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This collection of Wheaton College Undergraduate Honors Theses includes honors theses from a variety of Wheaton College academic departments. Please note that this is not a complete collection of honors theses done at the College. Only theses whose author(s) have given Wheaton College permission to post their work online are included here.The complete collection is housed in the College Archives and is searchable (1928-1969, 1990-present) through the HELIN catalog.
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"Don't worry, you can still be a flight attendant." Examining implicit and explicit gender bias in the classroom, teacher-student relationships, and their effect on student math achievement.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)The purpose of this study is to discover how students perceive gender bias and the teacher-student relationships in the math classrooms surveyed, to determine if the teachers involved in the study are aware of any implicit ... -
An examination of the global savings glut hypothesis and secular stagnation hypothesis.
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It will never happen quite this way again : stories.
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The value of the Canadian index of wellbeing.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)This thesis examines the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and its potential uses alongside existing measurements of wellbeing. It examines the creation of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and how it might inform policy decisions ... -
Lines of imperfection.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)Lines of Imperfection is artwork created in response to the story of Sadako Sasaki, a famous Japanese girl who was a cancer victim in Hiroshima. Her story inspired a site-specific installation comprising a thousand paper ... -
Variation in toll-like receptor 21 within and among killifish (fundulus heteroclitus) populations from southeastern Massachusetts and northern Maine
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)Through polymorphisms occurring within immune system genes, the immune system is able to retain greater diversity and better co-evolve alongside pathogen populations. Adaptive molecular variation clearly indicates that ... -
The ethical foundations for animal rights.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)In my thesis, I accept the premise that animals possess inherent value and as a result, are deserving of certain protections. I argue that a rights-based approach is required to sufficiently ensure such protections, since ... -
Genomics approaches to analyzing ciliary gene functions and regulation.
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The effects of methylmercury on breast cancer progression in zebrafish
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)Breast cancer is defined as a group of malignant cells that originate in the breast and have the potential to spread to distant sites in the body, most commonly the liver, lungs, bones and brain. Many factors increase the ... -
Lost in a crowd : an investigation of policies and urban refugee health within middle and lower income countries.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)This paper examines the policies of states and organizations to better understand the relationship between these policies and the health outcomes of urban refugees. Through this examination, it is argued that state policies ... -
The idea of a European Ukraine.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)In my research, I argue that one of Ukraine’s most prominent problems is the question of national identity. Since obtaining its independence in 1991, the complexity of Ukraine’s nation-building process has been intensified ... -
Nesting preferences of Malaclemys terrapin terrapin in Wellfleet Massachusetts : an ecological study.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)A discrepancy in diamondback terrapin nesting activity at nest sites studied in Wellfleet and Orleans, Massachusetts, was observed during field research. It was noted that nesting activity, as defined by the number of ... -
Sulfur deposition on the Greenland ice sheet : sources and implications of MSA and sulfate since 1900.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)Ice cores contain records of both local and global changes to atmospheric chemistry. Glaciochemical data from three newly acquired ice cores from the western portion of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) were used to create ... -
The effect of n-acetylcysteine on methylmercury treated breast cancer cells.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)In the absence of estrogen, metalloestrogens can activate the estrogen receptor and cause breast cancer proliferation in estrogen receptor-positive cells. Methylmercury (MeHg) is a metalloestrogen that is often consumed ... -
Cilia abundance in regenerating zebrafish cardiac tissue and their potential relation to cell signaling pathways.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. After injury caused by trauma such as a myocardial infarction, human cardiac tissue is unable to heal without scaring. Damage to adult human heart tissue results ... -
The perks of fan fiction : identity, community, writing and the perks of being a wallflower.
(Wheaton College ; Norton, Mass., 2016)This thesis examines the processes by which writing and reading fan fiction online can help young adults learn about their own identities, how to socialize with others, and how to write. The popular website FanFiction.Net ... -
Joyce's Voices : power and polyphony in Ulysses.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)This thesis, “Joyce’s Voices: Power and Polyphony in Ulysses” examines James Joyce’s 1922 novel, Ulysses, in its turn of the century Dublin cultural context. Through the analysis of myriad primary resources, the thesis ... -
Applying international relations theory to contemporary policy : understanding Russia's behaviors and goals in Syria.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)My research includes an investigation of the causative factors of Russia's involvement in the Syrian War and Russia's current interests in global politics. In this project, I have employed a synthetic approach that draws ... -
#Flawless : black female musicians as agents of social change.
(Wheaton College ; Norton, Mass., 2016)Black American female musicians have been at the crossroads between sexism and racism now and in the past. This binary illustrates the constraints of an ideological system of both gender and race roles. My thesis will place ... -
The role of methylmercury on thioredoxin reductase activity in breast cancer cells.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)Metalloestrogens are small ionic metals and metalloids that activate the estrogen receptor (ER) in a manner similar to estrogen. When metalloestrogens bind to the ER, there is an increase in the expression of estrogen-related ...
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