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University of Massachusetts Amherst. Theses and Dissertations

SCUA holds a nearly complete run of undergraduate honors theses , arranged chronologically by year and then alphabetically by author. A small selection of honors theses are available to view online at university’s institutional repository’s CHC Theses and Projects page . Honors theses can be viewed on site in the Special Collections and University Archives reading room. Starting in 2019, all undergraduate honors theses are submitted electronically.

• Paper honors theses (pre-2019) may take up to one to two business days to retrieve.
• Digital honors theses (2019 forward) must also be viewed on site in SCUA’s reading room, but they do not have a delay period from request to retrieval and access.

A spreadsheet list of honors theses can be consulted online. Email SCUA with your requests in advance of visiting. Please include the year, author’s full name, and the title for each thesis requested.

Masters theses and dissertations written by UMass Amherst students are not a part of the University Archives, but most are available in electronic form through the university’s institutional repository, ScholarWorks .

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Honors Thesis

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Honors Thesis expectations are high. The intended end-product is a traditional research manuscript with accompanying artifact(s), all theses: - are 6 credits or more of sustained research on a single topic, typically conducted over two semesters. - begin with creative inquiry and systematic research. - include documentation of substantive scholarly endeavor. - culminate in an oral defense or other form of public presentation.

Eligibility

Students registering for an Honors Thesis following Honors Research (499Y) must have the approval of their faculty committee. Submit their proposal through CHC PATHS (honors.umass.edu/chc-paths/) for online approval by their sponsor, committee, and other reviewers, including the Academic Standards Committee of the Faculty Senate's Commonwealth Honors College Council. Once fully approved it will be registered in SPIRE by Commonwealth Honors College. REGISTRATION SHOULD BE DONE DURING PRE-REGISTRATION AND COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THE ADD-DROP PERIOD.

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Honors College Theses

An Honors College education allows students to explore local and global issues, solve problems through research, think creatively, connect with faculty experts and other passionate students, invest energy and thought in an issue, and make important contributions in the world. All honors students spread their wings in substantial, independent senior projects, which include senior theses, service-learning, and teaching opportunities. Many students present their senior projects at the annual undergraduate statewide research conference or to committees of faculty mentors.

This collection may contain open access and campus access honors theses. The full content of open access theses is available to all, although some files may have embargoes placed on them and will be made available as soon as possible. The full content of campus access theses is only available to those either on the UMass Boston campus or with a UMass Boston campus username and password. Click on the "Off-Campus UMass Boston Users" link on the record page to download Campus Access publications.

Honors Theses from 2017 2017

Racial Roots of Romanticism: American and European Africanism Are The Creation of Bio-Politics , James Flynn

LGBT Student Experiences in Boston Public Schools: A Case Study , David Geyer

The Effects of Familiarity on Visual Search Performance of Typically Developing Toddlers and Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder , Laura Keegan

Wage Penalties in Major League Baseball , Thomas Kraemer

Women in Leadership: A Comparative Case Study on Successful Leadership , Christine Newcomb

The Effects of Gentrification: Inhabitants, Education, and Displacement , Marilyn Pineda

How Racial Microaggressions Impact the Mental Health of Black Women of Different Occupational Prestige , Esthanette Reid

Improving Patient Outcomes: Early Mobilization of Intensive Care Patients , Casey Teves

Honors Theses from 2016 2016

RNA Seq Analysis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Induced by Metabolic Syndrome in a Mouse Model , Diego Almanza

Break the Internet: Gendered Image Manipulation and Political Subject Formation , Sarah Bolden

Still Waiting: An analysis of the permeation of racial stereotypes in top-grossing Black Romance films from the 1960s to the 2000s , Jasmine Boyd-Perry

Bolling v. Sharpe and Beyond: The Unfinished and Untold History of School Desegregation in Washington, D.C. , Bryce Celotto

Gender in STEM: An Intersectional and Interdisciplinary Feminist Ethnography , Michelle Chouinard

Political Action in Public Education , Brian Edmonds

The Benefits of Shifting from a Punitive Justice System to One that is Mental Health Aware , Sarah Flatin

Interdependent mechanisms for processing gender and emotion: The special status of angry male faces , Daniel Harris and Vivian Ciaramitaro

Campaign Finance Reform in the United States in the Wake of Citizens United vs. FEC 2010 , Kayla Junkins

Becoming Baby Friendly: Rooming-in for Patient Centered Care in the Maternal Setting , Liana MacDonald

The Tobacco Free College Campus: An Assessment of Policy Implementation and Enforcement at the University of Massachusetts Boston , Annie McDougall

