Mentored research and creative activities in all disciplines allows students to develop skills and experiences that enhance their professional or graduate school credentials and career opportunities. Students have described their Honors senior projects as the "most intellectually exciting and rewarding experience" of their college careers.
Support for undergraduate research is strong at Nebraska. The University funds research scholarships that pair faculty mentors and students in their second and third years (UCARE-Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience). Academic departments also sponsor internships and cooperative education programs in the business and scientific communities in the state and in the nation.
The theses and projects here are open to the general public. Honors theses or projects that have been withheld from public disclosure are archived at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/honorsembargoed http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/honorsembargoed
2020
Sex Related Differences in Skeletal Muscle Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue, Cross-Sectional Area, and Grayscale, Christina Sullivan
Motivation in the Mathematics Classroom, Evan Thornton-Kolbe
An Inquiry into Double Dividend Effects of Carbon Taxes, Gregory Tracey
Characterization of a Split-Nluc Assay for Monitoring Changes in Alpha-Synuclein Solubility in Living Cells, BaoLong Truong
Arbor Day Foundation, Demi van Reeuwijk, Drew Spadaro, Frances Munro, Leigh Hanson, Trevor Lockard, and Mason Smalley
“My name is my identity”: Understanding Conceptualizations of Gender Identity to Improve Measurement, Sage Volk
Diatom Morphology in Light of a Changing Climate: A Focus on Aulacoseira crenulata, Brighid Welchans
Geometric Iteration of a Knee Prosthetic and Static Stress-bearing Capacity, Alexander Wheeler
Husker to Husker Nightline: A Peer-run Warm Line Texting Service Development at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Audrey Wilhelm
An Empirical Analysis of Individual Events in Collegiate Forensics, Jordan Duffin Wong
Differences in Psychological Distress for United States Native and Foreign Born Populations: Testing for Mediation of Neighborhood Satisfaction, Poverty, and Health Insurance, Madison L. Woodward
2019
Activist Investors: A Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective on Hedge Fund Activism and the Need for Focus on All Stakeholders, Lucy Marie Ankenbauer
My Pop-Up Shoppe, Brenna Backemeyer
Quidlibet audendi potestas: Deviant Word Order in the Odes of Horace, Henry R. Bauer
Demographics of a Painted Turtle (Chrysemys Picta) Population Responding to Drought in the Nebraska Sandhills, Allyson Beard
Englands Happie Queene: Female Rulers in Early English History, Emily Benes
Adidas: A Strategic Audit, Rebekah Birch
Purchasing Products to Make a Difference: A Study of Corporate Social Responsibility, Gender, and Cosmetic Purchasing Behavior by College Students, Allegra Blomenberg
Coming and Going: Identity, Institutions, and the United Kingdom's Resistance to the European Union, Lauren Bruning
An Exception in Risk-Taking Behavior: Religiosity as a Situation-Specific Predictor of Sexual Risk-Taking, Trenton Buhr
Strategic Audit: Target Corporation, Andee Capell
A Strategic Audit of Runza Restaurants, Chase Caverzagie
Progress is a Game of Inches: A History and Analysis of Athlete Activism Before and During the Era of Social Media, Elic Chisam
Strategic Success: The Ansoff Matrix vs. The Balanced Scorecard, Christian Cleberg
Strategic Audit: Starbucks, Madison Clements
Boy Scouts of America Concept Site Master Plan and Improvements, Anna Cole, Jacob Chekal, William Seeger, Shanon Al-Brady, and Nicholas Cowles
A Strategic Audit of Oriental Trading Company, Isaac Coleman
The Effects of Biased Literature on Self- and Social-Perceptions of LGBTQ Individuals, Marielle Crisler
Strategic Audit of Moody's Analytics, Matthew Dottavio
Analysis of Error within Forensic Measurements and Photogrammetry Programs, Amy Douglas
A Strategic Audit of Microsoft, Alexander Eitzman
Ordered Growth of Ferroelectric Diisopropylammonium-Bromide Microcrystals through Slotted-Jar Growth and Lithographically Controlled Wetting, Andrew J. Fanning
Trendjacking: A Social Justice Analysis, Rachel Finnegan
A Strategic Audit of Microsoft Azure, Lee Fitchett
“That’s why I deleted you, Aunt Kathy”: Political Tolerance, Online Selective Exposure, and Relational Closeness, Justice Forte
A Strategic Audit of Garmin LTD, Jared Frenzel
A Strategic Audit of CoreCivic, Reid Gahan
The NAA Challenge: Serving Millennials Through Subscription Boxes, Katie Gaul, Tommie Brechbill, Kylee Yakel, Grant Schirmer, Regan Burnham, and Paris Gunderson
Mandatory Minimum Penalties: An Analysis of Four State’s Penal Codes and Federal Court Policies, Cassie Geiken
