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Senior Honors Project

The Senior Honors Project is an opportunity to work closely with a member of the faculty on a research or creative enterprise that brings to a conclusion your undergraduate experience. Honors students typically complete the project in their final undergraduate year, which may take the form of formal papers or creative/applied endeavors. A component of the project is a public presentation, which takes place late in the spring semester.  

Though some students elect to begin work on their Senior Honors Project early it is not necessary to begin work on the project until the spring semester of the Junior Honors Colloquium, when students identify a faculty mentor and develop a project proposal. Honors students working on projects are provided with support from the University Honors Program and their faculty mentor, and are also eligible to apply for funding to assist them in completing their projects. Resources and information are available here*:

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Senior Honors Project Presentations – Spring 2005

Friday , May 13 -- 1:00-2:15-- UH-335
Jennifer Dailey, “Preventable Perils: A Look at Car Accidents in Southern California”
Nicole Criss, “The Ethnic Diversity of Orange County: Photo-documentation of Southern California's Ethnic Cultural Events and Festivals”

Friday , May 13 --2:30-3:45 --UH-335
Vanessa Seal, “Lung Fibroblast Release of Tumorigenic Growth Factors”
Melinda Oropeza, “Hypooxic Vasoconstriction in Lumbriculus variegates”

Monday, May 16 -- 10:00-11:15 -- UH-335
Dayana Vazquez, “La Higüera: A Family's History through Poetry”
Kelly Hake, “Filled with Joy”

Tuesday , May 17 -- 4:00-5:15 --H-514
Patricia Thomas, “The American Dream: Vietnamese Sorrow and Success”
Maria Figueroa, The Other Face of Undocumented Immigrants”

Tuesday , May 17 -- 4:00-5:15 -- UH-305
Rosanne Yetemian, “Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Rhodospirillum rubrum ADP Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: Probing the Role of ASP-274 in Catalysis”
Scott Hsieh, “Preliminary studies of ionic manganese antioxidant properties in C. elegans”

Wednesday , May 18 -- 10:00-11:15 -- UH-335
Ashley Mains and Andrea Wagner, “Center for Children Who Stutter : A Public Relations Campaign” (Collaborative Project)

Wednesday , May 18 -- 11:30-12:45 -- H-414
Prelita Marquez, “De-Marketing the Tobacco Industry”
Nicole Lopez, “China's Entry into the World Trade Organization: An Analysis of its Effects on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Indices”

Wednesday , May 18 -- 1:00-2:15 -- LH-315B
Benjamin Case, “'An American Elegy': Conducting the Music of Frank Ticheli”
Heather Petty, “The Middle Voices”
Natalie Muus, “My Black and White World: Preparing to Perform the Piano”

Thursday , May 19 -- 2:30-3:45 -- UH-302
Chris Tuason, “Micro Mouse”
Chad Smith, “Roots in Group Theory”

Thursday , May 19 -- 4:00-5:15 -- MH-513
Kristin Torres, “Surrealism: Dreams and Art”
Jaymie Doucette, “Traditional and Psychosocial Predictors of College Success”

Friday , May 20 -- 11:30-12:00 --PA-226A
Laurie Hirsch, “Brighton Gardens Physical Health and Mental Exercise Program”

Friday , May 20 -- 12:00-1:15 -- PA-167
Leilani DiCato, “The ‘E-steam’ Engine that Could: Teaching Self-Esteem and Acceptance through Storytelling”

Friday , May 20 -- 1:00-2:15 -- UH-335
Amanda Heard, “The Growth of the Religious Right and its Place in a Pluralistic Democracy”
Jason Giffard, “A Zizekian Reading of Schizoanalysis: Practical Applications in Revolutionary Tactics”
 

Senior Honors Project Presentations – Fall 2004

Tuesday, December 7  --  4:00-5:15  --  MH-285
Bernadette Marquez, “Effects of Base-Assisted Deprotonation of Oxime Radical Cations”

Wednesday, December 8  --  5:30-6:45  --  LH-303
Julia Kubath, "Triple Bottom Line Reporting"
Christy Stewart, "Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Webpage: History and Herstory"

Thursday, December 9  --  11:30-12:45  --  LH-315B
Julie Matsuoka, "The Biblical Implications of C.S. Lewis's The  Chronicles of Narnia"
Diana Roberts, "Environmental Children's Book: Natty the Gnatcatcher

Friday, December 10  --  4:00-5:15  --  UH-207
Amanda Powers, “Mitrochondrial Densities in Red vs. White Myotomal Muscle in the Endothermic Mako Shark”

Senior Honors Project Presentations – Spring 2004

Andrea Leigh Acevedo, “Understanding The U.S. College Market: Identifying Effective Media In Targeting Today’s College Student”

 Rudie Baldwin, “The Consolations Of Jack Johnson: Bringing Philosophy To My Peers”

 Melissa Leigh Chavez, “A Quilter’s Journey”

 Christienne Dugas, “Viewing Elementary Curricula Through The Eyes Of Art”

Breysi Garcia, “Brass Pedagogy Through Trumpet Performance: A Secondary Instrument Study”

Guenevere Jefferson, “Thinly Veiled: A Personal Experience Of A Modern American Woman” 

Steve Jones, “The Spark For Non-Profits: A Web Site” 

Samanaz Kapadia, “Leadership For College Students"

Brianne Kumelos, “Gaudi Interpreted: Design Process Exploration" 

Emily M. Lutz, “The Transformation Of Bristol, 1640-1660” 

Richard J. Morris, “Community Emergency Response Teams: A Redevelopment Plan For Long Beach CERT”

 Jane Mailan Ngo, “Code of Ethics for Computer Science Major”

 Sara Nielsen, “Mozart: A Musical Journey”

 Reuben Lewis Paul, “Dna Sequence Test Of The Lined Chiton (Tonicella)  Species Complex”

 Vivian Pham, “How the Religion Becomes Political: An Examination of Sermons Guiding American Political Thought” 

Julia Rich, “Unprofitable Dreams: A Short Story Collection” 

Sula M. Safar, “Characterization Of Rabbit And Chicken Antibodies Against Receptor Subunit Proteins From The Marine Mollusk, Aplysia californica" 

Jessica Tincopa, “Starry Dreams (a screenplay)”

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