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.
Theses/Projects from 2022
The Haunting of Wright Manor, Katherine Holzman
Be The Light: Creating a Space for the Next Generation of Lighting Designers, Destiny Hyman
Giving Voices to Children Who Were Refugees, Maddison Louise Jacques
Examining Victim-Worthiness and the Court Systems in Massachusetts Domestic Abuse Cases, Natalie Johns-Suriel
From Fitspiration Posts to Food Shaming: Social Media’s Impact on Adolescent Girls’ Body Image, Madison Jones
The New Consumed Consumer: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Compulsive and Impulsive Buying Habits of Gen Z, Kristen Kline
Prostitution and the Contagious Diseases Acts in Nineteenth-Century England, Victoria Knox
Blurred Lines: Understanding the Misconceptions Surrounding Sexual Consent on Campus, Nina M. Krueger
Food Insecurity In Perspective: Writing Food Access Into The Everyday, Colin James Lamusta
Cruel to Be Unkind, Michelle Landry
The Oppressed African American Female Voice in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and “Sweat”, Kaitlyn Levine
I Heard the Tree Scream and I Hated the Sound, Dakota Lopes
The Changing Motivations of First-Generation College Students, Jessica Lynch
Responsive Classroom Lessons for an Elementary Classroom, Emma Magnuski
1000 Ways A Black Woman Dies: Stories from the Waiting Room, An original play, Britney Lee-Anne Mallebranche
“I Feel Like This is the Best Thing I'm Good At”- Butter: Exploring Vulnerabilities to Sex Work Through YouTube, Beranda Marseile
Vertex-Magic Graphs, Karissa Massud
Exploring the Binding of Anticancer Drug BI-3802 with DNA Using Optical Tweezers, Jared McAuliffe
Greater Brockton’s Perception Towards Police, Jamiya McConnell
Black History in the Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms: Teacher Beliefs and Practices, Shannon McCormack
Characterization of Exosomes and Their Role in Cellular Migration in Chemosensitive and Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancer Cells, Courtney McEneaney
Vertex-Magic Total Labeling on G-sun Graphs, Melissa Mejia
The Unequal Application of the Death Penalty in the United States: Critical Analysis and a Just Solution, Muriel Mena
Portrait of a Prostitute: A Feminist Analysis of The Victorian Sex Worker in 19th Century Art and Literature, Marissa Merlino
Let’s Play! The Power of Play as a Teaching Tool in the Elementary and Early Childhood Classroom, Jessica Moore
How Slavery is Taught in Schools, Aidan Mordas
Blood Sugar: A Collection of Essays on the Highs and Lows of Diabetes, Annalisa Morganelli
¿Pretérito o Imperfecto?: Advancing Spanish Past Tense Instruction for World Language Teachers and their L2 Classroom, Jake Murray
Black Lives Matter vs. Anti-Lockdownand Stop the Steal: How Framing Affects Political Protests, Tarah Pierre-Louis
How Technology Has Changed the Field of Accounting, Emmanuel J. Quinto II
Holes Where People Go, Lucienne Quirk
The Human Connection of Travel: Why Air Travel Will Never Go Away, Maimunah Qureshi
Octavia E. Butler’s Earthseed and the God of Change, Mercedes Alayna Reid-X
Supporting Children with Selective Mutism in Early Childhood Education Classrooms, Ashley Resendes
Indigenous Women’s Resistance and Healing from Colonial Violence: A Study of literature and Art, Demi Riendeau
Bridging the Gap Between Language and Content: Teachers’ Views on Technology, Emma Rohan
The Role of Multi-Sensory Learning in Elementary Classrooms on Student Development, Amanda Romaine
Microplastics in the Marine Environment and Deep-Sea Sediment Contamination: A Review, Elizabeth Sangiolo
Multi-species Multi-seasonal Wildlife Occupancy along an Urban-to-Rural Gradient in Southeastern Massachusetts, Bobbi M. Scully
Culturally Responsive Teaching, Kimberly Shorey
Accommodating Students with Specific Learning Disabilities in Math: Developing Fact Fluency, Rory Sneyd
Data Engineering Techniques and Designs with Music Generating Neural Networks, Noah Solomon
“I’m Not Just a Sex Robot”: Perceptions of Stigma in Online Sex Workers, Clover Stutz
Utilizing Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Modern U.S. Classroom, Jessica Sweeney
Marvel-ous Women: Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, and the Representation of Female Superheroes, Alexis Lee Tavares
Blood Quantum? Native DNA? Indigenous Lineage? The Complexities of Native Authenticity and Identity, Grace Thayer
Moving Elementary School English Learners Forward: Understanding How COVID-era School Disruptions Impacted English Learner Education, Danielle Vissering
Using Optical Tweezersto Probe DNA Polymerase Kappa’s Binding Mechanism to DNA, Joshua Watts
Tag Your Friends for a Chance to Read This Paper: Self-Monitoring and Renumeration Posts on Social Media, Andrea Weng
Treatment of the Mentally Ill in the U.S. Gilded Age, Madeline Whelan