Past Honors Theses

2020 - Present

  • 2024 - Katherine Arrington: "Charting Canons: Identities and Institutions behind Bestselling and Award-Winning American Fiction from 1913 to 2023."
  • 2024 - Deborah Jung: "Modeling a Minority: Asian American Ivy League Students' Opinions on Affirmative Action."
  • 2024 - Kira Parrish-Penny: "Taming the "Dartmouth Animal": Masculinity and the Coeducation Transition"
  • 2024 - Katherine Takoudes: "Staying Connected During COVID-19: Social Support for Pregnant and Parenting Women with Substance Use Conditions in Rural New England"
  • 2023 - Spencer Allen: "(Dis)connected: Internet Access, Health Disparities, and the COVID-19 Pandemic" (Jason Houle)
  • 2023 - Jessica Cortez: "A perfect storm": College community cultural-structural vulnerability to suicide (Emily Walton)
  • 2023 - Cristina Javens: "Pathways to Pricelessness: How the Value of 'Priceless' Art is Socially Constructed in Both Valueless and Limitless Forms" (Brooke Harrington)
  • 2023 - Emily Patel: "Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane": Gender, Image, and Agency in Taylor Swift's Lyrics (Janice McCabe)
  • 2023 - Jackeline Rodriguez:"Negotiating their Intersectional Identities: Understanding identity formation and negotiation among the women of the Chicano Movement" (Sunmin Kim)
  • 2022 - Ray Crist: "#BlackLivesMatter:A Network Analysis." (Kimberly Rogers)
  • 2022 - Amanda Donald-Phillips: "Present in Discussion, Missing in Action: How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives Impact Black Women's Corporate Work Experience." (Emily Walton)
  • 2022 - Samuel Selleck: "Invited, but not Included? A Social Network Analysis of Race and Class in Greek Life" (Janice McCabe)
  • 2022 - Allison Tannenbaum: "Our Hearts and Our Souls Are Still There": Stigma and Incarcerated Pregnancy in North Carolina (Deborah King)
  • 2022 - Kelly Zeilman: "Resistance and Resignation: The Impact of Rural School Consolidation on Community in Vermont" (Emily Walton)
  • 2021 - Olivia Goodwin: "COVID-19 AND THE LGBTQ+ DARTMOUTH UNDERGRADUATE: How LGBTQ+ students use their social networks to cope with stressors during quarantine" (Janice McCabe)
  • 2021 - Janae Harris: "An Ongoing Wild West: An Analysis of Communal and Social Factors and Health in Wind River." (Emily Walton)
  • 2021 - Alayah Johnson-Jennings: "Coming Full Circle: The facilitators and barriers of Indigenous methods in academia" (Sunmin Kim)
  • 2020 - Gustavo De Almedia Silva: "Domestic Labor, Legislation, and Consolidation of Labor Safeguards in Brazil" (Kimberly Rogers)
  • 2020 - Samantha Hussey: "A System for All? An Examination of Social Hierarchy, Power and Identity Within Dartmouth's Greek Life" (Janice McCabe)
  • 2020 - Laura Lewin: "Identity Transformation Within An All-Female Rural Recovery Model" (Kimberly Rogers)
  • 2020 - Khymaya Perkins: "Wading the Waters of Reproductive Tyranny: Reconceptualizing Black Women's Contemporary Birth Control Decisions through the Lens of Reproductive Justice" (Deborah King)
  • 2020 - Kathryn Wood: "Won't You Be My Neighbor? An Examination of Neighborly Bonds and Wellbeing in Boston, MA" (Emily Walton)

