Honors Thesis Presentations

All presentations will take place in the Honors classroom, BAR 3021, unless otherwise noted. 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6th:

2:30pm in RSL 159 – Carissa Blumka, Music Education - Concert Band Methods and Supplemental Ensemble Material for the High School Band (Danny Galyen – School of Music)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7th

11am – Bekah Simmons, Elementary Education/Middle Level - Exploring Social Emotional Learning: Impact, Policy, and Effective Implementation (Sarah Montgomery - Education)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 9th

1:30pm – Erica Peters, Math: Statistics & Actuarial Science - Analysis of Crash Factors on Total Property Damage (Mark Ecker - Mathematics)

2:00pm – Derek Blackburn, Biology/Biomedical - Using Differential Staining with Micro-CT Scanning to Analyze Structural and Anatomical Variation in the Tooth Pulp Cavity in Mammals (Nathan Bird - Biology)

2:30pm on ZOOM – Brooklyn Dilley, Criminology/Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement - Information Provided by State Human Trafficking Websites: A Content Analysis (Gayle Rhineburger – Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11th

11:30am – Reagan Lommell, Business Analytics/MIS/Finance - The Impact of ESG Initiatives on Stock Returns (Arti Mann – Business Analytics/Ryan Flugum - Finance)

12:00pm – Katelyn Boege, Environmental Science/Earth Science - Mineralogy of Olivine Crystals from the Nickel Lake Macrodike in Northern Minnesota (Chad Heinzel - Earth & Environmental Science)

12:30pm – Lauren Bork, Elementary Education - Mathematical Conjectures in Grades Three Through Five Relating to Fractions and Decimals (Chepina Rumsey - Mathematics)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12th

2:30pm – Jude Beekman, History/Theatre: Design & Production - We Did What? To Whom? An Analysis of How US Educational Materials Present the Philippine-American War and Occupation (Lou Fenech - History)

3:00pm – Ellie Penick, History Teaching - An Analysis of Montessori Approaches to Learning Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic (Morgan Anderson – Education Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies)

3:30pm – Jaylie Hicklin, Biology/Pre-Dentistry - Characterization of mtDNA Minicircles in a Chewing Louse, Stachiella octomaculatus (James Demastes - Biology)

4:00pm – Edina Tahirovic, Economics/Pre-Law - An Analysis of Post-War Economic Growth in the Balkans (Bryce Kanago - Economics)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13th

10:00am – Sofia Steele, Early Childhood Education - Why Play? Exploring the Realities of Play-Based Learning in Kindergarten (Allison Barness - Curriculum and Instruction)

12:00pm – Sandra Tounjian, Mathematics Teaching - An Analysis of Artificial Intelligence's Potential and Power in Math Education (Catherine Miller - Mathematics)

12:30pm – Thalia Torres Guzman, Biochemistry - Gene Looping in Brewer’s Yeast: Exploring the Role of DNA Mechanics In 3D Genome Structure (Justin Peters - Chemistry & Biochemistry)