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Over-Policing And Under-Protecting In American Cities, Margaret Hession
Over-Policing And Under-Protecting In American Cities, Margaret Hession
Honors Program Theses and Projects
In recent years there have been numerous protests all over the United States focused on the over-policing of African Americans by law enforcement. Those involved are protesting against a term known as over-policing, the blatant brutality and senseless murders, that have taken place for decades but have been made ever more visible by our modern media channels. “Over-policing allows police to use excessive force and brutalize disenfranchised neighborhoods and target people of color indiscriminately. Ironically, as politicians take a “tough on crime” stance, violence has actually gone down, but police budgets and presence have increased. The American criminal justice system …
How The Vegan Vs. Non-Vegan Diet Affects Strength Training Athletes, Kelsey Craig
How The Vegan Vs. Non-Vegan Diet Affects Strength Training Athletes, Kelsey Craig
Honors Program Theses and Projects
Today, there are a myriad of diets for consumers to choose from. Some people chose to follow a diet where they exclude certain foods groups, such as meat, and others choose to consume a diet with no moderation whatsoever. This literature review examines the vegan diet, and one that can be portrayed as a healthy standard diet, to analyze dietary needs of a strength training athlete. This review will not conclude which diet is better, rather, an approach for finding gaps within one’s diet, relative to their activity level.
The Effects Of Multilingual Learning On Social-Emotional And Cognitive Development In Children, Jasmine Won
The Effects Of Multilingual Learning On Social-Emotional And Cognitive Development In Children, Jasmine Won
Honors Program Theses and Projects
Children worldwide learn multiple languages at a young age, especially if they do not live in a country with English as the dominant language. While teaching young children languages other than English has not been a common practice in the United States, research shows that the practice is still growing and there is increased awareness of cultural competence in teaching languages (Garcia-Vazquez et al., 2021; Ingle, 2021). This study aims to discover the cognitive and social-emotional effects of learning an additional language at a young age. To examine this, 90 fifth-grade English Learner students were observed for 35 hours in …
Teaching Pride And Prejudice By Jane Austen Through A Series Of Lesson Plans In The 21st Century, Patricia Diaz Fernandez
Teaching Pride And Prejudice By Jane Austen Through A Series Of Lesson Plans In The 21st Century, Patricia Diaz Fernandez
Honors Program Theses and Projects
This project encompasses a series of seventeen lesson plans covering a 3-week period of classroom teaching on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. These lesson plans are designed to be taught in a span of fifty minutes. They were also created for an 11th grade College Preparatory(CP) class in which both native English speakers and multilingual students, who have a high World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) level can be found. These students are at a WIDA Level 5, which means they have advanced listening, writing, speaking, and reading skills. Although these multilingual students find themselves at the highest WIDA …
Review Of Curriculums For English Language Learners, Hayden Doherty
Review Of Curriculums For English Language Learners, Hayden Doherty
Honors Program Theses and Projects
ELL students have become more prevalent in public and private schools. While the number of these students has been increasing, so has the need for effective and efficient curriculums to be put into place in order to ensure students get the proper education they deserve. There are many programs that provide teachers with assistance in teaching their English learning students. While there are a variety of programs available, each one is different and complex. Four different evaluative frameworks have been chosen to determine whether or not they are effective. This thesis examines four evaluative frameworks for English Language Learners including …
From Massachusetts To Ravensbrück: Betty Laurie, The United States, And The Holocaust, Delainey Bostley
From Massachusetts To Ravensbrück: Betty Laurie, The United States, And The Holocaust, Delainey Bostley
Honors Program Theses and Projects
The United States has taken a large responsibility in regards to the remembrance and legacy of the Holocaust and World War II, yet the way in which the U.S. remembers the event is fairly narrow. Despite both the war and the Holocaust being a transnational event, remembrance in the United States is so focused on American triumphs and victories that it ignores many elements that give insight into the the overall understanding of the events. Why is that? The life and story of Betty Laurie will provide insight into the answer. Born in the 1890’s in Scotland, she immigrated to …
The Parental Perception Of The Effects Of Therapeutic Riding On Children With Disabilities’ Academics Before And During Covid-19, Ashley Drake
Honors Program Theses and Projects
