2025 Senior Thesis Topics
Departments
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Art
- Art History
- Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Classics
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Economics
- Environmental Studies
- French and Francophone Studies
- Geosciences
- German Studies
- Government
- Hispanic Studies
- History
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Japanese
- Literature
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Religious Studies
- Russian Studies
- Sociology
- Theatre
- Women's and Gender Studies
- World Politics
American Studies
Anthropology
Archaeology
Art
Art History
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
- John Carbone, Further Exploring Fluoropyridyl Ethers as Leaving Groups in Photoredox-Catalyzed Radical Allylation Reactions
- Caroline Chapman, Effects of Different Carbon Sources on T. thermophila Growth
- Jeffrey Cheng, Optimized Reaction Conditions for Amide Bond Formation in the Synthesis of a Fibrin-Targeted Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging Probe
- Chrissy Crespo, TLR2/7 Agonist CL413 Enhances Influenza A Vaccine Response in Mice
- *Marissa Duffy, Ab10 Identification in Native Species of Zea mays
- *Owen Dzierzgowski, [Title Forthcoming]
- Kayli Franco, Tethering Cse4 via LexA-LexO to Create a Synthetic Kinetochore
- Lainey Groll, From Pond to Proteome, Comparing Protein Expression and Composition of Reproductive Structures in Frogs and Toads
- Madison Hopkins, Direct Amide Bond Formation Catalyzed by the Spore Peptidoglycan Biosynthetic Enzyme SwsB
- Ryan Howard, Investigating Permanent Decrease in pH in T. thermophila Food Vacuoles
- Layla Jarrahy, Ciliate Macronuclei Shape Analysis and Evolutionary History
- Dasomie Kim, Macrocyclization of Peptide Pharmaceuticals via Ultrasound-Assisted Disulfide Bond Formation at Infinite Dilution Condition
- Joe Kubofcik, Synthesis of Fluorescent Probes Targeting Somatostatin Receptor II for In Vivo Macrophage Imaging in Carotid Plaque
- Zach Lucchini, Progress Toward the Purification and Characterization of the Germinant Glycosidase CwlJ
- Abbie Morin, The Role of Retinal Determination Genes During Retinoblastoma Formation
- *Michael Ngaw, Investigating Maize’s Abnormal Chromosome 10 Kinesin Proteins and Their Efficacy at Segregating a Whole Chromosome in Yeast
- Ryan Rahman, Ultrasound-Assisted Cyclization of Cardioactive Peptides
- Isis Riviere, Unlocking the Potential of Biomass, Optimizing 5-HMF Oxidation to FDCA via Bimetallic Catalysis
- Amy Shanahan, From Pond to Proteome, Comparing Protein Expression and Composition of Reproductive Structures in Frogs and Toads
- Jacob Spafford, Stereochemistry of Photoredox-Catalyzed Radical Allylation Reaction
- Will Strutton, The Synthesis and In Silico Analysis of Pyridinyl Indoles Displaying Antimicrobial Activity
- Katie Wetmore, Investigating the Metal and pH Dependence of the Sporulation Enzyme SwsB Using a Minimal Peptidoglycan Substrate
- Jayme Wilde, Progress Toward the Purification and Characterization of the Germinant Glycosidase CwlJ
- *Sean Zhang, Ab10 Identification in Native Species of Zea mays
Biology
- Regan Arnold, Modeling Retinoblastoma: Exploring Rbf1’s Role in Eye Development Using Drosophila melanogaster
- Emily Bennett, The effect of bacterial load on sickness behaviors in American crows
- Eileen Bussiere, The Effects of Habitat Type on Predation-Induced Fear in Small Mammal Communities
