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 2014
Killing Time: An Analysis of Civil War Soldiers' Discussion of Free Time in Camp, Madeline Norton
What Factors Influence the Success of Entrepreneurial Teams?, Chelsea Nyman
The Optimization of Porosity and Pore Patterning for Patient-Specific Ti-6 Al-4V Femur Implants, Stephen Paolicelli
Comparing Stellar Populations of Galaxies across the Hubble Sequence: Reduction of PISCES Near-Infrared Images, Vaishali Parkash
Maintaining the Mandate: China's Territorial Consolidation, MarcAnthony Parrino
De la inseguridad a la estabilidad: como Pablo Neruda utiliza el amor y la poesia para superar el exilio, Marissa Peck
Global Cultures Local Interpretations: A Comparison of Wearing Tattoos in Ecuador and in the United States, Marissa Peck
Interaction of Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor with Caveolin within the cell membrane, Jordan Pereira
Visual Communication in Anolis Lizards: Investigating the Visibility of Signals of Differing Color Against Complex Backgrounds, Carley Perez
Navigating Education Terrain: Tracing the Black Agenda, Alvaro Peters
Toys Don't Have a Gender: Gender Play and Aggression in a Small Co-operative Play Based Preschool, Bryn Peterson
Destruction of Place: Policy Diffusion and Schenectady's Urban Redevelopment, Alistair Phaup
Theorizing the Virtual Museum Experience, Megan Phippen
Identification characterization and synthesis of Drosophila athabasca cuticular hydrocarbons, Paulina Piotrowski
Yuppies and Bootstraps: The Impact of Gentrification on the Preservation of Community Identity and Urban Youth Culture in Somerville MA., Kathleen Portillo
Working Hard or Hardly Working?: An Examination of Work Relief in Upstate New York 1931-1943, Maxwell Prime
Constitutional Conflict and Judicial Supremacy: Rethinking the Authority of the Court, Jane Ramage
Attachment Style as a Moderator of Stress Effects on Cognitive Performance, Nandrianina Rarivoson
The Effects of Soil pH on the Molting Success of Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis): A Laboratory Experiment, Daniel Rice
The Impact of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being, Emily Rider
I Found It On the Internet...: The WebMD Phenomenon & the Patient-Provider Relationship, Jessica Rivetz
The Nature Conservancy and Aquatic Invasive Species, Rachel Ross
Concubine: A Play, Jasmine Roth and Robyn Belt
Energy Improvement Feasibility Study for the MVP Health Care Building, Benjamin Rubin
Can Policy Spur Technological Growth?, William Sargent
Analyzing the LEED Certification & Energy Usage of the Peter Irving Wold Center, Andrea Schwartz
Contemporary Jewish Female Artists: Critiquing Challenging and Dismantling the Patriarchal Construction of Judaism, Cosette Shachnow
The Impact of Electronic Health Record Implementation on the Roles of Providers and Coders, Ankur Shah
Ecological Validity of Aerobic and Cognitive Exercise for Older Adults, Nikita Shah
Mindful Meditation and Physical Exercise: Neuropsychological Effects, Emma Stein
Neuropsychological Outcomes of Children with Craniosynostosis, MaryKathryn Strahle
Flashbulb Memories for the Assassination of Osama bin Laden, Alexandra L. Sussman
Labor and Individual Differences: Their Influence on Product Value Perception, Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen
Rape In World War II Memory, Sonia Tiemann
The Post-Exercise Fate of Lactate in the American Locust, Samantha Tyler
Minding the Gap: Analyzing the Role of Guidance Counselors in High School Ability Grouping, Marisa Underberger
Star Formation in the NGC 5846 Group of Galaxies, Lucas Viani
Jewish Women in the Ghettos, Concentration Camps, and Partisans During the Holocaust, Sara Vicks
Mechanical Routes to Biocontinuous Conductive Polymer Networks for Solar Cell Applications, Erin Waterman
La Vie de Blaise Pascal et son Heritage Mathématique et Philosophique, Katherine Weeks
The Power of Fate and Fortune in Homer’s Iliad, Vergil’s Aeneid, and Lucan’s Bellum Civile., Amanda C. Weld
Electricity Demand-Side Management Strategies of Various Countries, Melissa Winne
Investigating The Colocalization Of The Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor With Caveolin In Lipid Rafts, David Wood
Computational Model of Pore Collapse and Densification in Aerogels under Compression, Lutao Xie
Innovation and Finance: A Firm Level Analysis on Emerging Markets, Emily Zangrillo
Enrollment Yield at Union College 2014, Catherine Ziac
