Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Submissions from 2002
Dante's Thomistic Vision: The Commedia, Frank Muller
Chimes In April, Samuel Stinson
Life Under the Third Reich as Seen Through the Eyes of Women Who Lived It, Amanda Stout
Saint Boniface and the Conversion of Germany During the Early Eight Century, Joel S. Thomas
An Investigation of Factors that Influence how Students Decide on a Major at Western Kentucky University, Cinnamon C. White
Orwell's Prophecy, David M. White
The L&N's Battalion: The Story of the 728th Railway Operating Battalion, sponsored by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company during the Second World War, David Matthew Wilkins
The Office of the United States Trade Representative, Phillip J. Winniger
Crisis Management at Western Kentucky University, Jeana LeAnn Woods
Submissions from 2001
Helping At-Risk Students Add Up: Motivational Lessons for Students in High School Mathematics, Karen Beckner
Nursing Considerations in the Assessment of an Autistic Child, Leanna Walker
Margery Kempe and Perfectionism, Howell Williams
Submissions from 2000
The Impact of Elevated Environmental Temperature on Cytokine Synthesis and Nitric Oxide Production During Experimental Chagas' Disease, L. Curtis Cary
The Golden Fields of Santo Domingo: A Historical Analysis of America's Obsession with the Dominican Republic During the Nineteenth century, Dennis W. Pennington
Submissions from 1999
Breaking the Rules: A Rebuttal of Normal-Tension Glaucoma, David Brey
Effects of Subcultivation on Cryopreservation on the Surface Expression of NA+, KT- atpase of Bovine Corneal Epithelium, Leslie Dossett
Breathing Zen: Thomas Merton's Search for 'The Death of Self', Angela Fairbanks
Black Enfranchisement in Kentucky: The Impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Gail Joyce Guiling
Carothers McCaslin's Progeny Tracing the Theme of Redemption Chronologically Through the Multiracial McCaslins, Christine Reiss
In Search of a New Totality: Herman Hesse's Demian, Jeffrey Shannon
The Emotional Consequences of Victimization, Kim Van Zee
Submissions from 1998
Autosomal Recessive Forms of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, David N. Catlett
Voices From The Margin, Williams Compton
Storybook Reading and the Speech Language Pathologist: A Fundamental Partnership for Speech and Language Intervention, Angela Crume
The Effects of Pool Size on the Microinvertebrate Populations of Chaney Lake, an Ephemeral Wetland located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Shannon Gaines
Gideon v. Wainwright & the Evolution of the Sixth Amendment, Anne Guillory
Defining the Roles of Physical and Occupational Therapists in the Health-Care Environment Today, Sandi Jo Haile
An Exploration of Possibly Using Anti-Angiogenic Therapy as a Treatment for Lung Cancer, Peter Alan Middleton
Neighborhood Friendship Networks and Fear of Crime, Mandy Palmiter
The Establishment of standard methods and experimental procedures for the prototypical ICP/TOF-MS using an ICP-AES, Joseph Riley
Voices of Color: The Presence of Minority Broadcast Media Professionals, Kristi Runyon
Violence-Prevention Education For The Primary Classroom, Carrie Shaw
Investigating the Formation of Extra-Galactic Radio Jets, Casey R. Watson
Submissions from 1997
Local Web, Niche Publications & Their Entrance into the Bowling Green Market, Erica Arvin
Implications of Extended College Algebra on Western Kentucky University Students, Julie Anne Baker
Outside My Bedroom Window, Nicole Hodson
Walt Disney Company: The 1984 Attempted Takeover and the Recovery Plan Devised by Michael Eisner, Pamela Howell
The Dissent and Its Change, Lee R. Hunt
Ethanol - One Solution to Kentucky's Dependence on the Tobacco Economy, Jenna Stutts Medlin
Phylogenetic Placement of African Cornus: Evidence of Nuclear rDNA, Scott Myers
The Effect of Self-Focused Attention on Psychopathology, Keith Payne
Under the Cover of Apathy: The Struggle for Equality in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Shannon Shea Peterson
Shadows of Roots, Linda Price
Internet Politics and Cyberparties: Revolutionizing American Democracy, Kelly Prince
Giving Credits where Credits are due: Revising the Script on Hollywood's Books, Lisa Simmons
Gang and Gang Activity in a Non-Metropolitan Community: The Perceptions of Students, Teachers, and Police Officers, Joshua Swetnam
