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 2025
Campus Kills, Parker Alexander and Rob Bragin
Theater or Education: Finding the Balance Between Teaching and Creative Expression, Caroline Baxter and Nenad Pervan
No Turning Back? Examining the Rise of Short-Form Content in Post-COVID Marketing for Gen-Z and Gen Alpha, Collin Blackford and Mitchell Hamilton
Towards the Signed Decomposition of Young Quasisymmetric Schur Functions into Dual Immaculate Quasisymmetric Functions, Gavin Butts and Joshua Hallam
Live in the Prime, Jillian Caforio, Mia Lee, Matthew Gremett, and Juliette Jamjian
Influence of Storm Drain Proximity and Zostera marina Seagrass Presence on Microplastic Levels in Sediment of a Restored Salt Marsh Habitat, Tessa E. Devine and Sarah J. Bittick
Globetrotter, Owen Dewing and Robert Johnson
The Role of Institutional Expenditures and the Prevalence of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa, Clare Donahue and Inas Kelly
NASA Student Launch Rocket, Antonio Garcia, Kyle Fadrigon, Tristan Minter, Jack Manion, Riley Yee, and Lorenzo Remy
Generative AI: Cultural Shift towards the Machine, Barbara Gilman and Damon Willick
Automated Solar Panel for LMU Campus, Michael Hennessy, Jack Michaelis, Jack Leon, Nick Aiello, and Mustafa Mozael
Quasi-Normal Modes of Extended Uncertainty Principle Kerr Black Holes, Ava Hoeger and Jonas Mureika
Nostos, Piper Jones and Staceey Comage
Senior Recital, Sophia Joo and Tania Fleischer
ProjectPath: Turn Skills Into Stories, Brady M. Katler and Gregory Lontok
Beyond Recreation: Uncovering the Hidden Environmental Wealth of Northeast LA’s Urban Parks, Grace Landers and Demian A. Willette
Headbanger, Grace Laubach and Michelle Amor-Gillie
The Youth Vote: The Role of Social Media Trends in Candidate Favorability, Brooke Lynch and Adam Thal
NEW ME, Jack McDermott
Increasing the 1%: Investigating the Most Appropriate and Profitable Form of Disability Representation in Advertising, Carly Misiewicz and Julian Saint Clair
Grounded, Gillian Quimby Mozdy and Nenad Pervan
Senior Recital, Kaya O'Brien-James and Tania Fleischer
Analyzing Immigrant Pay Gaps & the Policies That Influence Them, Rebeca Perez and Prachi Jain
Inpatient, Anna Schmalz, Rob Bragin, and John Strauss
WebMD: Diagnosing Ascot Hills Park’s Biodiversity Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) from Spiderwebs, Sabriya Seid and Demian Willette
Robotic Rhythm: A Contemporary Look At AI-Driven Editing Tools’ Efficacy in Understanding and Replicating Creative Rhythm Editing Techniques., Alexander Selby-Lara and Charles Howard
Quantifying 14 Years of Restoration Impact at a Los Angeles Park Using Remote Sensing, Alexa Siglar and Demian A. Willette
Ethics in the Age of Digital Trading: Rethinking Responsibility in Modern Investing, Kennedy Solomon and Melissa Fitzpatrick
The Design of Time: Envisioning the Future through Science Fiction Production Design in the Alien Franchise, Josephine Spanier and Charles Howard
General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics of Accretion Flow about Black Holes, Madison Stanford and Jonas Mureika
Making "Venus": The Artistic Processes of Bob Fosse and Dominique Kelley, Jessica Stewart and Jill Nunes Jensen
Understanding Flow: An Experimental Analysis of a Magnetohydrodynamic Fluid Pump, Quintin Yates and Emily Hawkins
The Corps, Greta Zimmer and Daniel Rogers
Balancing Employee Voice, Coaching, and Termination: An Ignatian Lens on Managing with Respect and Dignity, Emma Zuniga and Patricia Martinez
From Poolside to Profit Margins: A Deep Dive into Playa Hotels & Resorts, Elisabeth Zygmunt and Hai Tran
Honors Theses 2024
Sibling Relationships Through the Lens of Culture and Inclusion of Other in the Self, Laura Aguilar
The Catholic Runway: Examining the Representation of the Chasuble in Modern Couture, Brendan Baehr
The Case of Dr. Anna Pou: Criminal or Hero?, Katherine Bonnell
Demystifying Post Production Career Potential Post Grad, Anjali Bose
Persons or Human-Mimicking Robots? Implications of AI for Moral Status, Kate Burckle and Catherine Peters
Zach and Zoey vs. The World, Amy Carlyle
Bothsideism in Journalism and Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care, Ryan Cochran
Moving Away From ‘Bothsideism’ in Journalism, Ryan Cochran
Ethnic Identity Development and South Asian Stereotypes in 'Never Have I Ever', Priya Dutta and Allison Noyes
Artificial Creativity: How Artificial Intelligence Will Impact Creativity Via Post-Production, Nicole Dwyer
Identification of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for Ballona Wetlands Restoration, Caroline Ehren and Michelle Lum
