1. The Environments of Luminous Blue Variables and the Link to the Enigmatic Type IIn Supernovae Open Access Author: Penkunas, Cole Title: The Environments of Luminous Blue Variables and the Link to the Enigmatic Type IIn Supernovae Area of Honors: Astronomy and Astrophysics Keywords: astronomytype IIn supernovaestars: massivestars: variables: S Doradusluminous blue variable star File: Download latex_thesis_template-4.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Abe Falcone, Thesis SupervisorSteinn Sigurdsson, Thesis Honors Advisor