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 2013
The Bone of Contention: Mule Bone and the Friendship of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston during the Harlem Renaissance, Julie A. Mangoff
Examining Disparities in Care in an Uninsured, Diabetic Population, Emily R. Manninen
Challenges in Migration Policy in Post-Soviet Russia, Lina Meilus
Forced Migration and Accumulation by Dispossesion: A Suggested Model for Understanding Mexican Immigration, Alejandro Monzón
Memory, Deconstructed and Reconstructed An Ontward Expression of an Inward Reality, Jessica Rochford
Memory, Deconstructed and Reconstructed An Ontward Expression of an Inward Reality, Jessica Rochford
Analysis of the Temporary Immigrant Labor Market on Information Technology Occupations, Katelyn Rowley
Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Understanding the Daily Life of Undocumented Latino High School Youth, Sylvia E. Rusin
Native American Projectile Points: What Stories Can They Tell Us?, Katelyn S. Scott
Transmitting Occupational Niches From First to Second-Generation Immigrants: Are There Earnings Consequences From Being the "Copycat" Generation?, Melissa Seeborg
Lobbying in the Defense Aerospace Industry, Austin Smiley
Demographic Changes and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Asia, Sijia Song
Effects of Disclosing Autism on Coworker Attitudes, Jordan G. Stewart
“This I say not as one doubting”: Traditions of the Apostle Thomas from the Beginning of the Common Era through 800 CE, Janna Y. Strain
Assessing Undergraduate Nursing Students' Knowledge, Attitudes and Cultural Competence in Caring for LGBT Patients, Kristy L. Strong
Invisible Lines: An Enthnodrama of the Bloomington Communities, Raven Stubbs
Those Who Trespass, Emily Susina
Skin Deeper: The Mental and Physical Body of an Actor, Allyce C. Torres
Effects of Disclosure and Interpersonal Warmth on Attitudes toward Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Workplace, Chelsea C. Werries
What University Personnel Should Know: Students' Career Confidence, Help-Seeking Stigmas, and Perceptions of College Career Centers, Anna Woodruff
Submissions from 2012
A new species of frog (Strabomantidae: Pristimantis) from Peru with comments on its ectoparasites (Acari: Trombiculidae), Alan W. Brus
Trends of Emergency Department Use by Uninsured Individuals for Non-Urgent Health Care Conditions, Kelly A. Cantlin
A Comparison of Theory and Lived Experience: Immigration to Bloomington-Normal, Jennifer Ceisel
Macroeconomic Determinants of Gold Industry Stock Returns, Michael Chau
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