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 2022

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Unlocking the Mystery of TeV J2032+4130 through VERITAS Data, Devon J. Barros

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From Bridgerton to Love is Blind: Romantic Relationship Expectations Based on Consumption of Original Streaming Television, Elena Bartolomey

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A Leap in the Dark: How Benjamin Disraeli’s 1867 Reform Bill Remade the Tory Party, Eric Beauregard

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From Massachusetts to Ravensbrück: Betty Laurie, the United States, and the Holocaust, Delainey Bostley

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The Magazine Industry: How the Internet Has Changed It All, Marissa Bradstreet

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Racism in Barnstable County’s Judiciary System, Olivia Brown

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Social and Self-Concepts for Students with IDD in Relation to Inclusive Programs, Maeve Carney

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The Role of Surprise in Guessing Games, Justin Carpender

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Exploring BIPOC Student Experiences and the Teacher’s Role in Anti-Racist Pedagogy, Elizabeth Cheesman

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Higher Education Social Media: Student Perceptions of University’s COVID-19 Crisis Communication, Bailey Cormier

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Dead on Arrival, Paige Couture

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Comparing the US to Other Nations: Experimental Evidence on Changing Public Punitiveness, Vinny Coyle

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How the Vegan Vs. Non-Vegan Diet Affects Strength Training Athletes, Kelsey Craig

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Establishing the Freestyle 293 Expression System as a Tool to Generate Recombinant Apolipoprotein E in Mammalian Cells, Michaela Cunningham

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But Everyone is Playing This! A Closer Look at Video Gaming and Moral Panics From 1996 Through 2006, James Damon

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Strategies for Increasing Long Term Language Comprehension in English Learners, Apryl Danwah

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Challenging Wrongful Convictions and the Death Penalty in Three State-Level Cases, Theresa Debrah

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“I’m not just made for men”: How Online Sex Workers Manage Misogyny, Sarah Dellner

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Mitigating Covid-19 Infection Rates and Increasing Vaccination Rates for Children Ages 5-11: A Content Analysis of How Two Hospitals’ Use of Effective Social Media Engagement Helped to Influence a Healthier Public, Jacqueline DeLorey

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Deep Space and the Quantum Mechanical Case: A Study of Stars to the First BSU Direct Measurement of a Singular Photon, Darius Desnoes

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Teaching Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen through a Series of Lesson Plans in the 21st Century, Patricia Diaz Fernandez

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Review of Curriculums for English Language Learners, Hayden Doherty

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What Works? A Qualitative Exploration of Play Therapy for Children in Pediatric Oncology, Caitlyn Dorsey

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The Parental Perception of the Effects of Therapeutic Riding on Children with Disabilities’ Academics Before and During COVID-19, Ashley Drake

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Exploring Materials for Carbon Capture: A Project-Based Lab for the First-Year Chemistry Course, Elise Eng

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The Negative Effects of Social Media Sites on Adolescents and the Benefits of Evoking Empathy Through Reading, Lindsay Everson

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Transgressing Time: Life and Death in the Portraiture of Paula Modersohn-Becker, Elizabeth Ezekiel

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Evading OblivionLand, Caitlin Faria

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The Foundations of Mathematics: Axiomatic Systems and Incredible Infinities, Catherine Ferris

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Judged by the Cover, Jay Froio

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Beauty Consumed, Erika Galvin

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The Effects of Critical Literacy Theory on Listening Comprehension and Student Engagement, Jay Girvan

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Exploring Experiences withContraceptive Discontinuation, Julia Giurleo

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Who to Tell?: An Analysis of the Disclosure Experiences of Online Sex Workers, Michael Gomes

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Sex Differences in the Anatomy of MAM E17 Treated Rats: A Developmental Model of Schizophrenia, Cassandra Hartsgrove

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Over-Policing and Under-Protecting in American Cities, Margaret Hession

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The Haunting of Wright Manor, Katherine Holzman

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Be The Light: Creating a Space for the Next Generation of Lighting Designers, Destiny Hyman

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Giving Voices to Children Who Were Refugees, Maddison Louise Jacques

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Examining Victim-Worthiness and the Court Systems in Massachusetts Domestic Abuse Cases, Natalie Johns-Suriel

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From Fitspiration Posts to Food Shaming: Social Media’s Impact on Adolescent Girls’ Body Image, Madison Jones

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The New Consumed Consumer: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Compulsive and Impulsive Buying Habits of Gen Z, Kristen Kline

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Prostitution and the Contagious Diseases Acts in Nineteenth-Century England, Victoria Knox

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Blurred Lines: Understanding the Misconceptions Surrounding Sexual Consent on Campus, Nina M. Krueger

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Food Insecurity In Perspective: Writing Food Access Into The Everyday, Colin James Lamusta

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Cruel to Be Unkind, Michelle Landry

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The Oppressed African American Female Voice in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and “Sweat”, Kaitlyn Levine

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I Heard the Tree Scream and I Hated the Sound, Dakota Lopes

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The Changing Motivations of First-Generation College Students, Jessica Lynch

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Responsive Classroom Lessons for an Elementary Classroom, Emma Magnuski