Seniors in EKU's Honors Program participate in a faculty mentored process that demonstrates the students' ability to locate, evaluate, analyze and synthesize information, in an ethical manner, in order to produce meaningful scholarship. The Honors Senior Thesis, typically a capstone paper or creative project, is the culmination of this process.

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Honors Theses from 2024

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Danny the Diabetic Dinosaur: A Resource for Families Impacted by Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Emily E. Welch

Honors Theses from 2023

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Exploring Selective Mutism and Determining the Best Treatment Options, Austin Arroyo

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Patting Down Your Patient: Ethical and Practical Challenges of Correctional Mental Health, Claire E. Bailey

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Hollers, Hillbillies, and Higher Education: The Influence of Dialect and Negative Stereotypes on the Academic Experiences of Rural Appalachian College Students, Jessica D. Boggs

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Exploring the Ethics of Human Space Travel: Navigating the Challenges and Implications of Missions Past, Present, and Future, Emily A. Brettschneider

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Occupational Justice in the Justice System: The Impact of Occupational Therapy on Incarcerated Americans, Cassidy Cain

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The Complexities of Communicating with Children about Mental Health Issues, Maggie L. Camp

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Integrating Mindfulness- Based Practice into University Curriculum: Building Resilience Among Undergraduate Health Science Students, Avery M. Carpenter

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Play That Funky Music: A Study of Bacterial Contamination of Wind Instruments, Ashley Clark

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Halloween: Rituals to Traditions An overview of traditions practiced around Halloween., Antoinette M. Contento

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Examining the Evidence: Portrayals of the Careers in Criminal Minds, Natalie Decker

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The Maternal, the Rural, and the Oncological: An Epidemiological-Sociological Analysis of Women’s Cancer in Appalachian Kentucky, Jerry P. Derringer

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“Go, go, Godzilla!” Defining and Creating Meaning in the Godzilla Franchise, JC Dyer

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Distributing Resources Regarding Gender-Based Violence, Ursula Esteban

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Through the Eyes of the Incarcerated: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Prisoner Reentry Through Memoirs, Abigail Estep

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Breaking the Sound Barrier:Improving film Accessibility, Alex T. Farris

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The Faces of Crime: How Municipal Police Department Presence on Social Media Influences the Lives of Incarcerated Americans, Carley Frost

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Purdue Pharma: Appalachia's Worst Nightmare, Malina C. Gaworski

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Occupational Balance Education: A Prerequisite to Healthy Habit Formation, Maggie Hall

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Open or Closed? An Analysis of Fire Effects and Patterns on Wooden Door Assemblies for the Practitioner, Christopher M. Heavren

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The Contradictions of First-Year Teaching: Why New Teachers Don't Want to Return to the Classroom, Maddison L. Hewitt

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The Bookworm's Brain: An Analysis on Emotion-Evoking Literature, Savannah Hoffman

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Past, Present, Future: Violence Against Native American Women in the United States, Jediah R. Holman

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The Quality of Our Water: Emerging Contaminants Effect on Human Health, Jeffrey R. Hurst

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Live to Think, Death by Tech: A Philosophical Analysis against Modern Technological Society, Jacob Jimenez

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How They Reflect Us: Artificial Intelligence Characters in Film, Tristan Jones

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A Search for Sustainability: Is Sustainability Achievable within the Social Media Marketplace?, Gracy L. Kelley

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Mountain (Grand)Mamas: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren During the Opioid Epidemic in Appalachia American and Their Portrayal in Media, Rosemary P. Kelley

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LGBTQ+ in a Rural Kentucky Town, Caroline A. Kinsman

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Unraveling the Impact of Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) Programs on Feral Cat Populations, Emma Koch

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PLEVA: Spreading Information in the Age of Misinformation, Bradley S. Lackey

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Queer Representation in the Horror Genre: An Analysis of Queer Stereotypes, Makenna N. Lambert

