• Andrew Carr: European Integration: Overcoming Legal and Social-Ethnic Conflict in the European Union
• Jessica Keene: How did the establishment of Anglicanism affect gender relations in early modern England?
• Kaitlin Kitchen: International Development and Civilian Satisfaction and Well-Being
• Kristina Neighbour: The Inclusion of Minority Rights in Peace Treaties for the Establishment of a Lasting Peace
• Brendan Peacor: The analysis of crude oil by Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (AIR FT-IR)
• Linsey Quarles: Investigating Reactions to Animal Issues
• Alexandria Ruble: “Gendering Democracy: Effects of the American Occupation on German women, 1945-1949”
• Matthew Tengs: Exploring Wilson, Bagehot B. Parliamentary Institutions
• Susan Watkins: Experiential and Abstract Learning: Reconciling Two Opposing Methods to Achieve a Common End in Perceiving the Sacred
• Chalana Williams: Liar Liar Pants on Fire! Student Rationale for the benefit of Academic Dishonesty
• Ruth Yeh: The Effect of Positive and Negative Film Stimuli on Islamophobia
• * Craig Holley and Nathaniel Pattison: The Impact of Financial Illiteracy on Consumer Debt
• **Adam Baker: An Analysis of United States Airline Customer Service Satisfaction Utilizing Passenger Survey Methodology
• ** Jamie Gierber: An Upcoming Arms Race: The Potential Dangers of the Weaponization of Space to International Security

* Joint Stipend
** Alternate Stipend Winners

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* Honors Program Student
# Repeat winner

*Jessica Bargar (Columbia, SC and Washington, DC), "The Rhetoric and Propaganda of Democracy Promotion in U.S. Foreign Policy"

*Brandon Bowman (Prague, Czech Republic), “Global Leadership Program”

Juan Camacho (Washington, DC., New York, NY), "The Diversification of Educational Opportunity as it Relates to Democratic Participative Ability"

*Patrick Crow (Kentucky and Washington, DC), "A Comparison of Organizational Philanthropy in Urban and Rural Areas, Based on Its Effects on the Organization's Stockholders"

*Anna Marie Hemphill (Dharamsala, India), "The Art of Being: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Spirituality and Community"

*Nicole Justice (Galicia, Asturias, and Cantabria, Spain; Rhone-Alpes and Provence-Alpes, France), "Construction of the Feminine in Folklore From the Lost Celtic Regions in Spain and France"

Ashley Kurpiel (Tindouf, Algeria), "Documenting Matrifucal Best-Practices in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic"

*Justin Pritchett (London, Salisbury, and Oxford, England), "The Effects of John Wesley's Theology on Prevenient Grace and Sanctification on Leadership in the Birth of the Early Methodist Movement"

*Camilla Shelton (Santa Fe, New Mexico), "The Cultural Leadership of Native American Modern Artists"

Alternate/9th selection:

Anna Margaret Ferrando (on campus), "The Separation and Analysis of Petroporphyrins from Geologically Different Crude Oils"

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* Honors Program Student
# Repeat winner

Herman "Gus" Diggs, American Psychological Association Summer Science Institute,
Nashville, TN [$700]

Lynanne Hodges, "Comparative Research of Metropolitan and Tribal Sub-Cultures within a Macrosociety," Sydney & Alice Springs, Australia [$1000]

Jamie Naughton, "An Examination of the Political Fortunes of Parties Following Unveilings of New French Monuments," Paris, France [$800]

Justin Spratley, "An Empirical Study of the Political Socialization Process of Belgian Youths with Regard to Attitides toward the United States," Brugge, Belgium [$800]

Chau Tran, "A Study of Vietnamese Music and Society in Traditional Vietnam and America," Cleveland, OH [$1000]

Meghan H. L. Tucker, "Landmarks of Ulysses: Mapping Out Bloom’s Journey through Dublin," Dublin, Ireland [$1000]

Jennifer Vencill, "Social and Emotional Factors Related to Honors Students’ Success," Newport News, VA [$1000]

Kristen Leigh Willett , "Gender Roles and the Characters of James Joyce," Dublin, Ireland [$1000]

The Honors Program is pleased to announce that Chanelle Layman and Whitney Carroll have been selected as recipients of $1000 summer research scholarships.

Chanelle will be traveling to Guatemala August 5-19 for a study of the long-term effects of bilingualism and biculturalism on the Tzutujil people of Santiago. She will examine the effects of the Spanish conquest on the Tzutujil, as well as the effects of modernity on the indigenous peoples of the region. There are at least 20 recognized languages (with up to 70 dialects) spoken in the country, and in order to preserve the indigenous languages of Guatemala, the government has begun to institute a policy of bilingualism. Chanelle will spend two weeks working with a bicultural/bilingual school in Santiago . Among her objectives is to assess the Tzutujil receptiveness to bilingualism. Chanelle is a Spanish major, and her project was inspired by courses taken with Dr. Danielle Cahill (Global Hispanic Civilization) and Professor Lea Pellett (Cultural Anthropology).

Whitney's research focuses on a study of greenhouse gas emissions within the discontinuous permafrost zone of northern Alberta ( Canada ). Among the objectives of her project is determining whether light reflectance, as measured by hand-held remote sensing devices, could be used to sense methane and carbon dioxide exchanges in high latitude peatlands and their melt regions. There is a concern about methane and carbon dioxide emissions because both are potent greenhouse gases, and an increased amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere promotes global warming. Whitney's project was inspired by a course taken with Dr. Gary Whiting (General Ecology), and she will conduct her research.

Please join us in congratulating these young ladies on their accomplishment. The Honors Program received strong proposals from students representing a variety of disciplines.