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
Evolution, Health, Medicine, and the Gap in Between, Mi Jedar 19
Bringing the Past Into the Future: The Digitization of Classical Archaeology and the Trasimeno Archaeology Digital Site Museum, Rebecca Kerns 19
Memory and Narrative in the Traumatic Mode: Interlocuting Trauma in William Faulkner and Toni Morrison, Peper Langhout 19
The Future of Higher Education: How a Student's Decision to Attend College is Evolving, J. C. Lukens 19
An Untold History: The Emergence and Development of Women's Golf in Scotland and North America, 1870-1930, Larisa Luloff 19
The Dehumanization of the American Healthcare Professional: The Impact of Technology on the Ever-Evolving World of Medicine, Carli Maddock 19
Hollywood's Return to the Home: Taming the Post-World War II Career Woman, Kate Marburger 19
The Disunited Kingdom: Is the End of "Britain" Near?, Marko Mavrovic 19
Fight, Flight, Freeze: a series of short films on sexual assault, Emma Mazurek 19
Unpacking the Opioid Epidemic: Intervention Methods and Effects on Women and Children, Olivia Miller 19
Lem's Solaris and the Human Mental Ceiling, Riley Miller 19
The Short End of the Stick: The Problem with America's Education and Society Today, Arman Nazari 19
Generations of Fertility: A Bioethical and Evolutionary Analysis, Kat Panos 19
The Vocaloid Phenomenon: A Glimpse into the Future of Songwriting, Community-Created Content, Art, and Humanity, Bronson Roseboro '19
Comics in the Evolving Media Landscape, Sarah Russell 19
In the Eye of the Colonizer: The White Racial Frame of Media Coverage on Hurricane Maria, María Manuela Méndez Da Silveira 19
Evolutionary and Social Manifestations of Misled Fear: How Fear Motivates and Manipulates, Meghan Sink 19
Identifying Exceptionally Performing Third Grades in Indiana: Who Is to Blame?, Emily Troyer 19
Adventure, Intrigue, and Terror: Arabs and the Middle East in Hollywood Film Music, Grant Woods 19
A Brief Statistical Introduction of the Global Refugee problems with Data Analysis, April Yan Zhang 19
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Bach’s Passion Recitative: Theology, Accidental Placement, and Anti-Semitism Applied to Performance, Blake Beckemeyer 18
Using Persuasive Technology to Curb Alcohol Consumption on College Campuses, Jacob Bertucci 18
A Home for Hope: Examining the History, Role and Purpose of the Modern American Zoo, Lilly Burba 18
Aftershocks: Interpreting an Age of Collapse, Leopoldo Burguete Ruíz-Olloqui 18
Big Fish, Big Data: Discussing the State of Salmon and Improving King Salmon Regulation Through a Population Model, Creed Coram 18
Zoo, Alicia Cotsoradis 18
An Evolving Understanding of a Spectrum “Disorder”, Samuel C. Eads 18
Who Cries?: Tears and Otherness in the Middle Ages, Hyeree Ellis 18
Nuclear Alarmism and Climate Change Fatalism as a Secular Apocalyptic Religion, Sarah Ertelt 18
Manning Up at DePauw: Performing Fraternal Masculinity on a Liberal Arts Campus, Rachel Higson 18
Who We Are and How We Vote: Individual Difference Factors in Politics, Abby Joens-Witherow 18
Ethics and Effectiveness of Microloans for Women in Developing Countries, Elizabeth Erika Killion 18
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 18
Stories of Betsy, Rachel May 18
Interpreting Black Women’s Narratives about the Foster Care System as Counterstorytelling, Shanae Nelson 18
Belonging in This Place: Belonging in an Undergraduate University, Samantha Ostreicher 18
Processing the Unfamiliar: American Soldiers Processing Vietnam Through Photography, Anna Savery 18
Designer Babies: A Paired Analysis of the Technological Advances and Ethical Implications of Genetic Selection, Alexandra Schmerge 18
Defending University Speech Codes: An Essay on Why Universities Speech Codes Make Sense, Daniel Alexander Schultz 18
Milk For Lunch: The History and Health of Milk in School Lunches, Thomas Shelton 18
What Happens After Treatment: Improving Quality of Life in Adolescents and Young Adults, Nichole Smith 18
From Straitjackets to Jumpsuits: America's Mental Healthcare Crisis, Madeleine Storm 18
Breaking Down the 21st Century Newscast: Corporate Control Over the Content of the Local Newscast, Katie Tipsword 18
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Graduate Medical Education: Ready for Reform An Analysis of the Current State of Change in Pediatric Residencies, Mallory Benson 17
The Dark Triad of Personality: A Discussion of the Moral and Evolutionary Implications, Evelyn C. Brosius 17
The Royal Disease and The Royal Collapse: Political Effects of Hemophilia in the Royal Houses of Europe, Amy Brown 17
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 17
All Hail Helix: The Internet’s Role in the Creation of Culture and Narrative, Margaret Furtner 17
The Model Minority Myths: Racism And Sexism Against Asian-American Community, Yingda Guo 17