A highlight of the undergraduate Honors program is the required senior honors project. Honors projects involve an intensive exploration of a topic that is related to the student’s major and is studied within the context of the Christian faith. These projects demonstrate one way in which SPU students engage the culture in order to change the world.
Current honors projects are now included in this series. Past completed honors projects are included in the permanent collection at the SPU Library.
Honors Projects from 2015
The Effects of Arginine Vasopressin on Maternal Behavior and Aggression in Peromyscus californicus Mothers, Nathaniel Ng
There Will Be Violence: A Critical Analysis of Violence in the Works of Cormac McCarthy, Matthew L. Robinson
Entrenched in Power: Path Dependence and UN Security Council Reform, Brian Valley
Honors Projects from 2014
The Strange Loop: Paradoxical Hierarchies in Borges's Fictions, Jessica Erin Beebe
Comparing Population Density Estimation Techniques for Columbia Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus Hemionus Columbianus): Fecal Standing Crop and Distance Sampling Methods, Jubilee D. Brenneman
Road Profile Sensor: A Detection Method for Active Suspension Systems, Matthew Edel
Counter-Narrating the Nation: Homi K. Bhabha's Theory of Hybridity in Five Broken Cameras, Rachel Evers
The Decline of the West and the Rise of the Rest? An Analysis of Relative Hard Power Capabilities in the G-20 from 1991-2011, Joseph Van Zanten Gallagher
Investigating the Proposed Affordances and Limitations of the Substance Metaphor for Energy, Lisa Goodhew
The Business of Transition: A Curriculum, Hayley Hill
A Critical Assessment of SPU’s Urban Plunge: A Proposal for the John Perkins Center, Scott D. Jackson
Reading the Mind of the Internet: A Study of Collaborative Recommendation Algorithms, Ellie Janzen
Emergence, Scale, and the Layered Model of Biological Systems, Katie Morrow
The Privileged Voice, Gabriel Much
Case Study of HP to Learn About IP, Rachel Murphy
The Lord of the Rings and The Weight of Two Worlds: An Exploration of Faith in Fantasy, Danielle Myers
Gender Disparity in Effective Chest Compression Delivery during Cardiopulmonary Resusitation, Claire Grace Nieman
The Nature of Pilgrimage: Similarities and Differences Between El Camino de Santiago de Compostela and El Santuario de Chimayo, Miguel Ortega
Relationships between Equine Management Practices and Intestinal Parasite Infection, Abigail Pagel
Free Trade Zones: Development Possibilities for Nigeria, Lauren Pederson
Group Therapy Structure in Holistic Treatment of Homeless with Persistent Mental Illness, Sarah Peterson
Split-Spinach Monitoring of RNA Aptamer Assembly, Tucker A. Rogers and Grant Andrews
Giving Power to the Powerless: Elizabeth Gaskell's Presentation of Women in an Age of Change, Charis Tobias
A Foreign Text in a Foreign Land, Dylan A. Vernon
The Effects of Anosmia on AVP Regulation of Parental Behavior and Aggression in Peromyscus Californicus, Caroline Vokos
Staying Alive: Dynamic Equivalence Theory and Film Adaptation, Sarah Welch
Honors Projects from 2012
United States Military Cohesion after the Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, Stephanie E.V. Brown