Honors Theses
Honors Theses is the collection of undergraduate research final theses written by Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College seniors.
Honors Theses
Academically Productive Classroom Discourse, Elizabeth Burford
Acceptance of marginalized couples, Shaquela Hargrove
A Critique of Environmental Rhetoric Used During World Environment Day, William Calderon
A Genetic Analysis of the Invasive Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) in the Cayman Islands, Blaklie Mitchell
A mathematical model for inhibitor drugs in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Richard Young Leonard III
A New Look at Northern Influence on Tolkien's Elves, Samuel Lucas
An examination of the use of additive manufacturing for small satellite technologies, Jacob Easley
A Novel Analysis of Angles-only Initial Orbit Determination Conundrum, Ryan Cobb
A novel spin-light polarimeter for the Electron Ion Collider, Prajwal Mohanmurthy
Becoming Inhuman, Becoming Monstrous: Representation and Sacrifice in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace and Lauren Beukes's Broken Monsters, Anna Catherine Bills
Characterization of pyridostatin and its interactions with c-MYC g-quadruplexes, Zachary G. Cuny
Cicero and Epicureanism, Ryan Williams
Citizen trust of the police in the United States: How bad is it, and what can we do to fix it, Mariah K. Warner
Colorblind Racism in White Women's Education Activision in the South, Emily Tingle
Corporate Equity Performance and Changes in Firm Characteristics, Cole McLemore
Corporate social responsibility and effective tax rates: Higher ratings, lower rates, Zane D. Parker III
Critias of Athens and the Sisyphus Fragment, Sarah Adison Phillips
Decoding the contents of working memory using EEG provides evidence for the sensory recruitment hypothesis, Allison L. Bruning
Determining the photometric capabilities of the CTIO 0.9-m telescope, Cameron Clarke
Developing a Python-based Workflow to Modernize User Interaction with Legacy Programs, Robert H. Hunter
Documented: A Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of ICE Raids of Mississippi Poultry Plants, Ben Mackin
Effects of TCDD on B Cell Populations in Various Anatomic Locations in EAE, Amye McDonald
Evaluating the Impacts of Undergraduate Research Programs at Mississippi State University for Developing Science Professionals, Isabella JoAnn Durham
Evaluation of a natural challenge model of zebrafish with Influenza A virus, Kelvin Blade
Examining the Intentional Use of Rhetoric in Legal Argumentation to Advocate for Foster Care Reform, Marisa Laudadio
Exploring and improving the uses of near-term quantum annealers, Nic Ezzell
Factors impacting retention among African American students at Mississippi State University, Ariel Johnson
Gene Expression Changes by Neuroprotectant Novel Antidotes to Organophosphates, Meghan L. Brino
Gentry's Mississippi: The Southern Gothic in Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billie Joe, Gentry Burkes
Geothermal energy potential in Oktibbeha County: Is Mississippi really hot?, Cary Ruth Lindsey
Golf Glove Data-based Swing Classification through Machine Learning, Jackson D. Fletcher
"He's going to play": The Influence of Timing in Return-to-Play Decisions, Seth Lenoir
Identification of Plant Gene Families Using Machine Learning of Sequence Similarity, Motif Conservation and Evolutionary Distances, James Stevens
Identifying Drought Stress Tolerance Characteristics in Brassica carinata Lines at Germination, Sarah Frey
Impact of single amino acid mutations in the rhomboid protease Pcp1p on Pcp1p catalytic activity, cellular respiration, mitochondrial morphology, and mitochondrial DNA maintenance, Andries Pieter Both
Intervention and Self-Efficacy in Computing, Liane Solomon
Investigation of Radiation Effects on Tungsten and Numerical methods to Determine Indentation Modulus, Erin M. O'Quinn
Investigations on the involvement of dopamine in the gustatory responses of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, Emily Anne Ousterhout
Invisible men and women: A critique of the critiques of particularity in African American literature, Donald Mayfield Brown
KOH Treated Biochar: An Improved Material for the Removal of Aqueous Contaminants, Cody Layne
Language Endangerment in an Urbanizing Tanzania, David Sides
