Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Submissions from 2013
A Discussion of Structural Analysis Techniques for Western Kentucky University's Concrete Canoe, "Courageous", Aaron J. Daley
Bones, Frogs, and Killers: The Corporeal Oppression of Women in the Patriarchal, Christian South, Shawna F. Felkins
Artistic Anatomy: Utilizing Dancer's Individual Physicality within the Choreographic Process, Erin E. Finn
Measuring Empowerment: A Program Evaluation of the Youth Organization Sal y Luz in Medellin, Colombia, Ashley D. Fitzsimons
Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Study of Carbonates from Watling's Blue Hole and Blue Hole Five, San Salvador, Bahamas, Elaine D. Flynn
Comparisons of Genetic Diversity Among Disjunct Populations of Magnolia tripetala, Victoria A. Gilkison
Command Your Keyboard, Michelle L. Gilstrap
Mattathias' Other Son: The Story of the Maccabean Revolt (A Novel), Ameliah E. Given
Truth, Subjectivity, and the Aesthetic Experience: A Study of Michel Foucault's History of Madness, Clay Graham
Two Genetic Effects at the IRF5/ TNPO3 Locus are Independently Associated with the Development of Specific Lupus Symptoms, Samantha Hawtrey
Challenges of Graduate School, Alexander D. Heath
Characterization and Reaction of an Analog of the Anticancer Drug Oxaliplatin, Jonathan D. Hendrie
Molecular Mechanics of Oxaliplatin and an Oxaliplatin Derivative with Their Relevant Biological Targets, Daniel C. Jackson
Refugee Services in Kentucky: A Case-Study of CEDARS in Bowling Green, KY, Mia J. Jackson
A Practicum in Financial Planning, Erika L. Klosterman
Engagement Media - The Fusion of Journalism and Museum Experience Design, Brieonna L. Logsdon
At the Heart of It, Alixandra F. Mattingly
"Lord Keep Us Safe This Night": Religious Imagery in Depression-Era Rural Quilts, Kelsey N. Mattingly
Rainwater Harvesting: Examining the Potential of Rainfall Collection as a Stormwater Best Management Practice and a Supplement to Municipal Water at WKU, Ashley C. McCloughan
Using Art to Promote Peace in the Lives of Elementary Aged Students, Megan McDonald
A Civil Engineering Student's Crash Course in Concrete Canoe Hull Design, Emily G. Mesker
Painting Connections, Wesley Miller
An Interpretation of Genesis 1:1-2:3 in Light of Ancient Near Eastern Traditions and Modern-Day Science, Rebecca J. Morgan
An Analysis of Public Education Informatics, Brandon Moss
Population Genetics of the Western Toad (Bufo boreas) in the Central Valley of California, Morgan Murrell
The Creation of α2NC1 Transgenic Drosophila melanogaster, Jordan Olberding
A Clean Slate: Tablet Publishing for College Yearbooks, Samaul J. Oldenburg
Can Persuasion Research Increase Commitment to Breastfeeding? A Test of Women's Resistance to Pro Infant-Formula Messages, Jessica M. Parks
A New Class of Gold Nanoantibotics - Direct Coating of Ampicillin on Gold Nanoparticles, Dillon S. Pender
Prophylactic Effect if Growth Hormone on Zebrafish Auditory Hair Cell Damage, Mackenzie C. Perkins
Financial Literacy in Retirement Planning, Jennifer Potts
The Sentencing Structure of White-Collar Crime, Catherine Reeves
Using Partial Differential Equations to Model and Analyze the Treatment of a Chronic Wound With Oxygen Therapy Techniques, Brandon C. Russell
Artie Shaw's Concerto for Clarinet: A Lecture Recital, Allyson Sanders
Comparing Public and Private Schools, Emily Scheper
ACL Tears: Their Cause and Prevention, Meredith Shephard
Jesus, I Trust in You: St. Thomas Aquinas' Jubilee, John A. Sohl
Pre-program Assessment for Fall-Related Hip Fracture Prevention in a Rural Community, Katryn Inga Steenbergen
Students Serving Students: Perceived Benefits of Direct Community Service, Ashley M. Taylor
The Effects of the Media on College Age Men: A Study of Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder, Aaron D. Waddell
Analysis and Interpretation of the 2013 WKU Steel Bridge Competition, Dylan H. Ward
Using the Stroop Test to Indicate Levels of Muscle Dysmorphia in Men, Molly White
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