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1. The Effect of Natural Resource Control on Self-Determination Movement Success

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Open Access
Author:
Lakavage, Benjamin
Title:
The Effect of Natural Resource Control on Self-Determination Movement Success
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
SDM
Self-Determination Movement
Secession
De Facto State
Natural Resources
Hydrocarbons
Diamonds
Oil
File:
Download The_Effect_of_Natural_Resource_Control_on_Self-Determination_Movement_Success.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Xun Cao, Thesis Supervisor
Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. Gendered Expectations in Twenty-First Century American Literature

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Open Access
Author:
O'Neill, Lauren
Title:
Gendered Expectations in Twenty-First Century American Literature
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
American Literature
Gendered Expectations
Twenty-First Century
Feminist
Alternative voices
Culture
Women
Identity
Intersectionality
File:
Download THESIS_PAPER_FINAL_3_8__1_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Liliana Marika Naydan, Thesis Supervisor
David Ruth, Thesis Honors Advisor
Kyle R King, Faculty Reader

3. The Political Glass Ceiling: How Media Bias Impacts the Rise of Female Candidates to Executive Office

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Open Access
Author:
Zanowic, Casey
Title:
The Political Glass Ceiling: How Media Bias Impacts the Rise of Female Candidates to Executive Office
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
media
content analysis
media coverage
gender and politics
female politicians
executive elections
File:
Download Zanowic_Casey_ThePoliticalGlassCeiling.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Erin Allyson Heidt-Forsythe, Thesis Supervisor
Sona N. Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. Advice and Consent: Exploring the Role of Nominee Qualifications in the U.S. Senate Confirmation Process for Circuit Courts of Appeals Judges Between the 107th and 117th Congresses

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Open Access
Author:
Roth, Jacob
Title:
Advice and Consent: Exploring the Role of Nominee Qualifications in the U.S. Senate Confirmation Process for Circuit Courts of Appeals Judges Between the 107th and 117th Congresses
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
Judges
United States Senate
U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals
Nominations
Qualifications
File:
Download Honors_Thesis_Jacob_Roth.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Michael J Nelson, Thesis Supervisor
Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

11. NIL: Examining the College Athlete’s ability to profit from their Name, Image, and Likeness through their lens and stories

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Open Access
Author:
Noah, Matthew
Title:
NIL: Examining the College Athlete’s ability to profit from their Name, Image, and Likeness through their lens and stories
Area of Honors:
Journalism
Keywords:
NIL
College Athletics
NCAA
Sports
Journalism
Football
Penn State Athletics
Penn State
Basketball
Hockey
Gymnastics
soccer
Talent Agency
Supreme Court
Interview
Advice
File:
Download Noah__Thesis_Final_Submission_Document_-Fixed_Title_Page_1.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John R Affleck, Thesis Supervisor
James Ford Risley, Thesis Honors Advisor

13. The Culture of Renaissance Artistic Patronage in Northern Italy

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Open Access
Author:
Kruse, Nicole
Title:
The Culture of Renaissance Artistic Patronage in Northern Italy
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
renaissance
art history
Italy
italian
italian art history
renaissance art history
patronage
northern italy
mantua
milan
florence
patronage culture
File:
Download The_Culture_of_Renaissance_Artistic_Patronage_in_Northern_Italy.docx.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Michele Rossi, Thesis Supervisor
Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. The effects of mental health problems and educational deficiency on high risk juveniles from Philadelphia, PA

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Open Access
Author:
Rahman, Rabab
Title:
The effects of mental health problems and educational deficiency on high risk juveniles from Philadelphia, PA
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
juvenile justice
criminology
pennsylvania
philadelphia
mental health
education
File:
Download Final_Thesis_03252023.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Megan C Kurlychek, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

17. Isolated from the Vote: The Relationship Between the Mental Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Voter Turnout in the 2020 Presidential Election

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Open Access
Author:
Clancy, Catherine
Title:
Isolated from the Vote: The Relationship Between the Mental Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Voter Turnout in the 2020 Presidential Election
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
voting
voting turnout
mental health
loneliness
covid-19
File:
Download Clancy_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Plutzer, Thesis Supervisor
Sona N. Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

