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).

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Manuscripts from 2008

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Traditional Natural Resource Use and Development in Northeast Thailand, Christie Moulton

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A Winding Rhode: An Event Planning Manual for Every Rhody Ram, Jennifer Nussinow

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Novice Coach’s Guide to Coaching Novice, Catherine Pruszynski

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Diagnosing David Foster Wallace, Amanda Redinger

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Time Post-Hatch Caloric Value of Artemia salina, Jessie M. Sanders

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World Voice: Invisible Lines & Mindfulness and Peaceful Living, Joseph A. Santiago

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“Do you not know what happens to Mothers in America?”, Angela Santopietro

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Characterization of the Interaction between the Fanconi Anemia (FA) D2 Protein and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA), Carolyn Schmiedel

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Lowering Cholesterol: through the use of Plant Sterols and Stanols, Nicole St. Jean

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AIDS Art: Activism on Canvas, Lucy Sumners

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La Théorie de Weber et la Mentalité du Travail en France et aux États-Unis, Kristina Suorsa

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Analysis of Students' Misconceptions of Research Methods in Relations to Thinking Style, Tonya Tavares

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The Katrina Project, Alison Traver

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The Value of Humanities Education and What Higher Education Must Do to Keep it Alive, Stephen A. Yang

Manuscripts from 2007

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Rhode Island Family Court and the Best Interests of Children, Alexandra Arnold

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Beliefs of Violence-Sensitive and Violence-Tolerant People, Amethyst Brell

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L'Avenir de la Pharmacie: Une Comparaison des Modèles Français et Américain, Amber Castle

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LIVING PROOF: The decline in Northeast Arts Education - and what can be done about it., Chris Comer

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Teaching English in the Dominican Republic, Cassandra Craig

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International Development Education, Adam Crawley

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Hao Bu Hao: A Survival Guide for Zhejiang University, Jenna N. D’Amico

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Synthesis of Polythiophenes using Oxidative Coupling, Suchismita Datta

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Mechanics of Suction Generation During Feeding in Little Skates, Danielle Duquette

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The Convenient Alliance: President Reagan and Pope John Paul II, Cold Warriors, Tighe P. Flatley

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The Tragedy of Death in the Pursuit of Spiritual Immortality, and the Physician’s Response, Rachel Furman

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Nietzsche’s Doctrine of Eternal Return, David R. Gadon

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From Script to Stage: A Costume Designer’s Perspective, Laura M. Gifford

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Students Sharing Feelings of Grief: An Elementary Curriculum on Loss, Kristen Gloumakoff

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Darfur: Genocide in the 21st Century, Victoria Goff

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Recruitment and Retention of Childhood Bereavement Center Facilitators, Katherine A. Guilfoyle

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Music, the Non-Governmental Actor Changing Political Policy: Have We Failed the Power of Music?, Alex Hershey

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Lasser Voir: Experimental Film Revealing the Dichotomy of the Mind, Valerie Kitchin

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Newport Restoration Foundation’s Historic Houses of “The Point”, Jennifer Lalli

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The Power of Ridicule: An Analysis of Satire, Megan LeBoeuf

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The Evolution and Impact of Documentary Films, Amma Marfo

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A Medical Mission: Healing Wounds, Improving Health, and Discovering Hope in Honduras, Michaela Maynard

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La Mondialisation qui Menace L’identité Française et ses Relations avec le Commerce, Kelly McBrien

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A Comparison of Pyronin Y-Methyl Green Stain and Methylene Blue Stain for Somatic Cell Count in Sheep Milk, Emily Mirek and Stacey O’Donnell

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The Paper Trail: Paper Use and Disposal at the University of Rhode Island, Katherine Modzelewski

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Are Television News Programs Becoming Nothing More Than Infotainment?, Nicole Morell

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La double vie de Baudelaire: le trouble bipolaire et la dépendance à l’opium, Kristen Murphy

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The Rhode Map to Success: the Exploratory Student’s Guide to Choosing an Undergraduate Major, Kaitlin O'Hara

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A Pre-Apocalyptic Masterpiece, Brad Orleck

