Honors College Theses

2024 Recipient

• Geetika Sewani -Synthesis and Application of Binary and Ternary Semiconductor Systems of Bismuth Vanadate, Graphite-like Carbon Nitride, and Gold Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange

2023 Recipient

• Matthew van Praagh – How Can We Use Techniques from Data Analytics to Study Data on Music Listener Behavior, Produce Visualizations of Trends, and Build Predictions on Listener Preferences?
  

2022 Recipient

• Margaret Brackey — Birds Into Bodies: Synthesizing Dance and Research 

2021 Recipient

• Olivia DiSanto — Red Isn’t Always Red: Psychological Color-Word Associations in Children’s Picture Books

2024 Recipient

• Julia Lawton – Lasting Bound: Navigating Legacy in 21st-Century Modern Dance

2023 Recipient

• Madelyn Barkocy – Creating Character: Finding the Heart in the Body

2022 Recipient

• Matthew Pezzulich — Creating in Response to COVID: A Reflection on Tradition and the Emerging Through ‘Antigone’ 

2021 Recipient

• Nurjahan Khan — Moments of Pause: An Exploration of Public Installation Art

2024 Recipient

• Norah Curran – I Am a Website: Computer Cognition and Intersubjectivity through Interaction and Self-Upload

2023 Recipient

• Sabeen Siddiqui – The Transnational Influences of the Arabian Nights

2022 Recipients

• Jay Peierls — The Alias and Gender Fluidity in Surrealism and Dada
• Rachel McKee — The Road to Radicalization: Tracking the Development of the Weather Underground’s Ideology

2021 Recipients

• Megan Clifford — Eventualities: A Critical Amplification of Contemporary Issues through Science Fiction 
• Rebecca Justiniano — El Puente: A Historical Novella Set in 1928 Puerto Rico 

2024 Recipient

• Christina DeLuca – Exploring the Relationship between Implicit Gender Bias and Juror Decisions

2023 Recipient

• Amma Opam – New Age, Old Rhetoric: The Viability of Self-Help Literature for African American Readers

2022 Recipient

• Isabella Andrade — What Leads to the Rise of Populist and Anti-establishment Political Parties in France?

2021 Recipient

• Eleni Zamagias — Mathematics in Epidemiology: An Early Review of Responses to COVID-19 by Institutions of Higher Education 

2024 Recipients

• Eren Sonmez -The Insecticide Toxins Bifenthrin and Cypermethrinin in Pesticide Formulations Have Adverse Effects on C. elegans and Associated Soil Microbiota and
  
• Kevin Carratu – Pesticide Formulations Are Neurotoxic to Caenorhabditis elegans

2023 Recipient

• Alia Yamin – The Influence of Implicit Race Bias on Working Memory for Trait Associations

2022 Recipient

• Jasur Shukurov — Improving Accessibility for Low Vision and Blind People Using Machine Learning and Computer Vision  

2021 Recipient

• Gabriela Vidad — Exploring and Communicating the Severity of Coral Reef Changes in the Philippines Using Remote Sensing and Widely Available Resources  

