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Honors theses from 2021
The state of healthcare policy education in nursing school curricula: a literature review, Katelyn Gebelein
Design during a pandemic: application of the WELL Building Standard to historic Engel Stadium, Laurel Getty
Building a (great) wall: a semiotic analysis of the rhetoric of President Donald J. Trump, Lauren Gilmore
“Sticks and stones”: experiencing microaggressions from the perspectives of the victim, bystander, and perpetrator, Emily Halvorson
It crits different: analysis of Dungeons & Dragons and tabletop roleplaying games as an oral, collaborative, and immersive genre of literacy, Olivia Haslett
Simplifying the creation of virtual topologies using MPI Sessions, Tom Herschberg
The changing classroom: a thematic analysis on the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic on children and educators of a Montessori school, Briley Holbrook
Molecular dynamic simulation of the complex folding patterns of Apolipoprotein A1 in various concentrations of potassium chloride, Hannah Holmberg
The combined influences of race, sexuality, and gender on perceptions of sexual harassment, Courtney House
Accessibility, aesthetics, and community: lessons for designers from the zine archives, Lilith Jackson
Increasing stress tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using lipocalin genes, Ximena Leon
Shining a light into the darkness: the developmental impacts of internment in U.S. immigration detention centers on detained Latinx children, Rebecca Messer
The Oakland Athletics use of sabermetrics and the rise of big data analytics in business, Jacob Moorefield
Mentally restorative areas for students: impacts of nature on psychophysiological state, Jesse Moore
Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of organometallic complexes for catalytic carbon-hydrogen bond activation, Sophia Neglia
Troglofauna of Van Buren and White County: a survey of four caves in the mideastern Cumberland plateau, Gavin Page
The effect of the apolipoprotein A1 (APOA1): the stability and folding in potassium chloride environment, Alexandra Paladian
Gasification based waste tire integrated energy conversion systems, Karah Powell
Governmental repression: the cases of China, Akbar Rahmani
Breast cancer treatment causing cardiovascular complications: how can we prevent it?, Abigail L. Reese
Discrepancies amongst UTC students' diets and their understanding of their role in environmental activism, Claire Reticker
Presidents and populist politics, Brooke Sobo
Race, sex, exoneration, & compensation: how do they relate? what is done? and what needs to be done?, Sarah Emily Still
American sissy: original poetry, Jonah Stokes
Factors impacting the decision to report sexual assault: a qualitative study, Sarah Swaney
Amateur photography: finding new perspectives and seeking authenticity, Stephanie Swart
Albinism in Africa: examining identity formulation, Corinne Tinkham
Understanding shear thinning using Brownian dynamics simulation, Mackenzie Nicole Wall
Weird and cosmic short horror fiction and the illustration of existential fears, Brianna Williams
An exploration into constructed space, Lauren Elise Williamson
Analyzing the social aspect of e-cigarette prevention with college-aged consumers, Emily Wilson
Honors theses from 2020
Identifying observation unit as best practice, Justin Abraham
Through the elementary school years: self-regulation predicting social competence with student-teacher relationships as mediators, Kelsie Anderson
“A moral imperative to prevent AIDS”: race and religion in Atlanta’s AIDS activism, 1981-1993, Madison Bailey
What's in a name? an assessment of degradation of women in the name of climbing routes, Raiza Barahona
A comparative analysis of Appalachian and Chukchi folktales, Maggie Bishop
Forest kindergarten and the perception of parents, Rebecca Boyer
Predictive modeling of iPhone 7 charge rates using least squares curve fitting, Grace Cahill
The problem-solving workshop: adapting process improvement methodologies for K-12 educators, Madison Chan
Melamine-derived graphene foam as a thermal additive for water harvesting applications, Emily Chase
Analysis of the soil lead contamination issue of South Chattanooga, Tesros Cherian
Politicized prayer: how thoughts and prayers hinder gun legislation, Hope Cody
Complex conversations: a creative exploration into language used over direct messages on social media platforms, Arden Craft
Helios and Tenasi results for the workshop for integrated propeller prediction, Aaron Crawford
