The University Honors Program exemplifies Messiah University’s commitment to academic excellence and fostering an intellectually rigorous Christian world view.

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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Submissions from 2012

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Reading the Leaves: Tea and American Colonial Identity, 1765-1775, Amanda Mylin

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Reproductive Ecology of Ambystoma opacum and the Construction of a Guide for Larval Identification, Kristin Listor

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Russia and the Restricted Composer: Limitations of the Self, Culture, and Government, Ian T. Wallace

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Supermadres y la mujer política: An Analysis of Female Political Mobilization in Latin America with Lessons from Chile and Argentina, Victoria Leah Falkner

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The Can-Opener Gourmet: Poppy Cannon and American Culture in the 1950s, Natalie Burack

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The effects of sleep quality, study environment, and confidence on academic and cognitive performance, Kaitlyn Longfellow

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The Phenomenon of ADHD: A Cultural and Historical Perspective on the Rapid Rise of Attention-Deficit, Joshua M. Boden

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Toads and Toes: Does the “toe twitching” in the American and Fowler’s toad result in pedal luring?, Emily Brantner

Submissions from 2011

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Acquisition of French and English Accents Within the Process of Second Language Learning, Cody Rosenbarker

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An Analysis of Wage Institutions in Major League Baseball: Sabermetric and Microeconomic Perspectives on Free Agent Contracts, Ryan H. Faus

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Death and Resurrection of the Author: A Reexamination of Biography's Role in Contemporary Art, Joshua M. Rayner

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Defining the Developing World: Narrative Criticism Exploring Global Nonprofit Portrayals of Third World Poverty, Elisabeth A. Warren

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Doctor Faustus: Treating the Soul, Then and Now, Nathan Rosentrater

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Effect of Face-to-Face vs. E-mail Communication on Fitness and Quality of Life in an Employee-Based Walking Program, Amy L. Chrisfield

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Families Talking About Faith: Factors Affecting Spiritual Disclosure in Christian Families, Amy C. Leonard

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From Separatism to Activism: The Political Life of Jerry Falwell and the Making of the Moral Majority, Christine Kelly

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In re Neagle: A Case Study in Executive Prerogative, Shanna P. Lodge

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Math Across Cultures: A Resource for Burkinabè Children, Bethany Blackwood

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MM Instrumental Conducting Final Project: Compositional Analysis, Todd Nichols

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New Restriction Analysis Exercise for Introductory Biology, Songprod Lorgunpai and Lawrence Mylin

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Nonnative Shrub Removal and Herbivory of Herbaceous Understory Plants., William Swinsburg and David Foster

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Puzzling Over History: A Study of Late Antique Cyprus through Mosaic Art, Melissa Hogan

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Stauffer Farm: An Archaeological Primer to Stauffer Farm Research 2011, Colin Riddle

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Target of the Press : The Wartime Relationship Between Patton and the Media., Alexander G. Lovelace

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The Gospel of Mark Project: Stage Manager’s Guidebook, Jessica Joy Nelson

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Water Quality Analysis of Stored Water using Sawyer PointONETM Filters, Karisa Martin

Submissions from 2010

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Activity of Traditional Topical Treatments against Pathogens Common in Wound Infections: Antimicrobial Activity of Traditional Treatments, Anna Wendel

“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

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A Quantitative Analysis of the Uptake of Heavy Metals into Common Garden Vegetables from Contaminated Soils, Jennifer Esbenshade

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But in Things: A series of collectives, Carolyn Wheatley and Christine Perrin

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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

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Encryption and Cryptography, Bethany Waldmann

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Evaluating Macroinvertebrate Communities at the Nexus of Freestone and Limestone Streams, Jennifer Hellmann

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Finding Who We Are: The Assemblies of God and Feminism in the 1970s, Caitlin Babcock

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Flight Tracking and Messaging Systems, Steven Heindel

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Isolation of Class II sHsp 17.0 from Zea maize for Future Studies in Chaperone Activity and Subunit Exchange, Michele Schleich and Hannah Tims

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Mennonites in Pennsylvania Prison Ministry and Reform, Kristin Lombardi

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Renaissance or Ruin? : Creating an Arts and Culture Destination in North Philadelphia, Samantha Moore

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Same-Gender vs. Mixed-Gender Small Groups: Which is Better?, Alison Shellhaas

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Sampling, David Kline

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Synthesis of 4-hydroxy-6-phenylmethyl-2-pyrone, Precursor to Aspernigrin A, Megan E. Buhler and Anne Reeve

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The Dazzling Grotesque: Spectacle, Popular Culture, and Contemporary Art, Lindsay Mehringer

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The Effects of Writing and Drawing and Fear of Social Evaluation on State Anxiety, Hilary Warner

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The Historicity of Jane Austen: Examining Courtship in Eighteenth-Century England, Courtney A. Weller

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The Mennonite Church: Theological History, Pacifism, and Restorative Justice, Kristin S. Lombardi

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The Novels of Wendell Berry and Cormac McCarthy: Persons Attempting to Find a Motive in these Narratives will be Prosecuted, Ray Yaegle

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The Significance of Distal Influences on Adolescent Romantic Relationship Satisfaction, Nathan Templeman

