The Senior Honors Project allows undergraduate students to pursue independent research, scholarship, and creative work under the guidance of a faculty sponsor. It culminates in the production and presentation of the student's own substantial creative work.
To submit an electronic thesis, click the Submit Research link in the sidebar or here. View summarized submission instructions (PDF).
Manuscripts from 2022
How Did Covid-19 Impact the Mental Health of Nurses, Pamela Bedoya
Describing the Effect of Thin Layer Sediment Placement on Coastal Microbial Communities using Foraminifera Diversity, Elizabeth B. Billings
Ciliate Endosymbiont Imaging Methodology, Aidan Boving and Roxanne Beinart
Marketing Maple, Kevin Budzenski
Delving into the Forbidden: Banned and Challenged Literature Syllabus, Grace Burns
Banana: a scholarly and narrative recollection of my experiences as a Korean American adoptee, Diana Cajolet
Representing Neurodivergent Children in Fiction, Summer Calvert
Transgender Gender-Affirming Speech and Voice Treatment TVC: When Does the Voice Change?, Michaela Cameron
How Covid-19 will change the future of film and television in the United States, Isabel Cappo
Multicopy Suppression of Ribosomal Protein Deletion Mutants, Jacqualine Cerbone
Ballasting Distribution Systems for Undersea Vehicles, Zach Champney
Assessment of the University of Rhode Island's Dining Halls and Student Perceptions of On-Campus Dining, Maria Cherry
Associations of Lifestyle and Sociodemographic Factors With Dietary Supplement Use in College Students, Sydney Chratian
Temporal and Spatial Comparison of Pseudo-nitzschia Species Composition and Domoic Acid in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and the Northeast U.S. Shelf, Isabella Church and Bethany D. Jenkins
The Addiction Epidemic in Rhode Island: A Mini Lecture Series, Katherine Cintron
Children's Book on Pragmatics, Emily Conners
RNA-Protein Interactions Influencing Ribosomal Subunit Assembly, Caroline Curll
Combating Recidivism, Shaylin Daley
How Sensory Enrichment Influences the Behavior of Two-toed Sloths in Captivity, Jessica Daltorio
Food Insecurity and Charitable Food Services: What do college students think about such public health interventions?, Kaitlyn Driscoll
Means of Menstruation, Hannah Eddleston
Finance and Accounting Dual-Degree Proposal, Meghan Finley
Investigating the Role of bS21 in Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Daniel Floyd
What socioeconomic factors influence breastfeeding rates?, Keely Ford
Understanding the Public Perception of Available Scientific Resources in Coastal Southern Maine, James Gallagher
Inequality, Social Reproduction and Economic Growth, Patrice Geffrard
Arguments in Opposition of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Kaylee Goyette
Waves: A Contemporary Piece, Zoie Green
The effect of cortisol on abdominal fat, Zach Guerrieo
The Future is Female, Tori Hansen
Ramming Capitalism: Protest and Dissent at the University of Rhode Island, 1961-72, Kevin Hart
Sex, Suffrage, and Scandalous Ladies Podcast, Emma Hayes
The Analysis of Microplastics Found in the Flowers of Rhode Island, Hailey Hendricks and Matthew Kiesewetter
What China’s Infrastructure Development Abroad Reveals About its International Goals, Gillian Hodge
A Child's Experience Working Through Grief: A Booklet For School Aged Children Navigating Their Grief Journeys, Alyssa Johnson
Big Business, Small Plastic, Hannah Johnson
The Met Costume Institute: Evolution, Metamorphosis, and Cultural Phenomenon, Shelby Kanski
Stigma Surrounding the Use of Food Insecurity Programs Among College Students, Brianna Kelly
Burnout Rates Affecting the Future of Bedside Nursing, hannah kramer
Promoting Adult Pneumococcal Vaccinations Through Pharmacy and Provider Educational Campaigns, Krysia Lesniak
A Step Toward Reconstructing Climate Variability Druing the Last Ice Age Cycle in the Northeast Pacific Region, Blaine Lynch-Gadaleta
A pathogen outside its host: F. tularensis survival in water, Aisling Macaraeg
Sustainability in Supply Chains, Sofia Machado
Integration of Medicinal Fungi into the Heber W. Youngken Jr. Medicinal Garden, Anthony Makashov
Soundscapes of South County: RI's Disappearing Coastline, Isobel M. McCullough
The Invisible Injury, Makenzie McDonald
Tabletop Game Startup, Jack Meyer
Emergency Medicine and Mental Health: Are We Adequately Educating and Training Providers to Care for Mental Health Patients?, Abigail Miller
Ambient Temperature Phase Change Launcher, Johnny Molloy
Make Time for Movement: 5-Minute Exercise Breaks in the Classroom, Catherine O'Donnell
