Honors Scholars Collaborative Projects
Submissions from 2024
The Transformative Power of Storytelling: Healing Arts Curriculum, Abby Hayden, Lainey Holland, and Amy Hodges Hamilton
Uprooting Inaccessibility: Growing Awareness and Efficacy for the Use of Health-Related Resources at a Nashville Nonprofit, Jules Leslie Webb, Caroline Driskell, and Abby Ray
Submissions from 2022
Awareness of Racial Disparities in Healthcare: An Analysis of Undergraduate Science Students’ Perceptions, Liz Bleyer
Examining the Molecular Mechanisms of Obesity Induced by High-Fat Diets as a Risk Factor for Colon Cancer, Hallie Braeuner
The Artist's Artist, Katherine Cacopardo
I Return My Ticket, Caroline Caldwell
The Last Time, McCall Chapin
The “Sing Me a Story” Project: A Study of Songwriting and Its Impact on the Disabled, Camden M. Diver
360 Sounds: Drum Sample Packs with Supporting Video Series and Website, Maddie M. Harmon
Exploring the Emotion of Color, Hannah Hewerdine
Investigating the Efficacy of Tazemetosttat for In Vitro Treatment of Human Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells, Harshita Indukuri
Hard Feelings: A Musical Exploration of Plutchik's Primary Human Emotions, Sarah Killian
The Power of Places, Sophie R. Lasher
Digital Versus Analog: How Well do Audio Plugins Compare to Their Analog Counterparts, Aidan C. McKernan
Investigating Clostridioides difficile Genes Important during Zinc Limitation in the Presence of the Intestinal Microbiota, Tess McNeely
Utilizing Methods of Fluid Dynamics to Model Acoustic Movement, Drew Miccoli
Victory Begins at Home: Color Theory Through Propaganda, Carrie E. Neville
Pursuit of the Vote: Factors Utilized in Resisting Discrimination in Democratic Elections, Matthew Nicholson
Affinity of Cadmium Versus Zinc for the Carbonic Anhydrase Active Site, Rachel Phan
Zoo Education Efficacy in the Context of the Modern-Day Zoo: A Study of AZA-Accredited Zoos and Education Models, Taylor L. Ruscitti
Psilocybin Psychotherapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Potential Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder, Elliot Sandberg
Designing in the Context of Nature, Vada J. Sells
Time Machine, William B. Sims, Joseph P. Robinette, and Reid W. Sorel
COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes: Personal Health Decisions Influenced by Misinformation and Politicization, Trey Stone, Dr. Davon Ferrara, Dr. Alison Parker, Dr. Kimberlee Entsminger, and Dr. Christian Williams
Developing Ethical Training Curriculum for University Short-Term Missions, Elizabeth P. Sutphin
Exploring the Functionality of Putative Bop3 Post-Translational Modifications, Liliya Tkachuk
Unknowable Truths: The Incompleteness Theorems and the Rise of Modernism, Caroline Tvardy
A Study of Semiprime Arithmetic Sequences, Sam C. Uselton
Mindfulness as an Effective Conceptual Tool for the Pastoral Care of Western Christians, Beth Virostek
Integration of Mao-B Inhibitor Rasagiline into Computational Model of Levodopa for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease, Olivia Williams
Submissions from 2021
The Elements, Soren Andrew Allen
Ghost of Populism: Haunting the Demos in Democracy, Chloe A. Bidne
The Effect of Twist1b and Twist2 Knockdown on TGF-beta Signaling Expression in Tendon Progenitors, Marinia N. Bishay
And Everything Nice, Elizabeth Black
Evaluating the Effects of the Criminal Justice System on Minority Communities in Nashville, Kevin Botros
Degradation of Natural and Synthetic Fibers in Various Aqueous Environments, Jaylin Bryant
Encore: A Story of Identity, Austin Copps
Relationship between Psychological Stress and Houseplants, Alexandria Davidoff
