Honors Program Oral Presentations

Support our Honors Program and students by attending our Fall Symposium. Come and go as you please and come engage with these brilliant researchers ready to showcase their projects and findings.

Allison McCoy (ENG 242, Bell): In her second literature project for the semester, Allison will examine Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party" to determine how social class and economic status has impacted American society with a particular focus on the lack of empathy displayed toward the oppressed by upper class members. 

Sophia Oh (PSY 150, Magrinat): Sophia has spent the semester investigating tic disorders as highly inheritable neuropsychiatric disorders, and during her presentation, she will share with us the genetic and environmental factors associated with tics.

William Rowe (CHM 252, Bling): For his Chemistry honors project, William will investigate the potential of olive oil with a higher oleic acid content to act as a hemagglutinin.

Allison McCoy and Sophia Oh (ENG 232, DelVecchio): Allison and Sophia will be focusing on Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried and incorporating their Geo-mapping work with NC State Researcher Dr. Corbin Kling to demonstrate how the war terrain and backdrop of Vietnam are crucial to the story as well as the physical and psychological struggles the soldiers combatted.

Arsheen Taj Syed (PSY 150, Magrinat): For his project, Arsheen will discuss the biological and cognitive roots and potential of math ability. 

Troy Demas (ENG 111, Volz): With a focus on the audio engineering career that he is pursuing at Durham Tech, Trey will explore current issues in the music industry, including the lack of representation of women as well as its inherently capitalistic nature.  

Deborah North and Anastasia Steksova (CHM 252, Bling): Deborah and Anastasia will discuss their aims and success in finding an optimal environmental condition for yeast cells to produce maximum voltage.