Honors Capstones from 2020
Ribosomal RNA synthesis after induced nucleolar stress in Drosophila melanogaster, Kyle Maher
GnRH as a Neuromodulator in Midbrain Sensory Regions during the Female Cichlid Reproductive Cycle, Mark Anthony Maier II
The Foreign Woman in the Works of Emilia Pardo Bazán and Margarita Nelken, Lillian Roques Mayhall
The Relationship Between Vocational Interests and Parenting Styles Moderated by Work-Family Integration, Kendall McGoey
How Technology Changed the Rhythm of the Music Industry, Anna Merkl
Parental Mental Health Help-Seeking: Addressing Service Utilization Disparities Across Ethnic Minorities, Quyen Nguyen
Comparison of Nanodisc and Liposome Interactions with 15-Lipoxygenase-2, Ye Rim Noh
The Effects of Transgenic Alterations of Bicarbonate-Utilizing Enzymes in Escherichia coli on the Activity of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, Aniko Alicia Nowakowski
SSRIF: A replication and a discussion about future experiments, Jon Odell
Effects of Physical Therapist Burnout on Spousal Emotional Exhaustion and Marital Satisfaction, Hannah E. Perkins
Women’s Disabled Bodies in the Novels of Agatha Christie, Victoria Pfeifer
Monuments and Memory: A Quantitative Analysis of Union and Confederate Monuments, Kris Plunkett
Understanding How Human Lipoxygenases Bind Molecular Oxygen and Arachidonic Acid Substrate, Austin Paul Primeaux
Integration of Location Based Social Networks in the Sense of Place (SOP) Mapping Techniques, Malachi Pursley
Black and White: Derailment of Desegregation in East Baton Rouge Parish Schools, Leonard Ray
A Comparative Analysis of Immigration Framing in News Coverage during the 2016 Brexit Referendum and the 2016 American Presidential Election, Emily Ritchart
Economic Development of Northern Thailand after the Eradication of Poppy, Devin Rose
Temperature of Freezing Impacts Liposome Stability with and without LEA Proteins from Artemia franciscana, Jane Ainsley Rothschild
The Roles and Motivations of Media Planners in the Proliferation of Partisan Media, Zachary A. Roubein
Not Just Stone and Metal Message Effects and Symbols of the Confederacy in the Contemporary South, Andrew D. Searles
Unreasonable People and the Possibility of Liberal Containment, Cameron Simmons
Testing the interaction between the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator and anoctamin 1 in amacrine cells of Gallus gallus retinas, Hailey Danielle Simpson
A Spotlight on Women in Brass Performance and Composition, Hollyn Slykhuis
The Growth of Louisiana’s English Language Learners and Policy Implementation in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System, Sarah Terracciano
“Damn, you reek of PR”: Anti-Establishment Rhetoric and Resistance to Advertising Within Science Fiction Film Discussions in the Reddit Movie Community, Bailey R. Tinsley
Quantifying Brain Network Coordination During the Imaginal Replay of Naturalistic Shared Experiences Through Role-Playing Games, Zachary Traylor
Investigating antiviral RNAi pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans through the context of the NSL complex and its subunits SUMV-1, MYS-2, and OGT-1, Alexandre Van Biersel
Using a Difference-in-Differences Approach to Examine the Impact of the State Earned Income Tax Credit on Student Educational Outcomes, Caroline Louise Vanchiere
Generating transgenic animals to understand the role of the Huckebein (Hkb) transcription factor in positioning tissue invagination, Samantha Leigh Vercher
Protein Expression and Characterization of a Mitochondrial Group 3 LEA protein, AfrLEA3m29, from embryos of Artemia franciscana, Caretia JeLayne Washington
Julia Edwards’ 19th-Century Scrapbook: An Individualized Craft for the Masses, Lydia Weaver
THE LONELY ONLY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE THEORIZING OF UNITED STATES QUOTA CULTURE COMPETIVENESS ON THE MODERN-DAY BLACK WOMAN, Russell Chamblee Wilder
Blazing a Trail for the Future of Paris, Texas, Ashton Wunsch
Honors Capstones from 2019
Using a Neonatal Model of Recombinant Inbred Mice to Identify Quantitative Trait Loci Underlying Variation in Host Permissiveness to HRSV Load, Scotty Alexander
The ability of β-hairpin peptides to function as degradation-resistant, cell-penetrating peptides and their potential as proteolysis targeted chimeras, Jeffery C. Anderson
The 3D scaffold design of de novo anterior cruciate ligament graft, Dominique Angibeau
Design and Optimization of a Microfluidic Device to Study the Effects of Fluid Shear Stress on Extravasation, Joseph B. Balhoff
Analysis of Hepatitis C Prevalence in a Justice-Involved Medicaid Population in Louisiana, William R. Boles III
Ionic Liquid Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis for Improved Separation of Proteins and Small Egg White Peptides, Michael C. Brands
Microfluidic generation of orthogonal chemical gradients to study cellular decision making during 3D migration, Joshua M. Campbell
Accuracy of Personalized 3-D Printed Phantoms for Radiotherapy Applications, Margaret Carey