One Lone Voice: John Marshall Harlah and the Constitutional Rights of African Americans, Diana Jean Werkman
The Resolution of Chiral Dialkylarylsufonium Ions by 1H NMR Spectroscopy, Johnathan Whetstine
Submissions from 1996
The Autistic Child: Intervention Strategies, Kristie Jackson
Nationalism in the Post Cold-War World, Krista Knaul
Beginner's Luck: A Screen Play, Marissa Lee
Looking Back: The Iranian Revolution in The New York Times and Christian Science Monitor, Stephen Lega
Robert Elsmere as a Reflection of the Tractarian Controversy (1833-1890), Katherine Litchfield
Integrated Marketing Communications and the Role of Public Relations, Jennifer Lynch
The Cross-Cultural Use of Sexually Explicit Language to Express Anger and Aggression, Deanna May
A World Federal State: A Study of the PRogression of Civilization and a Recommendation for the Future, Joseph Oakes
An American In Paris: Defining American Interests in Post Cold War Europe, Kelly Parker
An Analysis of Two Tests for Diesel Contamination in the Environment when Considering the Impact on Hydrocarbon Degrading Bacteria, Chris Wedding
Submissions from 1995
ADA LAW: Program and Service Requirements as Applied to WKU, Jaron Blandford
The Effect of Selenium Supplementation on the Immune Response of Mice with Experimental Chagas' Disease, Cindy Calisi and Lynette Brooks
Expectations of Family Physicians Perceptions of the Doctor and Patient, Mary Eva Farrar
Kentuckians at War: A Soldiers Perspective of WWII, Sherry Troutman Frashure
Martha Gellhorn: The Hemingway Years, Tracy Freeman
Assessing the Need for a Formal Training Program Concerning Shoplifter Apprehension, April Lynn Hicks
Dialogue and the 1993 World's Parliament of Religions, Cory Hollon
The Prenatal Use of Crack Cocaine: How it Affects Children and How Schools Can Respond, Michelle Kirkham
Circadian Rhythm of Brain GABA Levels in the Cockroach, Leucophaea maderae, Juli Martin McCay and Jeanette Marie Gibson
Using Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to Combat Environmental Injustice, Amanda Moore
Home Schooling and Kera: Comparison of Themes and Development, Dana Patterson
Teachers Attitudes toward Students Learning at Higher Levels: A Challenge to KERA?, Kimberly Rager
A Study of How Women are Perceived in the Workforce, Christopher Roberts
Violent Juvenile Crime: Its Victims and their Rights, Amy Steinkamp
Submissions from 1994
Electron Stimulated Desorption of Alkali Halides, Islamshah Amlani
Women without Men: Hemingway's Female Characters, Kelly Brillhart
Cultural Identity in the European Union: The Discovery of a New Challenge, Marcello Bruni
Prelude to the Great Society: Cultural Change in the 20th Century America, Julie Davis
The Role of Religion in the Psychology of Coping with Lifestyle Changes and Traumatic Life Events, Tricia C. Drury
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Female Characters An Author's Changing Perspective, Todd Dykes
Benefits of Using Team Choice for Windows as a Multi-Criteria Decision making Group Decision Support System, Eddie Goggans
Principal Figures, Activity Issues and Doctrines that Shaped Medieval Church Supremacy, Wayne Hallett
Steinbeck's Portraits of Prostitutes: Progression of an Author's Vision, Rhonda Jenkins
Retiling a Colored Hexagonal Plane, Kari Kelton
Home Schools and KERA:Comparison of Themes and Development, Dana Patterson
Utopian and Dystopian Theories on Property, Cheryl Cowles Poe
Demanding Citizenship: The U.S. Women's Movement, 1848-1930, Lena Sweeten
Submissions from 1993
Nashville's Printing and Publishing Sector: A Historical and Empirical Study and Its Impact Upon the Region, David Carr
Bioremediation: A new Technology using Inhabitants of the Soil, Matthew Fields
AIDS: A Question of Care, Michelle Nye and LauraLee Wilson
The Pepper Commission: Judgements From Various Parties, Michelle Rogers
The State of Department Store Retailing, Juanita Smith
Achieving Equal Opportunity in American Public Schools Through Equitable Funding and Multicultural Education, Cindy Lee Underwood
Submissions from 1992
Anglo-Italian Relations During the Unification of Italy, R. Scott Anderson
Can Extra Fat Make Healthier Hogs?, Anne Elise Clark
1920: The Year Baseball went Modern, Donald Loiacano
Mothers in Prison: A Look on the Inside, Kelli Nicole Smith
Computer Science Education at WKU, Malcolm Stallings