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Honors theses from 2024

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Gender performance in “cult” conversion narratives: the Twelve Tribes, Navah Chestnut

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Effects of age and gender on perceptions on victims of financial exploitation, Kathleen Hillman

Honors theses from 2023

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Examining the microbial diversity of a generalist ant along an urban-rural gradient, Abdol-Munim Abazid

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Species diversity of Coleoptera populations in an urban garden in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Mallory Anderson

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Examining vicarious racial trauma in college students, Kiara Baker

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The Hilbert sequence and its associated Jacobi matrix, Caleb Beckler

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On the causation of the Mexican-American War, Emery Benson

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CARED for ED non-emergency care: college student acceptance, ranking, and economic deterrents of ED non-emergency care, Evan Britt

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Tales of the keyworld: an examination of the study and application of craft theory for writers, Lauren Bruce

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Gerrymandering in a selection of central Alabama school districts, Rebekah Cahill

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The relationship between voter perceptions of frequency of police use of excessive force and support for the death penalty, Amelia Collins

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Assessing the utility of high-throughput phenotyping for ecological applications, Annabree Corlew

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Iran's involvement in the Syrian civil war before and after JCPOA, Kaitlin Coulter

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Boudica at the intersection: gender, alterity, and narrative in imperial Roman historiography, Adam Cummings

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The effects of TikTok's COVID-19 content on anxiety in young adults, Nicholas Fontaine

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Modeling surface structures for the capture of carbon dioxide, Paige Freyre

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The effect of different types of plastic and rubbers often found in healthcare facilities on the survival of potentially pathogenic bacteria, Ashely George

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Closing the loop of food systems: analyzing compost within community bounds, Ellen A. Getter

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William R. Riley, Richard L. Davis, the United Mine Workers, and the negotiation of race and class in Southern Appalachia, Jameson Hannah

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Oxalic acid leaf disk soak assay is a new possibility in screening for blight resistance in Castanea species, Kaitlyn Harden

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Circadian rhythm in design: an application of circadian rhythmic elements to the Ridgedale Mill, Jesse Hayes

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Portraits of happiness (The performance of happiness: a cultural critique), Meaghan Hibbs

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Decades of Don Quixote: tracking social progression through Marcela and Grisóstomo, Allison Jackson

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Women, populism, democracy: a comparative study of democracy and populism in Turkey and the United States, Ashton Jolley

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Identidem, and other lyric essays, Jude Keef

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Fighting AIDS with no help: radical solidarity and how community organizations overcame a neglectful federal government, Sophia Kennan

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Royal authority and erotic desires: Marlowe's views on kingship in Dido, Queen of Carthage, and Edward II, Jared Lambert

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Perceptions of stress: a gendered comparison of undergraduates in STEM, Molly Martin

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Creator as audience: mixtape albums as an expression of life and memory, Sadie Montague

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Disability avoidant language and other factors in the erasure of disabled students in sexual education, Mikael Nelson

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A small stem assay using hypovirulent Cryphonectria parasitica to screen Castanea dentata backcross F2 families may set the stage for long-term survival, Trish Nguyen

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The Black caucus: a theatrical exploration of the Black experience in a predominantly White institution, Isaiah Owens

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Survey of models for "computer music", Gabriel Pell

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Barriers in immigrant mental healthcare: women, children and fathers, Alisa Pickett

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Viability of equine assisted activities and therapies for individuals with developmental disorders: a systematic review, Faith Pinson

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Urban understandings: exploring potential coercion in Lincoln Park’s gentrification process, Jacob Price

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Fostering a sense of wonder: promoting experiential learning through outdoor discoveries on the coast of Maine, Joslyn Primicias

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Sadder and wiser nonsense: Coleridge's "The rime of the ancient mariner", Nina Richard

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Petrographic observations of stromatolites in the late Cambrian to early Ordovician Knox Group, Northwest Georgia and their relationship to stromatolitic fabrics over geologic time, Evan Ritchey

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Does social organization, litter size, sexual dimorphism, and phylogeny influence multiple paternity in mammals?, Madison Roberts

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Stress-sensing in flexible epoxy adhesives, Christine Rukeyser

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The immortal laugh track: 20th century technology and media monoculture, Benjamin Sanford

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A tale from Esterad: an examination of the political power of fantasy, Koy Skinner

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Algorithms and the alphabet mafia: how TikTok influenced gender, sexuality, and the LGBTQ+ community during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hope Smith

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Investigating the responses of gay Gen Z and Gen Y men to homosexual imagery in advertising, Lucas G. Thompson

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An archaeology of the self: how experience shapes poetry, Taylor Wells

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Hunter: redneck Hamlet, Ewan Whaley

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The effect of perceived union support as a resource affecting burnout, Luke Wiley

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An analysis of skylight and alternative applications in the adaptive reuse of the Ridgedale Mill, Robyn Wood

Honors theses from 2022

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Into the Inferno: a television screenplay adaptation of Dante's Inferno, Khristine Arnold

