The Honors Program Theses series publishes theses written by students completing the Honors Degree Program at Rollins College. Graduates of the Program receive a distinct and separate undergraduate degree, Artium Baccalaureus Honoris, the Honors Bachelor of Arts Degree.

Print copies of Honors Program Theses dating prior to 2014 are available in the Rollins College Archives, and can be found through Olin Library's online catalog: http://www.rollins.edu/library/find/findbooks.html.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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The Narrative Composer: Hector Berlioz’s Impact on The Evolution of Film Scoring In The Twenty-First Century, Enrique Alberti

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Business and Psychological Aspects of Viable Mental Health Digital Tools, Dar Bejerano

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Land Back and Justice: Examining Indigenous Land and Water Rights in the United States, Matthew Deveaux

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Synthesis and Evaluation of Sorbicillinoids, Noah Devolve

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Addressing the Opioid Crisis in the United States and Modeling its Proposed Interventions, Liza Eubanks

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Rachmaninoff the Harmonist: The "Rachmaninoff Sixth" and its Analysis in His Music, Jay Forsythe

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Brrr! It’s Cold in the Fridge: The Treatment of Women in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Madison Green

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The Economic Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda, Capri Gutiérrez

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Ascophyllum nodosum Seaweed Extract Application as a Possible Mechanism for Mitigating Salt Stress in Soybeans (Glycine max), Elena Hoang

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The Antibacterial Efficacy of Silver (I) Cyanoximates Against Streptococcus mutans UA159 Biofilm Growth and Infection in Galleria mellonella Larvae, Jill Hughes

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My Encounters with Paradise: The Evolution of Natural Beauty and Luminist Aesthetics in Central Florida, Jeremy Laplanche

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The Impact of Microfinance on Gender Equality in India, Alexis Matton

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Re-Imagining Rehearsals: A Survey of Improvisational Principles and Practices that Foster Ethical Caring, Michael McNamara

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Cayley Map Embeddings of Complete Graphs With Even Order, Michael O'Connor

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Postcolonial Possibilities of Sociological Theory, Sanjula Rajat

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Producing gRNAs for Use in CRISPR-Cas9 DNA Editing Applications via In Vivo T7 RNA Polymerase Transcription in Escherichia coli., Christian A. Santiago

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A Cinematographic Comparison of the Representation of las Cholitas in two Bolivian films: Los Andes no creen en Dios directed by Antonio Eguino (2007) and Zona Sur by Juan Carlos Valdivia (2010), Mackenzie Scheer

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Evaluating AI Sentiment Analysis, Aakriti Shah

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The Representation of Nontraditional Family Structures in Advertising, Connor Teague

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Exploring Third Party Moral Transgressions in Preschool-Age Children, Courtney Trohn

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Social Exclusion and Negative Affect: The Impact of Mentalized Affectivity, Anna Voicu

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Anti-Abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Central Florida, Isabel Adamus

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Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Tyrosinase Inhibitors, Virginia Bailey

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COVID-19 and Consumer Eating Patterns: Analysis of The Impact On The Meal Kit Industry In The United States, Dorian Bizeau

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Communication 4 ALL: A Movement to Gain Communication for Non-Speaking Students with Autism, Elizabeth Bonker

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The Synthesis and Structure of Flexible Hybrid Metal Phosphonate-Phosphates, EJ Broker

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Finding Optimal Cayley Map Embeddings Using Genetic Algorithms, Jacob Buckelew

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The Elements of Us: Poetry, Short Stories, & Creative Nonfiction, Hannah Butcher

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Nation and Identity: Far Right-Wing Parties' Depiction of National Identity and Anti-immigrant Rhetoric, Kerstin Carroll

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Owning Your Story: Agency, Power, and Freedom in Greta Gerwig’s Faithful and Radical Little Women Adaptation, Siobhan Cooney

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Parental Work Arrangements and External Shocks: How a global health crisis challenges infrastructures of care, Emily Curran

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Stardust in Cedar Forest: Suicide Prevention Through Interactive Theatre for College Students, Ghina Fawaz

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Impacts of Censorship On Political Polarization, Sofia Frasz

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The Influence of Human Facial Obstruction on Canine (Canis familiaris) Begging Preferences, Natalie George

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Skin Deep: Body Positivity and Brand Authenticity, Camilla Guimaraes

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Finding triangular Cayley maps with graph touring, Hannah Hendrickson

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Turning Teams of Champions into Championship Teams: A Thematic Analysis of Identity Entrepreneurship in College Football, Marlee Johnson

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One cell’s trash is another cell’s treasure: The role of exosomes in stress physiology of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), Anna Kaza

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Eye-movements of Vocal Performers Across Experience Levels, Charlotte Kelly

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Identifying the role of cholesterol and the cholesterol transfer protein, YSP1-2, in cell-cell fusion in Tetrahymena thermophila, Natasha D. Kusibab

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Academic Data Models: Freshmen Registration Data Analysis, Griffin Lehrer

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Novel Indication that the Kinesin-3 Motor, KLP-4, Mediates Neuronal Local Protein Synthesis in Caenorhabditis elegans, Jessika Linnemeyer

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National Barriers Impeding the Implementation of NAGPRA: Suggestions from a Small Institution, Zoe Milburn

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Making the Rollins College Archaeology Lab Accessible through Digital Technologies, Ellie Minette

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Privacy, Group Functioning, and Residential Satisfaction in a College Dormitory, Rebekah Picerno

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Why Are They Called Real Numbers If They Aren’t Real, and Other Such Questions?, Rahmat Rashid

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The Role of Specific Domains within KLP-4 Responsible for Regulating Kinesin-3 Function, Lauren Rouse

