Theses - Honors College: Recent submissions
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The Intersections of Neglected Tropical Disease and Surgical System Strength in Low and Middle Income Countries
(2019-12-19)Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a subsection of diseases identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) that burden approximately 1 billion people every year. The majority of the affected individuals live in low ... -
Liberal Capitalism as a Constraining Ideology
(2019-12-19)In this thesis, I explore the benefits of liberalism and capitalism, but I also criticize some of their ideological tendencies, criticizing them for overemphasizing the role of politics and economics in human flourishing. ... -
The Journey Home
(2019-12-19)The idea of home is one that is central to a sense of identity. However, what makes someplace a home? The Journey Home is a creative thesis in which I explore the idea of home through short stories and poetry. In my thesis, ... -
The Potential for Acupuncture to Mediate Hippocampal Apoptosis: A Systematic Review
(2019-12-19)Apoptosis is programmed cell death that can be maladaptive when not properly regulated, especially when it occurs in the hippocampus. The exact mechanisms for apoptotic malfunctioning are yet to be fully understood. ... -
The Voting Rights Act and Shelby County v. Holder: An Examination of Federalism and Reconstruction
(2019-12-19)The Fifteenth Amendment ratified during Reconstruction ensured that no man would be denied equal access to the ballot based on the color of his skin. Although it took nearly a century to realize the full mandates of ... -
A Qualitative Exploration of College Students' Experiences Seeking and Receiving Support From Their Parents During College
(2019-12-19)College can be a stressful period of time for emerging adults, and these years may also be marked by changes in the parent-child relationship (Youniss & Smollar, 1985). In order to cope with stress, college students ... -
Breathed Through Silver: Four Modern Writers and Their Approaches to Christian Fiction
(2019-09-13)In this thesis, I address the use and appeal of fiction as a medium for exploring Christian ideas by analyzing and comparing how four influential writers from the last hundred years particularly approached exploring ... -
Microcredit Groups and Support: An Examination of Group Member Characteristics and Individual Outcomes
(2019-09-13)While the microcredit group has existed since its introduction by Mohammed Yunus in 1976, very few studies address a key feature – the individual and collective characteristics of the group members themselves. Group members ... -
Teaching Elementary Students Media Literacy Skills Using Animated Movies
(2019-05-24)Parents and family members alike have always shown concern for their children’s television and movie watching habits. Questions arise about the appropriateness and influence of content regarding these types of media. ... -
Geospatial Analysis of Pediatric Surgical Need in Somaliland
(2019-05-24)Global pediatric surgery has remained a neglected area of concern, despite the disproportionate health care burden surgical conditions cause on the already vulnerable pediatric populations living in low and middle-income ... -
Where are the Wonder Women
(2019-05-24)As superhero movies continue to grow in popularity, they also grow in the ability to leave drastic impacts on our collective culture. Because of this influence, it is important to consider how these movies portray different ... -
A review and analysis of fault detection and attribution metrics in MSPC literature
(2019-05-24)In multivariate statistical process monitoring, many methods have been developed for detecting faults and then attributing the cause of a fault to particular monitored variables. Consequently, a variety of metrics are used ... -
The Monday Girls: An Original Screenplay
(2019-05-24)Downtown Chicago, 1985: a young girl from a broken home loses her identity and falls in love with rock ‘n’ roll. This thesis uses the medium of scriptwriting to explore how coming-of-age stories grapple with identity, ... -
In Advocacy of Equity Pedagogy: The Rise and Fall of the Raza Studies Program
(2019-05-24)Equity pedagogy is a framework earlier referenced in Bank and Banks’ (1995) tenets of multicultural education. In the contemporary sense, it is explored through the implementation and removal of an ethnic studies program ... -
Socioeconomic Inequalities and Mothers' Mental Health: Current and Future Implications for Sociological Research
(2019-05-24)In sociological research, numerous studies document strong associations between socioeconomic status and mental or physical health. At the same time, mothers represent a vulnerable and distinct population group, and research ... -
The Impact of Centering Pregnancy on the Rate of Preterm Birth at the Waco Family Health Center
(2019-05-24)Centering Pregnancy is a non-traditional model of prenatal care that aims to provide comprehensive care and education to patients with a facilitative approach in a group setting. The goal of this research is to determine ... -
Walls Can Talk
(2019-05-24)Upon learning that a large factory in small-town Ohio is closing, tension between employees develops into violence. Though corporate greed is ultimately to blame, racial and social tensions result in a rage-fueled murder ... -
The Effects of Medical Technology on Person-Centered Care in Modern Medical Practice
(2019-05-24)Providing person-centered care has been a longstanding mission of medicine. Since Hippocrates’ writing of the Hippocratic Oath, considering the patient and their wishes first and foremost has been the common goal of ... -
Augustine's Just War and Nuclear Weapons: From Hiroshima to Today's Nuclear Arsenal
(2019-05-24)President Truman’s decision to drop two nuclear weapons on Japan to end World War II is one of the most contentious decisions in the 20th century. Those who abhor his decision argue that the use of nuclear weapons is ... -
An Examination of the Relationship Between Dating Violence, Suicide, and School Connectedness in United States Adolescents
(2019-05-24)This study examined the relationship between adolescent dating violence and suicidal ideation, using school connectedness as a potential protective factor. The study used secondary data from the National Longitudinal Study ...