Honors Theses and Capstones
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Will the exploratory behavior of lobsters decrease as they become familiar with their environment?, Marissa Cuda
The Digital Divide: Broadband Accessibility in Northern New Hampshire, Nicole M. D'Alessio
Terrorism Endgame: Understanding Exogenous and Endogenous Viability Breakdown in European Terrorist Organizations, Patricia Donahoe
An Innocent Victim?: The Portrayal of Anne Boleyn in French Drama, Art, and Literature of the 1830s, Molly Driscoll
The Quest for Alternatives to U.S. Education Reform, William B. Dyke
Comparison of Biomass to Bio-oils Reactor Systems: Direct Conversion vs. Companion Coal Gasification, Alexandra Eicher
Norepinephrine Involvement in the Intermittent Swim Stress-Induced Deficit in Spatial Learning and Memory, Emily Elgert
Perception of Disease Risk and Vulnerability as a Function of Proximity to National Park Boundaries in East Africa, Irene Bridget Feretti
Investing In Sustainability: Making Portsmouth, New Hampshire a Sustainable City, David Freeman
Economic Effects of Successful Sports Franchises on Local Economies, Joshua Goodrich
Nursing Simulation Experience: Self-Efficacy, State Anxiety, Locus of Control, and Simulation Effectiveness, Ashley M. Gosselin
QUALITY OF OLIVE OILS AVAILABLE LOCALLY: CHEMICAL, SENSORY AND MARKET INVESTIGATIONS, Madeleine M. Gould
Justice across the Hemispheres: The effect of the Pinochet arrest on domestic courts in Chile and Spain, Audrey A. Hansen
Exploring the Importance of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of HSPA9 in DNA of Sarcoma Patients, Christine M. Hebert
Farm to Table: A look into who supports it and its significance in America today, Marissa Iacono
The Progression of Financial Restatements: Causes and Market Reaction, Kimberly M. Jarry
The Art of Adaptation, Katharine E. Jordan
Correlates of Help-Seeking Following Stalking Victimization: A Study of College Women, Saige E. Jutras, Katie Edwards, and Kateryna Sylaska
Multimedia Use in Small News Organizations, Robyn K. Keriazes
NURSING TEXTBOOKS: COMPARATIVE REPRESENTATION OF PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES, Kaitlin Kirby
The Stage Through Slanted Eyes: An Examination of the Current State of Asian Americans in Theatre, Sara M. LaFlamme
A statistical analysis of Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) waves and their correlation to the 11-year solar cycle, Erik A. Lindgren
Sexual Iconoclasm in Early Modern Drama, Lynnette Macomber
The Effect of Rider Level on Equine Mean Heart Rate at the Trot, Jacqueline Marinoff
Female Authority in a Globalizing Market, Megan R. McCann
Kinetics of Lipid Extraction from Microalgae, Brian McConnell
The Possible Role of Extra-ocular Photoreceptors in the Entrainment of Lobster Circadian Rhythms to Light:Dark Cycles, Sara A. McKinney
Leverage Buy-out Case Study, Binh Duc Nguyen
Because I Said So: Constructing Identities in Argentina's Dirty War, Danielle N. Olean
Caffeine Consumption Habits and Perceptions among University of New Hampshire Students, Nicole L. Olsen
The Spirit of His Men: The Development of the Lord Nelson Legend, 1805-1905, Alexa M. Price
New Hampshire College's World War I Training Camp: An Archaeological Investigation, Jillian M. Price
Customer Age as a Predictor of Contact Volume, Tollan Renner
An Investigation into Nosocomial Infection using Data Mining, Alexander Rocke
Definitions in Mathematics: What do High School Students Know?, Julianne Sacco
Analysis of Shear Lag in Steel Angle Connectors, Benjamin Sawyer
The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs, Christopher Schwab
The effects of mindfulness meditation on rumination in depressed people, Rachel A. Sluder
I'm a Patient, Not a Problem: An Exploration into the Roles Assigned in the Doctor-Patient Relationship, Monica C. Stewart
Dia-BEAT-it: An online game for children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes, Emily M. Stone
American Consumer Confidence & Income: Relationship with the Stock Market, Caitlin C. Tappan
Chosen Multiplication Algorithms and the Ability to Learn New Methods, Catherine A. Tarushka
The Use of Twitter by Luxury and Midscale Hotels, Yolanda M. Tselepidakis
Quantifying carbon allocation to mycorrhizal fungi by temperate forest tree species across a nitrogen availability gradient, Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Davila
Between Locke’s Two Tracts and the Essay on Toleration: Religious Toleration and the Power of the Magistrate, Kevin W. Vansylyvong
Cycling of Molecular Hydrogen in Subarctic Sweden, Victoria Ward
Reflections on Bystander Intervention: Barriers and Facilitators in Sexual Assault Helping, Madeline C. Whitcomb
A Morphological Study of Drug Brand Names, Celina M. Williamson
Reactions of Generation Y to Luxury Hotel Twitter Promotions, Katherine M. Woods
A Critique of the Free Will Defense, A Comprehensive Look at Alvin Plantinga’s Solution To the Problem of Evil., Justin Ykema
