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 2006
and I will open and close my petals, Molly M. McLay '06
The Speeches and Self-Fashioning of King James VI and I to the English Parliament, 1604-1624, Megan Mondi '06
"Spirit of Health" and "Goblin Damned": The Ghost of King Hamlet as a Symbol for the Religious Ambialence in England during the Religious Reformation, Bridget O'Connor '06
An Evaluation of Envy within Adolescent Friendships, Natalie A. Pawluk '06
The Cult of Millenial Motherhood and the Rhetoric of Female Reform: Domesticity, the Millenium, and Gender Constructions in Antebellum America, Erie M. Roberts '06
The Effect of Financial Ratios and Market Hype on Short Term Stock Prices, Adam F. Turk '06
"Loss of Estrus" and Concealed Ovulation in Human Evolution: A Reevaluation., Joshua S. Wagener '06
The Perceived Attractiveness of Adult Facial Prototypes, Ashley Whittington '06
"Quartet:" Dissecting a Story, Elizabeth H. Williams '06
Submissions from 2005
The Effects of β-Mercaptoethanol on the Specific Activity of Porphobilinogen Synthase Mutants of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides Protein, Trefan Archibald '05
Concepts of Addiction: Assessing the Beliefs of Addiction in University and Treatment Center Populations, Krystle M. Balhan '05
Predicting Olympic Medal Counts: the Effects of Economic Development on Olympic Performance, Xun Bian '05
A Taxonomic Study of the Lichen Genera Canomaculina, Canoparmelia and Rimelia in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Erin Boente '05
Ethanol Effects on Reward Value Judgment Following Infusions into the Amygdala: Implications for Emotional Processing, Stephanie M. Brewer '05
Arabian Nights (The Framing of Sherazade), Alison Daigle '05
The Old Justifies the New: The Theosophical Society in America's Response to Ethical Problems of Late Modernity, Jodie A. Daquilanea
Perceived Quality of Asian Brands in the Automobile Industry, Adrien Gatesman '05
Entre Etre et Devenir La recherche de l'identité dans trois romans Maghrébins, Ariana Giles '05
Building a Viable Muslim Community in Central Illinois: The Development and Implementation of Acculturation Strategies at the Islamic Center of Bloomington-Normal, Daniel Glade '05
Borrowed Meanings: Case Studies of Katsina and Dreamcatcher Traditions, Angela Glasker '05
Parent-Teacher Collaboration for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Role of Teacher Training, Amber Hays '05
Climbing Down the Ladder: Inwardness and Abstraction in Wittgenstein's Philosophy with Reference to Kierkegaard, Lisa Hoelle '05
Role-Taking vs. cultural identity: Defining disability in an able-bodied environment, Elizabeth G. Holman '05
Hume's Objection to the Thomistic Doctrine on Suicide, Emily M. Kelahan '05
Beyond the Bun: An Ethnographic Examination of the Meanings and Significance of Hair in Samoa, Laura Myford '05
Photometry of Outer-belt Objects, Gautham S. Narayan '05
if: Poems from the Unstandardized Perspective, Douglas Pietrzak '05
Language Deficiency and the Occupational Attainment of Mexican Immigrants, Elizabeth Planas '05
Normative Failure in Blackburn's Ruling Passions, William R. Porter '05
Using Binary Space Subdivision to Optimize Primary Ray Processing in Ray-Tracing Algorithms, Mark Portolese '05
Comparative Study: Factors that Affect Foreign Currency Reserves in China and India, Ana Maria Romero '05
Reforming the Stage and Screen: How Expectations, Audiences, and Economics Shaped the Film and Theatre Censorship Movements in Early-1930s New York, Jenna Simpson '05
The Effect of Monopsony Power in Major League Baseball on the Salaries of Players with Less Than Six Years in the Majors, Andrew Tarman '05
A Preliminary Evaluation of Heartland Head Start, Michelle Uhlenkott '05
An Investigation of the Influence of Hope on the Relationship between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among African American College Students, Jennifer L. VanderZee '05
Through Their Eyes: Buffalo Bill's Wild West as a Drawing Table for American Identity, Katherine White '05
Are Nutrients assimilated by juveniles of the brittle star Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)?, Elizabeth A.G. Whitehill '05
Submissions from 2004
Democracy, Political Stability, and Developing Country Growth: Theory and Evidence, Ranmali Abeyasinghe '04
The Fading Gleam of a Golden Age: Britain's Battle Against Piracy in the Americas in the Early 18th Century, Roger Adamson
Attitudes and Intentions of Students Regarding Future Alumni Activity, Amy K. Atwood '04
Redefining Participation: Towards the Creation and Understanding of an Inclusive Definition, Amy K. Atwood '04
The Effect of an Illinois Wesleyan University Education on Political Ideology, Jordan T. Ault '04
Nurses' Attitudes, Knowledge, and Use of Nonpharmalogical Pain Management Techniques and Therapies, Erin Bicek
Nitrite Photochemistry in 2-Propanol/Water Solution, Joseph B. Binder '04
Antihero: Jung and the Art of Storytelling, Amanda G. Bratton '04
Take Me Out to the Ballgame: How the East-west Classic All-Star Game Affected the African American Community of the Midwest, Trisha L. Bucholz '04
Vietnamese Land Reform: the Domestic Impetus to Communist Compromises at Geneva, Robert Callahan '04