The Effect of Time Pressure on Cue Utilization in Academic Selection Decisions, Dominique Carr
THE STOCK MARKET EFFECTS OF AMAZON’S SALES TAX COLLECTION ANNOUNCEMENTS, Andrew Chenevert
Emergence of Transitive Class Containment, Jensen Chotto
The Development of a High-Throughput Screening Assay for Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase using 1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxynapthalene Synthase, Sarah Elayne Cohen
Ancient Maya Obsidian Trade: Frenchman’s Cay, Belize, Emily Cook
Plant-Based Crosslinked Polymers, Jackie Davies
Development and application of a pexophagy sensor in Caenorhabditis elegans, Dominique Dolese
Les chimères de Nerval : le temps, la femme, et le poète lui-même, Giselle Doucet
FGF21 Does Not Regulate Hepatic Peroxisomes In Response to Induced Energy Deprivation, Nabil M. Essajee
An Analysis of Political Preferences and Activism Levels Relationship to the Senior Colleges at Louisiana State University, Lily Frances Fontenot
How Private Equity Firms Create Value – 3 Main Ways, David Gaines
Community Music Can Happen Anywhere: A Field Report, Lorenzo Gapud
Communicating the Coastal Crisis: Effects of Priming, Nudging, and Information Provision on Pro-Environmental Behavior, Raleigh E. Goodwin
Composing Activism: Case Studies in Artist Advocacy, Taylor Goss
Nanoparticle Burst Timing Optimization, Simon Grigoryan
CHANGES IN SALIVARY ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS IN RESPONSE TO MAXIMAL EXERCISE IN COLLEGIATE SWIMMERS, Katelyn Hardin
Suicide Attempt Recovery Storytelling as a Way to Increase Help-Seeking Attitudes in College Students, Rachel A. Haydel
The Societal Collapse of the Southern Lowland Maya Civilization: Don’t Miss the Forest for the Trees, Dwayne Hinton
Physiological Plasticity and Tolerance to Aquatic Hypoxia in Fundulid Killifish, Ryan Hoffman
Sharing More Than Expected, Loreal Johnson
The Criminal Justice Systems and Psychological Disfranchisement, Morgan Johnson
“The Distinctiveness of Risk-Taking from the Big Five Personality and its Narrow Facets”, Elizabeth D. Joseph
Exploring the Relationship between Physiological and Emotional Stress in Viola Players, Hannah Keller
Risk Factors Associated with Juvenile Delinquency, Karly A. Kyzar
On the Knife’s Edge: Why Consolidation in the Audit Industry Threatens Economic Stability, Aaron LaHood
Peerra: An Extensible and Structured Web Service for Peer-to-Peer Assistance, Drake Lambert
A History of Drag and the AIDS Crisis in Louisiana, Rebecca Lawler
Diapause Termination and Hatching of Artemia franciscana: Impacts on Expression of a Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein, Mike Trinh Le
3D-printed culture plate insert with agarose barrier for the evaluation of stem-cancer cell signaling., Erika M. Lewis
Holidays and Families: A Field Report of a Unit Done in a 1st Grade Classroom, Madison Liggio
Review of naturally occurring ammonia in groundwater and its effect on using chloramines for drinking water disinfection in Louisiana, Athena Lindsay
A Genetic Screen for Second Site Suppressor Mutations of Extended Gene Silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Laurie Lyon
A Systematic Review of Post-Migration Facilitators and Barriers to Integration Among Muslim Refugees in the United States, Sarah Elizabeth Mähler
Implementation of a Particle Image Velocimetry System for Evaluation of Microfluidic Chip Flows, Sheila Mallenahalli
Examining the Interaction of State and Trait Anxiety on Working Memory Performance, Carly C. Moore
Long-Term Effects of the Chronic Administration of Risperidone on Adolescent Mice, Serena Nguyen
Inflammatory Reproductive White Adipose Tissue Characterizes The Obese Preeclamptic-like BPH/5 Mouse prior to Pregnancy, Kelsey Olson
THE SOCIAL LOGIC OF SPACE IN EARLY HORIZON PERU: 3D RECONSTRUCTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL COMPOUNDS AT CAYLÁN, NEPEÑA VALLEY, Ashleigh V. Passafume
Phylogenetic analysis of toucan family Ramphastidae, Marguerite D. Poché
Exploring New Fe-Substituted Rare-Earth-Based High Entropy Alloys, Glendon Rewerts
“A Body Knows:” Time, Affect, and Change in Post-Civil War African American Literature, Charity Ringel
Genetic Screen for Suppressors of Increased Gene Silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Jonah Rittenberry
The Power of Wording: An Evaluation of Framing Effects, Chelsea Romph
Crafting Identity: Language, Gender, and the Internet in the Arab World, Connor C. Rouillier
CHARACTERIZATION OF IRON-SULFUR CLUSTER PROTEINS FROM METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS, Melody Salmanian
The Port Vincent Community Center: Constructing a Social Space to Help Protect a Communtiy Both Before and After Disaster, Kaitlin Marie Schuette
Characterizing the subcellular localization, activity, and physiological properties of α-carbonic anhydrases in Arabidopsis thaliana, Kayla Schwartzenburg
The Effects of Natural Disasters on Subnational Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, Olevia Sharbaugh