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 2021
K-wire Differentiation, Oluwadamilola Oluwadara, Lillian Maresco, Eunjung Lee, and Michelle De Leon
Developing Prediction Models for Kidney Stone Disease, Joseph Palko
Cómo la sostenibilidad y el ecoturismo pueden ayudar a salvar destinos turísticos populares en Puerto Rico, Joshua Paneto
The Harmful Prioritization of “Sex Trafficking” in U.S. Anti-Trafficking Discourse, Spencer Pennybacker
The Witch of Thessaly, Julia Pogge
Selma to Shelby: Voter Suppression and Its Damage to Democracy, Erika Sanders
A Post Title-IX Analysis of American Sports Culture: The Women Aren’t Done Yet, Bridget Schauder
Ecoturismo y empoderamiento: La ecoinnovación de las mujeres indígenas en América Latina, Kathleen Sinatra
Human Rights Activism: The Catalyst of Transitional Justice?, Kathleen Sinatra
Female Infertility in the United States and India: An Analysis of Treatment Barriers and Coping Strategies, Devneet Singh
Democracy in Peril: Examining the Resurgence of Fascism and the Radical Right in Europe, William Sirmon
Mental Health Interveners, Stress and Response to Covid-19 in Elementary Schools, Johanna Sosa
El papel de la educación en la conservación y el ecoturismo en Costa Rica, Alice Sperry
The Association Among Executive Functioning, Self-Efficacy and ADHD with Attitudes Towards Online Learning, Alice Sperry
An Analysis of Option Set Size and Option Presentation Style on Consumer Choice and Perception, Julianna (Juls) Sweet
The Association Between Attachment Style and Decision Making Style, Julianna (Juls) Sweet
Losing Sight of Home: A Translation of Pham Van Ky's Perdre La Demeure, Jackson Thibodeau
The Effect of Artificial Intelligence Implementation on Total Factor Productivity, Matthew Toy
Vibrant Darkness, Alexandra Trousilek
La reivindicación de la cultura judía en España a través del turismo sostenible, Hannah Weeks
Chaos-Based Coffee Can Radar System, Conor Willsie and Rong Chen
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Clothes Make the (Wo)Man: Gender Performed Through Fashion as an Agent of Socialization, Madison Altman
Investigation of structural changes in mixed-metal catalytic aerogels at elevated temperatures, Thomas Andre
How Hydrocarbon Resources and Vladimir Putin's Acquaintances are Linked to Russia's Foreign Policy Decisions, Anttoni Asikainen
Carbon dioxide saturation of streams and rivers in Upstate New York, Cameron Bechtold
An Improved Method for Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer (HAPU) Prevention, Julia Beekman, Jillian Yeager, and Megan Morrissey
Contemporary Handicraft, Textile Art, and Feminist Social Critique, Kaitlynn Blow
Campus Sexual Assault and the Onset of Subclinical Eating Disorder Symptoms in Men and Women, Jacquelynn Burmester
Ein Totengespräch, Jacquelynn Burmester
Cold War Proxy Wars: A Threat To The Unipolar World Order, A Realist View, Mikaela Buryj
La sensibilidad de la lente crítica: Las dinámicas de poder y los papeles de género en el cine mexicano contemporáneo, China Campagnuolo
Synthesis of Alkyl Aryl Ethers Using a Halogen Exchange Coupled to an Ullmann Etherification, Antonio Campedelli
Visual Head Reflexes Underlying Prey Interception in Dragonflies, Melany Carvalho
Segmentation methods in image analysis using medial representations, Qinying Chen
Calibrating Hydroclimate Proxies in Three Southern Portuguese Speleothems, Alaina Chormann
Coffee Can Radar System, Dale Coker
CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Disruption Experiments Targeting Selected Genes in a Mushroom-Producing Fungus, Matthew Cullen
ACTUALLY OUT OF AFRICA: EGYPTIAN INFLUENCE ON THE GREEKS THROUGH MYTHOLOGY, Lavonia Duncan
gama-Lactams and the Reformatsky Reaction: New Tricks for Old Chemistry, Dylan Dupont
Caught Between Iraq and a Hard Place: The Legacy of Governmental (Il)legitimacy and Contemporary Iraq, Daniele Durkin
Discussing Different Topics With Others: Electrical Insights Into Political Conversation, Annika Eberle
A Revolutionary Approach to Transsphenoidal Surgery: The PEDG, Paidamoyo Ewing, Lavonia Duncan, Giselle Perkowski, and Erendira Garcia Pallares
High-tech Development in Late Developing States: Taiwan's Semiconductor Success, Owen Farley
A Novel Device to Remove Kidney Stone Fragments from the Ureter, Madeline Feinberg, Christina Pavlovsky, and John Kasel
Redesigned Endoscopic Bite Block for Geriatric Patients, Kayla Fisher, Katherine Gregory, and Owen Corey
Development of Catalytic Chromia-based Aerogels, Fiona Fitzgerald
No sólo una fase: las narrativas queer en el cine argentino contemporáneo, Samuel Fogarty
Twinks, Jocks, and Bears, Oh My! Differing Body Ideals Among Gay Male Subcommunities, Samuel Fogarty
Dragonfly Wing Kinetics in Response to Looming Stimuli: Prey Approach or Predator Escape, Dory Freeman
Groundwater isotopes across scales: continent-wide modeling and local field characterization, Jaclyn Gehring
