2016 Senior Thesis Topics

Senior Thesis...Bite Sized

Fifteen seniors presented their theses in 90 seconds or less. Watch videos of their presentations on Youtube and read the story.

 

Africana Studies

• Sarge Kinlin, Reconstructing Images: Hip-Hop Artists and Resistance, Artistry, and Humanity
• Porshai Rivera, a rock, a sponge, a spark: Decoding My Black Woman’s Identity

American Studies

• Calynn Choi, Yellow Musics: Musical Production, Performance, and Consumption in Asian America

Anthropology

Archaeology

• Morgan Biggs, Lithic Microwear Analysis of Quartzite Scrapers Recovered from the Slocan Narrows Pithouse Village
• Emily Rubinstein,  Changes in Social Organization over Time in the Slocan Narrows Pithouse Village as indicated by Geochemical Characterization of Housepit Floors

Cultural Anthropology

• Sophie Aron, Studying the Study of Happiness
• Charlotte Boesch, Consuming Ethics: An Examination of Food and the Cultivation of Body
• Hannah Cook, I Watch Porn And I’m Proud Of It: Gender Performativity And Sex On College Campus
• Rachael Kane, Rice Pots and Roses: Queer Performance and Identity in Japanese Mass Media
• Ishaq Pathan, ATTN: NEW MOSQUES PROPOSED ACROSS AMERICA. PROTEST AT 9: An Ethnographic Study on American Mosques and the Muslims Who Attend Them 
• Emily Randall, Re-imagined Communities: How interpreted meaning, register, and social capital allow for the creation of locationless communities of practice
• Lily Wasser, The Ties That Bind; Langauge, Blood, Practice of a Global Jewish Community
• Kathryn Wall, Post Production: A Meta-pragmatic Analysis of Communicative Technology
• Rachael Wilkin, Labors of Agency: A Discourse Analysis of Childbirth

Art

Class of 2016 Senior Art Thesis

• Casey Brown, Corinne Hom, Lily Johnston, Sawyer Konys, Chris Jimenez-Labora, Sky Li, Sarah Moore, Ariel Pimental, Carrie Rudd, Halimah Schmidt, Charlotte Simons, Zoe Tessler, Sarah Wallack

Art History

• Colin Day, How to Approach “That Thing in the Desert”: Placing Burning Man in the Context of Contemporary Art
• Victoria Freeman, A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words; A Title is Worth a Thousand More
• Margaret Gabriel, The Rich Paradox of René Magritte: A Surreal Artist on the Outskirts of Surrealism
• Carly Gruenberg, Confronting Stereotypes Through Contemporary Painted Portraiture
• Kaitlin McCabe, A Tear in the Garment: Exploring the Cultural Appropriation of the Kimono in the U.S., 1800-present
• Callie McConnico, From Renaissance Prince to Infidel: The Complex Perceptions of Ottomans in 15th & 16th Century Venice
• Connor O’Brien, “Under the Cobblestones, the Beach”: Art, Geography and Mass-Media in 1960s Los Angeles
• Ianna Recco, Cyprus and Cesnola: Examining the Excavations of the 19th-century Antiquarian
• Xenia Tiajoloff, The Soul of the Russian Avant-Garde: Kazimir Malevich’s Incorporation of the Tradition of Russian Spiritualism

Asian Studies

• Joyce Chan, A Neo-Buddhist Narrative Through 10 Images: A phenomenological approach to Neo-Buddhist Visual Culture
• Holly Chen, Conceptions of Western Influence on Republican China: Nationalism and Gender
• Taoyu Chen, Japan’s 1969: Ryu Murakami’s Novel and Youth Culture
• Patrick Clancy, Onibaba: Memory, History, and Trauma in Kaneto Shindo’s 1964 Film
• Jack  Lyons, Exposing the Facade: Modern Critiques of Bushido in Hara-kiri

Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

• Hannah Ferris, Electrocyclization Approaches Toward N-Heterocycles via Pyridinium Triflate Intermediates
• David Freeman, Determining rnf43 Expression throughout Zebrafish Development
• Cory Glover, An Investigation of Possible Synergistic Effects between Antimicrobial Peptides Piscidin 1 and Piscidin 3
• Ben Howard, Investigating the Antitumor Activity of NK-18
• Alex Kaplan, Toward the Development of a General Transannular Hydroamination Strategy for the Synthesis of Pyrrolizidine and Related Alkaloids
• Liz Larson, Quantifying the Activation of N-formyl-peptide Receptor 2 by Piscidin 1, an Antimicrobial Peptide
• Andrew Leopold, The Localization of RNF43 under Different Biological Conditions - Designing a Model for the Discovery of the Varying Functions of RNF43
• Eric Nieminen, Characterization of the Microbial Community in Methanogenic Antarctic Sea Sediments
• Heather Piekarz, Identification and Quantification of Endogenous Extracellular Electron Shuttles in Desulfitobacterium spp
• Zach Pilson, Examining Correlation between Feather Color and Body Condition with Parasite Load of Reno Goldfinches
• Ben Wesley, Towards the Development of a General Transannular Hydroamination Strategy for the Synthesis of Pyrrolizidines and Indolizidine Alkaloids
• Sandy Wu, Visualization of Neurodegeneration Caused by Traumatic Brain Injuries in Drosophila Melanogaster

Biology

• Milinda Ajawara, Enrichment and characterization of Desulfobulbaceae cable bacteria from Green Lake
• Megan Blair, Sarah Lawler and Chloe Sienkewicz, Anandamide blockers and appetite suppression in the db/db mouse
• Andy Chen, How plants tolerate salicylic acid: The essential role of NPR1
• Hannah Corman, Comparison of Blood Parasite Burden & Lineages in Populations of the American Crow Across North America
• Marian Eckermann, The synergistic effects of TFM and Sonar on non-target organisms
• Anne Emanuels, The impact of phosphorus input and Eurasian watermilfoil on trophic cascades in Adirondack lakes
• Emily Foley, Identification and Quantification of Electron Shuttles in Desulfitobacterium
• Blaire Frett, Campylobacter Prevalence and Migratory Patterns of American Crows in Central New York
• Katherine Getman, Normative Hematology and Blood Chemistry Parameters in the American Crow: Implications in Fledging Success, Survival Rate, and Ecological Studies
• Ryan Hobson, An analytical method for examining the ascorbic acid biosynthetic pathway in Manduca sexta
• Marc Horschman, Influence of Soil pH on Rhizobial Symbiosis in Medicago sativa
• Bridget Lewis, Somitic and Morphogenic Factors of Scoliosis: A Visual Model
• SiLe Li, The Effects of Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids on White Blood Cell Count and the Complement Pathway of Immunology
• Keara Lynn, Metagenomic analysis of a sub-chemocline biofilm recovered from Green Lake
• Elisabeth MacColl, Ecoimmunology in Golden Eagles
• Emily Moschowits, Microbial effects on the growth, health, and flavor of Daucus carota
• Connor Murray, E RNF43 Protein Expression in Early Zebrafish Development
• Shea Nagle, Using a Manduca sexta Heart Bioassay to Screen Synthetic Alkaloid Bioactivity
• Osaruese Odeh, The Effects of Vitamin C on Growth and Development: Manduca sexta Metabolism
• Colin Pastorella, Validating bacterial killing assays for Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhimurium
• Alycia Racicot, A Comparison of the Physiological Responses between Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids in Mice
• Tshering Sherpa, Determining the Binding Domain of RNF43 on P53
• Steven Stone, A comparison of carcinoids with more conventional cancers along genetic, morphological, and molecular trends
• Patricia Taik, Identification of lysine residues on p53 that are targeted by RNF 43 for degradation
• Zoe Tessler, Light availability alters effect of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on native forbs
• John William Wassmer, The influence of electrode potential on nanowire network connectivity and cell growth in Shewanella oneidensis

Chemistry

• Erik Antczak, Chelated Terbium Core-Shell Nanoparticles
• Bryon Banman, Computationally Modeling Interactions Between Peramivir and Neuraminidase
• John Bennett, Intramolecular Cyclizations of Alcohols with Rhodium (II) Azavinyl Carbenoids Generated in situ from N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-Triazole Intermediates
• John DeGuardi, The Formation of Tricyclic Systems Using Radical Cascades in Tandem With Suzuki Coupling Reactions
• Austin Durham, Peptidomimetics Related to the Alpha-Fetoprotein Active Site
• Sellers Garrett, Quantum Dot Based Luminescence Resonance Energy Transfer Systems
• Lauren King, The Formation of Tricyclic Systems: Incorporating Radical Cascades in Suzuki Coupling Reactions
• Ryan Sutyla, Development of Cyclic Alpha-Fetoprotein Analogs Using an Aromatic Linker Approach

