Honors Capstones from 2024
Regulation of normal and aberrant heterochromatic gene silencing in yeast, Anabelle Acosta
Case Studies on The State of Journalism in Louisiana, Allison Allsop
Quantitative comparison of TDDFT-calculated high harmonic generation yields in ringshaped organic molecules, Stephanie Armond
“Just One Simple Question: How Do We Protect Her?” The Role of State Governments in Preventing Female Murders by Intimate Partners, Chesani Askew
Predicting Antibiotic Resistance in Recreational Areas, Daniela Azevedo
Development of a 3D-Printed Device to Study How Bacteria Alters the 3D Migration of Breast Cancer Cells, Jack Bedell
From Authenticity to Abandonment: A Case Study on the Decline of BeReal, Blake Bollinger
Associations of ADHD Symptoms, Anxiety Symptoms, and Executive Functions in College-Age Women, Micayla Carter
Identification of Possible Regeneration Enhancer Sequences in Polypterus senegalus by ATAC sequencing, Miles Casey-Flores
The Politics of Non-State Provisioning in the Middle East and North Africa, E Celeste Cavell
Emotions as Effects of Anomie in Baton Rouge’s 311 Flooding and Drainage Service Requests, Amie Ćemalović
A Review of American and European Central Banks and How They Shape and Strengthen the Financial System of the Western World, Charlotte Chehardy
Evaluating Growth of Coastal Grass in Recycled Glass Sand: Evidence for Safe Application in Coastal Restoration, Allison B. Huddleston
Honors Capstones from 2023
The effects of social media influencers’ advertising posting on feelings of anxiety and inadequacy in college students, Amanda Auzenne
The Evolution of Pop Poetry: The Legacy of Mina Loy, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Sexton's Contributions to Female-Centered Art and Expression, Madeline Ballentine
Effects of Protein Restriction on Behavioral Economic Demand for Protein, Anna Quinn Billeaud
Characterization of the Acinetobacter baumannii DedA Membrane Protein Family, Emily Evans
Design of a Method to Quantify and Detect Microplastics in Water Reservoirs, Nacey Goodson
The RhoGEF Puratrophin-1-like Regulates Epithelial Tube Formation in Drosophila melanogaster, Zahra Vafaei Naeini
Investigating Novel Regulators of Tubular Lysosome Induction in Caloric-restricted Caenorhabditis elegans Nematodes, Christy Nguyen
Retrofitting Existing Distillation Columns for Improved Energy Efficiency and Increased Capacity, Justin Nijoka
Investigating the Role of the Drosophila melanogaster BEAF Protein in Mediating Long Distance Chromatin Looping, Oluwatobi Ojemakinde
Decomposition Rates of Spartina alterniflora (Smooth Cordgrass) in Coastal Louisiana Brackish Marshes Influenced by a Freshwater Siphon, Aine O’Nuanain
Leukocytes Manipulation by Staphylococcus aureus Superantigen-Like 4, Tanisha M. Patel
The Effects of Earthquakes on Light Scattering in LIGO’s Gravitational Wave Detector, Ashley Patron
Contemporary Environmental Art: The Multidimensional Relationship Between Black Communities and the American Landscape, Sophia Perkins
Contemporary Environmental Art: The Multidimensional Relationship Between Black Communities and the American Landscape, Sophia S. Perkins
A Study of How African Americans Perceive Cultural Appropriation By Whites In The Media, Fredlicia Phillips
Celluloid Bylines: Portraits and Analyses of the Journalist and Journalism on Film, Domenic Purdy
From NAFTA to the USMCA: How does protectionist American economic policy impact Mexico’s foreign car production?, Samantha Raeder
Optimizing microfluidic chips for endangered species sperm cell research, Elizabeth Reich
Synthesis of Tunable, Micron-sized, Polyethylene Particles as Models for Microplastics, Ruby Roberg
Religion and Dress Code among Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Women in the Middle East and North Africa, Hannah Rodrigue
Party Capability and the Decisions of the South African Constitutional Court, Isabella Rovere
Proposal to Add Human Trafficking Prevention Education Measures in the LADOC, Lauren Shaw
Chemical-Free Photocatalytic Water Treatment, Ella Sheets
Effect of NADPH Oxidase on the Microbial and Chemical Contamination of Water, Grace Sheets
Lipid Oxidative Damage in Mitochondria from Artemia franciscana embryos: Anoxic Challenge followed by Normoxic Recoveries of Increasing Duration, Samantha Shirmer
Perspectives from a Collaborator: An Oboe Recital, Lauren M. Smith
The Effect of Salt Stress on Root Development in Plants, August Steinkamp
Conducting Enchantment: Organized Sound and Ritual Spaces in Modern and Ancient Worlds, Haley Stuckey
Immune Responses to Viral Infection (Rhinovirus) in Children with underlying Medical Needs, Ngan Tran
Effects of Clozapine and Olanzapine Administration on Sucrose Preference in Female Mice, Brittany White
Do Callous-Unemotional Traits Change the Association between Environmental Stressors and Antisocial Behavior in Adolescents, Isabelle Whitfield
I Don’t Belong Here Impostor Syndrome: Genuine Success or Dumb Luck?, Ilai Wright
