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Join us for the Honors Thesis Symposium

For the last year, our Honors College students have been developing their thesis projects, working one-on-one with a faculty mentor in their major department.   Come learn about these amazing projects from our students.   

All presentations will take place over zoom.  

Thursday, August 13 from 9am - 2pm

Morning Session #1   Zoom Link

9:00 AM        Kristina Rosgen, Graphic Design        Junk Journaling For Graphic Designers: Analog Play & Process In an Increasingly Digital Design Landscape   Advisor: Briar Levit,Graphic Design

9:20 AM        Daniel Woerner, Applied Linguistics        Analysis of Reactive Tokens in English and Japanese Recipe Conversations        Advisor: John Hellermann, Applied Linguistics

9:40 AM        Avery Clark, History and Philosophy   "Wounded in the house of her friends": Nonconforming Clergy of the Scottish Restoration 1661-1690   Advisor: Thomas Luckett, History 

10:00 AM        L. Marr, Sonic Arts and Music Production        Immersive Sonic Architecture: Designing a Live-Set Performance Integrating Electronics        Advisor: Osorio, Music and Music Technology, Portland Community College

10:20 AM        Quin Armstrong, Criminology and Criminal Justice and Philosophy   An In Depth Analysis of the Pros and Cons of School Resource Officers in Public Schools        Advisor: Brian Renauer, Criminology and Criminal Justice

  

Morning Session #2  Zoom Link

9:00 AM        Lucas Metz, Political Science       The Roots of Struggle in the Rose City: Examining Homelessness and Portland's Response          Advisor: Kim Williams, Political Science

9:20 AM        Cole Messenger-Nyborg, Social Sciences        Narrative Activism: The Power to Create Positive Societal Change via Storytelling and Fiction        Advisor: Federico Perez Fernandez, Honors

9:40 AM        Nico Killian, International Studies: International Development        Resisting Dualism in Contemporary Movement Building: Lessons from the Zapatista Movement on Creating Assertive, Insurgent, and Generative Praxis         Advisor: Christopher Foster, Black Studies

10:00 AM        Isabel Phillips, Business Administration: Marketing and Business Administration: Advertising Management        The Freedom Myth: How Ski Culture’s Hidden Conformity Reveals the Unconscious Power of Brand Belonging        Advisor: Jim Beriault, Business 

10:20 AM        Elianna Gnoffo, Urban and Public Affairs        Ethnography of Oregon Co-operative Housing        Advisor: Matthew Gebhardt, Urban and Public Affairs

10:40 AM        Ash Herb, Social Science and Indigenous Traditional Ecological & Cultural Knowledge (ITECK) certificate         Oak Savanna: Indigenizing PSU’s Urban Landscape        Advisor: Suzanne Estes, Indigenous Traditional Ecological & Cultural Knowledge (ITECK) and Urban Planning


Afternoon Session   Zoom Link

12:00 PM        Ginger Owens, Biology        Constraints on the Evolution of Forensic Genetic Science: a systems analysis of bias reform through a Neurocognitive lens        Advisor: Radhika Reddy, Neuroscience

12:20 PM        Yuridia Price, Psychology        Psychological Resilience in the Aftermath of ACEs        Advisor:         Ericka Kimball, Social Work

12:40 PM        Nushi Alam, Public Health: Community Health Promotion        How Have Historical Determinants shaped the epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes Among South Asians and How Society Should Prioritize This?        Advisor: Alexis Dinno, Epidemiology

1:00 PM        Maani Sobhani, Chemistry: Biochemistry        Functional group analysis of thermally generated arynes         Advisor: David R. Stuart, Chemistry

1:20 PM        Shane Brown, Computer Science        Lessons from the CLUB Homeschool Capstone: Testing, Data Discipline, and the Computer Science Curriculum        Advisor: Bruce Irvin, Computer Science

1:40 PM        Camellia Tran, Computer Science         Pocket Distro Alpha: Technical Leadership and System Design in an Embedded Linux Capstone Project        Advisor: Bruce Irvin, Computer Science