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“Kalet la Karateca”: A Culturally Responsive Children’s book to promote Mental Health Education within the Latino Community, Emily López Lucero

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Does Culture Impact Academic Anxiety in University Students?, Angie J. Marroquin

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Navigating Nursing: A Literature Review of Understanding and Addressing Challenges in the Nursing Profession, Hanna N. McQueary

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Screaming for Love: An Analysis of the Horror Film Industry Through the Lens of the Six Love Styles Theory, Emilee McQueen

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"This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things": How Taylor Swift Can Help Surmount Issues of Intellectual Property Law in the Music Industry., Rylee Ann Lynn Meachum

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Women in Business: Adjusting Leadership and Presentation from the 1950s to 2023, Stephenie Messer

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The Death and Life of Major League Baseball, Abraham H. Mikels

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I Know What You Did on Wattpad: Understanding the Adolescent Desire to Write Self-Insert Fanfiction, Kerra Miles

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Application of Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) to Wetland Hydrogeology: An Assessment of the Efficacy of Array Configurations, Wynter Monjarez

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The Exceptional European Experience: An Analysis of Education Abroad's Impact on College Students and the Field of Nutrition and Dietetics, McKenna Moore

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Richard Hakluyt: Elizabethan Propaganda, English Identity, and the ‘Black Legend’, James I. Nash

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Who Says Women Can’t Love and Empower?: How Representations of Women Have Progressed in Medical Romance Fiction, Diana Neely

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Impacts of Personal Cultural Orientations on College Students’ Psychological Health and Preventive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Period, Joanna Ouyang

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Let’s Talk: How Communication Apprehension and Intercultural Communication Affect Intercultural Conflicts and International Relations, Jessica P. Overbay

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Made in China?: Analyzing the Decline in Offshoring to the PRC, Michael B. Peake

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An Examination of the Vaginal and Endometrial Microbiota of Heifers and the Effects of Selenium Supplementation on Microbiome Composition, Kobe S. Perry

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Exploring Portrayals of Cults in News Media: Establishing a Continuum, Ashley M. Reynolds

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Something Horrible Happened: A Memoir and Expression of Grief, Rosalie J. Richburg

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Emulating Evolutionary Principles For Agriculture: Designing a Biomimetic Vertical Garden by Mimicking Tracheophyte Evolution, Earl M. Riddell

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When they Came Home: Common Reintegration Issues and Interventions of Female Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Taryn Ritchie

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Holidone: The Strategy to Success, Nicholas B. Robinson

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The Effect of Cinnamon Supplementation for Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Lisset Rosaldo-Hernandez

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How to Use Digital Media in Your Favor, Elizabeth Ruvalcaba

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How to Improve the Kentucky Workplace for the Sake of Workers' Mental and Physical Health, Hailey Simonds

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The Bride Guide: A Guide to Saying "I Do", Lydia B. Smith

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The Honeysuckle Myth: Confronting Appalachian Liminal Space, Naomi Smith

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Behind The Design, Natalia C. Smith

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The Effects of Artificial Sweeteners on the Human Body and Microbiome, Lauren K. Steely

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Expanding Upon Excitation: The Observance of Nonlinearity in Alexandrite, Katherine A. Stephens

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Examination of the Impact of the Opioid Epidemic in Appalachian Kentucky, Noah A. Stewart

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Moth: When Robots Become Human-Hybrids, M. Strauss

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Obstacles Commonly Faced When Seeking Healthcare In Appalachia, Haley G. Tackett

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Legal and Community Input in the Record of Decision for the Bluegrass Army Depot, Hannah E. Taylor

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The Many Shades of Anne Boleyn, Allison C. Turner

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Examining relationships between Covid-19, investor personality traits, and investor risk tolerance., Joshua Turner

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Sports Gambling is Legal: Now What? A Quantitative Analysis of How Kentucky Can Use the Revenue Generated from Sports Gambling to Help Our Poorest Communities, Brandon J. Weston

