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
Exploring Doctor-Patient Communication in the Context of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Eva Rachelle Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
An Explanation of American Identity, Alyssa Adler
Biological activity of a set of new copper(II) complexes: toward understanding structure-reactivity correlations, Chelsea Aitken
The Corporate Logo: An Exploration of the Logo through Infographics and Other Works, Caroline Aldrich
The Provision of Refugee Services in the United States: A look at the Non-profit Organizations that facilitate the resettlement process, Venetia Varnett Alegria Gomez
Police Officer Stress, Loping Mechanisms, and Family Life, Maria Apruzzese
Can the Performance of High Self-Monitors Be Influenced by the Perceived Success of their Peers?, Malene Barlow-Hansen
The Effect of Gross Profitability on Share Price Appreciation, Philip Barr
Using Green Building to Mitigate Climate Change in the Twenty-First Century, Lisa Battiste
Risky Business: How Self-Monitoring and Gender Relate to the Participation in Risky and Unsafe Behaviors in College Students, Katherine Beale
U.S. Immigration: The Origins and Evolution of Contemporary Issues and the Architecture of Future Reform, Andrew Beaule
Nora and Cece: A Contemporary Adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Samantha Bertschmann
The Origins and Evolution of Corporate Sponsored Film, Clara Boesch
Economic and Political Implications of Agricultural Subsidies and US Farm Policy, Justin Bogardus
Design of a Medical Walker with an Integrated Crutch Mechanism, Harrison Bourikas
Controllable Home Coffee Roaster from a Modified Popcorn Popper, Nicholas Brenn
Varieties of Bias in Human Random Number Generation, Jennifer Brodsky
How Euripides Slew My Writer's Block and Other Stories, Emily Brower
Office of War Information and WWII Propaganda: How Perceptions Shaped Campaigns, Elsa Bruestle
Breaking the Back: The Continuous Battle over the Bank of England 1694-1715, Brendan Callanan
Application of a High-Performance Optically Enhanced Solar Thermal Collector System, Timothy H. Cameron
Why Am I Buying Another Black Dress?: An Anthropological Perspective into the World of Fashion, Ava Carnevale
Cost Benefit Analysis of the Keystone XL Pipeline, Daniel Carr
Burnout and Other Complex Challenges Causing Doctors to Become Patients in France and the United States, Cherry Chahal
Design and Optimization of the Steering Braking and Drivetrain for the ASME Human Powered Vehicle, Marjorie Chee
Cognitive Advantages and Disadvantages of Number-Form Synesthesia, Rachel Clegg
The Relationship Between Narcissism Attachment Styles and the Response to Social Media, Caitlyn Collins
A Comparative Study of GUPIX and GeoPIXE Software in the Analysis of PIXE Spectra of Aerosol Samples, Sean Collison
Soccer Violence: An Examination of Hooliganism and Violence Against Referees in Latin America and Worldwide, Dean Constant
Limit(less): The Intersection of Mathematics and Poetry, Teresa Crasto
Contemporary Slavery: A Historical Perspective, Keilah Creedon
Evaluating the Connection between Gender Based Violence and HIV/AIDS, Keilah Creedon
Neuropsychological Effects of Interactive Physical and Cognitive Exercise: Increasing the Mental Challenge, Shannon Crowley
Differences in Event Related Potentials of Semantic Incongruities Between Agents of Different Animacies, Alana Curran
In Reckless Pursuit: Barry Goldwater A Team of Amateurs and the Rise of Conservatism, Nicholas D'Angelo
Evolving Soft Robots with Vibration Based Movement, Andrew Danise
Does Public School Administrative Spending Affect District House Prices?, Catherine Degen
Ecumenical Trends: Three Forms of Ecumenism within Christianity, Peter Donnelly
Back to the Beginning, Carla Duval
Effect of Derivatized Pyridine-Based Ligands on the Biological Reactivity of Copper(II), Courtney Elwell
Localization of the Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor in Lipid Raft Domains, Tyler Esposito
Impact of the Eurozone Crisis on Political and Social Trust: Analyzing Policy Trade-off, Leandra Falotico
Color Theory, Elliot Feld
The Debate Over Physician Aid In Dying, Maxfield Fey
Unionization and Income Inequality: The Impact of Labor Union Participation on Income Inequality in the United States, Terence Finnigan
Sex and the College Hookup: Gender Differences in Perceiving and Experiencing Sexual Interaction, Kelsey Fish
Correlating monotonous crystal-rich dacitic ignimbrites in Dominica: The Layou and Roseau Ignimbrite, Alexandra Flake
