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 2017
A Compact with the Whales: Confederate Commerce Raiders and New Bedford’s Whaling Industry 1861-1865, Mark Mello
The Politics of Paternalism: New England’s Textile Industry from Corporate Capitalism to the Second Red Scare, Kelsey Murphy
Refugee Policy & Social Integration in Jordan: Structural Barriers to Enclave Formation Among Forced Migrants to Jordan, David Nardelli
Developing a Virtual Reality Android Application to Remote Explore a Room, Jamie Nelson
A Just Framing of Healthcare Reform: Distributive Justice Norms and the Success/Failure of Healthcare Reform in America, Marissa Parker
An Archival Study of Grammar Instruction: Looking to the Past for Future Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Hannah Patriquin
Apartheid’s Last Hope: The International Fight for Walvis Bay, 1966-1994 History, Lila Quinn
Gödel’s Universe, Kevin Roebuck
Redesign of the Bridgewater State University Website, Jordan Rossetti
Effects of Carrion Decomposition on Arthropod Community Structure and Habitat Seeking Behavior, Samantha J. Sawyer
Civil Forfeiture: The Failure of the Courts, Thomas Senst
Symmetric Full Spark Frames, Brian Sheehan
JAZ Levels in Arabidopsis after Infection by Parasitic Root-Knot Nematode, Ashley Smith
A Case for an Injury Prevention and Self-Care Program for Bridgewater State University’s Department of Dance, Meghan Stanton
Principal Component Analysis: A Primer, Simon Sullivan
Hippotherapy: An Alternative Treatment from the Perceptions of Practitioners, Leah Tinkham
Exploring the Impacts that an Urban Public High School Experience has on Bridgewater State University Students’ Perceived College Preparedness, Katherine R. Trudell
Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on the Population Genetics of Plethodon cinereus, Matthew Tucker
Extremal Graph Theory: Turán’s Theorem, Vincent Vascimini
More Than Skin Deep? The Effect of Visible Tattoos on the Perceived Characteristics of Sexual Assault Victims, Rebecca Vilk
Preparing Today’s Middle School Science Students for the Real World of Science Through Relevant and Inquiry-Based Activities, Hannah F. Walsh
How Do You Like Me Now? An Examination of College Students’ Use of Social Media Sites, James D. Wheeler III
The Whole World in Your Hands: An Exploration of the Benefits Diverse Literature Has on Students, Emily Wiegand
Theses/Projects from 2016
Your Story, Your History: Social Studies and History Instruction in a Nicaraguan Primary School, Nicole Akin
Does Inclusion Really Mean Included?, Nicole M. Aldrich
Processes of Racialization through Media Depictions of Transracial Violence, Megan Allen
Most Effective Intervention for Adolescent Substance Use Disorder, Nichole Anderson
Banks vs. Credit Unions: A Comparative Analysis of Massachusetts Banks and Credit Unions Before, During and After the Recession, Mikaela Astore
How Do You Squash a Cricket? A Collection of Essays, Kelley Barrett
Social Media and Female Body Image, Kathryn Bell
Making Math hAPPen: Exploring Math iPad Games with Sixth Grade Students, Molly Bennett
Fairy Tales Rewritten: Reclaiming Womanhood for Women, Caitlin Rose Bradley
Hell Hound Rogers or The Great Town Benefactor: Who Was Henry Huttleston Rogers, David Braga
Beliefs about Childhood Obesity, Jillian Braley
Quantifying the DNA Binding Properties of the Binuclear Ruthenium Complex ΛΛ-P, Nicholas Bryden
People are Oceans: A Novel, Brianna Cataldo
Examining the Term Transgender in Attitude Studies, Amanda Constant
Observational Analysis of Inter-annual Boundary Layer Processes within the Glaciated Llanganuco Valley, Peru, Jason Covert
Advanced Dual Beam Optical Tweezers for Undergraduate Biophysics Research, Brian Daudelin
School Based Mental Health Provider Study, Amanda Dellea
Cultural Exchanges in the Far North: Twentieth-Century Contact in the Canadian Arctic, Gabrielle Desmarais
A Comparison of Accounting Fraud Before and After Sarbanes-Oxley, Kayla Dowd
Apologies in Higher Education: Students' Perceptions of Professors Who Apologize, Rebecca Dunlop
Quantum Field Theory and Jet Phenomena, David Elofson
An Examination of Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun: Literary and Mythological Significance, Tyler Garvey
The Virgin Beauty Queen: Gender, Productivity, and Modernity in Martin McDonagh's Ireland, Hannah Green
Creating the Perfect NBA Team: A Look at PER and How It Affects Wins, Gregory Hamalian
Physiological and Behavioral Effects of High Fat Diet Removal and Wheel Running in C57BL/6J Mice, Aikaterini Hatzidis
An Era of Convergence: Joint Defense between the United States and Canada 1949-1963, Melanie Hawes
Socio-Cultural Experiences and Openness to Music Genres, Britni Heustis