Final theses produced by undergraduate students affiliated with Mississippi State University's Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College.
Honors Theses from 2026
Development of a Preclinical Model that can be Used to Test Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury, Hayden Anderson
Using Stable Isotopes to Analyze the Diet of Middle to Late Bronze Age Individuals from Bezdanjača Cave, Croatia, Abby C. Berger
Experimental investigation of mode-II interlaminar fatigue damage in stitched and unstitched end-notched flexure carbon fiber composites, Madelyn Sloan Berry
Emotion Regulation and Autism: A Literature Review, Quinn Bethea
Repurposing Dicloxacillin as a β-Lactamase Inhibitor to Restore Cephalosporin Activity Against Gram-Negative Pathogens, Martin Z. Buck
Dementia Detection in Low-Resource Languages: Evaluating Translation-Assisted Transfer Learning for Multilingual Clinical Assessment, Kylar A. DeLoach
Sylvia Plath’s “Desultory” Daughters: A Poet’s Revisions of the Electra Myth, Rowan G. Feasel
A Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Different Invasive Carp Management Incentives, Kinsey Fikes
Creating a Phenology Wheel for Mississippi, Claire E. Green
A Low-Cost Motion Classification System for a Stuffed Animal Using an IMU and Machine Learning, Rachel N. Guynes
Modeling Carbon Nanotube Buckypaper in SolidWorks for Thermo-Sensing, Nolan R. Jones
Impacts of Biodiversity in Short Rotation Woody Crop Production Systems on Water Quality, Nyla C. Jones
Rationale Behind Subtitle Usage in Non-Deaf Individuals Across Various Platforms, Jenna E. Kasselman
Solar Siting in the Golden Triangle Region of Mississippi, Shreenithi Lakshminarayanan
Severe Weather Risk Perception Among International Students at Mississippi State University, Matthew Lentz
Utilizing Brain Computer Interfaces that Interact with a Virtual Keyboard, Skye Lilienthal
Engineering Complement C3d Variants to Understand Nanoparticle-Immune System Interactions, Matthew B. Mansell
Designing a Vision-Based Artificial Intelligence Detection System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Christopher E. Martinez
"Problems at the 'Hees'": Oscillating Racial Ideologies During Militant Protests at Voorhees College (1967-1970), Jacob Matkin
Trust in Government: How Sex, Race, and Ideology Shape Confidence in State and National Officials, Holden A. Mattison
Surrogacy-Friendly State Law: Criteria for Categorizing State Law by Strength of Legal Pathways to Gestational Surrogacy, Emma J. Noble
Evaluation of Chemical Contaminants and Heavy Metal Concentrations in Catfish, Madeline A. Raynor
Discovering the genetics underlying speciation traits in Heuchera (coral bells), Tajinder Singh
English Exceptionalism, Divine Authority, and the Abroad: The Wider World in the Minds of Englishmen in the 16th and 17th centuries., Ty H. Stricklin
Assessing Trans Activation of Ddi2 by Ubiquitin using Computational Modeling, Vineel Vanga and Galen Andrew Collins
A Treatise on Tool Development: The arthroscope’s cultural, technological, and metascientific translation, Montgomery F. Waterer
Social and Economic Identity as Predictors of Voter Support for Government Poverty Spending and Redistribution in Mississippi: A Study of Mississippi Poll Responses, Alexandra L. Williams
Honors Theses from 2025
Optimizing a Perfusion-Compression Bioreactor via Python Integration, Umamah Amer
Designing a Combination Keyboard and Mouse Device for One-Handed Use, Calvin Brinkman
Comparing a wearable smart sleeve to observational methods to measure ergonomic risk of Industrial Athletes on an automotive paint line, James H. Chalmers IV and Cameron Fowler
Protective and Risk-Related Factors Associated with College Student Burnout, Dominic X. Chavez
Reap What You Sow: Using Historic Enrollment Data to Strategically Recruit Students, Hayden Cherry
Ultrasonography as a Method for Identifying Biological Sex in Captive Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), Logan N. Collom
Assessing the Impact of Urban Sprawl and Agricultural Expansion on Local Water Quality in the US, Payton Davis
Addressing the Accounting Pipeline Leak: Academic and Socioeconomic Barriers to Entry, Retention, and Belonging, Karlene Deng
Design and Optimization of Lattice-Integrated PLIF Cages Using Additive Manufacturing and Finite Element Modeling, Olivia Draughn
Spatial Distribution of the Bankfull Discharge Recurrence Interval Across Tennessee, USA, Brayden P. Flanagan
Reporting Ergonomic Data from a Wearable Smart Sleeve on an Automotive Paint Line, Cameron R. Fowler
Almost Last Again? Mississippi's Labor Force Participation Rate: Causes and Solutions, John Martin Fox
The Relation Between Perceived Parental Physical Maltreatment and Psychological Problems: Moderation by Conservative Religiosity, Margaret Freeman
Storytelling or Telling Stories: An Analysis of Disnarration in Music Videos, Victoria Garrett
Using EEG to measure attentional spreading across objects, Dawson L. Green and Michael Pratte
Closing Chapter: A Stratum VIB Reconstruction of Areas I7, I8, J7, and J8 at Tell Halif, Madelynn R. Green
Bipyridine-containing, bio-inspired ligand to support manganese for oxidative catalysis, Jennifer R. Greer
Predictive modeling of spatial distribution of deep-sea benthic macrofauna at a methane seep site using geophysical data, Surabhi Gupta