H/L Ratio as a Measurement of Immune Function in Terrapene ornata Species, Vesa Govori
"The Tyrant Father": Leslie Stephen and Masculine Influences on Virginia Woolf and her Novel, To the Lighthouse, Anya Graubard
Strategic Audit of Microsoft Office, Dylan Dmitri Gray
Analysis and Comparison of Multiple Approaches for Software Development Management as Applied to a Design Studio Project, Bethany Hage
Changes in hemodynamic response to faces, scenes, and objects in a visual statistical learning task: An fMRI analysis, Aaron T. Halvorsen
Strategic Audit of the National Football League, Jordan T. Hansen
Strategic Framework Planning and Implementation, Eric Herr
Treatment of Plastic Wastes Using Plasma Gasification Technology, Zachary Homolka
Cyanotech: A Strategic Audit, Trent Hoppe
The Influence of Selected Demographic Factors on the Retention of Middle School Instrumental Music Students, Evan Hoylman
Parent Engagement and Perceptions of Fairness in the Douglas County Child Welfare System: A FIRST Court Program Evaluation, Rebecca Human
Strategic Audit of Kohl's Corporation, Abigail Jarratt
Detection of Heteroplasmic Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Using Melt Curve Analysis and Dual Labeled Fluorescent Probes, Emily Jezewski
IBM Cloud Strategic Audit, Jack C. Johnson
President Trump and Civil Litigation: Executive Immunity and the Emoluments Clause, Hayley Kaiser
Cboe Global Markets: Strategic Audit, Lambros Karkazis
Strategic Audit of Amazon.com, Inc, Sarah E. Kenny
Defining Authentic: The Relationship Between Native Art and Federal Indian Policy, 1879-1961, Aurora Kenworthy
Huskers Helping Huskers: A Corporate-Level Analysis of the Nebraska Alumni Association, Rachel Kleist, Jordan Newsom, Jackson Grasz, Anne Conley, Anna Brodersen, and Samantha Turco
A Strategic Audit of Google, Timothy Knaak
Student Perceptions Of Reasons For Lecture And Active Learning, Calan Koch
Democratic Failure in Various Forms of Democracy, Jonathan Lederer
Investigating the Role of Free Radicals in Huntington's Disease Using Drosophila Melanogaster, Jennifer Libov
A Strategic Audit of Boston Beer, Jake Lindvall
The Influence of Female Creative Directors on Women Entering Advertising, Rachel Long
Strategic Audit of Spotify, Lauren Maciejewski
Does My Vote Count? Analyzing the Motivations of American Voters and the Obstacles They Face, Kalika Mahato
Investigation of Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Carbon-Based Electrocatalysts, Andrew Mason
A Strategic Audit of Tesla, Inc., Cody McCain
Strategic Audit of Facebook Through the Lens of International Reputation, Ryan M. McManaman
Escaping Death: Naloxone's Chemical Nature and Potential to Combat the Opioid Epidemic, Abigale Miller
Strategic Audit of MLS, Jacob Reed Miller
Fetal Programming of Intrauterine Growth Restricted Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Function, Micah Most
An Evaluation of Police Interviewing Methods: A Psychological Perspective, Cassandra Neal
How Media Impact Race Relations: Positive and Negative Historical Examples and Applied Psychological Principles, Sophia Nocera
Intuit, Inc.'s Small Business and Self Employed Unit: A Strategic Analysis, Cat Nyberg
Intuit, Inc.’s Small Business and Self Employed Unit: A Strategic Analysis, Cat Nyberg
Theatrical Trailers in the Modern World: Advertisement or Art?, Katherine O'Neil
A Comparative Analysis of the Fermentation Capabilities of Various Bifidobacterium Strains, Ella Oney
Microsoft Store Strategic Audit, James Onnen
The Extreme Effects of ‘Not-so-minor’ Concussions: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Literature Review, Alyssa Pierson
A Strategic Audit of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Sean Plowman
Strategic Audit: Spreetail, Jake Rehwoldt
Strategic Audit of Allianz Life Insurance of North America, Jacob Rosebaugh
Dietary Polyphenols and Their Perceived Health Benefits, Stephanie Russell
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Strategic Audit, Jessica Salzar
The Effect of Threat on Preferences for Male Versus Female Candidates, Marley Sandberg
An Analysis of Performance-Based Perception in Competitive Baseball Players, Grant Schlimgen and Michael Dodd
The Ralph Mueller Health Galleries: Uncovering the Lost History of UNL’s Morrill Hall, Eleanor Schmidt
Medicaid Work Requirements: State-Based Innovation or Punitive Policymaking?, Diane Sherwin
Facebook Inc. Strategic Analysis and Recommendation, Artem Shukaev
A Strategic Analysis of the Nebraska Alumni Association, Colton Siebert, Michael Eesley, Conrad Shiu, Melissa Newkirk, Joshua DeMers, and Jeb Vavak
Celtic Tiger Ireland as a Case Study in the Practical Application of Neoliberal Economic Policy, Natalie Sneed
Studies of Boundary Layer Transition from Laminar to Turbulent, Elizabeth Spaulding
Cercarial Parasitism of Freshwater Snails in Sandhills Ponds versus Streams, Caroline Emily Spethman