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 2021
Where They Live: Homelessness, School Location, and Academic Success, Alison Knoll
Adapting to a Health Crisis: A Case Study of a Real Estate Brokerage Team’s Crisis Communication and Management, Brielle Labonte
La carranga como identidad cultural local y regional del departamento de Cundinamarca y Boyacá– Colombia, Karen L. López
Restoring Balance – Reconstructing Indigenous Strategies in King Philip’s War, William G. Merritt
Guidelines for Regression Analysis in SAS and R: A Case Study, Sarah Milligan
An Exploration of Manipulatives in Math Education, Jade Monte
Investigating Academic Pressures on the Children of Immigrants, Michelle S. Murphy
The Politics and Ethics of Immigration in a Commercial Republic, Kiara Palomares
Site Catchment Analysis of the Middleborough Little League Site, Christine Leigh Paquette
Developing an Inquiry-based Laboratory Project for CHEM 142L Course at BSU, Manuel Pina
Silver Girls: A Modern Retelling of Little Women, Jessica A. Rinker
The Esoteric Quality of Montaigne’s Essays: The Essay as a Philosophic Response to Extreme Forms of Skepticism, Victoria Russo
An Aesthetic of Authenticity: The Use of Turquoise in American (Counter)Culture, Madison Staples
Comparison of Skin Microbial Communities Between Striped and Unstriped Morphs of Plethodon cinereus in Massachusetts, Alyssa St. John
Going Against the Flow: Attitudes Related to Interest in Unconventional Menstrual Products, Jessica Sullivan
Cornerstone or Threat? Political Ambition and The Federalist, Emily Taylor
Realization of BSU First Magneto-Optical Trap for the Spatial Confinement of Rb Atoms Using Next Generation Fiber Optic Capabilities with MiniMOT, Brahmin Thurber-Carbone
Hunger, Capitalism, and Modern Gothic Literature, Becky Tynan
Studying the Relationship Between Ethnic Identity and Resiliency: A Broad Approach, Mary Zheng
Theses/Projects from 2020
The Case of the Melting Pot: How Does Opinion Bias Affect One’s Understanding of Immigration in the US?, Mary Ankomah
The Frequency of Stereotypical Media Portrayals and Their Effects on the Lesbian Community, Arienne Annati
Spectral Observations of the 2019 South American Total Solar Eclipse, Sarah Auriemma
Towards an Understanding of Nietzsche’s Will to Power, Jeffrey Beery
The Benefits of Music Therapy and the Integration of Music Therapy into a Standard Curriculum for Special Needs Students, Meaghan Bielski
W. H. Auden’s Proto-Queer Theology of 1939-1941, Aaron Bisson
The Small Heat Shock Protein αB-Crystallin is Critical to Cell Survival in Response to the Phytochemical Withaferin A in Cisplatin-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells, Melissa Carmichael
Chapters 1-8 of Ralph & Lilly’s Orchard, Chloe Chartier
Reframing the Audience in Shakespeare Studies, Ethan Child
Diversity and Social Justice in the Massachusetts Classroom: Teachers Implementation and Students Reflections, Josephine Ciatto
The Effect Aromatherapy has on a Woman’s Perception of her Body and Menstrual Cycle, Michaela DeMattio
Gaming Art History: A Study of Game-Based Pedagogy and Its Applications in Art History, David DeSouto
A Survey of STEM Literature in Elementary School Classrooms, Kaitlyn Duhaime
Triumph & Turmoil: The Duality of Sylvia Plath, Matthew Edgar
Quantifying Anticancer Drug Doxorubicin Binding to DNA Using Optical Tweezers, Zachary Ells
Disruption of the electron transfer system within the protein 3-ketosteroid-9α-hydroxylase (KshAB) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Olivia Esteireiro
A Retrospective Study: Investigating the Role of Childhood Experience and Parenting Style in the Development of Narcissism, Haleigh Ewing
Modeling the Global Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans, Anna Fateiger
Twentieth Century Organ Works as Pedagogical Devices: Using Select Compositions by Hermann Schroeder, Jean Langlais, and Daniel Pinkham as Teaching Tools for the Beginning Organ Student, Mary-Katherine Fletcher
Costume Design Portfolio: A Journey Through Undergraduate to Professional Design, Karly Foster
Challenging the "Butcher" Reputation: General Grant's Strategy in the Overland Campaign, Sean Ftizgerald
Demonstrating and testing the Deutsch-Jozsa Quantum Algorithm Towards the Realization of Quantum Computing at BSU, John J. Gilmore Jr.
All in the Family: A Collection of Essays on Family and Mental Health, Kiana Govoni
Amatonormativity, Aromanticism, and What Defines a Relationship, Rilee Granger
National Legislation and its Effects on Music Educators, Rosalind G. Greisz
Image Processing of Narrow Band Solar Eclipse Data Using Python and MaxIm DL, Rydia Hayes-Huer
Opium in Nineteenth-Century England, Hannah Hutchinson
The Effect of Chirality on DNA Threading: Exploring Binuclear Ruthenium lntercalators Using Optical Tweezers, Adam A. Jabak
Utilizing Creative Dance Pedagogy and Concepts for Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language, Riley Lathorp
African American Vernacular English: A Language Necessarily Adorned, Christelle Lauture
The Prevalence of Rape Myths on a Mid-Sized, Public College Campus, Meghan Lewis