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Theses/Capstones from 2022

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Emotion and The Visual Arts, Hailey Bayne

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That’s Not What I Heard: A Study on University Communications and Marketing Strategies Regarding COVID-19 Policies., Hannah M. Belayachi

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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

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Acute response of a lower extremity mobility routine on AROM, sprint time, and vertical jump height in flexible and nonflexible adults., Flinn Christian

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The Relationship between Urban Heat Islands and Redline Districts, Emily Cornwell

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The Effect of COVID-19 on Exercise Performance, Elizabeth Crockett

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Predictors of Roommate Friendship Score: Personality Traits, Conflict Management Score, Parenting Styles, and more., Cassidy A. Davis

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Cellular Automata: The Mathematical Theory Behind the Spread of COVID-19 and Prediction of Future Spread, Alison Drumheller

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Using Small Molecules to Combat Staph Infections, Anthony Ferris

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The Plant and the Pathogen: Elucidating the Relationship between Root-Knot Nematodes, pH Levels, and Arabidopsis thaliana Development, Rachel Garnett

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What’s in a Vote? Voter Choice in the 2008 through 2020 Presidential Elections, Matthew Gillett

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Effects of Precipitation on Groundwater Level in an Urban Watershed, Andrew Golladay

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Transgender Athlete Policy Analysis of the National Governing Bodies of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Dara Gregory

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A common garden experiment suggests local adaptation in stomata size but not stomata density in Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Alyssa Gundel

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The Effects of Carbonyl Iron vs Ferrous Sulfate on Blood Iron Markers in Male Division III Cross-Country Athletes, Sam Gunter

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Functional Comparison of RAW 264.7 Cells and Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages (BMDM), Quinn Harker

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The Effect of Race and Gender in the Stigmatization of Mental Illness, Kate Hines

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Dementia Classification through Textual Analysis with Machine Learning Algorithms, Joseph Hurowitz

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Attitudes Toward Obesity in Undergraduate and Graduate Students Intending to Enter the Healthcare Field, Sloane E. Kelly

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The Benefits of Reading for Pleasure, and How to Instill a Lifelong Love of Reading in Students, Anna-Catherine Kueng

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The effects of wearing a sports mask compared to a standard surgical face mask during the Forestry 5 Minute Submaximal Step Test, Christian Kumar

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Effects of Exercise on Fear Behavior in Zebrafish, Tyler Kuni

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The Shadow Pandemic: A Rise in Domestic Violence During COVID-19 Lockdowns, Megan L. Leggett

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An Investigation of the Natural History and Coloniality of Mecynogea lemniscata, Kassidy McCall

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Understanding the Effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Functional and Behavioral Outcome in Autistic Children and Adolescents, Leigh-Anne McCormick

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When Helping Becomes Hurting: Compassion Fatigue in Pediatric Nurses, Annabelle Nagy

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Exploring Crypsis in Dolomedes, Joshua Nichols

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The Effects of Communication Differences on Listeners’ Attitudes of Warmth and Competence, Credibility, Intelligences, and Social Distance, Rebecca D. Parks

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Comparison of training load between NCAA DIII tennis resistance training, practices, and matches, Lauren Pascadlo

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The Effect of Quantitative Easing on the U.S. Stock Market and Wealth Inequality, Griffin Phillips

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Nefariously Selling Muscle by the Supplement Industry, Nick Prechel

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Humanizing the Intensive Care Unit with Animal-Assisted Therapy, Amanda Pugh

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Finding Friends in the age of Algorithms, Keegan H. Pursley

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Mapping the Impact of A Trailway System on the Amount of Trash Present Within Two, Lillian Smith

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How do Business Cycles, Sex, and Race Affect College Major Choice?, Matthew Varsi

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Impacts of Biased Scientific COVID-19 News Reporting on Mortality Salience, Jena Wilkinson

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Effect of SARS-Cov-2 Vaccine Misinformation on Conspiracy Belief and Anxiety, William Alexandr Yeager

Theses/Capstones from 2021

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Characterization of the Sneathia amnii Cytotoxin and its Potential Role in Health Disparities Affecting Women of African Ancestry, Ivypel Amankwa-Asare

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The Significance and Validity of Domestic Altar Spaces, Destiny M. Barktyoumb

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Feeling Smarter: The Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Situational Academic Stressors on Resilience, Coping, and Well-Being, Jenna Bohrer

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Statistical Analysis of 2017-18 Premier League Match Statistics Using a Regression Analysis in R, Bergen Campbell

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Whore, Horror, and History: How Monstrous Women in Horror are Defined by the Monsters Before Them, Mattox Cash

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How to Get Away with Murder: The Effectiveness of Blood Detectors on Surfaces Cleaned of Blood, Grace Cavanaugh

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Evaluating the Historical Accuracy of Blackwork Embroidery with Fractal Analysis, Rhiannon Cire

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Does Body Positivity Yield Positive Attitudes? The Effects of Female Empowerment in Advertisements on Consumer Perceptions, Allyssa Compton

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The Continuity of Teaching: The Pedagogic Importance of Ivan Galamian and Dorothy Delay, Colin Coviello

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The impact of Oxygen Exposure and pH on Growth and Biofilm Formation Ability of Veillonella atypica, in Relation to Human Health, Ellen Druebbisch

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Overcoming Barriers to Symptom Management at the End of Life, Laura Elphee

