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1503. Prostitution and Rational Choice: Understanding the Relationship between Risk, Reward, and Involvement in Prostitution

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Open Access
Author:
Runkle, Sarah
Title:
Prostitution and Rational Choice: Understanding the Relationship between Risk, Reward, and Involvement in Prostitution
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
Prostitution
Rational Choice Theory
Rational Choice
Sex work
Criminology
Decision-Making
Agency
File:
Download Prostitution_and_Rational_Choice_-_Sarah_Runkle.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Holly Nguyen, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

1504. The Impact of Biases on the Reportorial and Editorial Processes in American Newsrooms

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Open Access
Author:
Swift, Megan
Title:
The Impact of Biases on the Reportorial and Editorial Processes in American Newsrooms
Area of Honors:
Journalism
Keywords:
Journalism
Bias
New York Times
The Daily Collegian
Editor-in-Chief
Student Journalist
American Newsrooms
Media Bias
Case Studies
The Tribune-Review
Casper Star-Tribune
Houston Chronicle
Chicago Sun-Times
Illinois Answers Project
Partisan Bias
Politics
Source New Mexico
Nevada Current
Sports Illustrated
Penn State
File:
Download Swift_Megan_TheImpactofBiasesontheReportorialandEditorialProcessesinAmericanNewsrooms.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Maggie Messitt, Thesis Supervisor
John R Affleck, Thesis Honors Advisor

1505. Netflix Password Sharing: An Analysis of Consumer Attitudes Toward Stricter User Guidelines

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Open Access
Author:
Hall, Jessica
Title:
Netflix Password Sharing: An Analysis of Consumer Attitudes Toward Stricter User Guidelines
Area of Honors:
Advertising/Public Relations
Keywords:
trust
commitment
satisfaction
business relationships
attitudes
public relations
File:
Download Jessica_Hall___Final_Undergraduate_Honors_Thesis___Resubmission_via_SHC_Portal_on_4.11.2023.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephanie Madden, Thesis Supervisor
Denise Sevick Bortree, Thesis Honors Advisor

1506. Assessing Changes in Perceived Confidence in the Courts and Legal System in America: An Analysis of Data from the General Social Survey

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Open Access
Author:
Carpenter, Graceanne
Title:
Assessing Changes in Perceived Confidence in the Courts and Legal System in America: An Analysis of Data from the General Social Survey
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
Confidence
Courts
Legal System
Race
General Social Survey
GSS
Changes
File:
Download Assessing_Changes_Thesis_Graceanne_Carpenter.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric P Baumer, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

1509. Motivators and Barriers to Exercise in College Students Compared to Faculty/Staff

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Open Access
Author:
Moore, Eemonie
Title:
Motivators and Barriers to Exercise in College Students Compared to Faculty/Staff
Area of Honors:
Psychology (Altoona)
Keywords:
Motivators
Barriers
Exercise
Physical activity
Students
Faculty/staff
Self-Determination Theory
File:
Download Eemonie_Moore_s_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Nicole Gilbertson, Thesis Supervisor
Laura Rotunno, Thesis Honors Advisor
Irene Muir, Thesis Supervisor

1510. Water Cooler Talk & Beyond: Understanding and Improving Deliberation and Dialogue in the Modern American Workplace

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Open Access
Author:
Sanville, Jeremy
Title:
Water Cooler Talk & Beyond: Understanding and Improving Deliberation and Dialogue in the Modern American Workplace
Area of Honors:
Labor and Employment Relations
Keywords:
Leadership
Shared leadership
Management
Employee Engagement
Burnout
Quiet Quitting
Engagement Machine
Democracy Machine
Deliberative Democracy
Democratic Deliberation
Feedback Loop
File:
Download Water-Cooler-Talk-and-Beyond.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John W Gastil, Thesis Supervisor
Christopher Cody Stephens, Thesis Honors Advisor

1513. Pennsylvania Residents' Perceptions and Support for Climate Change Policies

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Open Access
Author:
Axtman, Alison
Title:
Pennsylvania Residents' Perceptions and Support for Climate Change Policies
Area of Honors:
Global and International Studies
Keywords:
climate change policies
environmental
social
individual economic
and business economic impacts
File:
Download Axtman_Ali_Pennsylvania_Residents__Perceptions_and_Support_for_Climate_Change_Policies__5_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Janet Kay Swim, Thesis Supervisor
Krista Brune, Thesis Honors Advisor

1517. How Hong Kong's History as a Globalized City Has Created Tensions with a Culturally Hegemonic China

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Open Access
Author:
Beckius, Evan
Title:
How Hong Kong's History as a Globalized City Has Created Tensions with a Culturally Hegemonic China
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
HongKong
China
CCP
globalization
Hong Kong Protests
Hong Kong
Asia
globalized culture
History
Globalized City
File:
Download EVAN_BECKIUS_SHC_THESIS_2023.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kirwin Ray Shaffer, Thesis Supervisor
Sandy Feinstein, Thesis Honors Advisor

1518. The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on Key Global Commodities

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Open Access
Author:
Di Piazza, Benjamin
Title:
The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on Key Global Commodities
Area of Honors:
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Keywords:
Supply Chain
Russia-Ukraine War
Commodities
International Relations
Hydrocarbons
Agriculture
Metals and Minerals
File:
Download The_Impact_of_the_Russia-Ukraine_War_on_Key_Global_Commodities.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor
John C Spychalski, Thesis Honors Advisor

1523. Social media impact on college students during the COVID-19 pandemic in correlation to perceived motivation, productivity, and social media addiction

