Honors Theses are submitted to the University of Richmond in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the distinction of Honors within particular disciplines. The nature of each thesis depends upon the norms of the particular academic discipline and/or department. Most are open access; some have been embargoed or are restricted indefinitely per the request of the author. If you are an author and would like to change the availability of your work, please contact
.Theses from 2006
The role of heat shock protein 27 phosphorylation in matrix metalloproteinase 2 secretion and activation in response to heat stress in U87 gliomas, David M. Raiser
Complicating "female suicide bombers" : violence, agency and gender in the rhetoric of shahida, Chelsea Rock
American travelers in Palestine : origins of Holy Land discourse in nineteeth-century America, Matthew R. Scutari
Glutamate dehydrogenase : an investigation of conformational stability, enzyme flexibility, and allosteric regulation, Sarah A. Wacker
Social hierarchy in leaderless groups, Angie B. White
Theses from 2005
The effect of norepinephrine on the production of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the raw 264.7 macrophage cell line, Andrew R. Callison
The effect of norepinephrine on macrophage cytolytic activity, Lindsey Drake
American prisoners of war in Vietnam tell their stories, Ryan Frost
Morphological variation of the South American toad genus Melanophryniscus, Kristen Virginia Gandee
Allomorphic flowers in Acalypha Deamii, Lauren Kelley
Kieft's War and tributary politics in eastern woodland colonial society, Nicholas Klaiber
The rhetoric of pedagogy and the pedagogy of rhetoric, Jennifer G. Moore
From opposing sides : the duality of citizens' and their government's views on town squares, Zachary Powell
Postcolonial melodrama : The satanic verses, The mimic men, The namesake, Jason Przybylski
The effects of Instant Messenger on the undergraduate experience, Kimberly Schaefer
Modulation of hHsp70 and dCBP in a full-length Drosophila model of MJD, Jason Sebesto
"I respectfully dissent" : intellectual leadership in the nation's highest court, Alison M. Smith
The effect of heat shock upon p53, Hsp27 and MMP2 synthesis and activation in the U87 and T98 human glioma cell lines, Cristina Stingo
The politics of judicial restraint : the Rehnquist court and the new federalism, Sarah J. Vinson
Ecological niching in an interactive simulation, Ryan T. Webb
Treasuring identity : subject-object relations in Beowulf, Becky Workman
Relative difference sets in 2-groups : a group cohomological viewpoint, Brian Wyman
Theses from 2004
From being to doing : the impact of modernization on cultural values, cultural conceptions of time, and effective leadership, Ryan S. Babiuch
Whipping up a region : how the North taught the South to cook "Southern", Erin D. Bartels
Investigation of the role played by the regulatory function of the Pst phosphate transport system in Shigella flexneri plaque formation ability, Adriane M. Boyle
Discovering the potential for advancements in intrusion detection systems, Kenneth J. Buonforte
Regulation of membrane type-l matrix metalloproteinases by Tyrosine phosphorylation in human glioma cells, Emily Clark
The social and legal aspects of colonial witchcraft : a comparison of Virginia and Bermuda, Leigh Anne Collier
Out of sight, out of mind? : American citizens and the genocide in Rwanda, Colette T. Connor
Valuing servants ends : a new theory of ethical service, Patricia Grace Devlin
Synthesis of β-chloroenal derivatives on the path to biologically active multi-substituted pyrroles, David Driscoll
"Their shoes yet new" : the immigrant image in the Baltimore riots of 1812 and the disagreement over nationality, John K. Dunn Jr
Illuminating a space for women and rhetoric, Lindsey M. Fox
Development of lymphatic hearts in Ambystoma mexicanum, Tanya Giannantonio
The effect of epidermal growth factor on MMP-production and activation in human glioblastoma multiforme cell lines U87 and LNZ, John Goreczny
Antibiotic resistance in aquatic bacteria, Lily Hayes
Michel Foucault : power/knowledge and epistemological prescriptions, Martin A. Hewett
Creative redemption and complete affirmation in Nietzche's Thus spoke Zarathustra, Matthew Homan
Development of lymphatic hearts in Ambystoma mexicanum and a comparison with that found in Xenopus, Stefany Honigbaum
The Robert W. Ryerss Museum and Library : a case study in upper class philanthropy in late Victorian Philadelphia, Laura L. Keefe
Securing distributed computations : in search of reliable large-scale compute power and refreshed redundancy, Edward P. Kenney
Only in story a world : atheistic metanarrative in LeGuin, Pullman and Wolfe, Samuel N. Keyes
London coffee houses : the first hundred years, Heather Lynn McQueen
Type of muscle present in adult Amphibian lymphatic heart based on the DNA sequence of the Myosin heavy chain, Maribeth Morral
Narrating the middle ground : b the examination of objects in the modern genre of immigrant fiction, Meagna A. Patinella
Technology and the 'Self', Ryan Rinn
Invasive exotic plants at the University of Richmond, Bethany K. Shewmaker
