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 2019
Cartel Practices and Policies in the World War II Era, Caleb Yoken
Investigating the Lipid Raft Residency and Caveolin Binding Motif of Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor, Brandon Michael Zahler
L'évolution de la présence et la reconnaissance des Afro-Allemand(e)s en Allemagne, de la colonisation jusqu’à nos jours, Oumou-Hani Zakaria
Category Theory and Universal Property, Niuniu Zhang
La Nouvelle Vague est-elle un cinéma existentialiste français ?, Niuniu Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
La economía de la violencia: la Ciudad Juárez y el mercado libre de la muerte, Kritika Amanjee
Evaluating Advertisement Efficiency for Making the Best Advertising Strategy, Chonosuke Asano
Environmentally Friendly Sneakerboot Shanks and Their Effect on Aerobic Performance and Human Walking Gait, Adam Ashcroft
Role of Diagnostic Monitoring Software Versus Fault-Tolerant Components in the Development of Spacecraft Avionics Systems, Andrew Attorri
American Journeys: Quest, Displacement, Escape, Gianluca Avanzato
Development of a Fully Instrumented, Resonant Tensegrity Strut, Kentaro Barhydt
Sports Injury and Recovery Analyzed Using Blum's Model of Health Determinants, Daniella Batarseh
A Translation and Commentary of Books VII and XXVIII of Pliny’s Natural History, Alicia Belcher
Digitally Disturbed, Ari Bennett
The Federal Art Project: Intentions, Goals, and Legacy, Meghan Bentley
Optimizing Tensegrity Gaits Using Bayesian Optimization, James Boggs
The Sociology of Bullying: Prevention and Intervention Using a Three Themed Model, Darcy Bowman
Exploring Occupational Therapists' Approach to Treating Children with Autism in the School Setting, Melissa Brauner
"I, Claudius" and the Accuracy of its Portrayals of Historical Figures, Emilee Buytkins
Les Migrants Étrangers du Passé et d’Aujourd’hui: s’Intégrer en « Pays d’Asile », Cassandra Call
Denying Refuge, Creating an Industry: Migrant Smuggling and the Human Cost of the Turkey-European Union Asylum Framework, Olivia Campochiaro
Ellas, no nosotras: representaciones de la violencia doméstica en México, Olivia Campochiaro
“Botany Bay”: The State of Society at Union College during the Early Nineteenth Century, Andrew Cassarino
The Importance of State Intervention in Improving Gender Inequality in China, Jenny Cheng
The Effect of ACA Medicaid Expansion on People’s Retirement Decision, William Christopher
Secular Sells: How Secular Lifestyle Influences Religiosity, Elyse Clark
Designing a Wireless PCB Tensegrity Strut, Mitchell Clifford
Union College's UAIR Network: A Study of the Patterns, Trends, and Sources of Particulate Matter Across Campus, Sarah Connolly
Implementing Aerogels into Windows to Reduce Heat Transfer and Decrease Emissions, Kian Cook
The Effects of STEM Education on Economic Growth, Mallory Croak
Rural, Urban, and Suburban School Communities and Their Impact on School Psychologists, Claire Crosier
A Meta-Analysis: A Functional Neuroanatomical Comparison of Self-Esteem-related and Postpartum Depression-related Processing, Meghana Damaraju
An Economic Analysis of the Rise in Franchise Values in the Four Major North American Sports Leagues from 2008-2016, Anthony Alan DeSantis
Optimization of Superhydrophobic Surface Production Using Ambient-Dried Silica-Based Aerogels, Elizabeth Donlon
Assessing Glucocorticoid Receptor Polymorphisms in Obese Populations, Ayanah Dowdye
Water Holding Capacity in Sphagnum: Micro CT Scanning Reveals Differences in Pore Structure, Christina Dykas
Diesel Particulate Generation, Matthew Ferdenzi
A Woman's Gaze, Emily Fiore
Multicomponent Working Fluids in Organic Rankine Cycle Evaporators, Jennifer Fromm
2018 IEEE Signal Processing Cup: Forensic Camera Model Identification Challenge, Michael Geiger
Fear of Change Mediates Anxiously Attached Individuals’ Commitment to Unsatisfying Relationships., Tiffany George
Los Efectos del Machismo en El Desarrollo de Los Trastornos de Salud Mental de Las Mujeres en México, Tiffany George
Exploring Stable Isotope Analysis for the Identification of Prior Tick Hosts, Kiprian Gernat
High Performance Thermal Insulation: Silica Aerogels in Construction Technology, Matthew Giarrusso
