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The Honors Thesis is a research project for which eligible students apply during their junior year and complete in their senior year. Colby departments and programs that have an honors program establish the requirements for the project and its final format. Each student, upon completion of the thesis, has the opportunity to publish their project in Digital Commons so that it may be made available to the Colby community and to the world at large.

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Honors Theses from 2025

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Asian American Navigation in Higher Education: Do We Belong at Colby College?, Amanda Rose Alpert

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Does the 25th Amendment Merit Reform?: The Challenge of Determining Presidential Disability, Karena R. Andreassen

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The Impacts of Bir1 Sumoylation on the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint under Replication Stress Conditions, Nkechi Baadi

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Predicting Human Steering from Optic Flow Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks, Katie E. Bernard

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Why Community: The Potentials and Limitations of Community Engagement in Restorative Justice, Emily P. Chauhan

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Introducing Catalizer: A Framework for Prototyping Models of Biological Systems, Andy M. Day

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Shouting Down Democracy: The Role of the Deeply Engaged in American Political Discourse, Annaliese Fleck

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Morphology of AGN Host Galaxies During Cosmic Noon With JWST, Nico Flota Sanchez

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Off the Grid: Rural Identity, Environmentalism, and Renewable Energy Policy in Rural New England, Joseph A. Grassi

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Exploring the Role of optix Expression in Vanessa cardui through in situ HCR and qPCR and the Creation of a Developmental Atlas of Larval V. cardui Caterpillars, Chloe B. Hample-Forcier and David Angelini

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The International Transracial Adoption Effect: Measuring The Well-Being of Korean Adoptees vs. Non-Adopted Korean Americans, Grace H. Jones

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When Choice Disappears: Voter Cynicism in the Absence of Competition, Benjamin J. Kaden

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Abortion on the Ballot: How Direct Democracy Shapes Abortion Policy Post-Dobbs, Serena E. Klebba

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Yukon Dust from Source to Sink: Characterizing the St. Elias Mountains as a High-Latitude Dust Source, Audrey Y. Lemoine

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The Role of Mms21 SUMOylation in Responding to Oncogenic Cln2 Overexpression-induced Replication Stress in Budding Yeast, Cheung Li

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Tracing the Lines in Comics and Life: Genealogies and My Place Within Them, Audrey M. Loo

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See the Trees, Then the Forest: Tensions and Alignments in Parent-Teacher Relationships within Maine’s Special Education System, Leila H. Low

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Drivers of Heat Pump Installation in Maine: Climate Shocks, Politics, and Incentives, Micah J. Margolis

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The Anatomy of a Reconstruction: From Fourier Space to Image Recovery in Computed Tomography, Charlotte P. Maurer

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Understanding Perspectives of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Central Maine, Bridget B. Meehan

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Wave Reflections in a Biophysically Detailed Model of Cardiac Tissue, Grace Moberg

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Global Rate Pass Through: Impact of the Global Savings Market on Home Prices in the UK, Laxmi Namboodiri

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Shared Tracks, Divided Rule: The Role of Polycentrism in Shaping Public Transportation in U.S. Metropolises, Dev Purohit

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Assessing Factors that Impact AI Response Trustworthiness, Owen Raymond

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Microbial Degradation of Kelp-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter in the Context of Carbon Sequestration, Sophia N. Riazi-Sekowski

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From Living With the Land to Vacation Timeshares: The Impact of Outdoor Recreation on the United States’s Recognition of Shoshone, Timpanogos, and Havasupai Ancestral Homelands, Harry T. Robison

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The Value of a Vote: Vote Pivotality Information and Its Impact on Voter Willingness to Accept, Nicholas J. Sickinger

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Plato and Descartes: From Informed Reason to Deformed Logic, Jordan H. Smith

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"dance to keep from dyin": An Exploration of the Choreopoem, Katherine S. Spence

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Mortal Rivers: A Case Study Analysis of Indigenous Water Sovereignty within the Penobscot and Lakota Nations, 19th Century to Present, Moya S. Stringer

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Optimizing Radial Interfaces for Eye-Movement Authentication on Smartphones, Trey V. Tuscai

