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Honors theses from 2018

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The psychosocial effects of compensated turnout on dancers: a critical look at the leading cause of non-traumatic dance injuries, Rachel Smith

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Drama as a tool for addressing cultural stereotypes, Elizabeth Smoak

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Improving alternative fuel efficiency with water injection, Connor Strawn

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An analysis of prosocial behavior in customers, Erik Swanson

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Madness as "The Divided Self" in the works of American female authors, Katherine Sweat

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Foster parent disciplinary strategies and child behaviors, Tamarah Taylor

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Use of stereolithographic 3D printing for fabrication of micro and millifluidic devices for undergraduate engineering studies, Cooper Thome

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Culture, food, and racism: the effects on African American health, Kalah Elantra Vance

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An implementation of packet-switched communication for pilot protection at Tennessee Valley Authority, Ha Le Vo

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Measures of resilience and entitlement in a sample of baccalaureate nursing students, Katherine Leigh Walsh

Honors theses from 2017

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Demographic differences in drug dependency: implications for policy, practice, and research, Charles D. Baker

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Effectiveness of conservation education at the Chattanooga Zoo, Luke Allen Black

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Modelling the role of chance in mating dynamics, Libby K. Boykin

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An analysis of prevalence of chytrid fungus in an amphibian assemblage in Middle Tennessee, Cameron Brocco

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Floccinaucinihilipilification, Bonnie A. Buffington

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RMS Titanic: creating an American obsession, Judith E. Cathey

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"Tell me you own me, gimme them coins": postfeminist fascination with Lolita, Lana Del Rey, and sugar culture on Tumblr, Rachel E. Davis

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Gender, consent, and hermaphroditic legibility in James Joyce's Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, Carter R. Elsea

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Exploring the relationship between socioeconomic status and health, as it affects men and women, Taylor Engel

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Engagement with the visual arts increases mindfulness, Lydia G. Fogo

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Predicting the author of Twitter posts with Markov chain analysis, Daniel Freeman

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The effects of e-cigarette exposure on cell viability and gene expression, Christine Hale

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Parents perceptions of the internet and its effects on their children, Brittany Hill

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Developmental steroids and vitamins: identified and quantified in predatory lady beetles, Andrea Hixson

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Systematic review of patellar luxation in dogs, Alexandria D. Holt

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The entrepreneurial philanthropist: can it B?, Abby M. Kinnard

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Magically empathetic: an investigation of theory of mind and empathy in the Harry Potter series, Lindsey M. Layman

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BSN student's perspective of Departmental Honors Thesis: a case study approach, Kathryn Messier

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Examining the needs of refugees and refugee service providers: a case file examination, Alyson D. Miller

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A biotic survey of outcroppings and Pinctada longisquamosa in Oyster Pond, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, one year after Hurricane Joaquin, Ashton Selah Mitchell

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Development and production of a one act play, Josiah D. Motok

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The Internal Revenue Code: a burden for taxpayers or an instrument for social change?, Heather N. Murray

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Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in watercourses situated in southeast Tennessee, Macall A. Nabors

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Irrational in its rationality: a critique of the all lives matter movement and one-dimensional society, Elliot Newell

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A study of the photoacoustic effect in ethylene gas, Jay Nguyen

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The effects of perinatal methamphetamine use on maternal and child outcomes: implications for education among BSN nursing students, Tina Nguyen

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Nutrition education intervention in a low-income middle school increases students’ smart beverage choices, Liana Rodrigues

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Statistical linear mixed models for evaluation of training program in hand surgery chief residents, Zoe Michelle Ross

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Exploring the role of local adaptation in the response of Maianthemum canadense to climate warming, Spenser J. Ryan

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Measuring the presence of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in East Tennessee, Erin A. Schrenker

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The intellectual, ethical, and, spiritual dimensions of the Islamic thought, Ambreen Sohani

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Fluorescence and UV-VIS studies of quinone-induced protein modifications, Charles A. Thomas Jr

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Creating a zero + energy building model, Ashley N. Thompson

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Working with mental illness and the preparation of social workers, Destini Triplett

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Riddarasögur: changing medieval Norway with French romance literature, Elizabeth Tuggle

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Emphasizing colonization in modern environmental and women’s activist movements in India and the future of ecofeminist movements for creating a more just and sustainable future, Alea M. Tveit

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When deception gets personal: an exploration into personality's link to deception, Jason T. Weber

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Octahedral ruthenium(II) complexes for C-H bond activation and olefin hydroarylation, Patrick Z. Zdunek

Honors theses from 2016

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Effects of cigarette butts on coastal waters: an elemental analysis of seawater from St. Simon’s Island, Katherine Adorati

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Ireland defined as place, Halley Andrews

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Determining energy output in manual and automated solar arrays, James K. Ayres

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Are tax exemptions for "churches" a blessing or a curse for taxpayers?, Hannah Bauman

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The transfer of commensal and transient bacteria into deep tissue using dry needling needles through agar media designed to mimic the elasticity of human skin, Denisse N. Breton Guerrero