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Music Therapy as an Alternative to Pharmacological Intervention in the Treatment of Patients with Anxiety and Depression., Oluwateniola Emmanuel

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Financial Implications of COVID-19 on the European Football Transfer Market, Jared Gilbert

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Effects of a Gliadin Digest on the Inflammatory Response in RAW 264.7 Macrophages, Kristen Harkins

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Understanding American Republicanism: An Analysis of the Influence of Modern and Ancient Thinkers on the Founding, Jenna Lopez

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Shakespearean Gender Performance on the Page and on the Stage, Elizabeth Martin

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The Realignment of 1860 and the Birth of the Republican Party, Julia Melone

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Unpredictability and Modular Variations of the Collatz Conjecture, Geoffrey Murphy

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Multi-Elemental Analysis of Natural Honey in Central Virginia via Microwave Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (MP-AES), Laurel Nicks

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Utilizing CRISPR- Cas9 to explore the effects of downregulating targeted genes in Arabidopsis thaliana., Sena Nomura

Theses/Capstones from 2020

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Efficacy of a Motivational Video on Heart Rate, RPE, and Total Work Performed During Stationary Cycling, Hannah Angelella

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Predicting Academic Dishonesty Using Personality, Impulsiveness, Morality, and Somatic Faking, Lauren Barbee

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The Importance of River Influx and Pump Storage Operation on Water Quality in a Storage Reservoir, Ethan Batchelor

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Hosting the FIFA World Cup: An Economic Analysis of how the World Cup has Impacted the Economy of a Developed and a Developing Nation, Juan Borga

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The Effectiveness of the European Union’s Environmental Policies, Wendolyn Borkoski

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Efficiency Analysis of Harvesting Solar Energy to Perform Mechanical Work, Haden S. Bragg

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How Parents Interact with their Children in Literature and How it Affects the Child’s Development, Trinity Byerly

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The Relationship between Urbanization in the Blackwater Creek Watershed and Potentially Toxic Elements in Sediment, Hannah Chapman

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Water Quality Degradation from Dam Removal: Impact on an Urban River System in Central Virginia, Wrenn Cleary

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Assessment of the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Evan Cobey

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Creating Worlds of Endless Variety: An Evaluation of Procedural Content Generation in Gaming, David Cole

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The Benefit of Neonatal Intensive Care Units Providing a Specialized Program for Newborns in Drug Withdraw, Jessie Creekmore

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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

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The Impact of Religiosity and Personality on Resilience and Coping Strategies, Leah Eldred

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Effects of Nicotine on Contextual Fear Conditioning in Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Brianna Fann

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Financial Statement Misstatement and Their effects on Investors, Kyle Gallagher

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Catalan Artist Pierre Daura as Exile, Refugee, Naturalized American Citizen, Teresa Gunter

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Predicting the Federal Funds Rate, Danielle Herzberg

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Visualization of Musical Instruments through MIDI Interface, John Jaminet

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Media Content Analysis of Governmental Impact on Terrorist Reporting, Maggie Kaliszak

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Analysis of the Evolution of the Hominin Jaw & Dentition, Matthew Koelbel

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The Impact of the Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado on Education Funding and Car Crash Fatality Rates, Lauren McDonald

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The Role of Guaranteed Sexual Education in Argentina and its Influence in the #AbortoLegalYa Movement, Shannon McGovern

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The Effect of Information Interventions on Retention among University of Lynchburg Students, Sara Mills

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Proceeding Without Consent: The Ethics of Disregarding Patient Preference for Paternalistic Reasons, Nicholas Munsey

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Hindering African American Advancement: The Spanish Flu to Covid-19, AJ Nieves

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A Search for Aristotelian Political Friendship in Thomas Jefferson’s Ideal American Regime, Christopher Hiatt O'Connor

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Effectiveness of Plyometric Drills on Peak, Average and End Anaerobic Power in Trained and Untrained Individuals, Erik Oehler

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A Comparative Study of the Spin Rates of Golf Balls, Carter W. Old

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The Acute Effects of Blood Flow Restriction During Exercise, Madison Rechenberg

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Dose response effect of Mycobacterium smegmatis-derived lipomannan in RAW 264.7 murine macrophages, Cassandra Robertson

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How User-Friendly Operating Systems and Interfaces Make Technology Harder for Everyone, Cameron Short

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Pioneering Feminism: How Early American Female Authors' Heroines Defy Gender Norms, Julie Short

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Youth Tackle Football: A Parent's Decision, Steven Smallshaw

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How Health and Physical Education Teachers Feel About the Virginia Communications and Literacy Assessment, TC Thacker

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The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Intensity on Acute State Anxiety, Kathryn Vest

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The Distribution of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in Core Sediments from Industrial Areas Along the James River in Lynchburg, Virginia Using Microwave Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (MP-AES), Hope Wason

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The Need for Change in Emergency Medical Approach When Caring for Individuals with Autism, Hannah Watkins

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The Impact of Temporary Gender Embodiment on the Accuracy of Personality Judgment: Drag Performance as a Lens, Adele Weaver

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The Effect of Competition in the Sports Market on the Popularity of Baseball, Noah Winslow

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Daenerys Targaryen: Mad or Madly Ended? A Feminist Analysis of Her Downfall, Barbara Yauss

Theses/Capstones from 2019

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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

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Mathematical Models: the Lanchester Equations and the Zombie Apocalypse, Hailey Bauer