Honors Capstones from 2017
“Whate’er I be”: The Body Liminal and the Permeable Limits of Sovereignty in Early Modern Drama, Linda Anne Riley
Reformation: An Apparel Design Collection, Biagia Rosinia
Characterization of a putative CCM transporter, CIA8, in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using RNAi knockdown mutants, Joshua Schwartzenburg
PLAY WITH POWER: A CITY PARK ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER, Xiwei Shen
Critical Companion to the Performance: The Three Selves, Joseph St. Cyr
“The Dynamics of Racial Politics in Louisiana’s German Coast”, Michael D. Stein
Perceived Sleep Quality and Subjective Social Class as Predictors of Alcohol Consequences and Drinking Motivations in College Students, Shelby Alexandra Stewart
Defining the Edge: Programming Louisiana’s Working Coast, Renzi James Terrebonne
Epoch, Latitude and Star Positions from Hipparchus’ Commentary, Irene Vargas-Salazar
The Chiral Coefficient: Rapid Optimization of Plasmonic Circular Dichroism, Jon Wilson
A Content Analysis of Voter Fraud as Covered by the Digital Print Media During the 2016 Presidential Election, Avery Woodard
qPCR amplification of heat shock protein 70 in hybrid and pure populations of Tigriopus californicus, Angela Yoon
Honors Capstones from 2016
Resonance Varieties of Pure Braid-Like Groups, Jared Able
Resonance Varieties of Pure Braid-Like Groups, Jared Able
A Vous de Amatongas: The Voice of Amatongas, Matthew T. Adler
Interlimb differences in movement accuracy in darkness vary with handedness laterality scores in right-handers, Taylor Amedee
Density Functional Theory Calculations on the Doping Sequence of MnxFen(1-x)Ge, Jordan C. Ball
Analysis of western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) specific Alu repeats, Thomas Beckstrom
Efficient recycling strategies for preparing large Fock states from single-photon sources - Applications to quantum metrology, Emma Annelise Bergeron
Legislating HIV as a Crime: Assessing the Likelihood of State Adoption of HIV Criminalization Laws, Adam Michael Beyer
A First Amendment Conundrum: Hate Speech and Social Harm, Kaylyn Blosser
“Ain’t He a Beauty”: Black Queer Aesthetics and Disidentification in American Literature and Film, Rory Tolbert Boothe
Characterization of ammonium salt toxicity in cabbage family plants, Madison Boudreaux
An Application Programming Interface for Parliamentary Procedure, Grant David Bourque
The Importance of Cleopatra’s Image as Mother in Contemporary Rome and the East, Catherine Briley
A Content Analysis of Minority Representation in a Selection of Current College and University Viewbooks, JoLena Ann Broussard
How Various Sources of Content on Social Networking Sites Affect Millennial’s Attitudes Toward a Brand, Katherine Campbell
Material Evaluation of a Lightweight, Automated Canned Pet Food Dispenser, Kathryn Marie Carr
SINGLE CELL ENCAPSULATION USING A MICROFLUIDIC DROPLET GENERATOR, Seleipiri Charles
Support for Preschool Expansion among Louisiana Adults, John Garrett Clawson
Development of Mouse Melanoma Model to Evaluate Oncolytic Viral Therapy using OSV, Kelli A. Clemons
Priming of Narrative Language in Young Adults, Rachel M. Crowder
The Influence of Media on Political Knowledge, Colin Dailey
Compass: A Musical Journey through Nature, Matthew Depaula
FORMATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY PERSISTENT FREE RADICALS O N SINGLE CRYSTAL A N D NANOPARTICLE METAL OXIDE SURFACES, Mark F. DiTusa
The Effects of Mitochondrial DNA on the Fitness of the Marine Crustacean Tigripus californicus, Ellen Foster
Can Parasitized Lambs Self-Medicate Through Preferred Consumption of Sericea Lespedeza Pellets?, Mallory Alicia Garcia
The Rat Kingdom, Laura Gauggel
FACIES RECONSTRUCTION AND STRATIGRAPHY OF A LATE PLEISTOCENE BALD CYPRESS FOREST DISCOVERED ON THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO CONTINENTAL SHELF, Suyapa Gonzalez-Rodriguez
FACIES RECONSTRUCTION AND STRATIGRAPHY OF A LATE PLEISTOCENE BALD CYPRESS FOREST DISCOVERED ON THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO CONTINENTAL SHELF, Suyapa Gonzalez
Depolarizing Science: The Effects of Local Crises on Partisan Science Policy, Christopher R. Handy
White Trash Compactor, Jacob Heflin
Aconitic Acid, Glycerol and Cinnamic Acid Polyester Characterization for Bone Tissue Engineering, Katie JoAnna Hogan
Queer Transformation, Pathologization, and Rebellion in the Horror Films of the 1980s, Courtney Taylor Howell
RedefiNing The Word, Jalea Jackson
Stratigraphic analysis of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument using magnetic susceptibility, geochemical comparison, and gamma ray spectroscopy, Jennifer Kenyon
TRUMPED: How a Billionaire with 140 Characters Stole Billions in Free Media, Kylie Shae Keyser
Present Value Calculations in Personal Injury, Nicholas J. Klinka
Impact of Additive Manufacturing Technologies and the Development ofa Mixed Metal Powderbed Additive Manufacturing System, Gerald L. Knapp