Chinese

• Elizabeth Barnes, Economic Inequality in China: A Threat to Social Stability and Economic Development
• Laura Becker, Boats, Flowers, and Birds in the Poetry of Du Fu
• Zack Becker, The Long-Term Economic Impacts of China’s Hukou System and Necessity of Future Reforms 
• Hunter Dansin, The Future of Open Source Operating Systems in China 
• Wesley Duncan, The Role of China’s Solar and Wind Energy Programs in the Chinese Economy and Environmental Protection 
• Adrienne Earhart, Should China Design a Chinese-based Programming Language?
• Emily Goldberg, Conflicts and Mutual Dependence: The Relationship between the Chinese Government and Non-Governmental Organizations under the New Overseas NGO Management Law
• Corrine Hom, 2022 Winter Olympics: China's Controversies, Issues, and Opportunities
• Samuel Kotlove, The Current Situation and Future of Chinese Classifieds Websites: The Case of 58.com and Ganji
• Morgan Lane, Can Emotional Induction Shift Political Preferences?
• Parker Matthews Lewis, The Past, Present, and Future of E-commerce in China: A Comparative Analysis of JD.com and Alibaba
• Chang Liu, The Umbrella Revolution and the Relationship between People's Republic of China and Hong Kong
• Yani Najarian, The Reality of Chinese Exchange Students in the United States Secondary Education System
• Flavia Oliveira, The Future of Multinational Tech Companies in China: An Examination of the Smartphone Industry
• Matthew Palmer, Second Language Acquisition in the Era of Information Technology: A Case Study of Hamilton College’s Chinese Language Education
• Erica Quach, Academic Pressure Faced by Chinese Primary School Students
• Emily Rivera, China’s Widening Wealth Gap: Perspectives on the Rich Second Generation
• Anna (Annie) Whitehurst, Analysis of E-learning in China: Can e-learning help alleviate China’s educational problems?
• Erick Wong, The NBA’s Impact and Development in China
• Li Yi Sharon Yam, Can WeChat Become China’s Free Speech Platform?

Cinema and Media Studies

• Dima Kaigorodov, Silence in Heaven: A Visual Analysis of Bergman’s The Seventh Seal

Classics

• Vennesa Asare, Homer, Virgil and J.K. Rowling: Discerning the Aesthetics of Epic 
• Rachel Beamish, Penelope and Lavinia Set the Record Straight: Revising and Re-envisioning Ancient Myth 
• Grace Berg, Atwood’s Penelope: Following the Threads of her Epic and Literary Tradition 
• Tommy Dana, The Cyropaedia, The Prince, and The Realization of Future Conquerors 
• Abby Homer, Examining Kubrick and Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence as a Classical Case Study: A Unique Kind of Hero in an Otherwise Epic Setting 
• Kim Olsen, Andromache's Lament: Her Side of the Story 
• Ianna Recco, Greek Heroes and American Soldiers: Drawing Comparisons between the Psychological Injury of Homeric Heroes and American Veterans to Promote Healing through Ancient Literature 
• Hannah Withiam, Reimagining Nostos: The Black Odysseys of Toni Morrison's Milkman and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

Communication

• Kate Anderson, I Take You...and Your Name? Exploring the Reasons Behind Heterosexual Name Change From the Female Perspective
• Hannah Bartlett, An Investigation into the Privacy Rhetoric of the Supreme Court
• Geleece Brady, The Mediated Race for Identity: Exploring Mass Media’s Role in the Undergraduate Experience for Racial Minorities
• Marc Dudzik, Mass Media in the South African Apartheid
• Michael Gagnon, The “Let’s Play” Phenomenon
• Connor Hassett, Hypermasculine Super Bowl Commercials and Their Effects on Hamilton College Males
• Jasper Nash, Healing Architecture: The Communicative Power of Psychological Health Care Design
• Danielle Nelson, The Formation of Gender Identity Through Dress
• Rachel Newman, An Exploration of Self-­-Talk in Collegiate Athletes’ Performances
• Patrick O’Brien, Ralph Lauren: A Study of Identity and Masculinity In Men’s Fashion
• Njideka Ofoleta, A Comparative Case Study of Political Framing of Media Organizations
• Shea Patrick, Dissent, Discourse, and Democracy: A Case Study of Malaysia’s Media Culture
• Abby Pynchon, Coping with Sexism: Generational Differences
• Ian Rothenberg, Internet News and Digital Democracy: America’s Changing Landscape
• Amber Torres, Smartphones, Smart Cities: The Influence of Communication Technology on Urban Revitalization in the U.S.
• Katie White, Crisis Communication: An Analysis of Communication at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001
• Naomi Woolfenden, Constant Connection: Investigating the Role of Social Networking Sites in the Formation of Adolescent Identity