20. An Archaeological Analysis of early Christianity along Paul’s Second Missionary Journey in Greece and Anatolia

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Open Access
Author:
Gallo, Leah
Title:
An Archaeological Analysis of early Christianity along Paul’s Second Missionary Journey in Greece and Anatolia
Area of Honors:
Anthropology
Keywords:
Early Christianity
Archaeology
Greece
Anatolia
Paul
Athens
Corinth
Macedonia
Relics
Lamps
Graves
Tombs
Paintings
Late Roman
Roman Empire
Epigraphs
Tombstones
Christian burials
Christian Symbols
Constantine
Hellenism
Catalogues
Judaism
Christian archaeology
Inscriptions
Amulets
Pottery
Thessaloniki
Philippi
Colossae
File:
Download Master_s_Thesis_Final_Leah_Gallo.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mark Munn, Thesis Supervisor
Erin Mc Kenna Hanses, Thesis Honors Advisor
Kenneth Gale Hirth, Thesis Supervisor
Rebecca Bird, Thesis Honors Advisor

21. The Effect of Social Relationships and Community Efficacy on Fear of Victimization in Rural Versus Urban Adults

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Open Access
Author:
Leahy, Caitlyn
Title:
The Effect of Social Relationships and Community Efficacy on Fear of Victimization in Rural Versus Urban Adults
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
Victimization
Social Attachments
Collective Efficacy
Social Bonds
Social Disorganization
Residency
File:
Download thesis_FINAL_98_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Pam Wilcox, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

23. Who Owns the Past? Repatriation Cases and the Future of Repatriation

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Open Access
Author:
Baity, Le Mhai
Title:
Who Owns the Past? Repatriation Cases and the Future of Repatriation
Area of Honors:
Anthropology
Keywords:
Repatriation
cultural property
Turkey
NAGPRA
Benin Bronzes
Museums
Artifacts
Greece
Italy
File:
Download Baity_LeMhai_Who_Owns_the_Past-_Repatriation_Cases_and_the_Future_of_Repatriation.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Ann Eloise Killebrew, Thesis Supervisor
Douglas Bird, Thesis Honors Advisor

24. Hegemonic Masculinity and Radical Feminism: How Gendered Ideologies Are Associated with Transphobia

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Open Access
Author:
French, Raymond
Title:
Hegemonic Masculinity and Radical Feminism: How Gendered Ideologies Are Associated with Transphobia
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
Hegemonic Masculinity
Radical Feminism
Transphobia
Anti-trans Attitudes
Social Attitudes
Transgender
Gender Identity
File:
Download French_Raymond_HegemonicMasculinityAndRadicalFeminism.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Supervisor
Jeff M Love, Thesis Honors Advisor

26. The Impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Child Labor Levels in Spain

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Open Access
Author:
Reed, Mikayla
Title:
The Impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Child Labor Levels in Spain
Area of Honors:
Global and International Studies
Keywords:
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Spain
child labor
labor reform
education reform
File:
Download Reed_Mikayla_TheImpactoftheConventionontheRightsoftheChildonChildLaborLevelsinSpain.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Post, Thesis Supervisor
Krista Brune, Thesis Honors Advisor

27. Emphasis, Certainty, and Interdiction: Particles in Gisida Anii

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Open Access
Author:
Mariani, Vincent
Title:
Emphasis, Certainty, and Interdiction: Particles in Gisida Anii
Area of Honors:
Linguistics
Keywords:
linguistics
anii
syntax
adverbials
aspect
aspectual reference
ghana-togo-mountian language
fieldwork
cartographic theory
File:
Download Mariani_Vincent_Thesis_SP2023.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Deborah Chisholm Morton, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Travis Putnam, Thesis Honors Advisor
Frances Kathleen Blanchette, Faculty Reader

29. AHR Activation Affects Enteric Neuronal Survival by Inducing Apoptosis

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Open Access
Author:
Kumar, Supriya
Title:
AHR Activation Affects Enteric Neuronal Survival by Inducing Apoptosis
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
TCDD
Enteric Nervous System
Persistant Organic Pollutant
Ceramide Synthesizing Genes
Apoptosis
Longitudinal Muscle Myenteric Plexus
Gut Motility
IM-FEN Cells
Neuronal Marker Genes
Nitrergic Neurons
Cholinergic Neurons
GI Tract
File:
Download Supriya_Kumar_Thesis_AHR_Activation_Affects_Enteric_Neuronal_Survival_by_Inducing_Apoptosis_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andrew Patterson, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor

30. A Solution to "The Problem from Hell"?: Quantifying the Effects of International Military Interventions During Mass Killings and Genocides

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Open Access
Author:
Kemanian-Leites, Luisina
Title:
A Solution to "The Problem from Hell"?: Quantifying the Effects of International Military Interventions During Mass Killings and Genocides
Area of Honors:
International Politics
Keywords:
Genocide
Mass Killings
Military Intervention
File:
Download Kemanian_Leites_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Roseanne Mc Manus, Thesis Supervisor
Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

39. Moral Foundations and Rule-Breaking Behavior at Penn State University: An Analysis of the Role of Participation in Greek Life