‘A Novel Kaposi’s Sarcoma Therapy:’ Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Light-Mediated Drug Delivery, Blake Peter Kruger
Visual Synecdoche: A Typology and Visual Analysis of Pattern Books 1830-1930, Nicholas de Godoy Lopes
Variations on Greek Sculpture: Reassessing the Myth of Roman Copying, Echo Matthews
Perfect Matchings and Their Applications, Amanda Mayhall
The Effect of Emotional Words and Sounds in Multidimensional Source Memory, Katelyn M. McCoy
Picturing the Museum: How America's Leading Art Museums Use Instagram as a Public Relations Tool, Hannah S. McLain
Augustine and Heidegger: Curiosity and the Structure of Time, Phillip Andrew McLean
Chemosensory Signals from Gravid Females Elicit Behavioral Response from Dominant Male Astatotilapia burtoni, Cristopher T. McVicker
Illustrated Dante’s Inferno, William Melancon
Faunal Analysis of Fauna in Feature 1, Byrd Hammock South Site, Wakulla County, Fl, Jacob Mendoza
Development of a transposon-based vector to express large quantities of Factor VIII, Allison Mikes
Road associated wildlife mortality in an urbanizing metropolitan area of the southeastern USA, Lillian Miller
Examining the Knowledge and Attitudes of the Public in regard to Military Sexual Trauma Policy, Lindsey Miller
HUMANITY, THE INTERPLANETARY SPECIES. THE LEGALITY OF COLONIZING SPACE., Zachary S. Miller
An Analysis of Environmentally-Persistent Free Radical Formation on Surrogate Soil Systems Containing Iron(III) and Copper(II) and the Potential Remediation Effects of Laccases, Andrew Paul Mullet
Weight Management Delivered Through an App, May Help Resolve Body Image Dissatisfaction in Women Enrolled in WIC, Alexis Ariel O’Connell
A Monte Carlo Study of the Pion Absorption and Charge Exchange Cross Section in LArIAT, Andrew Olivier
Superstable Semigroups, Stephanie Olsen
Effects of Post-cues on Visual Short- and Long-Term Memory, Saige Parker
Understanding Inequality in Special Education: A State Level Analysis of High School Special Education Graduation Rates, Haley Paulish
The US and the Syrian Security Dilemma, Marlee Pittman
The Exacerbating Effect of Coastal Erosion to Orphan Well Risk Analysis in Terrebonne Parish, Taylor Reeves
Missed Connection: A case study of social media, the youth vote and the 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial race, Valencia Richardson
Zein nanoparticle interaction with soybean plants, Kurt Ristroph
Core-Shell Nanoparticles for the Desulfurization of Biogas, Joshua Saltz
15-Lipoxygenase-2 Expression and Activity in HEK 293 Cells, Kirstie Rae Schieffler
Modeling of Reaction Kinetics and Mass Transfer of Carbon Dioxide Electrochemical Reduction, Sneha Seetharama
An Analysis of the Own Race Bias in a Social Group Context, Laura Siqueiros
“My Way or the Highway to Heaven”: The Role of Choice in Religious Conversion, Marylynn Smitherman
Pentaerythritol Triacrylate-co-Trimethylolpropane Nanocomposite Scaffolds as Osteogenic Components for Bone Tissue Engineering, Mollie Marie Smoak
Using Information to Affect Party Alignment and Third Party Support, Lindsey Spillman
Modern Vet Management Business Plan, Alaina Stanton
DISMANTLING TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS TO CREATE AN ALL CHARTER SYSTEM: A COUNTER NARRATIVE OF EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL REFORM IN NEW ORLEANS POST-KATRINA, Chauncey E. Stephens
Evolution of Alu Element Subfamilies in Papio Baboons, Jon Hunter Strohmeyer
Bank Deregulation and Labor Market Outcomes, Yen Ta Tan
FAILURE TO ACHIEVE RECOMMENDED OMEGA-3 DHA INTAKE DURING PREGNANCY: NUTRITION EDUCATION NEEDED, Carly Thaxton
Modeling the Effects of Mass Transport on the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 at Cu2O Surfaces, Edward Alexander Thistlethwaite III
The Effects of Levodopa on the Performance of Fine Motor Tasks in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease, Collette Maria Tilly
Cherokee Nationalism The Cherokee Pursuit of Autonomy During the Antebellum and Civil War Eras, Eric J. Toups
The Effect of Highly Salient Pictures on Unfamiliar Face Matching Performance, Karyn Warner
Fear of Campus Mass Shootings: Media Consumption and Attitudes toward Campus Firearm Policies, Elizabeth Weltman
The Effects of Message Appeals in Corporate Social Responsibility Communication on Organized-Public Relationships, Kristin N. White
Women Do It Better: The Inclusion of Women in Post-Conflict Peace Negotiations, Mary Scott Wofford
The Relationship of Passive Auditory Processing and the Irrelevant Sound Effect: An Individual Differences Investigation, Jenna Zeringue
Honors Capstones from 2015
The Law of Peoples and Cosmopolitan Idealism: Global Justice for the Modern World, Jonathan Aker
Predicting Parole: Revolutionizing Risk/Needs Assessment in Louisiana, Chelsea Andre
Grammatical Morphology in a Child with Autism, Katherine Ball
Our Cosmogonies: Creation Myth in Everyday Moments, Samantha Bares
Proficiency in Native and Nonnative English Speakers: the Effects of Individual Difference Variables on Performance, Haley E. Barlow