Presentation for the 2005 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on lipids in Caenorhabditis elegans exposed to oxygen deprivation.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing violence among black youth in the San Francisco Bay area, the author's relation to these events, and her quest to create a documentary concerning the difficulties of raising children in America today.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing how women in Spain during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco viewed the dictator, how those women view their political positions today, how much their positions have changed, and how do they compare Franco's government with the current democracy.

This paper examines research on the significance of clothing, specifically, the "men's suit," in select examples of contemporary American performance art. Drawing on sociology and art history, it considers the suit as a form of communication, and it suggests that performance artists Chris Burden, Paul McCarthy, and Vanessa Beecroft have used the "men's suit" to explore and communicate something about masculinity as a socially and culturally constructed hegemony.

Presentation for the 2005 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the conflicted self in the life and art of Carlo Gesualdo.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the means by which iridescence found in nature can be simulated in an artistic context.

Paper explores the scientific and artistic nature of iridescence as a quality occurring in both nature and technology.

Paper discusses the opinions of several Spanish women who experienced life under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco on various political and social topics.

Short stories written by a student in the UNT Honors College that concern ordinary people in states of despair.

Presentation for the 2005 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing the effects of mutual partner violence on women's mental health.

This paper discusses research on the effects of mutual partner violence on women's mental health.

Paper argues that the two distinct styles of fresco paintings of San Baudelio de Berlanga in central Spain were the result of the artist responding to the differing religious needs of the receiving communities, rather than the result of being painted in different periods.

Presentation for the 2005 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on electrical stimulation of nerve cell networks growing on microelectrode arrays and stimulation efficiency and entrainment.

Paper analyzes the factors that contribute to human trafficking worldwide.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing factors that contribute to human trafficking throughout the world. Statistically significant negative effects on human trafficking are present in democracies, women's civil rights, and Gross National Product.

Study examines the effect of loudness levels on articulation speed, and the potential therapeutic applications of loudness levels for patients with motor speech disorders.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College examining aggressive preschool children (27 children between the ages of 4 and 6) and assessing them for similarities in conceptual tempo and field independence/dependence. Findings indicate that aggressive children may have less accurate decision making skills and be more impulsive.

Paper examines the relationship between aggression, conceptual tempo, and field independence/dependence in preschool children.

Presentation for the 2005 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the characteristics of blue elliptical galaxies. This presentation explores star-forming systems, blue galaxies, and the origin of ellipticals.

Poster presentation for the 2005 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster analyzes and identifies the poetic elements of The Beatles' lyrics from 1965 to 1970. The primary goal is to demonstrate that the band's lyrics are serious poetry, not merely performance.

Presentation for the 2005 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on identifying and analyzing the poetic qualities of The Beatles' lyrics from 1965-1970.

Paper examines the textual and illustrative anomalies in the Morgan Beatus manuscript, and proposes that they are intended to manifest the divine.

This paper discusses research on the performance art of Alexander Brener.

Paper compares awareness of the phonemes /u/ and /y/ in learners of French who studied at home and who studied abroad.