Event-Based Biotechnology Stock Price Movement: Valuing Success and Failure in Biotechnology Product Development , Faris Sumadi

Honors Theses from 2015 2015

Role of the Orphan CRISPR 2 in Enterococcus faecalis , Andriy Barchuk

Sternal Precautions: Is it Necessary to Restrict Our Patients? , Lauren Belyea

The role of valproic acid, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, in reducing anxiety levels in rats: an epigenetics study , Juliet Buteme

Towards a Healthy Neighborhood: Recommendations for Health Assessments of Future Development in Upham’s Corner , Luc Figueiredo Miller

The Triumph of Men: Reassessing Gender in Fragonard’s Progress of Love , James McCabe

Multilingual and Multicultural Identity Exploration , Tyler McCloud

Recyclable Organocatalysis of One-pot Michael/Mannich/Lactamization Sequence for Asymmetric Synthesis of Fluorinated Poly-substituted 2-Piperidinones , Anthony P. Tran

Honors Theses from 2014 2014

Annual Giving: Recommended Practices for Universities Based on Current Literature, Conversations with Professionals, and Personal Experience , Paige Berry

Creative Economies: Using Arts To Revitalize Post-industrial Cities and Towns in Massachusetts , Anna Price

Information Thieves: Using Industrial Espionage to Examine the Development of the Information Economy , David Schaffner

Honors Theses from 2013 2013

A New Approach to an Old Problem: Defining Nursing’s Role in Successful Transitions to Long-Term Residential Care , Kyleen Aldrich

Diagnostic Interaction: First-Person Patient Narratives on Hacking's Looping Effects and the Normative Status of Psychiatric Nosology , Corinne Jager

The Relationship Between Subjectively Motivational Music and Various Exercise Variables While Running At Maximal Speed , Michael Maloney

Honors Theses from 2012 2012

Arguments for a Living Wage in the United States: Prospects for Persuasion and Expansion , Corinne Bazzinotti

Sustainability of MFIs through Governance Mechanisms: A cross-Country Analysis of Regulation on Outreach and Operational Self Sufficiency , Daniel Muwamba

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Honors theses from previous students are archived in the UMass Amherst Libraries Special Collections and University Archives and can be viewed in their Reading Room, located on the 25th Floor of Du Bois Library. The Reading Room is open 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.

You can find more information on their Honors Theses page , including a spreadsheet of theses available and instructions for requesting them. 

Prior to visiting Special Collections, please review their Reading Room policies, linked below.

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Honors Project Archiving Process

Welcome to the Honors College Project Archives !

Types of Honors Project Archival Documents include but are not limited to: 

• Project Completion Report 
• Research Thesis written and formatted in the style of an academic article in your discipline 
• Marketing Strategy accompanied by a project statement 
• Design Schematics accompanied by a project statement 
• Process Book 
• Storyboards, Musical Scores, Scripts, etc. accompanied by an Artist's Statement 
• Creative Writing Project with Author's Statement 
• If you completed an Honors add-on to your Capstone Project for your Honors Project include the discussion of your add-on in your project completion report 

Requirements for the Archivable Document

• There is no official length requirement. Honors Project documents have been as short as 12 pages and as long as 800+ Most are between 20-50 pages. 
• Use a citation style appropriate for discipline and use one citation style throughout (i.e., IEEE for Engineering, APA for Social Sciences, Chicago for Economics, etc.) 
• Include any presentation slides as an appendix 
• Examples of past projects are available here: Honors Thesis Project Archive
• Submit a pdf of your Archival Document, appendices, and sources: i.e., project completion report, project reflection, a process book, a work of fiction, a musical score, a business plan, a marketing strategy, design schematics, scripts, or other non-traditional document to the Honors College by uploading it to the HONR 4910 Course Shell
• Include your name and year of graduation in the filename of your thesis / project (Doe_Jane_2019_HonorsProject)
• If your project has its own website, upload a link to the website to the HONR 4910 Blackboard Shell
• Note: You are not required to add your project to the online archive and can indicate this on your completion form.

Promissory Notes and Future Publications

If you plan to publish your Honors Project, submit a promissory note to the Honors College via the HONR 4910 Blackboard Shell stating you will provide a copy of the published version of your Honors Thesis/Project to the Honors College.

Archiving Your Honors Project as an ePortfolio

• Select Honors College Project/Thesis Portfolio Template
• Follow the steps in the Quick Start Guide for Creating an EPortfolio  to upload your Honors Project materials
• Write a 100-word abstract for your project
• Identify at least 5 keywords for your project
• After uploading your materials publish, your project portfolio either to UML or make it public

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