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More than a wheelchair in the background: a study of portrayals of disabilities in children's picture books, Sarah Caroline Crawford

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An ethics of economic sanctions, Macallee N. Goldman

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The impact of political oversight in democratization: the cases of Japan and Bangladesh, Andrea K. Griner

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The phenology and compatibility of Hazelnut (Corylus avellana) cultivars in Tennessee, Ben Nigel Heard

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Redemption of man and nature: environmentalism through the lens of mainline Protestants and conservative evangelicals, Scottie Glen Hill

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Wireless voice amplification device for weak patients, Daniel Alexander Johnson

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Millennial skepticism and susceptibility to media persuasion, Olivia K. Lee

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Common Core in Tennessee: an analysis of eighth grade mathematics standards, Hayley Little

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Assessing the feasibility of a one-pot, tandem olefin metathesis and isomerization sequence to synthesize conjugated aromatic olefins, Ajay D. Makwana

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Alkaloids in e-cigarettes: their effects on cell growth and gene regulation, Maxwell H. Marlowe

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The simple zeros of the Riemann zeta-function, Melissa N. Miller

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Exogenous polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) scavenging affects phospholipid profiles and virulence phenotypes in Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Anna Moravec

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Explaining the outcomes of the Affordable Care Act through Lowi and Salamon’s policy evaluation models, Anna Moravec

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Media's ISIS crisis: how ISIS came to be through framing and naming, Cameron A. Morgan

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Uncovering cryptic diversity of desmognathine salamanders in the Cumberland Plateau utilizing molecular genetic techniques, Katherine E. Ray

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From the hallways to the courtroom: struggle for desegregation in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1954-1986, Kelly R. Reed

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The efficacy of congestion pricing, Zachary J. Ridder

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Measuring Phytophthora resistance phenotypes in segregating testcross families of hybrid American chestnut trees, Anna C. Robinson

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Understanding tacit theories of nonprofit administrators in collaborative interorganizational networks, Ella C. Sanders

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Super PAC funding and its impact on voting behavior in the U.S. House of Representatives, Michael J. Scariano

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The role of context and memory strategies in prospective memory commission errors, Iain A. Scott

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SBAR, communication, and patient safety: an integrated literature review, Kathryn R. Stewart

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Which language(s) are best (for web development), Jackson A. Stone

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Determining methods of propagation for the investigation of intraspecific variability of climate change responses of Appalachian plant species, Gayle L. Tyree

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A fractional boundary value problem, Grant Yost

Honors theses from 2015

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The relationship between receptacle design, normative conduct, environmental concerns, and recycling behavior, Molly Arnold

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The layers of memory at Sachsenhausen: from the GDR to contemporary Germany, Barry J. Bookheimer Jr.

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Synthesis of novel dienes and cyclic compounds via olefin metathesis reactions catalyzed by the second generation Grubbs catalyst, Patrick Joseph Carey

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Solicitation of identity in Cien años de soledad, Marinda J. Cauley

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Intertwining discourse: an examination of suffrage and antisuffrage rhetoric, Emilee L. Cutright

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State vs. Federal: marijuana legislation and its effect on taxes, Mamie G. Duckworth

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The effects of lotion fatty acids on gram negative skin flora: implications for membrane remodeling and pathogenicity, Adrianna Eder

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Facebook | Panopticon: an analysis of Facebook and its parallels to the Foucaultian Panopticon, Stephanie A. Fast

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Black male student success in U.S higher education: lessons from the Institute for Responsible Citizenship, Robert A. Fisher

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Modifications of lysozyme by substituted benzoquinones, Hendrik J. Greve

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The role of the tiger and the elephant in the ascent of Africa: partners or neocolonialists?, Charlotte A. Hill

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Minding the gap: connecting the mirror cities of London in the novels of Neil Gaiman and China Miéville, Miranda Hill

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Underworld journeys in The Faerie Queene and The Lord of the Rings: exploring the “Belly of the whale” of Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth and the effect on the hero’s return from adventure, Kayla M. Kirkendall

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An examination of relocation videos and their ability to persuade entrepreneurs, Julia N. Martin

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BasketBallBot: education level development of a fuzzy controller for a linear motor under saturation limits, David L. McPherson

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The uptake and incorporation of exogenous fatty acids confer phenotypic advantages to acinetobacter baumannii, Saba A. Munir

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A manipulation study: the effect of predation risk on the space use of the Chilean rodent, Octodon degus, Erin D. Myers

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Determination of antibiotic release from electrospun nanofibers, John P. O'Brien III

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Investigation of the thermodynamic properties of the oligomerization domain of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein c, John P. O'Brien III

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Engendering epic: heroism as constructed masculinity in the epics of Gilgamesh and Beowulf, Rachael Scott Poe

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Sport-related head injury and performance anxiety, Haley V. Popp

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Analysis of an electrospun nanofiber device applicable to limb salvage: mass loss, morphological changes, and quantification of antibiotic release, Caitlin Quinn