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Author:

Bransfield, Daniel

Title:

Democracy Works: The Impact of Labor Unions on Democratic Quality in Electoral Democracies

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

labor
democracy
cross-country analysis

File:

Download Dan_Bransfield_Schreyer_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Xun Cao, Thesis Supervisor
Giancarlo Visconti, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Brauser, Benjamin

Title:

How Perceived Madness Lets Leaders Capture the Benefits of Nuclear Superiority

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Political Science
International Relations
Nuclear Weapons
Diplomacy
Madman Theory

File:

Download Brauser_Benjamin_Madness_and_Nuclear_Superiority.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Roseanne Mc Manus, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Briselli, Julia

Title:

How Humans, as the Inventors of the Negative, Utilize the Negative in Their Search for Metaphysical Answers: A Comparative Study of Kenneth Burke and St. Thomas Aquinas

Area of Honors:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Kenneth Burke
Thomas Aquinas
Rhetoric
Negativity
Naming
Transcendence
Kenneth Burke
Thomas Aquinas
Rhetoric
Negativity
Naming
Transcendence

File:

Download Julia_Briselli_Final_Thesis_1.1.24.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ekaterina Haskins, Thesis Supervisor
Mary High, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ackerman, Catherine

Title:

The Opioid Crisis and Crime: Understanding the Relationship Between Opioid Dispensing Rates and Crime Rates in the United States

Area of Honors:

Criminology

Keywords:

Opioid Crisis
Opioid
Prescribing
Crime Rates
Dispensing Rates
Drugs/Violence Nexus
Arrest Rates

File:

Download The_Opioid_Crisis_and_Crime-Understanding_the_Relationship_Between_Opioid_Dispensing_Rates_and_Crime_Rates_in_the_United_States_-_Catherine_Ackerman.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Holly Nguyen, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Benedetto, Courtney

Title:

“Conforming to the Nonconformative”: Goth Culture at Penn State

Area of Honors:

Journalism

Keywords:

Goth
subculture
acceptance
Goth culture
makeup
death
macabre
nonconformity
identity
community
inclusivity

File:

Download THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Russell Frank, Thesis Supervisor
John R Affleck, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Byers, Kyleigh

Title:

Problematic faves: How our morals influence our media consumption and relationships with other people.

Area of Honors:

Sociology

Keywords:

Morals
Friendship
Popular Culture
Media
Online Friendships

File:

Download Kyleigh_Byers_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Beth Montemurro, Thesis Supervisor
David Ruth, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Burns, Sydney

Title:

Arachnid Authorship: Intertextual Web-Weaving as a Reflection of Women’s Authorial Identities

Area of Honors:

English (University College)

Keywords:

women writers
feminism
early modern
textile
web
weaving
arachne
early modern women writers
renaissance
Queen Elizabeth I
Mary Queen of Scots
Esther Inglis
Isabella Whitney
Mary Sidney Herbert
Aemilia Lanyer
Mary Wroth
Margaret Cavendish

File:

Download Burns_Sydney_Arachnid_Authorship_Intertextual_Web_Weaving_as_a_Reflection_of_Women_s_Authorial_Identities.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Marcy Lynne North, Thesis Supervisor
Claire Mary Colebrook, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cheatle, Jordynn

Title:

The Russo-Ukrainian hybrid war as portrayed through modern ukrainian literature

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Comparative Literature & Global and International Studies

Keywords:

Russia
Ukraine
war
hybrid
propaganda
information
circulation

File:

Download THESIS_FINAL_COPY.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Yuliya Ladygina, Thesis Supervisor
Krista Brune, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Chen, Krista

Title:

Decoding the AI Zeitgeist: A Thematic Analysis of Internet Memes About Artificial Intelligence

Area of Honors:

Advertising/Public Relations

Keywords:

internet memes
cultural attitudes
thematic analysis
artificial intelligence

File:

Download Krista_Chen_SHC_Thesis_2024.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Heather Shoenberger, Thesis Supervisor
Heather Shoenberger, Thesis Honors Advisor
Cindy Lin, Faculty Reader

Author:

Colvin, Lauren

Title:

Stellar communication: A qualitative content analysis of space science communicators on Instagram

Area of Honors:

Advertising/Public Relations

Keywords:

Science communication
Space science
Social media
Branding
Instagram

File:

Download ColvinLauren-ThesisFinal.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Stephanie Madden, Thesis Supervisor
Denise Sevick Bortree, Thesis Honors Advisor