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 2008
A Winding Rhode: An Event Planning Manual for Every Rhody Ram, Jennifer Nussinow
Novice Coach’s Guide to Coaching Novice, Catherine Pruszynski
Diagnosing David Foster Wallace, Amanda Redinger
Time Post-Hatch Caloric Value of Artemia salina, Jessie M. Sanders
World Voice: Invisible Lines & Mindfulness and Peaceful Living, Joseph A. Santiago
“Do you not know what happens to Mothers in America?”, Angela Santopietro
Characterization of the Interaction between the Fanconi Anemia (FA) D2 Protein and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA), Carolyn Schmiedel
Lowering Cholesterol: through the use of Plant Sterols and Stanols, Nicole St. Jean
AIDS Art: Activism on Canvas, Lucy Sumners
La Théorie de Weber et la Mentalité du Travail en France et aux États-Unis, Kristina Suorsa
Analysis of Students' Misconceptions of Research Methods in Relations to Thinking Style, Tonya Tavares
The Katrina Project, Alison Traver
The Value of Humanities Education and What Higher Education Must Do to Keep it Alive, Stephen A. Yang
Manuscripts from 2007
Rhode Island Family Court and the Best Interests of Children, Alexandra Arnold
Beliefs of Violence-Sensitive and Violence-Tolerant People, Amethyst Brell
L'Avenir de la Pharmacie: Une Comparaison des Modèles Français et Américain, Amber Castle
LIVING PROOF: The decline in Northeast Arts Education - and what can be done about it., Chris Comer
Teaching English in the Dominican Republic, Cassandra Craig
International Development Education, Adam Crawley
Hao Bu Hao: A Survival Guide for Zhejiang University, Jenna N. D’Amico
Synthesis of Polythiophenes using Oxidative Coupling, Suchismita Datta
Mechanics of Suction Generation During Feeding in Little Skates, Danielle Duquette
The Convenient Alliance: President Reagan and Pope John Paul II, Cold Warriors, Tighe P. Flatley
The Tragedy of Death in the Pursuit of Spiritual Immortality, and the Physician’s Response, Rachel Furman
Nietzsche’s Doctrine of Eternal Return, David R. Gadon
From Script to Stage: A Costume Designer’s Perspective, Laura M. Gifford
Students Sharing Feelings of Grief: An Elementary Curriculum on Loss, Kristen Gloumakoff
Darfur: Genocide in the 21st Century, Victoria Goff
Recruitment and Retention of Childhood Bereavement Center Facilitators, Katherine A. Guilfoyle
Music, the Non-Governmental Actor Changing Political Policy: Have We Failed the Power of Music?, Alex Hershey
Lasser Voir: Experimental Film Revealing the Dichotomy of the Mind, Valerie Kitchin
Newport Restoration Foundation’s Historic Houses of “The Point”, Jennifer Lalli
The Power of Ridicule: An Analysis of Satire, Megan LeBoeuf
The Evolution and Impact of Documentary Films, Amma Marfo
A Medical Mission: Healing Wounds, Improving Health, and Discovering Hope in Honduras, Michaela Maynard
La Mondialisation qui Menace L’identité Française et ses Relations avec le Commerce, Kelly McBrien
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
The Paper Trail: Paper Use and Disposal at the University of Rhode Island, Katherine Modzelewski
Are Television News Programs Becoming Nothing More Than Infotainment?, Nicole Morell
La double vie de Baudelaire: le trouble bipolaire et la dépendance à l’opium, Kristen Murphy
The Rhode Map to Success: the Exploratory Student’s Guide to Choosing an Undergraduate Major, Kaitlin O'Hara
A Pre-Apocalyptic Masterpiece, Brad Orleck
Some Open Questions on Modulo Classes, Frank J. Palladino
Forensics: Crime Scene Investigation Case Closed, Christina Parente
Toward Salvation: Italo Calvino’s Wakeful Phenomenology, May C. Peckham
Organizing for Community Benefit: Anti-Gentrification Effort in Providence, RI, Katiuska Pérez
Communicating with Students Via E-mail: Creating No Excuse for “There’s Nothing to Do On Campus”, Jessica Rusack
Perpetuality in Print: Musing Nature in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, Kacey Silvia
China and Latin America: A Match Made in Trade Heaven or Dependency Reloaded?, Meghan Skira
Importance of Early Successional Forest for Wildlife in Southern New England, Amy Wynia
Manuscripts from 2006
A Comparison of the Imapct of Environmental Stressors on Blood Parameters of Captive Harbor Seals (Phoca Vitulina), Maura Allard
The SAT: Sine qua Non or Negligible for College Admissions?, Emily Anderson
BioloJam – The Educational Comic, Stacey Barrie
Scientific Research in a Foreign Language, Meghan Bellows
How Have Teachers Affected the Disinterest Towards Mathematics?, Amy Brown
Student Vollunteers in the Hospice Setting, Sarah Brugger
Analysis of Distal-less Gene Expression in Ciona intestinalis, Michelle Cangiano
Development of Anchor Loci to Map a BT Resistance Factor in the Domesticated Silkworm, Bombyx mori, Marc Chatenay-Lapointe
Mirror of Culture: the Study of a Nineteenth-century Sewing Diary, Elizabeth M. DellaBadia
Plasmid Probes for Screening Specific Genes in Large Fragment DNA Libraries, Leah Ferguson
A Critical Analysis of the International Business Degree at the University of Rhode Island 2002-2006, Brett Glowacki
The Concept and Use of Beauty Within the Church, Patrick Greene
Assessment of Whole Grain Intake and Health Correlates in an Aging Population, Alexis Howard
THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS FOR SUCCESSFUL MARKET PENETRATION INTO THE BAR INDUSTRY IN SOUTH COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND, Toby Johnson
Psychological Response to Injury, Recovery, and Social Support: A Survey of Athletes at an NCAA Division I University, Courtney A. Klenk
Ethical Judgments of Sexual Appeals in Advertising Image - Based Products to Teens, Daniel Korn
Wind Turbine Project at the University of Rhode Island, Auriane Koster
Toward Synthesizing a Selective Dopamine Binding Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent, Judy Lau
donde habite el olvido (reflected in the photograph), Michaela McCaughey
In a Short Time There Were None Almost Left: The Success and Failure of the Tudor Conquest in Ireland, Sean McIntyre
An Analysis Of Sea Shipping As Global And Regional Industry, Leslie Miller
Painted Faces and Picket Fences: One Woman’s Confrontation with Her Role in Society in Post-World War II America, Jillian Mullen
Genocide: A Humanities Prospective, Linda Nico
Numerical Aspects of the SAFT Equation of State, Leah M. Octavio
Forensic Nursing: Death Investigation, Lauren Palazzo
Explorations of Self: A Philosophical Inquiry, Meredith Rathbun
South Goes South: American Perspectives on Southern Immigrants to Brazil, Ernest R. Rheaume
Entertaining Politics and the College Student, Alexandra Rubin
Mai '68: Une Revolution Culturelle, Laura Sharpe
Foucault and the Hupomnemata: Self Writing as an Art of Life, Matthias Swonger
Don't Ask Don't Tell and the URI Community, Justin Thames
The Day of Silence: A Day of Silent Protest for GLBT Issues Awareness at URI, Danielle Towne
Seeking an Aesthetics of Metafiction, Erin J. Vachon
Manuscripts from 2005
Evidence-based Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine I: History, Francesco Chiappelli, Paolo Prolo, and Olivia S. Cajulis