAS
A consistent classical relativistic model of a finite size particle, Mira Varma
Bach-to Ysaÿe: History and Performance Considerations of Sonata No. 2, Mai Vestergaard
TyrR Regulates the Ability of Enterobacter hormaechei to Induce Melanin Production in Cryptoccus neoformans, Ally Watson
Attitudes, Knowledge and Beliefs on Marijuana use in Pregnant Women in Undergraduate Nursing Students, Jordyn Witkins
Iron Manicures: Sex, Power, and Sedition in Margaret Atwood's Writing, Anna Zarra Aldrich
Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Platform for Direct Clinical Samples, Terrance Zhang
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: The Case of the Fashion Industry, Karina Zhao
Honors Scholar Theses from 2019
Decentralization and the Provision of Public Services: A Case Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Mishaal Afteb
Cooperation or Conflict: Using Alliance Theory to Explain the Current Gulf Cooperation Council Crisis, Pierre Aguirre
Seeing Eye to Eye: A Machine Learning Approach to Automated Saccade Analysis, Maigh Attre
DepressionGNN: Depression Prediction using Graph Neural Network on Smartphone and Wearable Sensors, Param Bidja
The Effect of SOX 404(b) on Large Non-Accelerated Filers’ Earnings Per Share Rounding Behavior, David Bigos
A Robust Delivery System for RNA Therapeutics, Suleyman Bozal
Combinatorial Optimization: Introductory Problems and Methods, Erin Brownell
An Analysis of Abdominal Stability Following Hyperthermic Exercise in Euhydrated and Dehydrated Conditions, Carli Ceckanowicz
Utilizing Blockchain Trade Finance to Promote Financial Inclusion, Bryce Ciccaglione
Lattices in Cryptography, Andy Guo
Differential Iron Regulatory Genetics in 2D & 3D Culture of Breast Cancer Cells, Tyler Hanna; Suzy Torti Ph. D; Frank Torti M.D., MPH; and Nicole Farra Ph. D.
Deicing Salts Influence Ranavirus Outbreaks in Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) Tadpoles, Sarah Jacobson
Presidential Power Couples: Does a Strong First Lady Correlate with a Strong President?, Misha Jethwa
Watching Grass Grow: How Soil Moisture Affects Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Growth in Little Bluestem, Laura M. Jones
Make History Accessible: The Case for YouTube, Rohit Kandala
Treasure Hunters, Adventurers, Sport Divers, and Archaeologists: Influences on Early Underwater Archaeology, Henry Kennell
Narratives of Incarcerated Women, Kaceylee Klein
Assessing the Morphology of Vesicles in Inhibitory Symmetric Synapses in Safety and Fear Conditions in the Rat Lateral Amygdala, Valerie Kress
Screening and Diagnosing Spinal Muscular Atrophy by use of Buccal Swabs: a Validation Study using ddPCR, Anna Mackay
Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment: Adherence, Stress, and Sleep Study, David Massabni
The Impact of Musical Experience on Learning Non-native Speech Sounds, Brenna McNamee
The Signaling Pathways of Metallothionein-Mediated Chemotaxis in Breast Cancer, Jennifer Messina
School Policy Evaluated with Time-Reversible Markov Chain, Trajan Murphy and Iddo Ben-Ari
Quantifying Expression of Interneuron Subtype Markers for Dlx-2 Transfected NG2 Cells, Timothy Nolan
Connecticut Waterfront Property Premium in Areas with Flood Risk, Conor O'Donnell
Shootings and Their Effect on Stock Price and Volume in the Firearm Manufacturing Industry, Conor O'Donnell
Modeling of Vapor Sorption in Nanoparticle Chemiresistors, Alexandra Oliveira
An Analysis of the Business Structures and Performance of Traditional vs. "Freemium" Applications, Daztar Pagdiwala
Fast Optimization Algorithm for Linear Regression Models with Sparsity-Inducing Penalties, Saket Pandit
Development of a Sonically Powered Biodegradable Nanogenerator for Bone Regeneration, Avi Patel
Embryonic Lethality of Cranial Neural Crest Deletion of Cdc73, Lilia Shen
Analyzing the Mindsets and Behaviors of Introductory Physics Students through the Lens of Intellectual Humility, Meagan Sundstrom
Holocaust Education in Connecticut: The Passing and Implementation of Senate Bill No. 452, Shira Tall
Understanding Volatility: An Analysis of the Stock Market Return-Variance Correlation, Richard Traub
Determining Defense: Bureaucracy, Threat and Missile Defense, Emilyn Tuomala
Observing the Political and Economic State of South Africa Through the Lens of the Principal-Agent Problem, Justin Vampatella
Honors Scholar Theses from 2018
The Identification of Functional CLL-Associated SNPs Through PRO-seq and Transcription Factor Binding Site Analysis, Mary Accurso
The USH2A Gene: An Analysis of Ultrasonic Vocalizations in a Mouse Model of Usher Syndrome Type 2, Kiana R. Akhundzadeh
Lucian's Imagines: A Student Reader, and Pro Imaginibus: a Translation, Jesse Amar
Combinations of Allelopathic Crop Extracts Reduce Digitaria spp. and Setaria faberi Seed Germination, Peter Apicella and Karl Guillard
A Qualitative Study of School-Based Sexuality Education State Policies and LGBTQ+ Student Experiences in Sex Ed, Anna Babbin
Characterizing Cultivable Bacteria from Trachymyrmex septentrionalis Fungus Gardens, Hannah Beatty
Development of the Codebase for ECE Design: Smartwatch Device and App for Continuous Glucose Monitoring, Keelin J. Becker-Wheeler
Climate Change and Lyme Disease: The Science and its Applications in Education, Christen J. Bellucci
Composition and Function of the Bacterial Consortium Associated with the Accessory Nidamental Gland of the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid, Jessica Bertenshaw
Distribution and Localization of Novel Iodine Nanoparticles in the Human Glioma 1242 Growing in the Brains of Mice, Benjamin Billings
Effect of Silk-Based Hydrogel Topography on Intestinal Epithelial Cell Morphology and Wound Healing In Vitro, Marisa E. Boch
Identifying New Genes Involved in Centromere Establishment, Megan Boyer
Juvenile Amphibian Response to Oak and Maple Leaf Litter, Benjamin Breslau
Effort-Related Decision Making in COMT Variant Mice: Pharmacological Studies and Genetic Susceptibility to Motivational Dysfunction, Suzanne Cayer
Evaluating Itraconazole Analogues and Translesion Synthesis Inhibitors as Anti-Cancer Agents, Kelly Allison Chan
The Psychology of Baseball: How the Mental Game Impacts the Physical Game, Kiera Dalmass
Breaking Out From Tradition: Redesign of Large Physiology Lecture Increases Engagement, Inclusion, and Student Outcomes, Jordyn Dickey, John Redden, and Kristen Kimball