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.
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Submissions from 2022

Parent Experiences and Perceptions of the Adoption Process, Jorri Sandage

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

Submissions from 2020

Exploring the Efficacy of Corporate Social Responsibility, Olivia Causer

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

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

Submissions from 2017

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Mother Goddesses and Subversive Witches: Competing Narratives of Gender Essentialism, Heteronormativity, Feminism, and Queerness in Wiccan Theology and Ritual, Carly B. Floyd

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Accessibility to Food Intolerance and Food Allergy Resources in McLean County, Illinois: An Interdisciplinary Pilot Study, Raelynn Parmely

Submissions from 2014

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The Sustained Impact of an Engaging Diversity Program on College Seniors’ Color-Blind Racial Attitudes, Josefina Banales

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Self-Reported Experiences of Dating Abuses among College Students in Romantic Relationships, Melissa A. Kinsella

Submissions from 2013

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From the Philippines to The Field Museum: A Study of Ilongot (Bugkalot) Personal Adornment, Sarah E. Carlson

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Singing to the Spirits: Cultural and Spiritual Traditions Embodied in the Native American Gourd Dance, Alicia M. Gummess

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Filling a House with Meaning: The Construction of a Chicago Housing Cooperative, Laura Hones

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Perceptions of the Underrepresentation of Women in Agriculture and Motives for Movement into the Industry, Jennifer Long

Forced Migration and Accumulation by Dispossesion: A Suggested Model for Understanding Mexican Immigration, Alejandro Monzón

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Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Understanding the Daily Life of Undocumented Latino High School Youth, Sylvia E. Rusin

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Native American Projectile Points: What Stories Can They Tell Us?, Katelyn S. Scott

Submissions from 2011

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Cuba for Cubans? Contradictions in Cuban Development Since 1990, Martin Carriel

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Coping with Forest Fragmentation: A Comparison of Colobus angolensis palliatus dietary diversity and behavioral plasticity in the East Sagara Forest, Tanzania., Noah T. Dunham

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Talking Masturbation: Men, Women, and Sexuality through Playful Discourse, Geoffrey Evans-Grimm

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A Web of Connections: The Role of Social Capital and Trust in the Formation of Virtual Organizations, Paige Erin E. Maynard

Submissions from 2009

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Access and Innovation: A Study of Two NGO Schools in North India, Christy Ivie, '09

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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

Submissions from 2006

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The Evolution of Hominid Bipedalism, Michael J. Friedman '06

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Serving Sophomore Students, Jessica S. Lothman '06

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"Loss of Estrus" and Concealed Ovulation in Human Evolution: A Reevaluation., Joshua S. Wagener '06

Submissions from 2005

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The Old Justifies the New: The Theosophical Society in America's Response to Ethical Problems of Late Modernity, Jodie A. Daquilanea

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Borrowed Meanings: Case Studies of Katsina and Dreamcatcher Traditions, Angela Glasker '05

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Role-Taking vs. cultural identity: Defining disability in an able-bodied environment, Elizabeth G. Holman '05

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Beyond the Bun: An Ethnographic Examination of the Meanings and Significance of Hair in Samoa, Laura Myford '05

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A Preliminary Evaluation of Heartland Head Start, Michelle Uhlenkott '05

Submissions from 2004

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Sexual Abstinence among Female Undergraduate Students, Emilie R. Klusmeyer '04

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Our Dream and our Nightmare: Anomie and Violence in Historical Periods, Jennifer M. Loff '04

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Towards a Complex, Active, Human-Centered Subject Grounded in the Sociopolitical: A Symbiosis of Edmund Husserl and Michael Foucalt, Kathryn E. Wehr '04

Submissions from 2002

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Multicultural Education in Head Start Classrooms, Cynthia Czerwin '02

Submissions from 2001

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Mexican-American Women in the United States: Acculturation Experiences, Language and Self-identity, Diana Hammer '01

Submissions from 1999

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Needling Around: Discovering the Factors Affecting Physician Opinion on Acupuncture, Crea Fusco '99

Submissions from 1998

Stepping Around the Mop Water: Views of Status and Occupation in University Custodians and Students, Hope Hoffman

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The Role of Social Capitol in Academic Success: A Case Study of the ACI Chicago Scholars Program, Shannon K. McManimon '98

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Trade and Commerce at Sepphoris, Israel, Sarah VanSickle '98

Submissions from 1997

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Gaming in the Rio del Norte: Defining the Typology and Usage of Modified -Potsherds at Pot Creek Pueblo (LA 260, TA 1), Joseph T.M. Gray '97

Submissions from 1996

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Someone to Care: An Ethnographic Study of Full Gospel Christian Church, Tricia A. Dailey '96

Submissions from 1991

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Factors Affecting Indication Rates of Child Abuse and Neglect for Similar Counties in Illinois, Melinda K. Foulk '91

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Kantianism and Emile Durkheim's Ethical Theory, Maureen Lyons '91

Submissions from 1973

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The Dynamics of Social Systems, Susan Jane Albery '73

Submissions from 1971

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The Application of Principles of Behavior Modification and Control by the School Social Worker, Jill Cannon '71

Submissions from 1970

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The Psychological of the Draft on Male College Students, Charles A. Bonney '70

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The Mousterian: A Study of a Paleolithic Tool Industry, Loenoard A. Zalucha

Submissions from 1968

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Analysis of Social Involvement at Wesley Methodist Church, Terry L. Clark

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On the threshold of community mental health, Elizabeth Ann Glosser

Submissions from 1966

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A look at the Protestant Church in the city, David J. Hauman

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Animal Sociology, Joan Shambrook Weer

Submissions from 1963

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An Analysis of the Effects of Prejudice and Discrimination on Members of the Negro Minority Through the Study of Richard Wright's Native Son and The Long Dream, Marilea White

Submissions from 1960

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An Analysis of the History of Indian-White Relations in the United States, Nancy A. Breville '60

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Groups Working to Releive Tension Between Minority and Dominant Groups, Arline Cary '60

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A study of religious education: its nature, its aims, its manifestations, Barbara King