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
The Distortion of Drugs: War, Discrimination, and Profit, Chelsea Dagen
“Injuring Her Beauty by Study”: Women and Classical Learning in Frances Burney’s Novels, Stephanie Diehl
Birth by Portland: A Collection of Short Stories by Shay Duchaine, Shay Duchaine
The Internal Compass, Joshua Dyer
The Effects of New Public Management on Public Servant Job Satisfaction, Adam Ferreira
Accessorizing Agency: Nineteenth Century Women’s Fashion Adornments, Ashley Fongeallaz
Poetry of Body and Soul: Personhood in John Donne, Madison Forbes
Distribution of Plethodon cinereus Color Morphs in New England: 40 Years Later, Mariah Fossella
Blockchain Technology: Digitizing the Global Financial System, John Frechette
Phillis Wheatley: The Poetic Bridge Between Methodism and Romanticism, Amelia Fuss
Does a Voice Disorder Exist in Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis?, Jacquelyn Gadsby
Combined Consumption of Alcohol and a High-fat Diet: Effects on Behavior and Health in Male and Female C57B1/6J Mice, Rachel Gelineau
Women Expatriates: Where are They?, Clara Goncalves
The Influence of Rotation on Black Hole Wavefronts, Eric Grotzke
Rehabilitation or Social Isolation? The State’s Struggle with Juvenile Sex Offender Laws, Elyce C. Hall
The Private Library: Cultural Consumption and the Fashioning of Gentlemanly Character in the Long Eighteenth-Century, Corrie Ann Hughes
The Celtic Tiger and Ireland’s Cultural Identity, Brianna Hynes
High Fructose Corn Syrup Down-Regulates the Glycolysis Pathway in Apis mellifera, Michelle R. Jennette
Resisting Marriage: Defying Expectations in Three Lesbian Novels, Jennifer Jordan
The Effect of Both Per Pupil and Science Expenditure on Fifth Grade Science MCAS Scores in Three School Districts in Massachusetts, Kaitlin Kummer
Weed-to-Know Basis: The Public Opinion of Marijuana Use among College-Aged Individuals in Southeastern Massachusetts, Samantha Leandres
Transformations of the Turkish Headscarf: An Exploration of the Political Meaning, Socio-Economic Impact, Cultural Influence, and the Art and Craft of the Hijab, Kelsey Gabrielle Leuenberger
Mentally Ill, HIV-Positive, or Sexual Predator?: Determining Myths Perceived as Representative of Transgender People, Dominic C. Locantore
Love You to Death, Kaleigh Longe
An Accounting Student’s Place in the Job Market, Danya Marhamo
Metacognition and Escape in Golden Age Children’s Literature, Ashley Mastrorilli
Women’s Body Image in the Media: An Analytical Study of Recent Body Image Movements across Media Platforms, Mikayla Matheson
Objective Measurement of Sleep by Smartphone Application: Comparison with Actigraphy and Relation to Cognition, Mood, and Self-Reported Sleep, Taylor R. Maynard
Shari’a Arbitration Courts and Constitutional Democracy: A 21st Century Dilemma, Andrew McCarthy
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