An Honors Senior Project is required for graduation through the WWU Honors College. The Senior Project serves as a “capstone” experience, synthesizing what students have done in their entire education, including but not limited to their work in the major and in Honors.
The term, Senior Project, is vague, and for a reason. The term “Senior Thesis” is easily available, but it is one the WWU Honors College deliberately has avoided. While the project must be “product oriented,” i.e., there must be something tangible at the end of the process, it may be a long paper, that is a thesis, but it may also take several other forms, e.g., a recital, a painting, an album, a bound book, all of which have been quite successful senior projects.
2024
The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss: An Illustrated Guide by Delaney Alvord, Delaney Alvord
Synthesis of DDT-Related Pollutants tris(4-chlorophenyl) methane (TCPM) and tris(4-chlorophenyl)-methanol (TCPM-OH) for Investigations into Environmental Persistence, Chloe Anderson and Gregory O'Neil
Feet Stained Red: A memoir and exploration of the history of my family and my cultural identity in today's society, Jordan M. Baron
Can My Landlord Do That?: Tenant Rights, Responsibilities, and Resources, Percy Batalov
Evaluating the Efficiency of Soil Amendments to Mitigate the Leaching of Copper Nanopesticides, Brianna Benner
Overview of Speech Disorders, Thomas Bergstrom
Confronting PTSD in The Aftermath of Abuse, Ayla A. Bilyeu
Assessing History Through Interaction: Preventing lectures as a base of education, Annika Bjornstad and Thomas Hummel
Blooming Golgi: The Reformation of the Golgi and Centriolar Satellites, Rose Border
Food Systems Mapping and Goals at Western Washington University, Dylan Braund
Challenging Care: Examining Intersections Between Individualism, Community, and Mental Health in America, Hailey Bridges
Moral Choice and Critical Engagement in Modern Military ShootersC, Claude Brun
Impractical Ecologies, Samantha Burgh
Transcriptomic Clues to Protein Homeostasis, Anna Byquist and Lina Dahlberg
Daughter as Hybridity: An Exploration of Hybrid Writing, Caylee Caldwell
Shards: A Collection, Ian Cambridge
Development of my Jewish identity through my connections to the Holocaust and Israel: an autoethnography, Portia Carney
You Are Life Itself, Alesandra Caroline
Conformity in Our Youth, C J. Chopot
Future Tense / Angel River: A Poetry Chapbook, Taylar Christianson and Siddhu Bhimireddy
Landscapes of Change: Acequias, Community Resilience, and State Power in Northern New Mexico, Amaya Coblentz
Effects of Experimental Freeze-Thaw and Wet-Dry Weathering Cycles on Fluvial Abrasion Rates, Finn Coffin
Herbalism As Community Care: Course Syllabus and Schedule, Kate Conway
Who Are You? The Relationship Between Language and Personality, Gwendolyn Cooley
Weaving Past and Present: Replicating Northwest Coast Basketry Technology, Adria Cooper
Youth Voices in Museums: A Case Study at the Whatcom Museum, Sophia Cox
The Anticipations, Mathias Custis
Assessing the Efficacy of the Washington Ban on Phosphorus Fertilizer, Pilar Deniston
Communication, Consent, and Lube: A qualitative exploration of LGBTQ+ adults’ experiences combining cannabis and sex, Natasha Denton and Mary Hunt
The Uncanny Valley: A Creative Writing Portfolio, Ava DeVries
From Threads to Treasures: The Resilient Journey of the Western Worn Community Closet, Jessica Dietzman
J.G.T., Joshua Dyeson
Searching for Optimal Protocols on the XXZ Model on the Square Lattice: An Introduction, Grace Ferrell
Beneath the Surface: Exploring Endospore-Forming Bacteria in Brassica Seeds, Emmy Formiga
Analysis of the Shifting Profile of Contraceptive Implant Users in Two Districts in Rwanda: An Abstract and Personal Narrative, Alysa Geolamin, Hilary Schwandt, and Seth Feinberg
In Unison, August Grossblatt
Beksiński, Disarticulated, Dawson Gyllenhammer
A Hope More Violent Than Any Despair, Elinor Hendricks
OMORI's Portrayal of Self-Compassion as a Means to Prevent Suicide, Kal Hines
Environmental Equity in an Unjust World, Carly R. Hopp
Finding Resilience Through Knitting, Rachel Hultman
Not a 9 to 5: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Pursuing a Career as a Musician, Brody Hunt
Hydrophobicity of Factor VIII on Membrane Binding, Mady Jacobs
Weeding Out the Truth: Can We Reduce Neuroinflammation in Huntington’s Disease?, Milica Jakovljevic
The Work of the Dying, Autumn Kasprowicz
Developing Two-Dimensional Ammonium Sensors for Use in Marine Sediments, Zoe Kass
