Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Submissions from 2013
Trends in Avian Populations of Kentucky and Implications in Conservation, Sara K. Wigginton
Four-Sided Boundary Problem for Two-Dimensional Random Walks, Miky Wright
Indigenous Credit Associations in Botswana: An Application of Elinor Ostrom's Common-Pool Resource Analysis, Christopher A. Yates
Submissions from 2012
In Defense of Adaptation: Aestheticism versus Functionalism in the Wicked Franchise, Amanda S. Adams
Long-Term Changes to the Frost-Free Season as a Function of Climatic Continentality, Ian Blaylock
What's that Hooting Sound? A Survey on Novel Sound Producing Mechanisms in Chameleons, Keyana Boka
The Evaluation of Water Quality and Weather Patterns as Indicators for Escherichia Coli in Slaters Creek Watershed in Millersville, Tennessee, Jacqueline Brown
Palliative Commitments, Leo Buser
“Make Your Move, Choose Your Food”: A Healthy Lifestyles Empowerment Campaign, Michelle Child
Aggressive Acoustic Behavior in Yasuhikotakia Modesta: Does the Lombard Effect Hold Water?, Bethany Coffey
Managerial Turnover in the English Premier League and the Subsequent Results, Jarrod Connally
Perceptions of Peer Leadership Among Honors Students, Christy M. Culbreth
Causes and Effects: An Examination of Legislative Professionalism as an Independent and Dependent Variable in State Legislatures, Alexandra Edelstein
Personal Reflections on JUMAH COLA TIME TO DRINK and a Declaration of Ideals, Joel R. Fickel
The Effects of Endothelin-1 on Cell Migration of Corneal Endothelial Cells, Leah B. Frazier
The Production of Choreography Influenced by Works of George Balanchine, Tiffany Guy
“East Meets West”: Symphony Television Production, Nathanael Hovee
Passing the Salt: How Eating Together Creates Community, Rebecca Katz
A Mineralogical Textural and Chemical Characterization of a Hypothesized Kimberlite at White Mountain, Sunlight Basin, Wyoming, Stuart Kenderes
The Exchange: A Novella, Katie Knecht
The Concise Guide to the Modern Calvinist/Arminian Debate, David J. Leonhardt
Olympia: A Musical Composition for Wind Ensemble, Kyle MacDonald
Large, Long-Lived Convective Systems Over Subtropical South America and Their Relationships With Atmospheric Teleconnections, Kyle Mattingly
Reaction of Halogenated Hydrocarbons with Cysteine and Nucleotides, Brittany S. Morgan
The Lyme Disease Spirochete in Tick Species Collected from Warren County, Kentucky, Cheryl C. Onwu
Semipermeable Membranes, Diffusion, and Osmosis Inquiry: Effective Modeling in a High School Classroom, Amar Patel
African Agency in the Rally of French Equatorial Africa, August-November 1940, Mark Reeves
Hispanic Outreach in Bowling Green, KY: Defining the Needs of the Hispanic Community, Caitlin Reyes
(Re)Incorporating Poetry into the Secondary English Curriculum, Bethany L. Riggs
A Virtual Tour of WKU’s Main Campus, Zachary Ryle
The Ages and Metallicities of Type Ia Supernova Host Galaxies from the Nearby Galaxies Supernova Search Program, Suzanna Sadler
The Reaction of Methionine with a Non-C2-Symmetrical Platinum (II) Diamine Compound, Nilesh Sahi
Host Specificity of Ecuadorian Bat Flies (Diptera: Streblidae), Eric Stamper
The Influence of European Union Policy on Capital Punishment in the United States Judicial System, Jennifer Thomas
Empowering the World Through Dentistry, Charles W. Vittitow
The Growing Use of Social Media in Political Campaigns: How to use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to Create an Effective Social Media Campaign, Kaitlin Vonderschmitt
A Change in Competition: Assessing the NFA-LD Community and Its Views on Topical Counterplans, Matthew Whitman
Rhythm of My Sole, Jessica Williams
The Prevalence of Essential Hypertension in Kasigau, Kenya, Lindsay Williams
Debating Immigration: Arizona's Controversial Response to Illegal Hispanic Immigration, Parker M. Wornall
Using Two Different Approaches for the Creation of Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)-Functionalized Siloxane Nanoparticles for Organic-Based Solar Cells, Nicholas A. Wright
Synthesis and Characterization of Metallocorrole and Metalloporphyrin Complexes for Catalytic Oxidations, Zhibo Yuan
Submissions from 2011
The Transition From 3-D to 2-D Visual Stimuli and its Effect on Paired-Associate Learning, Amanda Beers
