Honors Theses from 2024
EFFECT OF EVENING VS. MORNING EXERCISE ON THE APPETITE HORMONES, Penny Akre
Development and Demonstration of an Apparatus for Assessing Frost-Heave Susceptibility of Soil, Becca Apgar and W. S. Guthrie
THE NORDSTJÄRNA PROJECT: RECOVERING VOICES OF SWEDISH MIGRATION, Benjamin Austin
USING LEAN SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE AT A LOCAL HEALTH CENTER, Marshall S. Butler
Explainable AI Using Assumption-Alignment Tracking on Multiple Algorithms, Darien Campbell
Ecological Validity of Simulated Ethical Situations in Therapy Part 2, Melissa Chavez
The Role of Age, Sex, and mGluR5 Receptors in Hippocampal Depotentiation in Mice, Michael Dew
Power and Participation: Women's Participation in the Arab Spring and its Impact on Women's Empowerment, Mary Harris
TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE CHOICE OF COLLEGE MAJOR, Ashley Hunsaker
Identifying Highly Responsive Locations For Spinal Motion Tracking Sensors, Tyler Hutchinson
Unplugging and Reconnecting: Mindfulness as a Mediator for the Effects of Technoference on Relationship Flourishing, Naomi Inman, Chelom E. Leavitt, Sarah Coyne, and David Nelson
RAPID DISCOVERY OF HOUSE-KEEPING GENES IN THE BACTERIUM KUSHNERIA, USING A SLALOM-LIBRARY-BASED CRISPRI FORWARD GENETIC SCREEN, Andrew Jenkins
Blue Moon: Exploring the Complexities of Human Love Through a Werewolf Romance Novel, Kayla LaFroth
Isothiocyanates in the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects in Chick Embryos, Katrina Lantz
Linguistic and Cultural Barriers to Hispanic Immigrant Vaccination, Ruth Larson
How Fundamental Epistemic Limitation Impacts My Human Experience, Matthew McNairy
IMPROVING HUMAN RECOGNITION OF DEEPFAKES, Jeremy Mumford
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease remote patient monitoring using spirometry: a systematic review, Joseph Nielson
The Implementation of Transformative Learning Theory and Immersion, Kelsi Niepraschk
EFFECTS OF ENZYMATIC AND CHEMICAL BISULFITE CONVERSION ON CELL-FREE DNA FRAGMENTATION, Caroline G. Ploeger
A Comparison of Ptychography Programs for Lens-less Imaging with a High Harmonic Generation Source, Aaron Redd
EXPLORING THE BORDER IDENTITY OF THE RESIDENTS OF AMBOS NOGALES: A PILOT STUDY, Emily Rodriguez
EYE FOR AN EYE: RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE IN THE HORNET'S NEST, Amelia Scott
Silicates as an Explanation for Discrepancies in Atmospheric Modeling of L-Type Brown Dwarfs, Zacory Shakespear
Using Deep Learning Techniques to Find the 4D Slice Genus of a Knot, Dylan Skinner
VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES (VTS) IN THE CLINIC: HOW THE HUMANITIES AFFECT THE WAY WE MAKE VISUAL DIAGNOSES WITHIN MEDICINE, Mitchell Smith
Leaving Home: Loss and Restoration in Marilynne Robinson's "Gilead" and "Housekeeping", Zachary Stevenson
International Asylum Law in the U.S. Supreme Court, Lorin Utsch
Tractor Beams and Disease: Probing Repeat RNA Structure through Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy, Joshua Webster-Ford
ON SENSIBLE LIMITS OF LOVE: IMPLICATIONS OF MORAL FAILURE IN LOVING RELATIONSHIPS, Macy West
Facebook Complaints on Dating by Gender, Whitley Williams
THE BELONGING PROCESS: HOW LOW-INCOME, BIPOC & FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS ON BYU CAMPUS EXPERIENCE BELONGING, Josephine Zenger
Honors Theses from 2023
Design and Implementation of a Software System for Measuring Cookstove Emissions in Peru, Cody Arvonen
