Theses from 2026
Discovery of Novel Piperazate-Containing Bioactive Molecules and Analysis of Underlying Biosynthetic Mechanisms, Bonnie E. Chadwick, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Theses from 2025
Black Sonicism: Cultural Maintenance and Evolution through New Orleans Bounce Music, Leandrea L. Clay, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Chinese Students, Jim Crow Schools: Navigating Education in a Black-and-White Society, Amanda Young, History, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Experimental Evaluation of Resource Allocation to Organelles in Eukaryotic Cells, Ronan Hanley, Physics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
In Search of Extreme Extragalactic Energy: A catalog of TeV-emitting BL Lac candidates from eROSITA and WISE, Cassidy M. Metzger, Manel Errando, and Andrea Gokus, Physics, Bachelor of Science
Sown in Soil: Black Mississippi Landowners, Heirs Property, and New South Neoliberalism, Jermicah Lott, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Theses from 2024
A Framework for Building Strong School Culture: A Case Study on the Transformative Impacts of Ethics Education on High School Students, Peter Cohen, Education, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Anticipated Belonging in College: An Intervention to Increase College Access, Danika Strayhorn, Education, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
IMAGINATION, PERFORMANCE, EXPRESSION: UNRAVELING GLOBAL PAKISTANI IDENTITY, Omaer Naeem, International and Area Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Rejection, Creation, and Abolitionist Futures: Sustaining Ecosystems of Care Under Neoliberal Violence 1980-present, Maya Phelps, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Role of Integrase-PP2A Interaction in Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type-1 Replication and Pathogenesis, Shayna Turbin, Biology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Theses from 2023
Birthing reimagined: Perceptions of safety and autonomy in birth experiences among postpartum individuals during COVID-19, Beldina Orinda, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
"I'm Fat as Fuck:" Fat Black Women's Self-Perception and Modes of Resistance, Savannah Henderson, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
"I'm Scared to Come Out of My Shell": Contraceptive Care for Migrants in St. Louis, Julie Deleger, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Resistance/Refusal of Violence in the Neoliberal City: Black LGBTQ+ Communities in Chicago and New York (1989 – present), Marc Ridgell, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Rethinking the "Unusual Type": Black Queer Women and the Spatial Politics of Belonging in Twentieth Century America, Olivia N. Kerr, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Sampling in Hip-Hop - Creative Genius or a Total Flop: The Aesthetics’ Preservation and Continuity of a Black Musical Tradition, Jennifer Olabode, Music, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
The Distribution of Tone in Shanghainese Monosyllables: An Optimality Theory Approach, Jamie Xu, Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
The Juris Master: A Proposal for Reducing Excessive Public Defender Caseloads, Blake Comeaux, Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
The Quantitative Microanalysis Explorer: Introducing web-based visualization for optical, electron, and quantitative x-ray maps for studying lunar samples, Angelina Minocha, Physics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
The Would-Chuck Construction, Grace Teuscher, Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Theses from 2022
Alimentary Politics and Algorithms: The Spread of Information about “Healthy” Eating and Diet on TikTok, Sara Pierce, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Dataset Evaluation for Data Trading Using Expected Loss and Homomorphic Encryption, Minsung Joo, Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Expanding the Archive: Validating Collective Memory and Film to Understand the Partition of India, Ayush Halder, History, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
"Nothing but the Son of a Black Woman": Anti-Blackness, Gender Dynamics, and Muslim Communities of Memphis, Zari Muhammad, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Omega-3 and Omega-6 Rebalancing in Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic-Food (RUTF) for the Treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 8-24 Months in Pujehun, Sierra Leone: An analysis of the differences in acceptability between a Docosahexaenoic acid-fortified standard RUTF, a Docosahexaenoic acid-fortified oat-based RUTF, and a standard RUTF, Max Zalta, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Speechless: Understanding the Manufacture of Omission in an Effort Toward a More Responsible Ethnography, sophie goldstein, Anthropology, Bachelor of Science
“That’s what hospice is supposed to do”: How U.S. hospice care staff bridge philosophy and institutions, Morgan Alexa Leff, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Understanding Chinese Public Opinion on Foreign Aid, Hanxiong Yan, Political Science, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Theses from 2021
Allure of the Supernatural: South Korean Realities and the French Interest in The Private Lives of Plants and The Vegetarian [L’Attrait du surnaturel : les réalités sud-coréennes et l’intérêt des Français pour La Vie rêvée des plantes et La Végétarienne], Adelaide Choi, Romance Languages and Literatures, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
A Phonological Analysis of the Word-Borrowing Process in Volapük, Yutong Zhang, Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
A Vanguard at the Intersections: Black Girls and the Black Panther Party's Oakland Community School, Logan Phillips, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Development of a Diamond Defect Quantum Sensing Platform for Probing Novel Quantum Magnetic Phases, Jeffrey Ahlers, Physics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Explanatory Necropolitics: Physicians’ Perspectives on Compliance, Culture, and Competence in the Management of Chronic Disease, Rithvik Ramesh, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Individuality and Autochthony in Kenya's Coastal Landscape, Julia Stewart, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Land Consolidation and Registration in Kenya: Landlessness and Threats to Nation Building, Ellen Bresnick, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Mineralogy of Aeolian Deposits in Gale Crater, Mars: The Bagnold Dunes to Glen Torridon, Eleanor Moreland, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Picky Eating in Children: Associations with IQ and Executive Functioning, Ara Nazmiyal, Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Radical Support: Understanding Doula Work as Resistance to Routinized Violence, Arianna Parkhideh, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
The St. Louis Legacy: Understanding Racial Disparities in Health and the Disproportionate Impact of Covid-19 on Black Americans, Helen Stephens, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
"Yeah I'm Still That Bitch, but Now I'm Feelin' Like the Man": How Black Women Rappers Queer Masculinity in Hip Hop, Efua Osei, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Theses from 2020
A Generative Approach to Oscan Syntax: Towards an Analysis of the Conditional Construction, Jennifer McLish, Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Black Delilahs: Black Female Sexuality and Resistance in Progressive Era New York City, Kayla J. Smith, American Culture Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Bolstering Hyde’s Basic French Conversations I & II as a Resource for Missouri French Dialect Learning, Henry Greenstein, Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Conceiving Freedom: An Analysis of Black Motherhood in Twentieth Century American Black Women's Novels, Amanda Everett, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
“the Depth Within:” Black Women, Creative Media & the Aesthetics of Interiority, Taylor Smith, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Posters/Abstracts from 2019
Authoritarian Parenting Predicts Callous-Unemotional Behaviors in Preschoolers, Ara Nazmiyal and Alli Hollender, Psychology
A War of Words: The Circulation and Interpretation of Taiping Depositions, Jordan Weinstock, History, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
In a Child's Place: Centering Black Girlhood in Black Feminisms through the Bildungsroman, Taylor L. Bailey, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Investigating Supernova Remnant Kinetics using 1420 MHz HI Hyperfine Emission, Nathan Whitsett, Physics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)