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.
Honors Theses from 2018
The Reason for the Public’s Divided Opinion of the Financial Advising Industry, Nick Wallace
Implementing a Mindfulness Based Psychoeducational Technique into the Classroom to Aid Students with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Carter D. Waugh
An Exploration of the Effects of Parenting a Child Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Morgan Wherry
“You Like Me Being the Weak One!”: Effects of Gender in Fandom, Whitney A. Williamson
The Negative Effect of Social Media on Aristotle’s “Good Life”: Psychological, Sociological, and Philosophical Perspectives, douglas h. wilson
Catching the Perfect Serial Killer: How Bacterial Evidence Can be Used to Advance a Forensic Investigation, Catherine Wood
A Cultural Psychology Approach to the Epidemic of Substance Abuse in Appalachia, Alissa Woods
An Analysis of Human Trafficking in the Southeastern United States: Improving Law Enforcement Training & Techniques, Katherine N. Wyant
Honors Theses from 2017
Through Their Eyes: Exploring Severe Mental Illness through Short Stories, Emily N. Adkins
Assessing Electronic Voice Phenomena through Speech Science, Cassie C. Axtell
The Educational Experience of Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Kentucky, Emory Bell
Keeping up with the Consultants: A Proactive Approach Behind the Scenes of the Course-Embedded Consultant Program, Meagan Bevins
Evaluation of Disease Progression in Appalachian Kentucky College Students, Shelby L. Blanton
Fish Populations in a Changing World, Christine Booker
Cultivating Character with Curriculum: A Service Project, Amanda K. Bowman
Jouhikko: An Instrumental Evolution, Rachel E. Bracker
Parental Substance Abuse: How it Affects Children in the Home, Sarah Brashear
Carcassi Etudes for the Electric Guitarist, Jonathon Brewer
An Analysis of Green Construction and Its Effectiveness, Joshua A. Brooks
A Comparative Study of Perspectives in Musical Structural Features and Emotional Stimuli, Cibele Maia Burke
External Forces Influencing Victims to Leave Abusive Partners: Who’s to Blame?, Jennifer A. Burleson
The Selfie of Dorian Gray: Adapting Literature for Modern Media, Darby L. Campbell
The Macroeconomic Effects of Corporate Inversion and Possible Policy Solutions, Jessica Casebolt
Decentralizing DNS and the Certificate Authority System Using Blockchain, Tyler Chambers
Not a Flaw, But a Feature: An Analysis of the Fat Acceptance Movement, Shayna Clark
Social Media on Smartphone Technology: How has the Proliferation of Smartphones Affected our Society?, Hannah C. Cole
Study Abroad Success for Students, McKinley Rose Cole
Shakespeare and Psychology: Emotional Intelligence and Machiavellianism in King Lear and Othello, Justice M. Cundiff
Putting the Athletic Back in the Trainer, Shelby L. Davis
Perceptions of Selective Mutism: A Survey of School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists, Gwendolyn Mae A. Dorsey
The Hills were Unshaken: A Novice attempt at a Screenplay, Caleb M. Dunn
Uncovering the Roots of STEM: Identifying the Factors Inspiring a STEM Career, Logan D. Durham
Reject to Inject: Aiding Heroin Addicts in Recovery via Innovative Technology, Kourtney B. Easterling
E.U. Immigration Reform: Background and Implementation, Emily Logan Fendley
The Effect of Klotho on Murine Astrocyte Reactivity, Briana Ford
Japanese Business Culture: A Study on Foreigner Integration and Social Inclusion, Sarah Franklin
An Overview of U.S. Relations in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, Alicia K. Gilbert
Mental Health through Illustration and Storytelling, Diana N. Goodwin
Synthesis of mPeg-CNGRC-Pt: Enhancing Platinum Based Cancer Drugs, Emma R. Gosser Ms
Origins of Fibromyalgia, Samantha L. Gray
UndocuPEERS: The Rise of Undocumented Student Activism, Danielle Hachey
Promoting Atraumatic Care of Hospitalized Children through Evidence-Based Nursing Interventions, Sidney Hacker
Improving Gender Roles, Stigma and Men's Attitudes Toward Help Seeking: A Program for Change, Amelia C. Hahn
A Call to Empathetic Action: Possible Factors Correlated to Willingness to Intervene Against Suicide, Courtnee L. Hall
Finding Meaning in the Lack Thereof: An Analysis of Nietzsche's and Sartre's Responses to the Problem of Existential Nihilism, Daniel J. Hassall
A Gene Ahead of the Game: A Look at Sports Genetics, Jessa Hay
A Comparative Analysis on the Effectiveness of Modern Mechanical Hemostatic Agents, Kristine Anne Herrera
Coal-Based Power Plants and the Health of the Ohio River, Shelby L. Hesler
Experiences of Caregiving, Mitchell Hollander Hollander
Poverty in Appalachia: an International Perspective, Adam D. Holmes
Counter Terrorist Financing: French Case Study, Adrienne Holtzworth
World War II: A Liberation for Women on the Home Front, Whitney Housley
Non-Traditional Classroom Settings: Benefits and Outcomes, Savannah Huff
Art & Religion in Thailand, Jessah Jennings
Deaf Education: Bicultural Bilingual Education and Total Communication in General Education, Stacey L. Johnson
Arguments Against Amalgamation: The Citizen’s Council Battles Integration By Controlling The Narrative, Evelyn S. Kerns
Try-Hard: Accomplishing Big Production Look on a College Budget, Daniel Klapheke
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Musical Examination, Rachel E. Lachut
Tobacco Use Associates with Asthma, Cornelia D. Lewis Ms.
