Theses are the culmination of honor students independent research under the guidance of faculty members and are representative of Union College's commitment to giving students the tools necessary for life-long learning.
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Brand Attachments and Social Feedback: The Moderating Effect of Self-Concept Clarity, Lillianna Griggs
America’s First Ladies: A Catalyst for Change in Female Leadership, Power and Influence or a Reinforcement of Gender Norms in American Society?, Deborah Kim Grinhaus
Holding Water: The Political and Economic Debates of the New York State Canal System 1895 – 1903, Erich Grome
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Impact on the Acoustic Startle Response, Daniel Grossman
Undergraduate Student Attitudes on Concierge Medicine, Sushane Gupta
Quenching of Star Formation in the Group Environment: HI Observations of Star-Forming Group Galaxies, William Joseph Harney
The Perception of the Heteronormative Family in As I Lay Dying, East of Eden, and “The Old Maid”, Melissa Harvey
Bridging the Works of Horace, Catullus, Ovid, and Haydock, George Bishop Haydock
Une génération s’expriment: le mouvement social du rap et la culture hip-hop pendant les années 1990s en France, Robert Hazzard
Understanding the Islamist Constituency:An Empirical Analysis of Turkey's 2002 Parliamentary Elections, Karl Gustav Hetzke
A Comparative Analysis of Character Depiction in the Grimms’ Kinder-und Hausmärchen and Modern Fairytale Adaptations, Meghan Hill
The Role of Non-Muscle Myosin II During S-Looping of Vertebrate Heart Development, My Hoang
Controlling Hunger and Disease during Famine: the Failures of the British and the Expansion of Governmental Power, Timothy Hobart
"No Wimpy Women": A Case Study of a Women's Support Group, Margaret Boyd Hoffman
The Divorce Revolution: The Macro and Micro-Level Factors in the Risk of Divorce, Arielle Homer
An Evaluation Of Three Model Practices Integrating Complementary/Alternative Methods With Conventional Medicine, Fatima Hosain
Losing Yourself On The Streets: Being Homeless in Pittsfield, MA, Lindsey Hunt
A Comparative Analysis of Medical Pluralism in Fiji and the United States, Meaghan Jain
Cloning, Expression in E. coli and Refolding of Individual Metacaspase Scp3 Subunits, Alexander James Jaksic
Mindfulness: Relationship between Self-Report and Endogenous and Exogenous Attentional Resource Regulation, Michael Karlovich
Principles and Policies: Comparing the Counterterrorist Strategies of United States Think Tanks in the Wake of September 11th, Malcolm Kelly
The Battery Charging Hand-Powered Washing Machine “Project UWash”, Catherine Victoria Kennedy
Share Jar: Integrating Charity into Everyday Life, Mark Khazanov
Analysis of the PeerRank Method for Peer Grading, Joshua Kline
The Virtue of Shame in Moral Development An Aristotelian Perspective, Claire Amelia Kokoska
Computational Analysis of Inorganic Complexes, Thomas Kolb
Development of an LC-MS/MS-Based Assay for the Quantification of Trehalose from Synthesized Cell-Permeable Trehalose Analogs, Philip Kretschmer
Understanding Childhood Hunger: A Qualitative Look at the Issues Hindering Progress in the United States, Samantha Kropp
CFD Modeling of the Flow of Resin into a Preform Mold of Carbon Fibers, Caelan Lapointe
Lack of Glucocorticoid Receptor Hypersensitivity-Related Polymorphisms in an Undergraduate Population, Evan Leibovitz
Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Humphry Davy: Uniting Poetry and Chemistry through their Study of the Material World, Caitlin Lentile
Does Participation in High School Sports Influence Your Income?, Marisa Lieberman
Cycling Through Life: The Bingeing Tendencies of Women, Danielle MacGregor
Le Diagnostic Social de l'Autisme : Un Examen du Processus de Diagnostic de l'Autisme en France, Mary Katherine MacKenzie
Causes and Consequences of Bullying, Molly Maloney
Mechanical Stimulation of an Open Murine Tibial Fracture using an External Fixator, Megan Mancuso
Electrical Characterization of Nanomaterials, Chase Martin
Design of a an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV), Sam Martin
Une analyse de l’idéal de la Négritude à travers le travail écrit de Léopold Senghor, Anna McGillicuddy
Combatting Cultures of Impunity After Insurgent Violence: Case Studies on Nepal, SriLanka, and Peru, Abigail McNamee
Propulsion and P.I Control Systems for SAE Aircraft, Ervin Meneses
Geochemical and isotopic analysis of streams and geothermal waters in Dominica, LesserAntilles, Tara Metzger
Russian Military Intervention in the Caucasus, Chelsea Mickel
Automated Aquaponics Design Report, Carson Miller
The Connections Between Self-Monitoring and Theory of Mind, Jane Elizabeth Miller
The Six-Year Hangover: An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Unconventional Monetary Policy in Dealing with Debt Overhang within the U.S. Economy, Meredith Moshier