The search for effective forms of intervention is ongoing and therapeutic riding is emerging through research as a successful form. It is now more important than ever to discover effective interventions as the COVID-19 pandemic has jolted the education of many students, especially those with a disability. Most teachers were forced to implement an online teaching method to continue serving their students safely. Even when special education institutions remained open, many parents elected to keep their children home due to medical vulnerability and the risks that attending in-person education posed (Asbury et al., 2021). According to, Raghul et al. (2021) …
Prostitution And The Contagious Diseases Acts In Nineteenth-Century England, Victoria Knox
Prostitution And The Contagious Diseases Acts In Nineteenth-Century England, Victoria Knox
Honors Program Theses and Projects
During England’s Victorian period, the Contagious Diseases Acts were established, which regulated women’s bodies and represented the intersectionality of gender, class, and power. Before the CD Acts, England began to grow rapidly during the Industrial Revolution, which was in part made possible by the work of underpaid and undervalued working-class women. One option for women to earn an income was prostitution. Men who worked as sailors and soldiers were common customers in prostitution, which contributed to the rapid spread of venereal disease throughout the British Empire. In the spirit of protecting men, the first CD Acts were passed in the …
Holes Where People Go, Lucienne Quirk
Holes Where People Go, Lucienne Quirk
Honors Program Theses and Projects
Holes Where People Go is a short story collection that explores an inaptitude to properly feel and process grief. Each narrator in the collection begins by avoiding the acknowledgement of their own grief and loss, even while they’re convincing themselves otherwise. When outside forces arise that confront and challenge their emotional stasis, there is a promise–yet never a certainty– that they may change. The titular hole, therefore, is not just a metaphor for the unnamed places lost people occupy in our subconscious, but also the defensive willingness to keep them there. This is where I feel this collection offers something …
Exploring The Binding Of Anticancer Drug Bi-3802 With Dna Using Optical Tweezers, Jared Mcauliffe
Exploring The Binding Of Anticancer Drug Bi-3802 With Dna Using Optical Tweezers, Jared Mcauliffe
Honors Program Theses and Projects
BI-3802 is a relatively new anticancer drug known to bind to the transcription repressor BCL6 which can lead to the regression of the most common form of cancer in the lymphatic system, B-cell lymphoma. Based on the structure of BI-3802 we believe this small molecule drug can bind to DNA through intercalation. Intercalators are a special type of molecule which have a flat planar section that can stack between DNA base pairs. In this study, we use Optical tweezers to trap a single DNA molecule in order to explore the binding of BI-3802 with DNA. Once we trap a single …
Accommodating Students With Specific Learning Disabilities In Math: Developing Fact Fluency, Rory Sneyd
Accommodating Students With Specific Learning Disabilities In Math: Developing Fact Fluency, Rory Sneyd
Honors Program Theses and Projects
Fact fluency is a crucial component for all students both with and without learning disabilities, as it lays the foundation for future success in all topics of math. For students who have a diagnosed Specific Learning Disability (SLD) in the area of math, fact fluency may be a difficult concept to grasp. To help students have a better understanding of fact fluency, there are multiple different tools that can be used. The purpose of this project is to research and outline some of the best ways to accommodate students who struggle with the concept of fact fluency in the area …
Utilizing Anti-Racist Pedagogy In The Modern U.S. Classroom, Jessica Sweeney
Utilizing Anti-Racist Pedagogy In The Modern U.S. Classroom, Jessica Sweeney
Honors Program Theses and Projects
For decades, scholars and educators have been looking at ways to make the U.S. classroom an equitable learning environment. Racism is one of the many deficits in society that make education, and the world at large, inequitable. The racism we often think about is overt. Yet racism functions systemically and manipulates institutions like education in more covert ways. Because people do not imagine the same level of overt racism in education, they often think it is not there anymore. This paper aims to outline the problem of systemic racism and how it affects assessment practices in the ELA classroom. Further, …
¿Pretérito O Imperfecto?: Advancing Spanish Past Tense Instruction For World Language Teachers And Their L2 Classroom, Jake Murray
¿Pretérito O Imperfecto?: Advancing Spanish Past Tense Instruction For World Language Teachers And Their L2 Classroom, Jake Murray
Honors Program Theses and Projects
The addition of a world language to one’s education is an exciting and possibly nerve-wracking moment (Krashen, 1982, as cited in Shrum & Glisan, 2016). For perhaps the first time, students witness how their classroom ushers in the sound system of a new language, the vivid colors of a previously unexplored culture, and the understanding that they have become global citizens. Such is the case for students whose home/first language (L1) is English and who begin their study of Spanish, the fourth-most spoken language in the world (Berlitz, 2022). With 534 million speakers, this language promises to give learners a …
Exploring Materials For Carbon Capture: A Project-Based Lab For The First-Year Chemistry Course, Elise Eng
Exploring Materials For Carbon Capture: A Project-Based Lab For The First-Year Chemistry Course, Elise Eng
Honors Program Theses and Projects
