2010 Senior Honors Projects

University Scholars’ senior honors projects represent advanced work in their individual majors and engage in reflections on their faith and learning. These are the projects of the 2010 University Scholars.

Lisa Anderberg — Re-defining Development: Balancing Local and Global in the Twenty-first Century

Aileen Austin — L’Independence: La Paix en Algerie ou l’Oppression Linguistique? The Evolution of French in Algeria

Alex D. Binz — An Exceptions-Clause Hermeneutic for the Doctrine of Judicial Review

Jason Boucher — Design of an Appropriate Remote Energy Use Monitoring System for Seattle Pacific University

Melissa Anne Brittain — Framed: An Historical Examination of the Display of Art

Brice Budke — More than Self-Interest: Strong Reciprocity and Its Implications for Viral Marketing

Amy Cannon — Characteristics of Effective Spanish immersion Programs in Seattle Public Schools

Michael J. Chadwick — In All Things Nowhere: Dying Into Childhood in Li-Young Lee’s Behind My Eyes

Aristides Diamant — Localization of Zinc in the Immunocytes of the Pond Snail, Lymnaea stagnalis

Thomas Disher — Encountering a Kitsune in Swirling Snow

Kendra Dye — The Global AIDS Pandemic and the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission

Zeek EarlFour Wheels Richer: A Feature-Length Screenplay

Ruth Eitemiller – Stage Management Handbook: A Guide to Procedures at SPU and Beyond

John Farris — How Can Acupuncture Best Supplement Manual Physical Therapy When Treating Osteoarthritis of the Knee?

Rick Gagliano — The American Occupation of Iraq

Jennifer Gist — Because The Bible Tells Me So: An Analysis of Conservative Christians’ Attitudes Toward Gender

Heather Hamilton — Biafra Reborn: Relational Narratives Replace Violence in Chamamanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun

Steve HamiltonPosthuman: A Graphic Novel by Steve Hamilton

Andrew Hays — El Agua es Nuestra, Carajo!: Common-Pool Resource Management and the Cochabamba Water War

Emily Hazelton — Empowerment Through Information and Communication Technology: A Study of Rural India and China

Christina Jaccard — A Justification for Expanded Legal Privacy Protection

Rachel Kincade — Aesthetic Preference in Visual Art: Exploring Neurobiological and Psychological Causation

Jessica Kuennen — Post-Conflict Political Transformation of Rebel Groups: The Cases of Angola and Mozanbique

Avery Matro — Constitutio Antoniniana: Universal Citizenship, Further Fragmentation

Alex McCauley — Too Many Drowned Bodies in Too Many Books: Dislocation and Circularity in Darwin

Megan Mulder — The Romantics’ Castles: Homes for Fairytales become Houses of Corruption

Benjamin P. Olsen — The Science of Love according to Jean-Luc Marion’s The Erotic Phenomenon

Annie Sleight — Seeking Cross-Cultural Understanding through Stories: A High School English Curriculum

David Gerhard Steinke — The Corporation and Society: Developing a Reporting Framework for Corporate Community Development

Kathleen Talbot — Non-traditional Agricultural Export Expansion in Guatemala’s Highlands: Assessment of Development Potential and the Justice of Trade

Brandon James Teng — Health Outcomes Vary by Insurance Type in the American Diabetes Population

Laura Rose VelasquezLa Madrastra: A Cinderella Story

Cami Wendlandt — Water-use Efficiency and the Structure of Ipomopsis Hybrid Zones

Christine Wilson — Evaluation Fair Trade Coffee: Hippy Chic Ideology Versus Practical Reality