Stability and Instability in Former French Colonies: A Case Study Between Gabon and Congo Brazzaville, Abigael Flynn
A Psycho-Historical Analysis of Adolf Hitler: The Role of Psychopathology Personality and Development, Sarah Foster
Disarmament: A Nuclear Strategy for the 21st Century, Alexander Frye
Airframe Design for 2014 Union College SAE Aero Design Challenege, Nikolay Garabedian, Adam Herzog, Richard Hojnacki, and Evan States
Japan and the Ancient Western Classics: The Role of Divine Intervention in Greek Roman and Japanese Literature, Christian Garcia
The Ethics of Occupation; A New Way To Consider Israeli Occupation, Michelle Goldberg
Synthesis of Cell-Permeable Trehalose Analogs for Use in Cellular Protection, Caroline Gorka
Money Puck: The Effectiveness of Statistical Analysis in Building an NHL Team, Troy Grosenick
African freshwater bivalves as climate and environmental archives, Holly Havel
Who's Laughing Now? From Lovable Lucy to Top-of-the-Rock Tina: How Women in Comedy Changed from 1950-2014, Caroline Hershey
ASME Human Powered Vehicle Competition Frame Design, Zacarie Hertel
2014 SAE Aero: Systems Engineering, Adam Herzog
Childhood Memory, Shiqing He
Structuring the Unstructured Note: Automatic Organizing and Formatting for lecture notes., Shiqing He
Using Multilocus Sequence Data to Assess Population Structure and Gene Flow Between the Semi species of Drosophila Athabasca, Syed Hussain
The Effect of Educational Debt on the Probability of Homeownership for College Graduates: An Empirical Analysis, Cole Ikkala
The Origins of Wave Elections: Narrative Control Polarization and Turnout in New Hampshire Electoral Politics 2006-2012, Zachary Jonas
Expression in Yeast of the Metacaspase Scp3 from the Fungus Schizophyllum commune, Anne Kaminski
Exhumation of the Baranof Schist in Whale Bay Alaska determined through zircon fission track dating, Kate Kaminski
Explorations in the Domestic Space: How Hollywood Made a Home in Film Melodrama, Elana Katz
Happiness and Anxiety as a Function of Gender and Religiosity, Kara Kaufman
A Test of Simple Ledges for Facilitating Mammal Passage through Inundated Culverts, Amy Kelley
3D Flowerlike Micro/nanocomposite Ceria to Remove Arsenic and Chromium in Drinking Water, Taera Kim
Aggressive Monetization: Why the Pay for Currency Model is Dominating the iOS App Store Today, Theodore Kitchen
Attachment Style and its Role in Perceived Team-Efficacy and Individual Self-Efficacy in Sports, Meghan Kupiec
Predicting Bank Failures in the State of Georgia, Jeffrey Law
L'evolution de l'art du 20'eme siecle en France, Kezia Lawler
An Evaluation of the Common Core, Holly Lawrence
Spartacus the Liberator: Modern Reception of an Ancient Narrative, Charlotte Lehman
America's Smoking Gun, Gabriella Levine
Looking for Small Changes in Heat Capacity Using A Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Will Linthicum
Reducing Anxiety and Increasing Social Skills in Children With Asperger's Through Drama and Role-Playing Games, Rachel Magin
Correlation of the Andesitic Ignimbrites of northern Dominica Lesser Antilles Caribbean, Lauren Main
Effects of Playing Surface and Shoe Type of ACL Tears in Soccer Players, Melissa Mansfield
El exiliado dentro del exilio: La experiencia de Luis Cernuda en su exilio fuera de Espana, Trevor Martin
The Tragedy of Punishment: An Insight into Why Doing Something Good Feels Bad, Trevor Martin
Il etait une fois: Contes de fees aux dix-septieme et dix-huitieme siecles en France, Jacqueline Massare
The post title IX portrayal of female athletes in the media, Kelsey McDonald
A 6 000 Year Record of Climate Developed From Analysis of Trace Elements and Stable Isotopes in a Belgian Speleothem, Kyle McQuiggan
Effects of the World Trade Center Attacks and Hurricane Sandy: Manhattan Commercial Real Estate Market, Michael Miceli
Morphology and Electronic Characterization of Polyaniline: A Synthetic Metal for Photovoltaics, Jared Mondshein
Investigation of the Mechanism of Binding of Perfluoroalkyl Acids with Human Serum Albumin Using an Improved Approach to Equilibrium Dialysis, Michael Morris
The Somatic Sex: Bodies in Beauvoir's Aesthetic Politics, Melissa Moskowitz
An Examination of the Relationship between Adult Attachment Style and Patterns of Facebook Use and Facebook Behavior, Elizabeth Nailling
Assessment of the Fertility of Hybrids in Drosphila Athabasca, Son Nguyen
Incentive to Innovate: Dynamic Optimization Strategy in the Case of a Symmetric Duopoly, Jigme Norbu