Language Maintenance and Cultural Identity: Case Studies of Filipino Immigrant Families in Mississippi, Joy Cariño
Love of the law: The ethical Christology of Southern Baptist rhetoric and language concerning the LGBTQ community, Alexander James Ward
"Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again:" Burke's Perspective by Incongruity and the Shifting Image of the Handmaid, Morgan Hydrick
"Make Margaret Atwood fiction again": Burke's perspective by incongruity and the shifting image of the Handmaid, Morgan Hydrick
Measurement of material thickness using X-ray attenuation, Oliver Mikhail H. Gaerlan
Media multitasking in relation to cognition and socioemotional well-being: A literature review, Kaitlyn May
Microscopic analysis of Rickettsial co-infection in the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, Amanda Benton Harper
Model Validation of the Thermospheric Neutral Mass Densit, Martin Geary McCandless
Motion Elicits Emotion, Emma Denson
Neuroscience and You: A look into societal interaction with neuroscience both internally and online, Ciarra Smith
Novel Automated Drill Apparatus for Accessing Equine Hoof Wall, Wellesley Dittmar
On the feasibility of using genetic algorithms to optimize the structure of small multilayer perceptrons, Nicholas Dinep-Schneider
Out of place: Stories, Molly Beckwith
Phase space simulation of relativistic twisted electron Mott scattering, John K. Madsen
Process Simulation for Styrene Prodcution from Toluene and Methanol, Deonante Frazier
Proteogenomic mapping of Gossypium mustelinum Leaf, Heather Leanne White
Reducing social demands in child eyewitness memory using robot interviewers, A. Zachary Buchanan
Remittances and entrepreneurship: An analysis of the developing world, Steven Weirich
Removing aflatoxin M1 from milk using activated carbon and its effects on protein concentration, Kaylin Chaney
Rise of Spiritually Aware Healthcare Professionals: Importance of Servant Leadership in Educating Future Healthcare Porfessionals, Hamsini Balaji
Romance, War, and Narrative Ethics in Graham Greene's The End of the Affair and Ian McEwan's Atonement, Avery Ferguson
Shakespeare's own Metamorphosis: Transformations in the reception of Ovid in Shakespearean plays, Lien Van Geel
Straddling the Color Line: The Parallels of Passing as a Motif from William Wells Brown to Nella Larsen, Claire Schwartz
Suicidality and depression of those raised in kincare, Theresa Fitchie
The Antifungal Occidiofungin Disrupts Morphological Switching in the Polymorphic Fungus Candida albicans, Aaron Albee
The BCL11A Gene and the 3D Printing of an Adjustable Hyperextension Orthotic Knee Brace for Patients with Hypotonia, Reilly Reeves
The Cinderella Tale: Oral, Literary, and Film Traditions, Olivia Camille Williams
The Conservative Case for Climate Change Belief: Effects of Theme and Source Characteristics, Alicia Brown
'The Crisis of 1297': Royal prerogative, the Commonality, and the limitations of the crown, Zachary J. Warren
The Effect of Family Structure and Mental Health on Childhood Bullying Behaviors, Kierstynn Hunter
The Effects of Media Multitasking on Congitive Control, Seth Thomas
The Effects of Trans-nonachlor on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism in Immortalized Rat Hepatoma Cells vs. Rat Primary Hepatocytes, Lucie Henein
The impact of public defense spending and caseload on jury trial rates, Holly Travis
The impact social withdrawal in depression has on social functioning, Clayton H. Allred
The in vitro effects of glucosamine on equine and canine platelet aggregation and thromboxane synthesis, Gabrielle Rands
The New Künstlerroman by Women Writers, Hannah Phillips
The Proto-Romantic Politics of Reading: The Aesthetic Presence of Dante in the Cockney School, Meredith Hilliard
The Read Scare: Reading Stereotype Threat in College Aged Males, Rachel A. Booth
The seventh party system? Social homophily and the reemergence of culturally-based political coalitions, Tony Laudadio
Towards a Metaethics Grounded in a Simplified Process Metaphysics, Benjamin Kromann
Understanding Protein-Nanoparticle Interactions Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Sarah Claxton
What does China's Belt and Road Initiative mean to the U.S.?, Feifei Zeng
Yellow Jack's Wrath: The 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic and Public Health in Mississippi, Kyle Winston
Young Churchill: The Development of Greatness, Kennedy Moehrs