Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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 designation on their transcript and are bestowed an honors medallion.
For questions or comments concerning the Honors Thesis Project collection, please contact honors@utk.edu
Projects from 2013
A Validation Study Examining Hefner’s “Cranial Nonmetric Variation and Estimating Ancestry”, Sarah Allison Brettell
Electronic Medical Record iPad Application, Mischa Symmone Buckler, Dwayne Wiliam Flaherty, John Thomas Cotham, and Mark Bellott
Contemporary Russian International Relations, Joshua A. Burnett
The Threshold of Insanity, Elizabeth Michelle Cagle
The Development of the Turbojet Engine in Britain and Germany as a Lens for Future Developments, Ethan Zachariah Cansler
REMIXING IDENTITY: Language Re-imagined and Voices in Flux in France’s Beur Fiction, Mary Carnes
Las cadenas del hombre: Las restricciones en los papeles de la mujer en la literatura hispana, Rachel Cohen
Determining the Effect of the Returns Management Experience on Consumer Satisfaction, Rebecca Therese Colburn
Almost, Maine: A Director's Journey, Adam S. Crandall
Racial Discrimination in Health Care Among African Americans in America, Rachel Ann Davis
A Fundamental Theorem of Multivariable Calculus, Joseph D. Daws Jr.
3Design - Holographic Telecollaboration Interface, Thomas W. de Wit, Mark Gill, Scott Freemon, and Preston Garland
Sports and International Relations: The Role of Soccer in International Conflicts and Resolutions, Julianna M. Deyo
Unpacking PPACA: Understanding the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, Rachel L. Dix
A Longitudinal Study of LGBTQ-Rights Interest Groups, PACs, and State Rights, Jennifer Ann Dobbins
Development of a neurocognitive test battery to accurately predict driving ability in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and early Alzheimer's disease, James Warren Dreher
Post-conflict Development in Northern Uganda: The Importance of Holistically Addressing Sexual and Gender-based Violence, Hannah E. Durick
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Lean, Eddie D. Eatherly, Catherine Julson, Kelsey Tjader, Jack Smodic, and Lanier Loftin
Rule High School Athletic Field Renovation, Nathan W. Foust
Testing for the Effects of Locomotion on Intraspecific Variability in the Prosimian Skeleton, Ethan Lucas Fulwood
La historia de los judíos en España: Toledo y la limpieza de sangre, Rebekka N. Geldbart
The Research-to-Practice Gap: Practical Strategies for Common Core in the Inclusive Classroom, Jillian M. Gentry
Forming a Bond: The Reconnection between Man and Place, Tiffany N Gentry
Faith-Based Business Leadership & Decision-Making A Case Study of Knoxville, TN’s 4MSE and 4 Market Square, Martha Elaine Goddard
Reading Parenthood and the Pregnant Body in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Titus Andronicus, Martha Elaine Goddard
Does it Pay to Work in Your Degree Field? Evidence from the American Community Survey, William Hampton
A Proposal for an Ethics Class for the Master of Accountancy Program at the University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, Philip Hardman
In the Meantime...Investigating the Non-Place, Monica Ariel Harvey
Saints and Savages: American Religion and the Construction of Victory Culture, Jacob Tyler Hayes
The Effect of Institutional Veto Players on Education Policy Reform in the United States and Finland, Isham C. Hewgley IV
United States and Canada: The Impact of the Socioeconomic Gap on Education Performance, Mackenzie K. Higgins
Coalescing Memory, Michael Christopher Housley
Automated Home Apnea System, Collin G. Howser and Trevor Grieco
The Middle Ground Between Good and Evil: The Role of Young Adult Literature in Modern Understandings of German History, Bonnie Kristin Mary Jendrek
7 Generations of Bigham and Minniehan Ancestors, Zachary H. Johnson
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN RETROFIT FOR THE VISITOR CENTER AT THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Michael A. Kerksick
I See London, I See France, Molly C. Kessler
Corporate Humanitarian Partnerships, Rebecca C. Keyes
Comparing Portfolio Diversification Strategies in Different Market Environments, Kyle Tobias Koerten
Childbirth experience and infant feeding mode, Laura Lynne Ladd
Solar Technology in Our World- A Business Approach, Luke Ingalls Liska
Out of State Student Mentorship Program Proposal, James W. Logan
Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Contemporary Germany: A Critical Analysis of Political Debates and Media Depictions, Hannah Long
