Honors Theses
The Honors Program is rooted in the Catholic Marianist tradition, encouraging social responsibility and ethical sensitivity with its many leadership and service opportunities.
Honors theses are as diverse and ambitious as creating solar-powered, easy-to-use equipment to sterilize medical devices; writing a novel or series of short stories; pursuing neuroscience research to better understand Alzheimer's disease; and publishing a book based on branding elements designed specifically for several organizations.
For theses dated prior to 2014, contact the University Archives and Special Collections at archives@udayton.edu.
Submissions from 2019
Towards a Pre-Processing Algorithm for Automated Arrhythmia Detection, Sarah Miller
Breaking Down Barriers to Sustainable Eating at the University of Dayton, Lauren Murray
Maternal Depression, Child Temperament, and Risk for Depression in Adolescence A Test of the Differential Susceptibility Hypothesis, Karina Palermo
Topology of Fractals, Amelia Pompilio
Establishing the Effect of Ethanol on Listeria Infection, Ryan Evan Restrepo
Pretrial Publicity and Juror DecisionMaking: Effects of Inadmissible Evidence and Coverage of Its Exclusion from Trial, Rebecca Rhein
Secondary Trauma in Children Services Workers: Is the Opioid Crisis a Contributing Factor?, Rebecca L. Richardson
Flourishing the Urban Environment: How Urban Gardens Affect Pollinators, Emily Ann Rickert
The Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Exercise Hyperemia in Multiple Sclerosis, Jane E. Rosmarin
Mortality in the 21st Century: A Cycle of Short Stories on Death and the Afterlife, Rose A. Rucoba
The Effects of L. rhamnosus Consumption on Male Long Evans Rat Anxiety-like Behavior, Amanda Marie Schleper
Leaving a Legacy: Empowering Students to Give Back, Eric Schutter
The Laggard Leader: A Historiography of the Origins of Wage and Income Inequality in the United States, 1973-84, Nathan Sikora
Global and Gene-Specific Regulation in Freeze-Tolerant Anuran Dryophytes chrysoscelis, Elizabeth Claire Sinnathamby
The Vascular Flora of Bill Yeck Park: Supporting the Conservation of Local Biodiversity, Taylor Sparbanie
Identifying Natural Inhibitors of Bacterial Efflux Pumps, Marrisa Therriault
In the Face of AntimicrobialsFactors Contributing to Listeria monocytogenes Survival and Development of Resistance, Andrea M. Vietti
Integrating International Students into the Campus Community at UD, Natalie Weikert
Propionate Enhances the Antimicrobial Defenses in Macrophages Against Listeria monocytogenes, John Weis
Music Therapists’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Sustainability: Instruments, Sarah Whitehouse
Developing a Model for Clinical Song Analysis, or Why Music Therapists Still Need Music Theory and Musicology, Lesley Wray
Disclosing Virtue, Michael Zahorec
Submissions from 2018
Changes in Herbaceous Plant Diversity in an Old-Growth Ohio Forest Before and After Emerald Ash Borer Invasion, Taylor Melissa Buskey
Physiological and Psychological Effects of Being Weighed in Female Participants, Julia Carroccio
Fault Lines: Geopolitical Rivalry in the East China Sea, Nicholas A. Dalton
Determining the Role of Fatty Acid Composition in Antibiotic Resistance, Andrew Deak
The Application of Neurologically-Controlled Robotics to Actuated Feeding Arms, Timothy Dombrowski
Mentoring Strategies for the Support of High School Students Experiencing Anxiety and Depression: A Case-Study of Two Catholic High Schools, Karin E. Forsthoefel
Development of an Evidence-Based Strength Training Program for Individuals with Dementia Participating in Adult Day Services, Jaclyn Franz
Chronic Administration of Probiotic L. rhamnosus Increases Anxiety-like Behavior in Group-housed Male Long Evans Rats, Parker Maddison Griff