RACIAL EMPATHY GAP IN THE WORKPLACE: THE EXISTENCE OF AND CONSEQUENCES FOR RACIAL WORKPLACE DISPARITY THROUGH LACK OF EMPATHY, Kathleen Bahr
THE DIALECTIC OF HUMAN LIBERTY IN THOMAS CARLYLE'S PAST AND PRESENT AND J.S. MILL'S ON LIBERTY, Kyle Belanger
Coming and Going to Zion: Conceptualizing Emigrant Motives of British Latter-day Saints, 1840-60, Samuel Benson
A Catholic Reads the Book of Mormon: Folk Carvings of Roman Śledź, Candace Brown
Captain George Cannon: One Man's Role in the Conquest of Sugar in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Leah Brown
Cognitive Effects of Grammatical Gender in L2 Spanish Acquisition: A Study Among Latter-Day Saint Returned Missionaries, Hannah Cagle
The Dark Is Not My Enemy: The Personal Essay as a Form to Explore Trauma and Memory, Raistlyn Camphuysen
KOREAN POP IDOLS: THE DARK SIDE OF THE LIMELIGHT, Ashley Chase
Semantic Memory and Decision-Making: An fMRI Study Regarding COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation, Morgan Chase
EFFECTS OF THE KETOGENIC DIET ON SPATIAL MEMORY AND LONG-TERM POTENTIATION IN THE CA1 REGION OF THE HIPPOCAMPUS IN YOUNG RODENTS, Jed Christensen
Affichage: Posters as a Powerful Tool of Protest, Politics, and Propaganda in France, Brigit Cooper
THE ENDURING INFLUENCE OF EMERSON'S IDEAS ON AMERICAN MANAGEMENT LITERATURE FROM THE LENS OF DALE CARNEGIE’S HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE, Taylor M. Dalton
Made in His Image: How Christian God Image Influences Interpersonal Judgments of Severe Mental Illness, Austin Davis
HARD TO BE WON: A THEATRICAL INTERPRETATION OF ELIZABETH KECKLY’S “BEHIND THE SCENES, OR THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE AND FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE”, Selah DeGering
The War on Gender Equality: A Comparative Study Between Feminism and Anti-Feminism in South Korea and the United States, Ashley DiPenti
Bookbinding in the Middle Ages: Presenting Book History in a University Setting, Louisa Eastley
Elevating the Silicon Slopes, Joseph Evans
Off the Books: Making A Space for BIPOC Representation in Young Adult Publishing, Elisha Fernandez
Duverger's Law and Polarization in a Ranked Choice Citizen-Candidate Model, Bryan Frandsen
THE POLITICS OF DACA: EXPLAINING VARIATION IN REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR DACA, Diana Gonzales
From Congregations to Candidates: How Religion Explains the Partisan Gender Gap in State Legislatures, Ashlan Gruwell
Trapped by the Past: A History and Translation of an Equatoguinean Poet, Paul A. Guajardo
Women and Gender in Mountaineering and Climbing, Natalie Gunn
Crossword: Trauma and the Re-Creation of Self, Lydia Hall
“Early COVID” Changes in Parenting, Education, and Work on Parental Stress: A Gendered Comparison of Canadian Parents, Holly Harris
Investigations into u'-band Photometry of the Haumea System, Seneca Heilesen
Comparing Multiple Sclerosis Age of Onset in American American and European Cohorts via Polygenic Risk Scores, Amy Arabel Hernandez
A Qualitative Case Study Examining Discrepancy Between Prospective Outcome Using ROM and Narrative Client Retrospective View, Jarom J. R. Hickenlooper
An Evaluation of EPA Communication on Climate Change From 1997 to 2022, Adam Johnson
Accessible Methods, Novel Arrangement: Developing Self-Centering Composite Structural Frame Systems for Highly Resilient Buildings, Emma Rae Kratz-Bailey
Christianity on Homebrew: Alessandro Valignano, Indigenization, and Japan's Hidden Christians, Brayden Lane