Practical Efficiency of Password Authenticated Key Exchange Protocols, Bhuwan Gokhool
Exploring Reasons for Variations in Water Quality and Ownership of Community Water Systems across the State of Connecticut, Claire Hadelman
Sign Detection System for Real Time Applications, Brock Harris and William Christensen
Folklore, Art, or Heritage? Exploring the Truth and Mythology behind French Cuisine, Megan Holmes
The Autonomous Flocking u-Sub (AFuS) Project, Jacob Karaul
An Ecologically Valid Test of the Survival Processing and Animacy Effects, Daniele Klein
Derivation and Exploration of Analytical Aircraft Stability Analysis, Roderick Landreth
SOL Retractor: Rapidly Deployable Film-Based C-Section Retractor, Casey Lee, Silas Cleveland, Jose Dolores Valdivieso, and Joseph Perks
Social Consequences of Obesity: Case Study of Bariatric Population at Ellis Hospital, Kara Leyden
Optimization of Union College’s Microgrid to Meet All Load with a Least-Cost, Low-Carbon Energy Mix, Caitlin McMahon
Projected Impact of Professional Fulfillment and Physician Engagement and Mentoring on Improving Physician Burnout, Bo Hyun Moon
The Nativist-Utilitarian Revolution: An Analysis of Moral Change in the American Eugenics Movement, Arnold Moore
An Improved Method for Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer (HAPU) Prevention, Megan Morrissey, Jillian Yeager, and Julia Beekman
Three-phase Pulse Width Modulated AC/DC Rectifier and DC/AC Inverter, Carmen Ngo
Construction of Identity in Diasporic Communities: Musical Artists Performance of Caribbeanness & Latinidad, Dayrielis Noa-Guzman
Mutation of Schizophyllum commune Metacaspases for the Prevention of Autoproteolysis in vitro, Kimberly O'Reilly and Kimberly A. O'Reilly
Sex Education in France: An imbalanced history, Marisa Peters
Peruvian Speleothem Deposits from the present to 440,000 years BP and stable isotope data from 25,000 to 64,000 years BP, Laura Piccirillo
Universal Healthcare: Solution or Delusion? Comparing Medicare for All, Public Option, and Business-As-Usual Models Among U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidates, Elizabeth Pinchman
Sculptural Plague Votives: Creating a Form of Protection Against the Disease, Gabrielle Polott
Classification of Torsion Subgroups for Mordell Curves, Zachary Porat
Midnight Sun, Midday Moon - Reflections on the Norwegian Landscape, Mengjia Qi
Evaluation of United States Federal Oil Spill Policies: Deepwater Horizon vs. Bouchard B120, Quinn Relihan
Avian Community Organization Changes Along a Gradient of Scrub-Oak Structure in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, Sean Rigney
"With Great Power...": Post-9/11 Politics in Superhero Comics, TV, and Film, Caroline Ristaino
Breathe Easy: A More Efficient Way To Avoid Tracheostomy Airway Blockages, Katelynn Russ, Kathleen Swanson, and Olivia Zimmerman
Ventilator: An Analysis of the History, Design, and Current World Implications, Joana Santos
Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry of Lead-Iron Diffusion, John Schlater
My Exploration of Treasures from the Mind of David Park, Brittany Schwartz
Placing the Good in Plato’s Republic, James Segee-Wright
Haldol Use Among Home Hospice Patients Being Cared for in Community-Run Homes, Max Sherman
Analyzing Thermal Gradients Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning in Scrub Oak Habitats, Alyssa Silbey
There Must be Something in the Water: A Comparative Study of Ground Water Contamination in the U.S.A. and Canada, Kathleen Spooner
Power for the Powerless: How Donald Trump Used Voters’ Anxieties to Win in 2016, Nathaniel Stekler
Dragonfly Wing and Head Movement Elicited by Unilateral Nerve Cord Electrical Stimulation, Alyson Sullivan
No Longer the 'Exception:' An Unraveling of Global Incarceration Systems, Bridgit Sullivan
Breathe Easy: A More Efficient Way to Avoid Tracheostomy Airway Blockages, Kathleen Swanson, Katelynn Russ, and Olivia Zimmerman
Investigating Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor and its Partners Using the APEX Assay, Alexandra Temple
Women in Latin Epigraphy: A Comparative Analysis of Gender and Social Status in Roman Epitaphs, Mallory Toolan
An Analysis of Patients Undergoing Hip and Knee Arthroplasties in an Accountable Care Organization, Harjot Uppal
Exploration of Stable Isotope Analysis to Identify Prior Host in Ixodes scapularis, Imogene Welles
Human Facial Emotion Recognition System in a Real-Time, Mobile Setting, Claire Williamson
The Failure of the Conceptual Framework "Righteous Incivility", Scott Williams
Women at War: Soviet and American Airwomen in Combat During World War II, Hayden Woodyatt
HOW DID MEDICAID EXPANSION AFFECT THE PROVIDER LABOR MARKET?, Aaron Wu
An Improved Method for Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer (HAPU) Prevention, Jillian Yeager, Megan Morrissey, and Julia Beekman
Le passé, le présent, et l’avenir des soins dentaires en France, Grace Yotts