Fighting for Fairness: The History of Kentucky’s Local Movements to Enact Fairness Ordinances in 1999, Micah Bennett
Once On The Dark Continent, Katrina Alexandria Bidwell
Insincerity and Depravity Get Noticed, Alexandria M. Boswell
Human-Wildlife Conflict on Small, Subsistence Farms in Kenya, Christopher B. Colonna
Community-Based Research in LaGrange, KY, Kathryn Crimm
The King, the Cardinal, the Concubine, and the Chronicler: A Lesson in Fluid Prejudice, Sarah Crites
Written in Stone, Michelle Day
A Turn of the Century Lady, Grace Delahanty
The Formation History Of Layered Chondrules In Acfer-139 (CR2), Matt Downen
Masculinity in Musicals: A Comparison Between the 1950s and Present Day, Emily M. Eisenbrey
Assessing Social Benefits of Domestic Rainwater Harvesting in Southern Kenya, Lindsey M. Filiatreau
A Comparative Analysis Of Judicial Selection Methods In Tennessee And Kentucky: Appointed V. Elected, Eileen M. Forsythe
Promoting Unity Through Propaganda: How the British Government Utilized Posters During the Second World War, Elizabeth Tate Goins
Using the Web Wisely: Assisting the Nonprofit Sector with Internet Use, Lesley N. Greenwell
Social Media For Social Good: A Guide To New Media For College Activists, Charles Harris
The Effects Of Housing And Childcare On Academic Persistence: Perceptions Of Scholar House Residents, Jessica Hawkins
Chemistry - ACS Certification, Daniel Hinson
Reliability Of a Lunar, Amanda Michelle Huff
Citizen Journalism: Historical Roots and Contemporary Challenges, Wally Hughes
Avian Abundance and Diversity in CREP and Fescue Fields in the Summer and Winter Related to Vegetation Structure in the Upper Green River Watershed, KY, Thomas A. Hulsey
A Series of Un-breathable Events: The Clean Air Act and the Transformation of Environmentalism in American Society, Chelsea Kasten
Youth and Legends: A Short Story Collection, Jennifer Kiefer
The Casualty of Home, Molly Koeneman
The History Of Zoological Gardens And The State, Federal And International Laws That Govern Them, Morgan Maxwell
DNA Sequence Variation in the Wingless Gene Product in Buckeye Butterflies (Genus Junonia), Bonnie McCullagh
PCR Amplification Of Trypanosoma Cruzi - Specific DNA from Raccoon Blood Samples, Colin Moss
The Proliferation Of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Depends On Thioredoxin 1 Protein In A Model Of Pulmonary Hypertension, Viktoria Nelin
The Federal IMD Exemption and Cost-Shifting, Todd Rainey
Reactions With Platinum (ll) Complexes And Selenium-Containing Amino Acids, Stephanie Robey
Exploring the Relationship between Facebook, Face-to-Face and Intercultural Communication, Rebecca Schaefer
Helping Those Who Are Dedicated To Helping Others: A Campaign For The IRHDR, Tracy Leigh Scherzer
Implementation Of An Inexpensive 3d Scanner, Robert Michael Sivley
Assessment Of Prenatal Care And Perinatal Outcomes In Kasigau, Kenya, Allison Smith
Estriatus, Nate Spicer
We Can Grow It: Reporting on Women in Agriculture in India, Belize and the U.S., Colleen Stewart
Lessons From Gilead: Producing a Student-Directed Musical at Western Kentucky University, Stephen G. Tabor
Effective and Affordable Novel Arsenic Removal Technology, Benadin Varajic
Making WKU a Fair Trade University, Matthew John Vaughan
The Culture of Skydiving, Steven Wade
Screening RNAi Transformants Of Chlamydomonas For Reduced Expression Of The Photoreceptor Cryptochrome, Jeremy Webb
The Effect of Music on the Social Behavior of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rachel Weinzapfel
Prescribed Fire Effects on the Summer and Fall Herbs of Mesic Deciduous Forests, Margaret Wilder
Health Care In America: How To Fix Costs and Employer Provided Insurance Through Consumer Driven Health Care, Jonathan Williams
Predictability Time of Chaotic Cosmologies, John Max Wilson
Changes In Newspaper Portrayals Of Women, 1900-1960, Laurel Wilson
Examining Type Ia Supernova Progenitors from Local Event Rates, Schuyler Wolff
Submissions from 2010
Search for Advocacy: A measure of local attentiveness to homelessness, Courtney L. Aldrich
Incorporation of Europium (III) coordination compounds into silica microspheres, Johnathan Nathanael Brantly
Growing Up Financially Literate: A Lifelong Curriculum, Amanda J. Brown