Honors Theses from 2026
From the Pulpit to the Polls: How Religiosity and Gender Affect Political Ambition in Utah, Sydnee Beck
The Problem with Wish-fulfillment, Theresa E. Bell
Buffered Strength: A Narrative Review of Beta-Alanine Supplementation in Weightlifting and Resistance Training, Ian Brunson
Here-, There-, and Every Where-: Exploring the Role of Pronominal Adverbs in Legal Language, David Chandler
MUSIC-BASED INTERVENTION FOR STRESS AND SLEEP IN SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY, Olivia A. Coleman
Stacking Moves: How Digital Platforms Sequence Value Creation, Jonathan M. Dickson
“I Know He Would Do Anything if I Asked”: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Female Power Fantasy, and the YA Romance, Ilse Eskelsen
Are You Listening?, Hanna H. Eyre
The Capitol’s Punishment: A Disability Theory Reading and Analysis of The Hunger Games Series, Brynne Farnsworth
Paul’s Porneia: A Lexical Study of Sexual Ethics and Communal Boundaries in the Pauline Corpus, Robert G. Flores
Understanding Red Nichols' Career through Biographical Study of His Early Life from 1905-1927, Carter Glass
Movement As Worship: Deepening Religious Practices Through Bodily Awareness and Expression, Jordan M. Halterman
Implementing a Problem-Solving Framework in Physics Tutorials for Upper-Division Electricity and Magnetism Students, James C. Hecht
Flight of the Gods: Charting the Terra Incognita of Belief through Dragon Literature, Alanna Hess
Within Sacred Walls: Cloister Architecture and the Virgin Mary as the Hortus Conclusus in 14th- and 15th-Century Italian Art, Catherine Howard
The Story of Belonging: A Rhetorical Analysis of Transformative Storytelling as a Catalyst for Belonging, Kennedy Kleinman
On the Generality of Ground, Hannah M. Kunkel
Fostering Audiation in Band through Modeling Videos, Zachary T. Larsen
THE EFFECTS OF VESICULAR PACKAGING ON SPONTANEOUS ATP AND DOPAMINE RELEASE IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS, Sara Linderman
Faculty-Student Collaboration in Iterative Course Design, Sarah McDavitt
Software-defined Radios in Avalanche Detection, Andrew McDonald
THE IRRELEVANCE OF FILING SPEED: EVIDENCE FROM A REGULATORY REPORTING DISCONTINUITY, Bryson Mumford
STRATEGIC PARALLELS: HOW HISTORIC MILITARY TACTICS INFORM MODERN BUSINESS STRATEGY, Eli S. Nelson
Defining The Early Temporal Window of Cerebellar Motor Memory Consolidation in Mice, Benji Nixon
Silicosis Evaluation Among Native Spanish-Speaking Workers: An Exploratory Pilot Survey of Occupational Medicine Providers, Caroline Olsen
Optimizing Sacrificial Core Formation in the Fabrication of Nanopore Biosensors, Ephraim Ong
Repurpose, Reuse, Recycle: Exploring Sustainability Solutions with Denim, Larissa Otterstrom
The Politics of Exposure: How Local Israeli Violence Affects Palestinian Public Opinion, Noah Passey
WHO IS GOD: EXAMINING EXPLICIT BELIEFS ABOUT GOD, SCRUPULOSITY, SUICIDAL IDEATION, AND PSCYHOPATHOLOGY, Katelynn L. Payne
Scarcity Rewritten: Revenue Tracking As A Catalyst For Growth Mindset And Financial Control, Christian M. Pearson
The River of Life in Flannery O'Connor's "The River", Abbi L. Peo
De aquí y de allá: Exchanging Language and Visual Culture in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Chloë M. Robinson
The Mediterranean Diet as a Protective Factor Against Tobacco-Induced Lung Cancer: Insights from the Italian Population, Morgan V. Roundy
Beyond the Flames: A Comparative Analysis of Wildfire Preparedness and Relief in California, EJ Smith
Quantifying Regional Variation of Lipid Metabolism in the Brain, Martin D. Sorensen
UNDERSTANDING THE REVOLUTIONARY MOTHER THROUGH EMOTIVE EXPRESSION IN THE WORKS OF GIOCONDA BELLI, Brianna J. Stecher
QUANTIFYING LOCATION-BASED VARIABILITY OF REGIONAL BRAIN METABOLISM USING MICROSAMPLES FROM APOE KNOCK-IN MICE, Jason G. Wells, Esteban G. Colman, and John C. Price
Honors Theses from 2025
BE MY GUEST: DISCOVERING THE BENEFITS OF BEING INTERVIEWED ON A PODCAST, Daisy Arvonen
Meaningful Work, Lincoln N. Bay
The Blue Division in the Soviet Union: Cultural Exchange through the Lens of Art, Abigail Beus
Strategic Management and Profit Optimization in Major League Baseball: A Framework for Sustainable Franchise Success, Cole Bourne
Teaching and Learning in Envisioning BYU, Volume 1: Foundations and Dreams: A Latter-day Saint University Educative Perspective, Nicholas P. Bown
Windkessel Parameter Estimation for Cardiovascular Feature Identification in Photoplethysmography Data, Calvin Boyce
Full Halls, Hull Hearts: Increasing Engagement and Personal Connection in Classical Music Audiences, Katherine E. Christensen
The Effects of Social Learning on Second Language Acquisition and Memory: an fNIRS Study, Siena Christensen
SEEING THE STORM: LEVERAGING MULTIMODAL LLMS FOR DISASTER SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO FILTERING, Holden Clark
Supporting Student Mothers: A Study of Well-Being, Challenges, and Resource Accessibility at Brigham Young University, Sophia Claire Cranney
