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 2015
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 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
Learning to Read, Learning to Love It: A Shared Literacy Vision , Abigail E. Emmert
Dystopian Language and Thought: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Applied to Created Forms of English , Kristen Fairchild
The Empathetic Human: The Story of How Story Increases Cognitive and Social Ability , Olivia C. Flores
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
Social Childbirth and Communities of Women in Early America , Jocelyn Jessop
Life as an Only Child: Modern Psychology’s Take on the Stereotypical Only and My Firsthand Perspectives , Samuel Johnson
Letters to Make-Believe: An Afterschool Survival Kit , Jessica Maginity
“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
From Passive Receptacles to Active Contenders: Ovulation and Intrasexual Competition in Human Females , Andres E. Munoz
Perception and Communication of Nonverbal Emotion: In Close Relationships , Christine F. Norris
Stories of Africa: The politics of displaying African objects in museum exhibitions , Kristin Otto
Evolutionary Eating: A Critical Evaluation of the Paleo Diet , Ben Roess
German Foreign Policy in the Cyber Age , Patrick Schmitz
From Marsquakes to Terraforming: the Role of Planetary Geology in Science Fiction Literature , Katherine Shover
Ecology, Emotion, and Culture: The Moral Psychology of Environmentalism , Camille G. Veri
Submissions from 2012 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
