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 2017
Murchenmutter ~ Fairy Tale Mothers, Gillian Henry
How I learned to Drive, Ariella Honig
Choice of Choice: Paradoxical Results Surrounding of the Axiom of Choice, Connor Hurley
Combatting Human Extinction: Biblical Archetypes and Environmental Apocalypse in Contemporary Dystopian Fiction, Elizabeth Hurley
Optimum Currency Areas and the European Experience: An Examination of Diverging Competitiveness among Key EU Nations, Karol Jablonski
The Axiom of Choice in Topology, Ruoxuan Jia
Do Elderly Workers Crowd Out Younger Workers in the United States?, Jing Jin
SAE AERO Telemetry System, Catherine F. Kanama
Synthesis of Electrically Conductive Polylactic Acid Composites for 3D Printing, Zhixin Kang
Living Within the Margins: The Constitutional Culture of Irish Life Law and Literature, Meghan Keator
An Investigation of the Four Vertex Theorem and its Converse, Rebeka Kelmar
From Woody Guthrie to the Big Muddy: The Evolution of Political Music in America From World War I to the Late 1960s, Alexander B. Kouwenhoven
Acquirer Shareholder Value Creation in United States Mergers & Acquisitions, Kristen K. Landre
An Analysis of the Nature and Tactics of Demagogues in ancient Athens and modern America, Thomas Francis Lawton
The Negative Environmental Impacts of the Animal Agriculture Industry and the U.S. Policies in Place to Protect It, Madeline M. Lewis
Investigation of the Possible Introduction of Avian Influenza to Poultry Stocks via Communal Water Contamination from Wild Waterfowl Populations, Kimberly MacLeod
Design and Manufacture Of A Tick Collecting Robot, Jeremy Manus
Co-Flow Jet (CFJ) Airfoils Practicality in Engineless Airplanes, Kathleen Matthews
Food Porn & A Snack: Investigating the Effect of Mindset on a Taste Test, Kingshuk Mazumdar
Les Chroniques de Toi / The Chronicles of You, Marc Mazza
FoMO and The Image of The Self: From College Campuses to Madison Avenue, Rachel McDermott
Cloning Expression and Characterization of S. commune Metacaspase ScMC4Dpro, Molly McDonald
Macho Men: Male Body Image in 21st Century America, Allison N. Michaelis
Fitness and Exercise as Linked to Overall Stress and Physiological Stress Responses, Justine Monthony
Rating College Debt: A Case Study of Union College, Laura Mueller
War's Children, Julie Niejadlik
Colliding Wind Binaries with Orbital Motion: Line Wind Formulation, Brendan O'Connor
Night Mother, Cassandra Padilla
The Ambiguity of Antony and Cleopatra: Interrupting Phallocentric Schemes of Objectification through the Mutual Gaze, Sydney Paluch
Synthesis and Characterization of Mechanically Interlocked Molecules with Cucurbit[n]uril, Joni-Rae Partridge
An Investigation in Negative Transfer: Theory of Inhibition, Neel Patel
Surrealism: Art of Subconscious, YiTing Paung
The Connection Between Gasoline Prices and Physical Activity: Potential Ways to Combat the Rise in Obesity, John Perrotti
Effective ANN Topologies for Use as Genotypes for Evaluating Design and Fabrication, John R. Peterson
Conceptualizing Nature: New England Nature Writers, Robert Pinkham
Use of CRISPR to Develop a Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor Knockout in Human Granulosa Cells to Study Lipid Raft Residency, Jenna Pradhuman
Do Environmentally Friendly Companies Outperform Environmentally Unfriendly Companies in Financial Markets? An Analysis of Financial Performance & Corporate Social Responsibility, Katherine E. Quinlan
Controversies in Industrial Policy: The Creation of an Explicit U.S Industrial Policy, Matthew Christian Rametta
Bitcoin Volatility and Currency Acceptance: A Time-Series Approach, Francis Rocco
Elliptic Curve Cryptology, Francis Rocco
An Economic Analysis of Civil War: How Constitutions and Ethnic Diversity Impact Internal Conflict, Zachary Roth
Development of Novel Allele Specific PCR Based Assays to Investigate the Contribution of Cortisol to Metabolic Syndrome and it's Potential Implications in Depression Treatment, Justin Robert Salm
Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of Small Scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines, Madeline Samuell
Seeking ‘Collective Solitude’ in the Pacific: An Ethnography of Wave-Riding in Encinitas, California, Laura C. Schaffer
Cloning Expression Purification and Optimization of Enzymatic Activity of SUMO-ScMC2, Stephanie Scharbach
Personalizing Education: How Race, Class, and Socioeconomic Disparities Permeate in Public Education through Schenectady High School's Operation Graduation, Arthur F. Schutzburg