2010 - 2019

  • 2019- Sarah Adelman: "Poor, Stressed, and Pregnant: Fundamental Cause and Birth Outcomes" (Emily Walton)
  • 2019 – Mark Griffith: "Work and Wages for Recent Caribbean-American Migrants" (Jason Houle)
  • 2017 - Oscar R. Cornejo Casares: "Freedom University and the Tyranny of Home: The Politics of Belonging in the Era of Modern Segregation" (Marc Dixon)
  • 2017 - Emma Hartswick: "'Because It Changes You': Why Young Adults Use Alcohol and How They Perceive Misuse Prevention Messages" (Emily Walton)
  • 2017 - Sera Sara Kwon: "Radical Solidarity vs. Racial Visibility: The Paradox of Asian ~ Black Coalition Dynamics" (Marc Dixon and Deborah King)
  • 2017 - Jennifer Jiwon Lee: "Who Speaks and Who Listens: An Examination of Gender Differences in Dartmouth Classrooms" (Janice McCabe)
  • 2017 - Estéfani Marin: "Creating Latinx Ethnic Identity: Forging Belonging and Community at Dartmouth College" (Janice McCabe)
  • 2016 - Nana Adjeiwaa-Manu: "Grieving for the Ungrievable:  Support Systems among Bereaved Ghanaians in the United States" (Marc Dixon)
  • 2016 - Samantha Cheng: "Examining Gender Through Mentor Perspectives in Collegiate and Entrepreneurial Environments" (Janice McCabe)
  • 2016 - Ledah Geller: "The Ivy League Hookup Culture: An Examination of the Female Undergraduate Perspective" (Kathryn Lively)
  • 2016 - Laura McCulloch: "A Sociological Examination of the United States Opioid Epidemic" (Jason Houle)
  • 2015 - Emmanuel Blankson:  "Black, African American, or None of the Above:  The Racial and Ethnic Identity Constructions of 1.5 and 2nd Generation Black Immigrants at Dartmouth College"
  • 2015 - Taylor Enoch-Stevens: "What Sister/Brother Am I Keeping?  Black Student Interaction and Community Building at Dartmouth College"
  • 2015 - Meghan Hassett: "Race, Class, and Perceptions of Rape:  A Study of How Dartmouth College Women Respond to Situations of Rape with Respect to Intersectionality"
  • 2015 - Crandalyn Jackson: "Protect the Vote:  A Comparative Study of Voter Identification Laws and Black Voter Turnout"
  • 2015 - Morgan Matthews: "A State House Divided:  Work-Family Conflict and Gender in a Citizen Legislature"
  • 2014 - Samantha Oh:  "Performing Identity: Urban Fashion in a Post-Apartheid South Africa"
  • 2014 - Chauna Pervis:  "Black Americans, Trust and Government Institutions"
  • 2013 - Danielle Jellerette: "Resumes, Cover Letters and Facebook Profiles:  A Study on the Use of Facebook in the Corporate Hiring Process"
  • 2013 - Emi-Lou Weed:  "Hookups, Romantic Relationships, and Companionate Love at Dartmouth"
  • 2013 - Duncan Hall:  "Social Norms and Organizational Policy:  Using a Three-Dimensional Stakeholder Analysis to Understand Fraternity Norms about Sexual Assault"
  • 2012 - Orli Kleiner: "Selling the Game: The Economic Sociology of Advertising in Baseball"
  • 2012 - Georgino Hyppolite: "More Black Ivy Leaguers, But There's a 'Kind'? Oppositional Culture Theory and Group Attachment of High-Achieving Black Students"
  • 2011 - Stephany Acosta: "Deciphering Dominican Dreams: Social Mobility Among Dominican Immigrant Professionals"
  • 2011 - Aryana S. Jacobs: "Race and Gender in Newspaper Coverage of Sexually Transmitted Diseases"
  • 2011 - Jaclyn K. Wypler: "The Future's in the Dirt: Local Food, Community and Embeddedness in Hardwick, Vermont"
  • 2010 - Nichole R. Davis:  "A Model for Public Schools:  An Analysis of Long Term Academic Enrichment Programs and How They Shape Black Students to Succeed in College"
  • 2010 - Ian W. Ferrell: "The Business of America is Business:  Corporate America's Reassertion of Political and Economic Power and the Divergent Responses of American Labor Unions"
  • 2010 - Jessica C. Guthrie: "How Do Black and White Biracial College Students Identify? Exploring the Influencing Factors in the Development and Changes in Racial Self-identification"
  • 2010 - Mary C. "Lina" Stepick - "Threat or Opportunity? Immigrant Workers and Building Trades Unions, the Case of Portland, Oregon"

