Honors Theses from 2023
Healing the Harm: Why Restorative Justice is the Solution to Campus Sexual Misconduct, Cathryn Barcus-Schafer
Passive Education, Passive Users: A Research-Informed Elementary Curriculum for Media Literacy, Surveillance, and Technology Engagement, Jocelyn Elizabeth Brooks
Examining the Acculturation, Acculturative Stress, and Ethnic Identity of Venezuelan Immigrants, Sabrina Estefany Cuauro Cuauro
The Political Nature of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's Roadside Picnic, Cole Aiden Mize Delay
Archival Search for X-ray Emission From Type Ib/c Supernovae, Michael Dixon
Investigating Behavioral Patterns in Birds with Wing Weaponry and Skeletal Weaponization in Two Zenaida Doves, Maia Dykstra
Using DNA as Scaffolding for the Study of FRET Enhancement by Surface Plasmons on Gold Nanogratings, Evan Thomas Engelhaupt
Successful Sports Philanthropy Communication Strategies: A Focus on Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Promotion of the Safe Places to Play Initiative, Ysabella Ferruzzi
Identifying Providers as Agents of Change for Clinical-Based Interventions by Considering Provider's Intrinsic Motivations and Capital, Sofia Gonzalez
Cocaine Diminishes Consolidation of Cued Fear Expression in Female Rats Through Interactions With Dopamine D2 Receptors, Daniela Gonzalez Zorrilla
Public Awareness of PR: Measuring Citizens’ Comprehension of the Influence of Public Relations, Mia Hammond
BMO on Shapes, Benjamin Lewis Jeffers
Jinn Discourses in America, Gwen Kaliszewski
StegoCraft: Information Hiding in Minecraft, Nathaniel Joseph Kleffner
Mechanisms for Regional Dolomitization of the Triassic Yangtze Platform, Guanling Area, in the Nanpanjiang Basin of South China, Nathaniel S. Ledbetter Ferrill
Procedural Content Generation in 3 Dimensions using Wave Function Collapse in Minecraft, Gabriel Gavin Manners
Polar Cap Saturation and its Effect on Coupling Efficiency During Geomagnetic Storms, Ryoma Matsuura
Blood in a Wine Glass: Dionysian Vampires in Modern Horror, Margaret McDonald
SA Structure: A Magazine Prototype and Creative Project, Ellena McGrath
A Short History of a Small Prep School, Elizabeth Motes
Being Real: Gen-Z, Self-Presentation, and Authenticity on Social Media, Maya Elizabeth Neufeld-Wall
Spatial and Statistical Analysis of Groundwater Contaminants in Shallow and Deep Aquifers of the Central Valley of California, Mark G F Nickels
The Gender of Greek Suicide: Constructions of Humor and Heroism in Epigrams, Acacia Grace Oyler
Returning for a Better Life: The Habitus of Temporary Senegalese Male Migrants, Sophia Margaret Patterson
KMeans and NMFk Clustering for Analyzing Lipid Domain Formation with the Appearance of Amyloidogenic Proteins, Thuong Le Hoai Pham
The Bard and the Myth of Universality: Decentering Shakespeare in Asian American Appropriations, Sarah Pita
Jonathan’s Rust Adventures and the Quest for the Numerically Stable Soft-Sphere Integrator, Jonathan Pascal Rotter
Developing the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) as a Model of Neurologic and Endocrine Aging, Amaya Madison Seidl
Felicissima Matrum: The Construction of Maternal Identity in Ovid's Metamorphoses and Fasti, Savannah Rose Wahlgren
Submissions from 2022
Vinyl Player, Cooper Adams, Joshua Geer, and Drew Gray
Changes in Provenance of the Galice Formation, Klamath Mountains, CA and OR: Implications for Evolution of the Cordillera, Ryan Wayne Alford
EDUC 3310/ENVI 3310: The Natural Environment and Well-Being, Laura van Zandt Allen and Courtney Crim
Arden Grove Arts and Education Center, Olivia Bowness
Transgender and Non-Binary Experiences During the Pandemic, Samuel Cutter Canada
Trust-Based Social Behaviour in Role-Playing Games, Morgan Cartwright
Analog & Digital Metronome, Andrew Deering, Paul Kim, and Gabriel Ogden
Electronic Fingerprint Safe, Bryton Flecker, Carlos Bucheli, and Tristan Arias
Integrated Marketing Communications Plan for Luna Lu, Camille Gilvar
Assessing Manganese Concentrations in Groundwater Across the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Christopher Goldmann
Motility of Escherichia coli Near Surfaces, Mikayla M. Greiner
How to Do Things with Magic: Yeat's Incantatory Performatives, Zoe E. Grout
Vlast' i Vlist' Power and Influence: LGBT Violence in Chechnya and Activist Responses, Victoria M. Henretty
A Remote-Controllable Robotics Platform Based on the PIC16F88 Microcontroller, Clyde Johnson, Matthew Roche, and Max Ulmer
COVID-19 Mortality Across ZIP codes in Four Major Texas Cities, Rachel Catherine Kaufman
Investigating Novel Interactions of Fig4 Toward Insights into Neurodegenerative Diseases, Imran Ali Khan
The Controversy of Nature, Nurture, and Control, Alyssa LaGrone
Defenses in Dispute: The Bureaucratic and Domestic Politics of the First Anti-Ballistic Missile Debate, Samuel D. Lair
Deep Learning in Sports Prediction, Fan Lee