The Influence of Self-Enhancement And Stress on Weight Gain: A Biopsychosocial Approach, Olivia G. Grondalski
Aircraft Generator Design and Analysis, David Gross
Murky Water, Fluid, and The Borderlands of Language: An Exploration of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Julia K. Hall
Lending Club’s Note Trading Platform Facade: An Examination of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending Secondary Market Inefficiency, Stephen Harvey
The Impact of the 515nm Effect on 1O2 Quenching in Photosynthesis: Model System Studies Using β-Carotene–Acid Complexes, Lauren A. Hoody
Differences in the Development of Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Offspring of Depressed Mothers, Hannah Jackson
The Other Woman: Mate Poaching Across the Menstrual Cycle, Margaret M. Jaeger
Wives’ Perceptions of Husbands’ Housework and Parenting Contributions, Reilly Kate Kincaid
Health Policy Responses and Infrastructure Re-Use in Host Cities of Mega-Sporting Events in Non-Traditional Host Countries, Andrew Kramer
Personality Types and Self-Reported Eating Habits, Thomas R. Lawler
Caffeine Rush! Examining the Effects of Caffeine on Spatial Working Memory, Alexander Lawriw
Evidence in Online Political Discourse: How Everyday Citizens Argue about Politics on Social Media, Diane Leverich
The Effects of Adolescent Housing Condition and Voluntary Exercise on Alcohol Intake and Stress Response in Male Long-Evans Rats, Caroline Lynch
If You Build It, They Will Come: A Habitat Mimicry-based Assessment Tool for Estimating Larval Salamander Density in Temperate Forests Streams, Margaret E. Maloney
Re-Painting the Lion: Female Transgression and Authorial Reincarnation in the Works of Marie de France and Jane Austen, Katherine Rachel McCaffery
Development of a Self-Orienting CubeSat Solar Array, Eric McGill
Olfaction and Disgust as Predictors of Elevated Perfectionism, Maia McLin
Revising the Geological Time Scale: A CONOP9 Graptolite Composite from the Middle Ordovician Rocks of Newfoundland, Katherine Michel
Evaluating the Effectiveness of U.S. Anti-Slavery Legislation through the Lens of Supply Chain Management, Alexander Marion Mingus
The Effects of Anxiety Induction on Olfactory Function in Healthy Young Adults, Lauren T. Olson
Probabilistic Modeling of Student Interactions during a Passing Period at the University of Dayton, Allyson Pacifico
The Influence of Self-Esteem and Stress on Academic Performance in College Students, Angel J. Pagan
Influence of Reverse Shoulder Implant Positioning on Patient-Specific Muscle Forces: A Simulation Study, Kayla Marie Pariser
Alcohol Deprivation Effect: An Investigation of a Model of Alcohol Dependence and Relapse Behaviors in Male and Female Long Evans Rats, Hanna J. Peterson
Characterization of the Glycosylation of Aquaglyceroporin HC-3 in Erythrocytes from the Freeze Tolerant Anuran, Dryophytes chrysoscelis, Dante L. Pezzutti
The International Committee of the Red Cross Managing Neutrality in an Increasingly Public, Media-hungry World, Mercedes C. Ramsey
Colonization to Globalization: French-Algerian Integration Analysis from Historical, Societal, and Economic Perspectives, Stephanie Soledad Rodriguez
Interference of the Inflammasome Via Interferonβ, Madeline Sauer
Applications of Passive Solar Energy and Reclaimed Heat from Livestock Manure Decomposition, Naomi Elizabeth Schalle
Compartmentalization and Temporal Distribution of L-Dopa-Containing Proteins Involved in Oyster Shell Formation, Benjamin Nicholas Schmeusser
Farm to Liberation: Towards Feminist Food Justice, Elisabeth Spector
Do Normative and Pathological Personality Traits Overlap? Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the NEO-PI-3 and PID-5, Lisa Eileen Stone
