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
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
Empowering families: the role of labor unions in advancing paid family leave policy, Madison Goza
Analyzing trends in ground-level ozone, Keily Hart
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
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
Synthesis and characterization of colorimetric and flurometric chemosensor for trivalent metal Ions, Fazila Haque
Examining the pH switch of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase mutant A4V, Ty Jungman
Mind the gap: revealing the association between depression, marijuana use, and mental health care utilization, Zachary Kobs
Investigating the absence of a dietary response at the neuromuscular junction in larval Drosophila melanogaster, Suzanna Marbach
How Organizations Approach Corporate Social Responsibility: Lessons from the Best and Worst, Diego Mullin
Overexpression of SOX18 increased cell proliferation, migration and colony formation in pediatric sarcomas, Jack Ojile
The power of female: the representation of female composers through a senior flute recital, Savannah Palmer