The program provides a series of interdisciplinary honors courses which satisfy selected general education requirements. Participation in the program culminates in an honors research project, typically during the senior year.
The senior students of the University Honors Program are pleased to share their research with a broader audience.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Andromache, Rachel Hungerford
ASL for Special Educators, Melissa Johnson
Ionic Liquids as Both Solvent and Reagent in Electrophilic Addition Reactions, Hannah Artz and Roseann K. Sachs
Masculinity, Male Friendship, and Same-Sex Interactions in 18th Century America: The Relationship of Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens, Chloe Kauffman
Nonprofit Narratives: Faith-Based Organizations, the Gospel Mission, and You, Jennifer Myers
Pure Essential Oil vs. Blend: Word Recall Memory Strategies, Victoria Renee Anders and John I. Bechtold
Sanctuaries of Story: Oral History as Peacemaking in African American Church Communities, Victoria Berrios
The Balm of Gilead: Neuroaesthetics of Empathy in Fiction, Courtney Smith
The Search for Enduring Peace: Promoting Rebel Party Formation in Post-Civil Conflict States, Isabel Villegas
Understanding Existentialism on Stage: The Theatre of the Absurd, Joshua Murray
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
A First Time Foster Parent Guide to Behavior and Trauma, Abigail Carty
Antigone Through The Ages, Katie Anne Phykitt
Chicken Waste as a Nutrient Source for Red Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) in a Hydroponic System, Allison Houtz and David Foster
Developing a reliable computational method to determine the allosteric sites to be targeted in finding non-aggregating allosteric inhibitors of PTP1B, Sarah Codd and Anne Reeve
Enlightened Empathy: Applied Theatre Transforming Society and Self, Abi K. Johnson
Finding Home: (Re)thinking Identity through Texts as a Queer, White Woman, Lydia Pebly
Innate Longing for Connection: A Biopsychological View of Spiritual Longing Mediated by Oxytocin, Megan Hamilton
Making a Musical: Reflecting on Failure and FlexibilityAnd an Amateur Guide to Music Copyright, Ellen Diehl
Ne Bɛna Maana Bɔ: A Story Will Come Out of Me, Emmanuelle Spronk
The Homes We Carry: Using The Neighborhood Map Writing Tool in Your Classroom, Rebecca Joy Wenger
Till Death Do We Art: Monologues in Reflection on Art and Career, Rachel Rochet
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Ceder Run Stream Analysis: Analyzing and Understanding the Cedar Run Watershed through a Multifaceted Approach, Rebecca Lauver and Jeffrey S. Erikson
Craving Rojak & Snacking On Indomie: Reflections On A Transnational Experience Through Food Studies And Personal Essays, Lin Mok Zhuang
Determinants of Broadway Theatre Demand, Emily Falkenstein
Dying to Live: Rediscovering the Meaning of Health and Wellness, Madison Wright
High-Intensity Interval Training and the Brain: A Review, Nathan Romberger and Doug Miller
Joining White America: How The Irish Achieved Racial Assimilation, Benjamin Baddorf
Liberation Theology: The Power of Religion in Revolutionary Movements, Katherine Preudhomme
Pancreatic tumor fibrosis: Determining the target of proglumide-mediated inhibition, Courtney Williams and John F. Harms
Playing God: Legacies of Narrative Control in Danticat and Walker, Sarah Becker
Shelf-life study of Human Erythrocytes Cryopreserved for the Laboratory Culture of Plasmodium falciparum, Annalise Armstrong
Sustainable Community in Literature and Lancaster County: Finding a Way Forward on Small Farms, Christine Bye
The Homeless Choir: Arts-Based Community Development in Action, Veronica Holmes
Thrive: The Impact of a Mind, Body, and Soul Program on Anxiety Symptoms and Quality of Life, Alexa Glatfelter
Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Alter Simian Virus 40 Large Tumor Antigen Epitopes in Living Cells, Rachel Steckbeck
Virtue and Modern Society, Grant Matthew Gombert
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Christianity, Economics and the Poor, Hannah VanFossen
Christian Moral Disengagement and Exclusion of the LGBTQ+ Community, Charles Byrd
Clarifying the Connection Between Oncgenic KRAS and Gastrin/CCK2R Signaling in Pancreatic Tumorigensis, Andrew LaRow and John F. Harms
Cloning a Fluorescent Fusion Protein for Detection and Localization of the Gastrin Receptor, Vinh Le
Collaborating with Confidence, Composure and Grace, Gabriella Brooks
Co-sputtered TiBx Thin Films, Alexander Sredenschek
Energy Monitoring and Management System, Trieu Luu
Engaging Inquiring Minds: A Guide for Teaching Elementary Science Through Inquiry, Claire Marino
Evolution of Natural Horn, Ciara Sacco
Feminine and Masculine Linguistic Comparison: Investigating Team Sports through Notre Dame University Media News Archives, Ellie Lengacher
GameRepo, Joshua Simmons