• Victoria Alonso — Sibling Relationships in Adoption  
• Jenna Anderson — Loneliness: An Integrative Thematic Review Inspired by the COVID-19 Pandemic  
• Isabella Andrade — What Leads to the Rise of Populist and Anti-establishment Political Parties in France?  
• Victoria Arnold — CANCELLED! A Look into the Moral Obligation of the Fan  
• Jonathan Aronov — Assessing potential inhibitors of Trichomonas vaginalis and determining compound safety in Drosophila melanogaster  
• Victoria Asodi — Evolution of PCSK Gene Isoforms in the Context of Human Menopausevolution of PCSK Gene Isoforms in the Context of Human Menopause  
• Carson Bailey — Last [Disempowered Person] Standing: Identity in the Battle Royale Narrative Formula  
• Panayotis Baki — The Migrant Crisis and Nationalist Responses in Europe Agelarakis 
• Ryan Barrett — Application and Implementation of Augmented Reality  
• Tasmiah Basher — Differences in the Association Between Religious Coping Styles, Psychological Well-Being, and COVID-19 Related Stressors among Christian and Muslim Young Adults  
• Nicole Basilan — Investigating the Role of Transcribed Ultraconserved Regions on the Expression of Genes Related to Substance Abuse Disorders
• Marcello Bellia — Money In Youth Sports and its Effects  
• Andrea Bentivegna — The Effectiveness of Online Learning and Virtual Simulation in Undergraduate Nursing Education and its Subsequent Impact on Students’ Transition to Practice  
• Justin Bergson — Teaching Spanish Inclusively: A Spanish Teacher’s Dilemma and How to Combat Gendered Languages in the Classroom  
• Tasha Berol — Staged Violence: A Historical and Practical Evaluation of Stage Combat  
• Margaret Brackey — Birds Into Bodies: Synthesizing Dance and Research  
• Kaitlyn Brooks — The purpose of NFTs: What role do Non-Fungible Tokens play in the future of art and technology?  
• Dominique Browne — Axial-based locomotion in Lepidosiren paradoxa of Different Sizes on a Loose Pebble Substrate  
• Ally Buettel — The Detrimental Effects of Childhood Experiences and the Significance of Trauma-Informed Care for Nurses  
• Valerie Buonaiuto — I + E: Educating & Raising Awareness About Introversion & Extroversion  
• Elizabeth Butler — Mistreatment of Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease  
• Vincent Cahill — The Effect of Menthol on Cancer Cell Proliferation and Migration  
• Marissa Campano — A Systematic Review of Voice Disorders in Children  
• Jessica Campitiello — Technology and Theatre: How Modern Advances in Technology Have Altered the Ways in Which Messages Are Sent and Received  
• Nicholas Caramihai — Stress Response of Degu (Octodon Degus) Pups to maternal Separation at Various Stages of Postnatal Development, as Indicated by Play Frequency Behavior   
• Serena Chen — Language and the Conscious Mind: Epistemological Concerns of Text-Analysis in Psychotherapy Research  
• Tinamarie Ciorra — The Role of Donepezil, Memantine, and Vitamin E on PC12 Neuroendocrine Cells  
• Megan Clifford — Eventualities: A Critical Amplification of Contemporary Issues through Science Fiction  
• Jessica Colonna — Horrifically Female: The Role of Women in the Horror Film Industry and its Reflection on Society  
• Connor Coupe — United States Arms Exports to Iraq  
• Kellyann Coveny — The Magic of Musical Interpretation and Expression  
• Karli Cox — Curriculum Embedded Social and Emotional Learning in English Language Arts  
• Caitlin Cronin — Music to my Ears: How the Correlation Between Music and Language can Possibly Help Children with Specific Language Impairment  
• Erin Cullen — From Irish Immigrants to Irish-Americans: The Evolution of “Irishness” in the United States from the 1910s-1960s  
• Patryk Czyzo — Determining the Impact of Institutional Investors on Bitcoin  
• Sabrina Davis — A Series of Unfortunate Events: Understanding the Lives of Ordinary Colonial Women through Unusual Circumstances  
• Thomas Dayton — I Can’t Believe It’s Not Gambling: Why “Loot Boxes” Negatively Affect Consumers, Developers, and Publishers  
• Nicholas DeMarco — Assessment of Undergraduate Curriculum Using Statistical Methods  
• Meagan Demaria — The Political Impacts of Climate Change: Narratives in Literature and Art  
