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
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
Reverberation Mapping of Markarian 421 using V,R, I, and Ha Filters, Alex Whitman
The Effects of Multilingual Learning on Social-Emotional and Cognitive Development in Children, Jasmine Won
Theses/Projects from 2021
We’re Here to Get You There: A Statistical Analysis of Bridgewater State University’s Transit System, Abigail Adams
STEM Education in the Early Childhood Classroom, Julia Biagiotti
Everyday Trauma: Narrativizing the Self in Chris Ware’s Graphic Novels, Jacob Bibeault
Are We Giving Them a Fair Chance? Racial Stereotypes and the Juvenile Justice System, Cali Bloem
A University Student’s Perspective on Financial Literacy, Matthew Braley
Roller Coaster Acceleration, Olivia Briggs
Masculine and Feminine Norms that Affect Perceptions of Male Contraceptives, Lia Cocomazzi
Shakespeare and The Chronicles: The Test Case of Richard II, Brandon Coimbra
Gun Ownership Rates and Opinions on Gun Control among Immigrants and Individuals Born in the United States., Patrick Michael Cummings
Can Family Formation as a Source of Parental Strain Contribute to Juvenile Delinquency Using a GST Approach?, Maggie Czarniak
The Air That Moves Between Us, Maia Lynn Daschke
Physiological and Metabolic Strain Differences in Response to Constant Light in Male Mice, Hannah V. Deane
Redefining Affordable Housing in MA, Maria Fernanda De La Fuente Martinez
Time Series Forecasting of CoViD-19 Deaths in Massachusetts, Andrew Disher
Somewhere That’s Green: Recreational Space Use and Civic Engagement in Massachusetts’ Urban Areas, Matthew Donohue
The Houston Astros' cheating scandal: A case study on crisis communication in sports, Wendy Edouard
Mathematical Models of COVID-19, Kate Faria
Factors Affecting Pubertal Timing and Perceptions of Birth Control, Ashley L. Gomm
Barriers to Careers: How Self-Efficacy Impacts Student Career Readiness, Brandon Goncalves
Hidden Links: Trait Anxiety and the Hostile Attribution Bias, Sarah Gracia
A Study on Differing Generational Values and Expectations in Corporate America, Abigail Grella
Digital Disruption in the Financial Services Industry: The Emergence of Fintech, Alex Guenther
A Perfect Storm: Nonfiction on the Progression and Regression of Anxiety, Amanda Guindon
Decreases in the Frontal Cortical Areas Following a Developmental Disruption Model of Schizophrenia, Anna Healy
Elephants Never Forget: Partisan Schemas and the Continued Influence of Misinformation, Jeremy V. Hermanson
El papel de la desviación de normas tradicionales de género en el desarrollo del tango porteño finisecular, Catherine Hoye
Anxiety in Elementary Classrooms, Stephanie Kane