Macrophyte Distribution in Limestone Streams of South Central Pennsylvania, Joshua Stone
Minimalism, Lindsay Ledder
Pornography in the Church: Spiritual, Relational, Economic and Social Implications, Hannah Fogle
Poverty Tourism: Rhetorical Characterizations of the Other in Study Abroad, Tourism and Missions Marketing, Miriam Thurber
Prevalence of a Variant Gastrin Receptor RNA and Correlating Genomic Polymorphism in Human Pancreatic Cancer, Rebekah Jones
Privacy in the 21st Century: DNA and the Fourth Amendment, Julia Clements
Prostitution Policy: Ending the World's Oldest Profession, Jamie Bishop
ServeCentral, Garret Reichert
Sherlock, Jared Butler
Solutions of the Wave Equation, Emily Wichert
Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nitride Films for the Reduction of Oxygen, Josiah Nisly
The Effects of Caffeine Ingestion and the -163 A>C CYP1A2 Polymorphism on Long Anaerobic Exercise Performance, Kristen Hasse
The Issue of Funds: A Discussion on the Structure and Importance of School Financing in Pennsylvania, Sarah Long
The Stars in the Tunnel, Marianna Cava
Transition to Employment for People with Disabilities: Closing the Employment Gap, Anna Marie Clark
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Adsorption of Fluorescently Tagged Self-Assembled Monolayers onto Zinc Selenide Thin Films through Microcontact Printing, Juliya Mantsevich
A Novel Synthetic Pathway for Aspernigrin A, Daniel J. Lemen, Zebulun Cross, Duncan McDermond, and Anne Reeve
Apathy and Foreign Policy: What We Can Learn from the Vietnam War, Pascal Spronk
A Universal Child Income: Implications for Policy, Poverty, and Child Development, Ben Cochran
Growth and Characterization of ZnSe Thin Films by RF Magnetron Co-Sputtering, Hallie Miller
Identity Development Across Adolescence, Madison Groff
Is subjectivity truth? Musings on Kierkegaard and Potok, Elizabeth Muchmore
Jew and Christians on Forgiveness: Response to The Sunflower, Becca Lokos
Melancholy in Music and Migration: The Development of the Tango as a Transcultural Art Form, Hannah Snavely
Metaphors of Trauma: An Excavation, Kate Brock
Nuestros países inventados: Las narrativas nacionales en la obra de Isabel Allende, Hannah Eckstrom
Personal Reflection, Renee Benning
Spherical Geometry and its Applications, Olivia Tamm
The Efficacy of Third-Party Certifications and Memberships:Bridge to Institutional Sustainability at Colleges and Universities, Mia Kuniholm
Theory of Operation: The Energy Monitoring and Management System, Joshua Conrady, Matthew Diers, Mike Gray, Trieu Luu, Justin Martin, David Nicolais, Nathan Ressler, Joseph Wambach, and David Williams
Till Human Voices Wake Us, Alicia Fleming
We Are Fragments: A Memoir of Reconciliation with Self and World, Elisabeth Ivey
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A Christian Defense for Free Markets, Dustin Peck
Allometric Effects on Clutch Size and Quality in the Panamanian Golden Frog, Atelopus zetek, Micah Christensen, Erik Lindquist, and Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Biocatalytic Reduction of Ketones and Imines Using Daucus carota Root, Anthony Bogetti
Can Pancreatic Cancer be Controlled by Cellular Immunity?, Kirby Robbins, John Harms, and Lawrence Mylin
Cue 1: Literacy : a teacher's guide to teaching literacy skills through drama, Alison Bancroft
Digital News: Persuasion, Emotion, and Trustworthiness, Abigail McBride
Electrooptical dynamics of ultra-thin nematic liquid crystalline films supported on ZnSe functionalized with alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers, Elliot C. Rossomme, Nicholas Tay, and Alison Noble
Energy Monitoring and Management System: Moving Toward a Modular Design, Paul Tajiri
Food Policy Councils in the Mid-Atlantic:Working Towards Justice, Sam Boden
From Edenville: Essays, Abigail Koontz
Graph Coloring Games, Nicholas Weaver
Intentional Community Curriculum, Jared Armistead
Literature Review: A Hierarchy of Math Skills, Erika Hufford
Modeling and Forecasting Zimbabwe’s Trade Exports with Time Series Analysis, Emilie Smetak
Notes of a Non-Native Son: Narrative, Ecology,and Ethics in the Arizona Desert, Joel Johnson
Planning a Small Business, Madison O’Donnell
Read-Aloud Time in Museums, Juliana Harris
Splitting the Avocado: Short Fiction on Themes of Power, Gender, and the Hope of Change, Abigail McBride
The Drivers Behind Edible Food Recovery Programs at Institutions of Higher Education, Danielle Chun
Tournaments on Tournaments: Using Graph Theory to Analyze Tennis Tournaments, Megan Scala
Transatlantic Lessons in Refugee Policy: Comparing Refugee Law, Policy and Programs of the United States and Germany, Ida Ehrhardt
Trapped in a Columbarium of Concepts?(A Philosopher's Self-Help Guide), Richard Prensner
Una Experiencia de la Educación Especial, Sarah Machowski
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
An Insider's Guide to Starting in Small Group Ministry 2nd Edition, Samantha Alderfer and Stephen Haverstick
