Undergraduate Honors theses and exemplary Senior Capstone Projects.
Theses/Capstones from 2025
The relationship between Lynchburg area OB-GYN physician exercise recommendations, physical activity status, and depression in postpartum women., McKenzie Brundage
Bedside Nursing Report: Changing the Practice in the Hospital and How it Affects Patients, Holly Burns
The Impact of the Changes in NAFTA on Automobile Manufacturing Between the United States and Mexico, Haleigh Casey
Espionage and Counterintelligence During the Cold War, Natalee Coates
Discovering the Roots of Terror: Understanding the Relationship Between Terrorism and Corruption, McKenna Dahm
An Inside Look at Para Sport Concussion Care: Para Sport Healthcare Providers' Perspectives, Alexander Derstine
In the Shadow of Sovereignty: A Dark Examination of Hobbes, Sovereign Power, and Genocide, Sidney Dombrovskis
An Examination of the Effect of Cloth Material on the Efficiency and Success of Tick Dragging Protocol in Lynchburg Va., Hyden Draughon
Mind Games: The Psychological Fallout of Sudden Job Loss and Survivor Syndrome in Academia, Alexis Eckert
F1's Marketing Drive: Cracking the Code to Capturing the U.S. Market, Matt Fox
Synthesizing Palladium-Unnatural Amino Acid Complexes: Structural Analysis and Potential for Anti-Cancer Biological Activity, Jillian Francis
Building Up Borders: Political Framing and Anti-Immigration Attitudes in Hungary and the United States, Jacobsen Gamble
ADHD and its Relationship with Impulsivity and Delay of Gratification in Terms of Reward Seeking, Seth Hall
Observing the prevalence of Wolbachia found in tick species from the central Virginia region, Madison Hoover
Parallel Paths:, Jacob Jones
Everyday Nonverbal Communication: A Comparative Study of South and East Asian and the Mid-Atlantic United States Cultures, Jamila Jones
Ethics of Domestic Violence Punishments in the NFL, Jesse Lichti
Bankruptcy Unveiled: A Comparative Analysis of Risk Factors in Small vs. Large-Scale Businesses, Andrew Miller
A Comparison of Muscular Strength and Power Development in Unilateral and Bilateral Lower Body Exercises, Natalie Pickeral
Mining Medical Data Toward a More Equitable Health System for the Public, Julian Powell
Framing the East: An Exploration into Tony Blair’s and George Bush’s Speeches and Orientalism, Darcy Ross
Analyzing the Use of Quantifying Patient Acuity on Medical Surgical Units and Its Impact on Nursing Care, Molly Silva
The Effects of Stress on Injury and Sickness Rates of Middle-distance and Distance Division III Athletes, Hailey Smith
Synergy of Stress: Examining the Effects of Proinflammatory Stimuli on C8-D1a Astrocytes, Asher Stang
How Protests from 1913 to 1920 Led to the Ratification of the 19th Amendment, Margaret Stell
Nightmare Blueprint: How Personality Types and Anxiety Levels Influence Enjoyment of the Horror Genre, Bralynn Steppe
Political Polarization and Voter Turnout: A New Political Paradigm?, Kyle Thaller
So Much More Than Summer Camp: The Importance of Environmental Education at Nature Centers, Olivia Upton
Wild Women, Wild West: Queer Women’s Sexuality and Gender Presentations on the Western Frontier, Michaela White
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Social Expansion: An Analysis of the FCA Brand Architecture, Victoria Williamson
Theses/Capstones from 2024
Bioinformatic Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis G-12-005, Natalie Bianchi
Factors Impacting Aggression in Reticulitermes, Abigail Blair
A Functional Comparison of RAW 264.7 Murine Macrophages Grown in DMEM and RPMI 1640, Allison Bobst
Do Police Have a Low or High Tolerance for Corruption?, Chloe m. Brazil
Short term effects of manual hip manipulation on dynamic balance and hip abductor strength, Abigail Campbell
Ethylene-Forming Enzyme Kinetics and Ethylene Biosynthesis for Commercial and Medical Use, Amala Clawson
Factors Associated with Psychological Well-being in Students Pursuing Degrees in Health Care, McKenna Condrey
The Impact of Accounting Automation on Efficiency, Madeline Corbett
The effects of mental fatigue induced by the Stroop Test on muscular endurance performance and neuromuscular activation in Division III female athletes, Francesca Cuchna
The relationship between the Beighton score and the functional movement screen in collegiate D-III athletes, Allana Dawson
Pod-ifying Mass Media: An exploration of journalistic integrity in podcasting, Sam Graham
A Comparison of the ACSM and YMCA Submaximal Cycle Ergometer Testing Protocols Within a College-Aged Population, Lauren Hampton
An Analysis of the Key Components of WAR in Baseball, Natalie Kerr
Effects of Urbanization on Winter Bird Biodiversity, Margaret Kicklighter
Medicare and Medicare Advantage, how accurate are their projections?, Ryan Legge
Felon Disenfranchisement Laws: The Reason for Different Policy Choices Between States, Jayde Mayer
An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Carbon Offsets in Higher Education, with an Analytical Case Study of the University of Lynchburg, Grace Milligan
True Crime Media: Helpful or Harmful?, Iris Moseley
Overcoming Barriers to Receiving Liver Transplants due to Alcoholism, Marina Nadwodny
