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 2022 2022
The Red Line: An Examination of the Power Dynamics and Concepts Impacting the Bus Rapid Transit Plan for Marion County, IN , Kelby Stallings '22
How Love Ought to Be: The Power of Sapphic Representation in Animated Children’s Cartoons , Olivia Storz
A Dangerous Pursuit of Safety: The Value of Freedom of Expression and the Folly of Trading It Away , Nina Katarina Štular
Public Art In The United States By Black Artists (1980s - Present) , Anthony L. Treadaway
Exploring Methods to Persuade Users to watch Social Problem Films through the Case Study of Race-related Films , Clay Troyer
Property Blockchains have Failed to Realize Their Promise , Alexander Walton
Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021
The Disaster that Lies Behind the Chalkboard: An Autoethnography about Education & the Power, Privilege and Diversity Requirement , Shafrarisi Bonner
Mostly Harmful? Phragmites australis and Typha angustifolia in a study of the meaning of invasiveness in an abandoned limestone quarry and beyond , Diana Borse '21
Between Two Worlds: The Literary Legacy of Southward Manifest Destiny and the Mexican American War , Connor D. Burns
An Unexpected Growth Journey: A Review and Self-Study of Health Habits & Why It Matters Today , Jacob Correa
The Lingering Shadows: An Examination of Collective Memory from Vietnam to the War on Terrorism , Kenneth Henry Decker
Exposing Racism in Fashion: How Black Women Navigate Societal Beauty Standards , Re'Nae Dillard
COVID-19 Connections: An Existential View of a Pandemic , Jacqueline Ebel
Custody Battles: Reimagining Persephone's Plight , Maggie Ephraim
Picking the Brain: Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease , Hannah Hutchison
Medical Veracity and the Erosion of the American Physician-Patient Trust Relationship , Jonah Jerabek
USWNT and Twitter: Resistance and Activism in the Equal Pay Campaign , Mia Manney
A Closer Look into American Humanitarian Intervention: How Understanding Humanity Tells Who and When We Help , Katie Noble
dilemma: A Magazine About Sexual Assault ft. Me , Emma Rees
The Power of Inclusion: Deconstructing “Normality” in Primary Education , Madison Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020
Contemporary Challenges Facing Small, Family Farms in America: The Grant Family and Their Maraschino Cherry Farm , Haley Allaben
Friend or Foe: Chaucer’s Depiction of Women in Troilus and Criseyde , Vanessa Balis
The Second Wave in Secondary Schools: Textbooks and Standards on the Feminist Movement , Melissa Browning
Caught in the Middle: Existentialism in a Contemporary Fantasy , Hannah DePauw
Multi-Ethnic Chronicles: Interrogating My Imposter Syndrome , Maria Flores
The Narrative of Courtship: Literary and Biological Constructions and their Impact on Women , Drew Harris
Reflections from a Pre-Service Teacher: Finding Equity, Accessibility, and Compassion in Our Schools , Emma Houston
The Era of Commercialized Genetics: Examining the Intersection of DNA, Identity, and Personal Origin , Joanna Hutchins
A Revisionist History of Disagreeableness , Jasmeet Kaur
An Evaluation of Family Planning Initiatives in Developing Nations , Lauren Kaylor
Project-Based Learning in an Ever-Changing World: Experiential Revelations from the Field , Sarah Kelly
The Politics of Sports , Sydney Kopp
From Michigan With Love , Emma Krug
Spiritual Reclamation: Learning From Frida Kahlo and Entering My Personal Healing Journey , Sandra Laserna Cowal
Religious Identity and Religious Belief: The Subconscious Religiosity of Chinese University Students , Margot Leiner
The One Child Policy: A Moral Analysis of China’s Most Extreme Population Policy , Allison C. Lund
Fort Ancient and Woodland Pottery from the Hahn Site, Hamilton County, Ohio: A Petrographic Analysis of Chronological Changes in Ceramic Temper , Shelby C. Lutz
Going Beyond Abstinence Only: A Bioethical Analysis on Educating Adolescents on Birth Control and Other Contraceptives , Sam McCarty
Understanding Abu Ghraib: Accountability, the United States, and the Continuation of Torture , Julia Michaels
Virtual Reality of Underwater Nessebar , Caleb O'Brien
Cyber Security in the Healthcare Industry , Giovanni Ordonez
Housework for Revolutionaries: Between Theory and Experience , Megha Summer Pappachen
It’s Not Cuul to JUUL: Nicotine Addiction, the Rise of e-Cigarette Usage, and How Zebrafish Can Help , Anna Pearson
Experimental Archaeology and Brewing Beer: a Modern Reproduction of the "Hymn to Ninkasi" , Mahayla Roscoe
Birtherism, Benghazi and QAnon: Why Conspiracy Theories Pose a Threat to American Democracy , Emily Schabes
Murder Upon Murder , Patricia Rose McKown Schuelke