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Open Access
Author:
Bowerman, Zoe
Title:
Social media impact on college students during the COVID-19 pandemic in correlation to perceived motivation, productivity, and social media addiction
Area of Honors:
Advertising/Public Relations
Keywords:
Social Media
Motivation
Productivity
Social Media Addiction
College Students
Covid-19
Pandemic
File:
Download Zoe_Bowerman_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Heather Shoenberger, Thesis Supervisor
Mark Birschbach, Faculty Reader

1524. DATING VIOLENCE AMONGST COLLEGE STUDENTS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS

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Open Access
Author:
Freundt, Paloma
Title:
DATING VIOLENCE AMONGST COLLEGE STUDENTS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
Dating Violence
Intimate Partner Violence
Domestic Abuse
Prevalence of Dating Violence College Students
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Lecinda Marie Yevchak, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

1525. The Judeo-Christian Tradition: A Project of Discursive Invention and Exclusion

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Open Access
Author:
Suliman, Ladin
Title:
The Judeo-Christian Tradition: A Project of Discursive Invention and Exclusion
Area of Honors:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Judeo-Christian tradition
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Orientalism
Semitic
semite
antisemitism
File:
Download The_Judeo-Christian_Question.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Brady Bowman, Thesis Supervisor
Brady Bowman, Thesis Honors Advisor
Nicolas J De Warren, Thesis Supervisor

1528. Effective Communication and Short-Term Decision Makers: Effective Coach Communication Within the Coach/Official Dynamic in Athletic Competition

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Open Access
Author:
Lemler, Jake
Title:
Effective Communication and Short-Term Decision Makers: Effective Coach Communication Within the Coach/Official Dynamic in Athletic Competition
Area of Honors:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Official
Coach
Sports
Communication
Effective Communication
Umpire
Referee
File:
Download Lemler_Thesis_PDF.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Denise Haunani Solomon, Thesis Supervisor
Mary High, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Dillard, Thesis Supervisor

1531. The Future Legal Status of The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

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Open Access
Author:
Milliard, Mason
Title:
The Future Legal Status of The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
Area of Honors:
Political Science (Behrend)
Keywords:
2nd Amendment
PLCAA
Gun Laws
Firearms
Domestic Policy
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
Sandy Hook
Federal Legislation
State Legislation
Local Legislation
United States Supreme Court
File:
Download The_Future_Legal_Status_of_the_Protection_of_Lawful_Commerce_in_Arms_Act.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert W. Speel, Thesis Supervisor
Robert W. Speel, Thesis Honors Advisor
Joseph Beilein Jr., Faculty Reader

1536. The Effects of Legislative Ideological Polarization, Institutional Structures of State Legislatures, and State Supreme Courts on State Congressional Overrides, 2005-2018

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Open Access
Author:
Ousey, Teresa
Title:
The Effects of Legislative Ideological Polarization, Institutional Structures of State Legislatures, and State Supreme Courts on State Congressional Overrides, 2005-2018
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
Political Science
state politics
state legislature
state highest court of appeals
congressional override
legislative polarization
File:
Download Ousey__Teresa_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Michael J Nelson, Thesis Supervisor
Douglas Lemke, Thesis Honors Advisor

1538. The Horror of Girlhood: Shirley Jackson’s ‘Hangsaman’ and the Female Gothic

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Open Access
Author:
Gauge, Celine
Title:
The Horror of Girlhood: Shirley Jackson’s ‘Hangsaman’ and the Female Gothic
Area of Honors:
English (Behrend)
Keywords:
Gothic
Female Gothic
Shirley Jackson
Uncanny
Womanhood
Girlhood
File:
Download Celine_Gauge_The_Horror_of_Girlhood_Shirley_Jackson_s_Hangsaman_and_the_Female_Gothic.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sarah Elizabeth Whitney, Thesis Supervisor
Craig Andrew Warren, Thesis Honors Advisor

1541. The Post-WWI Partition of the Ottoman Empire: How Great Britain and France Carved Out the Modern State Order in the Fertile Crescent

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Author:
Anavkar, Ishaan
Title:
The Post-WWI Partition of the Ottoman Empire: How Great Britain and France Carved Out the Modern State Order in the Fertile Crescent
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
Partition
Ottoman Empire
First World War
Great Britain
France
State Creation
Fertile Crescent
Syria
Lebanon
Iraq
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Lior Betzalel Sternfeld, Thesis Supervisor
Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

1545. The Efficacy of the Opioid Epidemic’s Preventative Policies: A Comparative Study Between the Financial Relationships of Big Pharma and the Integrity of Public Health

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Author:
Moyer, Kathryn
Title:
The Efficacy of the Opioid Epidemic’s Preventative Policies: A Comparative Study Between the Financial Relationships of Big Pharma and the Integrity of Public Health
Area of Honors:
Global and International Studies
Keywords:
Interviews
Methodology
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Howard Smith, Thesis Supervisor
Jonathan Eran Abel, Thesis Honors Advisor

1546. Beating Vegas By Predicting The 2022 NCAA Mens Division I College Basketball Tournament Using Neural Networks

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Restricted (Penn State Only)
Author:
Bixler, Brian
Title:
Beating Vegas By Predicting The 2022 NCAA Mens Division I College Basketball Tournament Using Neural Networks
Area of Honors:
Mathematics
Keywords:
Sportsbetting
Sports
Betting
Deep Neural Network
DNN
NCAA
College
Basketball
Algorithm
Python
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Jessica Maral Conway, Thesis Supervisor
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Thesis Honors Advisor