The Pell Scholars Honors Program was created to serve as an interdisciplinary honors program that focuses on international relations and public policy. It was created to honor the life and work of former United States Senator Claiborne Pell (RI-D, Ret.).
A senior thesis is required in many of the university's disciplines. All senoir theses are gathered here.
Submissions from 2012
A Postmodern Sense of Nostalgia: Demonstrating Through a Textual Analysis of Twin Peaks How Cult Membership Can Be Inculcated., Nicholas G. Albanese
A Failing Correctional System: State Prison Overcrowding in the United States, Susan M. Campers
Juvenile Delinquency: An Investigation of Risk Factors and Solutions., Lauren Cardoso
How Blacks became Blue: The 1936 African American Voting Shift From the Party of Lincoln to the New Deal Coalition, Daphney Daniel
Reading Between the Lines of Slavery: Examining New England Runaway Ads for Evidence of an Afro-Yankee Culture, Lauren Landi
Mind the Gap: An Analysis of the Function of Love in the Works of Tom Stoppard and C.S. Lewis., Jacqueline C. Lawler
Darkness in the City of Light: The Great Roundup of 1942 & France’s Role in the Shoah., Benjamin T.C. Mead
Homelessness: Causes, Culture and Community Development as a Solution, Kaitlin Philipps
Twitter Technology Trampling Fashion Designs: The Effects of Twitter on the Fashion Industry., Margaret K. Reder
Development and Evaluation of a Mouse Neocortical Cells Neurodevelopment Assay to Assess the Effects of Pyrethroids, Stephanie I. Savino
Is Local Food in Your Future?: An Analysis of the Viability of the Local Food Movement, Jennifer A. Sliney
Chicago: A Movie Musical Mockery of the Media's Razzle Dazzle Image of Murder., Emily Sulock
Submissions from 2011
The Benefits of Fostering Reciprocal Relationships between Children with Autism and their Typically Developing Peers, Chelsea Bourn
Teaching Social Justice through the Lens of Multicultural Education, Alana Cimillo
The Canterbury Tales: Chaucer's Respectful Critique of Church Officials and Their Abuse of Power, Lauren Day
The Electrochemical Detection of Interleukin-8, Cancer Biomarker, Based on a Gold Nanoparticle Platform and its Political Implications, Jaimee Doucette
Melville and Women in Specific Relation to "Bartleby, the Scrivener", Kaitlin Eckert
The Implications of Male Circumcision on HIV Transmission, AliciaMarie Hurlburt
Green Decarbonylation of Aldehydes using Palladium (II) Acetate, Jessica Konopka
Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking: An Overlooked Issue, Michelle Kuhl
The Effect of Franco in the Basque Nation, Kalyna Macko
Executions in America: How Constitutional Interpretation Has Restricted Capital Punishment, Andrea Paone
An Exploration of Pharmacognosy and its Potential in the Multi-Faceted Solution Required to Address HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, Alexandra Sassi
Submissions from 2010
The State in Disarray: US Oversight of Private Security Contractors, Rebecca A. Bernard
The Development of a Comprehensive Mechanism for Intracellular Calcium Oscillations: A Theoretical Approach and an Experimental Validation, Amanda A. Borges, Deanna Salter, Sandor Kadar, and Steven B. Symington
Screening Culture: Is Western Media to Blame for “Tainting” Traditional Third World Values?, Angelina M. Campbell
France as a Negative Influence on the Côte d’Ivoire: The Consequences of Foreign Interference, Courtney P. Conroy
Progressivism and the Executive Branch: Woodrow Wilson's Expansion of Presidential Power, Christopher F. Fisher
"Lord of the Flies": The Educational Value of Golding's Text, Erin M. Frank
Meaningful Meaninglessness: Albert Camus' Presentation of Absurdism as a Foundation for Goodness, Maria K. Genovese
"Persona Non Grata" A Tragicomic One-Act, Maria K. Genovese
"Clad in Their Country Gray": Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Morgan E. Glossbrenner
The Conflicts of Secularization and Islam in Turkey, Emily Jones
Shrouded Sins: An Exploration of Child Sex Trafficking in South Africa, Jennifer L. Kennedy
Differential Damages Sustained from Hurricane Ike on Varying Growth Forms of Coral at Distinct Locations off the Coast of South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, Caitlyn A. Kenny
