The Honors program serves a diverse community of students who have proven themselves especially talented, skilled and successful in their academic careers. Our mission is to attract such students to St. Mary’s University and to provide them with a challenging and rewarding program—a program which complements their professional development with courses in the Catholic intellectual and liberal arts traditions, encourages them to engage critically in the self-conscious formation of their worldview, and prepares them to succeed after graduation to make a positive difference in the world.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
The Role of Media Literacy in Understanding Ideological Bias in News Coverage of Texas AG Ken Paxton's Lawsuit Against Annunciation House, Sybonae Acosta Castillo
Exploring the relationship between cold medicine abuse and recreational drug use., Luis Barco
Objective.gg: uniting scholastic Esports, Martin Beirne
Security, stability, or both? Peru's complexities in detaining German Peruvians, Brissa Campos Toscano
The United States Supreme Court’s Interpretation of the “Establishment Clause” and How It Has Impacted Texas Politics Today, Rebecca H. Castro
The effect of supranational organizations on investment project success, Isaiah Chavez
Milton Holland: An enslaved Texan who earned the nation's highest military honor, Patrick Coan
Head for feminism, body for fashion: fashion and feminism, Madeline Emke
Clinical Utility of OpenCap Motion Analysis in Lower Limb Prosthesis Users, Sarahi Fernandez Leon
Study of the Brain Anatomy of Three Extinct Marsupials: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Thylacoleo carnifex, and Silvabestius johnnilandi, Francisco Garcia
Empowering families: the role of labor unions in advancing paid family leave policy, Madison Goza
Analyzing trends in ground-level ozone, Keily Hart
The Role and Therapeutic Possibilities of PELP1 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Cells, Marian Hernandez Fernandez
D101N: A Unique and Ill-understood Familial ALS-related SOD1 Mutant, Analisa Lott
An analysis of the effects of soft power on the risk of foreign direct investment projects, Kelly Montemayor
An exploration of horror in Franz Kafka’s "The Metamorphosis", Christa M. Neumann
An Exploration of Telemedicine Application Service Quality and its Relevance with Patient Satisfaction, Victoria Olguin
Famous Last Words: A Study of Faith in Texas Death Row Inmates, Mariah Podwika
Through the lens of trauma: analyzing narrative voice in 'The Handmaid's Tale'", Bianca Ramos
Government Corruption in the Northern Triangle of Central America as a Major Factor in the Immigration Crisis in the United States, Kenia Rodriguez
Sister City International project exchange: providing resources for migrants, Claire Saldaña
Applications of Survival Estimation Under Stochastic Order to Cancer: The Three Sample Problem, Sage Vantine
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Mental health and physical activity motivation during COVID-19, Cian Foley