Undergraduate Honors theses and exemplary Senior Capstone Projects.
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
The Effect of COVID-19 on Exercise Performance, Elizabeth Crockett
Predictors of Roommate Friendship Score: Personality Traits, Conflict Management Score, Parenting Styles, and more., Cassidy A. Davis
Cellular Automata: The Mathematical Theory Behind the Spread of COVID-19 and Prediction of Future Spread, Alison Drumheller
Using Small Molecules to Combat Staph Infections, Anthony Ferris
The Plant and the Pathogen: Elucidating the Relationship between Root-Knot Nematodes, pH Levels, and Arabidopsis thaliana Development, Rachel Garnett
What’s in a Vote? Voter Choice in the 2008 through 2020 Presidential Elections, Matthew Gillett
Effects of Precipitation on Groundwater Level in an Urban Watershed, Andrew Golladay
Transgender Athlete Policy Analysis of the National Governing Bodies of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Dara Gregory
A common garden experiment suggests local adaptation in stomata size but not stomata density in Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Alyssa Gundel
Functional Comparison of RAW 264.7 Cells and Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages (BMDM), Quinn Harker
The Effect of Race and Gender in the Stigmatization of Mental Illness, Kate Hines
Dementia Classification through Textual Analysis with Machine Learning Algorithms, Joseph Hurowitz
Attitudes Toward Obesity in Undergraduate and Graduate Students Intending to Enter the Healthcare Field, Sloane E. Kelly
The Benefits of Reading for Pleasure, and How to Instill a Lifelong Love of Reading in Students, Anna-Catherine Kueng
The effects of wearing a sports mask compared to a standard surgical face mask during the Forestry 5 Minute Submaximal Step Test, Christian Kumar
Effects of Exercise on Fear Behavior in Zebrafish, Tyler Kuni
The Shadow Pandemic: A Rise in Domestic Violence During COVID-19 Lockdowns, Megan L. Leggett
An Investigation of the Natural History and Coloniality of Mecynogea lemniscata, Kassidy McCall
Understanding the Effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Functional and Behavioral Outcome in Autistic Children and Adolescents, Leigh-Anne McCormick
When Helping Becomes Hurting: Compassion Fatigue in Pediatric Nurses, Annabelle Nagy
Exploring Crypsis in Dolomedes, Joshua Nichols
The Effects of Communication Differences on Listeners’ Attitudes of Warmth and Competence, Credibility, Intelligences, and Social Distance, Rebecca D. Parks
Comparison of training load between NCAA DIII tennis resistance training, practices, and matches, Lauren Pascadlo
The Effect of Quantitative Easing on the U.S. Stock Market and Wealth Inequality, Griffin Phillips
Nefariously Selling Muscle by the Supplement Industry, Nick Prechel
Humanizing the Intensive Care Unit with Animal-Assisted Therapy, Amanda Pugh
Finding Friends in the age of Algorithms, Keegan H. Pursley
Mapping the Impact of A Trailway System on the Amount of Trash Present Within Two, Lillian Smith
How do Business Cycles, Sex, and Race Affect College Major Choice?, Matthew Varsi
Impacts of Biased Scientific COVID-19 News Reporting on Mortality Salience, Jena Wilkinson
Effect of SARS-Cov-2 Vaccine Misinformation on Conspiracy Belief and Anxiety, William Alexandr Yeager
Theses/Capstones from 2021
Characterization of the Sneathia amnii Cytotoxin and its Potential Role in Health Disparities Affecting Women of African Ancestry, Ivypel Amankwa-Asare
The Significance and Validity of Domestic Altar Spaces, Destiny M. Barktyoumb
Feeling Smarter: The Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Situational Academic Stressors on Resilience, Coping, and Well-Being, Jenna Bohrer
Statistical Analysis of 2017-18 Premier League Match Statistics Using a Regression Analysis in R, Bergen Campbell
Whore, Horror, and History: How Monstrous Women in Horror are Defined by the Monsters Before Them, Mattox Cash
How to Get Away with Murder: The Effectiveness of Blood Detectors on Surfaces Cleaned of Blood, Grace Cavanaugh
Evaluating the Historical Accuracy of Blackwork Embroidery with Fractal Analysis, Rhiannon Cire
Does Body Positivity Yield Positive Attitudes? The Effects of Female Empowerment in Advertisements on Consumer Perceptions, Allyssa Compton
The Continuity of Teaching: The Pedagogic Importance of Ivan Galamian and Dorothy Delay, Colin Coviello
The impact of Oxygen Exposure and pH on Growth and Biofilm Formation Ability of Veillonella atypica, in Relation to Human Health, Ellen Druebbisch
Overcoming Barriers to Symptom Management at the End of Life, Laura Elphee
Music Therapy as an Alternative to Pharmacological Intervention in the Treatment of Patients with Anxiety and Depression., Oluwateniola Emmanuel
Financial Implications of COVID-19 on the European Football Transfer Market, Jared Gilbert
Effects of a Gliadin Digest on the Inflammatory Response in RAW 264.7 Macrophages, Kristen Harkins
