The Chancellor’s Honors Program (CHP) is the University of Tennessee’s largest university-wide honors program. Founded in 1985, CHP membership is approximately 5-10% of undergraduate students. Admission to the program is highly selective and usually occurs when students matriculate from high school. The typical entering Chancellor’s Honors student has excelled in a rigorous high school curriculum and demonstrated exceptional leadership potential.
In recognition of their specialized course work, faculty-mentored independent scholarship, international & intercultural learning, and exceptional academic performance, Chancellor’s Honors students earn an honors-designated diploma and are bestowed an Honors Key. Chancellor’s Honors students often earn membership in one or more college and department-sponsored honors programs and provide leadership for a variety of UT student organizations, honors societies, and community outreach efforts.
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Physical copies of the Chancellor's Honors projects are housed in the University Archives. If the project is not available for download in this collection, contact the University Special Collections for access to the original copy.
Projects from 2012
Rape and the Feminine Response in Early Modern England and Several Shakespearean Works, David Alexander Bernard
The Impact of Cultural Distances on the Country Selection Process, Alan M. Blizzard
Evaluation of the effects of the closure of Equine slaughter facilities, Taylor R. Bonar
Computational Studies of the N2-H2 Interaction-Induced Dipole Moment, Hailey R. Bureau
Powerful Hermeneutics: British Readings of Hindu Texts and Concepts in Late Eighteenth-Century Bengal, David Fredrickson Burman
Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage in a Molten Salt Pool, Chelsea Burnham, Mark Dreifke, Christopher Ahn, David Shell, Andrew Giminaro, and Michael Shanahan
Vowel Perception in Normal and Hearing Impaired Listeners, Lauren Charles
The Philosophy of Officiating, Robert L. Davies Jr.
Investigating the Flexibility of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Folding and Binding, Amanda Leilah Debuhr
Exploring Moroccan Identities: The Tension between Traditional and Modern Cuisine in an Urban Context, Miriam R. Dike
The Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Middle-sized Businesses, Charles R. Edwards
Reported Experience of Maltreatment in Adolescents Whose Mothers Have Borderline Personality Disorder, Chelsea R. Ennis
Beat Consumption: The Challenge to Consumerism in Beat Literature, Amien Aaron Essif
Organization and Characterization of Nuclear Receptor Af1 Domain, Angela Frantz
The United States as a Driving Force in Global Economic Recovery: Living Within a Window of Transnational Solidarity During the Great Depression, Zachery Chase Fullerton
Effect of social status on social defeat-induced neural activation in the dorsal raphe nucleus, Danielle M. Gerhard, Kathleen E. Morrison, and Matthew A. Cooper
Perceived Interpersonal Support as Protective Factors for Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, Richard D. Gibson
A Survey of Mission Opportunities to Trans-Neptunian Objects – Part II, Ashley M. Gleaves
Viral Online Content and the College Market Using RateMyProfessors.com and HowsTheLiving.com as Case Studies, Aeron L. Glover
Adaptation to a novel environment drives female habitat preference, not mate choice, Mary M. Glover, Dylan R. Dittrich-Reed, and Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick
A Historical Analysis of the Portrayal of Teens in Popular Literature: The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter, Susan F. Gregory
The Voice of the River Arts District, Ava Marie Gunter
"Just Trying to Keep My Head Above Water": Division I Freshman Female Athletes' Experience of Their First Semester, Aslynn C. Halvorson
Orderly ε-Homotopies of Discrete Chains, Alexander Thomas Happ
Exploring Nutrition in the Community: The Effects of Nutrition Education, Andrew Brendan Harrison
The Cumberland Avenue Corridor and the University of Tennessee: The Relationship between a University and its Neighborhood, William Harris
Global Implementation of IFRS, Robert L. Hibbard II
Gas to Liquids (GTL), Andrew David Hix, Mark Moore, Rachel Kendall, Rachel Svoboda, and William Maningas
Mountain Dew's Brand Personality, Cara Nicole Hollenbeck
The Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Titanosilicates for Next Generation Hydrogen Storage, James R. Humble
Dynamics of He adsorbates on MgO(100) surfaces, Britta Johnson Ms
The Physiological and Psychological Connection: The Body’s Response to Ceased Exercise from Athletic Injury, Patricia Rotella Ligon
Soft X-ray Spectroscopic Investigation of Oxides for Renewable Energy Applications, Eric Westbrook Martin
A System for Cooling Nuclear Spent Fuel using Fluidized Bed Technology, Ian J. Miller
A Comparative Analysis of the Relative Water Content of the Pollen of Early Diverging Angiosperms, Andrew Robert Moffatt
Does Memphis Have a Fighting Chance: An Exploratory Study on the Attractiveness of Memphis, TN to Relocating or Expanding Employers, Melissa Bailey Molteni
Analyzing the University of Tennessee and Its Peer Institutions for Structural Support of Queer Individuals, Rick A. Mula
SUPERCONDUCTING NaFe1-xCoxAs: CRYSTAL GROWTH, RESISTIVITY, AND SUSCEPTIBILITY MEASUREMENTS, Tucker Netherton
Wasteland: A Manifesto for Resurrection via the Fringe, Logan W. Newton