- Megan Case, Exploration of Microcystin-Related Gene Expression in Freshwater Environments
- Tessa Cole, Hi-C Resolved Pangenomics of Purple Sulfur Bacteria in Green Lake
- Luke Ehrenfreund, Seasonal Variation in Sperm Allocation and Spermatophore Characteristics in Male Redback Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)
- Teagan Graham and Gabriella (Ella) Heftved, Testosterone, inbreeding, and age effects on disease mortality of American Crows
- Miranda Gregory, Histological Analysis of Oviductal Morphology in Two Species of Lithobates
- Lilianna Gross and Abigail DeLena, Crowbot™: Investigating behavioral responses in American crows through robotic decoys
- Faith Hollyer, Identifying nutrient inputs to Oriskany Creek from agriculture and sewage
- Lisa Ito-Bagshaw, Michael LaPorte, Rebecca Munoz, Zaara Rehman, and Izabo Ramos, Fertilization mode shapes the evolution of novel flagellar structures in amphibians
- Catherine Iven and Maya Gustavson, The effects of forest composition on rodent seed selection and activity levels
- Carina Jones, Investigating the Transgenerational Effects of Lead (Pb) Exposure on Drosophila melanogaster
- Benjamin LaBranche and Lucie Steig, The effect of pH on phenol oxidase and peroxidase activity in salt marsh soils: Testing the efficacy of enhanced olivine weathering
- Alya MacDonald and Viola (Violet) Cue, Dynamics of the Green Lake Redoxcline: Oxic Methanogenesis and Reactive Oxygen Species
- *Abby Marzec and *Shayna Polsky, Synthetic Reconstitution of Meiotic Drive in Ab10 Zea mays using LexA-LexO Tethering System in Yeast
- Maggie Mieczkowski, Lead-Induced Retinal Degeneration in Drosophila melanogaster
- Paige O’Hara, Tethering Cse4 via LexA-LexO to Create a Synthetic Kinetochore
- Zach Orluk and Jordan Chan, Assessing migratory strategies and their effect on American Crow cognition
- Brianna Padilla, Quantifying Particulate Phosphorus at Various Depths in Phosphorus-Limited Green Lake
- Trang Pham, Spatial scale of underground freshwater gene flow in the amphipod, G. duebeni
- Megan Rai and Bea Lefranc, Investigating the Role of Kinesins in Chromosome Segregation
- Erin Rayhill, Photosynthetic Pigments and Particulate Matter in the Stratified Waters of the Meromictic Green Lake
- Olivia Rendon Paolo, Assessing Tetrahymena thermophila Cell Viability
- Jocelyn Rivera, The Effect of Intestinal Parasites on the Cognitive Abilities of American Crows
- Sarah Roth, Salamander Spermatophore Phenology
- Taylor Santulli, Electroactive Microbial Community Enrichment in Green Lake
- Carter Segal and New Nee Sar, Assessing Kinesin-Driven Acentric Plasmid Inheritance in Budding Yeast Utilizing Fluorescence Microscopy
- Zachary Smith, Investigating Glycogen Metabolism and the Effects of Starvation in Tetrahymena thermophila
- Emma Tansky, Assessing Associative Learning in American Crows through a Touchscreen Operant Chamber
- Jennie Weisbrot, Cloning Eyeless and Twin of Eyeless Enhancer Sequences
- Julie Ying, Microbial H+ -PPase transcription rates in diverse energy environments
- Lucy Zullo, The effect of inbreeding on the cognitive function of American crows
Chemistry
Chinese
- Harisen Davis, Fashioning Identity: A Multidisciplinary Exploration of Clothing and Self-Expression in Detroit and Taiwan
- Edward (Eddie) Gamble, Beyond State-Sponsored Narratives: Migrant Worker Essentialization in Independent Media
- Delaney Grace, A Close Reading of The Joy Luck Club (1993): How is Chinese-American Culture and Experiences Portrayed in American Film?
