The University of New Orleans Honors Program is designed to challenge academically astute students, offer a curriculum that will prepare them for success in their respective fields, and reward those motivated and competitive enough to achieve high academic goals. Besides earning the distinction that accompanies academic success, honors students participate in small, challenging classes taught by select faculty. They also have the opportunity to contract with professors of regular classes to receive honors credit by fulfilling additional academic requirements. The senior honors thesis requirement allows students to immerse themselves in advanced independent study, utilizing the experience and guidance of their thesis adviser.
This collection offers users full-text access to undergraduate theses created by students in the University of New Orleans Honors Program, from December 2011 to the present.
Honors theses submitted prior to the Fall 2011 semester are available through the Louisiana Digital Library (see link at left), but are limited to on-campus users. The UNO Library’s Louisiana and Special Collections department also houses print copies for most theses produced between 1985 and 2008. These can be identified through the online catalog.
If you have any questions about this collection, please contact the UNO Library at 504-280-6549 or libref@uno.edu.
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Investigating the Application of Flettner Rotors on the Great Lakes, Garrett C. Bond
The Use of Native American Literature for Teaching Native American History, Charles DeMocker
The Relation between Family Functioning and Discrepancies in Parent-Child Reports of Child Psychopathology Symptoms, Sarah Meunier
Evaluating Methods to Determine the Maximum Oxygen Consumption by the Gulf Killifish, Fundulus Grandis, Sylvia Mullen
The Effects of Past Hurricane Events on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Martin Tallent
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Design of an Ice-Class Propeller for the MV Yahtse, an Icebreaking, Car and Cargo, RoRo Ferry, Mara Kramer
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Investigation on the Impacts of Vessel Flooding on Roll Motion, Adam N. Bacon
Optimization Techniques for Image Processing, Prerak Chapagain
La Sagrada Familia, Catalina Correa Contreras
Drinking Decisions: Twentieth-Century Marketing and Tradition in New Orleans Alcoholic Beverage Trends, Rhiannon Enlil
Leisure and Labor in New Orleans' "Number One Factory": Work, Culture, and the Political Economy of Tourism, Dylan Hogan Freemole
Human Serum Albumin Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Mina Hibino
40 Meters Down: A Diver's Journey, Milan Holman
Measuring Interactive Narrative Quality with Experience Management as Story Graph Pruning, Jean-Paul Jeunesse
Identification of RNA Binding Proteins and RNA Binding Residues Using Effective Machine Learning Techniques, Reecha Khanal
Towards A New Paradigm in Psychiatry, Jennifer Lin
Investigation of the amino acids responsible for isomerase activity through mutagenesis of bilin lyase MpeW from Synechococcus sp. A15-62, Kourtney Weaver
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Power of Leaving: Black Agency and the Great Migration in Louisiana, 1890 - 1939, M. Kay Brown
Eye Gaze and Cortisol Levels in Socially Anxious Young Adults During an Interactive Real World Task, Chelsea M. Colson
A Comparison of Instructional Strategies: Does How You Teach Mathematics Matter?, Brian Comeaux
Simplified Sewerage Systems and Potential Application to Rural Louisiana Communities, Homero de Toledo Sobrinho
Solving Atomic Wave Functions Using Artificial Neural Networks, Gaurav Gyawali
The Effects of Passive Integrated Transponder Tagging on Cortisol Release in the Gulf Killifish, Fundulus Grandis, Ariel Marcelo Hernandez
Search for the Nuclear Localization Signal of Ime4, Christian Monroy Hernandez
A Comparative Study Of Large-Scale Network Data Visualization Tools, Prakash Joshi
Study of Magnetization Switching in Coupled Magnetic Nanostructured Systems using a Tunnel Diode Oscillator, Mohammad Asif Khan
The Iron Curtain of Russian Film: Russian Cinematography 1917-1934, Michael Anthony Levatino Jr.