Comparative Literature

• Kathleen Buckley, Narrative Identity in Memoir: The Demythicization and Resignification of Women’s Mental Illness
• Nina Byers, Clearing the Air: Literary Impact on Environmental Consciousness
• Sarah Fishman, Sleeper’s Wake: The Form and Function of Dreaming in Fiction
• Courtney Kaplar, The Realities After “I Do”: Marriage in 19th Century British Realistic Fiction
• Caitlin Kennedy, Misre(prison)tation: Inside and outside perspectives on the American Penal System
• Mara Wilson, The Problems with Great Expectations: Fathers and Sons in Modern American Family Drama
• Hannah Withiam, Reimagining Nostos: The Black Odysseys of Toni Morrison’s Milkman and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

Computer Science

Honors presentation

• Adrienne Earhart, Malware, Detection Systems, and Propagation Models: A Computer Security Overview

Creative Writing

Fiction honors presentations

• Kathleen Buckley, Butterfly Hunting for Beginners
• Andrew Gibeley, Once Removed: A Collection of Dysfunctional Families
• Carrie Solomon, Loss & Lipitor: Stories from Middle-Aged Men

Poetry honors presentations

• Hannah Achorn, Here at the Lake
• Zoë Bodzas, How to Stop Sleep Talking
• Collin Spinney, [Box of Hilarity]

Economics

• James Bryan, Irrationalities in Professional Forecasting
• Sitong Chen, Relationships Between Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Market Index: An Empirical Analysis of the Chinese Case
• Michael Chiseri, Does U.S. Monetary Policy Affect Foreign Exchange Carry Trade Activity of Global Banks? An Analysis using Foreign Exchange Swap Data
• Adam Daniere, The Effect of Egypt’s 2007 banning of FGM
• Kevin Gens, Foreign Direct Investment’s Impact on Total Factor Productivity: A Gravity Model Approach
• Hunter Green, Burned and Bruised: The Role of Regulation After the Global Financial Crisis
• Nell Hryshko, Public Land and Local Economies
• Simon Jia, The Quantity-Quality Tradeoff of Children: Evidence from Bangladesh’s Family Planning TV Commercial Campaign
• Rob Kirk, US Household Savings and Motivations Surrounding the Great Recession
• DK Lee, The Impact of ICT on education: Study of household and regional traits in Jordan
• Tianshu Liu, International Capital Flows and Interest Rates
• Rob Miles, Measuring “Bad Behavior”: CSR Effects on Corporate Litigation Likelihood
• Michael Nelson, People-Centered Growth: Corporate Social Responsibility’s Role in Employee Satisfaction and the Service-Profit Chain
• Rui Osaka, Female Political Leadership and Health in Colombia
• Adam Pfander, Currency Crises & Bank Flows
• Eli Shakun, People, Planet, and Profit: An Empirical Analysis of S&P 500 Companies
• Christian Stellakis, Crime and Bitcoin in the United States
• Jordan Zeng, How Does Monetary Policy Affect Long-Term Interest Rates? Has It Changed Since the Financial Crisis?

English

Honors presentation

• Sarah Graves, A Lesson on Reading via “The Clone Thing” in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go

Environmental Studies

• Evan Abelson, Keystone XL: A Case Study in Public Perception Following Obama’s Veto
• Carina Elfving, Climate Change Rhetoric In the 2016 Presidential Election Cycle: Comparing Ted Cruz and Chris Christie
• Bayard Geeslin, The Psychology of Climate Change Inaction: Ancient Cognition as the Barrier and Key to solving the Contemporary Climate Crisis
• Samantha Graber, The Hardscrabble Wind Farm in Herkimer County, New York: A 5-Year Update
• Kirsten Kampmeier, Agriculture and the Liberal Arts Experience: The Impact of Agricultural Education and Engagement on Residential Liberal Arts Colleges
• Peter Kane, Biotic and Economic Consequences of Aquatic Invasive Species
• Eunice Lee, Food Waste: Attitudes, Behaviors and Perceptions at Hamilton College
• Ianthe Lekometros, Sustainable Agriculture as an Educational Tool in the Adirondack High Peaks
• Sam Mengual, A History of the Kirkland Glen: Assessing Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) Growth Response
• Risa Nagel, Climate Change and Capitalism: How Limitless Economic Growth Undermines Effective Mitigation
• Brad Prevel, Upconversion and Quantum Cutting for Solar Collector Applications