Probiotic Intervention Improves Recovery of Hippocampal Memory and Hippocampal Atrophy Following Disruption from High-Fat Diet in Adult Rats, Sanyourah A. El-Hulu
Hand In Glove, Calista Ginn
With Kindest Regards to You and Miss Sparks, Claire E. Kelly
Interventions for Visual Impairments Following an Acquired Brain Injury, Jennifer King
The Kudzu Bible, Davie Marchant
A Long War Against Ignorance: Educational Improvement for Rural and Black South Carolinians, 1890-1915, Martha Miller
The Interconnectivity of Parkinson's disease and Type Two Diabetes Mellitus, Erica Olfson
Aiming to Misfire: Intentional Bias and its Relationship with Polling Error, Tyler Redmon
Sound in Color, Amber Rhodes
To Shake, To Shatter, Sydney Whitten
Submissions from 2020
This Holy Land: A Young Believer’s Search for True Faith in Evangelical Christian Subculture, Lauren Ash
Megachurches Can Have Mega Problems - Insights From Toxic Leadership In Modern Megachurches, Brandon Billings
The Snow Man: An Animated Short Film, Benjamin Brossett
On Melody And Memory, Kevin Buete
Inductive Constructions In Logic And Graph Theory, Davis Deaton
Shifts in Federal Educational Policies and The Effect on Middle Tennessee Band Programs, Vivienne Emde
The Federal Theatre Project: A Model for Contemporary Lessons in Theatrical Accessibility, Lindsey Falgoust
CF Album, Transcriptions, and Analyses, Collin Felter
Sleep Deprivation and High-Fat Diet During Adolescence Protect Stress Effects On Object Memory During Adulthood, Karina Glushchak
Skeletons in My Closet: A Collection of Personal Essays and Short Fiction, Macey Howell
LIMBOLAND: A one-act play about Death, for kids, Megan Huggins
Residence Life Accommodations for College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Grace Hurley
Dear Mr. Anderson: An Open Letter To The Danish Storyteller About Craft And Style, Alexa Jones
Bloody Thoughts: Violence and Wit in Shakespeare's The Tempest, Aubrey Keller
Rained In: An Original Musical, Naomi Krizner
Selinexor Hyperactivates Akt and Induces Its Nuclear Accumulation, Erin Lawrence
Women Of Nashville: A Magazine, Bronte Lebo
"Love Is More" An Autobiographical Concept Album, Madeleine Lefler
The Perceived Effect of Transformer Core Metal on Musical Sounds, Addie Lopshire-Bratt
The Sun Cuts In, Madison Manns
All That Is Necessary, Jes Martinez
Schwalbe, but Make it Sesame Street: Advocating for Children’s Sociological Education on Race and Ethnicity, Sonia Mathews
The Eye and the Ear: A Study of the Connections between Music and the Visual Arts in the Italian Baroque, McKay Perry
Unnatural Disasters: Environmental Trauma and Ecofeminist/Ecowomanist Resistance in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones, Sarah Anne Pfitzer
An Analysis of the Debate over Creation, Evolution, and the Timeline of the Universe at an Ecumenical Christian University, Mason Pohlman
The Effects of Language Barriers with Hispanic Patients in the Nashville, Rachel Poston
Noticing Existence, Mary Puls
Effect of Amodiaquine on Gene Expression and Apoptosis in Colorectal Cancer Cells, Holly Pyles
Stockholm: A Novel, Sydney Queen
Effect of Reduced Neurogenesis on Microglial Activation, Amelia Smith
The Immortal Jane Austen: Why Her Novels Remain Popular, Jayrah Trapp
Fever Dream, Hayden Tumlin
Developing The Screenwriter’s Notebook and Its Implementation of the Adapted Comic Book Origin Story of Solstice, Mohansingh Udhwani Jr.
Fair Use and Copyright Conflicts on YouTube, a.k.a. : The 2020 Version of Why YouTube’s Copyright System Is Terrible, Daniel Updegraff
Kettleridge, Bailey Warren
The Galaxy’s Edge: An Adapted Narration of Scenes from Joseph Conrad’s Novella Heart of Darkness, Andrew Weaver