The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Students with Disabilities at Louisiana State University, Brooke Wrzyszczynski
Honors Capstones from 2022
Illusory Effects on Stepping Over Obstacles After Lower Extremity Muscle Fatigue, Abayomi Gideon Adeyemo
The Effects of Dietary Interventions on Adverse Outcomes in Obese, Preeclamptic-like BPH/5 Female Mice, Morgan Alston
Preferences, Expectations, and Experiences of Online Therapy among College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Emma Armstrong
Challenging the Canon; Teaching the Literary Canon in the High School Classroom, Abigail Baumgartner
Trump’s Trade War: An Economic and Diplomatic Analysis from a Louisianan’s Perspective, Logan P. Berthelot
Adaptive Reuse A Brief Introduction + Critique of Academic Methods, Nicholas Bertucci
Passive Air Samplers for Community Monitoring of Air Toxics Following Hurricane Ida in Terrebonne Parish, Sarah Besson
Louisiana Social Studies: A look into the culture, history and business of our state, Ava Borksey
GL(1|1) Graph Connections, Andrea Bourque
An Analysis of Post-Ferguson Black Law Enforcement Work Experiences, Abigail Bowers
GOD GUN!: A Half-Written Play, Devising an Original Theatrical Work Via Improvisation, Sophia Brazda
Opers on the Projective Line, Wronskian Relations, and the Bethe Ansatz, Ty J. Brinson
BELA Real Estate Company, Dallin G. Broussard
Phylogenetic placement of owl monkey, genus Aotus, using Alu retrotransposons, Morgan Brown
The Effects of Poverty on the Quality of Education Received by Louisiana Students, Madison Brzezinski
Psychological Well-Being in the Years after a Flood and During a Pandemic, Angelina Cantelli
Trophic relationships between tadpoles and other aquatic organisms in sub-tropical ponds, Kira Cates
Examining the symbioses between bioluminescent Vibrio species and ponyfishes in the Indian Ocean and between Vibrio species and Crassostrea virginica in the Gulf of Mexico, Alexandra Chauvin
Elemental Analysis of Mangrove Unslipped Pottery from The Paynes Creek Salt Works Using a Portable XRF Machine, Brigid Clarey
María dos Prazeres as a Metaphor: A Discourse on Gender and the Spanish Nation, Paola Colmenares
Hurricane Girls, Kallie Comardelle
Skin decision: Northern fowl mite infection alters diversity of the skin microbiome in European Starling nestlings differentially with age, Kaitlin Couvillion
ATTITUDES, PURCHASES, AND USAGE OF LINGERIE AMONG COLLEGE WOMEN: AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION, Madison Craig
A Sleeping Giant: Finding An Endogenous Solution for the U.S. Public Pension Underfunding Crisis, Caroline Crawford
Examining the Relationship Between Health-Related Fitness and Motor Competence in College-Aged Students, Michael Crick
UX/U-Eye: Designing Graphical User Interfaces for Exclusive Eye Gaze Control, Timothy Curol
The History and Continuing Impacts of Press Staff and Media Relations in Congress, Madelyn Cutrone
Influence of CAVs On Driver’s Decisions in Various Roadway Scenarios, Nathalie Joy Taboga Dante
LED Enhancements to the MIMIR Animatronic Figure, Collin J. DeVillier
Democracy’s Effect on Attributes of Transnational Terrorism, Alice Epley
Title IX: A Discovery of its Failure to Protect Students From Sexual Harassment and Assault, Delaney Ferrer
Measuring the Effect of Bipartisan Support for Foreign Policy Initiatives in the Senate on U.S. Policy Success, Emily Fitkin
Conformational Change and the Effects of a Substrate Mimetic on 5-Lipoxygenase, Mathes Akers Prometheus Forge
“The Lord Is the Maker of Them All” Black Membership in White Baptist Churches in Antebellum Louisiana, Alison Foster
Thermal Simulation of Additive Manufacturing from G-Code, Noah Foster
“You Can’t Wash Your Hands in a House Without Running Water”: Pandemic Precautionary Behaviors in the Wake of Hurricane Laura, Cécile Girard
Visible Light Illuminated Tin Oxide-Gold Nanoparticle Schottky Junctions for H2O2 Generation in Water, Sarah Glass
The Effects of Sub-Chronic Olanzapine Treatment on Sucrose Preference in Mice, Mia Goodson
Sex Differences in Expression of the Oxytocin Receptor in Adipose Tissue of Mice, Lindsey R. Hall
Evaluation of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Tumor Matrix, Alejandra Ham
Estradiol and predator cues affect behavior and brain responses of captive female house sparrows, Courtney Harding
The Effects of Negative Life Events on Pessimistic Future Outlook: Mediating Effects of Anxiety and Behavior, Kia Harris
Effects of Pine Straw as a Dietary Supplement for Internal Parasite Control in Pasture Raised Meat Goats, Landry M. Higgins
Generative Adversarial Networks Take on Hand Drawn Sketches: An Application to Louisiana Culture and Mardi Gras Fashion, Stephanie Hines
Gone with the Wedding: The Historical Evolution of Southern Plantation Weddings and Subsequent Cultural Implications, Madeline May Holmes
Expression and Purification of Tag-Free Chlamydia trachomatis Scc4 for Improved NMR Structural Studies, Peter Howard