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Beheaded: an alternate look into the life of England's most notorious queen, Marion Renee Burgess

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Social change through rhetorical action: case studies of two Tennessee women in the archives, Dalton Burks

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Creating a classroom culture, Molly Cahill

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The effects of dissolved and suspended solids on freshwater meiofauna, Jessica Cline

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Speech acts as contingent encounters: realizing agency in contaminated worlds, Zachary Cross

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Reimaging take-up in challenging times: determining the predictive value of publicly available socio-demographic data for social assistance programs, Margaret Dempsey

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Assessing the damage: moral realism and the evolutionary debunking argument, Olivia Denton

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An argument and model for Garden Corps, Sydney Ellis

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Neurotypes: do OCD, ADHD, and autism play a role in life satisfaction?, Morgan McLeod Evans

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Studying suspended sediment concentrations in the south Chickamauga Creek of Chattanooga, TN using satellite imagery, digital image processing, and numeric modeling, Abigail Faxon

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Beyond the classroom: building professional skills with the Flyaway mural, Augusta Gaston

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Aboutness: the lyric essay, Alicia Gladman

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Standards for conducting an iflora: using iNaturalist to conduct a vascular flora of the Charles B Henson Cave Preserve in Dade County, Georgia, Alana Hicks

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The effects of virtual reality on mental health software user satisfaction and retention, William Hooten

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Belongingness needs, personality, and the influence of virtual socialization, Katrina Johnson

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The impact of water infrastructure inequality on marginalized communities, Indra Khalsa

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Understanding the lived experiences of immigrants in the United States, Isabelle Koslin

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Multistage modeling of fatigue of Ti-6Al-4V fabricated by different additive manufacturing techniques, Lionardo Lado, Saeed Ataollahi, and Mohammad J. Mahtabi

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Theoretical studies of benzoquinone reactivity in acidic and basic environments, Natali Majoras

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A seminar for student leaders to engage and retain members in student-led organizations, Luke McPherson

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Influence of the Virgin Mary in Anglo-Saxon Christianity, Kimberly Merfert

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Junior year GPA - understanding its predictive relationship to high school ranking, ACT score, and the shift to online learning, Emily Nicole Miller

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Media sexualization and its impact on college aged women, Madelyn Moncrief

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A small stem assay for chestnut blight resistance in hybrid American chestnut trees, Evelyn Odle

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Exploring the effects of fatty acids (PUFAs) on the antimicrobial resistance in Vibrio cholerae, Naina Patel

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Community schools: effectiveness of addressing barriers to education in suburban communities, Tiffany Patterson

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Sexual harassment in an overlooked occupation: experiences of CNA and the influence of nurses, Audrey Pennington

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Authors as figures, functions, and persons: theories on intention, Tyler M. Preston

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Bee pluribus unum: Vergil as an imperial advisor, Oleander Reagan-Artemis

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Corrosion assessment of biodegradable metal implants for orthopedic applications, Wendy B. Reynoso-Diaz

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Analyzing the survival rate of clinically pathogenic bacteria on occupational therapy devices used during full hip replacement rehabilitation, Meredith Rippy

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Study of collective self-esteem and academic motivation examining perceptions of academic statistics of black traditional undergraduate students attending a PWI, Ariyah Robinson

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Poetry, prose, and the loss of verse, Jackson Rowe

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Incorporating in situ measurements of energy into a designed method of detection of radiation induced degradation in embedded systems, Delwyn Sam

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Understanding the molecular mechanism of ILV1 stress sensitivity in yeast by examination of differential patterns of gene expression between wild-type and ILV1 knockout strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Emily Schuster

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Analyzing staphylococcal contamination on surfaces and bedside areas of a neonatal intensive care unit of a children's hospital, Daniel See

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An argument for sensuous revolution and its manifestation in the food system, Anna Smith

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Examining the intersections of art and science through photomicrography, Lauren Marie Solomon

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Synthesis and characterization of organometallic complexes for biological imaging, Emily Stumbo

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My female gaze, Sawyer Suerth

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Representing whiteness: the omission of white, southern, working-class stereotypes in Shots Fired, Eliana Teel

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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the fear of missing out, anxiety, and loneliness, Hannah Turner

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#BlackLivesMatter: critical political implications of Twitter discourse in the wake of George Floyd, Jillian C. Waterhouse

Honors theses from 2021

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Reparations, JheDienne Adams

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Reluctant Republican, nominal Democrat: Harry F. Byrd Sr. and modern Republican conservatism, Noah Allen - Darden

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Examining the effects of exogenous polyunsaturated fatty acids on the antimicrobial activity of piscidins in Vibrio cholerae, Elizabeth Allen

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Associations among academic motivational styles, purpose in life, and depressive symptoms in college students, Linnea V. Anderson

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The effects of urbanization on insect morphology: a meta-analysis, Evann L. Bailey

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Reading on the home front: the evolution of U.S. children’s literature and American values during wartime conflicts, Sophie Barton

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Suspension, Michael Beard