Student News

Honor Scholar seniors 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!

Macy E. Ayers – It's Complicated: Evaluating Great Power-Israeli relationships throughout the cold war

Taylor A. Beaty – Untold Stories of Human Cargo

Danielle N. Boyd – Who’s Really Sick Here? Analysis of the Experience of Living with a Chronic Illness

Laura E. Bruce – Hells Bells and Little Fishes: The Life and Times of Audrey J. Garrett

Matthew W. Cecil – Life beyond the haze: Distributors, dealers and users of illicit drugs at DePauw University

Daniel K. Cetina – Batman: From Campy Hero to the Dark Knight

Nathan L. Cummins – Tea, Ceramics, and Samurai: An Exploration of the Social and Political Significance of the Tea Ceremony in 16th Century Japan

Ann Marie Elliott – Re-Gendering Noh: Feminizing traditional Japanese theatre

Paul K. Hoffmann – An Economic Analysis of Organ Procurement

Samuel T. Holley-Kline – Teotihuacan in 20th-century Mexican nationalism and popular culture

Stewart E. Jones – HIV/AIDS Education Programs in Lilongwe, Malawi: A case study

Karishma Kollipara – Meditation- The physiological and psychological benefits

Nicole M. Koschmeder – Romance Novel Heroines Don't Judge Books By Their Covers, Do You?

Carolyn C. Latta – When Greece Lost Its Marbles: The Grand Tour and the Rise of Hellenic Curiosity

Roy R. Leaf – This is Called the Way: Systems theory, Taoism, and a Creative Revision of American History

Katherine M. Logan - Minority Rights and Health Care Access in Turkey

Kyle J. Macy – Tensions of Contemporary Storytelling and the Question of Synchronicity

Kristina M. McLane – Red Seats and Green Monsters : The Evolution of Fan Culture in Boston Baseball

Shreeya Neupane – From Migration to Development: A study of post-conflict migration from Nepal

Phuong H. Nguyen – Causes of the Vietnamese Brain Drain Syndrome

Katie K. Owens – The Cinderella Connection: Structural Resonance of a Narrative Motif

Andrew S. Pfaff – Brains in a Bottle: The Neurology and Epidemiology of Prescription Stimulants at DePauw

Alyssa J. Pilli – The Psychology of Foreign Language Pedagogy

Aishwarya Subbaraman – Extraction Politics: An Economic Analysis of Rare Earth Elements

Elaine C. Wiley – Why Are We Still Talking About Jane Austen?: Investigating Reasons for Jane Austen's Continued Popularity

Katherine M. Wood – Flow Propensity in Students and Employees: An Investigation of Satisfaction, Situational Factors, and the Five-Factor Model