A case study of events and examples : history in Arundhati Roy's The god of small things, Michell C. Smith
Regulation of limb development in frogs, Kathryn Starkweather
Factorization of polynomials and real analytic function, Radoslaw L. Stefanski
Women leaders combining a career in higher education with raising a family : a study of leadership, Anne Simmons Williamson
Theses from 2003
The regulation of cellulase in three microbial isolates: Cellulomanas cellulans, Bacillis cereus and Deinococcus sp. Mbic3950, Elizabeth M. Cook
Vesticular monomine transporters in macrophages, Randall R. De Martino
The effect of slavery on southern farmland values in the antebellum and postbellum era, Brandon Devlin
Cultural imposition or cross-cultural communication: an auto-ethnographic exploration of Christian missionary rhetorics, Marian Draffin
Preliminary, ultrastructural investigation of culturing techniques and calcification of the ciliate Coleps, Jennifer Dupont
American identity in the Illinois Territory, 1809-1818, Daniel Northrup Finucane
Preliminary work done on a family of dienesters, specifically ethyl-5-chloro-5-phenyl-pentadienoate, Katie Griffin
The effect of the epidermal growth factor and Concanavalin A on MMP-2 and MMP-9 activity in human glioblastoma multiforme cells, Sarah Hartigan
Threonine phosphorylation as an additional mechanism of regulation in membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT-1 MMP), Gabe Hillegass
Auto-ethnography as a communicative and therapeutic means of addressing eating disorders, Julie Irvin
The Christian century and the fluidity of American ideologies, 1919-1932, Michael Levin
The effect of TGF-β on phosphorylation of MT1-MMP and MMP-2 activation in human glioma cells, Karen A. Lewis
A blueprint for environmental sustainability along the James River, Trevor S. MacDougall
Fecal coliforms and antibiotic resistance of Tuckahoe Creek, Catherine C. Parker
The effect of green tea flavanols on inhibiting MMP-2 activation in human glioma cell line U87, Amorette Rofe
The new top hats at Westminster : a longitudinal study of the effects of the British general election of 1906 on the Liberal Party, Michael Rosenberger
Leading a 'torn country' : Turkey's ideological and civilized divide, Joshua Walker
An unbiased stereological assessment of articular cartilage composition in the canine patellofemoral joint, Kathryn Winslow
Trusting organizations : organizational structure, trust, and the implications for leaders, Jeremiah Robert Winters
Stage-dependant expression of a myosin gene in lymph heart of Xenopus laevis tadpoles, Michael Wolf
The ethics of service : a new approach to service learning, Jonathan C. Zur
Theses from 2002
The rhetoric of legality vs. the rhetoric of morality : seeing justice through the eyes of dramatic works, Hannah C. Bate
The Gray Ghost's sanctuary: civilians in Mosby's Confederacy during the Civil War, James J. Cain
Self-similarity in network traffic, Francisco Chinchilla
The application of β-chloroenones to the synthesis of bioactive pyrroles, Scott Cutro
Julian as fanatic ideologue: an explanation for the Persian Invasion of A.D. 363 /, Dallas DeForest
An examination of microorganisms and their antibiotic resistance patterns in rural, urban, and tidal water samples, Caroline K. Elkins
NUDIX hydrolases: a family of versatile, widely distributed, housecleaning enzymes, Brian Foster
Rethinking the great divide : a rhetorical study of orality, literacy and the human experience, Danielle L. Joyce
The Victorian construction of Sappho, 1835-1914, Megan Kulp
Locating postmodern epistemology, organizational structure and postcolonial workers in the knowledge rhizome, Viren Mascarenhas
Complement resistance in Agrobacterium tumefaciens isolates, Michael E. McCormick
Nationalism and the public sphere : debating the limits of patriotism in popular music since September 11th, Mark Melvin
Escaping the auction block and rejecting the pedestal of virtue : slave narratives redefine womanhood in nineteenth-century America, Candice E. Renka
Identification of catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes in macrophages, Julie Rumble
Theses from 2001
The Lithuanian-Polish dispute and the great Powers, 1918-1923, Peter Ernest Baltutis
New Jersey women and their strategies for exerting power in marriage, 1770-1800, Jacqueline Deyo
Development of a p53 functional assay for characterization of T98G, U251, and U87glioblastoma cell lines, Melissa A. Hull
Invasion of mouse fibroblasts and macrophages by human isolates of Agrobacterium, Karmon Leigh Kriechbaum
Development of a p53 functional assay for use in the U373 human glioblastoma cell line, Lorraine C. Larsen
Leon Trotsky and the struggle for power in communist Russia, 1921-1923, David William McAloon
Characterization of a non-ribosomal peptide from agrobacterium tumefaciens, Graham Strub
The effect of irradiation on p53-regulated proteins in human glioma cells, Kris VanWagner
An examination of the mechanisms behind the delta⁹-terahydrocannabinol induced decrease in b-cell activation, Dana Wallace
Theses from 2000
Characterizing the role of MAPK phosphates in plants, Laura Asakura