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.

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Submissions from 2024

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Enhancing Self-Compassion: An Empirical Comparison of Expressive Writing and Meditation, Samantha de Souza

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Functionality Appreciation and Male Body Image: An Exploration of Expand Your Horizon, Self-Objectification, and Male Role Norms in College Men, Jayden Erie

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Unraveling Cuban Exceptionalism: Cold War Dynamics and Lobbying Strategies, Zoe Hovde

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An Analysis of Novel Yeasts and Their Brewing Potential, Hannah Murray

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From King to Villain: Herod the Great's Transition from Historical Figure to Dramatic Antagonist, Joshua Reed

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(Bi)lingüe, (Bi)cultural y el Espacio Intermedio, Emma Sempsrott

Transcriptomics of the L5-Dorsal Root Ganglion After Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Rat Spared Nerve Injury Model, Samantha Wilcox

IWU Student Civic Engagement and Activism: Actions by Student Senate, the Religious Activities Commission, and the Methodist Student Movement, Lillian Winkeler

The Roles of Body Positivity and Social Support in Predicting Happiness in College Students, Chloe Xu

Submissions from 2023

Fleshing Out Flash: Interconnectedness of Poetic Sensibilities in Micro Memoir, Ninetta DeBoni

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El lenguaje del autismo: una evaluación de la terminología autista en dos libros españoles (The Language of Autism: An Evaluation of the Autistic Terminology Used in Two Spanish Books), Catherine Droesch

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Policy Type and Presidential Messaging as Factors of Legislative Productivity, Madison Garofalo

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Analgesia: Measurements of Evoked Compound Action Potentials in a Rodent Model of Chronic Pain, Neal George

Investigating Poetry's Well-Made Surprises, Maria Harmon

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March 10th: The Tibetan Peoplehood Movement, Adrianna E. Helstad

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Accurate Pulse Assessment by Radial Artery Palpation: A Pilot Study, Abigail Mathis

Constructing the Spectrum for Maximum Packings of Complete Graphs with Stars of Size Six, Zihan Nie

Bird of Our Worth, Emile Ottinger

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A Semiotic Analysis of Two Linear A Inscribed Ladles, Leah Rosen

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Motives for Independence: The Case of Spain’s Catalonia, Emma Stroh

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The United States after the Third Religious Disestablishment: A Case Study of the ADF’s Strategies in Prolonging Culture Wars, Rachel Williams

Submissions from 2022

“The Adrenaline of Failure:” Exploring the Zaniness of Sylvia Plath, Katie Fata

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The "Politics of Trauma": National Trauma in Poland and Hungary and the Othering of Queer Identities, Keira Hoeferle

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Assessing Happiness: An Evaluation of the Latin American Paradox in the United States, Daniel J. Maisch

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An Analysis of Commentary in Men’s and Women’s Olympic Basketball, Madison Monk

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Stock Price Forecasting using a Dependence Structure, Paul Mucci

Stock Price Forecasting using a Dependence Structure, Paul Mucci

Effects of traditional and modified rehabilitation on functional improvement following stroke in a mouse model, Viktoriya Salgalova

Parent Experiences and Perceptions of the Adoption Process, Jorri Sandage

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The Foreign-Born and the American Dream: An Analysis of Trends in and Determinants of Immigrant Homeownership, Jared Schneider

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Accurate Methods in Pulse Rate Assessment by Palpation: Pilot Study, Emilija Stankute

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Stress and Coping: College Students' Perceptions of Coping, Broderick E. Summers

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Ce Qui Reste: Legacies of Decolonization in Guinea and Gabon, Andrew Tietz

Submissions from 2021

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Queering Little Women, Megan Baker

All Things Counter, William C. Brown

‘Begrimed and Black:’ Shakespeare’s Depiction of Race in the Renaissance, Emma Cottrell

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Blending the Gender Binary: The Machismo-Marianismo Dyad as a Coping Mechanism, Emma Garcia

From Witch Trials to Red Scare: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Perceptions of Women Through History, Gabrielle Ghaderi

The Paradox of Womanhood: Gender Roles and The Representation of Women in Puccini’s Tosca (Honors), Madeline Hanrahan

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The Effect of Female Protagonists and Non-Sexist Dialogue on Domestic Box Office Revenue for Films Released Between 1995 to 2018, Chase Ochsner

The Politics of Music: Examining Political Motivations of John Adams' Nixon in China (Honors), Ethan Schuller

a gift, Bonnie Smith

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The Effects of Training Intensity on Functional Outcome in a Mouse Model of Stroke, Kelsey Wyman

Submissions from 2020

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The Out Migration from Illinois Cities and the Impact it has on the People Left Behind, Evan Anderson

Keatsian Correspondences: A Tragedy in Five Acts, Adam Cady

Exploring the Efficacy of Corporate Social Responsibility, Olivia Causer

Suite Médiévale: A Guide for Interpretation and Performance (Honors), Andrew Johnson

Discovering the Compositional Voice: An Examination of Conceptions of Style, Authenticity, and Originality in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Classical Music (Honors), Alexa Letourneau

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Parent Opinions and Perceptions of Others on Queering High School Education, Nicki Lewis