• Aliyyah Dewji — The Association Between Depression and Seizure Disorders: The Neuro Transmitter That Are Present in Both Disorders  
• Olivia DiSanto — Red Isn’t Always Red: Psychological Color-Word Associations in Children’s Picture Books  
• Michael Ducker — Ecology, Oil, and Chronotopes: On Reza Negarestanis “Cyclonopedia” in the context of Ecocriticism  
• Emily Dunlop — The Integral Overlooked Ingredient of Literary Modernism: Intimate Relationships  
• Ahmed Ellahie — The Association Between Depression and Seizure Disorders: The Neuro Transmitter That Are Present in Both Disorders  
• Arthur Fain — Development of Novel Hypervalent Iodine Regents  
• Emily Farrell — Technology and Humanness: A Media Ecological Study of Organ Transplant and Death in the 21st Century  
• Madeline Feehan — The Museum of Things Best Left Forgotten: A Connected Story Collection that Renovates the Missing/Dead Girl Genre  
• Benjamin Feldman — Despite Everything  
• Ariyana Felician — Tracking, teacher expectations, and cultural bias: examining minority student participation in upper level courses in public schools  
• Megan Ferguson — The Suan shu shu and the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art: A Comparison  
• Sarah Ferraro — Demanding Perfection From The Perspective of Transformational Leadership: The Management Practices, Leadership Principles, and Core Values of Hyman G. Rickover  
• Rachel Foley — The Impact of Technology on the Accounting Industry  
• Ryan Foley — The Effects of Visual Marketing and the Impact of Evolving Technology  
• Isabella Franco — Neat Freak: Understanding How Media Portrayal of OCD Can Negatively Impact the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health  
• Avery Gaeta — Predictors of success in second language learning  
• Katherine Gifford — “I Forgot the Formula Again But It’s Cool”: Exploring How Physics Students Pivot After Forgetting an Equation or Expression    
• Maria Giovanna — Environmental Economics and Policy and Global Water Insecurity Jumper 
• Jami Glatter — How Has Fake News Became a Political Tool with Real Consequences  
• Fiona Govin — Into the Oblivion: Drawing the Depths of Dante’s Inferno  
• Nicole Grace — Human Trafficking in the United States  
• Julia Griffo — Transgressive Spanish Women and Their Agencies through the Lens of the Film Industries of Spain and United States  
• Frederick Grimshaw — Feminist, Trailblazer, or True Woman: An Analysis of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s Contributions to American Society Through Her Life, Career, and Decisions  
• Thomas Grlic — Initial Framework for Using Single Board Computers for DAQ and Complex Process Control  
• Victoria Grodzki — Nonpharmacologic Interventions to Slow Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease-A Look into Music Therapy, Nutrition & Physical Exercises  
• Danielle Grushkovsky — The Transgenerational Effects of Rapamycin on Drosophila Melanogaster  
• Dori-Jo Guterrez — Stories of Women in Greek Mythology: Modern Feminist Retellings Through Original Songs  
• Emily Hakimi — Nursing Practices for Pain Management and the Use of Non-Pharmacologic Alternatives to Opioids  
• Oman Hameed — Why Narrative Matters: Empathy and Death in Modern Medicine  
• Joseph Hoeffner — Shared Stories, Essays, and Music: A Creative Writers Approach to Listening  
• Olga Horbal — Blood Loss Estimation and its Effects on Patient Care  
• Anika Husain — First Generation College Students: Retention Rates Campus Involvement, and Career Outcomes  
• Angela Ibragimov — Neuroprotective Effect of Estrogen on Alzheimer’s Disease in Murine Hypothalamic Cells  
• Janet Ilyayev — Issues and Trends of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nursing Perspective on Stress and Recommendations Moving Forward  
• Janice Im — Preadolescent conduct problems,empathy, attachment security with their mother, and collaborative decision-making  
• Samantha Irace — Nonword Repetition in Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders  
• Andrew Jacobson — Rethinking the Student Debt Crisis: Income Share Agreements  