A Novel Synthetic Pathway for Aspernigrin A, Brady Marburger and Anne Reeve
A search for new T cell epitopes within and evaluation of the immunogenicity of SV40 T-ag transformed cells grown without fetal bovine serum, Shaun Egolf and Lawrence Mylin
“Call Your Brothers Magnificent, Call All the Sisters Queens”: Kendrick Lamar and the West African Griot Tradition, Jonathan Barry Wolf
CD4+ T cell Regulation of Immune Responses to the Simian Virus 40 Large Tumor Antigen is Complex and Involves Multiple Layers of Coordination Dependent on Immune Conditions, Arielle Raugh and Lawrence Mylin
Characterizing monoclonal antibodies against the cholecystokinin 2 receptor (CCK2R) and a splice variant for use in pancreatic cancer studies, Laura Ritenour
Developing a CR281 Peptide Specific T Lymphocyte Immune Response To Target Pancreatic Cancer CCK2i4sv Receptor, Taylor Hook
Down or Be Drowned: Gender Constructions in The Mill on the Floss, Elena Patton
Edible Forest Gardening: Planning, site selection, and implementation of permaculture at Messiah College, Lyndsay Feather and David Foster
Father Face in the Dark, Dallas Saylor
Frappes and Philosophers, Branden Glass
How People of High and Low Trait Stress React to State Stress and Pleasure, Robin Hennessey
Increasing the Stability and Expression of Green Fluorescent Protein in Pancreatic Cancer Cells for Metastasis Assays, Holly M. Ross and John F. Harms
Low Cost, High Speed Correlation for Dynamic Light Scattering On a Field Programmable Gate Array and Potential Applications in HIV Detection, Katrina Schrock
Poverty in Modern China: Left Behind in Western China, Kia Hitt
Roots and Rituals: A Perspective on Dutch and African Surface Design, Katie Kerlen
Rule of Law, Human Rights, and Racial Plurality in Contemporary Malaysian Society, Bryan Ji Yang Leong
The Hegemonic Construction of the Modern Fairytale: Wonderland, Oz, and Enchanting Ideologies of Lost Little Girls, Karin Holvik
Understanding the Effects of Parents’ Strokes on their Adult Children’s Lives, Jaclyn Weit
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
An Insider's Guide to Starting in Small Group Ministry, Samantha Alderfer
Effect of Caffeine on Salivary Cortisol during 10-Mile Cycling Time Trial, Anne Roshong, Lauren Clune, H.Scott Kieffer, and Jodie Haak
From Pacifist to Patriot: The Manipulation of Tolstoy’s Legacy in Russian Culture and Society, Rachel Bauman
Going Home: American Christian Zionism in History, Theology, and Identity, Jonathan Fuller
Investigating Cellular Immunity Using the SV40 Large Tumor Antigen, Matthew Lauver, Caitlin Mason, Stephanie Schell, and Lawrence Mylin
The Multi-Cultural Identity of Medieval Sicily: William II’s Complex at Monreale, Lindsay K. Henry
The power of choice : a supplemental instructional tool for speakers of AAVE, Melissa Landis
Tissue Culture in Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link, Adam Stern
Transfection of Primary Kidney Cells with Mutated SV40 T ag DNA Containing a CCKCR Intron-Derived Sequence, Kaitlyn Grando, Courtnry Burkett, and Lawrence Mylin
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Alexander Glazunov and his Violin Concerto: History, Biography, and Performance Perspective, Gregory Glessner
Analysis of Adsorbates on Polished Zinc Selenide, Emily J. Mellott, Vince Bojan, and Alison R. Noble
An Evaluation of Messiah College’s Sustainability Studies Major & Survey of Best Practices, Julie Price
A Study of Copying in Art Education: Historical Approaches and Contemporary Applications, Hanna Schaffer
Carboxylate Self-Assembled Monolayers on Polished Zinc Selenide, Emily J. Mellott and Alison R. Noble
Compassion in Transcultural Nursing Care, Supakorn Kueakomoldej
Construction of a Glow-Discharge Plasma Microelectrode for the Synthesis of Inorganic Solids, Julie L. Fenton and Richard W. Schaeffer
Correlation: Beginning History through Development of Function, Billie Sue Arndt
Culturally Competent Social Work Practices: Working with Latino Populations Experiencing Domestic Violence, Danielle Bausher
Culturing Plasmodium falciparum in the Laboratory, Daniel Wingert, Lauren Wilson, and Lawrence Mylin
Fabricating a Nanoscale Electrode Array on Zinc Selenide for Studies of Long-chain Alkanethiol Monolayer Influence on Liquid Crystal Orientation, Nicholas Eng Soon Tay
Growth of Arabidopsis Thaliana Under Zinc Stress, Kaitlin Kovach
How Prayer Mediates the Body’s Physiological Response to Stressors, Corryn R. Sargent
[Intelligent Water Project], Mathew Musselman
Investigating an Alternate Synthesis Pathway for Aspernigrin A, Wesley S. Robertson
Like Father, Like Son? What does it mean for Jesus to be the “Son of God?”, Kelsey Kreider
Madrigal, Kaylee Schofield
Prayer and Stress: How Prayer Mediates the Body’s Physiological Response to Stressors, Jess Garber
