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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 2025

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Synthetic Modification of Agrobacterium to Inhibit Plant Pathogenesis, Rosemala Agarwala

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Development and Functional Characterization of Carbon Nanodot-peptide Conjugates for the Treatment of Bone Disease, Abigail Ali

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The Role of System Justification in American Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories since Oct. 7, 2023, Amal Ali

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Organocatalyst Frameworks for CO2 Reduction to Methanol: Selectivity Control and Mild-Condition Activation, Nehal Asif

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Associations Between Community Based Learning and Openness to Diversity Among UR Undergraduate Students, Shea T. Baker

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Murder, Morality, and the Media: A Comparative Analysis of Sarah Maria Cornell and Lizzie Borden, Mary Beatty

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Impact of Categorical versus Dimensional Diagnoses on Mental Health Stigma, Zachary Benedetti

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In the Name of National Security: The Federal Surveillance and Weaponization of Sex in Cold War America, Isabel J. Blaylock

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Anna on the Go, Emma Burgess

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The Ripple Effects of Belonging: How Faculty–Student Connections May Drive Mutual Success, Marissa Burton

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The Concept of Character for Narrative Medicine: A Comparative Study, Susannah Daly Carter

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Orientalism in Moab: Biblical Scholarship in Transjordan, 1875-1885, Maya Casillas

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Beyond the Factory Walls: Black Tobacco Labor, Civil Rights, and Public Health in 20th-Century Richmond, Virginia, Craig Caudill

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Assessing the zoonotic and non-pathogenic bacterial microbiome of Norway rats in Richmond, Virginia, using nanopore sequencing, Kalynn Cheeks

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From Devotion to Elegy: Sibling Relationships in American Literature 1865–1965, Olivia Couch

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Bringing a Ghost Story to Life: Actualizing A Production of The Woman in Black, Benjamin Cudmore

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Man Versus Machine: Investigating the likelihood of improvement and perceptions based on AI generated versus human generated feedback on writing assignments, Catherine Cummins

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Welfare Federalism and Immigrant Inclusion: How State Ideology, Democracy, and Public Opinion Shape Social Policy, Emily Daniel

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The Material of Jewish American Life: The Myers Family of Norfolk, Virginia, 1780s-1820s, Alessandra Brooks DelDonna

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Optimizing Bilayer Photonic Emitters for Enhanced Efficiency in Thermophotovoltaic Devices, Paige Delsa

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The Cage Versus the Canopy: How Environment Shapes Neuromotor Mechanisms in Male and Female Rattus norvegicus, Isabel DiLandro

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The Evils of Illegitimacy: The Construction and Contest of Kinship-Based Citizenship During Jamaica’s Nationalist Awakening (1930-1945), Ryan Doherty

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Reversing Residential Segregation in Richmond: Recommendations for a More Inclusive Future, Jacob Ellis

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Webcam Gaze Estimation in Unconstrained Environments, Anatolii Evdokimov

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The Effect of Florida’s HB1557 on the Stigmatization of Gay Students, Madeline Fellner

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Past Lessons, Present Strengths: Does Prior Experience Predict Greater Well-Being and Resilience Among Community-Based Learning Students?, Madison Fields

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The Implications of Antisemitism in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prioress’s Tale, Georgia Gansereit

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Can Neutron Star Mergers Alone Reproduce r-Process Enrichment in Ultra-Faint Dwarf Halos?, Christine Gyure

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The Impact of Corporate Profits on GDI Estimates: Forecasting and Data Revisions, Peterson Haas

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From Prison to Progress: Evaluating the Impact of Second Chance Act Grants on Recidivism, Alexandra Hall

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Shame on Us: The Democratic Costs of Public Shaming, Elijah Han

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The Effect of Chalcogen-Phosphorus Substituents on Enediynes Undergoing the Bergman Cyclization, Marcos Hendler

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Evaluating the Role of Institutional Size and Selectivity in Determining Social Belonging, Christian Herald

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Spartan Matriarchs and Female Autonomy Through the Reforms of Agis IV, Will Hisle

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Loneliness by Choice or By Circumstance?: Examining the Relationship Between Friendship, Need to Belong, and Loneliness, Yuting Hong

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‘King of Infinite Space:’ Confinement and Identity in Hamlet & Contemporary Adaptations, Anna-Laura Houston

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Chrysanthèmes et camélias: le japonisme littéraire au XIXᵉ siècle et aujourd’hui, Emiko Iguchi

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I Am My Mother’s Daughter: Migration, Motherhood, and Labor, Poinsettia Isaw

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Genomic Analysis of the Lyme Disease Vector Across Virginia’s Spatial Expansion Front, Amy Jablonski

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The Impact of Remittances on Children’s Educational Outcomes: The Case of India, Neha Reddy Kalwala

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Les Femmes dans le Monde Médical, Emma Kane

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An Ethical Defense of Puberty Blockers as Gender Affirming Care for Adolescents, Alexander Konigsberg

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A Cross-Taxa Comparison of Avian Telomere Dynamics, Age, and Lifespan, Benjamin Konigsberg

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Substrate Complexity is not Correlated with Skin Pattern Complexity in Callistoctopus Furvus, Emily Lekas

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Contributors and Consequences of Avoidant Automatic Thoughts with ADHD, Zirou Liang

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Economic Impact of the U.S. and U.N. Sanctions, Maksim Likho

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Comparing Spatial Interfaces of the Tower of London Task, Paean Luby

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Isolation and identification of active antimicrobial compounds in Alcaligenes and Chromobacterium strains, Hannah Lwin

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Sodium-Proton Exchanger Activity Is Required for Zebrafish Larval Tail Fin Regeneration, Anush Margaryan

