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Honors Theses

This page contains honors theses produced by senior Sociology majors. For a list of all honors theses since 2011, click here.

Theses from 2024 2024

Embracing Diversity: Exploring the Multifaceted Experiences of Asian American students at PWIs, Molly E. Furman

Theses from 2023 2023

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Conceptualizations in Research and Policy, Allison Sarah Fischman

Theses from 2022 2022

“These People, Do They Care?” Facilitating Connections to Post-Incarceration Reentry Supports, Emma R. Block

The ‘Forever Migrant:’ An Intersectional Analysis of L/A Workplace Discrimination on the Basis of Race, African Accent, and English Language Proficiency, Ronan Rhea Goulden

Populist Through and Through: Consistency, Variations, and Framing Anchors of Populist Parties’ Environmental Agendas, Hermione Zhou

Theses from 2021 2021

Queerness for Kids: A Content Analysis of LGBTQ Narrative Picture Books, Emma W. Bouchey

"I Became Unstoppable:" A Community-Based Quantitative and Qualitative Examination of a Mentoring Program's Effect on Youth in the Foster Care System, Emma Morehouse-Hulbert

Theses from 2020 2020

Conceptualizing the Variables That Shape the International Student Experience in Higher Education, Francesca Biondi Morra

Theses from 2019 2019

“Before its Smell Became Me:” Motel Residency and the Politics of Belonging, Abigail T. Westberry Ms.

Theses from 2018 2018

Drug Use on the Coast: Examining the Opioid Epidemic in Maine Lobster Fishing Communities, Anna Rose Franceschetti

Theses from 2017 2017

Introversion-Extraversion and the Constitution of an Activist: Exploring Personality Value Patterns in Social Movement Engagement, Sofia L. Gnabasik

Theses from 2016 2016

Re-imagining the South African Nation: Case Studies of the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Josh Tancer Giesler

Theses from 2015 2015

White Privilege: A Study of White Students' Racial Awareness at a Predominantly White, but Historically Inclusive Institution, Quincy Elizabeth Snellings

Theses from 2012 2012

“That was all me. I did it. And the government helped me, definitely, but if I didn’t put forth the effort, I wouldn’t have come anywhere. It was a mix.” Perceptions of Individual Versus Government Responsibility to Help the Poor, Nicolle H. Bugajski

The Inverse Relationship Between the Black Immigrant Paradox and Black Nonimmigrant Disadvantage: A Comparative Analysis of Test Outcomes for Black Immigrant and Black Nonimmigrant Students, Jordan A. Conwell

"Women's Rugby isn't That Feminine": Challenging Gender Norms Through Participation in Women's Rugby, Kerry Mulhern Gross