When Feminism Meets Hip-Hop, Kylie Thompson
“Thy Kingdom Come”: Catholicism and the Nueva Canción, 1966-1982, Elizabeth Turnwald
“Eat, Sleep, Hydrate, Masturbate!” Sexuality Education, Digital Media and Creator Identity Implications, Emma Venetis
The Stigma of Homelessness as an Identity: Homelessness as a Gendered Condition, Jamie Vieson
When Necessary is Not Enough A Study in the Effectiveness of U.S. Military Force to Combat Terrorism in the Middle East, Lora Christine Vonderhaar
The Effect of Oral Rehydration Solutions (Sports Drinks) on Strength, Speed, and Endurance: A Field Study, Andrea Wisniewski
Reconceptualizing Space: Multisensory Rooms and the Immersive Art Experience, Melanie Zebrowski
Submissions from 2017
Understanding the Effects of Propionic Acid on Listeria monocytogenes Growth, Survival, and Virulence, Elizabeth A. Abrams
Preparation, Analysis and Derivatization of Benzotris(thiazole) Triamine, Jonathan Patrick Peter Alessi
Social Impact of Economic Development Initiatives on Women’s Empowerment A Case Study in Northern Malawi, Alexandra Altomare
The Effects of Structural Modification of the Wing Helix Domain of PriA on Bacterial DNA, Erich Auer
Lethal Effects of the Non-native Invasive Shrub Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) on a Model Aquatic Organism (Hyalella azteca), Eric B. Borth
Effects of Ultrasound on Amyloid Beta 42 (Aβ42) Mediated Neurodegeneration, Sarah Byrne
Sustainable Portfolios to Maximize Alpha, Douglas Stephen Carey
Seasonal Changes in Physical, Chemical, and Biotic Factors in Silver Lake, Ohio, Jacob J. Clancy
Pravastatin™ Suppresses Venous Shear Stress Dependent Induction of Aquaporin 1 Protein Expression in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells in vitro, Raphael J. Crum
Synthesis of Bis(quinoxalino) Ligand for the Removal of Transition Metal Contamination, Alexander J. Farmer
Young Adult Fiction: Inside the Mirror Image, Paige Christin Flannelly
The Influence of Women’s Self-Esteem on Mating Decision Making, Kathleen D. Golterman
An Analysis of the Educational Systems in Finland and the United States: A Case Study, Caroline Ann Goodill
Whose Voice the Waters Heard: A Short Story Cycle, Grace E. Hagan
A Case Study on Inventory Costing Methods, Natalie Hunton
Behind the Stigma: The Impact of Gender and College Adjustment on Attitudes towards Mental Health Disorders, Maggie Inman
Effectiveness of a Novel Porphyrin Exhibiting Dark Toxicity against the Model Organism Mycobacterium smegmatis, Marissa C. Jama
Why Isn’t there a Garden at School? Assessing Five River Metro Parks’ Green Schoolyards Program, Kaleigh Jurcisek
Design of an Opposed-piston, Opposed-stroke Diesel Engine for Use in Utility Aircraft, Luke Kozal
The Promise of Justice: Are Public and Private Defense Equal?, Alicia Linzmeier
Arctic Flashpoint: The Russo-American Rivalry, Matthew Bernard Mackowiak
Effects of Playing Computerized versus Tactile Learning Games on Preschoolers’ Attention Skills and Comprehension: A Pilot Study, Samantha Malick
You Have the Right to…What? A Study of Knowledge of Americans’ Rights in Criminal Proceedings, Anna Marchiony
Extending Uniqueness Implies Existence Results to Fractional Differential Equations, Tyler Masthay
Undergraduate Men's Perceptions of Consent in College Campus Acquaintance Rape, M. Colleen McDaniel
Winning Off the Field: How Social Media Analytics Measure the Sports Industry, Ryan McGarvey
Evaluation of Protection of FRP Wrap on Bridge Piers from Corrosive Effects of Snow and Ice Chemicals, Lizzie Miller
Improving Electrochemical Devices via Increased Charge Density and Ceramic Nanoparticles, George Padavick
Aiscrima e Checchi Italian-American Dialect and Development in the New Millennium, Elizabeth Loyacano Pedrotti