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Trends in the Legal Persecution of Christians and the Erosion of American Religious Liberties, Christie McGinley

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U.S. Influence through Microfinance: The Dominican Republic, Elizabeth H. Poulin

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Who’s the Fairest of them All? The Beauty of Charles Darwin, Alyssa Lord

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Why Violence is Not the Answer: A Comparison of Opposition Groups from the US Civil Rights and Anti-Apartheid Movements, Rebekah Crossman

Submissions from 2009

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An Educational Assessment of Mahadaga, Burkina Faso, Katie Patton

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A Quagmire of Religion, Politics, and Violence : The Political Causes and Consequences of Militarized Religious Movements, Kara Skarda

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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

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Effects of Differing Post-Exercise Drinks on EPOC, Substrate Utilization, and Energy Expenditure, Sarah Evans and Kaitlin Hiserote

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Electric Motorcycle Battery System: Final Report, Matt Ayre, Amy Bowie, Brice Farrell, and Paul Gustafson

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Environmental Inequality Formation in Camden, NJ: A Sociohistorical Process, Christy M. Hutcheson

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Environmental Nickel and Arabidopsis thaliana: Accumulation, Localization, and the Effect of Propagation on a Nickel-Free Medium, Gabriel Mark Fickett

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From Memory to Meaning, Brittany Lodge

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Heresy or Holiness? Following Christ within Islam, Alison Fitchett

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Heroes and Villains: Good, Evil, and the Unraveling of the "Cold War Consensus" in Hollywood Films, Meredith Noelle Pilling

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Icons in Sound: A Comparison of the Music of Sir John Tavener and the Iconography of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Philip P. Graybill

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Literacy development in Burkina Faso, Aimee Kocher

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Nesting in Text: A Poetry Collection, Rachel McGahey

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Perspectives of Siblings of Adolescents with Eating Disorders: Parental Communication, Parenting Style, and Perceived Family Satisfaction, Laura Chrisfield

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Populism in Latin America: What is it, Why is it, and Has it Delivered?, Nadia Schafer

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Reaching for the Extra[ordinary] Life, Holly Perozzi

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The Maureen chindolo collection of Zambian children's songs, Dwight D. Thomas and Rebecca L. Shaull

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The Role of Religion in an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, Nevin Climenhaga

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Uncensored Grief: Suffering in George Herbert's Temple, Karen Garven

Submissions from 2008

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Analyzing Marital Enrichment Resources Employed in Churches, Tawny L. Smay

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Analyzing Premarital Education for Military Couples, Amanda G. Schoeneberger

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Ascend: An Epic Poem in Forty Days, Daniel Wheatley

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As United Voices of Praise choir members, Are we accomplishing our mission statement goals? As a whole and on a personal level?, Marteshia Gant

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Biodiesel: Final Design Report, David Hostetter, Timothy Jones, and Lucas Witmer

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Family and Zombies and Women Who Know What They Want, Liz Wright

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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

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Homeschool Plus: "Pilot", Matt Thornton

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Instant message use and taboo topics of self-disclosure, Kathryn A. Nesterwitz

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Library Research Grant, Mackenzie Martin

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Living art: experience & installation (for contemporary culture), Kristen Seda

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Messiah College history :an audio-guided tour, Mary Lee Shade

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Of Kings, Cattle, and Kukhonta : A Case Study of Democratization, Modernization, and Traditional Land Tenure in Swaziland, Amanda McMillan

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Oxidation of Small Alcohols Using Spinach Photosystem II: Use of a natural catalyst for potential green synthesis, Emily G. Forschler

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Personal Electronic Math Tutor Final Design Report, Jeremy Ashinghurst, Scott Eshleman, and Phil Gilde

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Rate of Nickel Accumulation in Arabidopsis Thaliana Plant Biomass, Adia D. Kelly

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Sexual Dimorphism in the Monochromatic Barbados Bullfinch, Loxigilla barbadensis, Cameron Rutt, Maria Svensson, and Samuel Wilcock

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Tabula Rasa (18 Poems), Mackenzie Martin

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Textile Innovation in Edo Period Japan: A Look at the Rise of the Middle Class and the Subsequent Shift in Aesthetic Taste that Occurred in Japanese Fashion Between the Years of 1615 and 1868, Elena Yamamoto

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The Best We Were, Andrew Heil

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The Effect of Riparian Buffer Zones of Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity and Stream Health, Adam M.M. Stuckert

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The Effects of Perceived Parental Involvement on Elementary School Students' Attitudes Towards School, Ben Fisher

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The Poststructuralist Social Theory of Michel Foucault Power-Relations and Subjectivities, Benjamin M. Lamb

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The Role of the United States in Development, Democracy, and Human Rights, Elizabeth Monachello

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The Touch of the Spirit: The Song of Songs in the Gendered Mysticism of Bernard of Clairvaux and Mechthild of Magdeburg, Lucy Barnhouse

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To Each His Own: Personalized Version Control, Devin J. Pohly

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When Good Men Do Something: Pre, Post, and Production, Sharon Campbell

Submissions from 2007

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But the Flesh Is: A Collection of Essays, Julia Sanders