- Edward (Eddie) Ha, The Transition of Chinese Consumption Habits (1980-2020)
- Norbu Lhendup, A Critical Reading of Shanghai Noon: The Asian Stereotype in Hollywood Cinema
- Devin Outhavong, Bridging the Gap: Exploring the Role of Confidence, Motivation, and Socioeconomic Factors in English Learning in China and Taiwan
- Angela Zheng, From Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation to The Untamed: The Adaptation and Reception of Danmei Literature in Film and Television
Cinema and Media Studies
- Andrew Hadden, The Impact of AI-Generated Film on Media and Creativity
- Jane Jeong, Little Forest(s): A comparative analysis on conceptions of community
- Kenneth Rix, AI and the Evolution of ACG and Deep Fakes: Technological Transformations and Global Concerns
Honors presentation
- Trevor Wilkes, Nostalgic Horror: Violence and Spectatorship in the Internet Era -- A Video Essay
Classics
- Andrew Brennan, The Power of the People: How the Plebeians effected change in the Roman Republic
- Tate Burgin, Vergil’s Characterization of Aeneas in The Aeneid
- Angela Escalante Zarco, The Gorgon Reclaimed: Tracing the Cultural and Symbolic Evolution of Medusa from Classical Antiquity to Contemporary Feminist Narratives
- Adele Sales, The Mirror and the Voice: Narcissus and Echo in the Digital Age
- Jonathan Shi, Medical Knowledge in Antiquity: Empirical vs “Divination” interventions Juxtaposed
Computer Science
- Ahmed Abdelrehim, Maheen Masoud, and Ivan Wu, Irish Tune Composer Recognition
- Sam Anaevune, Abigail Bernardeau, Jamie Duncan, Ingrid Mast, and Andreas Matejka, Lighthouse Grant Management
- Ally Berkowitz and Andrew Hadden, Math Policy Tracker
- Shraddha Datta, Iris Izydorczak, Julian Kimball, and Ilsaa Siddiqui, Mapping Greater India
- Grace Johnson, Will Cho, Jun Cho, and Connor Whynott, Software for Visualizing, Analyzing, and Classifying Spectrum Data
- Bryce Molnar, Hadrian Fratarcangeli, Mia Chervenkova, and Alexis Ortiz, Digital Edition and Analysis of the Apocryphal Epistle to the Laodiceans
- Tyler Rodenberger, Luke Struthers, Michael Stewart, and Sydney Eriksson, Electron Spin Resonance Experiments
- Jude Rouhana, Edward Rosenbaum, Pandelis Margaronis, and Kien Tran, Velocity-Based Training System for Hamilton Athletics
- Eddie Trenk, Jacob Mair, Ryhory Hatavets, and Ahn Truong, Automation and Dashboard for Jupyter Server Management in Education
- Gianna Verdi, Alex Herr, Carl Brinkman, and Nisha Stills ’26, Class Management System for Kirkland Art Center
- Kerry Wang, Jayden Federoff, David Batbayer, and Jacob Helzer ’26, Software for Optimizing Pre-Health Course Planning
- Cooper Xu, Brian Tran, Ryan Connors, and Teja Singh, Historical Parliamentary Proceedings and Acts of Parliament
Creative Writing
Data Science
Economics
Honors presentations
- Vaughn Amos, Drug price, insurance coverage, demographic characteristics, and perceived efficacy's influence on consumer choice among GLP-1 agonists
- Robert Aronson, Ws and Donations: Examining how Athletic Success Impacts Giving at Division One Schools
- Anoushka Aswin, Analyzing the Impact of Natural Disasters on U.S. Political Polarization
- Eleanor Bailey, Greenbacks & Green Values: How Real Income Shapes Environmental Attitudes
- Henry Boehm, Stealing Bases & Fans: The Impact of the 2023 MLB Rule Changes on Attendance, Game Duration, & Offensive Statistics
- Jeffrey Cheng, The entry of WellNow Urgent Care clinics and its differential effect on reported health outcomes
- Emanuel Fitsum, Exploring the Relationship Between Relative Income and Happiness Across Life Stages
- Alexandra Glogoff, Penalty or Power Play: Examining the Influence of Income Tax Rates on NHL Free Agent Salaries
- Abigail Hagan, Generosity Across Generations: Examining the Influence of Age and Perceived Need on Intergenerational Giving in the Dictator Game
- Autumn Halfpenny, Does Bilingualism on Resumes Affect Callback Rates?
- Akay Kaya, Steering the Market: Common Ownership and Competition in the Automotive Industry
- Maxwell Lee, Network Centrality and Rent Price Capitalization Along the Washington D.C. Metro: Silver Line Phase I as a Case Study
- Andreas Molnar, Foul Play? Examining Commonality and Favoritism in Soccer Referees
- Anoushka Saraf, Impact of the Aspirational Districts Program on Learning Outcomes in India
- Tristan Sollecito, Improving Access to Golf Within Underrepresented Communities
- Kate Solowey, The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Mothers Versus Fathers
- Andrew Swanson, Using Adolescent Marijuana Use and Alcohol and Marijuana Use to Predict Behavioral Problems and Labor Market Outcomes
Environmental Studies
Capstone Presentations
- Alexandra M. Bailey, The Arctic Popularity Contest: Coverage of Charismatic Animals in Scientific and Popular Articles
- Amelia B. Brown, Clearing the Air: An Equity Analysis of Air Quality Monitor Distribution in Southern California
- Heather G. Doyle, “Pow(d)er to the People”: Exclusivity and Accessibility in the Colorado Ski Industry
- Aidan M. Held, The Environmental Implications of Planned Obsolescence and Right to Repair
- Benjamin H. LaBranche, Sea-Level Rise in Boston: Who is affected and how does data impact funding for coastal resilience projects?
