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 2025
Encouraging Young Writers with Multiliteracies and Transformative Works, Charlene A. Amarello
Design of Silicon Grating Metasurfaces for Beam Deflecting in Solid-State Light Detecting and Ranging (LiDAR), Matthew Baker
Identity Light Stories and their Retellings, Xander S. Barney
Earthworms, Slugs, and Salamanders: Community Interactions in a Massachusetts Forest, Emmalee Bent
European-Islamic Ceramics from the Eighteenth Century Onward, Katherine Collins
An Exploration of the Relationship between Age and Disposition in the Juvenile Court Data, Jaden Reign DeBlois
The Role of the U.S. in South Korean Democratization: A Contemporary Analysis, Michael Garifales
Assessing Multilingual Learners: Necessary Reforms in Language and Literacy Evaluation, Victoria Gibson
How Do Server-Based Architectures Compare to Serverless Architectures in Terms of Development, Deployment Process, Scalability, and Cost-Effectiveness?, Natalio Fernandes Gomes
That’s Not Art! Artificial Intelligence and its Role in the Arts, Molly Katherine Horn
Democratic Debate: A Comparative Study of Presidential and Parliamentary Systems in Southeast Asia, Alexander LaCourse
Mock Juror Perceptions of Intimate Partner Rape Victims: The Effects of Mental Illness and Emotional Expression, Kristina Lambert
The Impact of APOE Genotype on Neuropsychological Functioning in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease, Emma Larracey
Children as Legacy: Fostering a Viable, Interracial Future in Chesnutt’s The Marrow of Tradition, Allison Marchand
Quantifying DNA Groove Binding Dynamics of Netropsin Using Optical Tweezers, Jacob McNally
The Mechanics and Consequences of the Löwenheim-Skolem and Compactness Theorems, Adam Murphy
Consumers, Protectors, and Organizers: Women’s Anticommunism in the Post-World War II United States, Hannah Panicci
“Do You Solemnly Swear or Affirm?” Investigating Oath Swearing and its Effects on a Mock Rape Trial, Alex M. Ray
Holding on to Social Hierarchy: An Intersectional Exploration of Attitudes that Maintain Social Inequality, Cassandra E. Santos
Rabbits on Water, Harley Shiner
Gauss’s Method for Orbital Determination, Milagros Tamara Giraldo
System Administration Practices and Experimentation, Nicholas Z. Young
Theses/Projects from 2024
Exploring the Town Management and University Partnership Impact on Community and Economic Development in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, David German Alatorre
Resilience and Risk in Delinquents of Color, Carla Victoria Alves
A Qualitative Study of In-School Support for LGBTQ+ Students, Sara N. Barry
Nonlinear Rogue wave Generation for All-Optical Switching in Optical Fibers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, Samuel Alexander Bechtold
Optical Tweezers Explorations: DNA-Mitoxantrone Interactions at 20pN, Heléna Kathryn Beeloo
New Quantum Information Science Study at BSU: A Theoretical Study and Research Towards PIC Generation of Entangled Photons, Peyton Brown
Behavioral, Physiological, and Circadian Effects of Constant Light on Bling C3H/HeN and C3H/HeJ, Samantha G. Burke
Case Study of Gun Control Policies of Four Northeastern States, Cassandra Lynn Cantwell
An Exploration of Forgiveness in Social Work Practice, Allison Carter
Assessing the Need for a Mental Health Task Force for Aviation Science Students at Bridgewater State University, Cooper Castellone
The Math Guidebook For Educators: Exploring Multiple Ways Students Interact With Math, Reilly Clark
Two Decades of Climate Measurements Reveal El Niño's Role in Andean Elevation-Dependent Warming, Luke Davies
The Transformation of the Commercial Airline Industry by Frequent Flyer Programs, Christian DeMoras
Delving Deeper: Advancements in Complex Jewelry Techniques, Merna Elnesr
Then and Now: Comparing the Representations of Gender, Race, and Class in Rom-Coms from the 1990s to Today, Madeline Goldberg
A Glimpse Inside Salaria’s Walls, Katherine Tracey Johanson
The Media’s Representation of Female Athletes During Drug Scandals, Cassandra Leigh Lavigne
Learning Spanish as A Second Language: How Instruction Differs for Spanish in Middle and High School, Megan Lenza
Continuing Bonds Experiences of Bereaved Adults Within the Context of the Pandemic, Benjamin Lyons
Understanding Gravitational Lensing Using General Relativity, Sophia MacQueen Pooler
Probing the Interactions of Anticancer Drug Doxorubicin to DNA Using Optical Tweezers, Jason Martin
The Distillers’ and Cattle Feeders’ Trust, Divisions in the United States Whiskey Industry, and the War Fought Over Massive Copper Worms, 1865-1895, Phoebe V. Matthy
The Rubidium Magneto-Optical Trap: Designing a Robust System For Measurement & Control, Thomas Melody
Largeness and Accessibility of Sparse Sets, Oscar Quester
Exploring teacher strategies regarding multilingualism on popular social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram, Victoria Raposo