Forty-three Honors College theses were presented on Dec. 11, 2009. Some of the thesis topics were:
Colby Ann Bennett
Advisor: Kim McCullough, Speech and Language Pathology
“Living with Aphasia: A Case Study of a Woman in Arkansas”
Robert Blake Bowman
Advisor: Kim Hoffman, Political Science
“Yes, We Care: The Youth Vote in the 2008 Presidential Election ”
Tiffany Kaye Bullard
Advisor: Elson Bihm, Psychology and Counseling
“Literature Review and Analysis of Behavioral Treatments for Individuals with Autism”
Casey Jo Burnett
Advisor: Jeffery Whittingham, Teaching, Learning and Technology
“Albus Dumbledore: An Inside Look to the Magic behind the Harry Potter Phenomenon”
Christopher Kevin Carter
Advisor: Charles Bane, English
“The Angelic Dark”
Hsin Yu Chan
Advisor: Susan Myers, Marketing, Management and Information Systems
“Creative Advertising”
Sarah Jane Cogswell
Advisor: Laura Bowles, Writing
“’Us: A Novel’” A Fictional Study in Building Non-nuclear Families”
Cara D. Coker
Advisor: Patricia Carlin, World Language, Literature and Culture
“Expanding Arkansas’ Opportunities for Second Language Acquisition”
Derek Martin Damron
Advisor: Patrick Carmack, Mathematics
“Into the Void: The Development of Risk Management and Its Role in Contemporary Society”
Elizabeth Caroline Eason
Advisor: Charles Bane, English
“It’s a Good Day to be Indigenous: Sherman Alexie’s Rise from Reservation”
Gregory W. Edgin
Advisor: Norbert Schedler. Honors College
“A Post-Freudian Approach to the Life of Jesus of Nazareth”
Kristy A. England
Advisor: Jennifer Johnson, Occupational Therapy
“Influence of Culture on Occupational Therapy”
Allyson Marie Farish
Advisor: Story Matkin-Rawn, History
“When the Levee Breaks Again: The Flood of 1927 and Hurricane Katrina”
Gurrie Lin Frisbie
Advisor: Patty Phelps, Teaching, Learning and Technology
“Alwin High School: A Problematic Microcosm of Secondary Education”
Additional thesis presentations will be listed in the next issue of The Bear Ledger