The Honor Scholar Program is open to DePauw students of any major who show unusual promise and commitment to the development of the life of the mind. Each year a small number of carefully selected first-year students are invited to participate in the program and the special opportunities it presents. During their final year at DePauw, Honor Scholars pursue independent work under the direction of a faculty thesis advisor and a committee of two or more additional faculty members, culminating in an Honors thesis.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Search for Peace Education in Spain's National Curriculum: Questioning the Presence of Race, Immigration, and Othering, Anne Grujanac
The Socialization Process of Masculinity, and Its Manifestation at DePauw University: How Race, Media, and Gender Contribute to the Malleability of Masculinity, Gabriella Hagedorn
Evolution, Health, Medicine, and the Gap in Between, Mi Jedar
Bringing the Past Into the Future: The Digitization of Classical Archaeology and the Trasimeno Archaeology Digital Site Museum, Rebecca Kerns
Memory and Narrative in the Traumatic Mode: Interlocuting Trauma in William Faulkner and Toni Morrison, Peper Langhout
The Future of Higher Education: How a Student's Decision to Attend College is Evolving, J. C. Lukens
An Untold History: The Emergence and Development of Women's Golf in Scotland and North America, 1870-1930, Larisa Luloff
The Dehumanization of the American Healthcare Professional: The Impact of Technology on the Ever-Evolving World of Medicine, Carli Maddock
Hollywood's Return to the Home: Taming the Post-World War II Career Woman, Kate Marburger
The Disunited Kingdom: Is the End of "Britain" Near?, Marko Mavrovic
Fight, Flight, Freeze: a series of short films on sexual assault, Emma Mazurek
Unpacking the Opioid Epidemic: Intervention Methods and Effects on Women and Children, Olivia Miller
Lem's Solaris and the Human Mental Ceiling, Riley Miller
The Short End of the Stick: The Problem with America's Education and Society Today, Arman Nazari
Generations of Fertility: A Bioethical and Evolutionary Analysis, Kat Panos
The Vocaloid Phenomenon: A Glimpse into the Future of Songwriting, Community-Created Content, Art, and Humanity, Bronson Roseboro
Comics in the Evolving Media Landscape, Sarah Russell
In the Eye of the Colonizer: The White Racial Frame of Media Coverage on Hurricane Maria, María Manuela Méndez Da Silveira
Evolutionary and Social Manifestations of Misled Fear: How Fear Motivates and Manipulates, Meghan Sink
Identifying Exceptionally Performing Third Grades in Indiana: Who Is to Blame?, Emily Troyer
Adventure, Intrigue, and Terror: Arabs and the Middle East in Hollywood Film Music, Grant Woods
A Brief Statistical Introduction of the Global Refugee problems with Data Analysis, April Yan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Bach’s Passion Recitative: Theology, Accidental Placement, and Anti-Semitism Applied to Performance, Blake Beckemeyer
Using Persuasive Technology to Curb Alcohol Consumption on College Campuses, Jacob Bertucci
A Home for Hope: Examining the History, Role and Purpose of the Modern American Zoo, Lilly Burba
Aftershocks: Interpreting an Age of Collapse, Leopoldo Burguete Ruíz-Olloqui
Big Fish, Big Data: Discussing the State of Salmon and Improving King Salmon Regulation Through a Population Model, Creed Coram
Zoo, Alicia Cotsoradis
An Evolving Understanding of a Spectrum “Disorder”, Samuel C. Eads
Who Cries?: Tears and Otherness in the Middle Ages, Hyeree Ellis
Nuclear Alarmism and Climate Change Fatalism as a Secular Apocalyptic Religion, Sarah Ertelt
Manning Up at DePauw: Performing Fraternal Masculinity on a Liberal Arts Campus, Rachel Higson
Who We Are and How We Vote: Individual Difference Factors in Politics, Abby Joens-Witherow
Ethics and Effectiveness of Microloans for Women in Developing Countries, Elizabeth Erika Killion
Heart Development, Coronary Vascularization and Ventricular Maturation in a Giant Danio (Devario malabaricus), Pascal J. Lafontant, Olubusola Shifatu, Sarah Glasshagel-Chilson, Purva Patel, Wendy Tomamichel, Clay Higginbotham, Paula K. Evans, and Hannah M. Nelson
“I’m Nobody! Who are you?”: Musical (Re)presentations of Emily Dickinson, Abigail Martin
Stories of Betsy, Rachel May
Interpreting Black Women’s Narratives about the Foster Care System as Counterstorytelling, Shanae Nelson
Belonging in This Place: Belonging in an Undergraduate University, Samantha Ostreicher
Processing the Unfamiliar: American Soldiers Processing Vietnam Through Photography, Anna Savery
Designer Babies: A Paired Analysis of the Technological Advances and Ethical Implications of Genetic Selection, Alexandra Schmerge
Defending University Speech Codes: An Essay on Why Universities Speech Codes Make Sense, Daniel Alexander Schultz
Milk For Lunch: The History and Health of Milk in School Lunches, Thomas Shelton
What Happens After Treatment: Improving Quality of Life in Adolescents and Young Adults, Nichole Smith
From Straitjackets to Jumpsuits: America's Mental Healthcare Crisis, Madeleine Storm
Breaking Down the 21st Century Newscast: Corporate Control Over the Content of the Local Newscast, Katie Tipsword
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Graduate Medical Education: Ready for Reform An Analysis of the Current State of Change in Pediatric Residencies, Mallory Benson
The Dark Triad of Personality: A Discussion of the Moral and Evolutionary Implications, Evelyn C. Brosius
Light Shines Earnest, a full length play by William James Burke and Divergent Drag Aesthetics — Interrogating the Reaches of Gender and Gendered Imagery in Drag Performance, William James Burke