IS COSTCO WORTH INCENTIVIZING? AN ANALYSIS FROM THE CITY’S PERSPECTIVE., McCord Lethco
An Analysis of Float Serves in Women's Collegiate Volleyball, Emily Logan
SIDE-CHANNEL LEAKAGE FROM THE ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD ON FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS, Kaden Makechnie-Hardy
CREATING THE LISTENER LANGUAGE: A CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGE WITH SEMANTIC RHYTHMS AND TONES, Dallyn H. McCracken
Creating Habitat Suitability Models for Restoration of Sesbania tomentosa and Chenopodium oahuense on Molokai, Hawaii, Bronwyn Meldrum
What's Gonna Happen With Us? How Friendship Networks Change After Marriage, Madeleine Meldrum
Analysis of Electromyographic Effects of Peripheral Sensory Stimulation on Essential Tremor in Tremor Suppression Study, Christian Jakob Metzner
Mujeres Latinas en Acción: Pragmatic Feminism and the Longevity of Grassroots Organizations, Lindsey Meza
BRAZILI(AMERIC)AN: PERCEPTION, PRESERVATION, AND TRANSMISSION OF IDENTITY AMONG 1ST GENERATION BRAZILIANS LIVING IN UTAH AND SALT LAKE VALLEYS, Elisabeth Morris
Vanguards of Change in the "Georgia of the North": Youth Activism in the New Jersey Civil Rights Movement, 1935-1955, A Digital History Project, Emily Peterson
Vanguards of Change in the "Georgia of the North": Youth Activism in the New Jersey Civil Rights Movement, 1935-1955, A Digital History Project, Emily Peterson
Identifying and Knocking Out Deep Brain Photoreceptors in the Larval Zebrafish Optic Tectum, Allison Pickens
Creating a Homophone-Based Chinese Language Censorship Evasion Tool, Emily Quan
DIGITAL HABITS OF GEN Z: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON WHY AND HOW COLLEGE STUDENTS USE INSTAGRAM, Josie Rackley
Repertoire for a Graduate Tenor Trombone Audition, an Annotated List of Trombone Solos for a Master's Program Audition, Ashley Rands
The Criminalization of Female Genital Mutilation in Ohio: A Social and Political Analysis, Madsyn Selph
Extra, Extra, Read All About It: An Analysis of News Platform Preferences, Gabrielle Shiozawa
Utah's Inland Port: The Future of Logistics in the Intermountain Region or Gambling With Taxpayer Money, Austin Simonson
THE IDEAL SPANISH CANDIDATE: THE EFFECTS OF GENDER ON THE ELECTABILITY OF RELIGIOUS CANDIDATES, Arabella Smith
STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MINDFULNESS INTERVENTIONS IN THE ESL CLASSROOM, Lauren Smith
Political Propaganda In Young Adult Fiction, Jordan Spriggs
The "Missionary Voice": Bona Fide Sociolect or Figment of the Mormon Linguistic Imagination?, Joshua Stevenson
Islamophobia: The Effect of Personal Interaction and the Media on Arab Prejudice in Spain, Isabelle Stoddard
ADAPTING THE AUXIN INDUCIBLE DEGRON (AID) SYSTEM TO DANIO RERIO, Benjamin Stubblefield
What's the Password? Account Sharing in the Context of Passwordless Authentication, Daniel Taylor
ANALYZING ONLINE MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR HACKTIVIST GROUP ORGANIZATION AND PROLIFERATION, Quincy Taylor
THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THIN-SHELL CONCRETE DOME STRUCTURES, Daira Sofia Velasco Vega
Qosqo: A Documentary Approach to the Preservation of Andean Culture, Emma Volz
Hosts: Relic, Gesture, Site, and Connection in an Art Installation, Gabriella Warnick
Understanding the Causal Relationship Between State-Level Childcare Tax Credits and Female Labor Participation, Emma K. Webster