Presence and Prevalence of Bd (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in Central Pennsylvanian Woodland Pools, Brennan A. Neal, Kristin M. Sicher, Erik D. Lindquist, and Michael J. Shin
Presence and Prevalence of Bd (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in Picado’s Bromeliad Treefrog (Isthmohyla picadoi), Jessica Kim and Erik Lindquist
Quantification of Histidine from Plant Extracts using High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Electrochemistry, Janelle Veazey, Richard Schaeffer, and Michael Shin
Redefining the Security-Development Nexus: Peace and Sustainable Development in Eastern Congo, Sarah Gross
Seed Pressing and Biodiesel Production in Burkina Faso: The Burkina Faso Team : a subset of the Energy Group's Biodiesel Project, Meagan Miller
Service Learning and the Intelligent Water Project, Andrew Yau
Sounds of the Symphony Educational Orchestra Concert, Abigail Feder
Support group curricula for non-offending caregivers: a review, Megan Lindsley
Take a Chance, Laura Parks and Katy Bloom
The Clearly Fuzzy Line: The Aesthetics of Photo Documentation, Schuyler Miller
Toward the Synthesis of Aspernigrin A Precursor 6-Benzyl-4- hydroxypyran-2-one: Optimization and Cross-Coupling Strategies, Seth A. Sharber and Anne M. Reeve
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A Cautionary Tale of Two Extremes Religion and Politics in the U.S. and the U.K., Alejandro Garcia Davalos
A Study of Wind Band Repertoire, David Michael Lynch
Construction of a Novel System to Analyze Recognition of MHC Class II-Restricted Epitopes by CD4+ T Cell Hybridoma Clones in vitro, Samuel Bray and Lawrence Mylin
Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Fish Using GC-MS, Kyle Kessler, Jeff Erikson, and Richard Schaeffer
Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Fish Using GC-MS, Kyle Kessler, Jeff Erikson, and Richard Schaeffer
Developing and Implementing an Index of Biotic Integrity for the Limestone Streams of Central Pennsylvania, David Dippold
Dueling Scientists and Dueling Historians: Controversy Over the External History of Germ Theory, Glenn Jones
Expression of the Human Gastrin Receptors CCKBR and CCKCR in PANCO2 Murine Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Shannon V. Sell, Glenn R. Jones, Gail L. Matters, and John F. Harms
From Sight to Song: A Resource for Approaching Musicality with Young Students, Edward House
Johannes Brahms’s Ballades, Opus 10, Sarah Brosvic
Kant, Romanticism, and Beauty in Science and Mathematics, Nathan Robinson VanWyck
Keeping Alive the Memory: Modern Philosophies of Myth in Tennyson and Tolkien, Taylor Driggers
Methanothermus fervidus Histone Binding Affinity and Packaging of Archaeal DNA, Natalie Ziegler and Hannah S. Tims
Multimodal Tutor: A Substitute Teacher, Andrew Dowling
Native Pollinators (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and Agricultural Production of Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) at Messiah College, Katherine J. Todd and Erik Lindquist
Optimal Control Theory and its Applications, Pamela Kirkpatrick
Orphaned and Vulnerable Children: A Model for Care, Solveig Parsons
Physiochemical Parameters Affecting Trichoptera Communities in Limestone and Sandstone Streams, Lindsay King and Jeff Erikson
Project Outcomes Document Version 4 – 5/15/2013: Disability Resources Group – Tricycle Mobility Project: Front-End Redesign, Jeff Dweir, Sumin Seong, and John Nordstrom
The Math - Craft Connection, Julie Killian
Voice Recognition: A Foundation, Andy Yong
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Adolescent Orphans and Development: Strategies in Development Targeting Orphan Adolescents Transitioning into Adulthood, Sarah Elizabeth Baranik
An Exploration of the Fourth Dimension, Kelly Stride
A Spoonful of Sugar: Why We Should Be Reading P.G. Wodehouse, Abigail Long
Beyond the Nation-State? Examining Trends in Public Support for Governments in the European Union, Sharon E. Hoeck
Comparing the Immunological Potencies of Two Viral Epitopes: LT529-543 from the Simian Virus 40 Large Tumor Antigen vs. LT678-690 from the Large Tumor Antigen of Murine Polyomavirus, Elizabeth A. Miller, Benjamin D. Hallowell, and Lawrence M. Mylin
Generation of a T Cell Receptor Transgenic Mouse; Assembly of the Full-sized Expression Cassette, Daniel L. Kreider
KWHR Meter Final Project Report, David Allen, Kevin Manieri, and Jonathon Martin
Monitoring CD4+ T Lymphocyte Induction by a Mouse Polyomavirus Epitope inserted into the Simian Virus 40 Large Tumor Antigen (SV40 T ag), Benjamin Hallowell, Elizabeth Miller, and Lawrence Mylin
Mr. Bundy, Sarah Scafidi
Non-Euclidean Geometry, Abi Buchler
Oxygen Concentrator Modification: Intake Filter Testing and Analysis, Jaime Gerhart and Tim Houck
Photo App, Brian Douglass
Providential Progress: The Post-Revolutionary World of Robert Crawford, Katherine Garland
Reading the Leaves: Tea and American Colonial Identity, 1765-1775, Amanda Mylin
