Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Submissions from 2005
The Furniture Industry: United States Manufacture vs. Chinese Importers, Emily Burnley
Channel 12: The NEXT Frontier, Ameerah Cetawayo
Molecular Mechanics Analysis of Platinum Compounds Chelated to Methionine Residues, Donald James Chapman
Brownfield Development: A New Approach to an Old Problem, Jennifer Corum
Truth or Dare, Cle'shea Crain
Facilitative Government and the Autonomy-Supportive Society, Daniel Anthony DeCaro
Grappling with Scholarship on Pro Wrestling: Comparative Media Studies Inside the Ring., Sam Ford
Does genertic variation support geographical and morphological patterns? A phylogentic interpretation of Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae) using molecular data, Kate L. Hertwick
Moral Developmental Consistency: Investigating the Role of Academic Major, Grace Livingston
The Unbroken Circle, Priscilla Osborne
Phylogenetics of Rubus ursinus and R. macraai (Rosaceae): Evidence of hybrid origin, Brittany Sutherland
Train Up A Child In The Way He Should Go: The Jehovah's Witness' Supreme Court Cases of the Early 1940s, Kimberly A. Tharpe
Self Definition, Erin Westfall
Death, Decay, and Moribund, Virginia Zorn
Submissions from 2004
The Effect of the Dietary Polyphenols Quercetin and Resveratrol on Wound Healing in Bovine Corneal Endothelial Cells in Vitro, Amie E. Abell
Zebrafish cone contributions and ERG waveforms as impacted by CNQX, Margaret G. Au
Cincinnati's German Community: Mid-1800s to World War I, Tiffany Best
The Exploitation of Women In Mexico's Maquiladoras, Jennifer Gibbs
Coming Out: An Analysis According to Gender, Sarah Lawrence
Teaching Fractions, Natalie Miles
The Faces of Persuastion [sic], Melissa Dawn Vincent
Submissions from 2003
Holistic, Preventative, and Alternative Medicine as Incorporated in Today's U.S. Medical School and Medical Practices, Marcelle Beall
Privacy or Police Powers, Raegan Gibson
Charting the Bird Populations of Mammoth Cave National Park, Kristen Jones
Opening Our Eyes to Mind Blindness Within the Home, Melissa C. Jones
Communication Within the Church: Characteristics of the Post-modern Church, Natalie King
Interactive Lego Robots Learning in a Controlled Environment, Jonathan McGehee
The Use of First-Person Narrators in the Poetry of Rita Dove, Laura Phy
Vietnamese in Bowling Green: An American Story, Nathaniel Walker
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