Canopy openness as a predictor of growth for Castanea dentata seedlings in the Cumberland Uplands of Tennessee, Hannah Crawford
Sexual health assessments in nursing practice: quantitative analysis of nurses’ behaviors and perceptions, Allison Culp
Augmented Reality in a Dynamic Drone Based Environment, Christopher Davis
African spirituality as female empowerment in the works of Yvonne Vera and Toni Morrison, Annie Dockery
Designing a social media site to connect ill students to their classmates: ClassmateConnect, Lauren Dray
Prevailing facets of Spanish colonialism: the roots of exploitation and inequality in Latin America, Camden Eckler
The rise of the postmodern presidency: the evolution of rhetoric and media usage in presidential election campaigns, Logan Garrett
Fatty acid mediated alterations in biofilm formation with Vibrio cholerae, Isabel Gray
North and South Korea: division by constructions, Hannah Horton
A look into the impacts of tele-optometry expansion, Anna Hulsey
Boundary, costs and trade-offs in reserve design systems, Justus Hurd
A retrospective investigation of racial-ethnic socialization, Adeola Ijiyode
Reconciling Flourishing Egoism with Common Morality, Mark Lamb
Synthesizing and modeling the optical properties of silica aerogel, Hannah Margavio
Reframing severed representations: from biography towards a psychoanalytical reading of Caravaggio’s self-portraiture, Alyson McGowan
Mutually exclusive: a survey of ethical decision making in technology, Connor McPherson
Development of an auto-bioluminescent lung cell line for evaluation of in vitro effects of e-cigarette compounds on normal cell proliferation, Olivia Morrison
Improving engineering education through cyber-physical systems: instrumentation and control of a unit operations laboratory, Shelby Musselman
Job crafting: who and where?, Mia Myers
Mindful yoga as a means of reducing college student stress, Jaylee K. Oliver
Applying deep learning for cell detection in time-lapse microscopic images, Jay Patel
Empathy, perceived similarity, and online aggression, Olivette Petersen
George Berkeley's idealism: an examination of the idealist metaphysics and its connection to philosophy of mind, Joshua L. Powell
Mathematical modeling of a variable mass rocket’s dynamics using the differential transform method, Ashwyn Sam
Envisioning success: an in depth look at the relationship between episodic future thinking and academic goal achievement, Braden Sanford
Gender, intertextuality & market demands: publishing children's picture books, Mackenzie Scott
A meta-analysis of the human uses of pteridophytic species in Tennessee, Diana Sevier
Starting a residential real estate business, Caelan Shurina
Molecular dynamics simulations of apolipoprotein A1 in ionic liquids, Benjamin Smith
College student perceptions of system-culpability in the frequency of wrongful convictions: gauging the importance of respondent characteristics, Merideth Smith
Byron and Don Juan: a case study and queer reading of the closeted libertine, Caitlin Stanfield
Entre países, Jared Steiman
Phospholipid remodeling via exogenous polyunsaturated fatty acid uptake modulates stress resistance in Vibrio cholerae, William Strike
Meta-analysis of biological research literature, Evan Suggs
Living document: an exploration of “self” through lyric & hybrid forms, Shannon Sweeney
The effects of harmful male body representation: uncovered through the lens of podcasting, Madelynne Thompson
The underground and cultural legitimacy: the divide in the american comics history, Preston Trammell
A contribution to the macrofungi of Cloudland Canyon State Park, Peyden Valentine
Global privacy concerns of facial recognition big data, Myranda Westbrook
Envisioning success: a naturalistic investigation into prospective memory performance, reminder use, and memory strategies in an academic context, John Whittemore
HPLC detection of organic gunshot residues with silicone wristbands, Yelyzaveta Zuy
Honors theses from 2019
Exploring the potential for rare and common Borodinia species to acclimate to change, Garrett Allen
Active colloid behavior exhibiting soft-sphere characteristics for non-Newtonian solvent, Courtney Baier
Edge effects and diversity of understory and canopy cloud forest beetles, Mallory Barbier
The effect of soil saturation on the heat transfer rate in a controlled environment for application to ground source heat pumps, William Barnard
The state of financial literacy in Tennessee: do students need higher quality financial education?, Jordan Barnes
Technology in theatre: breaking the fourth wall, Samantha Burns