Honors Projects

These students have been working hard all year on their honors projects, with the help of their faculty advisers. Check out each of their profiles to learn more about their work.

Kiley Addis

To Whom Consent May Concern: Understanding Consent Legally, Institutionally, and Culturally
Thomas Armstrong

The Yellow Belly Anthology: Micro-Films about Humans at their Least Impressive
Samantha Beck

Differences in Glucose Uptake by [psi-] and [PSI+] Cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Garrett Bullock

Distinguished Honors - The Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Rise, America’s Balance, and Latin America’s Struggle
Kailyn Cohen

Redox Properties of the de Novo Designed Due Ferri Single-Chain (G4DFsc) Model Protein
Catherine Curran

Communal Reciprocity in the Andes: An Ethnohistorical Approach to the Relationship Between Ayni and Food Production
Nicole Dalasio

Decision-making, Beliefs, and Personality: Actively Open Minds Versus Cognitive Misers
Caprice Eisele

Does Using wee-1.3 As a Secondary Suppressor Restore Wildtype Timing of Meiosis and Oocyte Maturation in pam-1 C. elegans Mutants?
Erin Fowler

GFAP Expression of Radial Glial Cells of the Regenerating Spinal Cord of Axolotls
Amanda Galczyk

The Meritocratic Fallacy of Higher Education in America
Noah Garber

Piety and Mayhem: How Extremist Groups Misuse Religious Doctrine to Condone Violence and Achieve Political Goals
Kayla Hofmann

The Case of Kashmir: Ethnic Mobilization and Insurgency
Broderick Johnson

Toward the Development of a Carbon Nanotube Drug Delivery System for Clarithromycin
Matthew Kenwood

Evolution of Pollution Resistance of Fundulus heteroclitus
Sophia King

Limited Healthcare Access for Children from Latinx Immigrant Families in the Greater Philadelphia Area
Shannon Kiss

Working Memory and Attention Deficits During a Letter Number Sequencing Task Post-Concussion
Connor Loomis

Distinguished Honors - Characterizing the Interaction of MAGUK Scaffold Protein PSD-95 with Synaptic Adhesion Protein Slitrk2
Jacob Menzer

Effects of High Fat Diet on Cardiac Function
Madison Moses

Distinguished Honors - Applying N to the Field: Cultivating Resilience through a historical and social contextualization of an agroecological soil nitrogen study
Daniel Powell

Currency Internationalization: The Case of the RMB
Oniel Salik

Measuring Ex Vivo Muscle Contraction Forces in Mus musculus
Rebecca Schubach

Shattering Glass Ceilings: Where Are All the Women in Finance?
Evan Scott

Examining Permeability and Contractility of Skeletal Muscle in Castrated Male Mice
Emily Shiplett

La Maladie féminine: Genre, hérédité et milieu dans trois romans d’Emile Zola (The Female Malady: Gender, Heredity and Milieu in Three Novels by Émile Zola)
Avery Sicher

Prenatal alcohol exposure alters the number but not distribution of corridor cells at E13.5
Sabrina Tusavitz

The Comparison of Endothelial Permeability at 48 Hours Post Skeletal Muscle Injury in Male and Female Mice at Various Ages
Richard Wike

Investigating the Cellular Control and Biological Consequences of Prion Formation in Yeast
Robert Wilf

The Transition of Guanyin: Reinterpreting Queerness and Buddha Nature in Medieval East Asia
Parker Wolf

Stock Market Drivers: Corporate Share Repurchases
Hannah Wolfram

Is Tuition Free College the Golden Ticket? A Time Series Analysis of Germany’s Higher Education Policy, 1990-2017

Honors Projects

To Whom Consent May Concern: Understanding Consent Legally, Institutionally, and Culturally

The Yellow Belly Anthology: Micro-Films about Humans at their Least Impressive

Differences in Glucose Uptake by [psi-] and [PSI+] Cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Distinguished Honors - The Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Rise, America’s Balance, and Latin America’s Struggle

Redox Properties of the de Novo Designed Due Ferri Single-Chain (G4DFsc) Model Protein

Communal Reciprocity in the Andes: An Ethnohistorical Approach to the Relationship Between Ayni and Food Production

Decision-making, Beliefs, and Personality: Actively Open Minds Versus Cognitive Misers

Does Using wee-1.3 As a Secondary Suppressor Restore Wildtype Timing of Meiosis and Oocyte Maturation in pam-1 C. elegans Mutants?

GFAP Expression of Radial Glial Cells of the Regenerating Spinal Cord of Axolotls

The Meritocratic Fallacy of Higher Education in America

Piety and Mayhem: How Extremist Groups Misuse Religious Doctrine to Condone Violence and Achieve Political Goals

The Case of Kashmir: Ethnic Mobilization and Insurgency

Toward the Development of a Carbon Nanotube Drug Delivery System for Clarithromycin

Evolution of Pollution Resistance of Fundulus heteroclitus

Limited Healthcare Access for Children from Latinx Immigrant Families in the Greater Philadelphia Area

Working Memory and Attention Deficits During a Letter Number Sequencing Task Post-Concussion

Distinguished Honors - Characterizing the Interaction of MAGUK Scaffold Protein PSD-95 with Synaptic Adhesion Protein Slitrk2

Effects of High Fat Diet on Cardiac Function

Distinguished Honors - Applying N to the Field: Cultivating Resilience through a historical and social contextualization of an agroecological soil nitrogen study

Currency Internationalization: The Case of the RMB

Measuring Ex Vivo Muscle Contraction Forces in Mus musculus

Shattering Glass Ceilings: Where Are All the Women in Finance?

Examining Permeability and Contractility of Skeletal Muscle in Castrated Male Mice

La Maladie féminine: Genre, hérédité et milieu dans trois romans d’Emile Zola (The Female Malady: Gender, Heredity and Milieu in Three Novels by Émile Zola)

Prenatal alcohol exposure alters the number but not distribution of corridor cells at E13.5

The Comparison of Endothelial Permeability at 48 Hours Post Skeletal Muscle Injury in Male and Female Mice at Various Ages

Investigating the Cellular Control and Biological Consequences of Prion Formation in Yeast

The Transition of Guanyin: Reinterpreting Queerness and Buddha Nature in Medieval East Asia

Stock Market Drivers: Corporate Share Repurchases

Is Tuition Free College the Golden Ticket? A Time Series Analysis of Germany’s Higher Education Policy, 1990-2017