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Open Access
Author:
Sorensen, Rachel
Title:
Moral Foundations and Rule-Breaking Behavior at Penn State University: An Analysis of the Role of Participation in Greek Life
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
Morality
Moral Foundations Theory
Greek life
Deviance
Rule-Breaking
Ethics
Virtues
Fraternity
Sorority
File:
Download FINAL_Formal_Formatting_Thesis_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Silver, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

42. Quantifying Queerness: How Interactive Storytelling Balances Plot and Queer Identity

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Open Access
Author:
Painter, Zakkary
Title:
Quantifying Queerness: How Interactive Storytelling Balances Plot and Queer Identity
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
Queer Identity
Video Games
Representation
Heterosexual Default
Playersexuality
Queer Representation
Video Game Mechanics
File:
Download Zakkary_Painter_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Christian P Haines, Thesis Supervisor
Claire Mary Colebrook, Thesis Honors Advisor

44. Commendātiōne Maiōrum: Familial Advertising in the Crises of the Late Roman Republic

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Open Access
Author:
Hamel, Seth
Title:
Commendātiōne Maiōrum: Familial Advertising in the Crises of the Late Roman Republic
Area of Honors:
Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Keywords:
familial advertising
nobiles
homines novi
coinage
imagines
laudationes
aristocrat
File:
Download Commendatione_Maiorum_-_Seth_Hamel_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jake Nabel, Thesis Supervisor
Erin Mc Kenna Hanses, Thesis Honors Advisor

45. Hysterical Science: Analyzing the Methodology of Feminist Psychoanalysis in Reclaiming Female Literary Figuration

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Open Access
Author:
Oplinger, Kristen
Title:
Hysterical Science: Analyzing the Methodology of Feminist Psychoanalysis in Reclaiming Female Literary Figuration
Area of Honors:
Comparative Literature
Keywords:
Freud
Butler
Cixous
Ettinger
Figuration
Performativity
Reclamation
File:
Download Oplinger_Kristen_Hysterical_Science.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Thesis Supervisor
Nergis Erturk, Thesis Honors Advisor

46. Community Gardens as a Vehicle for Community Development: A Case Study of Orti Urbani di San Matteo degli Armeni Community Garden

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Open Access
Author:
Mazzarella, Bianca
Title:
Community Gardens as a Vehicle for Community Development: A Case Study of Orti Urbani di San Matteo degli Armeni Community Garden
Area of Honors:
Community, Environment, and Development
Keywords:
Urban Agriculture
Community Gardens
Community Development
Perugia
Italy
Community
Democracy
File:
Download Mazzarella_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Theodore Roberts Alter, Thesis Supervisor
Theodore Roberts Alter, Thesis Honors Advisor
Justine F Lindemann, Faculty Reader

48. The Consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Its Impacts on American Ideals and Political Views

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Open Access
Author:
Vazquez, Tyler
Title:
The Consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Its Impacts on American Ideals and Political Views
Area of Honors:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Industrial Revolution
Social Media
Politics
Political Polarization
Algorithms
Echo Chambers
Smart Technology
File:
Download 1The_Consequences_of_the_Fourth_Industrial_Revolution_and_Its_Impacts_on_American_Ideals_and_Political_Views.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mary High, Thesis Supervisor
Ellen M Taricani, Thesis Honors Advisor

49. Overlooked Histories: An Ethnographic and Historical Study of the Jewish Communities of Central Pennsylvania

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Open Access
Author:
Sennett, Casey
Title:
Overlooked Histories: An Ethnographic and Historical Study of the Jewish Communities of Central Pennsylvania
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Anthropology, Jewish Studies, and History
Keywords:
Jewish
Central Pennsylvania
Ethnography
Oral History
Small-town Jewish life
History
Anthropology
Rural America
File:
Download Sennett_Casey_Overlooked__Histories_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mary Katherine Shenk, Thesis Supervisor
Douglas Bird, Thesis Honors Advisor
Eliyana Adler, Thesis Supervisor
Sabine Doran, Thesis Honors Advisor
Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

50. Virgil’s Verse and the English Ear: A New Translation of Virgil’s Aeneid VI

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Open Access
Author:
White, Corey
Title:
Virgil’s Verse and the English Ear: A New Translation of Virgil’s Aeneid VI
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and History
Keywords:
Aeneid
Translation
Book VI
Classics
Roman Poetry
Virgil
Augustus
Classical and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
History
File:
Download Thesis_Aeneid_VI_Corey_White.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jake Nabel, Thesis Supervisor
Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor
Erin Mc Kenna Hanses, Thesis Honors Advisor