2016–2017 Honors Senior Theses

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