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 2023
The Role of Caregivers in Shelters for Women Experiencing Homelessness: A Victimological Approach, Paulina Aguilar Delgado
Mental Health & Homelessness, Lucy Alimamy
Olivia Rodrigo and the Twenty-First Century Personal Brand, Edina Alix
Women in the Cuban Revolution: Where's the Change?, Sierra Beaulac
Middleton’s The Witch Costume Design, Sceviour Brianna
Human Capital Flight Impact on the Greek Economy Post the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, Andrew Cook
A Song of Ivory and Steel: Suppressive Empowerment in Game of Thrones, Cassandra Couto
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
Juan Crow: A Discriminatory Past with Contemporary Consequences against Mexican Americans, Alicia Delaney
Ivy House and Other Stories: A Collection of Horror, Vanessa Deltufo
Read This Book!: Defending Multicultural Literature from Recent Censorship, Chloe Devine
How International Student Teaching Benefits a Classroom, Kasey Donahue
The Impact of Age and Race on Impressions of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims, Shaelyn Donovan
An Exposition from Four-Vector to Quantum Field Theory, Weverton Dos Santos Alves
Women’s Desire: A Journey from Pleasing to Sexual Fulfillment, Erin Eichinger
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
Smile For the Camera: Patterns of Mammal Abundance in Great Hill Forest Through Four Years of Camera Trapping, Alexander Gonatas
Use of Social Media During The Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020, Aliya Goncalves Almeida
Exploring the Connection: The Scale of Time and Effort Within American Baked Goods, Grace Guindon
“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
Exploring Inmate Health in Prisons: Health Issues, Interventions, and Suggestions to Improve Care, Jenna Healy
Mental Illness and Creativity in the Selected Poetry of Robert Lowell and Anne Sexton, Nicholas Huard
Witnessing Torture: Staged Violence, Spectatorship and the Theatre of Political Imprisonment, Kyle Imbeau
Atlantic Zambezi Global, Dabana Intenque
Culture, Identity, & Perspectives During the Anglo-Irish Conflict, Riley Losordo
See Me: A Life of Invisibility of the LGBTQIA+ Community in Trinidad & Tobago, Cindy Mack
Assessing Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in the Small Businesses of Bridgewater, MA, Ryan Mannett
Children Are to be Seen and Heard, Caroline McNelis
Time Series Analysis of Major League Baseball Organizations’ Fan Attendance, Joseph Molis
How Recruitment and Staffing in the Healthcare Industry has been Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jake O'Neil
Narcissistic Parenting and its Effects on Parenting Styles and Child Development, Amy Palumbo
A Cross-Cultural Exploration: Global Methods of Contraception and Family Planning, Cora Pereira
Cannabidiol as a Synergist in Chemotherapy, Liam Pontes
Navigating Gifted Pathways, Ashley Rosenthal
Multilingual Students’ Language Learning in U.S. Classrooms, Monique Santos
My Name is Barbra Public Relations Campaign, Thomas Scalese
Teaching Accurate and Age-Appropriate History to Elementary Students: Teaching Third Graders about Historic Thanksgiving, Ashley Schepis
Relationships Between Vector Mosquitoes and Climate Change Derived from Long Term Ecological Data in the United States, Nicholas Scott
Exploring the Interaction of Minor-Groove-Binder Netropsin with DNA Using Optical Tweezers, Irbazhusain Shaikh
How Can Consuming a Plant-Based Diet Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Women?, Rebecca Stack
Understanding Quantum Field Theory and Standard Model to Explore Beyond Standard Model Physics, Alize Sucsuzer
The Process of Using Unity to Create a 2D Video Game, Sean Tammelleo
The Evolution of the Child Character with Learning Differences, Mary Viera
Optimizing Photosystem I and Plastocyanin Isolation to Develop a Photosystem I-Catalyst System for Photochemical Hydrogen Production, Angelina Vuong
Letting the Narrative Unfold: Black Female Storytellers of the 21st Century, Jalila Waller
Theses/Projects from 2022
Nutritional Cooking Program with Girls Inc., Taunton, MA, Chantel Almanzar
Challenges of Transitioning Back to School from Hospitalization: The Role of Child Life Specialists in Schools, Kelsey Bannen