Whether and To Where?: Push and Pull Factors Affecting Ukrainian Migration Decisions, Evan Fekete and Kerstin Fisk
Anarchy, Topology, Releasement, Lucas Fishman
Awareness in the Brain: A Mechanistic and Descriptive Account, Jacob Fried and Roy Pereira
Evolving Terrors: How The American Horror Genre Mirrors Societal Change and Audience Anxieties, Madeleine J. Gault and Anupama Prabhala
The Wasp, Pedro Guzman and Alexandre Moratto
Is This The Dream? A Creative Exhibition, Nicole Han
Recording Arts Portfolio, Rocky Jacobs
Sacred Heart, Ashley Knight
An Alternate Proof for the Top-Heavy Conjecture on Partition Lattices Using Shellability, Brian Macdonald and Josh Hallam
A Financial Valuation of Comcast (CMCSA), Lucas Marcinkowski
Identity and Status in the Entertainment Industry through Contemporary Documentary Media, Emery Markey
The Cycle of Representation in the Film Industry, Chloe Markie
From Bible to Ballot Box: Church Attendance and Political Participation 2008-2020, Zoe McGough
Synthergy, Abraham Moore Odell, Andrew Forney Ph.D., Aidan Srouji, Alex Armknecht, and Arusha Ramanathan
Microplastics in Bottled Water: The Influence of UV Radiation on Shedding, Joshua Petteruti
On the readership of Spinoza’s writing & a poetics for thought, Tam Pham
The Musicverse, Brence Platner
Minnie Goes Big, Margaret Quigg and Brian May
The Humanities and Interdisciplinarity: Borderless Sympathy and Global Citizenship, Lianne Gabrielle Sauvage
Politics of Peace: How Social Media Impacts Advocacy in Relation to International Conflict, Madeline Shonholtz and Christopher M. Jackson
Food and Mood: The Correlation Between Vitamin B12 and Folate Intake and Depression, Jana Soucar and Hawley Almstedt
The Oncology ETF: How Retail Traders Can Utilize Custom Growth ETF’s, Samuel Sprute
On Exposure Index, Tate Stussy
Analysis of Bayesian Transfer Function Fitting Method - A Potential Tool for Estimating Interferometer Uncertainty, Caden Swain
Exploring energy availability, eating behaviors, and bone health in female collegiate athletes and non-athletes, Janie Thomson and Hawley Almstedt
“Home Court Advantage: Comparing International Criminal Tribunals to Domestically-Grown Reconciliation”, Elise Treon
Diasporican: The Latest Identity Formation of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, Bianca Valentin
Crazy Cravings: A Television Pilot, Jennifer Valentine
Improving Supply Chain Efficiency Through New CMO Selection, Zoë Walschots
Spectrophotometric Device for Early Malaria Detection, Adrian Wasylewski, Christopher Faber, and Victor Lin
Honors Theses 2023
Run for Your Life, Tyler Afana and Vanessa Newell
Procedural Level Generation For A Top-Down Roguelike Game, Kieran Ahn and Tyler Edmiston
Too Queer To Handle: Queer Identities and Sexuality in Reality Television, Cobe Alvarez
High Self-Esteem and Growth Belief Contribute to Resilience Following Positive and Negative Relationship Events, Maxine Boyd and Maire Ford
Living Past 55: Stress Management as an Assistant Director, Jules Brown and Matthew Thompson
Call Me When You Get There: A Short Film, Adelaide Burrows and Vanessa Newell
Growing up in Ana’s Shadow, Michaela Cahill and Gail Wronsky
The Dream Machine, Matthew Cheung
The role of Sinorhizobium meliloti Type IVb pili protein on legume nodule morphology and infection, Alexis Chun
Artist Branding Toolkit: Exploring the Creation of Eras in Artist Marketing, Annabella Bird Cooley and Anastasia Petukhova
Why Didn't We Ask?, Mason Cooney and David Offenberg
Comparing Hierarchical Data Structures and Hierarchical Data Analysis, Halley Jeanne Dante and Robert Rovetti
Examining the Effects of Religion-Based Meditation on Stress Levels in Palestinian Muslims, Dana Elqaq
Effects of Sex Differences and the COVID-19 Pandemic on First-Year College Student Drinking and Mental Health, Alexander J. Elrod
ART THIEF, Bettina Ernst
Song’s Site at Los Angeles Eco-Village Redevelopment, Kendall Gilbert, Marina Rios, Kristin Hernandez, and Gianna Morelli
Off The Beaten Path - A Podcast Interview Series, Shaun Holmes and Jason D'Mello
Off The Beaten Path - A Podcast Interview Series, Shaun Holmes and Jason D'Mello
Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities in California and the United States, Giana Hubbard and Inas R. Kelly PhD
Coming of Age in the Multiverse What Japanese anime say about growing up amidst the chaos and the illogical, Yukana Inoue and Kenneth Provencher
Solar Water Desalination System, Heidi Johnson, Lauren Tully, Mahsa Ebrahim, Patricio Osegueda, and Felipe Rivera-Uribe
Understanding Happiness: The Threshold and Mindset, Laura Kato
Beyond Film School: A Producer's Guide to Navigating the Film Industry, Emily Kelly