- Teghan Q. Michelson, Burning Inequality: How Socioeconomic factors shape wildfire vulnerability disparities in Southern California
- Wendy Ortega-Quezada, Toxic Transparency: Improving Public Access to Air Pollution and TRI 1:00 Data in Houston, Texas
- Zaara S. Rehman, Variations in Representation: Ocean Acidification Data Disparities Between the Global North and South
- Ella N. Scott, Data Centers and Urban Planning: Understanding the Environmental and Social Impacts of Data Storage in Minneapolis and Saint Paul
- Brendan S. Stewart, Public park accessibility trends in Dallas County, Texas
- Sasha Youn, Equity in Solarity: A Comparative Analysis of Communities With and Without Solar Farms
Capstone Panel Presentations
Panel 1
- Mattie Buneta, Queer Environmental Data Justice
- Jordan Chan, Racist Perceptions of Bushmeat: How Science and Conservation Perpetuates Stereotypes
- Eve Rudin, Diversity in Citizen Science: A Push for Demographic-Based Participation Strategies in Anticipation of a Worsening Climate Crisis
Panel 2
- Meliya Soller, Flooded with Injustices: Procedural Environmental Justice and the FEMA Flood Mapping Process
- Betsy Gross, Rethinking Green Progress: Procedural Injustice in The Rezoning and Development of the Gowanus Canal
- Luke Peplowski, Techno-Optimistic and AI Expansion
Panel 3
- Anna Hoover, Land, Justice, and Sovereignty: Addressing the Legal Obstacles to Meaningful Tribal Co-Stewardship
- Emily Younkin, The Path Home: Returning to Indigenous Methodologies and Epistemologies in Bison Restoration Efforts
- Jade Joyce, Nature, Peer Reviewed: Colonial Reason and the Ethical Debris of Global Climate Science
Thesis Research
- Austin Cipriano, Warming up to heat pumps: Navigating barriers to heat pump adoption in New York State households
- Charlotte Clark, Ashes to Ashes: Analyzing peri-urban forest dynamics and the carbon costs of the Emerald Ash Borer infestation
- Sarah DeSanto, B*ck this! Investigating the effect of European buckthorn on the pathogenesis of Borrelia burgdorferi
- Calvin Doherty, From field to stream: Exploring the impacts of land use on surface water quality in Sauquoit Creek, NY
- Scott Levy, Interscalar wormholes: Supermarkets, local foods, and a politics of scale
- Elise Mizerak, Degrowth: An urbanist, civic republican approach
- Bella Ocava, Put down the tote bag: Building a real relationship with the environment
- Quinn Perkins, Measuring soil carbon from agriculture to forest: A case study of Hamilton College’s reforestation initiative
- Becca Perry, Appetite for community: Understanding how small-scale, local farmers build vital relationships within Central New York
- Ethan Tarini, Hiding people not yet here: The absence of pro- and anti-natalism in climate mitigation
- Anna Yankee, Scaling sustainability: Collaborative approaches and multidimensional scopes of responsibility at Starbucks and Forno Brisa
French and Francophone Studies
Honors theses
Geosciences
- Audrey Alix, Changes in Land Cover and Surface Temperature in the Utica, NY area
- Adeera Batlay, Tephrochronological analysis of the Plio-Pleistocene Chemeron Formation, Baringo Basin, Kenya: Refining stratigraphy and constraining chronology of vertebrate fossil sites
- Amelia Brown, Heavy Metal Contamination from Coin Corrosion in Freshwater Systems: A Case Study of Wakulla Springs, Florida
- Patrick Dicus, What’s in our water? Quantifying and analyzing dissolved ions and their possible sources in Oriskany Creek.
