W&M ScholarWorks is the official repository for W&M Honors Theses. Digital theses became William & Mary's standard format beginning in 2016. Students are required to submit their thesis in electronic form, commonly called an ETD (electronic theses and dissertations) to W&M ScholarWorks.
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Access to Honors Theses
Honors theses from 2021 - onwards may have restricted access for a set time period or be restricted to On-Campus Access Only based on the author's choice. Honors theses prior to 2021 are restricted to On-Campus Access Only.
You may contact W&M Scholar Works with inquires on access to individual honors theses.
Honors Theses from 2024
Lingua Asia: Decolonizing Heritage Language Education, Collin Absher
Use of Molecular Logic Gates for the Tuning of Chemosensor Dynamic Range, Orhan Acikgoz
Ecology and Conservation of Diamondback Terrapins in Virginia, Cypress Ambrose
Investigating Viral Impact on Nitrogen Cycling Through Phage-host Interactions in Soil, Madeleine R. Assaad
Meditation, Education, and Transformation: An Empirical Test of Students’ Experiences in a Meditation and Wellness Course, Kevin A. Aviles
Understanding the Relative Case: A Review on the Historical Use of Atkan Aleut Ergativity, John Babbitts III
Acetone Metabolism and the Acetone Carboxylase Operon in Helicobacter pylori, Miranda Bate
Grace Under Pressure: An Aesthetic Study of Cool, Tight Space Vocal Choreography in Televised Motown and Popular R&B Performances from 1960 to 1971, Mary Beth Bauermann
Re-evaluating Egalitarian Design in Contemporary Danish Society, Alice Baughman
Examining Factors Affecting Nuclear Retention of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor, Katelyn Beasley
Adjective order as a word learning cue in preschool-aged children, Arlen Beyer
Breaking and Setting the Pattern: European Influences on Early Catalan Nationalism, Gabriel Black-Planas
Breaking and Setting the Pattern: European Influences on Early Catalan Nationalism, Gabriel Black-Planas
Ceramics of Chthonic Cults: A Comparative Analysis of Pottery from Mediterranean Chthonic Sanctuaries, Julia Bowers
A mathematical model of revascularization following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, Sarah Brownstein
Modeling Group 3 Medulloblastoma: Describing the Interconnected Pathway of the Most Common Pediatric Brain Cancer, Amber Cantú
Primary Productivity of a Bermuda Reef Community in Relation to Irradiance and Flow, Luisa Castro-Meirelles
Community-Engaged Cultural Heritage Management: A Case Study of Rurutu, Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Erin Cearlock
An Analysis of the Physical Properties of Diatom-Based Solutions for 3D Printing Applications, Grace Cha
Evaluating Large Language Model Performance on Haskell, Andrew Chen
ShoulDetector: Shoulder Motion Detection with Conductive Fabric Sensors, Matthew Chen, Kenneth Koltermann, Gang Zhou, and Huajie Shao
The Influence of Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity on a Recurrent Excitatory Neural Network Model, Yinuo Chen
Trace, Abigail Clark
Self-Reporting Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Superoxide Generation and Detection, Anna Clayborn
Evaluating Environmental Enrichment as a Preventative Treatment in a Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Ainsley Craddock
Dimensionlessly Comparing Hydrogen and Helium Plasmas at LAPD, Lela Creamer
The Effects of SNAP’s ABAWD Work Requirement on Food Security and Work Outcomes, Thomas Cronin
Roads and Corresponding Travel Time to Markets: Assessing Climate Vulnerability in Nepal, Kaitlyn Crowley
Security and Interpretability in Large Language Models, Lydia Danas
Association of Intermuscular Fat and Physical Activity Levels on Exercise Capacity in Breast Cancer Survivors, Lauren Daniel
Investigating Protein Interactions Modulating Thyroid Hormone Receptor Localization, Caroline Danielski
“Let’s Wait and See”: Canon Discourse in Online Fan Communities, Abigail N. Davis
Shades of Green: Fragmentation in Contemporary Sustainable Design, Cecilia Deasy
Novel Concepts for Habitat Suitability of the Federally Threatened Plant Aeschynomene virginica, Abigail DeCesare
Mercury Most Fowl: A Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Mercury on Avian Reproduction, Lydia Doughty
Frogs with a Southern Drawl: Maintenance of Species Boundaries Between the Northern & Southern Cricket Frog, Julia Drennan
George Eliot’s Tragic Heroines: The Legacy of Antigone and Other Greek Tragedies in The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch, Emily Faucett
A Combination of Environmental and Landscape Variables Drives Movement and Habitat use in Two Anaxyrus spp. in the Eastern Coastal Plain, Alexander Ferentinos
"Thirsteth for the Blood of America": Propaganda and Violence during the American Revolution, Taylor Fischer
Theology and Revolution?: Negotiating Heritage in Gerhard Brendler’s Biography of Martin Luther, Terence Flannery
Bringing Synthetic Biology from the Flask to the Soil (Microcosm), Megan Fleeharty
Racializing Modernity in Language/Education: Mainstream Conceptions and Queer Alternatives in Taiwan, Hudson R. Fortney