Reproductive Ecology of Ambystoma opacum and the Construction of a Guide for Larval Identification, Kristin Listor
Russia and the Restricted Composer: Limitations of the Self, Culture, and Government, Ian T. Wallace
Supermadres y la mujer política: An Analysis of Female Political Mobilization in Latin America with Lessons from Chile and Argentina, Victoria Leah Falkner
The Can-Opener Gourmet: Poppy Cannon and American Culture in the 1950s, Natalie Burack
The effects of sleep quality, study environment, and confidence on academic and cognitive performance, Kaitlyn Longfellow
The Phenomenon of ADHD: A Cultural and Historical Perspective on the Rapid Rise of Attention-Deficit, Joshua M. Boden
Toads and Toes: Does the “toe twitching” in the American and Fowler’s toad result in pedal luring?, Emily Brantner
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Acquisition of French and English Accents Within the Process of Second Language Learning, Cody Rosenbarker
An Analysis of Wage Institutions in Major League Baseball: Sabermetric and Microeconomic Perspectives on Free Agent Contracts, Ryan H. Faus
Death and Resurrection of the Author: A Reexamination of Biography's Role in Contemporary Art, Joshua M. Rayner
Defining the Developing World: Narrative Criticism Exploring Global Nonprofit Portrayals of Third World Poverty, Elisabeth A. Warren
Doctor Faustus: Treating the Soul, Then and Now, Nathan Rosentrater
Effect of Face-to-Face vs. E-mail Communication on Fitness and Quality of Life in an Employee-Based Walking Program, Amy L. Chrisfield
Families Talking About Faith: Factors Affecting Spiritual Disclosure in Christian Families, Amy C. Leonard
From Separatism to Activism: The Political Life of Jerry Falwell and the Making of the Moral Majority, Christine Kelly
In re Neagle: A Case Study in Executive Prerogative, Shanna P. Lodge
Math Across Cultures: A Resource for Burkinabè Children, Bethany Blackwood
MM Instrumental Conducting Final Project: Compositional Analysis, Todd Nichols
New Restriction Analysis Exercise for Introductory Biology, Songprod Lorgunpai and Lawrence Mylin
Nonnative Shrub Removal and Herbivory of Herbaceous Understory Plants., William Swinsburg and David Foster
Puzzling Over History: A Study of Late Antique Cyprus through Mosaic Art, Melissa Hogan
Stauffer Farm: An Archaeological Primer to Stauffer Farm Research 2011, Colin Riddle
Target of the Press : The Wartime Relationship Between Patton and the Media., Alexander G. Lovelace
The Gospel of Mark Project: Stage Manager’s Guidebook, Jessica Joy Nelson
Water Quality Analysis of Stored Water using Sawyer PointONETM Filters, Karisa Martin
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
“All had one thought in mind,…were these soldiers to be our conquerors, and if so, what will be our fate?” The Gettysburg Campaign and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Harold M. Zimmerman
A Quantitative Analysis of the Uptake of Heavy Metals into Common Garden Vegetables from Contaminated Soils, Jennifer Esbenshade
But in Things: A series of collectives, Carolyn Wheatley and Christine Perrin
E. E. Cummings: Lyrical Modernist, Emily Williams
Eight Poems and Stories from the Garden, Timothy Mackie
Elizabethan Costume and Design: a Twelve Step Program, Sara Palmer
Encryption and Cryptography, Bethany Waldmann
Evaluating Macroinvertebrate Communities at the Nexus of Freestone and Limestone Streams, Jennifer Hellmann
Finding Who We Are: The Assemblies of God and Feminism in the 1970s, Caitlin Babcock
Flight Tracking and Messaging Systems, Steven Heindel
Isolation of Class II sHsp 17.0 from Zea maize for Future Studies in Chaperone Activity and Subunit Exchange, Michele Schleich and Hannah Tims
Mennonites in Pennsylvania Prison Ministry and Reform, Kristin Lombardi
Renaissance or Ruin? : Creating an Arts and Culture Destination in North Philadelphia, Samantha Moore
Same-Gender vs. Mixed-Gender Small Groups: Which is Better?, Alison Shellhaas
Sampling, David Kline
Synthesis of 4-hydroxy-6-phenylmethyl-2-pyrone, Precursor to Aspernigrin A, Megan E. Buhler and Anne Reeve
The Dazzling Grotesque: Spectacle, Popular Culture, and Contemporary Art, Lindsay Mehringer
The Effects of Writing and Drawing and Fear of Social Evaluation on State Anxiety, Hilary Warner
The Historicity of Jane Austen: Examining Courtship in Eighteenth-Century England, Courtney A. Weller
The Mennonite Church: Theological History, Pacifism, and Restorative Justice, Kristin S. Lombardi
The Significance of Distal Influences on Adolescent Romantic Relationship Satisfaction, Nathan Templeman
Trends in the Legal Persecution of Christians and the Erosion of American Religious Liberties, Christie McGinley
U.S. Influence through Microfinance: The Dominican Republic, Elizabeth H. Poulin
Who’s the Fairest of them All? The Beauty of Charles Darwin, Alyssa Lord
Why Violence is Not the Answer: A Comparison of Opposition Groups from the US Civil Rights and Anti-Apartheid Movements, Rebekah Crossman
