The Honors Thesis is the culmination of a University Honors Program student’s time at LMU and the Honors Program. This collection gathers these works for posterity.
Guidelines for Honors Seniors
For uniformity of presentation, your thesis submission should include a thesis cover sheet. A template for this sheet is available as a public Google Doc:
Access the template with a web browser, choose File > Make a Copy… to create your own editable copy of the file, then enter the information that is specific to your thesis. Append this to your uploaded submission.
When submitting your Honors thesis information:
- Submission will require that you have an LMU Digital Commons account (which is distinct from your overall LMU credentials)—you will see an option to sign up when you click on the button. Treat your profile seriously and professionally: it is your permanent presence in the LMU Digital Commons.
- Include your thesis advisor as a co-author on the work. You may include additional co-authors if you have more than one mentor.
- The “Date of Completion” field is, in general, the end of the semester in which you finish your work and get it graded.
- The “Degree Type” field is where you can specify whether your work must be accessed from within campus. “Honors Thesis” makes your work part of the library’s public collection; “Honors Thesis—Campus Access” will only allow your thesis to be downloaded from a computer within the LMU network.
- When your thesis work is complete, please click on the submission button below to begin the process of adding your work to this collection. Your Honors Thesis requirement is not considered fulfilled until the final version of your thesis has been uploaded to this site.
- If your final thesis work is not in a form that can be uploaded to this site, please contact Dr. Hawley Almstedt, Research Advisor of the University Honors Program, to determine an alternative mechanism for accessing your work.
- The information you enter can be revised after submission. Please contact Dr. Almstedt as well to request changes.
Signed Permission Letter
The signed permission letter allows the Hannon Library to distribute your work to the web at large, as opposed to just making it available within the campus network. This permission letter is specifies the level of sharing that you permit, ranging from Internet-wide distribution to archival only (i.e., no distribution).
Request a permission letter to be sent to you and your thesis advisor by filling out this request form . The permission form will be sent within 48 hours. If submitted over the weekend, please expect it on Monday. Once you receive the form, fill out and sign. It will then be forwarded to your thesis advisor. After your advisor fills out their portion, a link to the final version will be emailed to you. Please upload that final version to your HNRS 4000 Brightspace page.
Submit Your Honors Thesis InformationHonors Theses 2023
Destruction or Disruption: Political Violence Inconsistencies in Liberation Movements, Julia Lemmon
An Exploration of Entertainment Photography and Artificial Intelligence, Janelle Little and Charles Howard
Examining and Developing Environmental Stewardship Funding Networks in Los Angeles: A Research Proposal, Lily Maddox and Michele Romolini
GUILT., Dennis Marciuska
Ascot App, Milla Penelope Markovic
The Implications of Adultification on Black Male Sexual Activity, McKenzie Martin
Drawn into Darkness, Ryan McCue and Jessica Livingstone
Math and Magic: A de Bruijn Card Trick, Rachel Meilak
Entity Individuation & Independence in Heidegger's "The argument against need", Chester Mlcek
Traumatic Consequences in Native Hawaiians After Colonization, Andrea Morland-Tellez and Elizabeth Drummond
Examining Asian Americans' Perceived Barriers to Healthcare Access, Kathleen Nguyen and Jennifer Ramos
An Observational and Experimental Analysis of Embryonic Development and Cardiac Neural Crest Migration in the Turtle, Christina Noravian
LAPD suffers hiring shortage following a shift in how Angelinos view police, Nicole Norman
Affordable Housing Policies in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area, Olivia Personeni
READ Like a Dyslexic Sort of..., Margaret Prost
Townhouse Development Project, Alex Rabushka, Orion Kamphefner, Andrea Sanchez, and Joseph Reichenberger P.E.
A Character and Performance Study on the Role of Juliette in Exit the King by Eugene Ionseco, Camila Robles Ruiz
The Collector Psyche: Eli and Edythe Broad as Agents of the Western European Art Market, Alexis SooHoo and Damon Willick
Equity Research: VF Corporation, Mya Thuraisingam, Hai Tran, and Joshua Spizman
Ekko: Harnessing the Power of Javascript for Rapid and Accessible Compiler Development, Kira Toal
Isolating the electronic effects of systematic twist in highly substituted aromatic hydrocarbons using density functional theory, Grace Tully and Emily A. Jarvis
Characterization of Extended Uncertainty Principle Black Holes, Juan Uribe and Jonas Mureika
Video Art in the Gallery Space, Juliet Wang and Matthew Thompson
Antisemitic Rhetoric from Influential Individuals on Social Media during the Recent Rise of Jewish Hate in the United States of America, Jimmy Warshawsky and Jason Jarvis Ph.D.
