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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 scholarshiprepository@richmond.edu

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Theses from 2012

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Think like a chameleon, and embrace change : effective innovation management, Kate Jacqueline Heyer

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Autism insurance coverage : which state policies work and why?, Elizabeth Ivy Homan

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Addicted to cigarette (sales) : taxing the Native American cigarette trade, Jeffrey Hunt

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Investigations in metal-mediated organic chemistry, Diana Alexandra Iovan

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The impact of childhood trauma on avoidant body posture, Ann C. Jarboe

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The wealth effect and the great recession : using VAR models to account for the housing wealth effect in the most recent recession, Stephen Jones

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C'est ouf : l'évolution de la langue française et les conséquences sociales, Hannah Kelley

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Black Bahamas : political constructions of Bahamian national identity, Maria A. Lee

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The relationship between level of expertise and holistic processing in Chinese character recognition, Shirley Yin Ming Leung

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Rødgrød Med Fløde : the relationship between Danish parliamentarians and Danish citizens concerning equality from a Danish leadership perspective, Natasha Marie Levanti

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Framing the college debate : insights on Obama's rhetoric through the capabilities approach, Caitlin M. Manak

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Characterizing the role of the Sit and Hemolysin proteins in high affinity iron acquisition in the tsetse symbiont Sodalis glossinidius, Kaitlin Markoja

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The discriminating mother : own v. alien and male v. female, Eric McDaniel

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The up-regulation of Superoxide Dismutase-1 (SOD1) influences neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), Sallie McLean McSwain

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Determination of the atomic resolution structure of a DNA Polymerase I isolated from Rhodothermus marinus, Natalie S. Omattage

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Corumination among women and their friends during first year of college, Katelin Peterson

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Option pricing using the Kramers-Moyal expansion, Dan M. Popescu

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Men and monsters : the humanization of serial killers in film and fiction, Korine Powers

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Potential evidence for prospective memory in parous rats, Kelly Rafferty

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Regulating death and building empire : American doctors and the construction of the Panama canal, 1904-1914, Sarah Rhoads

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The role of histidines in neurosteroid binding of NMDA GluN2B and D subunits, Sarah Rhoads

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Elucidation of the Pax/Six gene regulatory network in Ephydatia muelleri, Anna Rued

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Why can't we be friends? : the effect of positive expectations and implicit beliefs on interracial interactions, Heather Schmitz

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Expert legal testimony : sex, power, and complexity, Colleen G. Schultz

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Love and death : the effect of morality salience on close relationships, Josephine N. Senoga

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Characterization of Achromobactin iron acquisition in Sodalis glossinidius, Caitlin Lee Smith

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The optimization of a one-pot heteroconjugate addition-oxidation-diels-alder reaction, Christina Vivelo

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Though the field be lost : making sense of Milton's careful plowman, Paradise lost, IV. 983, Victor J. Wasserman

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Garvey revisited : the legitimacy and consistency of Marcus Garvey as demonstrated by his latter movement, Bridget Wiede

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The role of collaborative leadership in the development of performing arts facilities, Alexandra Taylor WIles

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Characterizing the role of Pax and Six in an emerging model system, the freshwater sponge, E. muelleri, Ian P. Winters

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The linkage between citrate and pH regulation of Malate Dehydrogenase and protein folding, Helen Yanta

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A dual process model of stress effects on alcohol consumption, Ivori Zvorsky

Theses from 2011

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Characterization of microbial community structure in the octocoral Leptogorgia virgulata, Blair E. Armistead

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Role of potential virulence and antivirulence genes in Shigella flexeneri pathogenicity, Dana Katharine Bartlett

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An empirical review of Joseph Campbell's heroic journey, Mila Buckner

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Sorority women, presidential men, and the enneagram : an analysis of personality and leadership, Carly Cameron

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One-pot heteroconjugate addition - oxidation - Diels-Alder reaction, Smaranda Craciun

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Studies into the mutagenic potential of the DNA lesion 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanasine with various DNA polymerase, Kelly Crowley

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The pax/six gene regulatory network in a basal animal, Siyu Serena Ding

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An intervention in stereotype threat : does gender-affirming literature reduce female vulnerability in mathematics?, Emily Dowd

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The just and beautiful city : concepts of aesthetics and justice in contemporary american urbanism, Anne Tyler Feldmann

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Xenopus laevis transgenic lines and their use in the study of lymph heart musculature development, Diana M. Filtz

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Synthesis of indole containing pyrimidines, Kara Finzel

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Ryan McGinness's Art history is not linear (VMFA) : commercialization in contemporary art and the museum context, Kathryn Given

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Optimal staging of credit releases in ecosystem service markets, Tianshu Guo

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Studies on vinamidinium salt amine exchange reactions, borohydride reductions, and subsequent transformations, Xian Jia

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Networks of resistance : black Virginians remember Civil War loyalties, Amanda Kleintop

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Utilizing molecular dynamics to study ionotropic glutamate receptors, Jenna Landers

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Friendship and problem solving : the effect of various situations on co-rumination in emerging adulthood friendships, Kelly Larsen

