Theses - Honors College: Recent submissions
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A Translation of Two Synchronic Russian Linguistic Articles: A Commentary on Their Functions
(2020-06-05)Within current morphosyntactic theory, the ability for a rule or taxonomy to be universal is crucial. By translating two linguistic articles, I present findings relevant to current linguistic theory within modern Russian. ... -
In The Shadow of The Mountain: Stories from Soliders at Nui Ba Den
(2020-06-01)Having developed a deep passion for the Vietnam War, this project was born with the hope of telling a narrative of the men of a single military company in Vietnam between 1969 and 1970. Oral history interviews were conducted ... -
Howling: Hecuba in Ovid’s Metamorphoses XIII and Beyond
(2020-06-01)Hecuba, the ill-fated Queen of Troy, appears in significant literature from Homer’s Iliad to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. While the Hecuba of Euripidean tragedy has warranted much attention, Ovid's rendering of her in epic poetry ... -
Purpose Marketing: A Genuine Way for Companies to Advocate for Change or a Deceitful Sales Tactic?
(2020-06-01)This thesis explores the implementation of purpose marketing in modern day advertising. Studies have shown that consumers are willing to switch to brands that support causes they believe in, and brands have started to ... -
"Who is the Other?": The Intersection of Anthropological and Theological Discourse On U.S. Relations with Latin American Refugees
(2020-06-01)The existence of oneself logically necessitates the existence of another, for being able to define what one is requires that one differentiates from what one is not. This is referred to as the self-other dichotomy. The ... -
Existentialism and Modern Music
(2020-06-01)Existentialism and Modern Music comments on both philosophy and music by drawing parallels between the two. Existentialism helps explain the trends in musical development, shows the direct correlation of composer life-views ... -
Girls Gone Wild: Female Authorship in Augustan Rome
(2020-06-01)It is no surprise that, based on the records that we have today, the literary field of Ancient Rome consisted almost solely of men. However, one female author survives, hidden within the Tibullan corpus. In six short ... -
The Importance of Proper Status Assignment on Medicare Observation Patients
(2020-06-01)Observation Units are ultimately intended to give hospitals greater time to more accurately diagnose patients admitted through the Emergency Department (ED), both freeing up ED beds and avoiding unnecessary admissions. ... -
Inside the War Room: Strategies for Effective Policy Briefs from American Think Tanks
(2020-06-01)This thesis will attempt to demonstrate what constitutes an effective policy brief. First, I will look at historical attempts to measure influence, using those as a guide to define an ‘effective’ policy brief. Next, this ... -
The New Advocate: A History of Early Female Lawyers in the United States from 1860 to 1920
(2020-05-29)This thesis will explore the history of the first female lawyers in the United States. I will detail the struggles and successes of those women who, from 1860 to 1920, formed a sense of professional identity for American ... -
Belief and Credence: A Defense of the Vague Reduction
(2020-05-29)An epistemological issue garnering increasingly more interest is the relation between the doxastic taxonomies of traditional and formal epistemology, and especially the relation between rational, outright belief and credence. ... -
Roman Catholic Church Teaching and Abortion: A Historical View from the Early Church to Modern Day
(2020-05-29)The Catholic Church is known today to be staunchly opposed to any practice that violates the dignity of human life, including abortion. While the Catechism refers to this teaching as constant and unchanging since the first ... -
Physician Burnout: The Need for Medical Humanities
(2020-05-29)While the U.S. health care system aims to cure patients efficiently, the way in which society approaches the practice of medicine dehumanizes both physicians and patients. This thesis looks at the issue of physician burnout ... -
Witch-Media: A Lens for Understanding Female Empowerment
(2020-05-29)From the ancient era to modern times, magic and witchcraft has both fascinated and terrified people. As magic has continued to capture the cultural imagination, witches have become a prominent figure in modern media. Books, ... -
Starting a Relationship is Difficult: Phubbing Creates Bad Impressions and Prevents the Creation of Relationships
(2020-05-29)Phubbing is a portmanteau, or combination, of the words “phone” and “snubbing”. To be phubbed is to be snubbed, or ignored, by someone using their cell phone when in your company. This paper reviews the literature about ... -
The Effect of Religiosity on the Coping Ability of Post-Combat Service Members
(2020-05-29)There is a current gap in literature regarding individual religiosity in the military. Research in this area has the potential to help reduce the suicide rate among veterans and provide a more efficient approach to ... -
The American Anti-Vaccine Movement: An Investigation of Populism, Polarization, and Public Policy
(2020-05-29)Populism, animated in part by the distrust of elite authority, can be found across the spectrum of American political ideology. From Donald Trump and his “drain the swamp” rhetoric to Bernie Sanders and his denunciations ... -
Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) at the Family Health Center
(2020-05-29)The relationship between societal conditions and health is longstanding. A growing body of research suggests that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) negatively affect health-risk behavior and disease in adulthood. While ... -
The Effects of Chemotherapy on Affect and Behavior in Mice
(2020-05-29)Chemotherapy has been shown to disrupt cognition in breast cancer patients, referred to as chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (CICI). CICI may be caused by inflammatory cytokines or decreased hippocampal neurogenesis ...