Class of 2019 Present Honors Theses

Spring 2019 Honors Thesis Presentations

Please join us to hear our senior honor students present their research.
3:00-5:00PM
Dates and locations listed below
Light refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, March 20th
in McIntyre Conference Room A

Melanie Shiwkumar
Advisor: Andrew Pogogeff, Accountancy
Title: The Impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on New Jersey Residents

Joshua Padilla
Advisor: Dr. Alp Tuncaci, Political Science
Title: A Waste of Space: The Revolution of Waste Management!

Ariana Calle
Advisor: Dr. Alp Tuncaci, Political Science
Title: Women Pray to Get Paid Better: The Relationship between High Religiosity
and the Gender Pay Gap

Alexis O’Callahan
Advisor: Dr. Peter Cvek, Philosophy
Title: Conservation Biology and Virtue-Based Ethics

Monday, March 25th
in the Pulaski West Room of the Duncan Family Skyroom

Ryan Campen
Advisor: Dr. Edgar Rivera-Colon, Sociology
Title: The Effectiveness of LGBT+ Safe Spaces

Patrick Farrell
Advisor: Dr. John Johnson, History
Title: Colonial Structures & Post-independence Authoritarianism in Zimbabwe

Petra Calderon
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Wisneski, Psychology
Title: Understanding Libertarian Morality and the Moral Motives Model

Tara Berberabe
Advisor: Dr. Karl Alorbi, Business
Title: Country of Origin Effect: The Role of K-Pop in Changing the Perception of South Korea

Tuesday, March 26th
in the Pulaski West Room of the Duncan Family Skyroom

Charles Eid
Advisor: Dr. Edwin Dickens, Economics
Title: Increasingly Regulated, Increasingly Unequal: Capital Accumulation in the 21st Century

Samuel Marcillo-Gomez
Advisor: Dr. Alberto LaCava, Computer Science
Title: Comparing Period Finding Speeds Between Quantum and Classic Computers

Thursday, March 28th
in the Pulaski West Room of the Duncan Family Skyroom

Nicholas Dawybida
Advisor: Dr. Scott Stoddart, English
Title: Reading the Warning Signs: How SciFi Literature Reflects What Society
Truly Fears

Reyhan Lalaoui
Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Walker, Communication and Media Culture
Title: Suicide Spenders: Building My Series from Scratch

Kadira Johnson
Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Walker, Communication and Media Culture
Title: Black Artists’ Appeal to Mass Audience

Precious Braswell
Advisor: Prof. Frank Gimpaya, Fine Arts
Title: What is Storytelling: A Woman’s Perspective on Documentary Photography

Monday, April 1st
in Degnan Conference Room

Newstein Chang
Advisor: Jill Callahan, Biology
Title: Effects of Elevated pCo2 on Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Early Life Development

Schieler Collins
Advisor: Dr. Jill Callahan, Biology
Title: The Inhibitory Effects of Probiotics on the Growth of Biofilms

Rebecca Olcese
Advisor: Dr. Christina Mortellaro, Biology
Title: The Effects of Sucralose and Aspartame on Neuralation and Brain Development
In Xenapus laevis (African Clawed frog)

Madel Liquido
Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Kintos, Mathematics
Title: A Mathematical Model to Study the Influence of a Neuromodulator on
a Rhythmic Neural Network

Tuesday, April 2nd
in Degnan Conference Room

Melanie Mussman
Advisor: Dr. David Surrey, Sociology
Title: Anthropological and Philosophical Study of the Netherlands and the United States Pertaining to the Right to Die

Sabrina Hamdulla
Advisor: Dr. Michelle Romano, Nursing
Title: Misconceptions & Missed Opportunities: How the Delegitimization of Midwifery in the United States is Keeping Our Maternal Mortality Rates Unacceptably High

Jasy Lata
Advisor: Dr. Weidong Zhu, Physics
Title: Surface Modification of FTO Films Using Plasma Coating

Anjeleen Lozano
Advisor: Dr. Michelle Romano, Nursing
Title: The Impact of Eliminating Verbal Handoff on Nurses During Hospital Admission

Wednesday, April 3rd
in Degnan Conference Room

Michael Verile
Advisor: Dr. Laura Twersky, Biology
Title: Can Multifloral Honey Prevent Rate of Developmental Changes and Malformations Seen after Bisphenol A Exposure in Xenopus leavis (Clawed Frog)?

Brittanie Fils
Advisor: Dr. Laura Twersky, Biology
Title: The Effects of Allura Red AC (Red 40) and Tartrazine (Yellow 5), Individually and
in Combination, on Development of Xenopus leavis (Clawed Frog)

Nadirah McCray
Advisor: Dr. Nicole Luongo, Education
Title: Theoretical versus Practical Education

Thursday, April 4th
in Degnan Conference Room

Rina Rosales
Advisor: Dr. Yosra Badiei, Chemistry
Title: Plasma Modified Fluorine-doped Tin Oxide as a Platform for Immobilizing
Water-Oxidation Catalyst

Diana Paneque
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Fried, Chemistry
Title: Implementation of Advanced Level Chemistry Curriculum in Elementary Schools

Thu Anh Ly
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Fried, Chemistry
Title: Medical Cannabis: Gateway Drug or Our Solution to the Opioid Epidemic

Nisharg Parihk
Advisor: Dr. Christian Traba, Chemistry
Title: Anti-Biofilm Activity and Biocompatibility of Silver Nanoparticle Immobilized
Biomaterials