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Notions of Liberty- Traditional and Modern, Zachary D. Weston

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Risks of Being a Female Athlete: Prevalence of The Female Athlete Triad and Awareness of it by the Athletic and Student Population, Mary M. Wilson

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The Difficulties of Representation: Examining Portrayals of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Film, Peter L. Wilson

Honors Theses from 2022

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COVID-19 and Executive Functions, Shannon Ackerman

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The Shadow of Fast Fashion: The Quilting Industry, Elizabeth Y. Barnes

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Living In a Divided America: The Housing Policies That Have Segregated Our Country and Oppressed African American Wealth, Jenna M. Barnes

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Stranger than Fiction: Articulating Postwar Trauma through Metafictional Narrative, Thomas H. Bowling

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“Will It Ever End?”: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of U.S. College Students, Kristen N. Boyken

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Attitudes of Kentucky Residents towards Deer and its Management, Austin Broughton

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Beauty Impossible: Breaking the Barriers of Beauty and Self Image, Emily R. Burcham

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Defining Best Management Practices for Bee Conservation in Agroforestry Systems, Elijah C. Cardona

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Environmental Pollutants and Adverse Health: An Environmental Health Perspective on Living Conditions in Rubbertown, Kentucky, Elizabeth Carter

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The Mutagenic and Cytotoxic Effects of Exposure to Heavy Metals and other Oxidative Species from E-cigarettes on Epithelial Cells, Braxton A. Chafin

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Mental Health of Collegiate Musicians, Riley L. Chenoweth

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The Evolving Presence of Women in a Male-Dominated Business World, Kelcie R. Cooper

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Their Health is in Our Hands: A Systematic Review of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in the United States and Ireland, Chelsea G. Cox

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Disadvantaged Response: How to Improve Disaster Resiliency for Low-Income Families, Grace E. Crosthwaite

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Luteinizing-Hormone Releasing Hormone Directed Cisplatin and 99mTc Imaging Agents, Progress and Future Steps, Andrew S. Elliott

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The Effects of Aquatic Therapy vs. Land-Based Therapy on Range of Motion and Pain Perception: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Hadley Faris

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The Implications of Diet Culture on Mental and Physical Health, Kathleen Fitzpatrick

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“What is the Environment Doing to Our Genes?”: A Pedigree Analysis of the Possible Genetic Basis of a Set of Familial Clinical Disorders, Emily N. Goodman

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Emotionally Unavailable: A Comparison on the Ability of Children with Developmental Language Disorders to Interpret Emotions in Humans and Inanimate Objects, Savanna B. Gullett

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Age of the Influencer: Exploring How Influencers Build Trust Online and Its Effect on Young Consumers, Lillian K. Herbstreit and James Blair

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Feeding the Cities: A Business Plan to Establish Hydroponic Gardening in Urban Communities, Morgan C. Highsmith

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Art and Planning: A Work in Progress, Adam M. Holhubner

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Where Words Fail, Music Speaks: The Impact of Music Intervention on Speech Therapy Outcomes, Jenna F. Johnson

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Raffi and Responsivity: The Impact of Children's Music and Parental Engagement, Elizabeth M. Jones

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The Relationship of Historical Lynchings to Contemporary Death Sentencing Disparities in the United States, Lukas B. Jones

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Effects of Zeaxanthin and UV Light on Cell Viability and P53 Level: Examining the Use of Naturally Occurring Free Radical Scavengers Against UV Light Damage in Cancer Prevention, Tanner Justice

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Examining the Use of Naturally Occurring Free Radical Scavengers Against UV Light Damage in Cancer Prevention, Tanner Justice

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What’s that smell? Analysis of the Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Aroma: North America's Largest Native Fruit, Charlotte M. Lee

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When Smart Kids Fall Behind: Root Causes and Remediation, Victor T. Logan