French

Honors presentations

• Erin Barnard, Une France idéalisée et disparue au pays de l'enfance ? : un témoignage d'une époque et d'une identité éternelles dans Les Souvenirs d'enfance de Marcel Pagnol
• Keenan Burton, Le jazz en France : une tradition américaine ou sa propre forme musicale ?
• Timothy Y. Hill, Le japonisme et  ‘La Grande vague’ à travers l’optique de l’hybridité culturelle

Geosciences

• Aubrey Coon, Clues in Calcite: Using Microstructures to Decipher Calcitic Vein Formation along Polygonal Faults in Chalk of the Khoman Formation, Western Desert, Egypt
• Gaela Dennison-Leonard, Evaluation of Hypogene Karst as a Model for Non-tectonic Syncline Development in the Western Desert of Egypt
• Alexander Doig, Orientation, Spatial Distribution, and Chemical Composition of Paleozoic Diabase Dikes on Swans Island and Neighboring Islands, Penobscot Bay Maine
• Patrick Donahoe, The Hamilton College Wind Turbine and Wind Speed Data for 2014-2015
• Ian Dunning, A Deadly Tornado in Upstate New York: The Smithfield Tornado of 2014
• Enrico Gonzalez, Seasonal Variability of Major Ions in the Upper Root Glen Drainage Basin
• Samantha Graber, The Hardscrabble Wind Farm in Herkimer County: A Five-Year Update
• Kevin Herrera, Lightning Protection: Past, Present, and Future on the Hamilton College Campus
• Olivia Alice Koster, The Effects of Spatial Anthropogenic Land Use Variations on the Sediments and Morphology of Oriskany Creek
• Alec Melone, Epidote and Hornblende Geobarometry of the Swans Island Pluton of the Coastal Maine Magmatic Province
• Lindsay Pattison, Mineralogy of Oolitic Ironstones from the Type Locality, Clinton, New York
• Nicole Saitta, Determining the Sources of Bacterial Contamination in the Limestone Aquifer in the Town of Augusta
• Ousseynou Tall, U/Pb Geochronology of Granitic Plutons, Swans Island and Surrounding Islands, Penobscot Bay, Maine
• Charles Louis Wilson IV, Reconstructing Paleoenvironment using Soil Carbonate and Ostracod Isotopic Data from the Holocene Galana Boi Formation, Turkana, Kenya
• Joshua Wolpert, Development and Analysis of Reconnaissance Structural Inventory Map of Egypt
• Yin (Emma) Zheng, An Analysis of the Efficacy of Storm Water Runoff Management on Porous versus Non-porous Pavement

German Studies

• Charlotte Carstens, Katholik, Kritiker, Bürger: Heinrich Böll jenseits der literarischen Welt

Government

Honors presentations

• Matt Creeden, Social Movements and the Attainment of Policy Change
• Lauren Fairman, Uneven Justice: Examining State Variation in Indigent Defense Expenditure
• Amrika Sieunarine, Teaching “Men” to Fish: An Analysis of the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005

Hispanic Studies

Honors presentations

• Lindsay Arader, El poder de la escritura en Operación masacre
• Joan Frost, Los conflictos de autoidentidad para el estudiante méxico-americano en Stand and Deliver (1988) y Spare Parts (2015)
• Erin McCulloch, Entre fantasmas y monstruos: La narración infantil de la Guerra Civil española
• Felicia Tsao, El desarrollo del tema de amor en la poesía de España

Interdisciplinary Studies

• Justin Long, Yupaychani or Pagarachu?: Indigeneity, Authenticity and Enregisterment of an Intercultural Code in the Ecuadorian Amazon
• Tina Mangelova, A Study of the Effects of Technology and Culture on Female Self-Portraiture in the Digital Era
• Gabriel Rivas, Sociability of Public Art Objects: A Social Experiment of Public Art, Viewer Interaction, Spatial Arrangement, and Institutional Influence
• John Rufo, “Do Not Ask Me Who I Am”: Interviews with Twelve Contemporary Poets
• Philippa Schwarzkopf, Visual and Literary Film Studies: Ordinary Matter by Hollis Frampton and Four Shadows by Larry Gottheim
• Thomas (TC) Topp, Of Networks and Naming: Studying Neural Network Formation and Code Switching in Bilinguals

