Honors Program Capstone Project

• Using Painting as a Cathartic Release for Victims of Domestic Violence and People Overcoming Grief by Rachel Biglin

Biology:

• Population Dynamics of Daphnia sp. In Sites Lake, Richland Co. by Kristina J. Carlson
• Identifying Novel Regulatory Regions of the Zebrafish αBb-crystallin Promoterby Amy Drossman
• The Study Effects of Valproic Acid on Xenopus Laevis by Michael Hull
• Strain-dependent Ability of HSV-1 to Bind dsRNA Varies With Number of N-Terminal Arginines In Viral Protein ICP34.5 and Replication is Affected in a Strain-dependent Manner by the Presence or Absence of Cellular Protein TIA-1 by Julie R. Jeyaratnam

Business Administration:

• "Where ya Bean?"  A Coffee Shop Bakery Business Plan by Jeanne DuBois

Child and Family Studies

• International Students' Perceptions of University Assistance with their Social Adjustment by Sarah Ebinger

Economics:

• An Alternative Measure of Federal Indebtedness by Sarah Muse

Education:

• The Use of Facilitated Communication Training by Individuals with Autism: A Fight for Validation by Holly Aurand
• A Study of Diversity in Curriculum in Ohio by Ashley Carpenter

English/Creative Writing:

• The Lives We Live by Gina Berila
• The Hands of a Healer - J.R.R. Tolkien's Understanding of Kingship by Lauren Calco
• Good Questions, Better Tools:  A Guidebook for Fledgling Grant Writers by Sara Garska
• Beyond the Cellophane A Poetic Manuscript and Critical Analysis by Andrea Haynes
• Masquerade : Lyric and narrative Form in Poetry, A Self Study by Laura May
• Differentiating Gender Differences in Christian Missions: A Study of Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible by Sarah Moyer
• Sylphish A Poetry Collection and Analysis by Jessica Ponto

History:

• Early History of the Identification and Designation of the New Testament Canon by Betsey J. Arnold
• William McKinley and the American Regime by Allan Carey
• "You Must Know How to Live in Africa": Lessons of Humanity, Love, and Forgiveness in South Africa by Angela Cook
• Heracles and the Foundings of Sparta and Rome by Nicholas Granitz
• The Clash of Two Swords: King Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII by Erin Murray
• "The Most Barefaced Attempt at Censorship":  Examining the Nye Accusations of Hollywood Interventionist Propaganda Before Pearl Harbor by Allison Shuman
• American and German Airborne Forces in World War II by Laureen Thompson

Integrated Science Education

• Analysis of Bacterial Abundance and Species Diversity in Various Soils by McKenzie Roth

Journalism:

• You Have the Right to Remain Silent: A Journalist's Right to Keep Their Sources Confidential by Kristina Philips

Management:

• Motivation in the Workplace: Examining Goal Setting and Expectancy Theories of Motivation by Megan McDowell

Marketing:

• VIEWNU, L.L.C. Business Plan by Corey Barnett
• What Impact Has Internet Buying Had on Traditional College Bookstores and How Can They Compete? by Kristina Hendershot
• Culture's Impact on the Marketing Mix by Kimberly K. Miller

Mathematics

• Exploring the Platonic Relationship between Probability and Yahtzee by Kara Biltz

Music:

• Foundations of Praise by Amy Wagner

Philosophy:

• Beauty: The Metaphysical Form of the Feminine by Rebecca S. Apple
• Mill: On Liberty, Utilitarianism and the Non-Sovereignty of the Individual by Frederick T. Bills
• Transcendental Metaphysics and beauty by Keith Darsee
• The Ethical Foundations for America's Foreign Policy by Patricia M. McClellan

The Morality of Killing in Self-defense: A Christian Perspective by Jonathan Spelman

• Faith, Hope and Charity: The Philosophical Thought of Richard Hooker by Sean S. Templeton

Physics:

• Investigation of Carbon Wire X-pinch Backlighting for Pulsed Power Driven Exploding Wire Experiments by Sean McGraw

Political Science:

• Land That I Love: Searching for Beauty in America's Political Principles by Joe D'Andrea
• Improvisation and Self-Emancipation by Carolyn D. Garris
• United States Cuban Relations: Past, Present, and Future by Heather Imboden
• Good Medicine: The Founders' View of Faction in Federalist 10 and the Progressive Response by James Kresge

Of Gods and Men: A Political Study of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar by Robinson O'Brien-Bours

• The Dictates of Conscience: The Debate Over Religious Liberty in Revolutionary Virginia by Deborah O'Malley
• Liberty of Conscience: A Discussion of a Reformed View of the Separation of Church and State Through the Writings of the Puritans, William Perkins and Roger Williams by Leah Sammons
• 'A well ordered home is my chief delight': Abigail Adams on Women, Family, and Politics in the American Republic by Melissa Siman

Psychology:

• Critiquing the Medical Model: Why We Think Madness Is Illness by Daniel Oliver
• The Relationship Between Early Memories and Later Adjustment Problems by Jessica York

Religion:

• Sacred Metalcore:  A worship, culture, & missiology study of the Christian metal scene by Paul Lattimer
• The Ontology of the Feminine as Found in the Fiction of C.S. Lewis by Lisa M. Otten
• The Inherent Value of Animals and the Role of Man: The Christian Case Against Animal Experimentation by Kristen Sikora
• Fruits of the Faith:  Reading Jesus' Parables from an Agricultural Perspective by Michelle Conti Tucker

Speech Communication:

• 'No Child Left Inside' and Ecotourism as Public Relations Tactics: The Case of Malabar Farm State Park by Katherine Blackley
• Yes, I think it is a very unique relationship.' A Look into Peer-Assisted Student Development by Samantha Stroud

Theater:

• Where the Wild Things Were:  Tackling the Tangled Teeth of Costume Design by Sean Smith

Toxicology:

• The Toxic Effects of Atrazine and Permethrin as a Mixture by Phillip Wages