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Improving Timing of Capillary Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration through Patient Education, Emily Lezcano

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Shattered Dolls: An Examination of Authorship and the Boundaries of Female Asian Stereotypes in Western Theatrical Literature and Film, Maya McGowan

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Bisexuality and Epistemic Injustice, Kayley Rettberg

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False Beliefs in Dogs, Sydney Rowley

Content Validity: A Measure of Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviors, and Experiences of Muslims from the Nurse Perspective, Sydney Shanks

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Text Anomaly Detection with ARAE-AnoGAN, Tec Yan Yap

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Decompositions of Complete Uniform Multipartite Hypergraphs, Patrick Ward

which will tip the scales, Johnny Whitfield

Submissions from 2019

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LGBTQIA+ Campus Climate at a Small Liberal Arts University: An Exploratory Study with the Aim of Improving the Environment for Queer Students, Mary Amanda Breeden

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A Thinker-Based Perspective on Free Speech and Fake News, Geoffroi G. Castro

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Absolutely Free?: Frank Zappa’s Musical Assault on American Conformity, 1966-1968, Brandon Chopp

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Effects of Weighted Blankets on College Students’ Anxiety, Amy Clapp

Altered Paw Pain Thresholds Due to Different Spinal Cord Stmulation Parameters in a Rat Model of Chronic Neuropathetic Pain, Jillian Cole

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Nursing Students' Knowledge of Alcohol - Interactive Medications, Andrew Coop

In the Ripe and Ruin, Kathryn Halford

Utilizing PDCM to Analyze How Comparable Liberal Arts Institutions Evaluate Poems, Abigail Kauerauf

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International Migration and FDI: Can Migrant Networks Foster Investments toward Origin Countries?, Trang Heidi Luu

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Rice Terrace Degradation in Ifugao: Causation and Cultural Preservation, Chaepter Negro

The Effects of Intermittent Training on Recovery of Fine Motor Control and Neuroplasticity After Stroke in a Mouse Model, Victoria Nemchek

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Terahertz Absorption Spectra of Silicate Cosmic Analog Dusts Using a Novel Spectrometer, Binh Phan

A Three-Pronged Defense of Hate Speech: An Objection to David Brink, Adeline Schultz

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This or that?: Object individuation in domesticated dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), Ellen Stumph

Democracy in Crisis: An Examination of the Negative Effects of Political Parties on Democracy, Alani L. Sweezy

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Democracy in Crisis:An Examination of the Negative Effects of Political Parties on Democracy, Alani L. Sweezy

Horses, Gunshots, and Saloons: The Portrayal of the American West in Libby Larsen’s Songs from Letters (Honors), Katharine Teykl

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Task Specificity and Functional Outcome: What is best for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation?, Rachel Tomazin

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Interpreting the Memoirs of Dorothea Buck-Zerchin: Understanding the Evolving Cultural and Linguistic Context of Mental Illness in Twentieth Century Germany, Niyant Vora

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On the Nature of Synesthesia: A Learned Association or Something Different?, Niyant Vora

Polarized China: The Effect of Media Censorship on People's Ideology, Gaoming Zhu

Submissions from 2018

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The Value of Green Certification on Single-Family Houses in the Chicagoland Area, Raymond Bolton

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Why the Right?: Evaluating Vote Choice in Rural America, Zoe Bouras

Evolutionary Social History and Social Facilitation in Non-Human Animals, Maisy Bowden

Exploring the Contributing Factors to Labor Market Assimilation Outcomes across Refugee Groups in the United States, Hsin-Jou Lily Chang

A Prefeeding Oral Motor Therapy and its Effect on Feeding Efficiency in a Thai NICU, Victoria Drake

Right-Wing Populism under Majoritarian Conditions: A Comparison of Support for Brexit and Trump, Olivia Heffernan

Blood and Magic: A Novel of Artiagom, Ross Hettinger

I Heard a Little Birdie Softly Screaming, Paxton Johnson

Remembering the In-Between, Eva Kossmann

Blue Life, Jamie Kreppein

The Role of Task-Specificity in Functional Outcome Following Ischemic Stroke in Mice, Shannon Maloney

i pull the trigger and lilies fly out: a collection of poetry, Grace McGovern

Upward Intergenerational Mobility of College Students: Does the Type of Institution Matters?, Caroline Monsen

Effect of Dogs’ (Canis lupus familiaris) Environment on Social Cognition, Kathleen O’Shea

Domestic Dogs Prefer Prosocial to Antisocial Humans, Zachary Silver

Health Literacy and Knowledge of Female Reproduction in Undergraduate Students, Ashley Sons

Lady Gray: The Beginning of a Novel, Savanna Steck

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Sexual Violence against Males in Armed Conflict: How State Masculinity Helps to Explain its Occurrence, Jia Muyi Yang

Algebraic Structures on Riordan Groups, Yuanziyi Zhang

Submissions from 2017

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The Golden Age Exposed: The Reality Behind This Romantic Era, Danny Adams

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Aesopian Language of Soviet Era Children’s Literature: Translation, Adaptation, and Animation of a Western Classic, Boryana Borisova

Teaching Spanish-Speaking: Authors for Social Justice, Elaine Coppe