Virtual Commons offers open access copies of Commonwealth and Departmental Honors Program theses and projects completed by undergraduate students who have submitted them electronically since 2013. The authors of these documents retain copyright to the intellectual property these works represent in their current form.

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Theses/Projects from 2023

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The Role of Caregivers in Shelters for Women Experiencing Homelessness: A Victimological Approach, Paulina Aguilar Delgado

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An Investigation into the use of Ionic Liquid Solvents as Potential Therapeutic Agents to help Alleviate Disease caused by the Formation of Insoluble Plaque or Depositions, Sundus Alchaar

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Mental Health & Homelessness, Lucy Alimamy

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Olivia Rodrigo and the Twenty-First Century Personal Brand, Edina Alix

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Women in the Cuban Revolution: Where's the Change?, Sierra Beaulac

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Middleton’s The Witch Costume Design, Sceviour Brianna

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The Power of Storytelling and Memory in Ung's First They Killed My Father, Haitiwaji's How I Survived a Chinese 'Reeducation' Camp, and Park's In Order to Live, Caroline Burkle

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Human Capital Flight Impact on the Greek Economy Post the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, Andrew Cook

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A Song of Ivory and Steel: Suppressive Empowerment in Game of Thrones, Cassandra Couto

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LGBTQ Literature in the High School English Language Arts Classroom: A Rationale for a Unit Plan on Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, Jenivieve D'Andrea

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Juan Crow: A Discriminatory Past with Contemporary Consequences against Mexican Americans, Alicia Delaney

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Ivy House and Other Stories: A Collection of Horror, Vanessa Deltufo

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Read This Book!: Defending Multicultural Literature from Recent Censorship, Chloe Devine

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How International Student Teaching Benefits a Classroom, Kasey Donahue

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The Impact of Age and Race on Impressions of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims, Shaelyn Donovan

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An Exposition from Four-Vector to Quantum Field Theory, Weverton Dos Santos Alves

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Women’s Desire: A Journey from Pleasing to Sexual Fulfillment, Erin Eichinger

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The Relationship Between Social Media Usage During the Covid-19 Pandemic, and Its Effect on the Youth Voter Turnout in the 2020 General Election, Mary Gilmartin

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Smile For the Camera: Patterns of Mammal Abundance in Great Hill Forest Through Four Years of Camera Trapping, Alexander Gonatas

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Use of Social Media During The Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020, Aliya Goncalves Almeida

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Exploring the Connection: The Scale of Time and Effort Within American Baked Goods, Grace Guindon

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“In each class I went to, there were people that I was able to talk to”: Sense of Belonging in STEM Linked-Learning Communities, Shannon Hafey

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Exploring Inmate Health in Prisons: Health Issues, Interventions, and Suggestions to Improve Care, Jenna Healy

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Mental Illness and Creativity in the Selected Poetry of Robert Lowell and Anne Sexton, Nicholas Huard

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Witnessing Torture: Staged Violence, Spectatorship and the Theatre of Political Imprisonment, Kyle Imbeau

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Atlantic Zambezi Global, Dabana Intenque

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Temporal changes in biological community structure in response to wetland restoration: A study based on amphibians and reptiles, Kayla Keith

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Culture, Identity, & Perspectives During the Anglo-Irish Conflict, Riley Losordo

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See Me: A Life of Invisibility of the LGBTQIA+ Community in Trinidad & Tobago, Cindy Mack

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Assessing Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in the Small Businesses of Bridgewater, MA, Ryan Mannett

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Children Are to be Seen and Heard, Caroline McNelis

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Time Series Analysis of Major League Baseball Organizations’ Fan Attendance, Joseph Molis

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How Recruitment and Staffing in the Healthcare Industry has been Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jake O'Neil

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Narcissistic Parenting and its Effects on Parenting Styles and Child Development, Amy Palumbo

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A Cross-Cultural Exploration: Global Methods of Contraception and Family Planning, Cora Pereira

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Cannabidiol as a Synergist in Chemotherapy, Liam Pontes

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Navigating Gifted Pathways, Ashley Rosenthal

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Multilingual Students’ Language Learning in U.S. Classrooms, Monique Santos

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My Name is Barbra Public Relations Campaign, Thomas Scalese

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Teaching Accurate and Age-Appropriate History to Elementary Students: Teaching Third Graders about Historic Thanksgiving, Ashley Schepis

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Relationships Between Vector Mosquitoes and Climate Change Derived from Long Term Ecological Data in the United States, Nicholas Scott

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Exploring the Interaction of Minor-Groove-Binder Netropsin with DNA Using Optical Tweezers, Irbazhusain Shaikh

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How Can Consuming a Plant-Based Diet Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Women?, Rebecca Stack

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Understanding Quantum Field Theory and Standard Model to Explore Beyond Standard Model Physics, Alize Sucsuzer

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The Process of Using Unity to Create a 2D Video Game, Sean Tammelleo

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The Evolution of the Child Character with Learning Differences, Mary Viera

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Optimizing Photosystem I and Plastocyanin Isolation to Develop a Photosystem I-Catalyst System for Photochemical Hydrogen Production, Angelina Vuong

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Letting the Narrative Unfold: Black Female Storytellers of the 21st Century, Jalila Waller

Theses/Projects from 2022

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Nutritional Cooking Program with Girls Inc., Taunton, MA, Chantel Almanzar

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Challenges of Transitioning Back to School from Hospitalization: The Role of Child Life Specialists in Schools, Kelsey Bannen