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
An Educational Assessment of Mahadaga, Burkina Faso, Katie Patton
Comparison of ELISA and ELISPOT methods in measuring CD4+ T cell responses to a newly identified MHC class II-restricted epitope within Simian Virus 40 T antigen, Robyn Smith and Lawrence Mylin
Effects of Differing Post-Exercise Drinks on EPOC, Substrate Utilization, and Energy Expenditure, Sarah Evans and Kaitlin Hiserote
Electric Motorcycle Battery System: Final Report, Matt Ayre, Amy Bowie, Brice Farrell, and Paul Gustafson
Environmental Inequality Formation in Camden, NJ: A Sociohistorical Process, Christy M. Hutcheson
Environmental Nickel and Arabidopsis thaliana: Accumulation, Localization, and the Effect of Propagation on a Nickel-Free Medium, Gabriel Mark Fickett
From Memory to Meaning, Brittany Lodge
Heresy or Holiness? Following Christ within Islam, Alison Fitchett
Heroes and Villains: Good, Evil, and the Unraveling of the "Cold War Consensus" in Hollywood Films, Meredith Noelle Pilling
Icons in Sound: A Comparison of the Music of Sir John Tavener and the Iconography of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Philip P. Graybill
Literacy development in Burkina Faso, Aimee Kocher
Nesting in Text: A Poetry Collection, Rachel McGahey
Perspectives of Siblings of Adolescents with Eating Disorders: Parental Communication, Parenting Style, and Perceived Family Satisfaction, Laura Chrisfield
Populism in Latin America: What is it, Why is it, and Has it Delivered?, Nadia Schafer
Reaching for the Extra[ordinary] Life, Holly Perozzi
The Maureen chindolo collection of Zambian children's songs, Dwight D. Thomas and Rebecca L. Shaull
The Role of Religion in an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, Nevin Climenhaga
Uncensored Grief: Suffering in George Herbert's Temple, Karen Garven
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Analyzing Marital Enrichment Resources Employed in Churches, Tawny L. Smay
Analyzing Premarital Education for Military Couples, Amanda G. Schoeneberger
Ascend: An Epic Poem in Forty Days, Daniel Wheatley
As United Voices of Praise choir members, Are we accomplishing our mission statement goals? As a whole and on a personal level?, Marteshia Gant
Biodiesel: Final Design Report, David Hostetter, Timothy Jones, and Lucas Witmer
Family and Zombies and Women Who Know What They Want, Liz Wright
Generation of Immortalized Murine Cell Lines with SV 40 T Antigen Derivatives Bearing Alterations in a Novel MHC Class II-Restricted Epitope, Andrea J. Peters
Homeschool Plus: "Pilot", Matt Thornton
Instant message use and taboo topics of self-disclosure, Kathryn A. Nesterwitz
Library Research Grant, Mackenzie Martin
Living art: experience & installation (for contemporary culture), Kristen Seda
Messiah College history :an audio-guided tour, Mary Lee Shade
Of Kings, Cattle, and Kukhonta : A Case Study of Democratization, Modernization, and Traditional Land Tenure in Swaziland, Amanda McMillan
Oxidation of Small Alcohols Using Spinach Photosystem II: Use of a natural catalyst for potential green synthesis, Emily G. Forschler
Personal Electronic Math Tutor Final Design Report, Jeremy Ashinghurst, Scott Eshleman, and Phil Gilde
Rate of Nickel Accumulation in Arabidopsis Thaliana Plant Biomass, Adia D. Kelly
Sexual Dimorphism in the Monochromatic Barbados Bullfinch, Loxigilla barbadensis, Cameron Rutt, Maria Svensson, and Samuel Wilcock
Tabula Rasa (18 Poems), Mackenzie Martin
The Best We Were, Andrew Heil
The Effect of Riparian Buffer Zones of Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity and Stream Health, Adam M.M. Stuckert
The Effects of Perceived Parental Involvement on Elementary School Students' Attitudes Towards School, Ben Fisher
The Poststructuralist Social Theory of Michel Foucault Power-Relations and Subjectivities, Benjamin M. Lamb
The Role of the United States in Development, Democracy, and Human Rights, Elizabeth Monachello
The Touch of the Spirit: The Song of Songs in the Gendered Mysticism of Bernard of Clairvaux and Mechthild of Magdeburg, Lucy Barnhouse
To Each His Own: Personalized Version Control, Devin J. Pohly
When Good Men Do Something: Pre, Post, and Production, Sharon Campbell
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
But the Flesh Is: A Collection of Essays, Julia Sanders
Christian children's songs in Zambia, Erin Black
Domestic and International Consequences of US Farm Subsidies, Jeff Reczek
Favoritism in the Courts of Early Modern England: A Study of James I and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, Rachel Heeter
How Long is Your Block: Strengthening Understanding of Measurement in a Relevant Urban Context, Kelly Cooper
Identifying H-2b-restricted CD4+ T Lymphocyte Recognition Epitopes Within Simian Virus 40 Large Tumor Antigen, Elizabeth M. Chmielewski and Lawrence M. Mylin