2000-2009

  • 2009 - Rembert M. Browne, II:  "Upper-Class Black Identity and Social Distancing"
  • 2009 - Maria L. Castilla:  "Socioeconomic Status and Hispanic Identification in Part-Hispanic, Multiracial Adolescents:  A Microsociological Approach"
  • 2009 - Lisel A. Murdock:  "Human Capabilities:  Effects of Neighborhood Trust and Food Insecurity on Emotions"
  • 2009 - Tessa M. Winter:  "The Post-Election Violence and Social Networks of University Students in Nairobi, Kenya"
  • 2008 - Katherine L. Davis: "A Matter of Taste:  The State of Class in Burlington, Vermont, Through the City Market"
  • 2008 - Sara E. del Nido: "From Interests to Identities:  Mapuche Social Movement Organizations and Indigenous Autonomy in Chile"
  • 2008 - Sarah C. Herringer: "Organics in the Mainstream: The Creation of an Industry or Social Movement Success?"
  • 2007 - Eric Cruz: "Disparities in Adolescent Health - The Case of Adolescent Diabetes"
  • 2007 - Ashley Satterfield:  "Big Pimpin:  Black Masculinity and the Emergence of the Pimp in Popular Culture"
  • 2006 - Lindsay Longe: "An Examination of the Connection Between Charter School Mission Statements, Student Enrollments, and Educational Outcomes"
  • 2006 - Tiffany Davis: "Drop Me off in Harlem: An Analysis of the Changing Commercial Market in Gentrified Harlem"
  • 2006 - Kristina Emeghebo: "The Socialization of Individuals in Interracial Relationships"
  • 2006 - Mary Haile: "Identity Formation among Transracially Adopted Ethiopian Children"
  • 2006 - Scott Abramson: "Globalization and Christian Democracy in Italy and Germany"
  • 2006 - Rebecca Wehrly: "Constructing the Problem of Lead Poisoning: Competing Views in Manchester, N.H."
  • 2005 - Stella Treas: "The Relation of Social Networks and Transaction Costs to Executives' Employment Decisions"
  • 2005 - Victoria Lee: "At the Vanguard of Social Reform: The 1998 Student Movement in the Democratization of Indonesia"
  • 2004 - Jennifer D. Carlson: "Condoned or Condemned? The normalization of the death penalty in Huntsville, Texas"
  • 2004 - Alison C. Kelley: "A Young Heart with an Old Soul": How Incarcerated Juveniles Construct Age-Identity through Writing about Personal Relationships"
  • 2004 - Johanna R. Thomas: "Completing the Picture: Increasing the understanding of Black female and Latina juvenile violence"
  • 2004 - Arjun S. Ponnambalam: "Divergent Paths of Intrastate Conflicts: Resolution and Protraction in El Salvador and Colombia"
  • 2004 - Njoki E. Gatimu: "Two Nations, One Self: Identity Formation among Second-Generation Nigerian Adolescents in the New York City Area."
  • 2003 - Jennai Williams: "Plantation Misappropriation: Heritage Tourism and Historical Representations of Six St. Francisville Plantations"
  • 2003 - Lindsey G. Payson: "Ethno-tourism on Isla del Sol, Bolivia"
  • 2003 - Jillian L. Powers: "Stigma Management of a Deviant Occupation: A study of rural stripping"
  • 2003 - Claribel Vargas: "The Road to Medical School: An Exploration of the Undergraduate Experience of Underrepresented Minorities"
  • 2003 - Olufunmilola A. Adedokun: "American Psycho: The Social Construction of Mental Health Disorders in American News Media"
  • 2003 - Ross Landau: 'The Good of the Game'
  • 2003 - Amber Laws: "Fight the Power: An Analysis of Hip-Hop Culture and the Social Mobilization of African-American Youth"
  • 2003 - Jennifer Jaggi: "Managed Care and the Medical Profession: A study of the attitudes of Medical Students and Residents"
  • 2003 - Paola Peacock-Villada: "Bilingual Education in the United States: A study of its creation and demise in Massachusetts"
  • 2003 - Amanda Benjamin-Smith: "The Cream of the Crop: The Black Model Minority, Cultivating Class Through Educational Attainment"
  • 2002 - Christopher Allen: "In Harms Way: J.S. Mill and State Intervention in Liberty"
  • 2002 - Thea Ellis: "Black Bourgeoisie Revisited: A Contemporary Analysis of the Black Middle Class and the Black Press in he United States"
  • 2002 - Benjamin Gebre-Medhin: "The Development of Democracy in Eritrea: Nation, Revolution & Democratization"
  • 2002 - David A. Trouille: "The White Faces of Dartmouth College: A Study of Racial Identity among White Males"
  • 2002 - Maren Winnick: "Evaluating Patient Literacy: A Three Part Study of Health Literacy in the Health Care Environment"
  • 2001 - Randy P. Choiniere: "Crying over Spilt Milk?: Assessing the Plight of Small Dairy Farmers in the Northeast"
  • 2001 - Brianne Rideout: "Policing Racialized and Ethnic Space: Police Misconduct in an Urban Environment
  • 2001 - Christine M. Percheski: "Changing Career Aspirations: Trends among Women and Men of an Ivy League College from 1972-1999."
  • 2001 - Matthew T. Shaffer: "'You Know How We Roll:'" An Exploration of the Cultural Capital and Adolescent Networking Patterns Among African-American, Latino, and Caucasian Seniors at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois"
  • 2001 - Mona Jean-Baptiste: "Unveiling the Black Body: Meaning and Representations of the Black Woman's Body 1900-1930"
  • 2001 - Leah R. Threatte: "Rainbows on the Green: An Analysis of Gender and Achievement in the African American Community at Dartmouth"
  • 2000 - Sarah M. Blanton: "Black-White Biracial Identity Construction: The Structural, Social, and Personal Forces Affecting the Development of Racialized Sense of Self"