The Role of Nonprofit Microfinance Institutions in Alleviating Poverty: From Theory to Practice, Leah Rebecca Oldham
Africa: The Next Frontier, Jack A. Parker
Meal Helper, Jacob Taylor Peek, David Prenshaw, Matthew Burnett, and Ian Harmon
Line Following Navigation, Nicole Marie Pennington
Institutional Engineering in a Managed Democracy: The Party System in Russia’s Regions Since 2003, Christian Alexander Peyton
Equality of Participation: A Rawlsian Critique of U.S. Federal Campaign Finance, Spenser Flinn Powell
Hemiparasitic Castilleja promotes plant diversity in an alpine meadow ecosystem, Johannah Reed
Reclaiming Identity: White Street Pier, Key West, Adam H. Richards
Untapped Revenue: Smartphones, A Smart Move for the Music Industry, Hunter David Ripley
Citizens United and Its Effect on Federal Campaign Finance, Thomas M. Ritter
Key Factors and Trends in Transportation Mode and Carrier Selection, Keith W. Roberts
Weak Signals in American History: Applying Historical Events to Present Decisions in Business, Taylor Diane Robinson
A Humanitarian Perspective on Interracial Interaction Ideologies, Agnieszka Maria Helena Rykaczewska and Michael Olson
Rise in Textbook Prices, Benjamin Charles Shires
Equal Protection Under the Law? Examining Tennessee's Drug Free School Zone Act (TNDFSZA), Jordan T. Smith
Process Optimization of Boatmate Trailers, LLC, Jamie M. Smotherman and Jasmine L. Kelley
Female Characters as Role Models in Young Adult Literature, Julia S. Stamper
Generation Y and Sustainability, Shelby L. Talbott
The Role of Sports & Recreation at the World's Top Entertainment Company, Jonathan P. Terrell
IFRS and the Repeal of LIFO, Jonathan Spenser Tipton
Active Neutron Interrogation of Non-Radiological Materials with the Nuclear Materials Identification System, Mark Edwin Walker and John T. Mihalczo
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japanese Politics, Eliot Francis Watson
Three-Dimensional Kinematic Analysis Using the Xbox Kinect, Robert Matthew Wham
The Power to Regulate: State vs. Federal Authority in Immigration Law, Mallory E. Young
Projects from 2011
Knoxville Area Rescue Mission and UT Fraternity System, Armond M. Agassi
The Genesis Project: The Synthesis of Man, Environment, and Technology, Omar Sidney Bakeer
Low Power RTTY and PSK31 Decoder for Ham Radio Applications, Benjamin Bales
Political Communication in a Digital Age: 2011 Tea Party Senators and Social Media, Kaitlyn M. Barrett
Fire on the Mountain, Clear Light of Day and Fasting, Feasting: An Exploration of Indian Motherhood in the Fiction of Anita Desai, Ashley N. Batts
Determining the Effect of Seasonal Factors on the Shedding Patterns in Calves of two Strains of Food Borne Pathogenic E. coli, Heather Bayko
The Effect of U.S. Intervention on Political Rights and Civil Liberties, William T. Bedford Jr.
Vibration Fault Detection for Steam Generator Tubing, Brad Patrick Black, Laura Simmons, John Chapman, Jared Jennings, Jacob Johnson, Brian Paul, and Kyle Woods
Sustainability at BASF, Ariel E. Brassil
Exploring the Educator's Perspective when Approached with a Multicultural Classroom, Jodi L. Brown
The New Diplomacy: Devising a Relational Model of Public Diplomacy, Anne E. Buckle
Post-Conflict Cultural Revival and Social Restructuring in Northern Uganda, Erin Michelle Cagney
Battery Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Fuel-cell/Battery Electric Vehicle for EPA P3 2011 Competition, Yue Cao, Jonathan M. Coplon, Eugene V. Ng, and Michael C. Pickelsimer
The Effects of Resource Availability and Temperature on Ants, Carissa Michelle Chambers
Artifact Analysis of Ceramic Assemblage from the Golf Range Dump (40KN143) in Knoxville, Tennessee, Chelsea Patricia Coates
Cortázar’s Rayuela as Convergent Canvas Between Author and Reader, Eda E. Cogburn
Rethinking a Carbon Tax in an Era of Budget Deficits, Chad Covert
Rethinking a Carbon Tax in an Era of Budget Deficits, Chad Covert
Skeletal Analysis of the West Site (40DV12), Courtney L. Cox
Facebook and College Students: Is Marketing Effective, Kelsey Craig
Neurogenetic Studies on the Role of DIAP1 in Neuronal Programmed Cell Death in Drosophila, Faith V. Creekmore, Ritika Sehgal, and Jae H. Park
Rending the Chasuble: A Genealogy of the Anglican Crisis, Justin Ernest Crisp
"Daddy Dearest": The Development of Child Stars in the Studio System of the 1930s through '50s, Brittany N. Dalton
FEASIBILITY OF A TOUCH SENSITIVE BREAST PHANTOM FOR USE IN THE TRAINING OF PHYSICIANS IN CLINICAL BREAST EXAMINATION, Corinne Ashlie Davis, Katherine Lynn Mittura, Grace Elizabeth Copeland, and Erica Martina Hawkins
Ultrametric Properties of Homotopy and Refinement Critical Values, Steven Derochers
Jerasure 2.0, Parth Deshmukh, Sean Maginnis, and Josh Chandler
Citizens' Engagement with Torture: An Analysis of Neutralizations, Leigh Dickey
When Swallowing Becomes Impossible, Jessica Dowdy
The Importance of Quixotism in the Philosophy of Miguel de Unamuno, Sarah Driggers
The Effect of Optimism on Determining Alpha Wave State, David James Dyrek
How Jane Austen Uses Marriage to Get What She Wants, Hannah Eberle
Principles of Movement Control That Affect Choreographers' Instruction of Dance, Julia A. Fenton
Pollen Myosins and the Specific Role of XIJ, Whitnee Michelle Ferari
Stress Effects on Myosin Mutant Root Length in Arabidopsis thaliana, Brett A. George
Chasing Down Inequality: Can the Answer be Found at the Bottom?, Philip C. Gilman