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 senior theses are gathered here.

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Submissions from 2024

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Eco-Illusions: Unveiling Greenwashing Techniques on Corporate Social Media, Madeline B. Davis

Submissions from 2023

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Female Lawyers Don’t Need Pity; They Need a Paycheck, Meagan S. Bilodeau

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Exposing ENDO: Labor Abuse and Exploitation on Contractual Workers in the Philippines, Olivia M. Fisher

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When Scrolling Turns into Shopping: How Influencers Advertise to Consumers on TikTok, Amanda E. Graves

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The Negative Impacts of Border Patrol On The Mental Health of Migrants, Breyana M. Newton

Submissions from 2022

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Girl-Next-Door to Girlboss: Taylor Swift’s Online Evolution from Puerile Pop Star to Poignant Political Influence, Clare G. Daly

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Climate Without Context: Why Climate Change Journalism is Losing its Effect, Amanda L. Valentine

Submissions from 2021

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Blue Jay Call Profile in Disparate Environments, Daniel A. Gesualdi

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"Living in the After": Examining How "Grey's Anatomy" Portrays Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Emily A. Grant

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Maria Cosway, Grand Manner Portraits, and Myth in Eighteenth-Century British Art: A Case Study on "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire as Diana", Isabella Margi

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Robert Adam Interiors and Wakehurst's Yellow Drawing Room: Imported Period Rooms in the United States, Isabella Margi

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"That is a Huge Wardrobe and Clothing Mistake!": The Unethical Consumption Habits of YouTube's Fashion Influencers and the Environmental Consequences of a Disposable Lifestyle, Isabel Thornton

Submissions from 2020

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Happily Ever After? How Disney Princesses Represent Gender Role Stereotypes in Animated and Live Action Films, Kaitlyn M. Brown

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Finding the Women in the Words: Examining the Framing of Female Victims in Homicide Reporting, Isabelle Gillibrand

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Her Voice on Air: How Irish Radio Made Strides for Women's Rights, Emilie R. Hines

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Another Likable Serial Killer: Fans' Representation of "You"'s Joe Goldberg through Memes, Carlisle Lynch

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More Man Than a Horse? BoJack Horseman and its Subversion of Sitcom Conventions in Search of Realism, Bradley Simpson

Submissions from 2019

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A Different Master of War: The Influence of the Folk Music Revival on the Antiwar Movement during the Vietnam Era, Isabelle Gillibrand

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The Forgotten Sins of Robert E. Lee: How a Confederate Icon Became an American Icon, Jennifer Page

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A Portrait of Freedom: A Bakhtinian Interpretation of Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady, Bryan J. Richardson

Submissions from 2018

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Misrepresented and Unheard: The "Latino Rebels", Blanca V. Guzman

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The Pain in Spain: Examining Andalusia's Youth Unemployment Crisis, Bianca D. Lennon

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Trash Talk: The Effects of Plastic Pollution on Seabirds in Narragansett Bay, Erin A. O'Neill

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Riding the Wave of Microplastics in Bermuda, Molly E. Riihiluoma

Submissions from 2017

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Indoctrination over Objectivity? Examining Breitbart's Framing of Candidates and Social Issues in the 2016 Election, Marrissa S. Ballard

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Cold Upset: How the American 1980 Olympic Hockey Victory Restored Patriotism in America, Samuel L. Chernakoff

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Barriers to Higher Education: Underrepresented Minorities' Access to UCI, Kimberly Dennin

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Gender in Black and White: Examining Interracial Relationships in ShondaLand, Caitlin V. Downing

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A Happy Marriage of Inconvenience: The Power of Adrienne de La Fayette over her Destiny in Eighteenth-Century France, Brittany I. Fox

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Fighting against Bullfighting: Tackling Spain's Bloody Tradition, Genevieve Hoyt

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Poor little Rich Girl, What Does She Know About Misery? : The Significance and Symbolism of Rose in James Cameron's Titanic, Matthew Levine

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Johnson’s War: How Vietnam Tarnished a Presidency, Patrick Lyons

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Hunger Games: Policies to Address Food Deserts in Rhode Island's Low Income Communities, Jessi McNeill

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@ctress to @ctivist: Sophia Bush's Activism & Self-Branding Through Twitter, Katie Persechino

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The Emmett Till Generation: The Birmingham Children's Crusade and the Renewed Civil Rights Movement, Rebecca Sherman

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Miners, Moonshiners, and Men of the Mountains: The Effect of Violence in Central Appalachia Through the Reconstruction Era, Ellen E. Tuttle

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"Something Must Be Done!": Edward VIII's Abdication and the Preservation of the British Monarchy, Allyse C. Zajac

Submissions from 2016

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Thawing Out: The Role of the Arctic Council Service in a Melting Arctic, Taylor J. Enos

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Impacts of Ecotourism in Costa Rica: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Tourism, Kimberly A. Kleszczynski

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Burnt Offerings: How the City of Angels Engulfed Any and All Involved in the Rodney King Affair and Los Angeles Riots, Michael P. McNamara

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Samuel Slater and the Development of Southern Worcester County, Massachusetts, Nicole C. Smith

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It Wants to Get Inside of You: Interrogating Representations of Women in Possession Films, Ellena R. Sweet

Submissions from 2015

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Mercy for Anne and a Rose for Lucrezia, Amanda Iacampo

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Long Live the Evil Queen: Once Upon a Time's Evolved Villain, Frank S. Lombari

Submissions from 2014

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Revamping the Vampire Heroine: Reshaping the Character of Bella Swan through Twilight Fan Fiction, Kaitlyn D. Boisvert

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From Self-Sacrifice to Self-Preservation: The Changing Roles of Southern Women During America's Civil War, Jennifer E. Edine