Understanding American Republicanism: An Analysis of the Influence of Modern and Ancient Thinkers on the Founding, Jenna Lopez
Shakespearean Gender Performance on the Page and on the Stage, Elizabeth Martin
The Realignment of 1860 and the Birth of the Republican Party, Julia Melone
Unpredictability and Modular Variations of the Collatz Conjecture, Geoffrey Murphy
Multi-Elemental Analysis of Natural Honey in Central Virginia via Microwave Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (MP-AES), Laurel Nicks
Utilizing CRISPR- Cas9 to explore the effects of downregulating targeted genes in Arabidopsis thaliana., Sena Nomura
Theses/Capstones from 2020
Efficacy of a Motivational Video on Heart Rate, RPE, and Total Work Performed During Stationary Cycling, Hannah Angelella
Predicting Academic Dishonesty Using Personality, Impulsiveness, Morality, and Somatic Faking, Lauren Barbee
The Importance of River Influx and Pump Storage Operation on Water Quality in a Storage Reservoir, Ethan Batchelor
The Effectiveness of the European Union’s Environmental Policies, Wendolyn Borkoski
Efficiency Analysis of Harvesting Solar Energy to Perform Mechanical Work, Haden S. Bragg
How Parents Interact with their Children in Literature and How it Affects the Child’s Development, Trinity Byerly
The Relationship between Urbanization in the Blackwater Creek Watershed and Potentially Toxic Elements in Sediment, Hannah Chapman
Water Quality Degradation from Dam Removal: Impact on an Urban River System in Central Virginia, Wrenn Cleary
Assessment of the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Evan Cobey
Creating Worlds of Endless Variety: An Evaluation of Procedural Content Generation in Gaming, David Cole
The Benefit of Neonatal Intensive Care Units Providing a Specialized Program for Newborns in Drug Withdraw, Jessie Creekmore
A Seasonal Crime?: A Quantitative Examination of the Relationship Between Criminal Charges in the City of Lynchburg and Seasons of the Year with Reference to Gender and Race, Caitlin Ann Ann Dorsch
The Impact of Religiosity and Personality on Resilience and Coping Strategies, Leah Eldred
Effects of Nicotine on Contextual Fear Conditioning in Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Brianna Fann
Financial Statement Misstatement and Their effects on Investors, Kyle Gallagher
Catalan Artist Pierre Daura as Exile, Refugee, Naturalized American Citizen, Teresa Gunter
Predicting the Federal Funds Rate, Danielle Herzberg
Visualization of Musical Instruments through MIDI Interface, John Jaminet
Media Content Analysis of Governmental Impact on Terrorist Reporting, Maggie Kaliszak
Analysis of the Evolution of the Hominin Jaw & Dentition, Matthew Koelbel
The Impact of the Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado on Education Funding and Car Crash Fatality Rates, Lauren McDonald
The Role of Guaranteed Sexual Education in Argentina and its Influence in the #AbortoLegalYa Movement, Shannon McGovern
The Effect of Information Interventions on Retention among University of Lynchburg Students, Sara Mills
Proceeding Without Consent: The Ethics of Disregarding Patient Preference for Paternalistic Reasons, Nicholas Munsey
Hindering African American Advancement: The Spanish Flu to Covid-19, AJ Nieves
A Search for Aristotelian Political Friendship in Thomas Jefferson’s Ideal American Regime, Christopher Hiatt O'Connor
Effectiveness of Plyometric Drills on Peak, Average and End Anaerobic Power in Trained and Untrained Individuals, Erik Oehler
A Comparative Study of the Spin Rates of Golf Balls, Carter W. Old
The Acute Effects of Blood Flow Restriction During Exercise, Madison Rechenberg
Dose response effect of Mycobacterium smegmatis-derived lipomannan in RAW 264.7 murine macrophages, Cassandra Robertson
How User-Friendly Operating Systems and Interfaces Make Technology Harder for Everyone, Cameron Short
Pioneering Feminism: How Early American Female Authors' Heroines Defy Gender Norms, Julie Short
Youth Tackle Football: A Parent's Decision, Steven Smallshaw
How Health and Physical Education Teachers Feel About the Virginia Communications and Literacy Assessment, TC Thacker
The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Intensity on Acute State Anxiety, Kathryn Vest
The Need for Change in Emergency Medical Approach When Caring for Individuals with Autism, Hannah Watkins
The Impact of Temporary Gender Embodiment on the Accuracy of Personality Judgment: Drag Performance as a Lens, Adele Weaver
The Effect of Competition in the Sports Market on the Popularity of Baseball, Noah Winslow
Daenerys Targaryen: Mad or Madly Ended? A Feminist Analysis of Her Downfall, Barbara Yauss
Theses/Capstones from 2019
What are the consequences of the rise of the “black dollar movement, and what does it implicate for black businesses owners in the South?, D'Andria Alston-Thomas
Mathematical Models: the Lanchester Equations and the Zombie Apocalypse, Hailey Bauer