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 2017
Investigating Biological Properties Utilizing Synthetic Methods, Lindsay E. Chatkewitz
Does 5-propionyl-1-dimethylaminonapthalene Fluoresce through a TICT State?, Tao Chen
Interactions between Fiscal and Monetary Policy: A New Keynesian Model with Regime Switching Process, Zihao Chen
Beyond "self-eating": The Role of the Pseudophosphatase MK-STYX in Regulating Autophagy, Patrick Christian
Working the Garden: Women and Religion in Apocalyptic Fiction, Sarah C. Collier
U.S. Combat Morale in the World Wars: The European Theater of Operations, Monica J. Cronin
Responding to International Health Emergencies: Comparing the World Health Organization Response to Ebola and Zika, Halia M. Czosnek
Regulation of Neurite Outgrowths by the Pseudophosphatase MK-STYX in PC12 cells and Primary Neurons, Arya Dahal
Prosthetics in Performance: Exploring the Relationship Between Ballet Dancers and Their Pointe Shoes, Georgia E. Dassler
The Role of EU and NATO Conditionality on Developing Democracies: A Georgian Case Study, Carolyn A. De Roster
The Fitness Effects of Biofilm Formation and Toxin Production in Natural Yeast Isolates, Bernadette M. Deschaine
Saving Babies Using Big Data, Evan Dienstman
Advancements in the Photocatalysis of Iron Complexes and the Electrocatalysis of Cobalt Complexes for Hydrogen Generation, Ryan J. DiRisio
A Numerical Study of Non-Perturbative Unification, John C. Donahue
Understanding Colorism Through the Perceptions and Social Interactions of African Diasporic Women, Ebimene Doubeni
Feminist Theatre: A Practical Application, Rosalynd I. Duerr
Metabolism and Oxidative Stress: Understanding the Role of Reactive Cysteines in Pyruvate Kinase, Mary Cate Duff
Metabolism and Oxidative Stress: Understanding the Role of Reactive Cysteines in Pyruvate Kinase, Mary Cate Duff
Erschaffung interkultureller Identität durch Sprachkontakte in den Texten von Yoko Tawada, Shihao Du
The Neurometric Correlates of Trauma Using the Brief Neurometric Battery (BNB), Lauren N. Dybel
The virulence factor OipA in Asian isolates of Helicobacter pylori, Kexin Fan
The Subversion of Wagnerian Gender Dynamics in James Joyce’s Ulysses, Sophia S. Farion
3-3-1 Models With Unique Lepton Generations and Analysis of Higgs Decays, Karen Ficenec
When the World Becomes Flesh: The International Day of Remembrance as Spatially Redressing Hampton, Virginia's Buckroe Beach, Amirio Freeman
Pragmatic Creative Interventions in Latin America, Catherine Freund
Variations in flanking residues of thyroid hormone receptor alpha1 isoform, Christine W. Gao
Nameless Art in the Mao Era, Tianchu Gao
A Threefold Defense of Perceptual Dogmatism, Hunter R. Gentry
A Novel Method for Quantifying Spatial Patterns in Plants, Logan H. George
Jimmy Carter’s Human Rights Diplomacy and the Democratization of Taiwan, Cody A. Grogan
Exploring the Multi-Mode Structure of Atom-Generated Squeezed Light, Melissa A. Guidry
Characterization of Venusian atmospheric dynamics using Venus Express images and ground-based observations, Jacob L. Gunnarson
Cytological and Bioinformatical Analysis of SPE-26, a C. elegans Kelch-like Protein that Functions during the Karyosome Stage of Spermatogenesis, Stephen A. Gurley
Aphra Behn, One of Churchill’s Top Girls?: Assessing Caryl Churchill’s Lack of Deference to Behn’s Legacy, Hayley A. Hahn
Structural Comparison of Copper(II) Thiocyanate Pyridine Complexes, Joseph V. Handy
Operating Under Uncertainty: The Public and Private Funding of Domestic Violence Service Providers in Virginia, Jenifer N. Hartley
The Effect of Cross-Sloped Surfaces on Running Kinematics, Erin Heald
Patients, Prose, and Poetry: The Medical and Literary World of William Carlos Williams, Sarah Heins
F. psychrophilum resistant and susceptible rainbow trout show differences in abundance of IgT+ and IgM+ B cells, Erin Hennessey
Characterizing the Growth Rate of a Corrosion Layer on Stainless Steel in a Molten Salt Environment, Calvin E. Hensler
Alternative Notions of Dissent: Punk Rock’s Significance in the Soviet Union and East Germany, Gabrielle E. Hibbert
An Analysis of Outer Inflammatory Protein A in cag Pathogenicity Island Negative and Positive Strains of Helicobacter pylori, Danielle N. Horridge
Utilization of Unnatural Amino Acids in Novel Bioconjugates and Probing Applications, Christina A. Howard
Can You See It? Facial Expression Leakage in Response to Emotional Intensity, Samuel Ault Jens
Composed in the Closet: Ingolf Dahl's A Cycle of Sonnets, Cody M. Jones
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Reimagining Urban Place and Governance in Semarang, Indonesia, Emmaleah K. Jones
A Spectralist Approach to the Vibrations of the Universe, Kevin M. Kay
Total synthesis of barettin: Model study of specialized aldol condensation to directly access diketopiperazine targets, Elizabeth W. Kelley
Yet Another French Exception: The Legal, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of France’s Support for the Digital Right to Be Forgotten, Zarine Kharazian
