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Senior Thesis Poster Presentation

The Honor Scholar Class of 2013 presented their findings, ambitions, conundrums, and challenges of their senior projects thus far. Thank you for your support, discussion, critique, suggestions, and questions on their many, fascinating topics!

Jayme M. Alton

Multilevel selection in Renaissance British Literature

Kumar K. Amaranth 

Slums and Urban Justice: Biospatialities of the High Modernist City

Brian G. Banta 

Structure, Story, Play: Narratology and Ludology in Contemporary Video Games

Shelby F. Bremer

Seeing Candidates Through a Gendered Lens: Differences in Rhetoric of Male and Female Political Journalists

 Henry K. Dambanemuya   

Early Warning Systems for The Responsibility to Protect

 Jeffrey T. Easterling   Turkish Recognition of America
 Kristen T. Fanning   Understanding Inanna, a Paradoxical Mesopotamian Goddess
 Paul B. Fesenmeier   Evolutionary Medicine: Shifting the way we understand disease
Chase G. Hall  Danger of Digital First: How Will News Organizations Value Content for an Increasingly Distracted Audience
Benjamin C. Hoffman  The Disconnect Between Science & Current Scientific Culture
Christopher R. Jennings  Teaching to Inquire: The Impact of Science Outreach Education Programs
Alexander M. Landreville 

Greenwashing: The Ethics of Ecological Advertising

Emily K. Miller  Reinvesting in Arts Education in Putnam County: An Analysis and Case for The Castle
Arezoo Nazari

The Effect of Lymphatic Filariasis on Males and Females in Relation to Geographical Location

Michael G. Padilla

Physiological Response to Rhythm

Alexander T. Riggs  Fighting the Inevitable: A look at why Marijuana is illegal and why it won't last
Sara K. Scully Academic Integrity: A Philosophical and Psychological Analysis
Erin K. Sheek Discourse on Universal Human Rights: Gender and Equality in the French Revolution
Janelle C. Thixton 

From Lesbian Utopias to Cyborgs:  Science Fiction as Proto-Queer Theory

Mark W. Tolley  The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth and Its Implications
MacKenzie A. Weeks  The Sort of Thing Miggs Would Say: A Personal Reconciliation of Identity with Horror Film Fandom