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.

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?

Undergraduate thesis exploring modern American racism as the result of the nation's legacy of theological white supremacy and its deep-rooted racial issues that remain unresolved because of the theo-mythologies embedded at the core of the nation's foundational fabric that have been and continue to be largely unaccounted for in corrective racial discourse through a case study of Denton, Texas. By employing localized interdisciplinary methodological approaches aimed at unveiling the theo-myth which underscores the modern American racial ontology, this study examines how theological white supremacy was homogenized into popular culture in Denton County Texas following the Civil War via neo-Confederate Ku Klux Klan movement, which the author calls Ku Klux Konfederatism, that continues its influence today through localized theo-political institutions, sociocultural systems and cultural 'norms.'

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

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 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.

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

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

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

Paper explores questions about the efficacy of democracy in America.

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.

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.

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

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

Paper proposes changes to the IRB process at UNT to improve undergraduate research.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the themes of conquest, gender reversal, exploration, and political commentary in Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the Central Intelligence Agency, its operations, its standards, and its future.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the author's translations of two selections by Aristotle. The translation appears on even pages and the author's translation notes follow on odd pages.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing textual interpretation, linguistics, and philosophy.

Senior colloquium written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing Greek sculpture and architecture as filtered through the Fauve, Constructivist, Dada, and Pop artistic movements. The author takes examples of Grecian sculpture, recreates them in each of the other styles, and discusses the results.

Thesis in short fiction written by a student in the UNT Honors College about a young writer living with a wealthy couple.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the question as to whether or not public school teachers have their religious rights curtailed within the classroom. Includes discussion of constitutional interpretation and relevant court cases.

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.

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.