1990 - 1999

  • 1999 - Karen Yen: "Chinese-American Organization and Mobilization"
  • 1998 - Doug Heyman: "The Contemporary Black American Attitude toward Self-Segregation as a Reflection, Reaction and Resolution to the Social and Legislative Reality of the American Dream."
  • 1998 - Fuchsia Grey: "Controlling Their Bodie's Fate: An Exploratory Analysis of the Metamorphosis and Continuance of Female Circumcision in Egypt, Sudan and Kenya."
  • 1998 - Shaun Peet: "Behold a Pale Horse: The United States and the Impoverishment of the Teton Sioux of Pine Ridge."
  • 1998 - Erica Ryu: "The Aftermath: Collective Action and Solidarity in the Korean American Community after the LA Riots."
  • 1997 - Chen Yang: "Taiwan's Economic Development Past, Present, and Future: A case study and a test of development theories."
  • 1996 - Gerald E. Martin: "Waging a Christian War: The Flexibility of War Doctrine Within the Christian Church"
  • 1996 - Chandra E. Stanley: "Deconstructing the Myth of the Miracle: Did Chile's Privatization of Social Services Go Too Far? "
  • 1996 - Peter B. Evans: "A Better Chance: Dartmouth's Contribution to the Civil Rights Movement"
  • 1995 - Kimberly Barry: "Salvaging Tomorrow: Generation X and Recycling Behavior"
  • 1995 - Juliet Bouyea: "Black...Not Beautiful: The Commodification of Beauty and the African-American Woman"
  • 1995 - Nadia Bowers: "Volunteerism as a Means for Social Control on the Axes of Class and Gender"
  • 1995 - Gregory Heyman: "Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X: Consistency with American Political and Social Foundation"
  • 1995 - Kristi Kimball: "American Economic Decline and the Rise of Corporate Conservatism"
  • 1995 - Jennifer Sack: "The Ties That Once Bound: The Unraveling of the Black-Jewish Coalition in the United States"
  • 1995 - Jessica Segal: "The Social and Structural Forces That De-Stabilized Boston's Jewish Community"
  • 1995 - Moriah Shilton: "Irish Women: An Examination of the Interplay Between the Irish Constitution of 1937, the Irish Roman Catholic Church, and the Socio-Economic Conditions of the Time"
  • 1994 - Alicia L. Marti: "Anomie and Eating Disorders"
  • 1993 - Rebecca H. Meyercor: "Gender Equity in Teacher-Student Interactions, and Ethneographic Study"
  • 1992 Joy L.K. Dwyer: "Socialized to Abuse: When Violence in the Workplace Becomes Violence in the Home"
  • 1991 - Richard A. Aube, Jr.: "The National Rifle Association: A Preparation for Battle"
  • 1991 - Tara D. Blake: "The Holocaust in Context: Civilization at its Pinnacle and Abyss...."
  • 1991 - Trecia M. Canty: "The Quest for Social Equality: African-Americans in the Post-Civil Rights Period"
  • 1991 - Jennifer S. Clark: "Family Violence: Prevention, Intervention and Public Policy"
  • 1991 - Holly-Anne Coward: "Socio-linguistic Determinants of Social Class in Modern Britain"
  • 1991 - Debra C. VanWinkle: "Health Claims in Advertisements"
  • 1990 - Carol Ling: "To Be a Woman and a Physician: A Study of the Social and Structural Factors Influencing Women Physicians' Specialty and Subspecialty Choices"
  • 1990 - Rebecca L. Solberg: "Agricultural Marketing Relationships in a Political- Economic Context"