- Stella Essenmacher, Characterizing Ground Deformation at Whakaari/White Island from 2016-2024
- Andrew Federicks, Determining seasonal variability in the Omo-Turkana Basin from the Pleistocene to modern using ostracod stable isotope analysis
- Connor Grand, Developing a SWAT+ Model for the Oriskany Creek Basin in Upstate New York
- Charlie Haberstock, Evaluating Strain at the ancient San Andreas
- Abby Lonnegren, Potential Unrecognized Neoarchean Metamorphism in the East Pilbara Terrane: Insights from Monazite Uranium-Lead Geochronology
- Katie Moses, Identifying Predation Preferences on Freshwater Gastropods Using a New Quantification Methodology
- Tripp Peters, Constraining the Timing of Paleoarchean Doming in the East Pilbara Terrane: a Structural Study of the Wilina Pluton
- Jay Pratt, The River Bank: Heavy Metal Pollution from Coins and Impacts to Freshwater Molluscan Communities
- Xavier Schlemmer, Growing Pains of an Adolescent Earth: How did the Northeast Margin of the Shaw Dome, Western Australia, deform during emplacement?
- Claire S. Williams, Geologic mapping and kinematics of the Androscoggin Riverlands Shear Zone
German Studies
Government
Honors theses
- Nikki Greenberg, How Do Senate Leaders Utilize Social Media to Accomplish Their Goals?
- Natalie Guterman, The Effect of Political Polarization on National Party Conventions
- Carter Hollins, The Political Power of Indigeneity: A Hawaiian Case Study
- Hannah Lipskar, A Jewish and Democratic State: Religion’s Impact on Democratic Backsliding in Israel
- Daniel Lipson, Moral Responsibility, Political Obligation, and Legitimacy: A Defense of Michael Walzer’s Just War Theory
- Ainsley Novack, Imperial Legacies: Policing in the Philippines
- Anna Richardson, Breaking the Safety Net: Understanding Negative Policy Feedback to Welfare in the U.S.
Hispanic Studies
Honors presentations
Honors presentations
- Eleanor Bailey, El flamenco como un gesto de deseo
- Katie Bielinski, Palabra y agencia en Malinche, novela de Laura Esquivel
- Zachary Booth, Narrar el trauma: Evolución de la figura del veterano en la literatura post-Malvinas
- Eliza Glass, Capitalismo y poder estatal en Huasipungo: Una crítica desde la teoría de la dependencia
- Josh Harmon, Réquiem por un campesino español, El cuarto de atrás y Soldados de Salamina como lieux de mémoire
- Michael Ko, Memoria en la música: Charly García como creador de lugares de memoria
- Christie Lam, [title forthcoming]
- Alexandra Orlando, Cuerpos descartables y misoginia narco: Cosificación y agencia femenina en María, llena eres de gracia (2004)
- Anna Peterson, Maternidad e identidad: La reescritura poética de la experiencia femenina bajo el franquismo
- Sam Pettengill, [title forthcoming]
- Anna Richardson, En su propia voz: la construcción de una nueva feminidad en los cuentos de Carme Riera y Marina Mayoral
- Eve Rudin, El espejo animal: reflejos y reflexiones de la marginalización femenina y queer. La literatura de Amparo Dávila, Guadalupe Nettel y Clyo Mendoza
- Sophia Viscarello, Un peregrinaje mágico: amor, dolor y la condición humana en Doce cuentos peregrinos
- Kathryn Woodruff, Hacia un futuro queer: Memoria histórica y novelas actuales de mujeres sáficas bajo el franquismo
History
Honors theses
- Lara Barreira, Networks of Health and Healthcare: Tracing Sickness in a 16th century Spanish Household
- John Donohue, Tea, Tomahawks, and Truth: Native American Imagery and Historical Memory of the Boston Tea Party
- Luke Hayes, All I Know Is What I Don’t Read In The Papers: Reconsidering William Dudley Pelley (1928-1939)
- Akay Kaya, The Bassigny Prophecy and the Enduring Power of Medieval French Millenarianism