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Some Open Questions on Modulo Classes, Frank J. Palladino

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Forensics: Crime Scene Investigation Case Closed, Christina Parente

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Toward Salvation: Italo Calvino’s Wakeful Phenomenology, May C. Peckham

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Organizing for Community Benefit: Anti-Gentrification Effort in Providence, RI, Katiuska Pérez

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Communicating with Students Via E-mail: Creating No Excuse for “There’s Nothing to Do On Campus”, Jessica Rusack

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Perpetuality in Print: Musing Nature in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, Kacey Silvia

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China and Latin America: A Match Made in Trade Heaven or Dependency Reloaded?, Meghan Skira

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Importance of Early Successional Forest for Wildlife in Southern New England, Amy Wynia

Manuscripts from 2006

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A Comparison of the Imapct of Environmental Stressors on Blood Parameters of Captive Harbor Seals (Phoca Vitulina), Maura Allard

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The SAT: Sine qua Non or Negligible for College Admissions?, Emily Anderson

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BioloJam – The Educational Comic, Stacey Barrie

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Scientific Research in a Foreign Language, Meghan Bellows

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How Have Teachers Affected the Disinterest Towards Mathematics?, Amy Brown

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Student Vollunteers in the Hospice Setting, Sarah Brugger

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Analysis of Distal-less Gene Expression in Ciona intestinalis, Michelle Cangiano

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Development of Anchor Loci to Map a BT Resistance Factor in the Domesticated Silkworm, Bombyx mori, Marc Chatenay-Lapointe

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Mirror of Culture: the Study of a Nineteenth-century Sewing Diary, Elizabeth M. DellaBadia

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Plasmid Probes for Screening Specific Genes in Large Fragment DNA Libraries, Leah Ferguson

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A Critical Analysis of the International Business Degree at the University of Rhode Island 2002-2006, Brett Glowacki

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The Concept and Use of Beauty Within the Church, Patrick Greene

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Assessment of Whole Grain Intake and Health Correlates in an Aging Population, Alexis Howard

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THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS FOR SUCCESSFUL MARKET PENETRATION INTO THE BAR INDUSTRY IN SOUTH COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND, Toby Johnson

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Psychological Response to Injury, Recovery, and Social Support: A Survey of Athletes at an NCAA Division I University, Courtney A. Klenk

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Ethical Judgments of Sexual Appeals in Advertising Image - Based Products to Teens, Daniel Korn

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Wind Turbine Project at the University of Rhode Island, Auriane Koster

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Toward Synthesizing a Selective Dopamine Binding Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent, Judy Lau

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donde habite el olvido (reflected in the photograph), Michaela McCaughey

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In a Short Time There Were None Almost Left: The Success and Failure of the Tudor Conquest in Ireland, Sean McIntyre

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An Analysis Of Sea Shipping As Global And Regional Industry, Leslie Miller

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Painted Faces and Picket Fences: One Woman’s Confrontation with Her Role in Society in Post-World War II America, Jillian Mullen

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Genocide: A Humanities Prospective, Linda Nico

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Numerical Aspects of the SAFT Equation of State, Leah M. Octavio

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Forensic Nursing: Death Investigation, Lauren Palazzo

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Shifting Experiences: The Changing Roles of Women in the Italian, Lowland, and German Regions of Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period, Susan Papino

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Explorations of Self: A Philosophical Inquiry, Meredith Rathbun

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South Goes South: American Perspectives on Southern Immigrants to Brazil, Ernest R. Rheaume

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Entertaining Politics and the College Student, Alexandra Rubin

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Mai '68: Une Revolution Culturelle, Laura Sharpe

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Foucault and the Hupomnemata: Self Writing as an Art of Life, Matthias Swonger

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Don't Ask Don't Tell and the URI Community, Justin Thames

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The Day of Silence: A Day of Silent Protest for GLBT Issues Awareness at URI, Danielle Towne

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Seeking an Aesthetics of Metafiction, Erin J. Vachon

Manuscripts from 2005

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Evidence-based Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine I: History, Francesco Chiappelli, Paolo Prolo, and Olivia S. Cajulis