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341. Social Studies Pedagogy Grounded in Historical Literacy as a Means of Liberation

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Open Access
Author:
Springer, Jake
Title:
Social Studies Pedagogy Grounded in Historical Literacy as a Means of Liberation
Area of Honors:
Secondary Education
Keywords:
Critical Race Theory
Liberation
Social Studies
Pedagogy
Critical Pedagogy
bell hooks
Historical Literacy
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Scott Alan Metzger, Thesis Supervisor
Scott Alan Metzger, Thesis Honors Advisor
Ashley Nichol Patterson, Faculty Reader

342. Rheology of Native Cellulose in Ionic Liquids

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Open Access
Author:
Jain, Preet K
Title:
Rheology of Native Cellulose in Ionic Liquids
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Rheology
Cellulose
Shear-thinning
Ionic Liquids
Polymer Solutions
Green solvents
Solvent quality
Associating polymers
Chain dynamics
Glass-transition temperatures
Time-temperature Superposition
File:
Download Jain_Preet_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Ralph H Colby, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Honors Advisor

343. Investigating the Effectiveness of Optical Fiber Sensors as a Failure Detection Method For Superconducting Coils

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Open Access
Author:
Kelly, Amanda
Title:
Investigating the Effectiveness of Optical Fiber Sensors as a Failure Detection Method For Superconducting Coils
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
superconducting
superconductors
quench
optical fiber sensors
File:
Download Amanda_Kelly_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Justin Schwartz, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor

344. IMPACT OF THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT OF 2017 ON CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO BIG TEN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

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Open Access
Author:
Purnell, Emily
Title:
IMPACT OF THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT OF 2017 ON CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO BIG TEN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Area of Honors:
Accounting
Keywords:
tax
TCJA
athletics
fundraising
accounting
charity
donations
taxpayers
Big Ten
Penn State
football
File:
Download Purnell_Emily_TCJAOnAthletics.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Edward Rowland Jenkins, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Samuel Burton Bonsall IV, Thesis Honors Advisor

350. Effective Fraud Prevention, Investor Interest Protection, and Cost Conservation Measure--A Close Evaluation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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Open Access
Author:
Peng, Chubo
Title:
Effective Fraud Prevention, Investor Interest Protection, and Cost Conservation Measure--A Close Evaluation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Accounting and Finance
Keywords:
Sarbanes-Oxley Act" "Curtailing Fraud" "Investor Interest Protection" "Compliance Cost" "Benefits of SOX
File:
Download Chubo_Peng_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mohammad A Ali, Thesis Supervisor
Nihal Bayraktar, Thesis Honors Advisor
Thomas Townsend Amlie, Thesis Honors Advisor

351. Testing the Efficacy of Trading Using Machine Learning Techniques in the Foreign Exchange Market

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Open Access
Author:
Singh, Navjit
Title:
Testing the Efficacy of Trading Using Machine Learning Techniques in the Foreign Exchange Market
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Foreign Exchange
Forex
Support Vector Machine
Random Forest
Naive Bayes
K-Nearest Neighbor
Trading
Technical Trading
Fundamental Trading
File:
Download Thesis_11.11.19_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. George David Haushalter, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

354. The Elimination of Gender as a Rating Factor in Insurance Pricing

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Open Access
Author:
California, Margot
Title:
The Elimination of Gender as a Rating Factor in Insurance Pricing
Area of Honors:
Actuarial Science
Keywords:
insurance
insurance pricing
gender discrimination
actuarial science
automobile insurance
life insurance
insurance policy
California's Gender Non-Discrimination in Automobile Insurance
Gender Directive
EU Gender Directive
Adverse Selection
Law of Large Numbers
Asymmetric Information
File:
Download The_Elimination_of_Gender_as_a_Rating_Factor_in_Insurance_Pricing.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Nan Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Steven Lee Putterman, Thesis Honors Advisor

355. Factors affecting hollow fiber membrane virus filter performance due to protein fouling.

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Open Access
Author:
Catrambone, Adam
Title:
Factors affecting hollow fiber membrane virus filter performance due to protein fouling.
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
viral clearance
IgG
immunoglobulin G
BSA
bovine serum albumin
hollow fiber membrane
Planova
BioEX
Planova BioEX
Planova 20N
fouling
antibody
File:
Download Catrambone_Adam_HollowFiberMembrane.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor

356. Analysis of Asymmetric Rock-Paper-Scissors Solutions Using Chemical Game Theory

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Open Access
Author:
Smoluk, Adam
Title:
Analysis of Asymmetric Rock-Paper-Scissors Solutions Using Chemical Game Theory
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
CGT
Chemical Game Theory
game theory
rock paper scissors
rock-paper-scissors
Nash Equilibrium
contested decision
gibbs free energy
human behavior
File:
Download Adam_Smoluk_-_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Darrell Velegol, Thesis Supervisor
Darrell Velegol, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Themis Matsoukas, Faculty Reader

358. The Effect of the "Student Housing Boom" on the Debt Levels of Students: A Penn State Case Study

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Open Access
Author:
Zachariah, John
Title:
The Effect of the "Student Housing Boom" on the Debt Levels of Students: A Penn State Case Study
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Real Estate
Student Housing
Higher Education
Student Loan Debt
Finance
File:
Download Zachariah_John_The_Effect_of_the_Student_Housing_Boom_on_the_Debt_Levels_of_Students.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mallory Marie Meehan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

359. MATERNAL DEPRESSION: INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY, AND UTILIZATION OF PRENATAL CARE AS PREDICTORS FOR MATERNAL DEPRESSIVE OUTCOMES IN RURAL MALAWI

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Open Access
Author:
Barnes, Madisyn
Title:
MATERNAL DEPRESSION: INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY, AND UTILIZATION OF PRENATAL CARE AS PREDICTORS FOR MATERNAL DEPRESSIVE OUTCOMES IN RURAL MALAWI
Area of Honors:
Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:
maternal depresssion
intimate partner violence
prenatal care
reproductive autonomy
File:
Download BarnesHonorsThesisFall2019.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Cara L Exten, Thesis Supervisor
Helen Marie Kamens, Thesis Honors Advisor