Biological soil crusts in a northeastern pine barren: Composition and ecological effects, Jessica Gilbert
Applications of Latent Heat Storage using Phase Change Materials, Daniel Giroux
Steel Sculpture: A Study of Monumentality, Abigail Golodik
Marriage, Religion, and Women's Happiness, Aaron Gordon
The Criminalization of Education: Combating the School-To-Prison Pipeline through Disciplinary Policy and Social Change, Lindsay Hemminger
Magma Mixing: Magmatic Enclaves in Morne Micotrin, Dominica, Sarah Hickernell
Bread and Repression, Too: The Battle for Labor’s Memory and the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912, Andrew Hubbard
Galois Theory and the Quintic Equation, Yunye Jiang
Film Stills, Kevin Jordan
Extraordinary Episodes of Ancient Money, Francis Louis Kailey
An Examination of School Shootings and Mental Health: A Comparative Case Study, Emily Kaufman
Impact of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on HPA Axis Functionality in Depression, Claire Kelly
Goldfish in the Study of Color Vision and Perception of Color in Nature, Valerie Rose Kessler
Dropout or Delinquent: An Ecological Analysis of High School Attrition Rates in Correlation to Criminal Behavior, Mallory Kiley
Characterization of glacial sediments from a 700,000-year-old Lake Junín drill core, Tshering Lama Sherpa
FSH Responsiveness by a Murine Preosteoclastic Cell line, Annie Leamon and Brian Cohen
Protein Characterization and Mutant Studies of Schizophyllum commune Metacaspases 1-5Δpro, Lakhena Leang
Milestones, Naomi Letourneau
Evaluation of Previous Sexuality Education Experiences Influence on Preparedness for Young Adulthood, Carly Linn
What It Means To Be Healthy: Adverse Childhood Events and Their Influence on Neuroanatomy and Behavior, Eric Lovett Jr.
Decompression and Heating Induced Amphibole Breakdown in Lava Domes on Dominica, Lesser Antilles, Abadie Ludlam
Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor Lipid Raft Residency is Hormone and Caveolin Dependent, Hannah Madden
Constructing Illness: How Society Effects Physical and Mental Illness, Madeline Marks
Design of a Robotic Cownose Ray, Mark Marzotto
Photolysis and Cellular Toxicity of the Organic Ultraviolet Filter Chemical Octyl Dimethyl Para-Aminobenzoic Acid (OD-PABA) and its Photoproducts, Jessica N. Maung
Between Them: Data visualization for expectations in film relationships, the suffocation model in film, Rachel McNeil
The Struggle for Peace: Origins of the Cold War, Joshua Meger
Cognitive and Emotional Correlates of Improved Gait Distance During the Course of Physical Therapy Treatment for an Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury, Danielle Miller
The North Pool, Matthew Mintz
La reina de los carteles: Los beneficios y los peligros, Emily Monac
Nutrition and its Relation to Cognition: Proportional Macronutrient Consumption and Cognitive Function among Older Adults, Kathleen Monahan
Impact of Adding Waste Materials to Pervious Concrete Performance Under Freeze-Thaw Conditions, Anouk Nouet
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Title IX and the Fight for Gender Equity in Athletics in the Twentieth Century, Gillian O'Dowd
Analysis of the properties of supercapacitors and possible applications for the technology, Vincent Oliveto
Synthesis and Characterization of Organically Modified Hectorites for Sequestration of PFAAs from Contaminated Drinking Water, Alexandra Pagano
International Environmental Policy Agreements and their Effects on Reduction of Greenhouse Gases and Sustainable Growth, Elisabeth Palmieri
Cultural Tourism in East Africa: Assessing the Impacts on the Maasai and Hadza Indigenous Groups, Emma R. Parece
Forgotten Women: The Involuntary Sterilization of American Indian Women during the Twentieth Century, Morgan Peters
Iterated Local Search Algorithms for Bike Route Generation, Aidan Pieper
Portable Solar Energy Power System For Natural Disaster Relief, Kevin Pollio
Interwoven: A Historical Fiction, Hope Relly-Cobb
A Better Way to Construct Tensegrities: Planar Embeddings Inform Tensegrity Assembly, Elizabeth Anne Ricci
The New York City Watershed: Improving Relations Using Environmental Policy, Colby Richardson