Immigrant Civic Participation, Megan N. Wolf
Instrumental Learning and Pedal Movements in Bufo americanus, Rebecca Kern
La condicion politica de la comunidad latina en los Estados Unidos, Jordan Brensinger
Liberal Democracy in Illiberal Contexts: A Model for Democratic Transition in China, Bethany Stotts
Linear Models in Statistics, Paul Bernhardt
Linguistic Reform of Media Portrayals: Moving Towards Positive African American Identity Affirmation, Marissa McKeever
Loneliness Across Cultures: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Loneliness Among University Students in Uganda and the United States, Sara Van Cott
Maternal perspectives on child care quality, Sarah Weaver
On the dust of its husk: Evidence for an alternative Shadean theory in Pale Fire, Tiffany DeRewal
Organic Reactions in Ionic Liquids, Anna Beiler
Sacredness of the Vessel, Diane Pierce
Short-Term Urban Service Trips: Relevance in Ministry and their Impact on Adolescents' Perception of the City and Continued Service, Melissa Sandrock
Spiritual Development in Early Childhood: From Theory to Practice, Emily Dause
War and Corruption: A Political History of Uganda, Mathew Miller
Zambia Papermaking Project, Elizabeth Ball
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Bible Study or Budding Cult? A Study of a Controversial Bible Study on a Christian College Campus, Sarah Ringer
Body Image and How the Mass Media Affects Us, Connie Wheeler
"Disposed To Be Communicative": Conversations about Literacy Among Four Texts, Danina Garcia
Focusing on Femicide: Democracy through the Lens of Women's Rights in Guatemala, Jill Seibert
Jesus on the Hill: A Descriptive Study of the Church Community on Allison Hill, Eric Hernandez
Loss of Authenticity: An Examination of Globalization in Athens, Greece, Alison M. Seiler
"Loyalty and Dissent in Civil War Maryland: William Glenn and the Suppression of the Daily Exchange", Kelly Knight
Mahadaga pump project : durability testing and redesign of a handicap accessible pump for irrigation in West Africa, Joseph Longenecker, Chris Claassen, and Peter Govey
Mason Locke Weems, George Washington, and the Emergence of an "Evangelical Nationalism" in the Early Nineteenth Century, Justin J. Bollinger
Messiah College adventure programs: policies and procedures handbook, Emily Cagwin
"Nothing About Us Without Us"; Empowerment, Disability and Community Development in Kenya, Kim Warde
Peace, Postmodernism, and Praxis: 'Binding and Loosing' as a Model for Conflict Transformation, Ben Lamb
Religious Attitudes and Participation at Messiah College, Lauren Webster
Senior Project Final Written Report : Drive-Train Redesign of the Hand Powered Tricycles, Sean Davis
Solving Pell Equations, Matthew Wright
Strengths of Urban Youth: An Examination of North Philadelphia Teenagers and their Development and Talents, Stephanie Vroman
Student Housing Effect on Socialization: Does Messiah College Housing effect socialization of students?, Signe Henkel
The Gothic Tower: How the Genre has Lent Itself to Depictions of Evil throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries, Kristine N. Harvey
The Skills Agenda: Great Britain vs. the United States, Jennifer Brownett
Women in Prison: The Path They Take in and the Path They Take Out, Brenna O'Donnell
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
An Ethnographic Report: The Intersection of Self, Career, and Education in the Life of Kelly Smoker, Kelly Smoker
Cohabitation: Function and Dysfunction, Kristen N. Hess
Danish Unemployment, Chris Gilbert
Factors Affecting Third Culture Kid Adjustment to College, Ellen P. Ferris Shaffer
From Ghettos to Globalization: The Market Politics of Discipline and Repression, Zachary Stock
Incarcerated Females: Trapped in a Man's World, Ashley Gwen Brill
Leading by Example: Crime Reduction and Techniques in the City of New York, Ryan R. Sensenig
LSA Integration, Josh Joyce, Tyler Miller, and Jonathan Shenk
Proposal: Do we create sex in the media or does sex in the media create us?, Ashley Russ
Prosthetic Knee Redesign, Brett Davis, Nathan Shaffer, and Brian Thompson
Reducing the Recidivism Rate of America's Adolescents: A Restorative Justice Approach, Deborah Erving
The Effect of Thai Public Education on the Cultural Identity of Karen Tribal Children, Cassandra Hartman
What is community?: Commitment and capital among three groups, Heather Bechtel and Kevin A. Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
A New Conception of Violence, Chelli Stanley
Business process constraint-driven product planning, Brendan Post
College Students' Attitudes Toward Seeking Help for Mental Health Problems: A Vignette Approach, Kelly Sensenig
Developing Software for Cognitively Disabled Children: Teaching Time Telling Skills, Ryan Tierney
Eating Disturbance and Religious Belief: The Connection Between Religiosity and Body Image Among Messiah College Women, Danielle Roser
