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.
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Narrative Composer: Hector Berlioz’s Impact on The Evolution of Film Scoring In The Twenty-First Century, Enrique Alberti
Business and Psychological Aspects of Viable Mental Health Digital Tools, Dar Bejerano
Land Back and Justice: Examining Indigenous Land and Water Rights in the United States, Matthew Deveaux
Synthesis and Evaluation of Sorbicillinoids, Noah Devolve
Addressing the Opioid Crisis in the United States and Modeling its Proposed Interventions, Liza Eubanks
Rachmaninoff the Harmonist: The "Rachmaninoff Sixth" and its Analysis in His Music, Jay Forsythe
Brrr! It’s Cold in the Fridge: The Treatment of Women in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Madison Green
The Economic Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda, Capri Gutiérrez
My Encounters with Paradise: The Evolution of Natural Beauty and Luminist Aesthetics in Central Florida, Jeremy Laplanche
The Impact of Microfinance on Gender Equality in India, Alexis Matton
Re-Imagining Rehearsals: A Survey of Improvisational Principles and Practices that Foster Ethical Caring, Michael McNamara
Cayley Map Embeddings of Complete Graphs With Even Order, Michael O'Connor
Postcolonial Possibilities of Sociological Theory, Sanjula Rajat
Producing gRNAs for Use in CRISPR-Cas9 DNA Editing Applications via In Vivo T7 RNA Polymerase Transcription in Escherichia coli., Christian A. Santiago
Evaluating AI Sentiment Analysis, Aakriti Shah
The Representation of Nontraditional Family Structures in Advertising, Connor Teague
Exploring Third Party Moral Transgressions in Preschool-Age Children, Courtney Trohn
Social Exclusion and Negative Affect: The Impact of Mentalized Affectivity, Anna Voicu
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Anti-Abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Central Florida, Isabel Adamus
Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Tyrosinase Inhibitors, Virginia Bailey
COVID-19 and Consumer Eating Patterns: Analysis of The Impact On The Meal Kit Industry In The United States, Dorian Bizeau
Communication 4 ALL: A Movement to Gain Communication for Non-Speaking Students with Autism, Elizabeth Bonker
The Synthesis and Structure of Flexible Hybrid Metal Phosphonate-Phosphates, EJ Broker
Finding Optimal Cayley Map Embeddings Using Genetic Algorithms, Jacob Buckelew
The Elements of Us: Poetry, Short Stories, & Creative Nonfiction, Hannah Butcher
Nation and Identity: Far Right-Wing Parties' Depiction of National Identity and Anti-immigrant Rhetoric, Kerstin Carroll
Owning Your Story: Agency, Power, and Freedom in Greta Gerwig’s Faithful and Radical Little Women Adaptation, Siobhan Cooney
Parental Work Arrangements and External Shocks: How a global health crisis challenges infrastructures of care, Emily Curran
Stardust in Cedar Forest: Suicide Prevention Through Interactive Theatre for College Students, Ghina Fawaz
Impacts of Censorship On Political Polarization, Sofia Frasz
The Influence of Human Facial Obstruction on Canine (Canis familiaris) Begging Preferences, Natalie George
Skin Deep: Body Positivity and Brand Authenticity, Camilla Guimaraes
Finding triangular Cayley maps with graph touring, Hannah Hendrickson
Turning Teams of Champions into Championship Teams: A Thematic Analysis of Identity Entrepreneurship in College Football, Marlee Johnson
Eye-movements of Vocal Performers Across Experience Levels, Charlotte Kelly
Identifying the role of cholesterol and the cholesterol transfer protein, YSP1-2, in cell-cell fusion in Tetrahymena thermophila, Natasha D. Kusibab
Academic Data Models: Freshmen Registration Data Analysis, Griffin Lehrer
Novel Indication that the Kinesin-3 Motor, KLP-4, Mediates Neuronal Local Protein Synthesis in Caenorhabditis elegans, Jessika Linnemeyer
National Barriers Impeding the Implementation of NAGPRA: Suggestions from a Small Institution, Zoe Milburn
Making the Rollins College Archaeology Lab Accessible through Digital Technologies, Ellie Minette
Privacy, Group Functioning, and Residential Satisfaction in a College Dormitory, Rebekah Picerno
Why Are They Called Real Numbers If They Aren’t Real, and Other Such Questions?, Rahmat Rashid
The Role of Specific Domains within KLP-4 Responsible for Regulating Kinesin-3 Function, Lauren Rouse
Marine Fishery Management Agent-Based Modeling, Hiroki Sato
On the Other Side of the Tracks: Hannibal Square and Eatonville in the Interwar Years, Margaret Stewart
Continuity and Change of Latter-Generational Racism in the United States from 2004 - 2016, Collin Swords
The regulation of stress steroid release in freshwater turtles, Yoke Tassent