Directing Masquerade for New Works 2023, Robyn Wilkinson and Nenad Pervan
Cowtown: Pilot, Conner Wilson
Examination of the role of lipopolysaccharide in antibiotic stress tolerance and nodulation of Paraburkholderia tuberum, Kyla Yein and Michelle Lum
A Beautiful Thing, Alexander Zapata
Honors Theses 2022
"Love in the Third Dimension", Erica Alston
Finite N-Quandles of Twisted Double Handcuff and Complete Graph, Veronica Backer-Peral
The Price of Life, Alyssa Bobich
Examining the relationships between emotion regulation, emotion differentiation, and mental health symptomatology: Does acting experience matter?, Michelle Chernikova and Diana Santacrose
Identification of Wine Aromas Using an Electronic-Nose System, Gordon Duddy
Marine Infrared Communication Repeater through Optical Propagation, Ian Green and Hossein Asghari
Dark Comedy in Queer Television: Negotiating Queer Aesthetics, Commodification, and the Death of Camp, Harrison Hamm
Examining Barriers that Influence Refugee Healthcare Accessibility in the United States, Annie Heckman and Rachel Washburn
Black Homelessness in Los Angeles, Dezmin Hemmans and Rosemary Kim
Briefcase, Zach Irving and Andrew Forney
How to Simplify the Next Generation of the Entertainment Business, Christian Jackson
Imperialism in the Caribbean: US Policies Towards Cuba and Haiti from the 1950s to the 1970s, Glory Jones, Constance Chen, and Sean Dempsey
Lynn Jeter: An Interview with a Public Relations Trailblazer, Bailey Katler and Julian Saint Clair
Determining the frequency of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) conferring lactase persistence in humans in the heterogenous United States population, Claire Kosewic and Kam D. Dahlquist
Jeremy Lee in a Student Composers Recital, Jeremy Lee
Testing Efficiency in NHL Betting Markets, Charles Luxton, Joshua Spizman, and David Moore
Fractured Sky: A Procedurally-Generated Tactical Role-Playing Game, Booker Martin
Generating a Dataset for Comparing Linear vs. Non-Linear Prediction Methods in Education Research, Jack Mauro, Elena Martinez, and Anna Bargagliotti
“Willfully Defiant: Understanding the Role of Authority and Racialized Punitive Burdens”, Riley McCoy
Ex Astris - 30 minute sketch comedy concept, Grayson McKim
Fact and Fiction Collide: Ethics and Accountability in Documentaries and Hybrid Films, AnaMichele Morejon and Charles Howard
Identifying Speech Error Correction Mechanism in the Brain, Emma Murphy and Kayoko Okada
Phil Gunderson Teaches Screenwriting, Nishanth Ramasubramanian and Mikael Kreuzriegler
Recording Arts Senior Portfolio, Dylan Rivers
Schedulion, Andrew Seaman
Modern Monetary Theory: Merits, Critiques, and Contemporary Implications, Rebecca Singleton and Thomas Herndon
Smart Menstrual Cup Initiative, Megan A. Talbert and Emma P. Lee
Strong Linguistic Relativity: A Continental Sense of Language and Being, Ava Totah and Brian Treanor
Best Practices of Vaccine Communications, Aditi Vora
Racial Justice Allyship in White Non-Adopted Individuals with Adopted Siblings of Color, Lydia Zicker and Adam W. Fingerhut
Honors Theses 2021
Using Bacterial and Fungal Inoculation Strategies to aid in the Wetland Restoration of Native Plants in Southern California, Amy Alverson and Karina K. Johnston
Water Supply Dam and Pipeline, Morgan Anderson, Nimai Alicer, and Carlos Yvellez
Black Lives Matter. The NBA Strike and Its Effect, Chiara Armstrong and Julian Saint Clair
Institutionalizing Identity: Examining the Louvre in Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, Emma Balda and Amy Woodson-Boulton
A Two-Year Longitudinal Study of Bone Mineral Density in Collegiate Distance Runners, Olivia E. Brimacomb, William P. McCormack, and Hawley C. Almstedt
Riddle Passageways, Jessie Brown
Self Hood and Self Realization in Contemporary Korean Dramas, Kevin Chang and Yanjie Wang
Does Public Health Policy Matter?: Explaining Variation in COVID-19 Outcomes Across the 50 States, Charlotte Cheng and Richard L. Fox
A New Perspective on School Security: Metal Detectors as Disciplinary Tools and the Product of Anti-Democratic Decision-Making Processes, Siobhan Collins and Andrew Dilts
Investigating the Effects of Urban Coyotes on Free-Range Cats in Culver City, California Using Occupancy Analyses of Camera Trap Data, Rebecca Davenport, Melinda Weaver, and Dr. E. Strauss
The potential influence of abiotic conditions on mussel species abundance in San Francisco Bay, Alexandra G. Farrell and M. Christina Vasquez Dr.
