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 2015
Musical Stairs: Encouraging Physical Activity through Persuasive Technology, Meagan Combs 15
Mahler the Enigma: Progressive Composer, Traditional Conductor, Anna Gatdula 15
The Sub-Saharan Water Crisis: An Analysis of its Impact on Public Health in Urban and Rural Nigeria, Megan Hannemann 15
The Impact of Arranged Marital Customs on Women's Autonomy in Rural India, Tazree Kadam 15
An Economic Analysis of Mars Exploration and Colonization, Clayton Knappenberger 15
Out of the Garden, Meredith Lockman 15
Zoo Animals, Livestock, and Pets, Oh MY! An Exploration of the Ethics of Captive Breeding, Colleen McArdle 15
Biological Basis of Motherhood and Effect of Stress on Maternal Psychophysiology, Erin Loree Minnick 15
Food Apocalypse Now: An Epistemological Understanding of the Coming Food Crisis, Alexander SK Parker 15
Tuberculosis as A Metaphor for Isolation: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Tuberculosis, Stefanie Pavlick 15
Something Old and Something New, Ryan Pranger 15
Completeless Show, Kathleen Raymond-Judy 15
Music and Memory: A History of DePauw University School of Music Using Bifurcated History and Personal Interviews, Rachel Robin 15
School Smart, Katherine Tozer 15
The Feral Cat Conundrum: Assessing the Science and Ethics of Trap-Neuter-Return, Emily Vincent 15
When Change is Not Enough: A Historic Review of Diversity Initiatives at DePauw University, Dakota N. Watson 15
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Shakespeare's Successful Sisters: The Reincarnated Judith in the Works of Munro, Egan, and Gilbert, Caitlin M. Adams 14
Assessing the Viability of Converting Indiana's Energy Framework to Renewable Sources by 2050, Lincoln Barlow 14
States and the State of Nature: Understanding State Failure through Evolutionary Theory, Shelby L. Beasley 14
Spirits and Syringes: Malaria as an Epidemic, a Spiritual Punishment, and an Act of War, Kelly Blair 14
Bridging: Poetry of Place in Putnam County, Megan Carter 14
Coleman Young’s Detroit: A Vision for a City 1974-1994, Rachel S. Dauenbaugh 14
Sexual Dimorphism of Staminate- and Pistillate-Phase Flowers of Saponaria officinalis (Bouncing Bet) Affects Pollinator Behavior and Seed Set, Dana A. Dudle, Leah M. Freestone, Peter Konieczny, Michael B. Tobin, and Michael M. Britton
Unpacking the Suitcase: The Real Last Chapter of Alice Paul and Peg Edwards’s Activism, and Why These Stories Matter, Clark Edwards 14
Learning to Read, Learning to Love It: A Shared Literacy Vision, Abigail E. Emmert 14
Dystopian Language and Thought: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Applied to Created Forms of English, Kristen Fairchild 14
The Empathetic Human: The Story of How Story Increases Cognitive and Social Ability, Olivia C. Flores 14
Cardiac Repair and Regenerative Potential in the Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Heart, Jamie Grivas, Maria Haag, Adedoyin Johnson, Trina Manalo, Julia Roell, Lala Tanmoy Das, and Pascal J. Lafontant
Heritable Health: An Exploration of Parental Epigenetics and their Impact on Individual and Public Health, Brittany F. Hayes 14
Social Childbirth and Communities of Women in Early America, Jocelyn Jessop 14
Life as an Only Child: Modern Psychology’s Take on the Stereotypical Only and My Firsthand Perspectives, Samuel Johnson 14
Letters to Make-Believe: An Afterschool Survival Kit, Jessica Maginity 14
“Like Husband and Wife”: The Role of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Friendship in Advancing Their Personal and Professional Successes, Maritza Mestre 14
From Passive Receptacles to Active Contenders: Ovulation and Intrasexual Competition in Human Females, Andres E. Munoz 14
Perception and Communication of Nonverbal Emotion: In Close Relationships, Christine F. Norris 14
Stories of Africa: The politics of displaying African objects in museum exhibitions, Kristin Otto 14
Evolutionary Eating: A Critical Evaluation of the Paleo Diet, Ben Roess 14
German Foreign Policy in the Cyber Age, Patrick Schmitz 14
From Marsquakes to Terraforming: the Role of Planetary Geology in Science Fiction Literature, Katherine Shover 14
Ecology, Emotion, and Culture: The Moral Psychology of Environmentalism, Camille G. Veri 14
Submissions from 2012
The Giant Danio (D. aequipinnatus) as a Model of Cardiac Remodeling and Regeneration, Pascal J. Lafontant, Jamie A. Grivas, Mary A. Lesch, Lala Tanmoy Das, and Tyler D. Frounfelter