• Nandini Jojode — Analysis of the Function of the LSH3 Gene in Growth of Arabidopsis Thaliana  
• Kristina Joo — Nonword Repetition in Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders  
• Rebecca Justiniano — El Puente: A Historical Novella Set in 1928 Puerto Rico  
• Paulina Karagianes — The Integration of Genetics and Genomics Education Into Undergraduate Nursing Program Curricula in the United States  
• Allen Karimov — The Effects of Cocaine Addiction on the LNCRNA in the Hippocampus  
• Abraham Kariyev — Factors Associated with Mental Health Symptoms Among College- Aged Students During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic  
• Nicole Katsanis — The effects of parental romantic attachment on the emotional socialization of their children  
• Abinash Kaur — Molecular Modeling & NMR-based Counter Screens of Fragments Inhibitors of Trichomonas Vaginaltis Adenosine/Guanosine Nucleoside Ribohydroase  
• Aadil Khan — The Temporal Dynamics of the Neural Response to Social Rewards  
• Nurjahan Khan — Moments of Pause: An Exploration of Public Installation Art  
• Morcel Khwajazadah — The Effect of Metabolic Intermediates on the Viability of HL & VHL Cells  
• David King —  “Look at her”: Function and Effect of Contemporary American English Gendered Slang  
• Eleni Kokoris — Improving Phishing Awareness Through Gamification Techniques  
• Angie Kolobukhova — Let’s Play It by Ear: Audiation and Creativity in Jazz Vocal Improvisation  
• Tereza Kuzmina — Choosing for Friends Relative to Strangers in Need Decreases Risky Decision-Making  
• Atanas Lapchev  — “Knowledge Presentation” A Formalization of knowledge Sharing between multiple individuals  
• Alina Larina — The Harmful Systematic Conditions That Are Linked to Periodontal Disease  
• Gianna Lavacca — The effects of the knock-down of the pyruvate kinase isoform, PKM2, on VHL+ and VHLkidney cancer cells  
• Emily Lawrence — Ethnics and Our Global Food System  
• Elizabeth Levner — Open Eyes: a narrative in progress  
• Alexandra Lombino — Mother as Writer, Writer as Mother: Challenging the Traditional Family in Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet  
• Sandrine Lorin — Disparities in pregnancy outcomes among Afro- Caribbean populations in Brooklyn (NY). The Role of Doulas  
• Kevin Lubin — The Creation of Four Jewish Women Playing Mah Jongg  
• Brigid Lynn — Class, Capital, and Political Engagement Among Panhellenic Sorority Women  
• Alecia Lyseight — The Relations of Maternal Role-Confusion and Maternal Emotion Regulation with Preadolescent Behavioral Problems  
• Vinay Maddula — Computational Studies of aB-Tubulin and its Role in Breast Cancer Metastasis  
• Stephanie Malcangi — Maternal Stress is related with decreased play behavior in Octodon degus pups  
• Virginia Maloney — The Life, Death, and After-Life of the Western Film: How A Genre Creates and Responds to National Culture and Politics  
• Ravyn Malvino — Starting a Science Blog During a Pandemic  
• Danielle Mark — The Evolution of Dental Tissues in the First Mammalian Megaherbivore  
• Emma Martin — The impact of social and political factors regarding self-disclosure of sexual orientation on Adelphi University undergraduate students  
• Maggie Matassa — Philosophy of the Body: a Philosophical Perspective as Aid to the Progression of the Western Health Paradigm  
• Monica Mattei — The Remote Work Experiment: An Analysis of the Rise and Impact of the New Working Normal  
• Danielle McDougall — Situating the Tribe: How the African Diaspora Uses Literature to Grapple with Epistemicide  
• Erin Mcelhone — Der Lauf der Dinge  
• Rachel Mckee — The Road to Radicalization: Tracking the Development of the Weather Underground’s Ideology  
• Marisa McLeod — Photocatalytic Degradation of Hazardous Wastes using Tungsten Trioxide Based Hybrids   
• Sophie Meyers — False Memories and the Misinformation Effect: Impacts on Classroom Learning  
• Mark Mikhail — Effect of Exam Wrappers on Student Learning and Metacognition across a Semester in a Nursing Genetics Course  
• Stephanie Milillo — Voice Characteristics of Female College Athletes  
• Kalei Mills — Origins of Performance Outcome Differences in Children with Cochlear Implants  