Markov Model Composition of Balinese Reyong Norot Improvisations, Taylor Flanagan and Robert Rovetti
Exploring the Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules at Angstrom Scale, Calvin Foss
Exploring Universities' Policies to COVID-19 - Student Perceptions & Student Mental Health, Ivonne Franco
Pandemic Privilege: Business Policies and Labor Value During COVID-19, Kyle Friedler
Giving in Dictator Games: Factors of Generosity, Margaret Gallagher and Prachi Jain
Die Neue Propaganda, Kai Henthorn-Iwane
Religious Beliefs as They Relate to Beliefs about Free Will, Including Determinism, Libertarianism, and Compatibilism, Leigh Lewis
Transforming the Chinese Pole Circus Apparatus into an Interactive Musical Instrument, Fosse Lin-Bianco, Hossein Asghari, and Evan Mitchell
Settlers of K'tah, Madelyn Louis, Li Ying Tan, Haley Mech, and Kaitlyn Behrens
Sampling Compactness Scores to Detect Gerrymandering in Squaretopia, Joshua Mariz
Collapsible Prosthetic Shower Leg, Amanuel Matias and Mahsa Ebrahim
History in Crisis: Museum Programming during the COVID-19 Outbreak, Lindsay McConnell
Settlers of K'tah, Haley Mech, Li Ying Tan, Madelyn Louis, Owen Mech, and Ashley Brooks
International Opportunities and Innovation between Australia and the United States in a Post Pandemic Economy, Amanda Meegan and Scott Delanty
Transforming the Chinese Pole Circus Apparatus into an Interactive Musical Instrument, Evan Mitchell and Fosse Lin-Bianco
The Impact of Culture on Member State Migration Policy in the European Union, Sophia Notter and Jennifer Ramos
The Wolves Performance, Madeleine Quinn and Diane Benedict
Review: The Bidirectional Relationship Between Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Inhibition and Import Machinery Malfunction in Parkinson’s Disease, Grace Riggs and Deepa Dabir
The Specifics of Editing Comedy, Genevieve Roeder-Hensley and Luis Proenca
Laplace's Equation in Fractional-Dimension Spaces, Kyle Schoener and Gabriele Varieschi
Settlers of K'tah, Li Ying Tan, Madelyn Louis, Kaitlyn Behrens, and Haley Mech
Human Powered Vehicle Capstone, Maya L. Washington, Ryan Apolonio, Marc Sunga, John Rettenmier, and Dr. Allen Wilson
Smart E-Bike Conversion Kit and Helmet, Megan West, Marena Trujillo, and Hossein Asghari
Performing Lysistrata Over Zoom, Charles Workmaster and Diane Benedict
Honors Theses 2020
ADAPTIVE UTILITY: OBSERVING THE RATE OF ADAPTATION IN HAPPINESS AS SHORT RUN SHIFTS REVERT TO LONG RUN AVERAGES, Cameron Bellamoroso
Biomechanical Comparison of the Validity of Two Configurations of Simulators for Body-Powered Hand Prostheses, Camille Bennett, Amanuel Matias, Brendan Smith, Jenevieve Roper, and Stephen Estelle
Charles Berg Senior Piano Recital, Charles Berg and Wojciech Kocyan Dr.
The Television Showrunner: A Case Study Analysis of Insecure and Fleabag, Haley Bulen and Charles Howard
Designing Theatre Lighting for New Works Festival 2020, Bridger P. Caicedo
White Environmentalism, Neoliberalism, and Mainstream Fossil Fuel Divestment: Critical Reflections for Campus-Based Divestment and Reinvestment Campaigns, Kenneth J. Cavanaugh and Sina Kramer
