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 College Honors Program are pleased to share their research with a broader audience.
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
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
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
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, Matthew Roth
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
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