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Government Policy and Moral Hazard in the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis, Ariana Abrams
Elucidating the role of apoptosis during cyclical body regeneration in Botryllus schlosseri, Meredith Adamo
The Effects of Soil pH and Composition on Blacklegged Tick Molting Success Avian Window Strike Mortality on Union College Campus, Kaleigh Ahern
Understanding Evil: Reflections on Thought Action and Punishment, Tauseef Ahmed
A Comparison of Developing World Educational Systems March 2013 Ethopia and Costa Rica, Kendall Allen
Physician Satisfaction: The Role of E-mail Communication in the Practice of Medicine, Joaquin Alvarado
Development of a Photovoltaic-Based Insolation Meter, Joshua Anderson
Design and Construction of an Optical Tweezers, Pavel Aprelev
Flux: An Original Rebrand, Matthew Barretto
The Endurance of Arab Authoritarian Regimes: A Study of Jordan and Algeria, Stacey Berger
Market Mechanisms and Price Volatility in New York Electricity Markets, Kimberly Blecich
A Zine of One's Own: DIY and Alternative Expression among the Beats and the Riot Grrrls, Lauren Brown
Beauvoir littérale, Beauvoir lisible : à la recherche de la meilleure traduction anglaise de Simone de Beauvoir, Lauren Brown
Studying the Material Properties of the Embryonic Chicken Heart, Kyra Burnett
More Catholic than the Pope: An Analysis of Polish Devotion to the Catholic Church under Communism, Kathryn Burns
Una perspectiva multigeneracional en la representación teatral de la familia mexicana, Abigail Calish
The Design of a Maneuverable Rolling Robot, David Carabis
Effect of gravidity on jump performance and muscle physiology in the American locust, John Caroll
The Effect of Electronic Medical Record Sophistication on U.S. Hospital Emergency Department Efficiency, Imran Chaudhri
Medicine in the United States: A study on Taiwan for Insight into Integrative Medicine in the United States, Victoria Chee
Sovereign Credit Rating Effects: A Focus on the European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Kyle Christine
La representación de los niños en las obras de Jesús González Dávila, Kayleigh Clark
De-gendering the Tragic Hero(ine): An Exploration of Female Protagonists in Tragedies of Sophocles and Shakespeare, Ceillie Clark-Keane
Let's Talk about Sex Baby, Elizabeth Cohen
Mutagenesis of the Caveolin Interaction Motif in Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor, Martin Cole
Going to the movies The Origins of the American Cultural Experience, Phoebe Cooper
An Examination of the Factors which Influence Private Equity, Joseph Cordrey
EL MORTÍFERO MACHISMO: LA REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA HIPERMASCULINIDAD EN EL TEATRO MEXICANO CONTEMPORÁNEO, Laura Crowe
Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater: Treatment Methods for Flowback and Produced and Water, Claire Cummins
LA MUJER INDÍGENA, LA MUJER MESTIZA Y LA IDENTIDAD POST-REVOLUCIONARIA MEXICANA: UNA EXPLORACIÓN DE LAS OBRAS DE FRIDA KAHLO Y ROSARIO CASTELLANOS, Shilpa Darivemula
Vital Effects of Stable Carbon Isotopes in Freshwater Mussel Shells, Max Davidson
The Perception of Literary Quality Differing as a Function of Authorial Gender and Emotionality, Sarah Dean
The Effect of the Visual System and Habitat Light on the Colors of Anolis Lizard Visual Signals, Emelia Failing
Running to Lose: Gender Stereotypes in Memoirs by Geraldine Ferraro Pat Schroeder and Nancy Pelosi, Meredith Fierro
A Cross-Country Analysis of Energy Efficient Development, Nicholas Fleagle
MÉXICO, UNA NACIÓN EN RIESGO: LA DESCOMPOSICIÓN DE LA DINÁMICA FAMILIAR PATRIARCAL EN LAS OBRAS DE JESÚS GONZÁLEZ DÁVILA, Diana Fletcher
Subjective Well-Being of Adolescents: Single- Versus Two-Parent Households, Diana Fletcher
Synthesis Characterization and Reactivity Studies of Transition Metal Complexes as Chemotherapeutic Agents, David Foreman
Cellular Automata and Music: A New Representation, Richard French
Use of Cell-Permeable Variants of Trehalose for the Perseveration of Mammalian Cells, Terence Fu
Expression, Extraction, and Purification of the Metacaspase Scp3 from the Fungus Schizophyllum commune, Connor Gagliardi
Interiors, Lauren Gifford
Capitalism in Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece: Risk and Unethical Business, Sam Goldman
The Roots of the U.S.-Israel Relationship: How the Cold War Tensions Played a Role in U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East, Ariel Gomberg
REINALDO ARENAS Y LA REVOLUCIÓN CUBANA: ESCRIBIENDO AL MARGEN, Molly Greenberg