College Honors Program
The College Honors Program brings together academically accomplished and highly motivated students to pursue multidisciplinary studies in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. This highly selective and challenging program is composed of sophomores, juniors, and seniors from any major, and incorporates special seminars, an honors colloquium and a thesis.
The College Honors Program, established in 1962, is one of the oldest programs providing distinctive educational opportunities at Holy Cross culminating in the senior honors thesis, and the intellectual excitement of a multidisciplinary classroom, where students from all majors address significant matters with faculty who are experts in integrative teaching and scholarship.
Theses from 1988
Spectoscopic Analysis of the Oxidation and Reoxidation of the Type 1 Copper Site in Type 2 Depleted Rhus Vernicefera Laccase, Roberto Antonacci
Decision Making in the United States Government and the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb in 1945, Gregg M. Audet
The Evolution of Binary Star Systems, Brian Barnsley
Narrative Form In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight, Thomas Butler
The isolation of the bicyclo[3.1.1]heptenyl cation., Timothy P. Byrne
Physicians in Nineteenth-Century American Literature: A Lens for the Past, Present, and Future, Mary Elizabeth Callie
William Graham Sumner: Social|Political Philosophy, Historical Rehabilitation, Enduring Legacy, Sean Michael Cosgrove
The Role of Religiosity in Male Role Attitudes: Assessing Strain and Stress, Rita Marie Desnoyers
Perceptions and Realities of United States Policy in the Republic of South Africa - Constructive Engagement to Constructive Confrontation-, Michele Grace Dorsey
A Place Like Cuttyhunk, Kate A. Frame
The U.S. Trade Deficit: Theory, Causes And Policy, Steven M. Gandt
The Relationship Between Society, Aging and the Elderly: Modern America's Approach, Daniel O. Gilligan
Caribbean Tourism: The Keys to Success, Joseph Issa
AsSOrTed iMaGEs: The Socio-Psychology of Being Punk, Carla Iudica
The Synthesis of 2,6-Dimethyl Phenyl, 2-Amino-3-[4-Hydroxyphenyl] Propanoate, Daniel P. Judge
Refiguring Tradition in Wordswoth's Prelude by Reading in a Certain Way, Neal Keye
The Gift of Gab: Epideictic Oratory and the Boston Irish (1844-1853), Rosemary E. Mahoney
Norman Mailer and the Novel-as-History: The Prophetic Ego of the Sixties, Thomas F. McCurrie
French Literary Humanism: 1900-1950, Robert J. Meledandri, Jr.
Laser Induced Fluorescence of Uranyl Solutions, Donna M. Russell
1969-1970: The Year that Was, Maureen M. Schouman
Modeling of Acoustic Communication in Animals, Eric Joseph Schuck
Escalation in Medical Care Costs -- A Demand and Supply Model, Michael E. Vermette
The Conflict Between Different Models of The Catholic Church in Latin America, Thomas Timothy Vogel, Jr.
Escalation in Medical Care Costs -- A Demand and Supply Model, Jennifer Zaiser
Theses from 1987
The Big Apple: An Exploration of Gender Roles in Creation/Fall Mythology, Robert Bowen
Group Influence on the Urban Renewal Policies of Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, Kenneth Brodzinski
Conversion and Faith: The Experiece of God in Daily Life, Frederick G. Bunsa
The Intramolecular Effects on the Fluorescence Properties of the Sl Excited State of Substituted Acridines, Mary A. Callery
Great White Shark Tank Design, Nicholas B. Carter
Can a Written Bill of Rights Be an Integral Part of a Solution for Northern Ireland?, Maura Donlan
Pulling Yourself Up By The Bootstrap: An Innovative Statistical Procedure, Ruth M. Eberle
The Classical Tradition at the Federal Convention of 1787: Spotlight on James Wilson of Pennsylvania and George Mason of Virginia, Catherine B. Flanagan
Northern Ireland: A Cycle of Economic Disparity and Political Conflict, Thomas J. Flynn
Frequency Modulation Synthesis on the Yamaha DX-7 Synthesizer, Robert R. Geier
Moral and Character Development at the College of the Holy Cross, George Giuliani
The Search for Godot: An Understanding of Identity in the Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett, David M. Goodman
A Placement of Scientific Meaning, Christopher J. Kelly
Finite Element Solution of the Schrödinger Equation for the Hydrogen Atom, J. Mathieu Massicotte
Adolescent Suicide: An Analysis of Adolescent Visits to an Emergency Mental Health Setting, Lori Ann Nicoletti
How Sex Role Orientations are a Factor in Ideal Target Persons' Ratings, Patricia A. Oliver
Swedish Immigrants and their Churches in Worcester, Massachusetts - 1850-1930, Per Osterberg
The Effect of Acid Precipitation on the Growth Rate of a Protozoan, Euglena gracilis, Thomas Francis Panichella
Child Maltreatment and the Caregiver-Child Relationship, Terri Elizabeth Papscoe
Flash Photolysis Studies of Electron Deficient Molybdenum d4 Compounds, Christopher H. Peters
Amino Acids in synthetic nectar: feeding preferences of the fleshfly Sarcophaga bullata, Charles Potter
Computer Security, Internal Controls and Security Systems, Lawrence Prybylski
