Here you will find our growing collection of Undergraduate Honors Theses. Butler University does not publish its dissertations through UMI Dissertation Publishing. Therefore, aside from visiting the Butler Libraries, this growing collection is the only way to access our undergraduate scholarship. For more information about the program please see this link.

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

Why Theatre? A Study of Robert Wilxon, Rachel Bennett

Charles de Gaulle's influence on contemporary French culture and on, Susanna Foxworthy

An Examination of the Correlation between Shoot Apical, Cynthia Halfman

Patriots, Plumbers, and Our Better Angels: The Establishment of Ethos in the Rhetoric of the 2008 Presidential Campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, Ryan M. Hehner

Investigating Ring Closing Metathesis Product Favorability by Varying the Alkyne Substituent on a Dienyne, Meagan E. Hinze

A Moment in Archaeology: A Reflexive Examination of the Culture of Meaning-Making in Archaeological Fieldwork, Jonathan W. Irons

Do Physical Self-Efficacy and Physical Self-Concept Mediate the Relationship Between, Christopher F. Ketcham

An analysis of the environmental and hormonal effects on the growth and development of the moss Ceratodon purpureus, Megan Knight

Sociological and Psychological Predispositions, Katie M. Krueger

Constructions of Femininity: Women and the World's Columbian Exposition, Lauren A. Maxwell

The Effects of Parthenolide on Cervical Cancer Prone Cells, Rishi Megha

Genocide: Emotional Adjective or Legal Term Public Misunderstanding and the Expedient and Effective Implementation of International Criminal Law, Ida Rose Nininger

Optimization of a Polydimethylsiloxane Based Passive Sampler of Common Household Volatile Organic Compounds, Jennifer Lynn Osborne

A Contrast of Bilingual and Monolingual Children in regards to Semantic and Syntactic Language Acquisition, Jessica Michelle Pfister

Recruiting a Lady: The Depiction of the Women's Army Corps, Amanda Rutherford

Solid Phase Amide Synthesis Using Staudinger-Vilarrasa Coupling and Micrwave Irradition, Ryan Schmidtz

Liquid Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Various Food Flavors; Evaluation and Analysis, Deven Lee Shinholt

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

The Use of Acid Suppressive Therapy on leu and General Medicine Services at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Rachel A. Ranz

The Reproductive Ecology of Graptemvs geographica in the, Kati K. Rush

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

Synthesis of Hydroxycyclopentenones via Titanium Complexes, Joeseph D. Frasca

Search for a Knox gene in Kalanchoe pinnatum, Ryan Gleason

Developing a Pharmacy Professional Elective Course: Underserved Populations, Courtney A. Hedrick

Nontraditional Synthesis of Organometallic compounds and Allylic Alcohols, Andrew Hesse

Pharmacy Security: A Survey on Pharmacist's Perceptions and and Preparedness to Handle Prescription Fraud and Pharmacy Robbery, Amy N. Lenell

Implementing Quantum Random Walks in Two-Dimensions with Application to Diffusion-Limited Aggregation, Colin F. Sanberg

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

Making and Breaking the News: The Media in Sports Personnel Decisions, John G. Dedman

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

One Flee Spare: The Hope of Life in Spite of Death, Mandy M. Barrett

Learn Now! Subscribe Later!: A Method of Developing Audiences for Opera Through a Commitment to Outreach in Theory and Practical Examples, Grant D. Meachum

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

The Durufle Requiem: A Guide for Interpretation, Karen L. Cooksey

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

Dmitri Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth, and the Soviet Government., Bianca N. Dudeck-Wiseman

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

Scottish and Irish Elements of Appalachian Fiddle Music, Matthew S. Emmick

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

BUCHl EMECHETA: A NOVELIST'S IMAGE OF NIGERIAN WOMEN, Kristen L. Ellsworth

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Was Kennedy's Way the Best Way?, Lisa A. Erb

Theses/Dissertations from 1979

A Conflict of Cultures, Karen L. Eiler

Theses/Dissertations from 1971

The Reformatory and Choreographic Contributions of Micheal Fokine, Elaine L. Bauer

Theses/Dissertations from 1926

A study of the influences of Lucretius and Epicurean philosophy on Vergil, Paul Fink