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Marine Fishery Management Agent-Based Modeling, Hiroki Sato

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On the Other Side of the Tracks: Hannibal Square and Eatonville in the Interwar Years, Margaret Stewart

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Continuity and Change of Latter-Generational Racism in the United States from 2004 - 2016, Collin Swords

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The regulation of stress steroid release in freshwater turtles, Yoke Tassent

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Racial Composition in Advertisements and Its Effects on White Consumers' Perceptions and Purchase Intention, Chung-Ting Wang

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Purification and Activity Assay Optimization of Bacterial Catalase from Psychrobacter koprana, Sydney Willis

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Fashioning the Flapper: Clothing as a Catalyst for Social Change in 1920s America, Julia Wolffe

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Factors Impacting Retention in the Physical Sciences at Rollins College, Ye Wong

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Blue Mussel Hybrid Complex Shifts in the Gulf of Maine towards a Dominance of Mytilus edulis, Daniel Woods

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Raising the Abortion Question: An Examination of The Moral Permissibility of Abortion, Sydney Brown

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Comparing interrelated stress measures to differentiate acute and chronic stress in urban freshwater turtles, Katherine Caldwell

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The Fool's Journey and Other Stories, Kendall Clarke

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The Future of Living: Exploring Sustainable Residential Developments Through A Case Study Analysis of The Sustainable City Dubai, Carys Davidson-Huxley

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A Comparison Study: The Shift in Chinese Youth’s Values, Jiayi Ding

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Workings of Theocracy: The Historical Function and Modern Applicability of Charitable Endowments, Nuh Elalaoui

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Representing CFAM's Visitors: Participatory Action Research Approach, Lindsay Fulop

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Environmental Education Program for Preschoolers, Kaela Gaylord

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A Customizable Speech Practice Application for People Who Stutter, Eric Grimm and Nikola Vuckovic

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Kant the Buddhist: An Analysis of Kantian Ethics, Metaphysics, and Philosophy of Religion in the Context of Christianity and Buddhism, Whitney Grimm

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Antimicrobial Activity of Silver(I) Cyanoximates Against Streptococcus mutans UA159 Planktonic Growth and Biofilm Formation, Sarah Hameer

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Asymmetry in Mie scattering by a homogeneous sphere, Samuel Hanna

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Antisemitism in American Society: The Rise of White Nationalism and Discrimination in the Trump Era of Politics, Eliane Heller

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Convergent Synthesis of Anaephene B, Megan Johnson

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Johan Sebastian Bach and his Cello Suites II and V: An Audio and Visual Analysis of Cello Suites II and V, Samuel Konkol

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Entropy in Music: An Analysis of Shape Note Music in Terms of Information Entropy, Kyle Major

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Synthesis of a Series of Ag(I)-NHC Complexes for Future Antibacterial Studies, Alyssa Malto

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Voter Rationality in the United States, Asael Marvel

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Losing Yourself: Cults, Greeks, and Sociological Theories of Self and Identity, Emma Morgan

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Dickens’s Changing Perspective Towards Capitalism and the Bourgeoisie, Christina Oliveira

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"Everyone's always going through something, aren't they?": J.D. Salinger, Sally Rooney, and the Desire to Connect in the Face of Distress, Emily O'Malley

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Conceptualizing the Cult Classification: The Structural Impacts of Mainstream Anti-Cult Ideology, Caitlyn Patel

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Microtubule stability balances kinesin-mediated cholinergic signaling in C. elegans, Isabella Porter

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Machine Ethics, Ethics for Machines: Context-Based Modeling for Machines Making Ethical Decisions, Jaysa Ramirez

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Cayley Map Embeddings of Complete Graphs, Miriam Scheinblum

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Purification and Activity Analysis of a Highly Active Recombinant Catalase from Psychrophilic Bacterium Psychrobacter cryohaloentis, Andrew Stewart

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IPV at the Margins: Conceptualizing Gaps in the Survivor Safety Net for Lower-Income Black Women, Cristina Toppin

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Telehealth During COVID-19: A Look at Healthcare Providers’ Experiences, Sabrina Webb

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Regional Integration in South America: Mercosur as a Force for Democracy Protection, Matthew Willis

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The Impact of Covid-19 and the Lockdown on the UK Economy, Elliot Wylie

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Convergent Synthesis of Anaephene B, Mason A. Baber

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Creating a Sample of Off-Color Galaxies Using Big Data Tools, Christopher Becker

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Ethics of the Advance Euthanasia Directive: Death Within Dementia, Isabella Braga

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Communication and Culture: The Role of Language Policy on Regional Minority Languages in the Reduction of Political Conflict, Colin Brant

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Immunotherapy: Therapy vs. Enhancement, Mariah Daly

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Computational analysis of woodwind instruments using the lattice Boltzmann method, Jack D. Gabriel

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How Grassroots Can Save a Community: Citizen Activism in Environmental Justice Remediation, Jordan Halloran

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Free to Bleed or Free to Buy? The Postfeminist Transformation of Menstruation, Kenzie Helmick

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Measuring the impact of the Victory Cup Initiative through Ripple Effect Mapping (REM), Muniba Khan

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Unlearning Disney: Developing a Feminist Identity while Critiquing Disney Channel Original Movies, Maura Leaden

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The Coordinate Regulation of Digestive Enzymes in the Pitchers of Nepenthes ventricosa, Zephyr Anne Lenninger

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Turning the Tides - An Examination of the Red Tide Epidemic in Florida, Dahlia Lilleslåtten

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Success and Shortcomings: Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Eastern and Central Africa, Grace Marshall

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Consciousness vis-à-vis the Restraints of Language, Angela-Maria Martinez