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
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
When Change is Not Enough: A Historic Review of Diversity Initiatives at DePauw University, Dakota N. Watson
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Shakespeare's Successful Sisters: The Reincarnated Judith in the Works of Munro, Egan, and Gilbert, Caitlin M. Adams
Assessing the Viability of Converting Indiana's Energy Framework to Renewable Sources by 2050, Lincoln Barlow
States and the State of Nature: Understanding State Failure through Evolutionary Theory, Shelby L. Beasley
Spirits and Syringes: Malaria as an Epidemic, a Spiritual Punishment, and an Act of War, Kelly Blair
Bridging: Poetry of Place in Putnam County, Megan Carter
Coleman Young’s Detroit: A Vision for a City 1974-1994, Rachel S. Dauenbaugh
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