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Further characterization of a secreted lipase from the human pathogen Leishmania donovani by determining the effect of various metal ions on its enzymatic activity., Lana Hoertz

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The Judge’s Hold: A Struggle for Voice in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, Daniel R. Johnson

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GoT Lost Behind the Scenes: Underexposed Television Producers in Magazines, Jordan King

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Product of the Past: The Struggle Between the Lakota Sioux Nation and the United States Government, Brittany Lombardo

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Morality and Nonviolent Protest: The Birmingham Campaign, Lindsey A. Mahn

Submissions from 2013

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#PrettyLittleLiars: How Hashtags Drive The Social TV Phenomenon, Melanie Brozek

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Is Snow White Still the Fairest of Them All? How Once Upon A Time Reinvents the Image of the Disney Princess, Hannah M. Gonneville

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Explaining the Unexplainable: A New Cultural Outlook on H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, Erika L. Mutter

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Sméagol Versus Gollum: The Bridge Between Fantasy and Reality: Applying Jungian Psychology to Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Courtney C. Randall

Submissions from 2012

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A Postmodern Sense of Nostalgia: Demonstrating Through a Textual Analysis of Twin Peaks How Cult Membership Can Be Inculcated., Nicholas G. Albanese

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A Failing Correctional System: State Prison Overcrowding in the United States, Susan M. Campers

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Juvenile Delinquency: An Investigation of Risk Factors and Solutions., Lauren Cardoso

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How Blacks became Blue: The 1936 African American Voting Shift From the Party of Lincoln to the New Deal Coalition, Daphney Daniel

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Reading Between the Lines of Slavery: Examining New England Runaway Ads for Evidence of an Afro-Yankee Culture, Lauren Landi

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Mind the Gap: An Analysis of the Function of Love in the Works of Tom Stoppard and C.S. Lewis., Jacqueline C. Lawler

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Darkness in the City of Light: The Great Roundup of 1942 & France’s Role in the Shoah., Benjamin T.C. Mead

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The Prevention of Victory: How the U.S. Government Crippled Support for the Iraq War, Jacob M. Petrarca

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Homelessness: Causes, Culture and Community Development as a Solution, Kaitlin Philipps

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Twitter Technology Trampling Fashion Designs: The Effects of Twitter on the Fashion Industry., Margaret K. Reder

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Development and Evaluation of a Mouse Neocortical Cells Neurodevelopment Assay to Assess the Effects of Pyrethroids, Stephanie I. Savino

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Is Local Food in Your Future?: An Analysis of the Viability of the Local Food Movement, Jennifer A. Sliney

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Chicago: A Movie Musical Mockery of the Media's Razzle Dazzle Image of Murder., Emily Sulock

Submissions from 2011

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The Benefits of Fostering Reciprocal Relationships between Children with Autism and their Typically Developing Peers, Chelsea Bourn

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Teaching Social Justice through the Lens of Multicultural Education, Alana Cimillo

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The Canterbury Tales: Chaucer's Respectful Critique of Church Officials and Their Abuse of Power, Lauren Day

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The Electrochemical Detection of Interleukin-8, Cancer Biomarker, Based on a Gold Nanoparticle Platform and its Political Implications, Jaimee Doucette

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Melville and Women in Specific Relation to "Bartleby, the Scrivener", Kaitlin Eckert

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The Implications of Male Circumcision on HIV Transmission, AliciaMarie Hurlburt

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Green Decarbonylation of Aldehydes using Palladium (II) Acetate, Jessica Konopka

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Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking: An Overlooked Issue, Michelle Kuhl

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The Effect of Franco in the Basque Nation, Kalyna Macko

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Executions in America: How Constitutional Interpretation Has Restricted Capital Punishment, Andrea Paone

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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

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The State in Disarray: US Oversight of Private Security Contractors, Rebecca A. Bernard

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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

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Screening Culture: Is Western Media to Blame for “Tainting” Traditional Third World Values?, Angelina M. Campbell

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France as a Negative Influence on the Côte d’Ivoire: The Consequences of Foreign Interference, Courtney P. Conroy

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Progressivism and the Executive Branch: Woodrow Wilson's Expansion of Presidential Power, Christopher F. Fisher

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"Lord of the Flies": The Educational Value of Golding's Text, Erin M. Frank

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Meaningful Meaninglessness: Albert Camus' Presentation of Absurdism as a Foundation for Goodness, Maria K. Genovese

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"Persona Non Grata" A Tragicomic One-Act, Maria K. Genovese

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"Clad in Their Country Gray": Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Morgan E. Glossbrenner

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The Conflicts of Secularization and Islam in Turkey, Emily Jones

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Shrouded Sins: An Exploration of Child Sex Trafficking in South Africa, Jennifer L. Kennedy

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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

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Now Was Then, Then Is Now: The Paradoxical World of Fahrenheit 451, Michael R. LaBrie

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Norman Morrison Isham: Newport Restoration Foreshadows Modern Preservation, Alyssa Lozupone

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Legal, Moral and Biological Implications of Poaching and Illegal Animal Trafficking on an International Scale, Meghan A. Pastor

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Questioning Objectivity in Mainstream Broadcast Journalism: The Value of Subjectivity on "The View", Monika K. Raczkowski

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Junior Mints and Their Bigger Than Bite-Size Role in Complicating Product Placement Assumptions, Stephanie Savage

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Is Media Coverage of Steroids On The Verge Of Striking Out Baseball Stars?, Nicholas L. Silvestri

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Leading Ladies?: Feminism and the Hollywood New Wave, Allison A. Smith

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A Man Older Than His Years: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Last Days, Bryan Vieira

Submissions from 2009

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Rhode Island's Greatest Natural Tragedy, Stephanie N. Blaine