• Areej Mohini — Impact of incline during terrestrial locomotion in South American lung fish  
• Donato Moneta — The Impact of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the Individual Taxpayer & The American economy  
• Catherin Murphy — The Evolution of Free Agency in Baseball  
• Samantha Napoli — Workaholism in Undergraduate College Students  
• Iffat Naveed — Challenges in Measuring Organizational Impact Within Nonprofits  
• David Navindra — Utility of Hypervalent Iodine in Organic Synthesis  
• Eric Nelson — What Makes a Video Game a Roguelike?  
• Catherine Olsen — The Sorrow and the Pity: A study of Shifting Memory in France  
• Helayna Ortiz — Identifying potential target genes encoding glycolytic enzymes in VHL disease  
• Victoria Ouzounian — How do people regulate important goals? Exploring construal level and goal hierarchies  
• Alyssa Paciullo — Contemporary Fairy Tale Adaptations: Tales and Reality Meet in the Woods  
• Priya Patel — Analysis of Cytokinins Signaling Arabidopsis  
• Jay Peierls — The Alias and Gender Fluidity in Surrealism and Dada
• Matthew Petrouskie — Recessions and Depressions: An Economic Comparison of the Great Depression and Great Recession and their respective aftermaths  
• Matthew Pezzulich — Creating in Response to COVID: A Reflection on Tradition and the Emerging Through ‘Antigone’  
• Jenna Piller — Business and Corona Virus: The New Normal  
• Sandra Pinto — Studying the evolution of cytokinin signaling using the green algae Coleochaete scutate  
• Manasa Pisipati — Osteoporosis and Calcium  
• Brandon Ram — Biocontrol in Aquaculture  
• Lauren Redford — Social Media’s Effect on the Semantics and Etymology of Slang  
• Erica Redmann — Effects of substrateon terrestrial locomotion in Lung Fish  
• Christopher Ricca — Beyond the Numbers: Are Ethics and Fraud ‘Accounted’ for in the Business World?  
• Erik Riedlinger — Accounting and Regulation for Cryptocurrency  
• Julia Rietbroek — Mapping Experience in Tourism: A Case Study of Scotland, 2000-2020  
• Seo Rin — Horrifically The Effects of Knockdowns of the Pyruvate Kinase Isoform, PKM2, On VHL- and VHL+ Kidney Cancer Cells Celine Jeong
• Leea Rizzo — The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Undergraduate Nursing Students Learning Activities  
• Samantha Rooney — America’s Token Refugees: The Refugee Experience at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter of World War II  
• Julio RuizDiaz — Human Paleoecology of the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene of the Greater Tanana Valley, Alaska circa 22-9ka  
• Paul Russell — Redevelopment of a MOT  
• Emma Ryan — A review of investigations into rapamycin’s mechanism of action and utility as a treatment for succinate dehydrogenase deficiency in a Drosophila melanogaster model  
• Julianna Sacramone — The Negative Effects Associated with the Stigma of Being a Neurodivergent Child and the Importance of Anticipatory Guidance by Healthcare Workers  
• Aria Saltini — Musicals and the Transitional Roles of Women  
• Melissa Saporito — The Effectiveness of Inquiry-Based Instruction In Secondary Mathematics Education  
• Dominique Sarcona — Is This All? Domesticity in White America, 1945-1965  
• Alison Schoeder — The Interconnection of Ecofeminism & Vegetarianism: How They Can Save the Environment  
• Rebecca Schoenfeld — All Social Media is Not Created Equal: How Finsta and Instagram Use Differ in Their Relationships With Loneliness and Social Engagement  
• Matthew Schroh — Chinese Reforms of the Nanjing Decade: Nationalist and Communist Efforts behind Reform Pursuit  
• Steffanos Selearis — Effect of exam wrappers and exam corrections on student learning and metacognition in a nursing genetics course  
• Thiha Set — Netflow Visualization for Cyber Defense  
• Sarah Shin — A Case Study Analysis of the Anti-Defamation League’s work in Public Policy through the lens of John Kingdon’s Public Policy Model  
• Rebekah Shin — Synthesis of Phenyl Pyridine Derivatives and their Inhibitory Activity on Adenosine/ Guanosine – Nucleoside Ribohydrolase (AGNH)  
• Jenna Shipley — The Neapolitan Quartet: Conveying the Realities of the Feminine Mystique  
