This collection includes Senior Thesis projects that were completed by undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Louisville who as a result graduated With Highest Distinction from the College (prior to 2024, this designation was Summa Cum Laude). It also includes retrospective honors theses from years prior, with permission of the authors.
Theses from 2014
Infall as a function of position and molecular tracer in dense cores., Jared Alan Keown
Examining the effects of saccade execution and handedness on proactive interference., Montgomery A. Kroger
Kentucky politics : where are all the women?, Carrie Mattingly
Is it the thought that counts? : investigating children's understanding of helpfulness, effort, and utility., Danielle McCarty
The human immune response to the flagellins of Burkholderia dolosa., Molly McDonald
Portrayals of mental illness and physical disability in 21st century children's animation., Amy Sue Marie Miller
Interactions between human neutrophils and mycobacterium smegmatis : a comparative general analysis., Irina Miralda
Reflective tales : tracing fairy tales in popular culture through the depiction of maternity in three “Snow White” variants., Alexandra O'Keefe
Imperial masculinities from late Victorianism to early global modernism., Michael Anthony Phillips
From hip to hypocrisy : an exploration of the hipster and the cooptation of style., Melissa Rothman
Promoting diversity in the universal : rethinking universal design for learning., Jill Sadowski
Student government leadership in the 21st century : its importance and why it must be supported., Spencer Scruggs
Costume design for the UofL Department of Theatre Arts' production of Tim Robbins' Dead man walking., Rachel Jennifer Siow
Racial-ethnic identity development in Hispanic young adolescent students : synthesis of literature., Katherine Elizabeth Stemle
Graphic design in the United States targeting Hispanic consumers., Chelsea Vaal
"A more perfect union" : exploring the nature and terms of the American Union., Meghan A. Waters
A retrospective study on the effect of immunotherapy treatment on nasal polyposis., Johanna Haejean Yun
Theses from 2013
Improving student learning of organic chemistry by the use of case comparisons., Divine-Favour Ekene Anene
Global-health diplomacy : the social determinants perspective of health approach and the future global policy agenda., Naseem Ansari
Examining the substrate specificity of factor XIIIa towards peptide substrate modelsaC fibrin domains., Jacob Bell
Subjective depression and thought disorder in schizophrenia : are they related?, Ariel Briggs
Public health department perspectives on cervical and prostate cancer prevention in southeastern Kentucky., Jordan Danielle Burns
Handling a social threat : the fate of women beyond Victorian societal definition., Alexandra Clifton
Ethical imperatives of teaching stress control to promote well-being., Clayton Coleman
Television and depression., Rachel Marie Cunningham
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders : identifying family factors, characterizing child behaviors, and evaluating a parent education program., Lauren B. Davis
Demographic effects on attitudes toward dating violence and the need for legal protections., Kellianne K. Doan
Injustice and the industrial food system : a structural reconstruction., Alexandra Bree Farrell
An examination of interest groups : impact on public opinion., Olivia Feldkamp
An explication of Nietzsche's views on punishment., Erik Jay Hascal
Political polarization : an exploration of its effects on congressional action and public opinion., Jennifer Henry
Identity crisis : the development of ethnic identities in South Africa and Northern Ireland and resolutions to ethnic violence., Erran Michael Huber
Comparing resiliency in early and late-life bereavement., Janna Lynn Imel
The effects of gender on anxiety sensitivity in relation to interoceptive task performances : an exploratory study., Brittany Deanne Miller
Effects of short term high fat diet on obesity and perivascular adipose structure and function in mice : role of aldose reductase, and aldehyde metabolizing enzyme., Daniel Alan Murphy
The effect of inversion on infant attention disengagement from faces., Jessica Pence
Homological algebra : Tor functors, Betti numbers, and free resolutions., Ian Philipp
Sinusoidal endothelial cell-derived extracellular matrix regulates basal and stimulated macrophage activation., Lauren G. Poole
Targeting the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome to induce mitotic arrest in ovarian cancer., Douglas John Saforo
The investigation of protonation of [Mo2(NTo)2(S2P(OEt)2)2(SO)(SBn)(O2CMe)]., Adria Schwarber
Female political leadership in the Southern Cone : roles and perceptions of women in formal politics., Rosslyn Elliott Steinmetz
A comparative analysis of drug-trafficking trends in the Middle East/Central Asia and East/Southeast Asia., Benjamin M. Weyman
From colonialism to neoliberalism : modernity and the state production of a Bedouin-Transjordanian national identity., Amanda M. Yee
Assessing the role of transnational networks of support in color revolutions : successes and failures in Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia., Michael C. Zeller
Theses from 2012
Does inconsistent-handedness lead to a better memory or does a better memory lead to inconsistent-handedness?, Emily K. Carris
Institutionalism to contextualism : modifying the institutional theory of art into a historical/cultural contextualist account., Stephanie Ann Coffman
Examining effects of picture content on false recognition in consistent and inconsistent handers., Rosanna G. Scott
Theses from 2010
A body evolved : the UN Security Council and its role in international politics., Matthew Brandon Davis