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Using nucleotide analogues to better understand replication of 8-oxo-2'-deosyguanosine, Maria Lindell

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Scout's daughters : race and creative development in contemporary adolescent literature, Amanda Malloy

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Bond vigilantes : the invisible hand of government regulation, Chris Marsten

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From the Florida Keys to the Great Barrier Reef : exploring the feeding ecology of tropical marine sponges, Andrew Massaro

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Presidential leadership in health care reform, Ashley G. Miles

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"The stuff of thought" : Virginia Woolf's object lessons, Sam Mitchell

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Forgiveness as a mechanism of self-regulation : an ego-depletion model, Lindsay Myerberg

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A physical investigation of DNA base pair formation and the vertical excitations of 2,5-didehydrothiopene, a diradical similar to para-benzyne, Anna Parker

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Searching for the soul of American medicine : what three high-quality, low-cost health care systems can teach U.S. policymakers, Benjamin A. Paul

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Rosie the Riveter vs. Helen the Homemaker : advertising and the role of women in America after World War II, Christina Pfaff

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Unethical decision making : understanding the role of leadership and gender, Laura A. Poatsy

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Mourning Michael Jackson : rhetoric and the recuperation of a pop icon, Brianna Puccini

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Employment discrimination : the role of implicit theories and gender stereotypes, Megan Reilly

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Investigating the trophic ecology of fungal-feeding nematodes, Megan Riley

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Determination of CREB binding protein levels and an examination of proteomic profiles in the drosophila model of the human neurodegenerative disease Spinocerebellar ataxia type III / Machado-Joseph disease, Andrew Lawrence Simmelink

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Eye movements in Latin reading, Ryan Smout

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Investigation of CREB binding protein as a potential therapy in the creation of a novel proteomic profile for human neurodegenerative disease Spinocerebellar Ataxia type III/Machado-Joseph Disease, Brian James Sorace

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Mother daughter relationships during the college years : the effect of co-rumination, Calla Madalyn Ward

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"Conveyed quite away" : the necessity of maintaining the boundaries of otherness in the Amoret-Busyrane episode of Edmund Spenser's the Faerie queene, Nadine Weiss

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AqK2P : a previously unstudied potassium sponge potassium channel, Gregory D. Wells

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The Jewish communities of Shanghai : identities and the politics of survival, Marianne Williams

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The gendered gaze : the female nude and the drapery paintings of Alison Watt, Dayle W. Wood

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Rank one perturbations of self-adjoint operators, Haoxuan Zheng

Theses from 2010

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Analysis of boolean functions with high second order nonlinearity, Corneliu A. Bodea

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Changing magic : evolving conception of witchcraft in Essex County, Elizabeth Kiel Boone

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Johann Christian Bach's influence on Mozart's developing style, Austin Bourdon

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Aid effectiveness in sub-saharan Africa and south and southeast Asia : an analysis of substantive measures of development, Brooke Christofferson

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Are own race faces processed more holistically, Jasmine C. Cottle

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Detecting malicious JavaScript, Matthew F. Der

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Monodispersity dependence of azurin protein monolayer electrochemical at monolayer protected nanoparticle film assemblies, Tran Thu Doan

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Enhanced electrochemistry of nanoparticle-embedded polyelectrolyte films : interfacial electronic coupling and distance dependence, Callie E. Dowdy

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Understanding rejection across ingroups and outgroups, Prasant Dubey

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A vulgar tradition : moral unity in the variant Cinderella, Benjamin Aaron Fancy

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Battered, broken, and bruised : spectacle in early Christian martyr narratives, Tiffany Ferris

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The Effect of Polysubstituted Pyrrole Compounds on the Inflammatory Response, Lauren Folgosa

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What counts? : legitimizing female role models, Audrey N. Innella

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Hurricane Katrina : an act of God?, Juliette M. Jeanfreau

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Freedom's disciple : the life, music, and impact of Hazel Dickens, Kelly Landers

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Homology modeling provides insight into the evolution of allostery of glutamate deydrogenase, Virzhiniya Lekova

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The quest of a lifetime : how the first year of University of Richmond life affects student's spirituality and religiosity, Melanie Martin

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What type of expert are you? : an ERP study exploring cortical differences between Greeble experts, Jessica Miller

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Torture cannot be used as a national security policy, Peter Moshang

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Undergraduate nutrition and exercise perceptions, Emily Pratt

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The dynamic frottola : changing music in the 1500s, Mierka R. Ross

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Defender of the faith? : anti-heresy policy and the consolidation of ecclesiastical authority under Henry VIII on the eve of the english reformation, Daniel James Rudary

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Styles of perceptual expertise processing as a function of training : a greeble-based ERP study, Emily Ruzich

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An argument for the moral obligation of physicians to practice healthy behaviors, Kathryn A. Skimming

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I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...swim : the effect of self-efficacy and team-efficacy on athletic performance, Alison Smith

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Of horror and humor : the transformation of the grotesque into the gothic in the novels of Frances Burney, Brittany Taylor

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Person perception of leaders with adult ADHD, Maxwell P. Teschke