Undergraduate students at Washington University in St. Louis (Wash*) are encouraged to participate in research. These opportunities are organized through the Office of Undergraduate Research or through department-specific honors courses. This collection contains senior research papers or honors theses from across disciplines at WashU.
BSBA Honors in Management students: Please submit to the BSBA collection.
BFA students should submit to the BFA collection.
WGSS honors papers should be submitted to the WGSS Honors collection.
Theses from 2020
Black Delilahs: Black Female Sexuality and Resistance in Progressive Era New York City, Kayla J. Smith, American Culture 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.)
Theses from 2019
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.)
Toward Devices for Exploring PT-symmetry in Electronic Transport of Graphene, Michael Carovillano, Physics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Studies of Nucleation and Glass Formation in Metallic Liquids, Ryan Chang, Physics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
"Can I work with your group?" Assessing Preferences Among the Washington University in St. Louis Undergraduate Community Towards International Students in Classroom Group Formation, Marisa Ippolito, Aneesha Bandarpalle, and Hank Michalski, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
The Casualties of U.S. Grand Strategy: Korean Exclusion from the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Pacific Pact, Syrus Jin, History, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Ticket to Abide: The Role of Implicit Bias in Chicago Parking Ticket Distribution, Annelise Morgan and Ryan Farhat-Sabet, Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
The Effects of Oklahoma's Universal Preschool Policy on Long-Term Educational Outcomes for Students, Betsy Morgan and Madison Stoecker, Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
Real-time RFI Mitigation in Radio Astronomy, Emily Ramey, Nick Joslyn, Richard Prestage, Michael Lam, Luke Hawkins, Tim Blattner, and Mark Whitehead, Physics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
A War of Words: The Circulation and Interpretation of Taiping Depositions, Jordan Weinstock, History, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Investigating Supernova Remnant Kinetics using 1420 MHz HI Hyperfine Emission, Nathan Whitsett, Physics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Theses from 2018
Seeing Shadows: FBI Surveillance, Gender, and Black Women Activists, Kiara Sample, African and African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Theses from 2017
Comparisons of Intrinsic Motivation for Novel Stroke Rehabilitation Interventions for UE, Dorothy Kalmbach, Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Investigating Localization and Activity-Dependent Translation of Astrocyte mRNA, Rohan Khazanchi, Biology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
SuppFriends: Empowering Friends, Changing Culture, Allie Liss and Lily Grier, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Theses from 2016
Elements of the Mathematical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics, Keunjae Go, Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Conceiving of Contraception: St. Louis Women's Perspectives on Family Planning & Contraception, Priya Suri, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
One Step Forward, Twelve Steps Back: Examining Alcoholics Anonymous and its Neo-Colonial Implications for Men in Cuenca, Ecuador, Jason Tinero, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Theses from 2015
Black Culture: A Societal Problem, Quamesha Brown, Art (Sculpture), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Ghosts in the Garden: Cultural Critique through the Lens of the Absurd, Andrew T. Catanese, Art (Painting), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Investigating the Role of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in the Expansion of the F Element in Drosophila ananassae, Elizabeth J. Chen, Biology, Bachelor of Arts
Investigating the Role of Cholesterol During Murine Norovirus Infection, Emily Condiff, Biology, Bachelor of Arts
Word Muscles, Jimena O. Gracia, Art (Printmaking), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
The C-terminal Linker of FtsZ Acts as an Intrinsically Disordered Peptide during Cell Division in Bacillus subtilis, Steven Grigsby, Biology, Bachelor of Arts
Landmarks for Sleepwalkers, Isaac S. Howell, Art (Painting), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Imagining New Possibilities Through Social Practice, Sarah O. Hull, Art (Sculpture), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Cosmological Signatures of Massive Self-Interacting Neutrinos, Christina D. Kreisch, Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine, Olivier P. Doré, Francesc Ferrer, Mike Seiffert, and Kris Sigurdson, Physics, Bachelor of Arts
Pharmacology of Organic Cation Transporters: Focus on Structure-Function Relationships in OCT3 (SLC22A3), Dan C. Li, Biology, Bachelor of Arts
In-Betweeness On Stage, Qiyuan Liu, Art (Painting), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
The Girl Who Didn’t Know She Wasn’t Singing, REBECCA M. LOTHAN, Art (Printmaking), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
1. What is the relationship of the finite subject to the infinite ground? 2. How do we use where we segregate the subject from the ground to construct reality? 3. In what ways can we destabilize this constructed reality to highlight its inherent instability?, Calvin M. Miceli-Nelson, Art (Painting), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Ritual Embodiment: The Body Remembers Through Ritual, Ayesha Mohyuddin, Art (Sculpture), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Development of Molecular Markers for Non-Invasive Detection of Lung Inflammation, Neveda Murugesan, Biology, Bachelor of Science
The Final Frontier: Navigating from Material to Virtual, Alexandra Neuman, Art (Sculpture), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Unguided Tour, Catalina Ouyang, Art (Sculpture), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Pressing: Where the Objective Meets the Subjective, Mariana Parisca, Art (Printmaking), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Information Oscillation: The Permeable Boundary Between Infinity and One, Grace J. Park, Art (Sculpture), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Contemporary Family Portrait: The Hidden Uncomfortable Truth of Family Dynamics, Ji Won Park, Art (Painting), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Phylogenetically novel species are more successful due to high competitive ability at local and regional scales, Amy C. Patterson, Biology, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Untitled (Too real is this feeling of make-believe), Tucker Pierce, Art (Printmaking), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Syncing Umbanda and Science (SUS): Using Umbanda’s Holistic Healing Methods to Increase Access to Healthcare, Alex E. Rosenthal, Bachelor of Arts
The Disinheritance of Power, Jared Stein, Art (Sculpture), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Into the Fold: Deleuze, Desire, and Art, Madeline Wells, Art (Sculpture), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Theses from 2014
Experiments in Remix and Worldmaking, jesse firestone, Art (Photography), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
NMR Studies of Oil Shale, Erin Gauger, Physics
Chimaera, Charlotte E. Greenbaum, Art (Printmaking), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Implicit Prejudice and its Implications for how Communities should Respond to Racial Injustices, Harry Kainen, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Bachelor of Arts
Simus inter Exempla: Exempla and Innovation in Valerius Maximus, Seneca and Juvenal, Grace Kroner, Classics
Effects of temperature, antibody attachment methods, and antibody affinity on the oxidative signal of an Aβ micro-immunoelectrode, Hyo Lee, Biology, Bachelor of Arts