Neuroscience

• Charlotte Beers, Turning Up Visual Awareness with Sound
• Casey Brown, Matching Across the Senses
• Emily Chan, Lusting for the Loathed: Morality Influences Arousal Elicited by Attractive Faces 
• Glen Donovan, Know Thy Colors: University Affiliation’s Effect on Color Preferences 
• Michael Dyer, Effects of Apomorphine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization on the Expression of BDNF in the Mesolimbic Pathway
• Megan Fitzgerald, The Role of Dopamine in Heightened Behavioral Responses to Apomorphine
• Joy-Anne George, Learning Styles Hypothesis: Fact or Fiction?
• Yashoda Gopi and Leonard Kilekwang, Resisting God: Atheists Conform Less than Religious Individuals
• Ana Hernandez, Repeated Apomorphine Administration Induces Behavioral Sensitization and Modulatition of CREB in the Midbrain
• Emily Hess, Behavioral and Neurological Effects of Neonatal Illness: A Rat Model of Schizophrenia
• Stephanie Hruza, The Pharmacology of Marijuana
• Alex Jones, Octopaminergic Regulation of Neuronal Metabolism and Learning in Manduca sexta
• Jaclyn Kogler, Time to Wake Up: A Need for New Treatment in Narcolepsy
• Sara Lewis, The Effects of a Short-Term High-Sucrose Diet on Memory and Locomotor Activity in Rats
• Alex Mitko, EEG of Creativity and Reward: Working Hard or Hardly Working
• Lauren Mulligan, The Circuit Breaker of Drug Sensitization? A Role for DARPP-32 
• Kimberly Olsen, The Influence of Awe on Attention
• Rebecca Rees, The Physiological Impact of Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids 
• Laura Rivera, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
• James Robbins, Learning and Memory Deficits an a Drosophila Model of Closed-Head Traumatic Brain Injury
• Nathaniel Somes, A New Look at a Rat Model of Schizophrenia: A Study Using Behavioral and Histological Measures
• Callum Thomas, How Repeated Reappraisal of Negative Stimuli Affects Emotional Responses: An EEG Study
• Scott Vazquez, Assessing The Role of Dopamine in a Model Of Drug Sensitization
• Crystal Vilchez, Hemispheric Contributions to Emotion Processing

Philosophy

• Swati Acharya, Race as a Property in Love
• Cian Barron, The Philosophy of Art
• Victoria Blumenfeld, Familiarizing the Unfamiliar: Literature and the Value of Proxy Experience
• Chris Bousquet, Ineffability and Emotion: Reclaiming the Ineffable and Expressing it Through Art
• Jackson Graves, An Inquiry Into the Purposes of Education at Hamilton College
• Hunter Green, Character and Culpability: The Value of Mitigation in Noncapital Sentencing
• Spencer Livingstone, Evolution and the Origin of Morality: A Genealogical Critique
• Adrian Marcano, The Neglect of a Nation: The Social Contract and Black Consciousness Explored Through Hip-Hop
• Sean Martin, Submerged Selves: Immersionism and Refuting Material Reductionism
• David Munger, Relearning How We Learn: The Role of Situated Extended Cognition in Experiential Learning
• Isla Ng, The Meaning of Community Online: Reflections on Language, Power and Technology
• Osaruese Odeh, The Noble Lie: Anthropocentric Egoism and Altruistic Behavior
• Shaq Phillip, The Meaning of Work: Seizing the Ideal
• Mei Lin Pratt, Learning from the Unlearned: The Philosophy of Children
• Mike Romano, Arguing Against a Cognitively Enhanced Society
• Hal Shimkoski, A Humean Defense of Soft Determinism
• Matt Sweeney, Philosopher or Character? Examining the Role of Socrates within the Writings of Plato and Nietzsche
• Cole Trager, We Are What We Eat

