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 2014
Elementary Students' Strategies for Solving Visual Logic Tasks, Camille Schulman
Strategic Analysis of Casino Expansion into Massachusetts, Nicole Sherman
The Power of the Gaze: Self- and Partner-Objectification Within Same-Sex Relationships, Diane Smedberg
Adam Smith: Providing Morality in a Free Market Economy, Kendra Tully
Colonization through the Eyes of Dolls: An Iconography of the Doyle Doll Collection, Erika Umali
No One is Alone: Responsibility, Consequences, and Family in Into the Woods, Jennifer White
A Revisionist Herstory: Self-Determination in Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, Genevey Ziino
Theses/Projects from 2013
Doomed: A Speculative Work of Science Fiction, Caitlin Angelo
Stepping Into Nationhood: The Threat of Emasculation in Irish Society, Lauren Baker
Abandoning Standard Assumptions in Pareto Optimization Models: Simulating Market Scenarios with Incorrectly Estimated Preference Structures, Joshua Bernard
LGBT Homeless Youth in Boston, Massachusetts: Experiences Regarding Resources and Potential Barriers, Brittney Connery
Songs for the Nightingale, Michael Cotter
A Bull Market for Moll Flanders: A Female Capitalizing on the Changing Economic Climate of Eighteenth Century London, Sarah Damewood
LGBT Aging and Elder Care, Brian Diehl
Common Fundamental Domains for Lattices of the Same Volume, Ashley Erwin
Smooth as Raven's Claws, Kyle Farnworth
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Creating a Collective Identity, Megan Fletcher
The Social Construction of Literary Understanding in a 3rd Grade Classroom During Interactive Read-Alouds, Adriann Flint
Why Words Matter: Framing Immigration in America, Kayla Harvey
Behind the Scenes: A Look at Socio-cultural Messages in Situation Comedies and their Effects on Gendered Messages, Victoria S. Hogan
Ex-Prisoners' Perceptions of the Availability And Effects of Services in Correctional Settings, Jenna Houston
The Object of Desire: How Being Objectified Creates Sexual Pressure for Women in Heterosexual Relationships, Tiffany Hoyt
"How Beauteous Mankind Is": Utopian (In)humanity as Questioned by Shakespeare and Answered by Huxley, Jason Kelliher
Renaissance Drama and Magic: Humanism and Hermeticism in Early Modern England, Caitlin A. Larracey
Kinematic Analysis of Hip and Knee Joints between Barefoot and Shod Treadmill Running, Stephanie E. Lloyd
A Study in Sherlock: Revisiting the Relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, Rebecca McLaughlin
A Study of Women through 18th-Century Literature: as Reflected by the Works of Jane Austen, Or, a Re-visioning, Nicole Miller
Beyond Maidens, Minxes, and Mothers: The Female Vampire and Gothic Other in Dracula, Hellsing, and Chibi Vampire, Brianna Murch
Differences in Body Dissatisfaction in Male Collegiate Athletes, Sabrina L. Pavao
The Emergency Exit, Thomas Porter
Reading and Writing Women of the Middle East: A Story of War and Recovery, Saide Ranero
The Accessibility of In-Prison Programming for Female Offenders and Their Gender Specific Needs, Kelli Reynolds
Anterior and Posterior types of Neuropsychological Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease: A Subgroup Classification of Cognitive Outcome, Megan M. Risi
A Presuppositional Rejection of Enlightenment Evidentialism, Ethan P. Rogers
The Experiences of Transgender Students in Massachusetts Colleges and Universities, Kayla M. Spagna
Kinematics Comparison between Dominant and Non-Dominant Lower Limbs in Thai Boxing, William Trial
The Undergrad's Dilemma: n-Person Games and Information Asymmetry in Undergraduate Course Selection, Michael A. Verlezza
The Development of Early Christology, David Wyman