Positive Feedback on Appearance, Value Placed on Appearance, and Need for Disordered Eating Behavior among Undergraduate Females, Amanda R. Conley '04
Classroom Structure as an Environmental Effect on Creative Production of College Students, Krista A. Coulter '04
Development of a New Measure of Men's Objectification of Women: Factor Structure Test Retest Validity, Paul Curran '04
The Sibling Study: How Does Having a Sibling with a Mental Disorder Affect the Lives of College Students, Anna Czipri '04
Detecting Suicide Risk in Adolescents and Adults in an Emergency Department: a Pilot Study, Katie N. Davis
Magic, Mysticism, and Modern Medicine: The Influence of Alchemy on Seventeenth-Century England, Lindsay Fitzharris '04
Wage Differentials for Immigrant Women in the U.S., Mahi Garg
To Cover Ancient Prejudice with the Palladium of Scientific Argument: Women, Reproduction, Pseudo-Science, and the Alarm of Race Suicide, 1870-1915, Sarah Hamilton '04
Is There Assessor Bias in the Real Estate Market?, Conor Howard '04
Racial Discrimination in Major League Baseball: Can it Exist When Productivity is Crystal Clear?, Will Irwin '04
Sexual Abstinence among Female Undergraduate Students, Emilie R. Klusmeyer '04
Baseball and Its Anti-Trust Exemption, Jason Korczak '04
Our Dream and our Nightmare: Anomie and Violence in Historical Periods, Jennifer M. Loff '04
Effect of Foreign Aid on Development: Does More Money Bring More Development?, Satish Lohani '04
The Resource Curse Revisited, Alexis Manning '04
Chicago's Other Magnificent Mile: Howard Street's Growth and its Effect upon the Rogers Park Neighborhood, Ryan McGuinness '04
Protection from the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation by the Encapsulating Structures of Embryos of Physa, a Freshwater Pulmonate Snail, Stacy Nielsen '04
Behavioral Theory of Timing Applied to a DRL-Limited Hold Procedure, Jill Skarvan '04
The Translation of Radical Ideas into Radical Action: The American Revolution and Revolutionary Philadelphia, Angela Skeggs '04
Environment Friendly Organic Synthesis, Russell C. Smith '04
"Everybody Drinks Water": Mark Twain's Critique of Social Darwinism, Sarah Vales '04
Towards a Complex, Active, Human-Centered Subject Grounded in the Sociopolitical: A Symbiosis of Edmund Husserl and Michael Foucalt, Kathryn E. Wehr '04
Father versus Stranger Face Discrimination by the Human Infant: A Case Study, Erin L. White '04
Protecting Women from Domestic Violence: A Comparative Perspective, Mollie Whitehead '04
Submissions from 2003
The Labor Market of Nurses: A Cobweb Model, Nimish J. Adhia '03
Differences in Friendship Qualities of Korean and American College Students, Yun-sun Alexis Bae '03
Development of a Simple Method to Detect and Quantify Benzoylecgonine, a Cocaine Metabolite, in Urine, Kylee E. Billings '03
The Effects of CEO Compensation Structure on Reported Earnings and Shareholder Wealth, Kory J. Blumer '03
The Effect of Extracurricular Activities on School Dropout, Jilann M. Bush '03
Benjamin Franklin's Female and Male Pseudonyms: Sex, Gender, Culture, and Name Suppression from Boston to Philadelphia and Beyond, Jared C. Calaway '03
The Virtual Beta: An Interactive Fish Using Java Script and CSS, Lauren B. Carroll '03
The Effect of Supply and Demand Factors on the Affordability of Rental Housing, Jamie L. Davenport '03
There's No Business Like Show Business: The Business of Theatre, Danielle M. Drogos '03
The Truth About Income Inequality, Juliana Giraldo '03
Atypical Estar: Innovative Vs. Conservative Uses of Estar in Guadalajara, Mexico, Alissa Hoffenberg
Soft Money and the Electoral Success of Women Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, Cameo M. Kaisler '03
Two Facets of Competitiveness and Their Influence on Psychological Adjustment, Elaine Kayhan '03
'Make Yourself for a Person', Anzia Yezierska's Alternative Americanization, Amy M. Kiel '03
Regulating Babylon: Religion and Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina, Sarah E. King '03
Phase Transitions Occurring in Models of Neighborhood Racial Segregation, Alexander J. Laurie '03
Masculinity and Homophobia: Does Masculine Threat Increase Homophobic Behavior?, Julie M. Longo '03
Insight into Illinois Wesleyan University Study Abroad, Christopher B. Lyons '03
The Importance of Mass Culture for Democratization, James D. Melton '03
Automated Annotation of Heegaard Diagrams, Dmitry Mogilevsky '03
Contentious Policies: The Experiment with Affirmative Action in Undergraduate Admissions to Public Universities, Elizabeth R. Notz '03
The Effects of a Parent-Child Communication Intervention on the Worries of Siblings of Children with Autism, Erin L. O'Neill '03
The Photochemistry of Nitrous Acid in an Aqueous Matrix, Jay S. Ratliff '03
Confederation at the Tip of a Sword: How the Threat of American Aggression Created the Dominion of Canada, Katrina L. Roloff '03
Narrative Understanding and Theory of Mind in Preschoolers, Arpita A. Shah '03
Threatening Masculinity and Its Effects on Antigay Attitudes and Behaviors, Frances C. Shen '03
The Role of Prefrontal Theta Reset in Learning and Memory, Stephen W. Smith '03
On vs. Off: Coronary Bypass Surgery from a Patient's Perspective, Ann Steele
P-FASTUS: Information Extraction System Implemented in a Constraint Programming Language -SICStus Prolog, Rajen Subba '03