Physics

• Nathan Arndt, The Effects of PAI Solution Concentration on the DPA Enhancement of Europium In Eu(DPA)3 Doped Sol-Gel Glass
• Joelle Baer, Measuring and Correcting Magnetic Field Gradients
• V. Devi Prasad Rao, Building a Magnetometer Using the Principles of Optical Pumping in Rubidium
• Ryan Glenn, Insulation of a Heating Element for Rubidium Vaporization in EPR
• Olivia Gozdz, Calculating The Shapiro Delay In Chameleon Cosmology
• Thomas Hoffman, Installing Discovery-Based Elements into Introductory Physics Laboratories
• Alex Laing, Adding Discovery-Based Elements to Introductory Physics Laboratories
• Lillie Ogden, Exploring Symmetron Dark Energy with a Massive Electrostatic Analogy
• Justin Perri, Upconversion Spectroscopy in co-doped NaYF4:Er3+/Yb3+)
• Kenneth Ratliff, Neutrino Oscillations and Non-Hermitian Quantum Mechanics
• Todd Roeder, Optics In a Rubidium Magnetometer
• Isabella Schoning, Completing Hamilton’s Ebert Spectrometer
• Mike Verostek, A simple derivation of scalar waves in the Randall-Sundrum space-time
• Eric Wistman, Review and Practical Evaluation of Physics Education Research

Psychology

• Nelly Alba, Mentorship Experiences & Goal Setting’s Relation to College Students’ Academic Success
• Lindsay Arader, Peer Perceptions of Individuals with ASD: Reducing Stigmatization Through Diagnostic Disclosure
• Rohan Arcot, Anxiety and the Transition to College: Can Psychoeducation Help?
• Kathrin Cieplicki, The Role of the Undesired Collective Self for Marginalized Individuals
• Julia Coash, When It Isn’t Black and White: Self-affirmation and Perception of Racism
• Erin Corson, Psychological Theories of Persuasion in Anti-Smoking Campaigns
• Jessi Crowley, Eating Disorder Symptomatology and Athletic Participation: Does Level of Competition Matter?
• Mayeline Fernandez, The Effect of Art-Making on Mood in a College Sample
• Rachael Feuerstein, No Pain, No Gain: Testing Gender Stereotype Threat Effects on Pain Tolerance
• Daphney Gaston, Mathematical Achievement and Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Analysis of Social, Cognitive, and Psychological Factors in Relation to Word Problem Solving Performance
• Angela Gizzi, How to Make Better Group Decisions through Accountability
• Josh Glen, Time-inconsistent Preferences: Examining the Relation of Self-control to Saving and Spending
• Sarah Goldman, “There Is No Them, There’s Only Us”: Regulating Empathy Through Cognitive Reappraisal
• Jamie Granskie, Overgeneral memory in the eating disorder population
• Lauren Halladay, The Effect of Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptomology and Sensory Sensitivity on Affect Recognition in Distracting versus Non-Distracting Condition
• Abigail Homer, Benefitting from the Bandwagon: Using Social Conformity Pressure to Alter Implicit Racial Biases
• Ashley Jamison, An Exploratory Study on the Underrepresentation of Students of Color in Sciences at Hamilton College
• Carolyn King, Investigating ADHD Symptomatology, Emotion Regulation, and Depression in College Students
• Mark Lopez, A Review of the Relationship Between Idealized Body Images in Mainstream Media and Body Image Concerns
• Nick Luchessi, Rumination and Drinking Motives After Negative Drinking Experiences
• Denise Meza Reyes, Rural vs. Urban Differences: Perceptions of Environmentalists and Pro-Environmental Behavior
• Louise Owens, Case Management: Opportunities and Obstacles
• Emily Queen, Promoting Physical Activity With Online Social Interaction
• Abigail Quirk, How Race Affects Our Perception of Women: Exploring the Objectification of Black and White Bodies 
• Michael Pellicane, Sexual Orientation and the Transition to College: The Moderating Role of Parental Attachment 
• Denisse Rodriguez Mota, Girl on Girl Crime: An Examination of Women’s Participation in Slut Shaming 
• Ryan Sutyla, Supermarket Decision Making: The Effects of Justification, Self-Control Depletion, and Restrained Eating Behavior 
• Izzy Taaffe, Redemption Sequences in Memories from the Transition to College 
• Lauren Trachtenberg, The Effect of Social Interruptions on Task Performance 
• Kristen Tsutsui, Transition to College: Examining Reciprocal Relationships Among Body Change and Adjustment
• Abbie Webster, A Review of Efficacious and Practical Applied Behavior Analysis: Intervention Strategies for Treatment of Problem Behavior in Individuals with Autism
• Emily Weinstein, The Effects of Task Expectations and Social Comparison on Academic Performance in Children