Study Level Design of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery, Katie Lutes
Synthesis of Isotopologues and Nanoparticles for Hyper Raman Spectroscopy, Burton K. Mandrell
A Literature Review of Risk Factors for the Development of Breast Cancer: Risks and Prevention Methods, Anna K. Manneschmidt
Federal Conservation Spending Allocated by Agency, Emily Clare Manneschmidt
Condition of the United States Infrastructure, Potential Solutions, and International Comparisons, James W. McDonald
A Study of Poisson and Related Processes with Applications, Phillip Mingola
Comparison of Methodologies for Synthesis of 3-(Cyclopropylethynyl)benzisothiazole 1,1-Dioxide, Rachel Lee Naramore
Universal Personal Transfer, Arian Nasab
The Health Monitoring of Naïve, Immunocompromised Sows in a Seasoned Facility, Sara Nash
Political Consequences of Cross-Border Labor Mobility in Luxembourg, Jessawynne A Parker
A Curious Passport: The Impact of World Language Immersion Education on Adult Alumni, Hannah Nicole Parks
Finding Nuclear Drip Lines and Studying Two Proton Emission, Alexander Matthew Perhac
Design of Economical Upper Stage Hybrid Rocket Engine, Christopher R. Potter
Lexmark Paper Redirector, Arisa Pruttianan, Ben Jamin Byers, Ty Wren Koelker, Charles Dewey Wood, and Myles Hunter Smith
Awaiting the Seer: Emerson's Poetic Theory, Rachel Radford
Cystic Fibrosis: CFTR, Complications, and Prospective Therapies, Rachel L. Rose
The Business of Coupons-Do coupons lead to repeat purchases?, Margaret Peacher Ross
Annie Oakley, Gender, and Guns: The "Champion Rifle Shot" and Gender Performance, 1860-1926, Sarah Russell
The Effects of Pedagogical Conditions on Second Language Acquisition, McCall Evonne Sarrett
Effects of Phonotactic and Orthotactic Probabilities on Word Recognition for Children who do and do not use AAC, Rachel C. Shelton
EcoCar Console, Carl Douglas Slater, Arpit Mukul Dave, Brian Douglas Paul, and Christopher Thomas Hensel
Characterization of the apoptotic functions of the HID hmolog isolated from Megaselia scalaris, Shannon Smith
Economic Report on Vanadium Redox Flow Battery with Optimization of Flow Rate, Kevin Spellman, Kendrick Stiles, and Ian Little
Starving in the Louvre and Other Stories, Charles F. Sterchi IV
The detrimental effects of aging out of foster care and Knoxville's representativeness of appropriate services, Samantha Leanne Stout
Suspended Sediment Concentrations in Three Tributaries of the Little River, Chaney Swiney
Animal welfare around the world: examining the role the economy has on animal welfare, Olivia J. Thornton
Development of a Glucose Bioreporter Using the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae W303, Hunter Tipton
A Global Talent Shortage: Myth or Reality?, Benjamin A. Todd
The Vestiges of the Sacred, Benjamin James Wathen
Ethnicity and Breastfeeding in Kenya, Brooke Meredith Watson
Body Size Variation in Two Adjacent Populations of Black Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis nigra) in East Tennessee, Jesse Weber and Joshua Ennen
Modeling the relationship between coal mining and respiratory health in West Virginia, Jessica Welch
To Be Here, Then Gone: A Historical Review of Psychology’s Influence on Determining Time of Death, Iby Wellborn
Relationship Satisfaction as a Moderator of Diabetes Duration and Diabetes-Related Emotional Distress, Marcus Gustav Wild
A In-Depth Analysis of The Federal Tax System, Esther O Wong
Projects from 2012
Sustainability Analysis of Personal Transportation for Near Urban Commuting, Theodore Ansink, Matthew Atchley, Virginia Browning, Yue Cao, Michelle Everett, James Hall Jr, William R. Henson, Eugene Ng, Michael Picklesimer, Justin Ridenour, Scott Teeters, and James Wilson
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 Blizzard
Evaluation of the effects of the closure of Equine slaughter facilities, Taylor R. Bonar
An Analysis of Consumer Response to Businesses’ Expression of Beliefs, Justin P. Boyter
Sevilla una maravilla: A Student's Guide to Study Abroad in Seville, Spain, Kayla F. Buchanan
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
Math, Minds, Machines, Christopher V. Carlile
Vowel Perception in Normal and Hearing Impaired Listeners, Lauren Charles
Development and testing of an online training module on celiac disease for public school personnel, Nancy A. Childers
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
Cultural anthropological research in the business environment, Caitlin Farmer