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 2014
Blurred Lines: Exploring Poetic and Musical Subjectivity in Verlaine and Debussy's "Romances sans paroles", Emily Eyestone
One State, One People, One Language: A Comparison of Chinese and Soviet Langauge Policy in the 20th Century, Rachel Faith
Synthesis of a Novel Unnatural Amino Acid for Protein Incorporation and Click Mediated Conjugation, Christopher A. Farley
Political Chameleons: An Exploration of Personality and Political Conformity, Taylor N. Feenstra
BMP Regulation of Stem Cell Development During Drosophila Testis Formation, Ashley P. Fidler
Increasing the Hydrogen Content of Aromatic Polyimides for Radiation Shielding, Geoffrey T. Geberth
Population Modeling of Diamondback Terrapins, Sarah C. Gilliand
Towards an Understanding of Race and Academic Achievement in the Lives of African American Students, Mary E. Grech
Storytelling in Bronze: The Doors of the Baptistery of San Giovanni as Emblems of Florence's Roman History and Artistic Progression, Erin M. Gregory
Basins of Attraction for Pulse-Coupled Oscillators, Ryan Gryder
Combinatorial Contributions of Kisspeptin Neurons and GnRH Neurons to Male Infertility, Hwa In Han
Land Use Impacts on Selenium Accumulation in Vegetation and Soil, Sharon E. Hartzell
The Skinny on Regulating Media Images to Prevent Eating Disorders, Anna K. Hochgraf
Effects of core temperature on exercise-induced mitochondrial biogenesis: Potential role of PGC-1α, AMPK eNOS, SIRT1, and SIRT3, Taylor M. Hodge
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Cryogenic Capability, Arlough Hollingshad
Combinatorially Derived Properties of Young Tableaux, James R. Janopaul-Naylor
Functional role of an epifaunal grazer (Ampithoe valida) in eelgrass communities: A comparative study between native and invasive ranges, Kathrynlynn W. Jenkins
Trends of Loanword Origins in 20th Century Finnish, Mirva Johnson
A Framework for Understanding the US Air Bombing Campaign in Korea, 1950-51, Yonsoo P. Kang
Emirati Foreign Aid: Overview and Foreign Policy Implications, Maryam I. Kanna
Bard in the Gondola, Barred in the Ghetto: Operatic Adaptations of Shakespearean Text and Italian Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century, Anne M. Kehrli
Fixing failing schools: How states and localities implement federal reforms, Keenan Kelley
Ratification and Reliability: The Strategic Logic of Formal Treaties, Benjamin L. Kenzer
Nonlinear Models of Zooplankton Communities, Catherine King
Study of Oil-Mineral Interactions by Atomic Force Spectroscopy, Jeffrey S. Knox
Good Neighbors: Trade, Culture, and Institutions in the Resolution of Territorial Disputes, Dylan R. Kolhoff
Evaluation of the Tensile, Water Diffusion, and Water Hydrolysis Properties of Graphene Oxide/Polyamide-11 Composites and Their Synthesis, Christopher Houston Komatsu
I’ll Drink to That: Differential Effect of Fat Labeling, Weight Salience and Dietary Restraint on Consumption, Blina Kruja
Partisan-Colored Glasses? How Polarization has Affected the Formation and Impact of Party Competence Evaluations, Rachel Lienesch
Taking the Aid Debate to the Sub-National Level: Impact and Allocation of Foreign Health Aid in Malawi, Robert Marty
The Role of MK-STYX in the eIF2alpha Stress Response Pathway, Alex McFarland
Remembrance, Reflection, Reconciliation: The Performance of Collective Memory in Civil War Commemoration, Kathryn L. McLane
Clinical and Physiological Analysis of Very Long Apneas in Premature Infants, Anne Mennen
Parents and Preschool Decisions: How Networks, Research, and Priorities Affect Program Choice, Molly Michie
Investigating The Use Of Quadrupolar Nuclei for NMR-Based Quantum Information Processing, Tim W. Milbourne
Studies Directed toward the Synthesis of Asymmetric Loline Alkaloids, Kelsey E. Miller
Emotional Priming and Spontaneous Facial Mimicry of Asian and Caucasian Faces: An Investigation Using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), Katie Mitchell
The effect of sub-lethal methylmercury exposure on corticosterone hormone and the glucocorticoid receptor in the Australian zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), Christina S. Moore
The Construction of Activist Identities in the Democratic Party: A Study on Collective Identity and Political Activism, Derek J. Moretz
A Byzantine Adam: Explicating the Suda's Encomiastic Entry on Adam, John P. Mulhall
Diffusion of Revocation: The Movement Away from the Common Core State Standards, Ashley N. Napier
Faith-Based Foundations of Social Justice: Where learning and life converge, Lindsey C. Neimo
Phonetic Knowledge as an Aid to the Perception of Mandarin Tone by Second Language Learners, Jeffrey Ngare
Modeling Dispersive Electron-Transfer Dynamics in Single Dye Molecules on TiO2, Alana Ogata
An environment up in smoke?: Evaluating the effects of fire management practices on red-backed fairy-wren habitat usage, Kelly O'Toole
"As the Work had its origin in love": Masculine Responsibility and the Economy of Sympathy in Anti-Tom Novels, 1852-1854, Eleanor A. Pace
Learning in Harm's Way: The Effects of Neighborhood Violence on School Performance, Elizabeth Froom Pelletier
An Agent-Based Network Simulation Model for Comprehensive Stress Testing and Understanding Systemic Risk, Christopher J. Pickett