Playing As A Girl: How Women Navigate Gender and Sexism in Online Video Games, Malise Foss
Metal Antipyrine Complexes for Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction, Nicole A. Fritsch
“When making a left turn, you must downshift while going forward:” Reading, Analyzing & Staging of Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive as a Senior Directorial, Cecilia Rose Funk
Modeling the Neutral Densities of SPARC Using a Python Version of KN1D, Gwendolyn R. Galleher
Organización Barrial Tupac Amaru: Indigenism as a Strategy for Cultural, Economic, and Social Inclusion in Argentina, Nicole Ganti
Sprouting new directions for restoration: unraveling the influence of seed characteristics to optimize Ruppia maritima germination success, Cassidy A. Gersten, Alyson C. Hall, and Chris J. Patrick
Non-Canonical Amino Acids for Multivalent Conjugation and Light-Mediated Protein Modulation, Robert Kinsman Gourdie
Code Syntax Understanding in Large Language Models, Cole Granger
The Study of the Potential for Positive and Negative Color Connotation Through Associations, Jamesa Mecayla Gray
Emotion Regulation Among Children with Incarcerated Parents: Relations to Caregiver Income and Coping Strategies, Samuel Gruber
In the Fabric of Experience: Exploring Time and Self, Juntong Gu
"For the Price to Live": Imprisoned Plasma Donation and the 1979 Louisiana Prison Plasma Boycotts, Kaya Guthrie
Neurogenesis: Impact of Mitochondrial Activity on Neural Progenitor Cell Differentiation via TFAM Expression, Madeleine Harris
"Act as a strong advocate...": An anthropological analysis of human rights commissions in the United States, Ginny Helmandollar
The People's House?: Countermajoritarianism in the House of Representatives, Andrew Hoffman
“Experimental Philosophy, For Gentlemen and Ladies:” A Foundling Hospital Token History, 1741-1756, Rachel Hogue
Validation of Kinetic Transport Code for Improved Modeling of Neutral Densities in Tokamaks, Nick Holland
Pillaging Antiquity: Structure, Narrative Intent, and Indo-European Parallels in Math uab Mathonwy, Colin Horn
Characterization of the Helicobacter pylori Nitric Oxide Induced Outer Membrane Protein Gene, hofD, Jessica Lynn Horner
Significance of lysine acetylation in response regulator ArsR of Helicobacter pylori, Mia Houdek
Assessing the Catalytic Activity and Conservation of the C. elegans protein SPE-54, Jack Howell
Designing a Battery Management System and Optimizing the Prototyping Process of a Video Laryngoscope, Angela Huang
Comparison of Vulnerabilities from Smart Home Devices in Chinese and Global Market, Yihe Jiang
Shared Nightmares: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Sleep Paralysis and the Role of Cultural Background on Its Expression, Lucia C. Kasper
Priestesshoods as Expressions of Civic Identity, Isabella Kershner
Characterizing mitochondrial movement and distribution in radial glial neural progenitor cells, Maggie Kettelberger
Identifying Transitions in Plasma with Topological Data Analysis of Noisy Turbulence, Julius Kiewel
"Most Catholic Spain": British Evangelical Protestant Views of the Spanish Civil War and its Legacy, Chloe Kinderman
Understanding and Harnessing the Blinking Behavior of Emitters for Single-Molecule Imaging, Isabelle Kogan
Philosophy of 'As If': Contemporary Applications and Defense, Ryan Kopelman
Investigation into Amine Polyynes for Antibacterial Properties, Sage Kregenow
The Economic Effects of Democratization: A Review of the Third Wave, Noah Lansing
Fisherfolk & Family: An Examination of Fishing Regulation and Kinship in Tidewater, Virginia, Dalit Lebow
A Comparison of Neo-Hobbesian Social Contract Theory and Anthropological Accounts of Socio-Political Complexity, Benjamin Lee
Cauldrons to Commerce: Examining Consumerism and Historic Witch Trial Tourism's Impacts on Modern Witchcraft Practitioners, Caroline Leibowitz
Objects of Affection, Madeleine A. LeTendre
Against a Ternary Analysis of Syllable Strength: Positional Variation in the Vowel Inventory of English, Joseph Lorber
Harmony of the Spheres: a Suite for Orchestra, Evan Maly
Plotting the Battlefield: Russia's Use of Language and Memory to Legitimize Aggression Against Ukraine, Izabella Martinez
There Is No Instruction Manual for This, Jenna Massey
The Tydings-McDuffie Act: Philippine Independence and Neo-Empire in the Indo-Pacific, Kendall McKinley
Utilizing User-Centered Design to Optimize the Mechanical and Electrical Components of a Wireless Video Laryngoscope for First Responders, Julia Ann Merti
En cherchant l'éternel: représentations des femmes bretonnes dans l'école d'art de Pont-Aven, Isabella Milliman
Process Modeling the Neuroprotective Effects of a Plant-Based Diet on Parkinson's Disease, Julia Mitchell
See Yourself and Do Something About It: The Impacts of Synanon’s Therapeutic Philosophy on Contemporary Practices in the Troubled-Teen Industry, John (Van) Monday
Stretching the Hard-Boiled Detective: From Hammett and Chandler to Paretsky and Himes, Chloe Moore
A New Metaphysical Approach to Intersectionality, Kia Morawetz