The field of carbon capture, utilization, and storage is a popular area of research due to its connection to environmental issues and continually rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. To incorporate this important topic into the undergraduate chemistry curriculum, a test apparatus for CO2 capture was adapted for a 3-week, project-based lab designed to compare the efficacy of different capture materials. The experimental design of the apparatus is intuitive, using a gravimetric approach. It is also versatile, with the potential to test a variety of emerging materials for CO2 capture. The apparatus used does not require any expensive equipment, making it …
How Slavery Is Taught In Schools, Aidan Mordas
How Slavery Is Taught In Schools, Aidan Mordas
Honors Program Theses and Projects
The debate about what should be taught to school children about slavery has been around since the days of Reconstruction. During that time, it was clear that different parts of the country wanted to teach different versions of that history. In certain parts of the country, many state legislatures believed it was best for parents to have those conversations with children. While in other parts of the country, it was clear that schools wanted to teach the a complex and accurate historical account. We can see the roots of this debate in the heated, divisive responses to the Black Lives …
Culturally Responsive Teaching, Kimberly Shorey
Culturally Responsive Teaching, Kimberly Shorey
Honors Program Theses and Projects
Many classrooms, across all academic domains (reading, math, science, and social studies), are not culturally inclusive in terms of student race and ethnicity. As teachers, we can address this problem by promoting and incorporating culturally inclusive practices as we present subject content. Culturally responsive teaching promotes equitable student growth and development in the academic classroom. The primary purpose of this research was to build a website that shares culturally responsive teaching methods that educators can implement for their students. This online resource shares techniques for implementing an array of culturally diverse books into the curriculum, integrating cultural aspects into math …
Treatment Of The Mentally Ill In The U.S. Gilded Age, Madeline Whelan
Treatment Of The Mentally Ill In The U.S. Gilded Age, Madeline Whelan
Honors Program Theses and Projects
The maltreatment of the working class and immigrants was quite prominent throughout the Gilded Age of the United States. The endless capitalist desires of a growing industrial nation often left American laborers at the mercy of corporations and businessmen. Workers endured strenuous labor, hazardous work environments, and unjust management; yet, earned barely enough money to pay for their rent, let alone food and other necessities. Immigrants flooded the country with hopes of securing profit for their relatives back home, only to encounter inhumane working conditions and prejudice from nativists. As the distribution of wealth between laborers and the middle and …
Racism In Barnstable County’S Judiciary System, Olivia Brown
Racism In Barnstable County’S Judiciary System, Olivia Brown
Honors Program Theses and Projects
This research outlines how racism is prevalent in the court system in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. When looking at research of racism in Massachusetts’ courts, specifically from the Harvard Law Report titled, “Racial Disparities in Massachusetts Criminal System,” published in 2020, I became intrigued with the topic. This raised the research question of is racism prevalent in Barnstable County’s judicial system. This study consists of interviews with defense attorneys from Barnstable County, detailing their personal experiences and thoughts on racism in the courts. This study demonstrates that there is racism in this court, however it tends to go unnoticed due to …
Challenging Wrongful Convictions And The Death Penalty In Three State-Level Cases, Theresa Debrah
Challenging Wrongful Convictions And The Death Penalty In Three State-Level Cases, Theresa Debrah
Honors Program Theses and Projects
This paper aims to examine current high-profile state-level cases of those who have been put on death row and shed light on those individuals that may possibly be wrongfully convicted, either factually or procedurally. Previous studies have documented wrongful convictions within death row sentences, which is significant given the permanence of this penalty. This penalty is also disproportionately used against African American defendants. This study addresses three cases that expose similar factors and patterns that further our understanding of how race, victim-offender pairings, and legal irregularities affect death penalty cases. For this study, we used qualitative data to gather the …
1000 Ways A Black Woman Dies: Stories From The Waiting Room, An Original Play, Britney Lee-Anne Mallebranche
1000 Ways A Black Woman Dies: Stories From The Waiting Room, An Original Play, Britney Lee-Anne Mallebranche
Honors Program Theses and Projects
1000 Ways a Black Woman Dies: Stories from the Waiting Room is an original play written by Britney Lee-Anne Mallebranche. The story surrounds a group of women having an “AA” styled group therapy session. They are in some type of waiting room, waiting for final judgement after death. The women share the stories of their deaths as well as having many side conversations throughout. Mallebranche wrote this 45-minute piece as a apart of Bridgewater State University’s Adrian Tinsley Undergraduate Research Program.
