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 2017
All Hail Helix: The Internet’s Role in the Creation of Culture and Narrative, Margaret Furtner
The Model Minority Myths: Racism And Sexism Against Asian-American Community, Yingda Guo
“She brought it on herself”: A Discourse Analysis of Sexual Assault in Teen Comedy Film, Claire Halffield
Translating the Histories: The Spanish accounts of the New World conquests adapted into English, Josh Hanselman
The Priest, The Mystic, and The Reincarnate: The Religious Experience of Poetry in Donne, Rumi, and The Karmapa, Mallory Hasty
Education or Indoctrination? World War II Ideologies Under Leaders Hitler and Mussolini - Education Systems and Propaganda Campaigns, Allison Hills
The Comfort Women System: Sexual Slavery during World War II, Christine Kim
Reaching Further: the Role of Distance in College Undermatching, Lois Miller
The Art of Borrowing: Intertextuality in the French Motet of the Late Middle Ages, Eleanor Price
Locked Up then Locked Out: Reentry Programming and Women’s Post-Carceral Success, Mary Reising
The Congregation of Heroes: A Skyrim Representation, Richard Smith
Explorations of Quantum Entanglement, John Stanton
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Worst Place in the World to be a Woman?: Women's Conflict Experiences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Megan Bailey
Muscle Memory: Stories, Hannah N. Bradley
In the Light of Evolution: Human Nature, Political Behavior, and Making Sense of Our Social Identity, Corby F. Burger
Age-Related Hearing Loss: Inhibition--Excitation Balance in the Rat Inferior Colliculus, Sydney Cason
Pseudonymous Disguises: Are Pen Names An Escape From the Gender Bias in Publishing?, Nettie Finn
Where Does That Flower Bloom, Conner Gordon
Deceleration of droplets that glide along the free surface of a bath, Jacob Hale and Caleb Akers
Love and Marriage: a Narrative Exploration, Emily Hancock
The Method of Madness: a Brief Biography of Schizophrenia, Riley Hawkins
Keeping Up Appearances: Perfectionism and Perfectionistic Self-Presentation on Social Media, Emily Hellmann
Towards Sustainable Rural Japan: a Case Study on Urban-Rural Migration Motives, Lisa Kanai
Collective Action and Decision Making: An Analysis of Economic Modeling and Environmental Free-Riding, Thomas Miller
Bitcoin's Global Potential: Examining the Obstacles to Becoming a Legitimate Financial Tool, Nicholas J. Moorman
Our GMO Labeling Debate: Human Health, the Environment, and the Precautionary Principle, Kate Porfilio
Deep Silences in the Long Night: Meditations on Zapatismo, Coloniality, and the Global Ecological Crisis, Burke Stanton
The Allure of Music: Implications for Academically Gifted Students, Erin Tolar
Crusaders in Khaki: Britain, the Crusades, and the First World War, Rhys Weber
Consuming Culture: Effects of Globalization in American Japanese Restaurants, Danielle Wenning
Genetic Analysis and the Ethics of Secondary Findings, Jacob Zieba
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Christianity and Communicative Technologies: A Focus on Cyber-Catholicism’s Influence on Political Activism in the US, Brandon Bekkering
A Five Million Year Old Experiment: The Evolutionary Dynamics of a Cave Environment, Tyler Bussian
Musical Stairs: Encouraging Physical Activity through Persuasive Technology, Meagan Combs
Mahler the Enigma: Progressive Composer, Traditional Conductor, Anna Gatdula
The Sub-Saharan Water Crisis: An Analysis of its Impact on Public Health in Urban and Rural Nigeria, Megan Hannemann
The Impact of Arranged Marital Customs on Women's Autonomy in Rural India, Tazree Kadam
An Economic Analysis of Mars Exploration and Colonization, Clayton Knappenberger
Out of the Garden, Meredith Lockman
Zoo Animals, Livestock, and Pets, Oh MY! An Exploration of the Ethics of Captive Breeding, Colleen McArdle
Biological Basis of Motherhood and Effect of Stress on Maternal Psychophysiology, Erin Loree Minnick
Food Apocalypse Now: An Epistemological Understanding of the Coming Food Crisis, Alexander SK Parker
Tuberculosis as A Metaphor for Isolation: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Tuberculosis, Stefanie Pavlick
Something Old and Something New, Ryan Pranger
Completeless Show, Kathleen Raymond-Judy
Music and Memory: A History of DePauw University School of Music Using Bifurcated History and Personal Interviews, Rachel Robin
School Smart, Katherine Tozer
The Feral Cat Conundrum: Assessing the Science and Ethics of Trap-Neuter-Return, Emily Vincent
