University Honors Program

Honors Student Association President Matt Ferreira with his thesis advisor, Dr. Sandra West, Department of Biology

University Honors Program Graduates

Congratulations to our Spring 2009 graduates!

COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS
ELIZABETH G. HUNT
Study of Museum Lighting and Design
Supervising Professor:  Dr. Asha Hegde, Department of Family & Consumer Sciences

McCOY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
MICHAEL A. DIMITRI
Creating an Online Student Resource: CollegeEconomics.Com
Supervising Professor:  Dr. John Mogab, Department of Finance & Economics

MEAGAN N. HENRY
The Food Price Crisis of 2008: Impacts and Responses with a Case Study on Argentina
Supervising Professor: Dr. Diego Vacaflores, Department of Finance & Economics

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION
STEPHANIE L. BOYD
Horse AWAREness
Supervising Professor: Prof. René LeBlanc, Department of English

JENNY ANNE CANFIELD
Dialects: A Study of Dialects Around the World and How to Learn Them 
Supervising Professor: Prof. Melissa Grogan, Department of Theatre & Dance

ZACHARY E. CHRISTMAN
Brecht, Baal, Barton
Supervising Professor:  Prof. John Hood, Department of Theatre & Dance

KAILEY RAE SLONE
The Baptist Way(s): A Rhetorical Analysis of Texas Baptist Sermon Rhetoric
Supervising Professor: Dr. Roseann Mandziuk, Department of Communication Studies

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
JORDAN R. ALBRACHT
Free Will in the 21st Century: An Investigation of the Significance of Contemporary Naturalism and Technological Innovation for Human Freedom
Supervising Professor:  Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, Department of Philosophy

BRIAN J. ALLEN
Knowledge-base of Hispanic Women about Neural Tube Defects and Folic Acid Supplementation
Supervising Professor:  Dr. Harvey Ginsburg, Department of Psychology


MARILYN ALICIA DELBOSQUE
From Neutrality to War: What the Russian Revolution had to do with Wilson's Decision to Enter the Great War
Supervising Professors: Dr. Dennis Dunn, Department of History and Dr. Theodore Hindson, Department of Political Science

ANGEL K. DURR
Fighting For the Right to Choose: The Modern American African-American Female Republicans
Supervising Professors:  Dr. Thomas Longoria and Dr. Patricia Parent, Department of Political Science

SARAH ELIZABETH FREEBOURN
Two Cultures, One Heart:  A Comparative Analysis between a Japanese Matsuri and an American Festival
Supervising Professor:  Dr. Peter Siegenthaler, Department of History   

SPENCER C. LEDOUX
Embodying the Sacred: Temporal Changes in the Cosmological Function of Art and Symbolism in the Mississippian Period, AD 1250 – AD 1400
Supervising Professor: Dr. F. Kent Reilly, III, Department of Anthropology

FRANKLIN A. MORRIS
Tropics And Meridians: Short Stories
Supervising Professor:  Dr. John Blair, Department of English

MEGHAN A. NICHOLS
Young Victims Of Sexual Trauma: An Adolescent Treatment Facility’s Efforts to Help Residents Cope and Heal
Supervising Professor:  Dr. Randall Osborne, Department of Psychology

HAYAT D. QURUNFUL
Mapping Genetically Engineered Seed Litigation in the United States
Supervising Professor: Dr. Sven Fuhrmann, Department of Geography

SUSAN T. RAUCH
Ever Dear Cousin… An Annotated Historiography of mid-19th Century German-American Settlers in the Midwest United States
Supervising Professor: Dr. Susan Morrison, Department of English

CATHERINE SOLON
Defensive Attributions as a Function of Gender
Supervising Professor:  Dr. Randall Osborne, Department of Psychology

MEREDITH A. STEPHENS
Gender Differences in Parenting Styles and its Effect on the Parent-Child Relationship
Supervising Professor: Dr. Shirley Ogletree, Department of Psychology

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
ROBERTO BARRERA
On the Power Domination Problem in Graphs
Supervising Professor:  Dr. Daniela Ferrero, Department of Mathematics

KEVIN K. BEAHAN
American Religion: From Civic Engagement to Expressive Individualism
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kenneth Grasso, Department of Political Science

MATTHEW T. FERREIRA
A Study of the Impact of Kinesthetic Learning on Biology Students’ Mastery of Protein Structure and Folding Concepts using Legos™
Supervising Professor:  Dr. Sandra West Moody, Department of Biology

KYLE J. HENRY
Expression of the Intermediate Filaments Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein and Keratin in the Visual Pathway of Danio rerio
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joseph Koke, Department of Biology

ERIN M. OLIVER
Relationships between Problem Solving Strategies and Brain Hemispheriticy in High School Students
Supervising Professor:  Dr. Alejandra Sorto, Department of Mathematics

JOANNA L. PATANE
Reform of TEKS High School Chemistry Standards for Better College and Career Preparation
Supervising Professor: Dr. Deborah Koeck, Department of Chemistry

SY REDDING
Low Energy Electron Diffraction Study of Epitaxial Cr2O3(0001) Films Grown on Cr(110)
Supervising Professor:  Dr. Carl Ventrice, Department of Physics

 

Honors Students congratulating Professor Hale on her award.

Honors Awards 2009-2010

Congratulations to those who were awarded an Honors Program scholarship at the First Annual University Honors Program Awards Ceremony.

Honors Professor of the Year

Dr. Janet Hale, Department of Finance & Economics

Stephanie Goodbread and Mary Lou Bishop Award

Mr. Mark Carter, Department of Geography, Goodbread Faculty Advisor Award
Mr. Twister Marquiss, Department of English, Goodbread Faculty Advisor Award
Ms. Lisa Chrans, Bishop Staff Advisor Award

Merry Kone Fitzpatrick Scholarships

Caitlin Hagans
Tiffany Herbert
Rhonda Martinez
Alysha Moore

Emmie Craddock Scholarships

Martha Bitar
Valerie Bummara
Caitlin Martin
Carlos Perez

B.J. & Stan Friedman Scholarship

Ragan Aaron

University Honors Scholarships

Carolyn Andrews
Taylor Clark
Rebekah Frank
Angelika Fuller
Beatriz Gomez
Allison Gregory
Mutsuko Heinai
Kosaku Narioka
Julie Sheah
Emma Stephens
Veronica Suarez
Anastasiya Travina
Juan Valadez
Anthony Villannacci

Space Available for Fall 09 Honors Classes

At this time, most honors courses are open to all honors students.  Please see CatsWeb for the latest availability.  Don't forget to check out the departmental courses (listed below).

All students still need to get special approval before registering on CatsWeb by stopping by the forum in LAMP 407. Or contact honors@txstate.edu with your name, ID, course request, phone, email, and date of graduation.

Departmental Honors Courses

BLAW 2361 - Business Law (#349215)
CHEM 2341 - Organic Chemistry (#355351)
MATH 2471 - Calculus I (#351503 & #351496)
MATH 2472 - Calculus II (#351514 & #351509)

Regulated Honors Courses - These courses still have space, but students must be eligible for the courses.

HON 4390A - Senior Seminar:  Thesis Development (for students who are beginning their thesis)
HON 4390B - Thesis (must have signed thesis form and meet with the director)
HON 4391 - Independent Study (must have signed form)