A Body Disinterred: Academic Grave Robbing and its Consequences, Jordan Ottaviano
MILITARIZING CONTAINMENT:, Laura Porto
Relationship Between Outdoor Recreation Activity and Physical and Mental Health, Ian Prinzbach
Society Says They Can’t: Vocal Independence in Students Matriculating from Primary to Secondary School, Victoria Rogers
The Sustainability of Housing Security in Lynchburg, Virginia, Kelsey Spickler
Bioinformatic Analysis of Hypothetical Genes in Lactococcus lactis ssp. IL1403:, Jennifer Tangires
Aerodynamic and Chemical Comparisons of the Most Recent World Cup Soccer Balls, Lauren Thomas
The Effect of State Gambling Laws and State Voting Tendencies, Steve Ulrichs
Objectivity and its Effects in Sports Broadcasting, Andrew Watson
Investigation of the Oral and Gut Microbiomes of Llamas: 16s Microbiome Testing and Characterization of an Isolated Microbe, Elizabeth Wenger
Visualization Fair Division – Using Visualization to Find Solutions to the Fair Division Problem, Jackson Wise
Theses/Capstones from 2023
SEC Proposed Regulations on Climate Related Disclosures and Climate Related Risks, Paloma Alvarado
The Effect of Joint Versus Soft Tissue Flossing on Overall Performance in the Lower Extremities, Emily Bray
How Automation is Making a Positive Impact on the Fast Food Industry, Noah Bullock
Unlawful, Unjust, and Unchanged; A Thesis of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Criminal Sentencing, Jessica Cochrane
Mind Over Matter: The Role of Resilience, Crime Victimization, and Age at the Time of Victimization on Psychological Health, Alana Compton
Rural Appalachia and the Opioid Epidemic: Overcoming Current Barriers with New Solutions, Olivia Croft
Self-Selected Pacing Strategy and Lactate Response in Individual Medley Time Trials, Claire Galloway
Immunomodulatory Effects of Glycerol Echinacea purpurea Stem and Leaf Extract on RAW 264.7 Murine Macrophages, Maxwell D. Garcia
Silk Production in Mature and Penultimate Female Dolomedes scriptus, Dylan J. Haley
As Seen On TV: An exploration of how sexual assault is portrayed in young adult television, Alyson Haslet
Understanding Veillonella atypica as a potential metabolic mediator in diabetic exercise, Anne Kelly
The relationship between blood lactate and heart rate responses to an established biking protocol in female distance runners and sedentary females, Haleigh Kozlowski
Creation, Understanding, and Reflection in a Senior Vocal Performance Half Recital, Kaitlyn Langford
An Analysis of Sediment Collected by Pogonomyrmex salinus from the Jurassic Sundance Formation, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, Josephine H. LaPrad
A Reform of Treatment: An Analysis of the American Asylum Movement, Sam Lipert
Analyzing and Computing Complete Solution for Dots and Boxes Game, Carl McAninch
The Forest of Claytor Nature Center as a Carbon Offset; Assessing the Sequestration Potential and Socioeconomic Implications, Sarah McCollum
A Comparison of External Loads in Division III Men's Lacrosse Between High Competition Matches and Low Competition Matches, Patrick Moore
Nature and Nurture: How they play a role in Serial Killers and their Victims (1970-1999), Sarah Mroczkowski
Locomotor Biomechanics in Stream Gobies, Rhinogobius sp.: Functional Performance of Waterfall-Climbing Behavior, Ernest Murphy
Qualitative Chemical Analysis of Elf Bar E-Liquids and their Effect on Phenotypic Characteristics of Arabidopsis Thaliana, Genevieve Neuwirth
History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but Often Rhymes: An Analysis and Extension of Models Influencing Special Education, Rebecca Owens
The Effect of Weight Bias on the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease, Manuela Paki Amouzou
The Effect of Social Influence, Patient Type, and Treatment Type on Ethical Medical Decision Making, Kessa Romero
Inflammatory Comparison of RAW 264.7 Cells, J774A.1 Cells, and Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages, Dylan Shuster
A Quantitative Analysis of Gender Inequality on Efforts to Reduce Human Trafficking in Countries, Amelia Simmons
Use of EEG-Based Machine Learning to Predict Music-Related Brain Activity, Charles Skutt
The Colours of Rethoryk: The Medieval World’s Influence on Red and White Color Symbolism in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, Frederick W. Smallshaw
Perceived Effectiveness of Mental Health Rehabilitation on Recidivism, Sydni Spradlin
Beyond Rationality: Reconciling Non-Ideal Agency and Epistemology in the Community, Sophie Tully
Money Laundering in the Global Art Market, Arran Walton
Theses/Capstones from 2022
Emotion and The Visual Arts, Hailey Bayne
That’s Not What I Heard: A Study on University Communications and Marketing Strategies Regarding COVID-19 Policies., Hannah M. Belayachi
An Anti-Racist Introductory Seminar Outline to Combat the Interconnectedness of Medical Racism and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Rates Among Black Women in the United States., Alexandra Boatwright
Acute response of a lower extremity mobility routine on AROM, sprint time, and vertical jump height in flexible and nonflexible adults., Flinn Christian
The Relationship between Urban Heat Islands and Redline Districts, Emily Cornwell