Honors Fellows - Spring 2019
Maya Aboutanos (Dr. Katherine Johnson) Public Health Investigating the Relationship between Spirituality and Health: A Case Study on a Holistic Health Care Facility in North Carolina’s Piedmont Region
Betsy Albritton (Dr. Christopher Leupold) Psychology Construction of an Assessment Center for Entry-Level Professionals
Serena Archer (Dr. Tony Weaver) Sport Management A Qualitative Analysis of the Intersectional Socialization of NCCAA Division I Student-Athletes Across Diverse Identities
Jenna Bayer (Dr. Brian Lyons) Human Resource Reexamining the Demand for Human Resource Certification in Management/Marketing the United States
Judah Brown (Dr. Brandon Sheridan) Economics The Impact of National Anthem Protests on National Football League Television Ratings
Anna Cosentino (Dr. Derek Lackaff) Media Analytics Using Geolocated Twitter Sentiment to Advise Municipal Decision Making
Michael Dryzer (Dr. Scott Wolter) Biophysics Sustainable Sanitation in the Developing World: Deactivating Parasitic Worm Eggs in Wastewater using Electroporation
Natalie Falcara (Dr. Christopher Harris) Finance The Financial Valuation of Collegiate Athletics: How Does a Successful Season and Gender of the Sport Impact Financial Donations?
Josh Ferno (Dr. Jason Husser) Policy Studies/Sociology What Drives Support for Self-Driving Cars? Evidence from a Survey-Based Experiment
Honors Fellows - Spring 2019
Jennifer Finkelstein (Dr. Buffie Longmire-Avital) Public Health/Psychology She Does Not Want Me to Be Like Her: Eating Pathology Risk in Black Collegiate Women and the Role of Maternal Communication
Becca Foley (Dr. Barbara Gaither) Strategic Communications/ Exploring Alignment between Stated Corporate Values and Spanish Corporate Advocacy on Environmental and Social Issues
Joel Green (Dr. Ariela Marcus-Sells) Religious Studies From American Apocalypse to American Medina: Black Muslim Theological Responses to Racial Injustice in the United States
Selina Guevara (Dr. David Bockino) Journalism/Public Health A Content Analysis of the New York Times’ Portrayal of Colombia since 2013
Jack Hartmann (Dr. Megan Squire) Computer Science/ Understanding the Impact of Organizational Diversity in Open Biostatistics Source Software Communities
Lindsey Jordan (Dr. Toddie Peters) Sociology Power from Below: Reimagining Leadership for Social Change
Molly Kearns (Prof. Erin Hone) Elementary Education/ Math-itudes: Acting and Reflecting on the NCTM Mathematical Special Education Teaching Practices in Elementary Classrooms
Mary Ellen Kempf (Dr. Carrie Eaves) Political Science/Spanish Where are the Women? An Intersectional Analysis of Female Representation in State Legislatures
Hope Koene (Dr. Caroline Ketcham) Public Health “It’s Very Easy to Live in Your Own Box”: Parent Perceptions of Community Experience and Social Support for Families of Children with Disabilities Honors Fellows - Spring 2019
Dierdre Kronschnabel (Dr. Glenn Scott) Journalism Telling stories of Trauma Survivors: How Journalists Navigate Interview Relationships in News Reporting
Lindsay Maldari (Dr. Evan Gatti) Art History/Political Science Dismantling an Art History of Eugenics: Fascist Propaganda and Visual Rhetoric in ‘La difesa della razza’
Regina Mendoza (Dr. Steve DeLoach) Economics/Finance The Impact of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) on South Sudanese Refugees and Ugandan Citizens in Northern Uganda
Kristina Meyer (Dr. Toddie Peters) Religious Studies Does Faith-Based Community Organizing Still Matter? How Cultural Shifts are Changing the Conversation
Stefanie Milovic (Dr. Lee Bush) Strategic Communications Society-Driven Responsibility: Corporations Leading the Change on Social, Political, and Environmental Issues
Stephanie Ntim (Dr. Katherine Johnson) Public Health The Art of Malaria Education
Kristen O’Neill (Prof. Marna Winter) Elementary Education/ Reading to Succeed: An Examination of Interests and Special Education Engagement in Reading of Pre-Adolescent Struggling Readers
Mariatu Okonofua (Dr. Rajesh Ghoshal) Policy Studies/Sociology In Search of Equality: Identity Formation and Activism in College-Aged Women
Julianne Papadopoulos (Dr. Victoria Fischer Faw) Music in Liberal Arts/ Searching for Greek Identity: Rebitiko’s Musical Expression of Psychology an Evolving Culture Honors Fellows - Spring 2019
Max Pivonka (Dr. Nawar Chaker) Marketing Business-to-Business Inside Salespeople Social Media Use in Prospecting: A Qualitative Investigation
Matt Simmons (Dr. Nicole Triche) Cinema and Television Arts Examining the Impact of Systemic Racism on Expressions of Masculinity in Hip-Hop Music Videos
Diani Teixeira (Dr. Laura Roselle) International Studies/Drama Framing the Immigrant Narrative: How News Media and and Theater Studies Immigrants Portray Immigrant Stories in North Carolina and Costa Rica
Wynter Wates (Dr. Naeemah Clark) Cinema and Television Arts Pregnancy in Film: How Do Filmmakers Depict Portrayals of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Modern Films
Meara Waxman (Dr. Janet Myers) English Literature “Speak I Must”: Historicizing a Feminist Linguistic Analysis of the Brontë Novels
Kimberly Wilson (Dr. Vanessa Bravo) International Studies/Spanish The Framing of Refugee Status and of Refugees through U.S. Presidential Discourse Following September 11, 2001 until September 11, 2018