Mi Teleférico: Public Transportation, Social Change, and the Making of Modern La Paz, Adam Mann
Propaganda, Lineage, and the Divine: An Exploration of the Meaning of Two Vases from Monte Albán, Sofia Muñoz
Abuelos y Abuelas: The Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Latino LGBTQ+ Youth, Abigail Ottaway
LGBTQ Emerging Adults and COVID-19, Allison P. Powell
Manifestations of Myth in Antonin Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Pia Marie Rodriguez
The Fire of Love: Medieval Mysticism and the Role of Women in Religion and the Production of Texts, Claire Siewert
All The Feels: Building a Chatbot to Assist Students Struggling with Depression, Sara Julieta Tagarot
To Live to Tell (2022), Mai Phuong Ngoc Vo
Nations Roof Environmental and Social Governance Analysis, Olivia Walshak
The Story of the Ziffersystem and the Russian Mennonites: Counting Blessings, Emily Grace Warkentin
Explorations in Distributed Ray Tracing and Photometry of Large Scenes, Connor W. Weisenberger
Generating the Best Hearthstone Decks for a Players Collection via Artificial Intelligence, Douglas Young
The Right to Repair in the Digital Era: An Analysis of the Issue from the Perspective of the Vulnerable Subject and the Responsive State, Michael Francisco Young
Honors Theses from 2021
Investigating the Design, Construction, and Performance of a π0 Spectrometer, Thomas M. Baer
"Anti-Publishing" & Radical Poetry Online, Noelle C. Barrera
Standardizing Olfactory Tests for the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) Aging Model, Evelyn Elizabeth Bartling-John
San Antonio, Listen Up: Utilizing Collective Intelligence to Inform Local Public Policy, Carson Autri Bolding
"The Law of Love": Penal Reform as the Bridge to Social Gospel, Lindsey Bonin
Constraining the Dark Matter in the Galaxy Lensing Quasar PG1115+080, Jackson Thomas Braley
An Ethical Analysis of Performing Brain Studies on Transgender People, Amanda C. Bratton
The Development of International Civil Aviation Regulations, 1899-1944, Jordan Bruce
The Dual Axis Contingency Continuum: A Framework for Understanding Crisis Communication in Context with Digital Social Justice Advocacy, Erin Christine Eckert
Woolf’s Antigone: Modeling Antifascist Feminism Through a Tragic Lens, Hannah Kyle Friedrich
Justifying Violence: Discourses about Homelessness in San Antonio during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Gabriella Garriga
A Study in Akka-based Distributed Ray-tracing of Large Scenes, Kurt D. Hardee
Trinity University Women's Intercollegiate Athletics (TUWIA) History Project, Samantha Henry, Zoe E. Grout, Hope Walker-Tamboli, and Ardi Saunders
Does Mortality Salience Priming Influence an Individual's Perceptions of Healthy Behaviors as Important?, Catherine Grace Hoffman
Numerical Simulations of Density Waves in Saturn’s A-Ring, Keaton Holt
Does Testosterone Facilitate Dynamic Relationships in Lizard Behavior, Morphology, and Physiology?, Lauren E. Johnson
Protein Models on Demand in Virtual Reality, Christine Kendrick
A Modeling Study of the Mobilization and Sequestration of Trace Metals in a Crude-Oil-Contaminated Aquifer, Zoe M. Lacey
Ultracold Akali Collisions, Alyson T. Laskowski
Classical Simulations of Ultracold Chemical Reactions, Mark Lide
Chatbot Sophia: A New Perspective on Providing User Control in Recommendation Systems for E-Commerce, Yuchuan Lin
Battling Two Pandemics: The Intersection of Covid-19 and Systemic Racism in San Antonio Schools, Diana Guadalupe Long
Narrativas de Aprendizaje y Formación en la Literatura Latinoamericana Reciente, Cristina Manning
Optimization of a Rapid and Oxygen Tolerant Fluorogenic Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Assay for Analyte Detection, Jordan McMurry
Modifying Wave Function Collapse for more Complex Use in Game Generation and Design, Quentin Edward Morris
Shakespeare, Universality, and High-Profile Legal Proceedings: The Case of Othello and O.J. Simpson, Elena Nusloch
Ablation of Tight Junction ZO-1 in Epithelial Cells, Lindsey Noelle Peng
Novel Function of Yeast Fig4 Could Lead to a Better Understanding of Human Neurodegeneration, Hannah Reeves
The Effect of Acute Cocaine Exposure on NMDA Receptor Subunits in Pedunculopontine Nucleus to Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta Synapses, Samuel Christian Rueter
Rewriting the Narrative: Untold Stories from Beyond the Screen, Natalia Salas
Should Children 9-12 Have Access to Social Media?, Gabriela Jodas Salgado
Alternative Ethnographies: Negotiating Identity in the Photography of Mahtab Hussain, Avani Leela Sastry
Accessibility is An Opportunity, Not a Burden: A Study on the Accessibility of E-commerce Sites for Individuals who are Blind or Visually Impaired, Mariana Suarez Claure
A Tri-Project Approach: Expanding Three Different Frontiers of Neuroscience, Jullian J. Valadez
Multi-Scale Dynamical Analysis on Circadian Rhythms of Arabidopsis thaliana, Yian Xu