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Helpful Links
Links for Thesis Times |
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| Pre-Thesis | Research Honors Theses Published at RL Consider an HON 399 course if you are University Honors |
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Apply to Begin a Thesis (due by Reading Day the semester before you begin thesis) |
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Defense Schedule Survey & Medallion RSVP (EMAIL from Student Services Coordinator) Thesis Title Page (if an HON 499) Online Availability Form ([Where] Can I Publish Your Work?) Reflection to be Added to Exit Survey Exit Survey (Emailed) |
Spring 2025 Open Defenses
Please thank our students for so kindly opening their thesis defenses to audiences.
| Student | Major(s) | Subject Area | Title of Thesis | Date & Time | Location |
| Lindsey Ehrenfried | Biology | Biology | Assessing the Presence of Sulfur Oxidation and Hydrocarbon Degradation Genes in the Microbiomes of Pyura vannamei and Eudistoma capsulatum | April 7 @ 9am |
EB 226 |
| Sylvia McGee | Studio Art | Interdisciplinary Honors | Exploring Natural Dyes of Western North Carolina and the Batik Method | April 11 @ 1pm |
CAB 2024 |
| Jonah Cutler | Business Administration | Marketing | Consumer Sentiment on E-commerce Login Methods and Data Privacy | April 15 @ 5pm |
CH 111 |
| Hannah Lowman | Criminology | Criminology | Keeping Kids out of Prison: A Replication and Extension Study on the Effectiveness of Teen Court Diversion Programs | April 16 @ 2pm |
DH 1070 |
| Nitya Budamagunta | Creative Writing | Creative Writing | Magic Menstruation: What if we lived in a world where in a world where periods are channeled into electricity? | April 16 @ 3:30pm | KE 1211 Zoom Passcode: 862402 |
| Joy Winton | Marine Biology | Interdisciplinary Honors | How does hands-on education impact students’ interest and knowledge of environmental science: Evaluating the Barrier Island Botanist program at the Bald Head Island Conservancy | April 17 @ 1pm | DO 1009 Zoom |
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RJ Wildermann |
Marine Biology | Interdisciplinary Honors | Stars, Waters, And Words: A Short Story Collection | April 21 @ 10am |
TL 1007 |
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Lauren Sells |
Marine Biology | Marine Biology | CULTIVATING, CHARACTERIZING, AND IMAGING AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEA FROM DISTINCT NORTH AMERICAN WATERS | April 21 @ 2:30pm |
FR 2052 |
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Katherine James |
Computer Science, Digital Art Concentration | Computer Science | From Memories to Milestones: A Full-Stack Application for Student Media Preservation | April 22 @ 11:30am |
CG 1004H |
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Guitare Le |
Music Performance | Music | Murder by Moonlight: Debussy’s Clair de lune in Violent Film Scenes | April 22 @ 3:30pm |
CAB 1075 (Beckwith Recital Hall) |
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Rainey Wallen |
International Studies & Spanish | Interdisciplinary Honors | Preparing For Service: Understanding Common Problems with NGOs and Preparing the OFAA for Work in Ecuador | April 22 @ 4pm |
Zoom |
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Rebecca Powell |
Psychology | Psychology | Observing Behavior During Chance | April 23 @ 9am | TL 2012 |
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Maurice Taylor |
Marine Biology | Marine Biology | Effects of anthropogenic nutrient inputs on Ilyanassa obsoleta morphology in Wilmington, NC tidal habitats | April 23 @ 9am |
TL 1053 |
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Anneka Nestvogel |
Biochemistry | Chemistry | Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis and Copper(I)-catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition of Calcium Binding Peptides | April 23 @ 3:30pm | VH 3008 |
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Andrea Barnes |
Public Health, Pre-Clinical Concentration | Public Health | The Effectiveness of Doula Support on the Maternal Labor Process and Neonatal Birth Outcomes: A Systematic Review | April 24 @ 9am | VH 2511 |
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Carlyle Kennedy |
Social Work | Social Work | The Criminalization of Homelessness in New Hanover County, NC, and the Impact of Anti-Nuisance Ordinances | April 24 @12:30pm | VH 2002 |
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Camrie Kick |
Marine Biology | Marine Biology | Investigating Inshore Atlantic Sharpnose, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, Population Biology at Undeveloped versus Developed Public Beaches in Carteret County, North Carolina | April 25 @ 10am | CH 110 |