Paper or Digital? Comparing Vocabulary Learning From Internet Search to a Physical Dictionary, Olivia L. Hamilton
The Art of Making a Woman in Shakespeare and Shaw, Elena Harman
Sustainability of the Fashion Industry: An Examination of the US Fashion Industry's Impact on Water Quality, Madelyn E. Horn
Analyzing The Chemical Composition & Morphology of Hydroxyapatite Coating On Magnesium Biomaterials, Khaoula Kamal
"If I Just Wasn't A Lady": A Study of the Belles Gone Bad in David Selznick's Gone With The Wind and Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled, Annie Kirkpatrick
DR-4429: Social Perceptions and Narratives of the 2019 Mississippi Delta Flood, Lily B. Langstaff
Integrating Environmental Analyses and Awareness to the Senior Chemical Plant Design Course CHE 4233, Lucie I. LeBlanc
“Take This Job and Shove It”: How Black Women’s Fight for Economic Rights Informed Their Participation in the Broader Social Movements of the Twentieth Century, Kyndle Diane Lee
Using Cutting Immersion to Apply Rooting Hormone for Propagation of Camellia japonica., Tanner R. Marlow and Richard L. Harkess
Assessing the Behavioral Impact of Pyridostigmine Bromide in Rats, Noah A. Martin
Elemental Humanity: A Hybrid Collection of Creative Work & a Critical Introduction Exploring Relevant Genres & Themes, Haylee G. Morman
Availability of Translation Services in Hospitals in Mississippi, Lauren Noe
Implementation and Assessment of the OpenBCI Platform as an Accessible Brain- Computer Interface, Jewell Norris
The Evolution of Technology in Nighttime Spectaculars at Disney Theme Parks, Kathryn Petersen
Synergistic Pollution: Interactions Among Polyethylene, Surfactants, and Antibiotics in an Aquatic Environment, Chloe Puckett
The Antagonistic Triad and Interpersonal Problems: The Role of Rejection Sensitivity, Abby G. Pulver
Uncertainty-Aware Navigation for Offroad Robotics, Neil Chetan Sanipara
Perceptions of Climate Change among the Public and Broadcast Meteorologists in Mississippi, Annea Scales
FFF Process Parameter Identification with Machine Learning Models, Owen Davis Smith
Role of the Pregnane X Receptor in Wound Healing and Macrophage Metabolism, Annamarie L. Thompson
Asymmetric Effects of the Ebbinghaus Illusion on Relative Depth Judgments in a Perceptual Matching Task, Caden J. Thompson
Exploring the Impacts of an Adaptive Haptic Heartbeat within a Socially Assistive Robot, Jade Thompson
Optimizing Silver/Aluminum Electrodes for Transparent Light-Emitting Diodes, Timothy G. Usey Jr
Associations Between Parental Depression and Child Internalizing Behaviors: The Role of Gender, Abigail M. Webb
Measuring Market Sentiment Towards CEO Incentives, Joshua C. Whitehead
Eye Tracking Features Predict Individual Differences in Forgetting Rates, Alyssa R. Williams and Jarrod Moss
Honors Theses from 2024
Parenting Practices and Attachment Levels in Relation to Externalizing Behaviors in Children Raised by Nonparental Caregivers, Kourtney Mia Barfield
Female Choice: Attraction in the Animal Kingdom, Lindsay Culpepper
A Systematic Approach to Vehicle Suspension Modeling: Integrating Experimental Testing and Simulation-Based Validation, Naoufel Ghannami
The Relations between the Financial Wellbeing of Custodial Grandparents, their Overall Wellbeing, and their Perceived Social Support, Paige L. Miller
Sir Nicholas: Chivalric Tropes and Dickens's Critique of the Aristocracy in Nicholas Nickleby, Erin Quinn
Honors Theses from 2022
Adopting Lactobacillus and Organic Acids as Alternative Treatments to Necrotic Enteritis, Javad A'arabi
Development and Prototyping of Motion Capture Hand Cluster using 3D Printing, Griffin Adcock
An Analysis of County Level Energy Burdens in Mississippi, Nirmal Bhatt
Effect of Declaw Bans on Shelter Cat Populations, Lauren Bowles
The Price on Our Tap: A Policy and Quantitative Analysis of County-Level Water Affordability in Alabama, Mayukh Datta
In Other Words, Socialized Medicine: Journal of the American Medical Association Versus the International Labour Organization, Tanner DeYoung
Investigating Differing COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes Within Families, Sarah Dulaney
Sentiment trends in political tweets: a case study of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Madeline Enlow
The Flaming Cross: The Methodist Church in Mississippi During the Civil Rights Era, Jonathan Franz
Alternative Inhibitors of Canonical Wnt Signaling, Abigail Grant
“Being a Chi O to a Fraternity Boy is the Greatest Thing That Could Happen”: Reputation, Heterosocialization, and Status Among Sorority Women, Anne Elizabeth Harrington
Extinguish the Spark: Mass Protests as a Determinant of Journalist Killings, 1992 - 2020, Ryan Jarratt
Speech Therapy for ASD: Funding Curriculum, Potential for Success, Lillian McElreath
Masked Up and Feeling Down: The Association Between Mental Health and Preventative Regulation During the Covid Pandemic, Mary Margaret Mitchell
“Fragrantasia: 24 Ekphrastic Poems about Scent”, Maeve Rigney
Comparison of PLGA and PCL Ratios in Kartogenin-Containing Nano-Scaffolds Produced Via the Electrospinning Process, John Graham Roberson
Reestablishing a New Normal: Addressing the Social Injustices at the Heart of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic and Examining the Role of Feutin-A as a Potential Therapy, Christopher Robinson
Independent Investigations of the Relationships Between Altruistic Behavior and Empathy With Depression, Colton Watson