Holy Women: A Comparison Between Late Medieval Byzantine Orthodox Female Saints and their Catholic Counterparts, Michael Lee Martin Mr.
Ideology and Education: Higher Education in Meiji Japan, Samantha Kaitlin Meece
An Investigation of a Potential Submissive Signal in a Group of Captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximu), Morgan E. Melhuish
The Impact of Telemedicine on Rural Kentucky Health, Michael J. Mettey
Occupational Injustice: Women's Education in Afghanistan, Victoria Mings
The Effect of Technology at Work on Employees, Justin W. Morgan
The Kentucky Way of Death: A History of the Development of Mortuary Law in Kentucky, J. Conner Niceley
Traditional Craft Medium as Fine Art and its Relationship to Gender, Kristen H. Nichols
A Musician's Lament: A Creative Piece Resulting from the Interaction Between Grief and Music, Sarah K. Noelker
Police in The Media, Montanna L. Palmer
Fractal Dimensions, Jeniffer Paxtle
The Economic effect of British Imperialism on the Indian Economy, Mandie C. Peterman
A More Real VR, Donald O. Peterson
Determination of the efficacy of Gamma-glutamylcysteine ethyl ester as a treatment strategy for moderately traumatic brain injury, Meranda M. Quijas
The Effects of Equine Assisted Learning on Emotional Intelligence Competencies and Leadership Skills, Jade E. Rauen
Art and Stress Management, Alexandra L. Rice
Programming Trees: Creating an Interactive Digital Simulation, Henry W. Richburg
An Analysis of the Relationship Between Romantic Love and Religiosity in Renaissance English Poems, Cayla M. Robinson
Western Art Music through the Orff Scuhlwerk, Paul Romer
The Book Seeder's Students, Rebekah E. Rynerson
Keeping the Faith: The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia, James E. Sasko
Game Theory: The Modern-Day Airline Dogfight, Nathaniel Schattner
Victimization from TV to Real-Life: Unknown Difference, Samantha Shisler
Meditation's Effect on Cancer Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis, Dakota E. Shively
The Possible Effect of Cypsela Morphology on Endemism in Solidago shortii, Evan P. Singleton
Leadership Throughout Time, Bradley Slone
Kentucky Streams and Wetlands, 2009-2017: A Comparative Study, Dennis M. Smith
Evaluation of the Therapeutic Potential of Pt-Mal-LHRH in Attenuating Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Madison Smith
Designing an Effective Marketing Campaign for Small Business Convenience Stores, Dalton T. Stanley
Science and Literature: An Exploration Through a Shared Language, Maura D. Stovall
The Inclusion of Children with Down Syndrome in Elementary Education, Kelsey B. Stumbo
From the Soviet Bloc to the Ballot Box: Democratization in Eastern Europe, Tyler Swafford
Competency Development in University Business Students: A Multiperspective Analysis, Karlee A. Tanel
An Analysis of Playground Accessibility in Louisville, Kentucky, Emily Thomson and Emily K. Thomson
Myers-Briggs Personalities and Our Perceptions of Them, Rachel Vaughn
Chica Traducida: Subalternity and Cultural Erasure in the Translation of The House on Mango Street, Jessica Vaught
Changing Demographics in Higher Education: The Online College Student, Emily Vinson
Pain Catastrophizing in College Athletes' at Eastern Kentucky University, Jacob Waldecker
Examining the Potential Impact of Media on Suicide Contagion, Amanda M. Walters