Crafting Japanese-ness: An Ethnographic Study of Parents’ Attitudes toward Language Maintenance in a Japanese Community in the United States, Lorvelis Amelia Madueño
The State and Place of Mindfulness in Modern Research, Blake Manale
Experience, Cheyenne McKenzie
Comparing Monarchical Use of Religion and Popular Responses in England and Russia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Megan Miller
Analysis of Protein-Protein Interaction Networks Using High Performance Scalable Tools, Bikesh Pandey
Prediction of DNA-Binding Proteins and their Binding Sites, Pujan Pokhrel
Characterization of Genes Involved in Chromatic Acclimation in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. A 15-62, Suman Pokhrel
Mathematical Literacy and the Secondary Student, Adam Poyner
Database Design and Optimization for Telemetric Aquatic Species-Tracking Systems, Bijay Regmi
Implementation of Replica Exchange with Dynamic Scaling in GROMACS 2018, Gregory John Schwing
A Study of 3D Printed Silver-Polymer Composite Structures, Cynthiya Shrestha
Nitrogen Doped Titanium Dioxide in the Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue, Ashraya Upadhyaya
A SWOT Analysis of the Lodging and Tourism Industry in New Orleans, Kristyn Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Nihon Wa New Orleans No Ongaku Ga Daisukidesu (Japan Loves New Orleans’s Music): A Look at Japanese Interest in New Orleans Music from the 1940s to 2017, William Archambeault
Cultural Biases in the West and the Disadvantages Created for Eastern and Eastern-Influenced Art, Taylor Bowie
No Money in It, Lauren Burgess
Rehabilitation and Blight Remediation: An Analysis of Affordable Housing Policy and Development in New Orleans, E. Michelle Butcher
Transnational Terrorism and the African Union: From Ideal Aspirations to Harsh Realities in Somalia and Mali, Vincent Pierre Cheramie
Beacon, Samantha Eroche
Negative Dialectics and the Aesthetic Redemption of the Postmodern Subject, Franklin Fehrman
Re::Humanity, Paisley Summer Ford
Russian Foreign Policy and National Identity, Monica Hanson-Green
Integrating Virtual Reality with Use-of-Force Training Simulations, Ted Mader
A Quadratic, Time-Domain Strip Theory Method for Predicting Global Ship Structure Response in Waves, Kyle Elias Marlantes
Storing and Rendering Geospatial Data in Mobile Applications, Samip Neupane
“They All Write About Some Woman in Their Poetry”: The Heroines of Ulysses and As I Lay Dying, Elizabeth O'Malley
Role of Ime4 and Pho92 Proteins in Pho5 Regulation, Krishna Shah
To Destroy a People: Sexual Violence as Genocide during Conflict, Rachel Sitkin
LET IT IN AND LET IT GO, Sarah Warner
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Visualizing Aquatic Species Movement with Spatiotemporal Data from Acoustic and Satellite Transmitters, Perabjoth Singh Bajwa
A Lusty Bacheler: The Language of Sexualization and Status in the Squire’s Portrait, Jessica D'Aquin
Investigation and Implementation of a Lifting Line Theory to Predict Propeller Performance, Jonathan R. Eastridge
Understanding the Historical Diversification of Valerianacea, Taylor LeBourgeois
Effects of Negative Online Word-of-Mouth on Consumer Evaluations of an Underdog Brand, Anja P. Luethi
Additive Friction Stir Manufacturing of 7055 Aluminum Alloy, Shawn Michael Puleo
Associations between Executive Functioning and Social Adjustment in Urban School Children Participating in a Mindful Yoga Practice, Victoria A. Sacco
The Politics of Land Distribution: Ingenio Victoria de Julio- El Timal, a Case Study of Nicaraguan Rural Conflicts after 1990, Brenda Siles
The Color of Dreams, Claudia N. Smith
The Great Radical Dualism: Locating Margaret Fuller’s Feminism in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fiction, Renee Michele Vincent
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Investigating Sedimentary Rocks to Understand Past Wet Climate of Mars, Emily Harper
Endocrine and Psychophysiological Correlates of Jealousy and Social Anxiety in Healthy Adults: Elevated Responses to Inter-Male Competition, Bethany H. McCurdy
The Failings of Foreign Aid and Our Obligation to Consume, Gaetano Venezia
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Reference and Presupposition, Jeffrey N. Bagwell
Non-Western Art and the Musée du Quai Branly: The Challenge of Authenticity, Mary Grace Cathryn Bernard
La Prostitution dans la Culture Française du Dix-Neuvième Siècle: Classe, Sexe, et Contagion, Kelsey Callahan
In Vitro Incubation of Gills Isolated from the Gulf Killfish, Fundulus Grandis, Joseph Anthony Diaz
Testosterone Reactivity is Moderated by Relationship Compatibility, Florencia Iturri
Black Reflections: One Girl’s Exploration of African-American Culture, Zoë Johnson
“A Crime Too Terrible for Contemplation:” Samuel Ralph Harlow and Missionary Influence on the History of the Responsibility to Protect, Shelby Kendrick
A Semantic Conception of Truth, Jonathan Lumpkin
The Politics of Peace for Vietnam: The Paris Peace Conference 1972/1973, Jonathan Lumpkin
Host Specificity and Ectoparasite Load of Bat Flies in Utila, Honduras, Courtney Miller
Orenda, Lauren Reeks
The Effects of Dating on Developmental Adjustment for Adolescents, Taylor L. Smith
Language, Technology and the “They Self”: How Linguistic Manipulation of Mass and Social Media Distract from the Authentic Self, Edith M. Talley
Damage Stability of Inland Towboats, Kyle Stephen Tyson
Reciprocal Relation Between Psychophysiological Patterns of Stress Responsivity and Sleep, Miguel A. Velasquez
Weeb-Con, Rachel Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Synthesis of Dibenzofurans via a Palladium Catalyzed Oxidative Ring Closure Reaction, Sadia Akram
Protein Interactions in mRNA Methylation Complexes, Yazan Ali Alqara
Apraxia: What Interventions can Elementary Teachers use to Address Communication Skills?, Jillian Barrington
Reassessing the Myth of the Irish Channel: An Archaeological Analysis, Blair Alexandra Bordelon
Omega Point, Christine Carey
Extending Human Compassion by Implementing Legal Rights for Animals, Lindsey Childers
The Effects of Chistianization on Identity among the Indigenous Communities of Kongo and Lower Canada, Jessica Dauterive
Informal and Alternative Economies on the Periphery Of New Orleans during the Early-Nineteenth Century: An Archaeological Inquiry of 16OR180, Austen E. Dooley
Iron Citrate Toxicity Causes aco1Δ-induced mtDNA Loss in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Muhammad Ali Farooq