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Madisyn Morrison |
Marine Biology | Marine Biology | INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF CHANGING SEASON AND SALINITY ON THE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA AROUND TOPSAIL ISLAND, NC | April 25 @ 10am | TL 1055 |
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Sarah Stevens |
Environmental Science | Interdisciplinary Honors | Spatial Connectivity Analysis of the Range Restricted High Elevation Salamander Plethodon Netting | April 25 @ 11am | TL 1053 |
| Paige Shackelford | Marine Biology | Marine Biology | Are Corals Cannibals? | April 25 @ 11am | FR 2052 Zoom |
| Allyse Bradford | Exercise Science | Exercise Science | Bridging Gaps in Neurocare: Validation of FaaS as a Brainwave Neurosensing Technology | April 25 @ 1pm | VH 3507 Zoom Passcode: 484819 |
| Katie Grelck | Environmental Science | Environmental Science | Resilience Infrastructure and Property Values in Wilmington, NC | April 25 @ 1:30pm | DO 2002 |
| Joseph Joyner | History | History | The Wilmington Housing Authority and the Making of a Divided City: Race, Class, and Public Housing | April 25 @ 1:30pm | MO 104 |
| Zoe Collins | Geoscience & Anthropology | Geoscience | Terrestrial impacts of Heinrich Events at Lapa do Picareiro, Portugal. | April 28 @ 11am | DL 113 |
| CJ Froese | Chemistry | Chemistry | Back in Bismuth: New Applications of Bismuth(III) Thiolates to Organosynthesis Reactions | April 28 @ 1:30pm | VH 3008 |
| Audrey Silvernail | Chemistry | Chemistry | Photochemical α-Alkylation of Cyclic Ketones: Developing Heterocyclic Applications for the γ-Keto Ester Products | April 28 @ 3:30pm | VH 3008 |
| Misrak Murphy | Criminology | Criminology | Restorative Justice at the Middle School Level | April 29 @ 9am | BR 202 |
| Alyse Wierzbicki | Biology & Spanish | Biology | The Effects of Stress on Energy-Buffering Systems and its Relation to Reproduction in C. elegans | April 29 @ 2:30pm | MC 1038 |
| Bella Valderrama Garcia | Music | Music | Fort Fisher Suite | April 29 @ 3:30pm | CA Beckwith Recital Hall |
| Dain Kim | Criminology | Criminology | Murder, Media, and Gender: Exploring Media Portryals of Male and Female Homicide Offenders. | April 29 @ 4pm | BR 281 |
| Christian Brown | Psychology | Interdisciplinary Honors | End-Life Choices: Importance of Independence Value, Possible Selves, and Attitudes Towards the Death With Dignity Act on End-of-Life Decisions | April 30 @ 9am | Zoom |
| Leah Cahoon | Psychology | Psychology | How Competition Influences Physical Activity Exergaming for Adults | April 30 @ 11am | TL 2012 |
| Andie Lamm | Nursing | Nursing | Spirituality and Posttraumatic Growth | April 30 @ 11am | VH 1032 Zoom |
| Haley Hightower | Environmental Science & Marine Biology | Environmental Science | Effects of Increased Temperature on Growth Rates and Survivorship of Longleaf Pine and Wiregrass: Implications for a Warming Climate | April 30 @ 12:30pm | TL 1053 |
| Sarah Makowski | Biochemistry & Marine Biology | Chemistry | Investigation of Methods for Determination of Calcium Affinity of Synthetic Peptides | April 30 @ 1pm |
VH 3513 |
| Jonah Parker | Chemistry | Chemistry | Investigation of Temporal and Environmental Dynamics of Osmolytes in a Coastal Marine Ecosystem | April 30 @ 1pm | VH 3001 |
| Jayde Walker | Biology Pre-Health | Biology | ANALYSIS OF THE HUMAN GUT MICROBIOME AND CORTISOL LEVELS WITH AN AYURVEDIC CLEANSE | April 30 @ 1pm | DO 2070 |
| Owen Leaphart | Political Science | Political Science | More Money, More Problems? Examining the Growing Connection Between Politics and College Athletics in the Era of Name, Image, and Likeness | April 30 @ 2pm | KI 206 |
| Taryn Saunders | Psychology | Psychology | Exergaming and Competition Effects on Physical Activity in Children | April 30 @ 9:30am | TL 2012 |
| Rafael Hopf | Chemistry | Chemistry | Effect of 5' UTR Secondary Structure on Translation Efficiency | April 30 @ 2pm | VH 3008 |
| Skyler Williford | Biology Pre-Health | Biology | Effects of media composition on the antibiotic activity of ASADH inhibitors against Candida species | May 1 @ 9am | DO 1009 |
| Maura Schoppa | Chemistry | Chemistry | Synthesis of Site-Specific DNA Damaging Compounds for Targeting Prostate Cancer | May 1 @ 9:30am | DO 2012 |
| Ella Ottensman | Psychology | Psychology | Loneliness, Technology Use, and Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults: A Meta-Analytic Approach | May 1 @ 11am | TL 2008 |
| Abril Villeda Roblero | Computer Science | Computer Science | UNCW Information Chatbot with LLMs | May 1 @ 3pm | Discovery Hall Space: Visualization & Analysis Lab (VAL) |