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2016–2017 Honors Senior Theses
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Listed below are Honors Program students’ theses from the 2016–2017 academic year.
- “The Impact of African American Male Incarceration Rates on the Racial Disparity in HIV/AIDS Rates,” Michelle Aelion
- “An In-Depth Exploration of the Adoption of English Loanwords in Spanish and Japanese,” Madeline Anderson
- “Panoptic Urbanism: Techniques of State Power from Imperialism to Neoliberalism,” Elena Bacerril Salas
- "The American Musical as an Evolved Medium for Artistic Innovation and Socio-Political Storytelling" Elise Bulluccia
- "Education as the Problem and Solution to the Enforcement of International Law," Alexandria Boutros
- "Obstetric Violence in the United States: The Systemic Mistreatment of Women During Childbirth." Jane Bradley
- "The Impact of Latinx Mental Health Stigmas on the Success of First Generation College Students," Graciela Covarrubias
- "Houston, Where's My Copilot? Examining the Effects of Pilot Shortages," Thomas Cushing
- "Frontages: A Photographic Essay of Uptown 2016," Clarissa Dallman
- "Midwestern Birds and Their Mythologies" Erica Dix
- "Step Up Your Sports Conversation Game: An Entrepreneurial Venture," Elizabeth Donovan
- "The Choice Between Living and Reproducing: Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan," Sarah Fisher
- "American Sexual Assault and Rape Since the Rise of Donald Trump," Emily Flock
- "Loving the State: The Dynamics of Chinese Nationalism and Implications of China's Role in International Relations," Sara Frankiewicz
- "Undocumented Immigrants in Healthcare: What Can We Do?," Kate Galvan
- "Young Voters' Support for Candidates throughout the 2016 Election," Mallory Garrison
- "Creating Little Red Riding Hood: Morality, Sexuality, and the Evolution of a Classic Tale," Julia Gralczyk
- "Cats and the Economy," Allison Groves
- "Without a Home, but Not Without Hope," Tyler Hamilton
- "Re-Evaluating the Prospect of International Conflict," Evan Kirkeeng
- "Co-Competition: Designing for "Spirit" in Competitive Games," Adam Klopfenstein
- "I Sleep in the Devil's Dreams," Hajrije Kilimja
- "What We Make and Leave Behind: Emotionality in Art & Archaeology," Morgan Krause
- "Reproductive Trade-Offs in a Mast Seeding Species (Picea glauca)," Abigail Leeper
- "The Parental State: A Study of the Wisconsin Child Welfare System during the Progressive Era," Kira Light
- "Rooftop Farms," Samuel Lubliner
- "The Constituted Good Life: A 21st Century Analysis," Rebecca MacMaster
- "Something Borrowed, Something New: The Successful Marriage Between European Ideals and American Exceptionalism in Transcendentalist Literature," Shannon Massey
- "At the Line: A Local Case Study on Medicaid Expansion's Effect on Healthcare Utilization," David McManus"
- "The Politics of Superheroes: Truth, Justice, and Whatever the American Way Is," Kyle Morrell
- "Meiji Japanese Womanhood Through the Lens of Woodblock Prints and Western Feminist Movements," Lena Muldoon
- "Dolls in American Culture from the End of Slavery to the Turn of the 20th Century," Katherine Mumma
- "Life Cycle Assessment of Four Different Sweaters," Sarah Nolimal
- "School Ruins Brown Girls," Alison Ogonmokun
- "Nebraska Values: The Power of Small and Local Public Institutions in Creating a Sustainable and Prosperous Economy," Nicholas Oviatt
- "Zeeman Effect Observations in Class I Methanol Masers Toward Supernova Remnants," Justin Potvin
- "On Akrasia and Empathy," Sam Ridge
- "Mutational Analysis of a Prefusion Model of the Herpesvirus Fusion Protein," Carolyn Robinson
- "Infared Complex Refractive Indices for Motor Oil," Brandon Roman
- "Globalization Post 2008 and the Rise of the Anti-Free Trade Political Party," Nicholas Salek
- "Remote Warfare: The Consequences of United States Counterterrorism Efforts in Yemen," Jonathan Schrauger
- "Performance, Rhetoric, and the Rise of Trump," Madison Schroeder
- "Exploring the Effects of Attachment Styles on Group Decision Making Errors," Sydney Sewell
- "Contre Vents, Contre Marées: The Revitalization of Cajun French," Emma Squier
- "Chromenopyridine Drugs – Characterization and Reactions with Metal Complexes," Phoebus Sun Cao
- "Neoliberal Incarceration: Subjugating the Underclass," Madalyn Tenace
- "Ciudad Juarez and the Movement Against Feminicides in Latin America," Michelle Velazquez
- "Temperature Effects on Spatially Disparate White Spruce Populations," Michael Wade
- "The Language of Memory: Literatures Within Histories," Austin Woodruff