Radon Potential and Radioactivity of the Utica and Marcellus Black Shales of Eastern New York, Claire Annie Nelson
Annealing 2-Decanol in Nano-confined Systems: Effects of Annealing Time, Caleb Novins
Otaku – A Case of Assigned Identities, Steven O'Branovich
Changes in Grasshopper Jumping Muscle During Intermolt Development, Matthew Olson
Partial Differential Equations, Nathaniel James Onnen
Republican Narrative in Presidential General Election Campaigns Since 1984, Garrett Owens
Stand Alone Device for Chord Detection, Timothy Michael Palace
Our Consciousness as Evidence for Modal Views in the Philosophy of Mind, Daniel Pallies
Chinese Students' Experience at United College: Dialogue between Executives and Chinese Students, Alicia Palmer
The Rise of the Russian Republic After the Fall of the Soviet Union, Selene Palomo
The World Is Yours: The Radical and Deterritorializing Nature of Hip-Hop, Ethan Pearce
Flow Cytometry and Biochemical Analysis of Apoptotic Mouse HT-2 T - Lymphocytes, Nell Pinkston
Controlling Carbon: A Study of National and Regional Emissions Trading Systems, Jordan Pulling
Debussy’s Life through His Letters, Phaik Suan Quah
United States War Memorials: The Transformation of Design and Significance Influenced by the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, Victoria Quinlan
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words: The Visual Culture of Twentieth Century Feminism in the United States, Julianne Quinn
Les Français sont ce qu’ils mangent et comment ils le mangent : l’histoire et l’évolution de la cuisine française., Oema Rambharose
Libérte, Egalité, and Fraternité: France, Rwanda, and the Road to Genocide, Rachel Refkin
A Comparative Analysis of Climate Change Policy in the United States and Russia, Lacey Reimer
The BRICS and the Global Human Rights Regime: Is An Alternative Norms Regime in Our Future?, Lucas Rivers
Euthanasie und Menschenversuche im Dritten Reich, mit einer ethischen Analyse der Menschenversuche, Max J. Roehmholdt
Synthesis and Evaluation of Trehalose Analogs for The Protection of Mammalian Cells, Andrew Rouff
Investigation of Boat Hull Performance with Superhydrophobic Coating, Nolan Sayre
Henry VIII and the Irish Political Nation: An Assessment of Tudor Imperial Kingship In 16th Century Ireland, Emily Schwartz
Le pouvoir de l’accent: L’Origine historique et les effets sociaux des accents français, Jennifer Sexton
Psychostimulant use among undiagnosed college students: Revealing perceptions anddebunking the myth of cognitive benefits, Rebecca Elizabeth Shait
Design of a Double-Dose Epinephrine Auto-injector Using 3D-Printing, Timothy Calvin Sheehan
An Analysis of Soviet Spy Networks in the United States Throughout the Twentieth Century, Julia S. Shively
The Role of Public and Private Self-Enhancement on Narcissists’ Product Choice, Gillian Slavit
The Fort at Halmyris: How Archaelogical Evidence from the Military Fort at Halmyris Reflects the Roman Empire's Decline, Cydnee Raynell Somera
Assessment of the Adequacy of Education and Training of Health Professionals Treating Special Needs Patients, Danielle Stansky
The Sylow Theorems and Classification of Small Finite Order Groups, William Stearns
The Effect of Exercise on Emotion Regulation, Stacey Sylvetsky
Do Good Deals Really Increase Consumer Spending Patterns?, Georgina Teasdale
The Germination Of The German Nation: A Case Study On The Art Of Drawing Political Borders, Maximilian Tirey
Climate Change and Disaster: How Different States Along the Eastern Seaboard have Prepared for Sea-level Rise and Hurricanes, Maxwell Israel Unterhalter
Peer-to-Peer Lending Industry and Risk Control Measures, Ran Wang
The Effects of Canopy Structure on Photosynthesis in Sphagnum Mosses, Eric Matthew Ward
Aerobic and Cognitive Exercise with Older Adults: The Roles of Flow and Spirituality, Julie Warren
An Experiment in Gendered Writing: Translation and Original Prose Composition, Julie Warren
Biogeochemistry and sediment transport through a tropical Andean paternoster lake system: A modern calibration proxy for limnologically-based climate reconstructions, Nicholas V. Weidhaas
Investigating the Role of Nerve Signals in Limb Regeneration: Ambystoma mexicanum, Adam Weisse
Remote Water Metering in Venecia, Nicaragua, Jeffrey Wettstein
Patient Perception of Privacy and the Role of Electronic Medical Records, Max Louis Willinger
The Development of a Composite Additive to Increase Safety and Performance of Wooden Baseball Bats, CJ Worley
Opening Wounds, Diego Brozzon Zanotti-Cavazzoni
Is Common Time Simply Binary Time? An exploration of binary metrical processing, Yilun Zhang
SEM-EDX Analysis of Aerosol Samples, Xuanhan Zhao
Attenuation Compensation in Medical Ultrasound Images, Zuanhan Zhao