Against the Tragedy: The Role of Meaning Making in Sustainable Commons, Liam KenWood
MSG and the Maillard Reaction: Exploring Food Additives and Browning through Organic Chemistry, Jasper Kerns
Optimization of Metal Nanostructure Growth on Chemically Modified Silk Films for SERS Biosensors, Marie Kerns and Amanda Murphy
Automating Employee Milestone Celebrations at GeoEngineers – Building the Work Anniversary Report Tool, Natalie Keys
Communication Temptation: An Examination of Environmental Arrangement Strategies in Early Intervention Settings, Beatrice A. King and Anna Brillault-Kenny
Toying With Adapted Toys, Joshua King
Design of Experiments Analysis of Crosslink Density and Plasticizer Effects on Rheological Properties of Guanidine-based Covalent Adaptable Networks, Adelle L. Koenig and Michael B. Larsen
Climate Storytelling: An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Course Design, Gabrielle Jean Laipenieks
Investigations of an RNA interference pathway in Tetrahymena thermophila, Lola Lang
Goo Gone! Removing adhesive contamination from PakTech beverage toppers for recycling, Emmaline Lenz
Villain or Victim: A Poetic Interpretation of Helen of Troy’s Legacy, Anne Lillis
S.A.D. Survival Kit: A Podcast on Seasonal Affective Disorder, Kate Lincoln
Total Synthesis of Rupestines H and I, Aimee Long and James Vyvyan
witness marks: A Poetry Chapbook, Briana Lubinski
Effects of Foam Rolling on Tissue Stiffness in Back Muscles After a Rowing Workout: A Case Series, Adalia Ludwig
Birds of Costa Rica: Journal & Sketchbook, Clara Magsarili
Imaging of the shallow crustal structure across the region of the 2013 Mw 7.5 Craig Earthquake with high-resolution seismic streamer tomography, Emma Martin, Andrew Gase, and Emily Roland
Palm (excerpt from Northern Flicker), Fiona Martinez
Examining the Accessibility of Digital Payment: The Rise of Socioeconomic Inequality due to the Cashless Revolution, Kaylie McRea
Miss Americana & The Queen Bey: A Seismic Analysis of Synchronous Crowd Movement at Lumen Field Concerts in Seattle, WA, Karenna A. Merritt
Finding the Green, Bridget Miller
Western Lives, Ilah Mittelstaedt
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Review of Evidence-Based Practice within Communication Sciences and Disorders, Mackenzie Morehead
So what is exercise anyway?: A Sociolinguistic Study on the Definition of Exercise, Javin Morrison
Evaluating Automated Accessibility Checker Tools, Thai Nguyen
Accelerating Sortase-Mediated Ligation Reactions with N-terminal Substrate Elements, Noah Noah Goodwin-Rice
Early Spring Seasonal Eating Guide, Emma Owens
Life Cycle Progression of Chlainomonas sp.: A Field Study, Honu Pata, Robin Kodner, AG Camara, Clare Hanneman, Maya Matsumoto, and Dan van Hees
Implementing Impact: A Lesson on mySQL Databases and Accessibility, Abigayle Peterson and Yasmine Elglaly
Exploring the Effects of Cannabidiol and Beta-Caryophyllene on Stress-Induced Allodynia in Mice, Simone Player, Alana Sullivan, and Josh Kaplan
Evaluating How Well Open-Source AI Models Interpret Written Prompts, Madeline Pysher
Shoreline: A Short Film, Carina Raffaelli
The 22nd Annual Masquerade, Isabella Royster
Fashion Slow: Poetic Threads of Fate and Decay, Adrienne Rugg
Supporting an Ecosystem of Learning: Outdoor ECE Lesson Plans, Nicole K. Ryden
Colorful Relations: How Race Conditions the Relationship Between Sexual Orientation and Willingness to Interracially Date, Emily Sabisch
Medical Horror: Authority and History in Medical Spaces, Sebastian Sauceda
Bloom or Bust: an interdisciplinary exploration of flowering plants and how climate change impacts them, Carolyn Schmode
Our Story: A Collection of Interviews, Carlee Schram
And They Were Roommates, Eleanor Scott
Loremaking, Queerness, and Community: Fanfiction from Dante to MsKingBean89, Samantha Seaboldt
Logic Lessons, Elizabeth Skiffington
Colorblind Ideology and Inheritance Status Predicting Wealth Inequality and Poverty Perceptions in the United States, Caitlyn Steiner
MAD WOMEN: Hidden Patriarchal Practices and Feminine Rage, Ariana Stephens
Justifying Goods, Max Stone
Feed the Earth: An Exploration of Regenerative Agriculture Programs in Washington State, Lily Storbeck
Our Inheritance: An Honors Capstone exploring the potential future of environmental policy under climate change, Maggie Strecker
The Myth of Brokenness: Ableism and Anti-Ableism in the Field of Speech-Language Pathology, Kieran Sutton
Representing Self and Community Through Aerial Dance, Ellery Temple
Threads of Life: Stories and Lessons Learned Caring for the Dying and the Dead, Kathleen Thornbourgh