Women in the Workforce: An In-Depth Analysis of Gender Roles and Compensation Inequity in the Modern Workplace, Rebecca L. Ziman
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Honor in the face of death: Hemingway’s moral code in Death in the Afternoon and For Whom the Bell Tolls, Nias Achorn
Two Cultures of Caring: A Comparative Study, Lisa Armstrong and Chistina Polito
Asset price bubble identification and response, Paul Atkinson
Understanding Caregiver Factors Influencing Childhood Influenza Vaccination, Gianelle M. Avola and Jennifer A. Lyon
From Forest to Freshet: The Development of the Upper Connecticut River Valley of New Hampshire, 1750-1820, Madeleine Beihl
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Pathogenesis, health consequences, and treatment of PCOS in relation to insulin resistance, Danielle Bernier
Arched Bridges, Lily Beyer
Authenticity and Identity-Making in a Globalized World: Capoeira in Boston and New York, Madeline L. Bishop
The Beauty Industry's Influence on Women in Society, Ann Marie Britton
A Comparative Study of Governing Board Composition and Financial Performace Measures in New Hampshire Hospitals, Heather C. Brooks
The Effects of Cytokinin on the Transcriptional Regulation of PIN Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana, Elizabeth Burgess
Creative Careers and Self-actualization, Kaitlyn T. Cameron
Do you really love me?: An experimental investigation of reassurance seeking and interpersonal rejection, Kevin T. Cannon
Estimating Connecticut Stream Temperatures Using Predictive Models, Erik Carlson
Industry Comparison of Executive Compensation and Equity Considerations, Louis Chan
Minireview: Protein Interactions, Jessica Child
The Delicacy of Social Relationships: How Seemingly Small Choices In Formulating Talk Can Have Large Consequences For Relationships, Paige Clairmont
Boats Against the Current: The American Dream as Death Denial in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, Patrice Comeau
Impact of Visual Merchandising on University of New Hampshire Students, Bailey Comyns
The individual voice: The expression of authority through dialects, idiolects, and borrowed terminology in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Jacqueline Cordell
Bigger Bodies, Bigger Bruises: How men’s collegiate hockey player sizes affect injury rates 1989-2004, Kimberly Deane
The First and Final Poetry of Joanne Deming, Joanne Deming
An analysis of the incidence of Antibiotic Resistant Infections in the state of New Hampshire, Melanie Duhamel
El verso poderoso: Los beneficios de la enseñanza de la poesía en el aula de una segunda lengua, Ann Emmerling
Recruiting, teaching, and inspiring middle school male choral singers, Katrina Faulstich
Tea Leaves, Kerry Feltner
Activism in the Gulf Coast after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Sara Em Gassman
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Goal-Directed Intervention on the Social Interaction of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Natalie Gatlin
White Collar Crime and the United States' Economy, Megan Graham
Higher Education Marketing to the Hispanic Student Population, Kimberly Greenwood
A descriptive study of undergraduate contraceptive attitudes among students at the University of New Hampshire, Katrina Heisler and Danielle M. Van Eron
Rehearsing, Arranging, and Drill Writing for Bands of Any Size, Alison Heleen
A Qualitative Examination of University of New Hampshire Student Impact on the Town of Durham, New Hampshire, Audrey Hickey
Understanding the Experience of Weight Gain and Body Image During Adolescent Pregnancy, Jessica L. Hinkley and Liana J. Newcombe
The Effects of Dependent Infants on the Social Behavior of Mantled Howler Monkeys (Alouatta Palliate), Keziah Katz
An Analysis of Fraud: Causes, Prevention, and Notable Cases, Kristin A. Kennedy
An Analysis of Differences in Approaches to Systems of Linear Equations Problems Given Multiple Choice Answers, Amber Lagasse
Phosphate Availability During Sediment Resuspension Events in the Great Bay Estuary, Taylor Langkau
Microbrewing in the US: An overview of the microbrewery industry and a business plan for future success, Kevin Lapoint
Memory of Water Scenic Design-- Reinventing Memories on Stage, Xuehui (Kate) Li
Biosecurity Risk Assessment of the Fairchild Dairy Nutrition Research Center, Margaret Lynch
An Investigation of Occupation-based Practice in Upper Extremity Intervention - A Pilot Study, Amy Ma
Twitter’s Role as the New Newswire; Why journalists should break news online, Eliza Mackintosh
Operation Digital Elitism: The Combatants and Victims of Information Warfare, Kendra Mack
Transformation of tobacco with the BA5 cement protein gene from Balanus amphitrite, Matt Marquis
The psychological benefits of participation in leisure pursuits for adolescents, Caitlyn McKay
Committing to Equal Opportunity, Elizaveta Minko
Occupational Nature of Social Participation for Adolescent Males with Learning Disorders, Megan Murnane