The Impact of Wealth and Sentiment on Consumption: Before and After the Great Recession, Joshua Schwartz
New York State's Zero Emission Credits: Exploring the Drivers and Significance of Nuclear Energy Subsidization in the Empire State, Michael R. Sciascia
Paid maternity leave legislation: Do laws mandating paid family leave impact attitudes towards working mothers?, Brianna Seid
Product Bundling in Fast Food Advertisements and the Relationship with Consumers' Willingness to Pay, Madison Shapiro
Investigating the Relationship Between Invasive Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata and Blacklegged Ticks Ixodes scapularis, Nicole Shauffer
Ethical Issues of Parental Vaccine Hesitancy and Resistance to the MMR Vaccine, Harlie Silver
Brilliant Blues and Smooth Circles: The Makings of a Brand, Arielle Singer
The Dissemination of Sculpture: Auguste Rodin, Allison Smith
Invisible and Incarcerated: Women in a male dominated U.S prison system, Emily Spidle
An Evaluation of Reforms that Aim to Address Political Polarization, Alexander Spyropoulos
No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Witchcraft Trials in Basque Spain and Southwestern Germany, Alexandra C. Steed
Breaking Down Breaking News: Television's Institutional Failures and Today's Ramifications, Emma Stein
Offender and Non-Offender Differences in Empathy Aggression Impulsivity and Executive Functioning: A predictive model, Maddison Stemple-Piatt
Hospital Merger and Acquisition Effects on Healthcare Quality and Cost, Emily Su
The Effectiveness of Narrative Transportation Varies by Product Type and Gender, Junwen Su
Apatite Chemistry and Zoning in the Roseau Valley, Dominica, Lesser Antilles, Katherine Swager
Multi-Agent Simulation of the Battle of Ankara, 1402, Ruili Tang
Symbols of a Bourgeois Empire: The Intersection of Class and Government during Paris's Transformation into a Middle-Class Capital, Brian Teitelbaum
Unraveling the Complexities of Syria's Conflict, William M. Tomalonis
Is Graduate School Worth It? Evaluating the Return on Investment in a Master's Degree., Kevin Paltat Tran
L’Histoire d’Haïti et sa Santé / The History of Haiti and its Health, Astrid Vargas
Cold War and the Olympics: An Athlete's Perspective, Mike Vecchione
Color vision and signal color evolution in Anolis Lizards, Catherine S. Wadman
Accurately Simulating the Battle of Thermopylae to Analyze "What If" Scenarios, Josh Wasserman
Searching for Validation: An Analysis of the Experience of Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS), Olivia Watman
Uprooting Food Injustice: A Qualitative Analysis of Activist Efforts Combating Food Deserts and Inequality, Marley Noel Weig-Pickering
Stronger for Scotland: The Rise of the Modern Scottish Nationalist Movement, Thomas Wilson
Analyzing Cdx2 Gene Expression during Patterning of the 3D Spiral Valve Intestine in Leucoraja erinacea, Alexis Wojtowicz
An Evaluation of the FARC, MLN-T, FMLN :The Impact of Guerrilla Warfare on Democratic Stability in Latin America, Anthony Wright
The application of telemedicine to college health at a four-year university and community college, Matthew S. Wu
Fair Labor Practices: Are Workers Truly Protected?, Xiaofei Xie
Attracting Human Attention Using Robotic Facial Expressions and Gestures, Venus Yu
The Effects of Oil Price Shocks on the Stock Market Returns in Developed Economies, Ian Zangrillo
Friend or Foe: The United States Military Bases in Okinawa South Korea and the Philippines, Caochong Zeng
Desecrate: An Original Feature-Length Screenplay, Justin Zorn
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Endless Long Hot Summer: A study of Urban Riots and the Kerner Report, Taylor Anderson
The Effect of Optimism and Physical or Imagined Practice on Task Learning, Jennifer Andrews
Game of Thrones and Ancient Rome, Alexander Arnold
Une analyse des réponses à la montée de l’Islam radical en France, Austin Bannister
Women: Indisputable Fans of Baseball: An Ethnographic Study of Female Baseball Fans, Shea Barickman
Wind Power in China: Has China Greenwashed the Global Energy Sector?, Harrison Andrew Barker
El Paralelismo entre los cambios demograficos y los medios sociales y su impacto en el activismo en America Latina, Ashley Beccia
Integration of Silica Aerogels into Bulk and Fibrous PET Polyester, Aude Marie Bechu
Expressive Writing as a Coping Mechanism for Caregivers of People with Parkinson's Disease, Sarah Beck
The Smiling, The Sick, The Suffereing: Snapshots of Syrian Displacement, Karlee Anna Bergendorff
The Privilege Paradox: The Effect of Affluence on the Adolescent Experience, Darcy Berger