- Nicole McDonough, Irish Family Memory: Narrating Systems of Support, Ethnicity, and Pedigree through Correspondence
- Rachel Navarro Santos Lion, To the winner, the potatoes: Brazilian National Identity in Literary Work
- Mikaella Tortusa, Digitizing Modernity from the Margins: The Making of a New Filipino Nationhood
- Maximilian Wohlfeld, Reporting Korea: The Black Press’ Fusion of Anti-Communism and Colored Internationalism During the Korean War (1950-1954)
Interdisciplinary Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies in Food Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies in Italian Studies
- Emma Toes, Life Underneath the Paintbrush: An Analysis of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Human Dissections for Art
Japanese
- Chinkhuslen “David” Batbayar, Living in the Image of a Vending Machine: I Sold My Life For 10,000 Yen Per Year
- Santiago Chamorro, Shin’ichi Hoshi: The Voice of Dystopia
- Jayden Fedoroff, Changes in Speech Style Patterns and Politeness Strategies Among L2 Japanese Learners
- Meraly Morales, Cultural Exchange on Stage
- Devin Outhavong, Authenticity of First Person Pronoun (FPP) and Sentence Final Particle (SFP) in BL Manga
- Nguyen Vo, Idols Beyond Borders: A Comparative Study of J-POP and K-POP Through Appadurai’s Global Cultural Flows
Literature
Honors presentations
- Rachel Budd, Prufrock, Reintegrated: Symbolic Redemption of “Prufrock” in Four Quartets
- Toby Weissman, Immaterial Resistance in Faulkner’s Materialist World
Mathematics and Statistics
Honors projects
Neuroscience
- Amirtha Bharathan and Erika Mendez, Effects of Puberty blocker and Hormone Replacement Therapy in a Male Rat Model
- Maeve Browne, Ella Crawford, and Caroline Grant, Investigating the Neural Circuitry of Amphetamine Reinstatement in Rats
- Elizabeth Carnright and Michelle Wu, Incoming Text from the ERN: You’ve Made a Mistake
- Michael Fasano, The Role of Miro1 in Axon Pathways from the Cortex
- Favour George-Ikechi, The Impact of Estradiol on Psychological Disorders Among College Students
- Jenny Gidicsin, Investigating the Role of Miro1 in Hippocampal Morphology and Long-Term Spatial Memory
- Lilah Hamill and Ali Joseph, An Investigation of the DREADD Mechanism Through c-fos Analysis
- Sophia Katz (with psychology major Georgia Brown), Influence of Reward on Holistic Strategy Use in Visuomotor Adaptation
- Addie Kujovsky, The Role of Parental Support in the Relationship Between Sibling Disability and Brain Development
- David Levine, Evaluating Retrograde and Non-Retrograde Cre-GFP Label in Neurons that Project to the Nucleus Accumbens.
- Abigail Lowder, Modeling Glioblastoma Angiogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster Larvae
- Gabriela Munoz Rojas, Microglial Activation in Miro1 Knockout Mice and its Role in Neurodegenerative Disease
- Hope Obolanle and Nate Parker, Uncovering the Role of the Dopamine System in Lead- Induced Hyperactivity in Drosophila melanogaster
- Thuy Pham, Examining Hypothalamic Hormone Expression in Miro1 Knockout Mice
- Charles Portoviejo, Evaluating the Impact of IL-6 in Self-Perceived Health and OCD Symptoms in Adult Participants
- Bailey Reese (with psychology major Deanna Durben), Neural Correlates of Explicit Strategy Use in Visuomotor Rotation
- Caroline Ross, Does Cronotype Affect Visual Search?
- Jonathan Shi (with psychology major Cecily Bua), The Impact of Scaffolding on Learning Complex Tasks
- Seth Tobin, Miro1 and its Role in Fear Memory
- Emma Toes (with psychology major Anna Zoccolillo), Does Error Processing Relate to Negative Affect and Right Wing Authoritarianism?