• Tasneem Shoubir — The Threat of Science Illiteracy to the United States  
• Jasur Shukurov — Improving Accessibility for Low Vision and Blind People Using Machine Learning and Computer Vision  
• Kyra Singh — The Effect of Inhibition of Lactate Dehydrogenase on Human Renal Carcinoma Cells that Lack the Von Hippel Lindau Gene  
• Colette Sirabella — Men Writing Women: A content analysis of r.h. Sin as a feminist writer  
• Tara Sirotkin — Current Issues in the Nursing Care of Eating Disorders  
• Francis Slezinger — Genetics and Genomics Integration in Undergraduate Nursing Education  
• Katelin Smith — “HEEL” Healing, Empowering & Enhancing Lives  
• Billy Smith — Inside the Mind of an American Independent Voter: How do we elect the President of the United States of America in the 21st Century?  
• Sarah Sohn — The Effectiveness of Equine Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Challenge to the Medical Model  
• Ilana Stukal — Impacts of Cross-Fostering on Octodon degu mothers  
• Christina Sullivan — Construction of Sudoku Puzzles and Their History  
• Lucas Sullivan-Barrale — For the Love of God! An original one-act musical Comedy  
• Alexandra Szynwald — The Need for Health Literacy in Combating Vaccine Hesitancy: A Reflection of the Covid-19 Vaccine Response  
• Jade Tabor — The consequences of the commodification of education: A Market Comparison  
• Samantha Tannenbaum — Converting a Chirality Experiment to be Inquiry-Based and Virtual  
• Olivia Tcholakian — Looking at the Ethics of Big Data: An Analysis of the Moral Implications of Current Data Practices  
• Milly Tenenbaum — A Study of the Current State of Genetics and Genomics in Traditional 4-Year BSN Programs in the United States  
• Jack Thomann — What would happen if the United States was Erased from Existence Today?  
• Amber Torvund — The Intersections of Intimate Partner Violence & Social Work: Understanding the Issues Using a Human Rights & Social Justice Approach  
• Joanna Troyanos — Marital conflict, parental Romantic attachment, and children’s attachment security in middle childhood  
• Tina Tudisco — Which Witch is Which? A Study of Witch Trials Comparing an Italian to an American Example  
• Aianne Urgel — Mechanics and Narrative in Video Games  
• Rachel Vacca — Narratology and the abstract condition of translation theory  
• Paul Venturi — Electrochemical Synthesis of Tungsten Trioxide and Optimization of Its Photocatalytic Ability Through Creation of Hybrids with Gold Nanoparticles  
• Gabriela Vidad — Exploring and Communicating the Severity of Coral Reef Changes in the Philippines Using Remote Sensing and Widely Available Resources  
• Eric Vonczerniewicz — A Practical Approach to the Question of Responsibility Regarding Climate change  
• Bhargawi Vutukuri — Telemedicine and its Role in Addressing Health Inequity Globally  
• Jessica Wang — Forgiveness and Empathy in Early Adolescence  
• Emily Wasnieski — Social and Academic Experiences in Higher Education  
• Krystal Wheaton — Making Education Accessible: Using Arts-Integrated Learning for Students with ADHD  
• Jennifer Williams — Effects of Card Game “Codenames” on Lexical Processing Skills  
• Malcolm Woodard — How a well-meaning rule change became an attack on the agricultural community  
• Lila Woodbridge — Attachment Style, Stress, and Media Preferences  
• Deborah Yanez — Exploring the Efficacy of Rote vs. Note: An Authoethnography of a Senior Recital  
• Juliana Yee — The Relationship Between Science and Literature: A Reflection of Society’s Attitude Towards the Sciences, and Path Towards a more Interdisciplinary Science  
• Muhammad Zaarir — The Association Between Depression and Seizure Disorders: The Neuro Transmitter That Are Present in Both Disorders Dulloo 
• Eleni Zamagias — Mathematics in Epidemiology: An Early Review of Responses to COVID-19 by Institutions of Higher Education  
• Kelly Zhu — WO3 Hybrids and their and their applications for the photocatalytic degradtion of p-substitutes phenois  
• Jacqueline Zito — Assessing the Effectiveness of the Going Concern Disclosure  
• Rheanna Zotto — The Pedagogical Implications of Repertaire Quality and Choice: A Case Study of an undergraduate Soprano