Honors Theses
All requests to extend embargos and/or remove theses/dissertations from eGrove must be approved by the Honors College. We will remove the digital object upon their notification, but the metadata description will remain.
If your thesis did not appear in the original Honors Thesis Repository, but you would like for it to be digitized for inclusion in eGrove, please send us an email (egrove@olemiss.edu), and it will be added to our digitization queue.
SMBHC Seniors can find submission instructions here.
Photo by Nathan Latil/Ole Miss Communications
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Out Of Darkness, Have I Cried Unto Thee: An examination of the treatment of African Americans at the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum during Reconstruction, James Gerald Paul
Mississippi Choctaw Women: Preservation and Adaptation from Post-Removal to the 1970s, Elisabeth H. Pepper
The Drier the Land, The Higher the Chance?: An Examination of the Relationship Between Water Availability and Civil Conflict and Its U.S. National Security Implications, Sailer E. Perkins
The Future of ISIS and US Counterterrorism: A Study of ISIS, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, and the US Policy Response, Luke Phillips
From Rich to Refugee: The Collapse of Venezuela's Healthcare System, John Pierce
Catalyzing Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Program: An Analysis of the Educational Opportunities in Mississippi's Tourism Industry, Holly Ruth Pitts
Please Accept My Love: Race, Culture, and B.B. King's Live in Cook County Jail, Eugene Brinson Polk III
Evaluation of a Farmers' Market Intervention on Food Insecurity, Health, and Diet of Individuals Living in Rural, Appalachian Mississippi, Heather A. Poole
Barriers to the Provision of High-Quality Early Childhood Education in the Mississippi Delta, Mackenzie Poole
An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Education in the Criminal Justice System, Austin Powell
A Weight Intervention Dismantling Study: The Effect of Social Support and Self-Monitoring on Weight Management in College Students, Kathryn Prendergast
Sans Fin: Language of Loss, Lane Jennings Proctor
A Beginning Percussion Curriculum Based on the National Core Music Standards, Joseph Quinnelly
Quercitrin and Afzelin Isolation: Chemical Synthesis of a Novel Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Antibiotic Analogue, Taylor Ramsaroop
The Ping-Pong Project, Adhithya Ravishankar
The Effects of Microstegium Vimineum on the Soil Microbial Community, Holly Kate Raymond
Knowledge of Epilepsy in Students Attending the University of Mississippi Oxford Campus, Alyssa Reid
Psychosocial Care in the Syrian Refugee Crisis, Miller Richmond
Cadmium Disruption of Calcium-Dependent Dimerization of Neural Cadherin, Dylan Ritter
Memory Retention Rates of Gossip-Related Information, Hannah R. Rogers
From a Tweet to the Street: The Effect of Social Media on Social Movement Theory, Elizabeth Romary
Thermal DeNOx Optimization: A Case Study in Fluid Catalytic Cracking, David E. Rozier
Pituitary Gland Functional Connectivity and BMI, E. Paige Rucker
A Study of Conductance for a Random, Hierarchically-Structured Material, Daniel Salvador
Little Philosophers: Assessing and Prompting Philosophical Reasoning with Children, MaKensey Sanders
Spitting Fire en Français: The Racialization of French Hip-Hop Artists in the Media and their Responses After the Charlie Hebdo Attack, Adam Schoenbachler
Fixed and Growth Mindset in Undergraduate Students: Impacts on Academic Achievement and Resilient Behaviors, Ann Louise Seabrook
Healthcare Professionals Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Biosimilars in Northern Mississippi, Amanda Seals
Perceptions of Headache Trigger Potency, Katelyn Sharpe
Utilizing Natural Language Processing and other Technical Tools to Automate the Financial Modeling Process while Maintaining Robustness in the Model, Robert Forrest Short
Portable Bio-signal Data Logger, Suprabh Singh
The Implementation of Multicultural Literature in the Secondary English Classroom: A Preservice Teacher's Experience, Jenna L. Smiley
The Effect of Recess on Fifth Grade Students' Time On-Task in an Elementary Classroom, Jenny Kate Smith
Modeling Migraine Chronification and its Relief; the Effects of THC on Recurrent NTG-Induced Migraine Endpoints in Rats, Blake Sowers
Reducing the Interfacial Tension of Magnetic Surfactants in Magnetic Fields, Rachel Anne Stanhope
Nella Larsen: An Untold Story of Race through Literature, Bria Stephens Stephens
Autoregulation of the Glial Gene Reversed Polarity in Drosophila Melanogaster, Chase Suiter
A Qualitative Process Evaluation of a Meal Service Program, Grace Marie Sullivan
From the Attic to the Screen: An Adaptation of Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea, Farrah F. Sunn
Recruitment and Selection in a Mass Hiring Event of a SME, Emily Sutphin
An Integrative Synthetic, Spectroscopic, and Computational Study of the Free Radical Chlorine Dioxide and its Interactions with Hydrogen Bonded Networks, Sarah C. Sutton
Gold and Alloy Nanomolecules: Synthesis, Ligand Induced Core Conversion, Characterization, and Atomic Structure, Shevanuja Theivendran