- Helen Xin, Lead Exposure Disrupts Developmental and Octopamine Signaling Pathways in Drosophila melanogaster Through Epigenetic Gene Silencing
Philosophy
- Caroline Friedrichs, The Paradox of True Friendship
- Tinashe Manguwa, Ethics of Ambiguity
- Avery Mason, Faith and Reason: A Post-Rational Depiction of Religious Faith
- Hank Morgan, Virtuous Tribalism: How to Balance Morality and Practicality in Social Organization
- Carlos Pichardo, Natural Buddhism: The Dangers and Merits of Secular Readings of Buddhism
- Ashley Scheichet, Bridging Care and Justice: A Capabilities Approach to Ethical Educational Decision Making
- Stephen Socolow, Collaborative Instruction in Logic: How to Teach Formal Logic to First-Time Philosophy Students
- Christina Stoll, Curiosity, Agency, Creativity, and AI
- Olivia Strigh, How AI Influences Beliefs Through Cognitive Extension
- Jaden Valencia, In Defense of Private Language
- Ivan Wu, Two Accounts of the Principle of Alternate Possibilities and Their Problems
- Tilly Zwirn-Givnish, Run, Scream, Repeat: The Ethical Implications of Women’s Depictions in Slasher Films
Physics
Psychology
- Naomi Andrew, Self-Compassion and Reactions to Imagining Being Confronted for Having Committed a Microaggression
- Charlie Archer, The lmprovement of Early lntervention Treatment in Schizophrenia
- Julian Arky, Eve Karmozyn, and Adele Sales, Whose to Blame? The Effect of Gender Similarity, Stereotypicality, and Perspective on Blame
- Omar Bargout, Coping With Fear: Fear-Based Quality of Life and Coping Behaviors During COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents
- Eliza Behrke and Katie O’Shea, Love Thyself: The Impact of Self-Compassion on Negative Affect and Depression Following Social Exclusion
- Annika Benn, Eva Pearlman, and Hannah Vogt, The Impact of Role Play for Children: Exploring Attention, Creativity, and Character Complexity
- Georgia Brown (with neuroscience major Sophia Katz), Influence of Reward on Holistic Strategy Use in Visuomotor Adaptation
- Cecily Bua (with neuroscience major Jonathan Shi), The Impact of Scaffolding on Learning Complex Tasks
- Virginia Davis, Childhood Emotional Neglect, Emotion Regulation, and the Role of Family Income
- Jamie Duncan, Ask Me Again After Immersion: The Impact of Language Immersion Experiences on the Moral Foreign Language Effec
- Deanna Durben (with neuroscience major Bailey Reese), Neural Correlates of Explicit Strategy Use in Visuomotor Rotation
- Anais Geronimo, Who Blames Victims of Rape? Exploring the Role of Self-Compassion, Perspective Taking, Perceived Vulnerability, and Gender
- Alex Glogoff, Examining Family Emotional Context as a Mediator between SES and Emotion Regulation in Adolescence
- Madison Goodman-Leong, Food for Thought: The Impact of Nutritional Supplements on Depression Treatment
- Abby Hagan, Do Your Parents Predict Your Friends?
- Melina Haskel and Olivia Todd, From College to Career: Predicting Outcomes of Alumni with ADHD Symptomatology
- David Hynes, Understanding Motivations for Substance Use in College Students with ADHD
- Hannah Ju, “This is Not Who I Am”: Reducing Defensive Responding with Self-Compassion
- Paige McKenzie, Cognitive Tug-of-War: How Attention Bias Toward Threat Mediates the Relationship Between Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Executive Function in Children Over Time
- Rachel Parajuli, The Psychology of Recidivism: How Attributions, Criminal Identity, and Self-Stigma Shape Reoffending
- Kirk Petrie, The Effect of Media Exposure on PTSD and Perceived Stress in Adolescents following Hurricane Irma: The Moderating Role of Gender
- Morgan Pettee, Gender Differences in Friendship Helping Behaviors
- Alyssa Samuels, Defending Emotion: The Effect of Attorney Anger and Authenticity on Jury Decisions
- Mady Schiro, When You Can’t Read the Vibe: How Cringey Behavior Affects Blame and Moral Character Judgments
- Diya Singh, An Influencer’s Influence: How Construed Framing Affects Moral Judgment of Sponsored Content
- Drew Stimson, Gaby Toppelberg, and Sophia Viscarello, Wait for It! Peer Influence on Self-Control in Children Ages 3-5
- Joey Tarlavsky, A Little Self Love: Awe, the Small Self, and Self-Compassion
- Makenna Thomas, The Perceived Competence of Female Attorneys Based on Appearance and lnternalized Misogyny
- Abby Weiss, The Use of Social Media For Friendship Fulfillment: How Age and Gender lmpact this Relationship
- Via Zhou, The Impact of Acculturation State on Internalizing Symptoms
- Anna Zoccolillo (with neuroscience major Emma Toes), Does Error Processing Relate to Negative Affect and Right Wing Authoritarianism?