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“Off to Greek Camp”: A History and Examination of Greek America and its Adaptation of American Summer Camp Culture, Julia J. Walsh

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Identifying the Spread of Invasive Jumping Worms across Maine’s Forests using Soil eDNA, Rebecca Wanger

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Characterization of a highly arsenic-resistant microbe, Eleanor E. Windholz

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Deconstructing the Greenium: Exploring Mispricing in the Green Bond Market, Koto Yamada

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Local Limit Theorems on Finitely Generated Abelian Groups, Yutong Yan

Honors Theses from 2024

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Multiple Lithologies in Camel Donga 003 (CK3): Implications for the CV Parent Body, Elana Alevy

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Creating Community Through Architecture: Designing Interventions in Underprivileged Communities, Elizabeth Bailey

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“The Best and the Rest”: The Equity Effects of Specialized High Schools, Joseph M. Barrett

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The Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 Expansion of the Child Tax Credit on the Distribution of Household Chores, Joseph M. Barrett

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The Fourth Industrial Paradigm: The Emergence of Artificial Intelligence as a Business Tool for Startups and Technology Companies, Evan Barr

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Sustainable Frameworks & the Circular Economy within Digital Marketing & Advertising Agency Groups, Angelique Bautista

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Map or Graph? Investigating the Structure of Spatial Representations, Ainsley K. Bonin

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Responding to Hurricane Maria: The Role of Mutual Aid Societies in Withstanding Federal Failures, Caitlin Bracken

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Maine as Modernism’s Vernacular Muse: The Ogunquit Artists Colony as Microcosm for the Transition to American Modernism, Lydia C. Burke

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The Social Implications of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: An Analysis of Feminist Discourse and Popular Media, Charlotte S. Buswick

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Music and Healing in Aotearoa New Zealand: The Harmony of The Land, Placehood, and Community in Māori and Pākehā Experiences of Healing, Katherine Elise Callahan

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Reviving Caribbean Scleractinian Corals: Medication in Ex-Situ Care, Christopher E. Cho

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Is Energy Localized or Gone with the Wind? An Analysis of Iberdrola’s Wind Energy Localization Initiatives in Burgos, Spain, Mia Cromwell

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Measuring Nature’s Contributions to People Provided by Species in the Gulf of Maine Rocky Intertidal Ecosystem, Madelyn L. Eippert

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The Future of International Climate Change Litigation, Heloise S. Evins-Mackenzie

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Black Rhino Conservation and Ranger Wellness in Namibia, Terra Gallo

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The Physicians' Crusade: A Forgotten War on Abortion, Feminism, and the Diversification of the United States, Lucinda B. Harden

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Monetary Policy Across the Urban Rural Divide, Grace Hillis

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Northern Shrimp in the Gulf of Maine and the Impacts of Climate Change, Alicia Hober

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Odiar es proteger: La respuesta inevitable al origen de una pandemia, HaoWen Huang

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Analysis of Speech Recognition Systems and Error Correction Approaches, Saki Imai

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Characterization of SerX: A Putative Periplasmic Binding Protein in a Selenate Respiring Bacteria, Henry Jacques and Susan E. Childers

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From Arrival to Citizenship: Assessing Refugee Resettlement in Canada, Ethan S. Kanef

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Of Mind and Men: Replications and Rejections of Hegemonic Masculinity at Colby and Beyond, Florence O. Kane

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Felling for Photovoltaics: Remote Sensing for the Detection of Solar Facilities in Maine, James A. Lane

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Green Bonds, Green Returns: The Impact of Green Bond Issuances on Financial Performance in the U.S. Energy Sector, Adora Lei

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Impacts of climate change on vector-borne disease burden in the United States: Exploring the epidemiological evidence, Leah V. Loetman

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Modification of Marine Snail Microhabitats by Canopy-Forming Algae, Eleanor McGrath

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Not in My Zoning Code: Understanding the Mechanisms of Policy Diffusion of Deregulatory Zoning Reform Across U.S. Cities, Fiona F. Nash

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Indigenous Peoples, Environmental Policy, and The State: Examining the Effects of the Developmental State Model on Political Equity and Environmental Justice in Taiwan, Aidan O'Loughlin