Evaluation of the Juvenile Justice System, Ryan Garner
Hobbies verses the World Are We Becoming a One-Dimensional Society?, Danny Wicks
Magnet Schools and Urban Education: Adversaries or Allies?, Melissa Wankmuller
Men and women's soccer programs: is there an equal playing field at Messiah College?, Jennifer Sapp
Nonviolence in the Real World, Shawn Horine
Parental Divorce and Depression in Young Adulthood: Christianity as a Mediating Factor, Ashley R. Miller
Phylogeographic Allometry of Anuran Amphibians of the Genus Atelopus from Central Panama, Andrew Tucker
Public Policy and the Thai Prostitution Industry, Monique Beadle
Putting Us In Our Place: An Ecological Literary Reading of Barbara Kingsolver, Janel Atlas
Seeking the white rabbit: The ethical and religious journey of Rabbit Angstrom, Amy Raj
Self in Struggle: Levels of Resistance in Nonwestern Autobiography, Christina Moyer
Sexual Knowledge and the Implications for Society, Angie Wagner
Sudan: Case-Study for a Better Understanding of Large-Scale Conflict, Abigail S. Carlisle
The Acute Effects of Static and Ballistic Stretching on Vertical Jump Performance in Trained Women, Jessica Unick, H. Scott Kieffer, Wendy Cheesman, and Anna Feeney
The Philadelphia Campus: Vision, Purpose, and Reality: An Historian's Perspective, Sarah D. Mackin
The Roles and Portrayal of Women in Film Over Time: A Content Analysis of Films from 1939-2002, Allison M. Simon
The Stories of Four Gay Students At Messiah College, Josi Ferreira
Violence and Children's Testimony, Faye Stephen
Women Behind Bars, Joanna Wilkinson
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Amish Shunning: A Ritual of Purity and Shame, Amos Stoltzfus
"As if language had surrendered": Transcending Speech in the Plays of Brian Friel, Debbie DeGeorge
Chivalry and the Tournament in Chaucer's Knight's Tale; History, Subjectivity, and the Subaltern in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things, Nicholas Lauer
Civil Religion and the Patriotic Church: Wielding the "Power of Pride" in Times of War, Elizabeth J. Claassen
Configuration For GNU Project Summary and Documentation Guide, Jason Long and Justin Yackoski
Exploring Greeneland: Examining Duality in Graham Greene's Life and Works, Kristin Masters
Gender Inequality in Higher Education, Leah M. Ver Steeg
Isolation of Genetically Homogeneous Cell Lines Immortalized by a Wild Type or Mutant Form of the Simian Virus 40 Large Tumor Antigen, Megan Benedict
New Media Technology: oppression in the modern world, Shauna Nefos
Production and In Vitro Characterization of Altered Tag Transformed Morine Fibroblasts, Kevin Driver and Lawrence M. Mylin
"Protecting Intellectual Property in a Software Development Environment", Jeffrey Woldan
Republicanism, Wives, and the Presidency The Political Dilemma of Washington, Adams, and Madison, Megan Jones
Resolving Sums of Conjugate Radicals, Nicholas C. Zoller
Rigorously Unrevised, Unapologetically Uncensored: An Experiment in Creative Nonfiction Writing, Heather Ross
Self-association studies of yeast TATA binding protein using an E. coli two-hybrid system, Michael Sauder, Claire Adams, and Michael Fried
Shades of Dresden: Kurt Vonnegut and the Artist's Responsibility in Responding to and Representing War, Marissa S. Brown
Songs of the South and the East: Disney and (Consumer) Culture (or, "Everybody Has a Laughing Place [and wherever it is, Disney owns it]"), Alicia Watkins
The Effects of a Short-term Plyometrics Program on Hamstring Strength in Female Collegiate Soccer Players, Melinda B. Miller
The Reality of Evil and Christian Visions of God, Sharon A. Hewitt
The Threefold Journey: Development of Home, Society, and Psyche, Nathan Heller
The United States Justice System, Kristen Hegar
Two hundred years of dining in "middle class" American homes, Janet Kraft
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Anti-Semites or Patriots? The American Response to the Holocaust, Mac Brodt
Cognitive load and driving : the effect of cell phone use on driving ability, Stephen J. Doherty
Filling in the Blanks: Juxtaposition in Creative Writing, Carl Yost
Influence and Free Will, Sharon A. Hewitt
Invitation to Deixis: Bilingualism, Identity and the Reader in Latina Literature, Tana Liu
Piecing Together Tom, Sarah Cathleen Smith
The Effects of Caffeine on Human State Dependent Learning, Nicole Miller
The Natural Trumpet: A Stepping Stone, Angela M. Lykins
The Search for Salman Rushdie: Migration and Identity in "The Satanic Verses", Victor James Sensenig
Women of the Bible: Nearly Nameless--Never Forgotten, Noreen M. Livoti
[Writings], Lisa Rieck
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Dante's Virgils, Victor James Sensenig
Promising Regeneration: Religious Symbolism in Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", Sarah Cathleen Smith
'Use Desdemona Well': Orson Welles's and Oliver Parker's Filmic Interpretations of Shakespeare's Othello, Kimi Cunningham