Public Policy
Honors presentations
Religious Studies
- Oumoul Diallo, Empowering Indonesian Muslim Women: The Role of Nahdlatul Ulama in Advancing Gender Equality
- Johnathan Nemetz, Where's Your Judaism?: Jewish Identity at a Liberal Arts Campus
- Kirk Petrie, The Lived Experience of Contemporary Christian Music
Honors Presentation
- Kirk Petrie, The Use of Sacred Music in Christian Worship in Central New York
Russian Studies
Sociology
- Maia Chakin, A Campus Divided?: Comparing Perspectives on Identity Politics at an Elite Liberal Arts Institution
- Irena Chen, Oops! I Might Really Need Help!: Socioeconomic Background and Learning How to Seek Help
- Hana Dolan, Coloring Inside the Lines: Racial Identity in the World of PWIs
- Deanna Durben, Stigma Management Strategies in Autistic College Students
- Allie Ennis, Bridging Home and School: The Impact of Social Class on Parent-Teacher Interactions
- Sebastian Ghosh, Thunder Lizards: Unpacking the Dynamics of Startup Survival and Success in the Technology Industry
- Mia Horvath, Is Kamala Brat?: Gen-Z, Trust, and Pop Culture as an Agent of Political Mobilization
- Diego Inzunza, Spectrums: A Qualitative Analysis of Individual Experiences Across the Intersections of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Neurodivergence
- Katie Krebs, Masculinity On and O? the Court: Male College Athletes and the Performance of Gender
- Esme Leach, Shattering Stigma or Building Barriers: Understanding Mental Health Seeking Behavior at Hamilton College
- Niamh McDade Clay, What’s In a Label?: Identity Formation and Negotiation Among Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Feminists
- Rachel Shin, Artificial Intelligence and Physicians: Perspectives, Experiences, and Resistance to Changing Dynamics in the Healthcare System
- Julia Smith, ‘What’s the right thing to post?’: Collaboration and Constrainment in Reproductions of the Instagram Anorexia Recovery Subculture
- Lauryn Socha, Just Here for the Season: Precarity, Privilege, and Belonging in a Western Ski Town
- Sara Temple, UPHOLDING IDEOLOGICAL REALITIES: Assessing Political Influencers’ Rhetorical Strategies Surrounding the 2024 Election
- Katt Withers, The Good Coach: An Investigation of How Moral Ideals, Gender, and Division Level Influence Collegiate Swim Coaches
Theatre
- Jessica Campuzano, directing, adapted excerpt from act two of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Leslie De La Rosa, acting, playing the roles of Inez and Norca in Hamilton’s Mainstage production of Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis
- Sydney Evans, staged play directing, Touch the Moon by Arianna Rose
- David Li, written and staged play/devisement, Organic A Bomb presents:
WAITING FORGodot Grokked - Maggie Marks, writing, stage reading, BREAK: a short play
- Kiara Nelson, scene design, Sizwe Banse is Dead by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona
- Rosey Pineda, staged play directing, The Penitent by Vincent Scarsella
- Trevor Wilkes, staged play design, The Penitent by Vincent Scarsella
Women’s and Gender Studies
- Isa Cardoso, Songwriting for the Queer Liberation: On the Radical Potential of Music in the Lives of Queer People
- Phoebe Gray, Dear Grandma: Connecting, Conversing, and Communing across Generations
- Val Laurianti, Women in the Woods: How Senior Women Construct Identity through the Outdoors
- Abby Marzec, Disabling the “Good” Mom: The Making of Accessible Motherhoods
World Politics
Honors theses
- Zach Booth, Pork, Positions, and Pressure: Legislative Bargaining Among Outsider Populists
- Marissa Duffy, Reevaluating Foreign Aid in Nigeria and Botswana: Challenges with the World Bank’s Classification and Graduation Process
- Lena Klink, Atlanticism vs. Autonomy: Testing Theories of Integration to Analyze France and Germany’s Preferences for EU Defense Policy Cooperation
- Billy Marin, Same-sex Marriage and the Right in Latin America
- Christian McCann, When Dictators Defy: A Study of Autocrats and their Compliance with Human Rights Treaties
- Mia McGrath, Between Regions and Realities: Lessons from the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Stalled Trade Negotiations
- Gabby Nakkab, Shifting the “Refugee Burden:” UNHCR as a Surrogate State in Lebanon
- Elizabeth Oakes, Lending for Leverage: Understanding China's Lending Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa