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?

Paper examines and contrasts the cultural legacy of the Mississippi and Meander rivers.

This paper was awarded a Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Award for 2013. In this paper, the author discusses the role of ethics in the United States.

Paper discusses an experiment testing the effectiveness of incorporating Response to Intervention (RTI) and the Mastery Model into math tutoring sessions with third grade students.

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.

Paper examines how and why the United States had difficulty accomplishing diplomatic goals under the Articles of Confederation.

Undergraduate thesis studying the properties of amorphous silicon (⍺-Si) and crystalline silicon nanowires (c-Si NWs), focusing on the requirements placed on thin films by bolometers.

Paper explores the link between types of authoritarian regimes and violent and nonviolent dissent.

Paper explores how the violence, size, location, and duration of protests affects democratic progress.

Keynote address by the Honors College Dean Gloria Cox, encouraging university students to value their opportunities and continue in the pursuit of their goals.

Introduction to the 2013 edition of The Eagle Feather, written by editor-in-chief Gloria Cox and editor Susan Eve.

Paper explores the effects of third-party interventions in modern civil wars, and analyzes the varying effects of strong verses weak interventions.

Undergraduate thesis that is a collection of short stories preceded by critical preface. The preface, which is divided into two sections, contextualizes the function and presence of the modular narrative. The first section explores the criticism of the form and the second section provides contextual examples of contemporary stories which more or less exhibit elements of the modular. This collection entitled "We Were Once All Gentle Creatures" employs the many conventions and elements of the modular story as means to show how the modular replicates the atemporal qualities of human experience.

Paper analyzes the effect of societal support on the likelihood of civil conflict.

Undergraduate thesis exploring feral cat management. In many urban areas, feral cat (Felis catus) populations are so large that they have become a nuisance. The goal of this thesis is to understand student perception of the University of North Texas Feral Cat Rescue Group (FCRG) program, a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program on campus. In particular, the author focuses on the role that ecological information has in shaping student opinions about cats and conservation.

Paper explores the relationship between decentralization and the onset of civil wars.

Paper analyzes the correlation between the size of a peacekeeping force and the likelihood of peacekeeping failures.

Paper discusses issues of sexism and anti-feminist sentiment in the modern organized skepticism movement.

Paper discusses the relationship between racism and social trust in Brazil.

Paper explores the biombo as an exemplary model of hybridity that consolidated European, Asian, and Latin American histories using a late 18th century example found in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art.

Paper discusses a possible new approach to assessing and treating mild aphasia.

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

Undergraduate thesis studying anxiety and substance use disorders (SUD) by examining the prevalence of anxiety-SUD comorbidity in an outpatient psychology training clinic and assessing how it affects psychotherapy outcomes. Results revealed that anxiety and SUD is more highly comorbid compared to when anxiety is paired with another disorder and the presence of a comorbid SUD was associated with worse therapy outcomes at the beginning and end of therapy. However, the comorbid SUD did not affect the rate of recovery in patients. Both groups benefited equally from therapy.

Paper analyzes Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, arguing that she Rowlandson resists patriarchy by working within her socially accepted roles.