Moving Elementary School English Learners Forward: Understanding How Covid-Era School Disruptions Impacted English Learner Education, Danielle Vissering
Moving Elementary School English Learners Forward: Understanding How Covid-Era School Disruptions Impacted English Learner Education, Danielle Vissering
Honors Program Theses and Projects
In the first semester of my honors thesis, I looked at how big events like COVID-19 affect non-heritage English speakers. Through my research, I was able to compile a literature review to see what challenges ELL students face, and how we could overcome those difficulties. This then led me this semester to look at what strategies could better assist ELL students in the classroom. To understand how teachers are working with students in classrooms now I interviewed teachers and observed classrooms to find out what strategies, technology, and resources could help ELL students.
“I’M Not Just A Sex Robot”: Perceptions Of Stigma In Online Sex Workers, Clover Stutz
“I’M Not Just A Sex Robot”: Perceptions Of Stigma In Online Sex Workers, Clover Stutz
Honors Program Theses and Projects
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate online sex workers’ perceptions of stigma. Due to the increase in OnlyFans creators associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, these creators’ perceptions of stigma were of particular interest. Fifteen participants were interviewed, and themes were developed using thematic analysis. Three themes were identified, corresponding with findings regarding societal, interpersonal, and internalized stigma: ‘Persistent Judgement,’ ‘Strengthened and Severed Ties,’ and ‘Levels of Shame.’ Much of these findings echoed past research, but participants experienced unique manifestations of stigma as well—notably, participants reported navigating strict censorship on social media and often faced the misconception that …
The New Consumed Consumer: The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On The Compulsive And Impulsive Buying Habits Of Gen Z, Kristen Kline
The New Consumed Consumer: The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On The Compulsive And Impulsive Buying Habits Of Gen Z, Kristen Kline
Honors Program Theses and Projects
This study focuses on the compulsive and impulsive spending habits of Gen Z over the past year. Gen Z is defined as the generation born within the years of 1997-2013, following the millennial generation. This generation has been raised surrounding the internet and social media and are considered one of the most technologically advanced generations (Schroth, 2019). Gen Z’s use of technology continues to drastically increase. Recent Data shows that 98% of Gen Z own a smartphone and average a usage time of about 4 hours per day (Kastenholz, 2021). The most popular social platforms among Gen Z are Instagram, …
Vertex-Magic Graphs, Karissa Massud
Vertex-Magic Graphs, Karissa Massud
Honors Program Theses and Projects
In this paper, we will study magic labelings. Magic labelings were first introduced by Sedláček in 1963 [3]. At this time, the labels on the graph were only assigned to the edges. In 1970, Kotzig and Rosa defined what are now known as edge-magic total labelings, where both the vertices and the edges of the graph are labeled. Following this in 1999, MacDougall, Miller, Slamin, and Wallis introduced the idea of vertex-magic total labelings. There are many different types of magic labelings. In this paper will focus on vertex-magictotal labelings.