Delaunay Keyer for Colorspace-Local Matte Extraction and Spill Suppression, Isaac J. Criddle
Delaying Marriage and Its Impact on Future Income: A Historical Econometric Analysis (1900-1940), Britton Davis
DETERMINING THE INFLUENCE OF HABITAT COMPLEXITY ON FISH DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE IN HAWAIIAN CORAL REEFS, Gabrielle Reece DeMarco
“It Is Now in Flames, but It Will Never Burn Down”: A Conservation of Resources Perspective on Resilience in the Yugoslav Wars, Sarah Denton
ConnectHer: Connecting Women in the BYU Marriott School to the Workplace and to Each Other’s Success (With a Ten-Step Job Search Guide), Hope Detweiler
Patterns and Continuity: Documenting African American History in Carbon County, Utah, and The Roots of Racial Terror Lynchings in American Society, Michael L. B. Forvil
Machine Learning for Time Series Prediction in Psychotherapy, Ian Goodwin
Examining Merger Wave Activity in Periods of Heightened Commodity Price Volatility and Trading Volume, Cole T. Grizzell
Do ESGs Do Any Good? The Problem of Aggregation in Corporate Social Responsibility Literature, Gloriana Guillermo
The Efficient Judges Hypothesis: Testing the Role of Public Sentiment in ALJ Decisions, James Hamilton
Intermittent Pneumatic Compression and Heart Rate Variability, Bethany Elisabeth Hartwell
Strivers, Ambivalence, and the Implications of Wholeheartedness, Kaia K. Hathaway
Evaluating Feature Importance in Antarctic Soil Biota Models: An Exploratory and Modeling-Based Approach, Rachel E. Hunter
The Witch, the Fairy, and the Woman: Femininity, Morality, and the Supernatural in Hungarian Fairy Tales, Emese Izso
The Policy Project: Translating Menstrual Equity Resources, Ashley Jackman
How Length of Residence Moderates the Relationship Between Time and Community Satisfaction in Rural Utah, Anna Jacob
Hoping for a Better World: Utopian Performatives in Jez Butterworth's "The Hills of California", Lily Jensen
Ethical Review of Discipline-Based Education Research: Ensuring Fair Treatment for All, E. Elias Johnson
Cracking the shell: A corpus-based analysis of the functions of shell nouns in American legal contracts, Geoffrey T. Julian
The Pressures Experienced by First-Generation Students with Afro-Diasporic Migrant Parents in the University Setting, Bryanna M. Larnyoh
Rheumatic Heart Disease in Primary Aged Children in Samoa, Kallysta Lindquist
Connecting with Our Creator: How Experiences in Nature Enable Closeness with God, Elsa Longhurst
One Barrier to Rule Them All: Exploring the Impact of the Language Barrier for Immigrants in Utah, Reagan Lyman
Examining the Impact of Social Media on the Nutrition Decisions of College Students and Their Attitudes Toward Nutritional Guidelines, Katlyn Neibaur
Humans Rule? Implications of religious undergraduates’ changing environmental perceptions, J. Robert Nielson
Listening to Life in a Noisy World: The Pitfalls and Promise of Urban Acoustic Ecology, Leah O'Barr
Exploring the Effects of Red-Light Camera System Policy on Intersection-Related Crashes, Nicholas O'Connor
IMPROVEMENT OF A NOVEL MOTORIZED QUINOA WASHER FOR SINGLE-FAMILY FARMERS, Brooklyn Olson
FEMALE RELIGIOSITY IN THE UNITED FARM WORKERS MOVEMENT, Keylla Ortega
Adding Virtue: The Leadership of Elaine Dalton, Olivia Osguthorpe
Stuck in Enilikos: Growing Up in Young Adult and Middle Grade Literature, Aubrey Parry
The Readable Scriptures: Creating a Dyslexia-Friendly Book of Mormon, Elijah Pearce
Measuring Support for Democracy Through Public Understanding: A Conjoint Survey Approach, Kendra Pinegar
Who's on the Phone: Effectiveness of Cloned Vishing Messages, Katherine A. Rackliffe
Exploring the Figured Worlds and Identity of Religious Women in Mathematics-Related Majors, Rachel K. Reynolds
Implementing Exercise is Medicine at BYU, Destiny Rose H. Romero
Untying the Knot: All of Us Strangers and the Transgressive Encounter, Luka Romney
Sisyphus Smiles: Essays On Living Well in the Face of Absurdity, Brooke N. Smith
A Missionary's Memoirs: Mongolia Revisited, Isaac Smith
Impact of Late Universe Constraints on Early Universe Measurements of Hubble, Garrett D. Suggs
Environmental Justice: Healing Environmental and Societal Wounds in The Overstory and Torto Arado, Marcia Tagg
Regulation of Cell Cycle Proteins at the Extremes of Copy Number Variation in Cancer, Hannah Tran
SIMULATING AND DESIGNING PYRO FX TO COMMUNICATE A HOSTILE AND MAGICAL ENVIRONMENT, Rebekah L. Tran
Picture This: An Event Designed to Increase Awareness of and Empathy for Individuals Who Experience Scrupulosity, Savannah M. Travis
Snow Surfacing Optimized for an Animated Short Film Pipeline, Kristen Whitehouse
The Play's the Thing: Using Game-Based Learning to Teach Romeo and Juliet and Critical Media Literacy as an Aspect of Civic Engagment, Lucy A. Winkel
Mystical Epistemologies: Understanding Divine Love Through Ibn 'Arabi and Thomas Aquinas, Janai Wright
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