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The interdisciplinary Honors Program provides an enhanced learning environment for exceptional University of Tampa students. Led by a distinguished faculty, students are challenged to aim higher and go farther in their lives, communities and careers. Learn more about the Honors Program here.

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Do Face Masks Degrade our Ability to Remember Face-Name Associations?

Rodriguez, Alexandra (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2022-05-07)

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks have become a required item of attire. Holistic face processing refers to how the human visual system integrates facial features into a whole rather than as separate parts. ...
Investigating Quinone-Mediated Treatments on the Warburg Effect

Miller, Jarred (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2022-05)

Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer amongst women in the United States, encompassing approximately 30% of all newly diagnosed cancers each year. It is also the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women ...
The Broadening of Competency Based Premed Requirements: An Open Ended Approach to Medical School Preparation for Undergraduate Students

Manno, Sarah (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2022-05)

While scientific knowledge is fundamental to the world of medicine, a holistic human approach and bedside manner are fundamental to patient care as a physician. Current premedical (premed) requirements in the Association ...
The Psychological and Physiological Effects of Stress on the Human Epigenetic Profile and Brain

De Kock, Jana (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2022-05)

The role of stress in the brain has been an intense topic of debate in the 21st century due to the spike in societal pressure, depression and anxiety globally. As our lives become busier and more stressed, it is vital ...
The Promises and Perils of Blockchain in Auditing

Lammon, Hannah (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2022-05)

This paper discusses the promises and perils of blockchain in auditing. By synthesizing available literature and data, this paper provides a comprehensive summary of blockchain technology, technological pitfalls, and how ...
Copy Number Variation and Obesity in Danio rerio

Desai, Shivani (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2021-05)

Obesity is a worldwide epidemic resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. It is proposed here that overfeeding Danio rerio, (zebrafish), will provide an effective model for studying human obesity. This hypothesis is ...
The Role of Instrinsically Disordered Proteins in the Evolution of Multicellularity

Kulhanek, Jonathon (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2021-05)

IDP's are called intrinsically disordered proteins which represent a category of proteins in unicellular and multicellular eukaryotic cells. IDP's have a lack of a specific three dimensional structure that is why these ...
Behind the Veil: The making of a BTS

McNair, Noah (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2021-05)

This study purposed to describe the process of narrative film production by investigating Behind-the-Scenes (BTS) films, featurettes and books created to explain other film projects. Insights describe how films succeeded ...
An Artificial Intelligence Approach for Recommending Curriculum

Krumpter III, Thomas (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2021-05)

This study uses SPSS text mining to compare skills desired by employers in job postings to skills in the 2020 ACM-IS curriculum.
An Examination of Adult Female and Male Offending in the Context of Strain

Mandatori, Flavia (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2021-05)

This study aims to analyze the variance in socioeconomic strains related to offending trends for males and females.
An Investigation into Understudied Moroccan Literature

Connolly, Lily (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2021-05)

By looking at the narrative and theories of Fatima Mernissi, we can see that control of women comes down to the regimentation of the body through attire.
Early Norwegian Independence and the Foundation of National Identity, 1814-1905

Ragan, Erica (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2021-05)

This work uses a combination of scholarly and primary sources which discuss Norway during its early independence from 1814-1905 in order to support the argument that there exists an “imagined past” which falsely represents ...
Snowbird: A Brief Memoir in Essays

Lazansky, Rebecca (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2021-05)

on coming home: Let me describe a photograph for you: It is 2008, it is December, and it has just snowed for the first time that winter. The snow is powdered like cake flour, sticking to everything—and, for those who ...
“You Throw Like a Girl!”: A Sociological Analysis of Media Representation and Viewership of Women’s Sports

Maziarz, Tiffany A. (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2020-11-09)

Motivated by the sociological theories of Symbolic Interactionism and Contemporary Feminism, this research explores the intersections of gender, the media, and sports on a southeastern college campus. Undergraduate ...
Perfectionism and The Efficacy of Mindfully-Based Coping Interventions

Simon, Alia R. (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2020-04-24)

Two studies investigated links among perfectionism, stress, and mindfulness. An exploratory pilot study (N = 297) showed correlations among perfectionistic tendencies, stress levels, and mindfully-inclined thinking. The ...
The Origins of Racial Discrimination in Public Health: The 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic of Philadelphia

Nelson, Abigail L. (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2020-05-21)

At the start of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first public health doctrines were being formulated into proper legal documents as the city struggled to stem the outbreak. This paper ...
Stomach Content Analysis of the Invasive Mayan Cichlid (Cichlasoma urophthalmus) in the Tampa Bay Watershed

Tharp, Ryan M. (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2020-04-08)

Throughout their native range in Mexico, Mayan Cichlids (Cichlasoma urophthalmus) have been documented to have a generalist diet consisting of fishes, invertebrates, and mainly plant material. In the Everglades ecosystem, ...
The Retinal Pigments of Filter-feeding Sharks (Rhincodon typus, Cetorhinus maximus, and Megachasma pelagios) and their Role in Foraging Ecology

Serba, Katherine M. (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2020-04-08)

The spectral tuning properties of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), and megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) rod (Rh1) and longwavelength sensitive (LWS) cone visual pigments were ...
Class and Access to Governance in Burkina Faso

Ingram, Julia R. (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2020-04-07)

This paper explores how individual differences in socioeconomic status can influence an individual's cognitive mapping of governance, that is whether they pursue a formal or informal mechanism of governance. This research ...
An Analysis of Spatial Distribution of an Isolated Bahamian Population of the Lined Seahorse, Hippocampus erectus, via Nearest Neighbor, Hot Spot, and Buffering Assessments

Elson, Jessica (Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2019)

Understanding the spatial distribution of animal populations is essential for placing their social interactions into context and developing hypotheses about reproductive, feeding, and predator prey behaviors. A particular ...

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