Honors Research is a hallmark of an IWU liberal arts education. Eligible students are invited to embark upon a year-long research or creative arts project with a faculty mentor and a committee of faculty from within and outside of their major department.
Any entry that does not have a pdf attached has been withheld from the repository at the author’s request. Bona fide researchers may be consult these works by contacting Tate Archives and Special Collections.
Submissions from 2012
The French Identity Crisis: Fending Off the Franglais Invasion, Laura Cohen
A Schema-Theoretic Approach to Agreement and Disagreement in Literary Interpretation, Amy Fairgrieve '12
Russia’s International Adoption Policies: Realities of the Soviet Happy Childhood Myth, Hannah L. Freeman
United States House Elections Post-Citizens United: The Influence of Unbridled Spending, Laura L. Gaffey
Meta-Analysis of Environmental Kuznets Curve Studies: Determining the Cause of the Curve’s Presence, Brittany Goldman
Dissociating Allopregnanolone Mnemonic Effects from Sedation, Sarah B. Hartman
Testing Irreducibility of Trinomials over GF(2), Steven Hayman
Thy Father and Thy Mother, Natalie Lalagos '12
Native Cardinality Constraints: More Expressive, More Efficient Constraints, Jordyn C. Maglalang
Financial and Labor Market Determinants of Mortgage Delinquency Rates: McLean County, IL, 1985-2011, Jake Mann
The Forgotten Ones: Child Sex Trafficking in Post-Communist Romania, Sarah K. Moir
Maoism in South Asia: A Comparative Perspective On Ideology, Practice, and Prospects for the 21st Century, Ryan D. Nielsen
American Jihad: Understanding The Social Backlash Against Muslim Americans through the Context of Ethnotheatre, Sameehan Patel
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Educational Techniques, Katherine R. Racanelli
Reality and Representation of Algerian Women: The Complex Dynamic of Heroines and Repressed Women, Caroline Rohloff
exercising with my demons, Bryn Saunders '12
Social Physique Anxiety, Self-Esteem, and Body Image: The Effects of Exercising with the Opposite Sex, Alyssa Schardt
Economics of Salary Dispersion in the National Basketball Association, Daniel Schouten
Determinants of Dow Jones Returns, Cory Sloan
Implicit Encoding Explored Through the Flankers Task, Jaclynn V. Sullivan
I Just Knew: Love Stories from Westminster Village, Allison M. Sutton
Choice, Coercion, Capabilities and Conflict: Multilingualism, Human Development and Peacekeeping in a Globalized World, Megan R. Thompson
What We See and Why It Matters: How Competency in Visual Literacy can Enhance Student Learning, Anneliese Tillmann
Attachment Theory and the Sexual Double Standard, Erin A. Vogel
water burial, Korey Williams '12
Rural Queen, Amanda Williams '12
Conditions of Cooperation between Rats in the Prisoner's Dilemma Model, Malory B. Wodka
Life History Theory and the Sexual Double Standard, Yuliana Zaikman
Submissions from 2011
Examining the Effects of Ostracism on Neural and Behavioral Indices of Cognitive Self-Regulation, Aaron B. Ball
Supreme Court Responsiveness: An Analysis of Individual Justice Voting Behavior and the Role of Public Opinion, Michael Browning
Institutions and Elites: Democracy and Stability in sub-Saharan Africa, Michael R. Burgess
Cuba for Cubans? Contradictions in Cuban Development Since 1990, Martin Carriel
The Importance of Education Systems in Post-Conflict Settings: The Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), Emily Coles
The Sick Person and Science: The Role of Religion in Medicine and Modernity, Daniel J. DeWeert
Talking Masturbation: Men, Women, and Sexuality through Playful Discourse, Geoffrey Evans-Grimm
Explanatory Autism Disclosure in the Workplace: Perspectives of Key Stakeholder Groups, Anna Genchanok and Linda Kunce
Fatalism, Tragedy, and Morality: A Study of the Men in Verdi's 'Il trovatore' (Honors), John Hanlon
Evaluating a Sensorimotor Intervention in Children who have Experienced Complex Trauma: A Pilot Study, Lauren Hansen
Perceptions of a Deity and Corresponding Religious Group as Affected by Descriptions of Gender and Personal Characteristics, Hannah R. Jones
Cyberostracism and Social Monitoring: Social Anxiety's Effects on Reactions to Exclusion and Inclusion Online, Claire E. Karlen and Jennifer R. Daniels Ph. D.
