Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Submissions from 2016
Tipping The Scales: Is Right-To-Work Legislation On The Path to Prosperity?, Jessica Canada
An Assessment of Scholastic Basketball Programs: Administration, Facilities, and Support, Leah Cannady
Optimizing an Organizational Program for Halton Company, Chandler Clark
Effects of an Electronic, Motion-Activated Scarecrow on Foraging Time in Nocturnal Vertebrate Crop Pets in South Africa, Mallory Clouse
Sound Data Collection and Transmission Noise Reduction, Bradley Cockrel
Stigmatization fo HIV/AIDS: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, Jamie Doctrow
A Study of Chemistry: For Wind Ensemble, Morgan Duff
Toxicity of Platinum Containing Compounds with Variable Leaving Ligands on Cancer Cells, Brooke Duke
Immigration After McKinley: How A President’s Death Breathed Life into Immigration Policy, Carolyn Evans
The Lagging State of Renewable Energy in Kentucky, John Evans
Extracurricular Involvement and Anxiety in Relation to Suicide Ideation among College Students, Paula Floyd
How Best to Study for a Test: A Comparison of Practice Retrieval and Self-Explanation, Casey Fortney
Outcomes of Speech and Language Pilot Program for International Students, Kelly Fussman
Do Ask, Do Tell: The Exclusion of Gay Men from Universal Male Conscription in the Republic of Turkey, Barrett Greenwell
Contribution of a Putative UP Element DNA Sequence to the Activity of a Newly Identified Phage Promoter, Courtney Hamilton
Get in the Zone: A survey of Dental Professionals' Knowledge of Ozone Therapy, Emily Hannah
Cross-Cultural Comparison of Credit Transfer Practices, Lending and Financial Inclusions in North America, Europe and the Middle East, Jessica Henao Barragan
Transforming the WKU Office of Sustainability's Front Yard into an Edible Landscape, Alexandra Hezik
Organizational Justice and Social Media in the Employee Selection Process, Hayden Hickey
Association of Body Weight with Athletic Success and the Occurrence of Female Athlete Triad in Cross Country Athletes, Lindsey Hinken
Tutor in a Bag: Reaching Struggling Readers, Lillian Hoskinson
Testing the Effects of Professional Development on Elementary Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Mathematics Inquiry Instruction, Courtney Inabnitt
Western's New Deal: The Shaping of College Heights during The Great Depression, Sean Jacobson
The Language of Fashion: Communication, Conceptual Clothing, and The Runway Performance, Jarred Johnson
Designing and Building an Automatic Chamfer Grinder, William Johnson
The Effects of Community-Building on Achievement, Motivation, and Engagement in Undergraduate Mathematics, Hannak Keith
A Quantitative Analysis Of Hugelkultur And Its Potential Application On Karst Rocky Desertified Areas In China, Megan Laffoon
The Effect of Prescribed Fires on Vernal Herbs, Janis LeMaster
Bethlehem Chapel: How a Place Can be Reinterpreted by Government, Maya LeMaster
Muscle Dysmorphia and Athletic Identity, Taylor McGohan
Case Study from Inside a Presidential Campaign in the 100th New Hampshire Primary: Analyzing the Hillary for New Hampshire Field Organization, Christopher McKenna
Voter Turnout in a Low Interest, Off-Year Election: A Field Experiment, Zachary Miller
Exercise to the Rescue: An Analysis of Altered Metabolic Gene Regulation Post-exercise in Lean and Obese Individuals, Brandon Mudd
Dependency Theory Reloaded: Exploring Baseball in the Dominican Republic, Sarah Nass
Predictive Abilities of Past Performance Versus Self-efficacy, Across Contexts and Goal Types, Alexandra Oldham
More than Cookies: A Study of Trends and Promising Practices in Programming for Older Girl Scouts, Jennifer Ottersbach
Student Perceptions of Services for Veterans and Military Personnel, Philip Parsons
An Engineering Approach to Industrial Research and Development of Pillows, Wesley Patterson
Fluency: A Steady Beat in the Making, Nicole Patton
Steps in Time: An Exploration of Tap Dance Education, Sara Pecina
27 Floors of Support: Effectively Advertising Campus Resources to College Students, Amanda Peerce
To Cheat or Not to Cheat: Impacts of Learning Disability Status and Impulsivity on Cheating, McKenzie Perdew
Gender Role Identification, Sexual Orientation, and Disordered Eating in Young Adults, Natalie Perkins
The Preservation of Identity: A Narrative Examination of National Parks in Kentucky, Abigail Ponder
Cases of the Mammoth Cave Bug: The Fascination of Exploration at Mammoth Cave, Dakota Pope
Olive in an Oak Grove: A Novel, Haley Quinton
Examining Patient-Centered Care through the Eyes of an Occupational Therapist, Molly R. Ray
Snapple: Integrated Advertising Campaign, Hayley Renneker
A Spatial Analysis of Settlement, Accessibility, and Quality of Life of the Burmese Refugee Population in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Matthew Riggle
