Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the relationship between the global drug trade and the corruption of government officials. Included is a history of international drug prohibition, cases of corruption by country, United States policies implemented to prevent corruption, and an analysis of the potential for success in curtailing drug related corruption in the U. S.

Paper explores refugee representations in the 1950s of non-western/World War II in American media, specifically “smaller circulation” media - local newspapers, academic studies, and governmental documents.

Undergraduate thesis building on Feagan's (2007) analysis of ideas of community and place, and Kloppenburg et al.'s (1996) concept of foodsheds, and a modified form of drive-time polygons, termed 'marketsheds' that demarcate the consumer-draw area for farmers' markets. Specifically, the research analyzes the spatial distribution of local food communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW) in Texas and links the foodshed concept to elements of community and sense of place. Two questions guide this study: 1) What are the characteristics of the DFW local foods movement? 2) How do local food producers create and conceptualize community and place?

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the nature of capital trials in the United States, specifically the death qualification process during jury selection which is thought to prejudice juries towards guilty verdicts.

Undergraduate thesis investigating the rate of vertical transmission that takes place in wild Culex quinquefasciatus populations by testing samples of emergent Culex quinquefasciatus adults to see what number of mosquitos test positive for West Nile Virus (WNv) throughout the summer and fall, and thus estimate the rate of vertical transmission of the virus in wild mosquitos.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing author Nathaniel Hawthorne's hidden warnings of hypocrisies and civil violations that would occur despite constitutional protections. The author argues that Hawthorne hid his warnings in allegory.

Paper explores the effects of the The Trinity River Corridor Project in Dallas on the Latino community in Oak Cliff.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the process of writing a book length collection of poems. Includes a selection of the author's poems.

Paper examines teen pregnancy rates across states in the United States and proposes a study that correlates the types of sex education utilized in individual counties or independent school districts and teen pregnancy rates across a sufficiently diverse state, such as California.

Paper examines the geography and consequences of food insecurity in Denton, TX.

Paper analyzes the roles that the White House Chief of Staff plays and how effective they are in said roles.

Paper discusses study examining awareness and opinions of environmental issues among students at the University of North Texas.

Paper discusses Hispanic parental involvement in Fiesta Math Night (Noche de Matemáticas), a school event that takes place in Denton area schools each year in the fall.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing Gertrude Stein's use of written portraiture, her relationship with avant-garde photographers, and art theory.

Paper discusses the feasibility of a centralized intake process for Serve Denton, a nonprofit organization that seeks to co-locate several nonprofit service providers in Denton, Texas.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing author Joseph Conrad's work in relation to self-realization, self-awareness, and the loss of self. Includes psychoanalytic theories, especially those of Jacques Lacan.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing how difficulties in managing type 1 diabetes can have psychological impacts upon people with the disease, such as eroding the feeling of having control over their bodies.

Paper explores why the United States, and in particular Texas, does not begin requiring foreign language education until high school.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the influence and predictive qualities of homonegative attitudes on internalized homophobia among gay, lesbian, and bisexual college students, and the moderating effects of self esteem on these variables.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the future of United States naval deterrence and its viability.

Paper explores how the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936 was used to build the mythology of a unified Texas identity and history.

Paper explores questions about the efficacy of democracy in America.