Racial Composition in Advertisements and Its Effects on White Consumers' Perceptions and Purchase Intention, Chung-Ting Wang
Purification and Activity Assay Optimization of Bacterial Catalase from Psychrobacter koprana, Sydney Willis
Fashioning the Flapper: Clothing as a Catalyst for Social Change in 1920s America, Julia Wolffe
Factors Impacting Retention in the Physical Sciences at Rollins College, Ye Wong
Blue Mussel Hybrid Complex Shifts in the Gulf of Maine towards a Dominance of Mytilus edulis, Daniel Woods
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Raising the Abortion Question: An Examination of The Moral Permissibility of Abortion, Sydney Brown
Comparing interrelated stress measures to differentiate acute and chronic stress in urban freshwater turtles, Katherine Caldwell
The Fool's Journey and Other Stories, Kendall Clarke
The Future of Living: Exploring Sustainable Residential Developments Through A Case Study Analysis of The Sustainable City Dubai, Carys Davidson-Huxley
A Comparison Study: The Shift in Chinese Youth’s Values, Jiayi Ding
Workings of Theocracy: The Historical Function and Modern Applicability of Charitable Endowments, Nuh Elalaoui
Representing CFAM's Visitors: Participatory Action Research Approach, Lindsay Fulop
Environmental Education Program for Preschoolers, Kaela Gaylord
A Customizable Speech Practice Application for People Who Stutter, Eric Grimm and Nikola Vuckovic
Kant the Buddhist: An Analysis of Kantian Ethics, Metaphysics, and Philosophy of Religion in the Context of Christianity and Buddhism, Whitney Grimm
Antimicrobial Activity of Silver(I) Cyanoximates Against Streptococcus mutans UA159 Planktonic Growth and Biofilm Formation, Sarah Hameer
Asymmetry in Mie scattering by a homogeneous sphere, Samuel Hanna
Antisemitism in American Society: The Rise of White Nationalism and Discrimination in the Trump Era of Politics, Eliane Heller
Convergent Synthesis of Anaephene B, Megan Johnson
Johan Sebastian Bach and his Cello Suites II and V: An Audio and Visual Analysis of Cello Suites II and V, Samuel Konkol
Entropy in Music: An Analysis of Shape Note Music in Terms of Information Entropy, Kyle Major
Synthesis of a Series of Ag(I)-NHC Complexes for Future Antibacterial Studies, Alyssa Malto
Voter Rationality in the United States, Asael Marvel
Losing Yourself: Cults, Greeks, and Sociological Theories of Self and Identity, Emma Morgan
Dickens’s Changing Perspective Towards Capitalism and the Bourgeoisie, Christina Oliveira
"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
Conceptualizing the Cult Classification: The Structural Impacts of Mainstream Anti-Cult Ideology, Caitlyn Patel
Microtubule stability balances kinesin-mediated cholinergic signaling in C. elegans, Isabella Porter
Machine Ethics, Ethics for Machines: Context-Based Modeling for Machines Making Ethical Decisions, Jaysa Ramirez
Cayley Map Embeddings of Complete Graphs, Miriam Scheinblum
Purification and Activity Analysis of a Highly Active Recombinant Catalase from Psychrophilic Bacterium Psychrobacter cryohaloentis, Andrew Stewart
IPV at the Margins: Conceptualizing Gaps in the Survivor Safety Net for Lower-Income Black Women, Cristina Toppin
Telehealth During COVID-19: A Look at Healthcare Providers’ Experiences, Sabrina Webb
Regional Integration in South America: Mercosur as a Force for Democracy Protection, Matthew Willis
The Impact of Covid-19 and the Lockdown on the UK Economy, Elliot Wylie
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Convergent Synthesis of Anaephene B, Mason A. Baber
Creating a Sample of Off-Color Galaxies Using Big Data Tools, Christopher Becker
Ethics of the Advance Euthanasia Directive: Death Within Dementia, Isabella Braga
Immunotherapy: Therapy vs. Enhancement, Mariah Daly
Computational analysis of woodwind instruments using the lattice Boltzmann method, Jack D. Gabriel
How Grassroots Can Save a Community: Citizen Activism in Environmental Justice Remediation, Jordan Halloran
Free to Bleed or Free to Buy? The Postfeminist Transformation of Menstruation, Kenzie Helmick
Measuring the impact of the Victory Cup Initiative through Ripple Effect Mapping (REM), Muniba Khan
Unlearning Disney: Developing a Feminist Identity while Critiquing Disney Channel Original Movies, Maura Leaden
The Coordinate Regulation of Digestive Enzymes in the Pitchers of Nepenthes ventricosa, Zephyr Anne Lenninger
Turning the Tides - An Examination of the Red Tide Epidemic in Florida, Dahlia Lilleslåtten
Success and Shortcomings: Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Eastern and Central Africa, Grace Marshall
Consciousness vis-à-vis the Restraints of Language, Angela-Maria Martinez