Platelet-Derived Microparticles and their Role in Sepsis, Robert Tramel
A Few Good Things, Rachel Byars Tran
Development and Evaluation of Quercetin Nanoparticles and Hot Melt Cast Films for Retinal Neuroprotection, Chau Truong
Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Novel Gold-Containing Nanomaterials, Lemuel Shui-Lun Tsang
Bone White, Libby Catherine Tyson
The Effect of Font Type on Memory for Instruction, Courtney Upchurch
Cytotoxicity Assay of Self-Assembling Protein-Based Biomaterials, Peyton Vaughan
Impacts of Aplysina Red Band Syndrome on Secondary Metabolite Profiles and Antibacterial Activity of the Caribbean Sponge Genus Aplysina, Mafie Claire Vickers
The Financial Analysis and the Application of U.S. GAAP Principles, Lauren Vonder Haar
Cross-Cultural Comparison of Cosmetic Procedures in Latin America and East Asia, Rebecca Vorisek
An Analysis of the Acid Profile of Coffee Brews: Caffeine and Chlorogenic Acid Concentrations in Different Forms of Coffee Brew, Jeffory Taylor Wallace
College Students' Opinions on Parenting, Anne Overton Waller
Parental Influence on Weight Biases in School-Age Children, Emily E. Wasson
Re Magazine and the Politics of the Little Magazine, Jesse Webb
A Comprehensive Analysis of Corporate Financial Information Through Integrated Case Studies, Tanner West
Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of the Hydrogen Bonding Interactions of Hydroxyethyl Ethers, Ashley Elizabeth Williams
Celebrity Protest and Media Consumption: A Comparative Analysis Across Media and Cultural Context, Paxton Williams
Dynamic Testing of Bovine Cortical Bone, Kenton Wong
Intravenous Solution Wastage in Hospital Pharmacy at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi (Oxford), Yujing Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Methods of Quantification and Characterization of Coccidian Oocysts, Mariam Abunemeh
Healthways: A Financial Analysis and Recommendations, Katherine Adcock
Internal Displacement in Ukraine: Where the Government Went Wrong, Annelise Albert
High Frequency Trading 101: Regulatory Impact in American and European Markets, Yasmine Elisabeth Allen
Biochemical And Behavioral Effects Of Environmental Enrichment On Strain-Dependent Vulnerability To Anxiety And Depression In The Chick Separation Stress Paradigm, Sydney M. Anchor
A Neural Network Approach to Handwriting Recognition in the Codex A, Eleanor C. Anthony
Tortoise and the Hare: A Case Study of Quota Laws and Women's Representation in Congress in Argentina and the United States, Hannah Arrington
Understanding Effective Venues of Women Representation in Latin America: An Empirical Study of Millennium Development Goals 3 and 5, Sheila Arun Kumar
How Proposed Legislation Could Affect Corporate Taxes, Kaitlin Aspinwall
Tobacco and Cannabis: The Evolution of Pertinent Rules and Regulations and Subsequent Financial Ramifications, Palmer Avisto
This Clinic Stays Open: A Comprehensive History of Reproductive Rights in Mississippi, 1966-2015., Alicia Bacon
Practical Faith: How Southern Black Women and White Women Used Their Faith in Pursuit of Equality, Holly Baer
An Experimental Investigation of a Reinforced Steel Frame via Structural Dynamics, Ethan Baker
Supersonic Combustion Ramjet: Analysis on Fuel Options, Stephanie Barone
Evaluation of the Use of High Frequency Acoustic Cavitation to Improve Water Quality in Commercial Catfish Operations, Bennett Elizabeth Barr
Leading as Nudging: Optimizing Healthcare Delivery Systems Management in Mississippi, Grant Beebe
Identification of Inhibitors of FXII, Alexandra C. Bensel
Trade Policy Formation in Europe: Disparities Between the EU-15 States and the CEE New Member States, Beau Bettiga
The Creation of Instructional Video Tutorials for Chemical Engineering Process Simulation Software, Nishal Bhikha
Meaning and Resilience as Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth Among College Students, Meredith Blackwell
Personality Correlates of Cardiovascular Reactivity, Sara Bolen
Optimization of Single and Multiple Unit Chemical Processes: A Case Study on the Optimization of a Styrene Plant Design, Piero Bracamonte
The Effect of Level of Democracy In Importing States on Global Arms Transfers, Including a Case Study on France, Cody R. Bradford
More Than Skin Deep: An Examination Of The Negative Effects of Advertising On Women, Kathryn A. Bridgers
A Comparison of Cleated Footwear Conditions and the Effects on Ground Reaction Forces During the Phases of a Side-Cut Task, Zachary Bridges
Analyzing the Growing Islamic Radicalization in France, Virginia Ruth Brommer
The Evolution of the Vampire Other: Symbols of Difference from Folklore to Millennial Literature, Kate Buckley
OneWorld Stories: Intercultural Competence Through Literature, Jessica M. Bunch
Elevated Corticosterone Levels Decrease Vocal Attractiveness and Elicit Non-Calling Mating Tactics in Male Green Tree Frogs, Hyla cinerea, Hannah Burroff
Delta Air Lines: A Financial Analysis and Corresponding Recommendations for Delta Air Lines, Inc., Emily Bush
Method Development Toward the Analysis of the Functionalization of Proteins, Victoria Calcote