Public Policy

• Hannah Bartlett, Saving Money While Restoring Lives: A Prison Diversion Program for the Mentally Ill
• Nicholas Gustaitis, Can the Legislative Process Make a Difference?  An Empirical Test of Iowa’s Racial Impact Law
• Jeff Hopsicker, The Willis V. Carrier Recreation Center: A Cost-Benefit Analysis from the Standpoint of the Town of DeWitt, NY
• Tyler Lovejoy, New York’s Investment in Affordability: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Housing New York
• Gabriella Pico, More Connected Than Ever Before?  Highways and Racial Segregation in United States Metropolitan Areas
• Jon Shaw, Nutritional Aid or Health Hazard?  Dietary Supplements and Overnight Hospital Visits
• Hal Shimkoski, The Effects of Civic Education on Youth Voting Behavior
• Brian Sobotko, School District Fragmentation and the Overdetermined Causes of School Desegregation|
• Baylis Treen, Mass Incarceration and Race: Is Bias a Universal Phenomenon?
• Kareem Watson, Creating Gentrification for All: Exploring Public Policy and Displacement in NYC

Religious Studies

Senior Theses

• Michael Berrios, Using Institutional Reform and Early Intervention to Combat Genocide: An Examination of the 1994 Tutsi Genocide and the Holocaust
• Eric Lintala, The Two Families of the Godfather Films

Honors Projects

• Michael Berrios, Wakeup: Millennials and Religion
• Eric Lintala, Paul’s Justification by Faith, Not Works, in Galatians

Russian Studies

• Isabella Schoning, How Translation Changes Characters:  An Analysis of English Translations of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment

Sociology

• Juliet Auwaerter, College on a Tightrope: Campus Governance and Institutional Change at Elite Liberal Arts Colleges
• Katie Bishop, An Examination of the Social Networks of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Gaela Dennison-Leonard, Incense Smells Like Teen Spirit: Young Adult Buddhism in Bhutan and the United States
• Daniel Erichson, Cash, Clothes, and Keeping Up: The Influence of Money on Social Status at Hamilton College
• Emily Fisher, The Musical Self: Exploring Music, Identity, and Emotion Through Bluegrass
• Eliza Geeslin, The Observer Observed: The continued relevance of master status to describe how observers perceive interactions based on gender expectations
• Steven Gross, Getting Down, Throwing Up, and Blacking Out: Organizational Deviance and Alcohol Abuse at an American College
• Maddi Hicks, The Opt-Out Movement: A Study of Organizational Deviance in Schools and Parent Protests of State Tests
• Criselys Polanco, Managing the Self in the Digital Age: College Edition
• R. Andrew Sprague, A Socially Driven Workforce in an Economically Driven Workplace: Analyzing the Finance and Tech Industries to Assess the Metrics behind Job Satisfaction
• Jessica Tang, Going Away and Growing Apart? Changes in First- and Non-First Generation College Students’ Relationships with Family and Friends from the Home Habitus
• Naomi Tsegaye, Learning to Teach & Teaching to Learn: Whose Class is it Anyway? An Examination of the Effects of Teaching Pedagogies on Student Learning at a Predominantly White College
• Emma Wilkinson, “Just Go For It!”: An Investigation into Low Female Confidence in Business

Theatre

Bull by Mike Bartlett

• Michael Gagnon
• Kevin Herrera
• Melinda Lugo, director
• Allison Shuette

Women’s Studies

 

• Melanie Catlett, Gender in an Emergency: A Workplace Investigation into the Gender Scripts of Medics, Firefighters, and Emergency Room Nurses
• Kate Cieplicki, Contemporary Representations of Masculinity and Violence in Media and Policy
• Sarah Thomsen, The Impact of Social Class on Education from Kindergarten through High School

World Politics

Honors presentations

• Maggie Joyce, The Efficacy of U.S. Counternarcotics Initiatives: A Comparative Study of Plan Colombia and the Mérida Initiative
• Angela Pavao, Reparations, Recognition, and Reform: Understanding State Compliance with the Inter-American Court on Human Rights
• Matias Wolansky, Dollar Hegemony: The Power of the Greenback