Barriers Middle School Students Face in the Pandemic: Addressing and Overcoming Them, Fatine N. Oliveira
The Importance of Parent-Teacher Communication and Collaboration and How to Enhance Them for Various Types of Families, Madeleine O'Neil
'The Game Is Afoot': An Exploration of Mystery Novels and the Gentleman Detective, Anna Pietropaolo
The Islands of Sounds Boardgame, Mackenzie Pontonio
Ballasting System for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Noura Rayes, Bahram Nassersharif, Zach Champney, Kyle Alessandro, and Jason Mirandou
U.S. Supply Chain Dependency on China, Cristian Rodriguez-Gervais
Exploring the Strength of Relationships between Group Exercise Instructors and Participants Through Social Media Outreach, Angela Rossi
Media Bias in the Post-COVID Era, Allison Shinskey
Promoting the Healthy Development of All Adolescents through an Equity Lens: Continuing Education for Secondary-level Educators, Isabella Simone
First Generation Female College Students' Health, Stress and Alcohol Use, Melissa Sosa
Encouraging Adolescents to be Self-Directed Learners: Influences of Classroom Motivation on Student Outcomes, Katherine Stearley
Sustainability in Fashion, Emily Steiner
The Effects of Cranberry Vine on Ewes and their Offspring, Sherbie St franc
Love and Romance in Early Modern British Literature, Sophia Szeneitas
Nutrition in URI Athletes vs. Non-Athletes, Amity Tobias
Covid's Effect: World Dependency on Chinese Supply Chains, Rhiannon Toole
Sino-US Trade War, Erin Torgersen
Performing from Under Penal Gaze: Examining What Incarcerated People Post to TikTok, Lily B. Truppi
The Impacts of the United States Healthcare System on French-Speaking Immigrants: A Shorty Story, Allison Vanasse
Generation of a More Immunogenic FH VLP Platform to Support Covid-19 Vaccine Development, Jewel E. Voyer and Xinyuan Chen PhD.
Femicide in Mexico: 1992-2022, Shannon Watelet
Manuscripts from 2021
Female Perpetrated Violence in Media, Kris Adams
Sharing Raw Data from Bacterial Genomes for Collaborative Research on the AMPed Server at URI, Deborah Adenekan
Analysis of Officer Retention and Success in the US Army by Commissioning Source, Daniel Baglini
URI and Its Students: A Contract for the Provision of a Safe Environment, Danielle Joan Beatrice
The Public Health Crisis of Alcoholism: What could be done better in Rhode Island?, Carlos Borges
On the Front Line: URI's Response to COVID-19 and the Role of the Student-Run Emergency Medical Services, Michael C. Brennan
Exploring the Associations Between Femininity, Burnout, and Health Behaviors Among Middle Age Women, Adelaide Brown
Reimagining Non-Profit Communications: The Importance of A Digital Media Plan for Rhody Outpost, Madeline Burtt
A Story Told, Carly Caldarella
Women's Self Perceptions and Fashion Industry Rhetoric, Grace Cody
Student Immigration Status and Mental Health in College, Elizabeth Condon
Free Speech in the Internet Era: Reviewing Policies Seeking to Modify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, Jacob Cordeiro
Rhody Raves: What to See, Eat, and Enjoy Near URI's Campus, Brigid Cullen
Low Wage Labor and The Undervalued Essential Worker Through The Lens of COVID-19, Alexandra DelPico
Seeking Asylum in a Modern Society: Global Responses to Latin American Migration, Rebecca Dickinson
Social Justice Attitudes and Health: A Cross Sectional Study, Edward Donovan
Patterns in Groups' Perceptions of Sex Work, James J. Donovan
An Anthology on Human Suffering in America: Notes on Black Lives Matter, Katelyn Dubois
A Look at the Anti-Vaccine Movement and its Impact on Covid-19, Kathryn Ann Famiglietti
Nutritional Data and Corresponding Performance Impacts of URI Student-Athletes, Abigael Fenbert
Masculinity in 1990's Post-Cold War American Thriller Films, John Ferguson
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Dual Diagnosis: Treating Adolescent Substance Use Disorder and Co-Occurring Mood Disorders, Melody R. Gately
The Impact of Running Intramural Sports During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Eli Goldfarb
Swimmers’ Upper Trapezius Activation During Shoulder Abduction Compared to Non-Overhead Athletes, Kendra Graham
A University Forest Fire: Examining the Spread of the Coronavirus through College Social Networks Using a Modified Forest Fire Probabilistic Model, Raechel Griffin
Seen and Unseen, The MilSpouse Project, Michelle Henning
The Future of Taiwan, Gillian Hodge
Bankruptcy and the Debt-Unemployment Relationship: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, Gina C.M. Jouaneh
Equine-assisted Services for Children with Disabilities, Mara Kleinman