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Biophysical Characterization of Thermophilic Branched-Chain Amino Acid Periplasmic Binding Protein from Thermotoga maritima, Sky Marsicano

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Gender Differences in Externalized and Internalized Responses to Interpersonal Insult, Alicia Martinez

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NolinNPC: The Natural Products Collection Database, Parisa Mershon

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The Politics of Doomsday: Institutional Faith and Individualism in Apocalyptic Fiction Films, Avery Moore

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Surveying the Neural Cellular Landscape in Wild and Laboratory Rats: Neuronal and Glial Profiles, Aditya Narayanan

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Ritt’s Theorem and the Chebyshev Polynomials, Eric Neuhaus

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Tracking the Evolution of Crossings in Memristive Hysteresis Responses, Eric Neuhaus

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Adaptation Challenges in Scene-Specific Visual Search for Individuals with ASD, Carmen Ovalle

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Left Turn? Progressive Caucus Characteristics & Influence in the 117th Congress, John C. Paschold

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Ni soumises, ni sauvées : La quête de l’identité féminine dans la nouvelle vague du film de banlieue, Rachael Ruth

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“For here I am, maybe a walking contradiction”: The Womb as a Site of Control and Agency in Morrison and Erdrich, Katherine Schultz

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Exploring the Effects of Enhanced Positive Anticipation on Motivated Behavior: A Behavioral and Neurobiological Investigation in Rattus norvegicus, Yulia Shatalov

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Novel and Efficient Synthesis of 3,4-Diaryl N-Unsubstituted Pyrroles from Chalcones: Optimizing Cyclization Using DEAM Reagent, Anna M. Shklyarevsky

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The Assizes of Romania: Feudal Law and the Latin East, Caleb Silvergleid

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Hegemony and Homophobia Drive Conservative Men’s Heightened Endorsement of Adverse Relationship Conflict Responses, Abigail Smith

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Naked & Hungry, Bella Stevens

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Race and Age: How Can Your Identities Change How People See You?, Kumiko Sulla

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Psilocybin and the Child Mind: Clinical Implications for Self-Repair and Psychological Resilience, Isabella Flôr Tomé

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Evaluating Factors of Coach Compensation in NCAA Division I FBS College Football, Ethan Vest

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From Surviving to Thriving: Sense of Belonging and Imposter Syndrome in College Students With PTSD, Amaree Walker

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The Time Course of Template Acquisition and Application in Categorical Search, Yining Wang

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A Multi-Scale Compartmental Model for Glucose Regulation and Diabetes Treatment, Andrew M. Watts

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Fouling-Resistant Voltammetric Xylazine Sensors for Detection of the Street Drug “Tranq”, Ann Holland Wemple

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Ruthenium Complexes as Photoactivated Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Lung Cancer, Auden Wilson

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Madame de Pompadour: Power and Influence at Versailles 1745-1764, Lauren Wilson

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Leptospirosis Infection Risk Posed by Urban Rats Living in Richmond, Lydia Wood

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Types of Community-Based Learning on Students’ Sense of Purpose, Lauren Yim

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Healing on Their Own Terms: Self-Guided Attuning and Mental Health Among Chinese “youth”, Ziran (Ted) Zhou

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The Fragility of Belonging: Interpersonal and Institutional Factors Shaping Student Experiences in Higher Education, Ziran (Ted) Zhou

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The Intersection of Race, Poverty, and Mental Health: Understanding Disparities and Exploring Solutions in School-Based Services, Halle Zweibel

Theses from 2024

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Power Dynamics and Female Autonomy in Enemies-to-Lovers Novels, Julia Abbott

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Modeling the Opioid Crisis in Virginia: A Differential Equations Model Assessing the Impact of Medication-Assisted Treatment on the Addicted Population, Maniha Zehra Akram

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Computational Study of PregaS and PS Binding to the GluN2A LBD and the GluN1/GluN2A Dimer Interface, Ismar Alickovic

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(Re)Constructing Race: How Essentialist Beliefs Shape Social Justice Support, Abbey Alvarado

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Dative Bonding in Quasimetallatranes Containing Group 15 Donors and M = Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb Acceptors, Aamy A. Bakry

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Unpredictable Positive Experience Response (UPER) Training in Male and Female Rats: Effects on cognition, emotional resilience, and neuroplasticity markers, Eve M. Barringer

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Combatting Rightwing Extremism: Punks, Skinheads, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Robert Ware Bentley

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Structural phylogenetics of A family DNA polymerases, Yagmur Bingul

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Heterocycles as Peptide-Based Cleavable Linkers, John Blobe

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Shifting Grounds: Movement and Continuity in Mustang, Nepal, Lauren Carter

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Cultural Health Capital and the Organ Transplantation Waitlist, Gracejit Chahal

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The Value of Prison Education: Evaluating the Impact of Education Through Desistance, Cheryl Chan

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Epistemic Spaces and Fields: A New Framework for Social Epistemology Applied to the Internet, Zizhe Cheng

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Using Computational Chemistry to Study Dideyhydroradical Isomers of Furan, Pyrrole, Thiophene and the Mechanism of CO2 Reaction with Various Amine Species, Zhijian Chen

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Examining Differences in Information Processing: A Case Study in Higher Education, Sofi Conway

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Exploration of Sulfonamides and Benzothiazoles as Peptide-Based Cleavable Linkers, Abigail Dalton

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The Impacts of Identity on Perceptions of Safety on a Predominately White Campus, Rebecca DelRosso

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The Continuous Flow Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Pyrroles, Kinglsey Dwomoh

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Assessing Human Influence on Ranavirus Infections in Vulnerable Native Turtle Species, Parker Ernst

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To Kill with Kindness: The Ills of Overfeeding Others in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, Makena Gitobu

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Black Lives Matter: Is It Political?, Caroline O. Glaser