Now Was Then, Then Is Now: The Paradoxical World of Fahrenheit 451, Michael R. LaBrie
Norman Morrison Isham: Newport Restoration Foreshadows Modern Preservation, Alyssa Lozupone
Legal, Moral and Biological Implications of Poaching and Illegal Animal Trafficking on an International Scale, Meghan A. Pastor
Questioning Objectivity in Mainstream Broadcast Journalism: The Value of Subjectivity on "The View", Monika K. Raczkowski
Junior Mints and Their Bigger Than Bite-Size Role in Complicating Product Placement Assumptions, Stephanie Savage
Is Media Coverage of Steroids On The Verge Of Striking Out Baseball Stars?, Nicholas L. Silvestri
Leading Ladies?: Feminism and the Hollywood New Wave, Allison A. Smith
Submissions from 2009
Rhode Island's Greatest Natural Tragedy, Stephanie N. Blaine
The Injustice Of Justice: The Pursuit of a Harmonious, Just, and Merciful World, Robert W. Boyle
Unity, Charity, and Fraternity: Father Michael McGivney and the Knights of Columbus, Kathleen A. Bruno
Preventing the Next Enron, John Y. Cannaverde
Hugo Chavez: Socialism and Dictatorship, Kathryn E. Corridan
The Sick Man’s Last Fight: The Role of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War, Henry A. Crouse
Terra Nullius: The Aborigines in Australia, Ashley M. Foley
The Legal See-Saw: The Rights of the Sex Offender v. The Perception of a Safe Community, Brittany E. Kane
The Legacy of Race Based Slavery in the United States, Jennifer Maloney
Italy: The Case for Division, Sara Jane Micali
Flying the Pirate Flag: Understanding the Fight Against and Prevalence of the Internet Gift Economy, Zachary G. O'Leary
Cosmopolitan Contract: Kaitiakitanga and Multicultural Conservation Ethics, Cezanne Perez
Madrassa Education in Pakistan: Assisting the Taliban’s Resurgence, Nicole M. Warren
Submissions from 2008
Teaching Happiness: The Role of Positive Psychology in the Classroom, Jennifer M. Gilpin
The Changing Role of Women in Spain, Julie LaConte
Understanding Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Benefits of Thematic Center-Based Instruction, Santia Mazzaferro
Sobriety Checkpoints: The Case for Implementation in Rhode Island, Scott Naso
The Injustices Inflicted on Nonviolent Offenders in the U.S. Correctional System, Carly B. Ouellette
Fixing Foster Care: How Can We Best Support Foster Parents?, Erica S. Pistorino
The Mercury Connection: Autism and Childhood Vaccines, Sarah Rossi
The Emerging Role of DNA Analysis in the Criminal Justice System, Sandra Sherman
AlcoholEDU: Does It Work?, Jennifer Sousa
Submissions from 2007
A Study of Personality and Student Involvement on the College Campus, Kera Bisson
Structural Adjustment Programs and the Delivery of Health Care in the Third World, Bianca Brunelli
Chaos Theory and Military Applications, Judith Crane
Investigation of Safe-Level Testing for Beta-lactam, Sulfonamide, and Tetracycline Residues in Commingled Bovine Milk, Richelle R. Goulette
The Greatest Advancement Since the Shovel: Remote Sensing on Three Historical Case Studies, Ian B. Kerr
Writers of the Harlem Renaissance at Odds: Wright and Hurston's Different Approaches , Sarah L. Labbe
Electrochemical Detection of Prostate Carcinoma Biomakers Using Nanotechnology, Kathryn Leonard
The Impact of Standardized Testing on Student Performance in the United States, Stephanie Linden
Language Shift: Spanish in the United States, Alison Philbrick
Rural Schools and Academic Achievement, Elissa M. Slason
Investigating the Worldwide Popularity of Forensics, Heather Stankiewicz
When Educational Technology Meets New Pedagogical Methods, Stephanee Synnott
Submissions from 2006
I Am: Identity, Maturation, and the Ideal Woman in Bronte’s Villette, Malissa Brennan
Stopping Racism Through Art, Courtney Cowsill
The Life of Simon Wiesenthal as Told by the New York Times, Mary Cate Kelleher
The Impact of the European Union on Spain, Christine Ryan
Submissions from 2005
Americanizing the American Woman: Symbols of Nationalism in the LADIES HOME JOURNAL, 1890-1900, Kaitlyn Kayer
Driver’s Licenses and Illegal Immigration: Issues of Controversy, Catherine M. Marshall
Guest Worker Programs: Problem or Solution?, Erin McKenna
Out of Sync: How Japanese International Students and American Students Misread Each Other, Jennifer Sousa