Black Lives Matter Vs. Anti-Lockdownand Stop The Steal: How Framing Affects Political Protests, Tarah Pierre-Louis
Black Lives Matter Vs. Anti-Lockdownand Stop The Steal: How Framing Affects Political Protests, Tarah Pierre-Louis
Honors Program Theses and Projects
For eight years the Black Lives Matter Movement has made consistent efforts to combat racial injustice, however, their message is often undermined by politicians, media elites, and partisan counter protestors who claim the movement is both aggressive and unwarranted. The same critics of the Summer 2020 Black Lives Matter protests drew comparisons to Anti-Lockdown protests in early 2020, and the insurrection on Capitol Hill in January of 2021 – despite inherently different messages behind each respective protest. This project sets out to find how the framing of the Black Lives Matter movement compares to other partisan protests such as the …
Challenges Of Transitioning Back To School From Hospitalization: The Role Of Child Life Specialists In Schools, Kelsey Bannen
Challenges Of Transitioning Back To School From Hospitalization: The Role Of Child Life Specialists In Schools, Kelsey Bannen
Honors Program Theses and Projects
When students return to school after hospitalization, many aspects of their development are impacted. During the transition back to school after hospitalization students often face social, emotional, and academic challenges. Child life specialists typically work in hospital settings to support the social-emotional well-being of pediatric patients. Child life specialists are highly equipped to support students returning to school after hospitalization and would be a valuable asset to all school systems. Research for this study was conducted through literature reviews, an interview with a child life specialist who is currently working within a school, and surveys of school nurses and child …
Nutritional Cooking Program With Girls Inc., Taunton, Ma, Chantel Almanzar
Nutritional Cooking Program With Girls Inc., Taunton, Ma, Chantel Almanzar
Honors Program Theses and Projects
As a member of the Institutional Review Board-approved research team comprised of Dr. Maura Rosenthal, Dr. Angela Bailey, and Christina Elderbee, I led a six-week community-based health program that included cooking lessons for girls aged 10 to 13. I taught girls how to prepare healthful foods that they may cook with their family and friends at home. The larger project, Building Equity Through Collaboration with Girl's Inc., aims to study the outcomes of girls’ participation in after school and summer camp programs in 2021 and 2022. One part of this research, which intends to learn more about girls' current and …
Higher Education Social Media: Student Perceptions Of University’S Covid-19 Crisis Communication, Bailey Cormier
Higher Education Social Media: Student Perceptions Of University’S Covid-19 Crisis Communication, Bailey Cormier
Honors Program Theses and Projects
This study, as stated, is aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of full-time undergraduate students of the university’s social media crisis communication. These students, the stakeholders of BSU, have followed Instagram accounts and have both accessed and been the audience of during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the COVID-19 pandemic is a novel health crisis, the findings of this study have significance and can provide insights into effective crisis communication strategies that organizations and crisis communicators can implement in the current pandemic and future health crises. Experiences with different aspects during the pandemic such as participating in education online during …
Establishing The Freestyle 293 Expression System As A Tool To Generate Recombinant Apolipoprotein E In Mammalian Cells, Michaela Cunningham
Establishing The Freestyle 293 Expression System As A Tool To Generate Recombinant Apolipoprotein E In Mammalian Cells, Michaela Cunningham
Honors Program Theses and Projects
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating form of dementia with 5 million people suffering from the disease in the United States alone. Thus, there is a need to understand the cause of AD so that therapeutics can be developed to treat it. The greatest risk factor for AD is the APOE gene, which encodes the apolipoprotein Eprotein. Three predominant APOE alleles exist humans, which give rise to three isoforms, called apoE2, E3, and E4. Individuals with apoE4 are ten times more likely to develop AD. In contrast, the apoE2 isoform has a neuroprotective effect and is associated with a 2-fold …
Be The Light: Creating A Space For The Next Generation Of Lighting Designers, Destiny Hyman
Be The Light: Creating A Space For The Next Generation Of Lighting Designers, Destiny Hyman
Honors Program Theses and Projects
This presentation will highlight my departmental honors thesis. During the fall and spring semester I researched, programmed, and assisted in the installation of the light lab in the Theatre Design and Technology Studio. This presentation will go over the first stages where I researched different intelligent lighting fixtures to find their different properties and ways to install. This presentation then visits the process where I programed the lighting fixtures into a computer software for them to be used and assist in the system installation of the lighting fixtures in the space. This presentation will show examples of lighting paperwork made …