The Age-Friendly Cities Project in Bowling Green: A Narrative History, Hannah Ruggles
Universities and Sustainable Food Practices: An International Comparison Along the Pacific Coast of North America, Alexandra Schulte
What Goes Up Must Not Come Down: The Tweet Retraction Process of Politicians, Paige Settles
Performance Prediction of Drying Process in Residential Clothes Dryer Using Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation, Molly Shircliff
A Targeted Approach? A Study of NGO Roles and Practices in Promoting Economic Development, Emma Shoaf
Invisible Children: The Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Primary Education in Central America, Megan Skaggs
Icelandic Fisheries: Scenario Planning for Climate Change, Tara Sorrels
A Multi-Wavelength Analysis of Cold Evolving Interstellar Clouds, Mary Spraggs
The Prospect of Democracy: China’s Possibility of Political Reform, Chase Thomas
The Implementation of Alternative Pain Control Methods by Dental Hygienists, Alejandra Valadez Rodriguez
The Effects of Drought on Diets of Apex Predators in the South African Lowveld Inferred by Fecal Hair Analysis, Shelby Wade
Expanding the Applicability of Raman Spectroscopy for Monitoring Photocatalytic Degradation, Franklyn Wallace
Analyzing the Regionalized Awareness of Distraction Osteogenesis, Ali Weinzapfel
CSR Reporting and the University, Corbin Wilson
Culture Shock: Understanding World Cultures through Arts Integration, Shelby Wooldridge
Submissions from 2015
Analysis of Seed Preference Trials of Red Veld Rats and Smith's Bush Squirrels and Trap Effectiveness in the Lowveld of South Africa, Brooke A. Barber
Women's Contraceptive Choices: A Look Into the Women of Warren and Allen Counties, Kentucky, Mollie M. Berger
Horses' Responses to Receiving Masterson Method™ Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork™ Treatments, Carla O. Beu
老人与海: The Cultural Classroom Handbook, Jessica Ann Brumley
Risk Assessment of Hazardous Materials Transported by Rail through the WKU and Bowling Green, Kentucky Corridor, Rebecca Center
Evaluate Me: The Effects of Anticipated Rapid Feedback and Beliefs about Ability on Performance, Joanna Chang
Targeting Nonconformity in Elizabethan England: Colonial Rhetoric as a Tool of Religious Differentiation, John Corum
Trypanosoma cruzi Prevalence in the Domestic Canine Population in Central and Eastern Kentucky, Katelyn Cox
Blood from Blood and Earth from Earth: Examining Cultural Identity in Second and Third Generation Hispanic Americans, Caroline E. Culbreth
Gender and the History of Philosophy: An Analysis of Essentialism and Gender Disempowerment, Forrest T. Deacon
The Assignment: How the Videographer's Role is Shaped by the Job Assignment, Ian J. Dowty
Women’s Perceptions of Muscular Body Image and Its Impact on Eating Disorders, Juliana Eovino
Endothelin-1 Promotes Bovine Corneal Endothelial Cell Proliferation via a MAPK Pathway: Implications for Keratopathy and Deturgescence, Brandon C. Farmer
Synthesis and Application of PDIB Nanostructures in Solar Cells, John T. Ferguson
Architectural Bridge Consequence, Jennifer Gaiko
A Critical Analysis of Volunteer Tourism and the Implications for Developing Communities, Haley A. Garrison
The Effects of New Materials and Teaching Methodologies on Low-Level Biology Courses, Rebecca L. Garrison
Best Practices of Organizational Communication in Group Travel Planning, Natalie N. Gilliam
Gendered Legislation: Effects of Percentages of Females in Legislatures on Policy, Elizabeth Gribbins
Impact of Working Alliance on Clinical Outcomes in Veterans Enrolled in Suicide-Specific Group Therapy, Brittany N. Groh
The Correlation of Childhood Obesity and Dental Caries in South Central Kentucky, Christina Guthrie
Aerosol Size Distribution Measurements During the 2014 NASA SARP Campaign in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, Victoria A. Hampton
They're Watching Us: Conspiracy Theorists in Popular Media, Parker A. Hanna
Baby Names as a Determinant of Cultural Assimilation in the Continental and Non-Continental United States, Paige M. Harrison
The Effect of Cheese on the pH Levels in the Oral Cavity, Madison R. Hayden
Mythological Influences on Southern American Authors, Natalie L. Hayden
Multimedia Reporting: Creating Unique Content that Spans Multiple Platforms, Joshua Carl Holland
Subgingival Air Polishing in Dentistry, Chelsea T-P. Howell
Bone Stimulation Implemented Using the L-PRF Technique within the Clinical Setting in Kentucky and Tennessee, Kyndall A. Hudson
No Absolutes: A Fantasy Collection, Tiffany M. Hughes
Assessment of Estrogenic Compounds in a Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent and Effluent, Alexandra L. Hunter
Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of Catalytic Oxidations by Manganese(III) Porphyrin and Iodobenzene Diacetate, Kawai Kwong