Social Support and Coping Behavior Among Premedical Students, Carol Jeanne Richardson
Uniqueness of the Reaction Between Cd+2 and P-tosyl-aminoquinoline When Bound to Silica Gel, Gabrielle Marie Sabini
Prophecy and the Interplay Between the Self and Tradition in the poetry of Chaim Bialik and William Wordsworth, Angela Marie Scolforo
Theses from 1985
The Elimination of Interferences in Fluorescence Procedures Via Immobilization Techniques, Suszanne M. Amabile
The Management of College Endowment Funds, Norman P. Boucher
The Internal Economic Effects of Brazil's External Debt, Sara E. Burns
Structural Diversification in the Variable Region of the Heavy Chain of Anti-Azophenylarsonate CRIA+ Antibodies, Joanne Marie Carella
Women and Crime, Mary Cataudolla
Inhibition of Communication Between Mammalian Fibroblasts by Ouabain. Possible Role of Calcium as Mediator of Ouabain Action., Coryn B. Clark
Le Couvent et la société française au XVIII° siècle: Une analyse de La Religieuse de Denis Diderot, Julie F. Donovan
Tennessee vs. John T. Scopes: History as a Pseudo-Event, Martin Manning Fantozzi
Immobilized Cyclodextrin Enhanced Luminescence Spectroscopy, Laurel Anne Gilhooly
A Philosophical Investigation into the Significance of History: The Search for Meaning and the Judaic Example, Peter S. Gottschalk
Laser Excited Fluoresence and Energy Level Scheme of Pr3+:LaF3, Mary M. Hagerott
The Construction of Plasmid Vectors for the Expression of Drosophila src and Viral src Under Heat Shock Conditions, Robin R. Ingalls
The Completion of the Synthesis of l-Substituted-3-[N-Phenyl-N-(2-Indanyl)Aminomethyl] Piperidines for Use as Local Anesthetics, Dennis E. Johnson
William Carlos Williams: Development of an American Poetic, Margot Anne Kelley
The Effect of Aldosterone on Metabolic Cooperation in Kidney-derived Mammalian Cells, David M. McDowell
The Role of Advertising in the Early Development of the Automobile Industry, Andrew J. O'Brien
A Stroke Towards Excellence, James Owens
Two Different Approaches for Enhancing Metal Ion Detection via Immobilized Fluorogenic Ligands, Claudia Linda Poglitsch
A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Polymer and Polymer Blend Dynamics, John Anthony Porco, Jr.
A Defense of a Monetarist Interpretation of the Great Depression, Mark W. Powers
Depth Profiling Hydrogen Using a He Beam By the Elastic Recoil Detection Method, Kenneth Preston
Marital Dissolution: The Economics of Divorce, Kimberly A. Rozak
Within Reach: Poetry and Short Stories, Joanne Sadowski
Theses from 1984
FDR and the Public Utility Holding Companies: A Departure in American Political Tradition, Brian A. Berube
Barbara McClintock's Middle Path: Between Inductivism and Eurekaism in Science, Jean Campaiola
The Assumption of Specific Concepts from the Still Lives of Henri Matisse, Mary T. Cummings
Assessing the Vividness of Visual Images: What are you thinking of?, Dale Anne Dooley
The Irish and the Riot of New York in 1863: A Case of Racism and Retribution, Michael Joseph Downing
An Examination of the Effects of Various Nucleotides on Human Eyrthrocyte Membranes Using the Fluorescent Probe Merocyanine 540, Kevin J. Gaffney
A Man Young and Old: The Cuchulian Cycle of William Butler Yeats, Raymond H. Greene
An Historiographic Approach to the Issue of Stability in Industrializing Britain: Were the Workers Class Conscious?, Paul Gerard Igoe
Numerical Analysis of Titration Curves of Acid Precipitation Using Computer Graphics, Gerard R. Lane, Jr.
The Effect of Plasmid pKM101 on the Induction of Genetic Duplications by Ultraviolet Light in Salmonella typhimrium, James F. Linnane, Jr.
Synthesis of Substituted-4-(2-Piperidyl) Butyro 2',6'-Xylidides for Evaluation as Potential Antiarrhythmic Agents., Cheryl A. Martin
The Ladies Land League and the Parnell Sisters, Susan M. O'Hagan
Coeducation at Holy Cross: An Historical Perspective, Adrienne E. Quinn
The Perception of Women in T.S. Elliot's Early Poetry 1905-1918, Lisa M. Ropple
Conformational Studies of Lidocane Analogues, Charles Edward Stankard
Phenotypic Conversions in Cultured Mammalian Fibroblasts, M. Patricia Tranter
Theses from 1982
Studies on Long Chain Fatty Acyl-Coenzyme A Ligase from Rat Liver Mitochondria, Timothy J. Babineau
Children's Perceptions of the Importance of Social Skills in Peer Acceptance: A Developmental Perspective, Marie Kathryn Baker
Money Market Funds: Risk and Return, Karen A. Bauer
Steroid receptors in the ovarian follicles of the turtle, Chrysemys picta, Terry Bushe
Synthesis and Characterization of an Immobilized Fluorescent Ligand for the Detection of Al (III), Gerard Doherty
The Longest Second: Essays and Short Stories, Michael J. Hallisey
A Psychological Approach to Cancer Care in the Hospital Setting, Michael G. Hoy
Effects of Retinoic Acid on Communication Between Cultured Mammalian Cells, Elizabeth M. Keane
Stolypin and Russia's Attempt at a Peaceful Revolution, Daniel J. Kelly
The Influence of Journalsim, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, and Cezanne's Painting on Ernest Hemingway's Development as Artist and Author During His Years in Paris, Patricia A. Lynn