Honors Projects
The Honors project is a self-defined capstone experience intended to showcase the breadth and depth of student learning within a fairly narrowly-defined area of study. The Honors project can be a “traditional” thesis, but it also can take on a number of other, different forms that suit the interests, areas of expertise, and dominant learning style of the student. The Honors project is completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for being graduated with University Honors at Bowling Green State University.
Projects from 2016
Active Learning, Primary Documents, and Complex Events: Reinvigorating History Education, Samantha Clonch
The Laxarus Collection: What Has Been Found, Avonelle Combs
The American Revolutionary War through Differentiated Instruction: A Series of 8th Grade Lesson Plans, Danya Crow
Assessing Spanish-Speaking Children: A Comparison of International Practices, Alexis Decker
The Wishing Well: A Children's Ballet (A Composer's Perspective), Lydia Dempsey
Dancing Through the Pain: Dance as a Psychotherapeutic Outlet, Courtney Douglas
Found in Translation: An Analysis of Popular American Film in Spain, Emily Dushek
Can They Use It? Studying the Usability of the Canvas Learning Management System at Bowling Green State University, James Faisant
Unmarried Midlife Adults and Economic Well-Being, Katie Finch
Program Notes and Translations, Kelly Frailly
Integrating Technology to Improve Communicative and Cultural Proficiency, Nicholas Frank
Geological Bodies, Savannah Fulmer
Anatomical Markers for Elevated Cognition in Dinosaurs, Thomas Gaetano
Retirement Reboot: A Website Redesign, Christina Gillen
Inclusive Settings: RTI in the General Education Classroom, Brittany Graves
A Correlation Between GPA and Physical Therapy Treatment Compliance, Courtney Griffith
BGSU Minecraft Initiative Website, Jacob Gusching
Haymarket & Immigration: A Legacy of Anarchist Fear, Kaysie Harrington
What to Expect When You're Expecting (to Study Abroad in Spain), Brittany Haynes
Educating Managers on How to Manage Introverted vs. Extroverted Employees, Madison Hays
Humor Production and Humor Receptivity in Relationship Satisfaction, Conflict and Quality, Elizabeth Herring
The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Electroencephalogram (EEG) Asymmetry, Alexandria Hudeck
Impacts of Environmental Quality on the Demographics of Three Nations, Emily Hummel
Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom Management Plan, Megan Janosky
Free to Play/Pay to Win: Consuming Competition through Online Gaming in the Neoliberal Age, Brandon Jones
Institutional Silence: Re-victimization of Sexual Assault Victims at BGSU, Kendall Lake
Preservice Teacher Development through Math Camp Involvement, Kelly Largent
How Shape of Simulated Graphene Sheets Affects Debye Scattering Patterns, Lindsay Lesh
Digital Poetry: Writing for the Electronic Medium, Kelsey Lortz
Burt Lake Watershed Planning Project: Biological Management Plan, Jenna Lyons
Behavioral Effects of Envrionmental Enrichment Devices of Tursiops truncatus, Stephanie Maiorano
Exploring the Unique Experiences of Biological Children in a Foster Family, Alana Marsh
Trickling, Marissa Medley
A Presentation Promoting Medical Laboratory Science, Emilia Meike
Economic Opportunity and Young Adult Mortality: Variations by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, Jocelyn Mineo
The Influence of Beached Harmful Algal Blooms On Terrestrial Arthropods on the Shore of Lake Erie, Nadejda Mirochnitchenko and Kevin E. McCluney
Critical Thought of History Through Entertainment, Cassandra Mitchell
Active Learning Tour Route: Engagement in an Unconventional Environment, Hattie Molina
Living Subversive Narratives: Shahrazad’s Stories of Women, Caleb Nicholas
Eighth-grade Students' Use and Justification of Multiple Represenations, Maria Nielsen
Media Literacy Curriculum for the Adolescent Young Adult Classroom, Leah Oliver
Póliza: A Bilingual Anthology of Postmodern Peninsular Spanish Women Poets, Jacqueline Osborn
Teacher Candidates: Vocal Health, Sarah J. Pilkington
Building Better Water in Lake Erie, Morgan Potts
Comparison of Commercial Gecko Food on Growth of Rhacodactylus Geckos, Kaitlin Leigh Richard
Roman Archaism in Depictions of Apollo in the Augustan Period, Alisha Sanders