Re-staging Rivera's Marisol: Identities, Projections, and New Mythologies, Kevin Place
The Effects of Nicotine on a Probability-Discounting Task, Cassidy Reich
Taboos and Primitivism: James Frazer, H.G. Wells, and the Intersection of Anthropology and Science Fiction, Eleanor L. Riesenberg
The Relationship between Access to Healthcare and Civil Conflict, Jeffrey T. Rohde
Synthesis and Characterization of Cadmium(II) Complexes with Biologically Inspired Multidentate Ligands, Carolina Rojas Ramirez
SEED: Searching Encrypted Email Dependably. A design specification for secured webmail., Alessandro Roux
The Allure and Scandal of Otherness in the Operas of Georges Bizet and their Source Texts, Maria E. Santini
Modeling Drosophila Stem Cell Development through Ex Vivo Live-Cell Imaging Studies, Mohima Sanyal
Racial Expectancy Violations in Mixed-Race Minimal Groups, Matthew Schafer
Keep Calm and Carry On?: Examining WWII Great Britain through the Lens of Overseas Evacuation, Amy Schaffman
"The Embrace is Inevitable": Connection and Audience Engagement in Tennessee Williams' The Two-Character Play, Kelsey C. Schneider
When Social Pressure Fails: Evidence from Two Direct Mail Experiments, Margaret Schwenzfeier
The Impact of Solar Lights on the Individual Welfare and Fishing Productivity of Liberian Fishermen, William Smith
Association between invasive lionfish and native fish species in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean, Erin T. Spencer
Reconciled Liberalism as a Mechanism for Foreign Aid Evaluation, Taylor S. Stephens
A New Wessex: The Influence on Shakespeare on Genre in the Novels of Thomas Hardy, Catherine G. Strycharz
"A Density of Meaning": Literary Representations of the British Museum, 1818-1929, Rory E. Sullivan
Memory Dress: Fiction and Nonfiction Inspired by Fukushima, Jordan Thomas Sutlive
“Things as they are/Are changed upon the blue guitar”: Wallace Stevens and the Visual Arts, Olivia Sweet
Determination and Simulation of Kinematic Parameters in the Qweak Experiment, Rachel C. Taverner
Investigating Facial Mimicry Responses to Emotional Stimuli in Spanish-English Bilinguals, Benjamin D. Thomas
The Reverie Genre: Rousseau, Dostoevsky, Eliot, and the Roots of Modern Consciousness, Corinne Tucker
'What Light. What Possibilities. What Hope." Revolutionary Millennialism in José Rivera's Marisol, Rebecca A K Turner
Development of an Ultracold Rubidium-85 System for Magnetic Molecules and Feshbach Physics, Elana K. Urbach
Cobalt Salen Complexes for Catalytic Hydrogen Production, Matthew J. Van Dongen
An Osteological Analysis of 18th Century Dog Burials at the Williamsburg Public Amoury, Katherine R. Wagner
To Polish or Demolish? : The Resurgence and Reimagining of American Rail, Ryan R. Warsing
Charlotte Bronte's Other Belgian Novel: Sex, the Foreign Body, and the Legacy of Brussels in "Jane Eyre", Rachel M. Watson
The Effect of Gender, Type of Statement, and Individual Differences on Perceptions of Individuals who Make and Confront Sexist Remarks, Danielle M. Weber
"To Thine Own Self Be True": Robert F. Kennedy, The Inner Cities, and the American Civil Rights Movement 1963-1968, Dwight A. Weingarten
"You gon' let me hold that card": Directive speech acts and authority in The Wire, Benjamin P. Weissman
Evolutionary Conservation of a Modified Spermatogenesis Program in Rhabditis Nematodes with Skewed Sex Ratios, Ethan S. Winter
Linear and Nonlinear Trees: Multiplicity Lists of Symmetric Matrices, Eric Wityk
Photophysics of Single Rhodamine Dye Molecules on TiO2 Substrates, Natalie Wong
"Infallible Proofs": Math, Knowledge, and Religion in the Medieval Islamicate World, Deborah Wood
Discordia in Concordia: The Two-Step Development of the Post-Gratian Gloss and the Emergence of a New Era in Canon Law, Zachary A. Woodward
Honors Theses from 2013
Silencing the Black Body; A Look at Non-Traditional Casting in a Liberal Arts Education, Nathan L. Alston
The Aftertaste of Memories: Capturing the Cultural Zeitgeist in Fiction, Arthi Aravind
"New Music to the Very Ears of God": Heloise the Composer, Taylor Ann Ashlock
Effect of Chronic Adolescent Nicotine Exposure on Anxiety in Adulthood, Bilal Ashraf
"The vernacular of light": Wallace Stevens' Constructions of Belief, Emma Carter Aylor
Searching for a Voice in Bongo-land: Bongo Fleva Music and the Global Imagination in Neoliberal Tanzania, Fiona A. Balestrieri
Voyages, Aaron Aubrey Barksdale
United States Foreign Policy and Multilateral Institutional Effectiveness, Kathryn E. Beaver
Über das Verhältnis von Apollo und Dionysos und seinen Belang für den Wahrheitsbegriff bei Nietzsche: zu einer Anerkennung der größeren Bedeutsamkeit von "Die Geburt der Tragödie", Thomas Donald Bettge
The Gaze of the Woman Artist in Novels by the Sisters Bronte, Elaine L. Bevington
Maternal effects on cloning frequency, larval development, and juvenile size in the seastar Asterias forbesi, Holly N. Blackburn
Synthesis and Characterization of Silica-Coated Nanoparticles for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Jacquelyn Blake-Hedges
Characterization of Polyamide-12; Hydrolysis Kinetics Comparison, and the Study of Crude-oil Pipeline Applications, Charles J. Blevins