The Evolution of Social Pain: Understanding the Neural Network of Social Ostracism through Electroencephalography, Daniel M. Kern
Neural Activity During Social Exclusion: An Exploratory Examination, Stephanie Khatcherian
Narratives of Fear and Shame: Jewish Childhood in Soviet and Post-Soviet Life Writing, Rosa Kleinman
New Evidence on the Wealth Transfer during the Argentine Crisis, James Lam and Elisabeta Pana, Faculty Advisor
A Web of Connections: The Role of Social Capital and Trust in the Formation of Virtual Organizations, Paige Erin E. Maynard
Wei Yuan and the Chinese Totalistic Iconoclasm: The Demise of Confucianism in Matter and in Form, Chao Ren
Determinants of Banks' Total Risk: Accounting Ratios and Macroeconomic Indicators, Michael Salkeld
Determining the Composition of the Dwelling Tubes of Antarctic Pterobranchs, Lukasz J. Sewera
Redistricting and the Public Interest: Developing a Value-Explicit Dialogue, Amy B. Uden
Pulsed Radiofrequency Neuromodulation of Peripheral Nerve Injury, Alex Willett
Submissions from 2010
For You Are All One in Christ (Gal 3:28): The Role of Women in the Pauline Churches, Sarah Casey
Assessing the Productive Efficiency of US Health Care: Comparison of Analytical Methods, Amanda C. Clayton
Only Dull Readers Escape: Framing Humor and Materiality in Stephen Crane's The Black Riders and other lines, Andrew J. Dorkin
What Factors Affect Average Fuel Economy of US Passenger Vehicles?, Suman Gautam
An Analysis of Continuous Chest Compression CPR for EMS Providers During Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Megan L. Gleason
Reliability Measurement of the Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention, Clare A. Goebel
White Flight and Urban Decay in Suburban Chicago, Lindsey Haines
Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital among Immigrant Families, Kelsey Hample
Effects of Explanatory Autism Disclosure on Coworker Attitudes, Kathleen M. Henegan
Labor Market Outcomes for Middle Eastern Immigrants in the Aftermath of the September 11th Attacks, Mujtaba A. Isani
Financial Stress, Neighborhood Stress, and Well-Being: Mediational and Moderational Models, Amy Kapp
The Effects of Marital Status & Gender on Health Care Insurance Coverage in the United States, Jessica S. T. Kong
Green Chemistry Using Bismuth(III) Salts: Synthesis of Cyclic Acetals and Allylation of Tetrahydropyranyl Ethers and Aldehydes, Scott W. Krabbe
Sexual Healing: Gender and Sexuality in the Healing Cult of Asklepios, Aislinn E. Lowry
The Dark Places of Psychology: Consciousness in Virginia Woolf's Major Novels, Linda Martin
How European is the European Central Bank's Monetary Policy?, Teodora D. Petrova
Nearer Neighbors: Unitarian Universalism, Liberal Protestantism, and Eclectic Faith-assembly, Garrett M. Rapp
Die Darstellung der Evangelischen Kirche als eine neue Familie in Erich Loests Nikolaikirche, Beth A. Roberts
Examining the Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Stimulus processing, Peter J. Rosen
Consumer Perceptions & Video Game Sales: A Meeting of the Minds, John Sacranie
Correlates of Attitudes toward Diversity among White College Students, Amanda G. Sobottka
The Accuracy of Self-Reported Intuitive and Analytical Ability, Jennifer A. Sobyra
The Back of the House As Viewed from the Front of the House: Sarah Davis and the Irish Domestic Servants of Clover Lawn from 1872 to 1879, Gina C. Tangorra
Examining Success at the Domestic Box-Office in the Motion Picture Industry, Patrick Topf
Submissions from 2009
Reading Between the Lines; Or, The Literary Lives of the Davis Family, Amelia Benner, '09
Can Resource Mobilization Predict the Level of Success Among Social Movement Organizations?, Kathryn Brannan, '09
The Effects of Coaching Feedback on Perfectionism and Disordered Eating in College Athletes, Natalie E. Chase, '09
Trust on the Internet: A Virtual Reality?, Adam Clark, '09
Why Can't We Be Friends?: The Effects of Disclosure and Severity on Typical Students' Attitudes Toward Peers with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Jacqueline M. Dowjotas, '09
When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?: American and Chinese Media Portrayals of the Chinese Uighur Minority Pre and Post 9/11, Anna File, '09
Presidential Success in Congress: Factors that Determine the President's Ability to Influcence Congressional Voting, Christine Gibbs, '09
“A Place of Paramount Peace”: The Unofficial Nationalism of an Officially Peaceful Movement, Kari Irwin
Access and Innovation: A Study of Two NGO Schools in North India, Christy Ivie, '09
Examining Tufte's Political Business Cycle under an Adaptive Expectations Framework, Anna Konradi, '09
Is Competitive Behavior Controlled by its Consequences? The Effects of Omission Training on Competitive Behavior in Rats, Melinda Mallory, '09
The Effects of Medial Septal Modification on the Theta Rhythm of the Amygdala, Colleen E. McShane, '09
A Campaign for Male Beauty: The Influence of Advertisement on Dimensions of Male Body, Michelle Meehan, '09
Surrogate Freedom: Transmitting Democracy to the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, Lauren Nelson, '09
Determining the Future Income of College Students, Paul Oehrlein, '09
Surveying Efficiencies of Nigerian Banks before and after the Minimum Capital Requirement Increase, Bukola Olaosebikan, '09
Explaining Human Influences on Carbon Dioxide Emissions across Countries, Karin Peterson, '09
How the Individual Differences of Subordinates Within the Workplace Predict Leadership Style Preference and Organizational Commitment, Elizabeth A. Rupprecht, '09
Surveillance and Foucault: Examining the Validity of Foucault's Notions Concerning Surveillance through a Study of the United States and the United Kingdom, Sharif Shawki, '09
Predicting Major League Talent through the First-year Player Draft, Kevin Slattery, '09
Green Chemistry Using Bismuth Compounds: Bismuth(III) Triflate Catalyzed Allylation of Cyclic Acetals, Matthew J. Spafford, '09
Adopted Children"s Outcome as Young Adults in Regards to Educational Attainment and Income, Nicole K. Spear, '09
Length of Contracts and the Effect on the Performance of MLB Players, Katie Stankiewicz, '09