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Empowering Diversity: Unveiling the Impact of Affirmative Action Policies on Intersectional Identities in Indian Village Councils, Auroshree Pani

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Phenanthrene Jamboree, Alexander D. Roth

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Publishing Power: A Historiographical Investigation Into Treatments of American Slave Narratives, Maya Sachs

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The Elastic Empire: The Disruptive Transformation of Malaysia into Britain’s Rubber Plantation Colony and Resulting Contemporary Ethnic Tensions, Peter E. Sanford

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An Endangered Sport: Examining Sentiments of Climate Anxiety Through the Perspectives of Cross Country Skiers, Isabel J. Seay

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Autopathography Across Media: Trauma and Fluid Embodied Subjectivity, He (Kristen) Shen

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Comparing Generative AI, Keyword Searchers, and Hiring Committees in Selecting Semi-finalist Job Candidates in Academia, Sarah Snyder

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Baseball: A Vehicle for Exchange Between Two Complicated Global Powers, Cole W. Tully

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SPRTN Metalloprotease as a Target to Sensitize Cancer Cells to Crosslinking Chemotherapy, Cole J. Turner

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The Effect of Postpartum Depression on New Mothers' Return to Work Decisions, Nicole Walutes

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Gratuity's role in final cost: An economic assessment of tipping, Haley Wims

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The Impact of Signing Bonuses, Age, and Country on MLB Success: Evaluating Investment Returns in the MLB International Amateur Free Agent Market, Elliot Wolf

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Performance and Policy Indexes in Carbon Pricing Efficacy: A Cross-country Analysis of Policy Impact (2012-2020), Ke (Zoky) Zhou

Honors Theses from 2023

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Thanks, It's Second-Hand: Shifting Values of Second-Hand Clothing in Mexico City, Sofia Arleo

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Stereotype Threat in Older Adults’ Episodic Memory Tests: Susceptibility and Protection, Talia Barrett

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A Close Analysis into the Portrayal of Female Protagonists Through the Lens of Gendered Authorship: Specifically looking into the works of Jane Austen, Frances Burney, John Cleland, and Samuel Richardson, Isabella G. Beyloune

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The Lie-brary of Congress: Misinformation’s Grip on the American Legislative Process, Caleb Bitting

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Tracing North Atlantic Continental Erosion Events During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, Cecilia T. Bowe

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The Art of Influence: A Study of Leverage in US-Israel Relations, Joshua Brause

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Elliptic Curves Over Finite Fields, Christopher S. Calger

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Does tssH deletion in Paraburkholderia bonniea affect its symbiosis with Dictyostellum discoideum?, Anna Chen

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Examining the Impact of Living Arrangements on Children's Academic Achievement, Rachel G. Coan

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InstaDAMN –The Power of Instagram’s Platform As An Instigator and Indicator For Offline Political Participation Among Young Adults, Natalie Davidson

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When in Rome, Do as Meloni and Salvini Do: Dissecting the Potentially Extreme Nature of the Political Communication of Italy's New Right-Wing Populist Duo, Thomas S. Erie

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Indigenous Storytelling as Decolonial Praxis, Ceremony and at Colby, Georgia Goodman

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Food and Fuel: Investigating expert perspectives on the intersection of solar development and farmland in Maine, Ellie Hankin

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Pluralistic Ethical Personalism, Qifan Hu

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Changes in Ecosystem Processes and Functional Traits over an Elevational Gradient, Tiana Issa

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Detecting High-Lying Rydberg States using Two-Step Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy Techniques, Kate Jensen

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Portraits of Practice: A Case Study on Elementary Schools Successfully Implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Catherine "Cat" Merkle

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When Welfare Bites Back: The Consequences of State Intervention on the Future Attitudes and Participation of Children, Claudia L. Miner

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The Effect of Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) Extinction on Ecosystem Function in the Gulf of Maine Rocky Intertidal, Sophia K. Montague

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Geology, Uranium, and Apartheid: South Africa’s Nuclear Program and the International Politics of the Cold War, Andy Rightmire

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From Schleswig to Anschluss: The Plebiscites and Referendums of Interwar Germany, Matthew J. Rocha