Effect of Maternal Age on Recombination Rate in Drosophila melanogaster, Christopher Schimmoeller
Seeking Solace: Regret, Grief, Anxiety, Rebecca Schroeder
Not Just a Watered-Down Version of a Freshman Orientation, Emily Skibski
The Relationship Between Teacher Perception and African American Male Students’ IEP Referral Rates, Christina Steward
Biolabeling Through the Use of Water-Soluble Colloidal Quantum Dots, Cody Stombaugh
Pre-School & Kindergarten Language Art Curriculum Unit, Victoria Sutton
The Relationship Between Time of Day, Mood, and Electroencephalography (EEG) Asymmetry, Morgan Tantillo
Teaching Creative Writing in the Age of Common Core, Casey Unverferth
A Wilderness and Art Therapy Program for Children with Social Concerns, Ashlynn C. Wardle
Lingua Franca: An Analysis of Globalization and Language Evolution, Abigail Watson
Crossroads: How Race, Class, and Gender Affect Views of Poverty, Heather Webb
Bowling Green High School Branding Plan, Michael Wenig
Bachelor of Liberal Studies Degree Option for Pre-Dental Undergraduates at Bowling Green State University, David Westmeyer
College of Business Dean's Advisory Council on Diversity & Inclusion, Marjorie Williams
Conversion of CAFO Manure into a Slow-Release Fertilizer, Richard Allan Williams III
Multicultural Advertising and Updated Branding for Wedding Photographers, Kaitlyn Wimmers
Anyone Can Architect, Christine Wright
Water Loss Rates and Desiccation Tolerances for Spiders and Crickets, Matthew Zach and Kevin E. McCluney
The Influence of Juncus-rhizosphere Dissolved Organic Matter on Coastal Plankton Communities, Brittany Zepernick, Robert Michael McKay, George S. Bullerjahn, Jeffrey W. Krause, and Behzad Mortazavi
Bacteriophage EMS9: Preliminary Genomic Description, Hallie Rae Zimmer
Projects from 2015
"Luck of the Draw:" Enhancing Safety in Equine University Sport, Angela Barbour
Signs of Friendship, Ashley N. Brickner and Kaylee J. Kapalko
A Comparison of Water Conservation Methods Within the Supply Chain, Spencer Bryant
Dominican and Haitian Relations: Changing Constitutions and Migrant Rights, Tiffany Busch
Differentiation in the Classroom Using Chromebooks and Google Applications, Allison Carney
Using Maya and Mathematica to Create Mathematical Art, Allison Carr
The Achievement Gap: A Dual Nation Perspective, Myka Chavez
Exploration of Fauré's "Poème d'un jour" Through Lecture and Recital, Lauren Cornwell
Honors College Participation Program, Cassandra Davis
Bellflower Dream: A Student Film, Gabriel Deitz
Explaining Consciousness: an Argument against Physicalism and an Argument for Theism, Benjamin Dobler
Women in Comedy: A Documentary: An Honor's Project, Paige A. Driscoll
Linking Language to Latino Turnout, Alexander C. Ervin
A is for Asperger's, Anna Flemming
Social Studies Middle Childhood Education OAE Economics Workshop, Jacqueline Gilbride
TonB Not Directly Related to Efflux of Antibiotics in E. coli, Amber Gombash
Cognitive Styles Impact on Student Self-Efficacy, Ashten Graham
Kaze No Daichi Taiko: Convergent Thoughts Colliding Sounds, William Gruber
We the People: A Simulation for Young Voters, Jessee Hankins
Evaluating a Project-Based Learning Approach to the BGSU Business Curriculum, Kara Harmeyer
Effectiveness of Food-demos to Increase Nutrition Knowledge, Megan Hemmelgarn
The Effect of Substrate on Quartz Precipitation Rates, Victoria Igoe
The Association Between Preschool Type and Children's Concentration Abilities, Jessica Jarvis
Super-Killers: Environmental Isolates that Antagonize Pathogenic Vibrio, Abigail Joy
Signs of Friendship, Kaylee J. Kapalko and Ashley N. Brickner
Le Flâneur Contemporain: The Wanderer in the 21st Century, Zachary Kocanda
Student Perspective and Frequency of Mathematical Textbook Use, Lance Kruse
Jameson's Story: A Tale of the Human Condition Through Fiction, Steven Kubitza
Preserving Personhood in Individuals with Cognitive Impairment: A Caregiver's Role, Maren Legg
Drones in Logistics: A Feasible Future or a Waste of Effort, Andrew Lotz
BGSU Honors College Social Media Policy and Plan, Joseph MacQuarrie
Differences in Expectations of Cleanliness among Students at Bowling Green State University, Ashley Meehan
Shandong University Students' Views on Homosexuality, Joseph Miller
Adolescent Literacy in the Common Core Classroom, Kelsey Montgomery