A Defense of Retributivism as a Theory of Punishment, Samantha Kim
Improving Water Barrier Properties of Epoxy Coatings with Addition of Graphene Oxide, Sang H. Kim
Holographic Non-perturbative Thermodynamic Systems, Michael C. Kopreski
Continuing Improvements of the Sharkduino Animal Tag System, William Laney
Community Radio in Guatemala: A Half-Century of Resistance in the Face of Repression, Polly W. Lauer
Examination of Noninvasive Alternatives to Blood Pressure Waveform Measurement in Preterm Infants, William E. Lawrence
American Education Reform and the Humanism of Mathematics, 1890-1940, James Leach
The Effect of Conformity to Feminine Norms on Women’s Food Consumption after a Sad Mood Induction, Thomas P. Le
Chilling the Right to a Jury Trial: The Unconstitutionality of Jury Costs, Stephanie E. Levin
Analyzing Political Bias through a User-Friendly Interface, Colin Lightfoot
A study of a novel self-fertility mechanism in the hermaphroditic nematode Rhabditis sp. SB347, Xiaoxue Lin
Mathematical Studies of Optimal Economic Growth Model with Monetary Policy, Xiang Liu
How Some Islamic Monarchies Use Religious Ideology to Maintain Domestic Control and Exert Regional Influence: a comparative study of Morocco and Saudi Arabia, Abigail M. MacMillan
In Between and Nowhere at all: How an Autobiography Reveals Hybridity, Francesca H. Maestas
A Cup of Imperial Taste: The Formation of Ceramic Aesthetics under Emperor Huizong (r. 1100-1126), Kexin Ma
The Christian Right and Israel: A Love Story?, Joseph Malanson
A Mathematical Model of Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis, Matthew J. McGuinness
The Northern Novel of Manners: Wuthering Heights & The Invention of a Genre, Cameron I. Menchel
Words Matter: A Study of Justice-Oriented Communication by Chesapeake Bay Environmental Nonprofits, Rachel Merriman-Goldring
Natural Debts, Natural Dangers: An Ideology of Nation-State and Subject in an Immunology Text, Quinn Monette
"Qui me rendra présent?": Francophone Representations of Lebanese Civil War Memory, Paul Naanou
The Myth of Egalitarianism in Wartime and Austerity Britain, Sloane H. Nilsen
Personality and Fear Conditioning: Effects of Neuroticism, Rachel Maku C. Orleans-Pobee
Fluorescently-Labeled Glutathiones to Quantify Cysteine Reactivity, Saloni H. Patolia
Understanding Human-Landscape Interaction: Geoarchaeology in the Society Islands, French Polynesia, Katherine M. Peck
The Role of RNF4 in Stripping Transcriptionally-Active Huntingtin, Jen Peek
Optogenetic Investigations of the PreBötzinger Complex: Support for the Dbx1 Core Hypothesis, Francis D. Pham
The Value of Statistical Life for College Students in the Context of Death by Homicide, Brandon Posner
Links Between Maternal Emotion Socialization and Adolescents' Social Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Peer Emotion Socialization, Natalee N. Price
Thresholds of barrier island change: A case study of Parramore Island, Virginia Eastern Shore, Jessica L. Raff
Defining Ambiguous: Lesbianism and the Vampire in “Christabel” and Carmilla, Holly E. Reynolds
Things Fall Apart: The Role of Small Arms Acquisition in Insurgent Fragmentation, Matthew K. Ribar
Fandom, Racism, and the Myth of Diversity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ashley S. Richardson
Characterization of Mixed N,S Donor Ligand and Group 12 Metal Complexes with X-Ray Crystallography, ESI-MS, and NMR, Mikhaila D. Ritz
Ambisyllabic Consonant Lengthening in English, Alexa Rosalsky
A Case Study in the Interdisciplinary: The Role of Anthropology, Archaeology and History in Academia and Museums, Alexnadra A. Rosenberg
Modulating Intra-Nuclear LC3 with Small Molecules Rescues Cells from an Aneuploidogen-Induced Phenotype, Daniel P. Rosenberg
Oscar Micheaux’s Cinematic Legacy: Through the Eyes of Contemporary Black Newspapers, Rachel E. Rosenfeld
Center Manifold Theory and Computation Using a Forward Backward Approach, Emily E. Schaal
Hemichordates as a model system for investigating intertidal zonation in soft sediments, Kharis R. Schrage
En Busca de la Alfabetización. Three 20th Century Literacy Movements in Spanish Speaking Countries: Impacts and Implications, Morgan Sehdev
Scattered Prizes: Colonial Fantasies and the Material Body in the English Renaissance Blazon, Aidan J. Selmer
Master of None: Understanding the 1.5 Generation of Asian Indian Youth, Nairuti Shastry
Building the Future from the Past: Evaluating the Relationship between Nostalgia and Imagination, Conor O. Smith
Self-Made Freak: The Exceptionalism of General Tom Thumb, The Celebrity Body, and the American Dream, Megan Sonner
Is Q Necessary? A Source, Text, and Redaction Critical Approach to the Synoptic Problem, Paul S. Stein
Tuning the pKa of Fluorescent Rhodamine pH Probes via Substituent Effects, Sarah G. Stratton
Language Patterns as Concurrent and Longitudinal Predictors of Depression in Adolescence, Connor W. Symons
Effects of Medial Prefrontal Cortical Administration of the Orexin-2 Receptor Antagonist, TCS-OX2-29, on Attentional Performance in Rats, Austin R. Tapp
