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Class of 2026 Honors Thesis Papers

Aria Assil – When Coverage Collapses: How Shifts in the Hazard Insurance Market Shape Housing Stability and Migration in Wildfire-Affected Areas

Joshua Bauer – The Relationship Between Renewable Energy and Emissions Reduction: Evaluating The Impact of RPS Across Five U.S. States

Abigail Bergan – Weaponizing Womanhood? Assessing Gender Integration in US Army Special Operations

Irene Biju – Me, Myself, and AI: An Examination of Law Enforcement Agencies and Facial Recognition Technology

Ethan Byrne – Amtrak Derailed: Lobbying and American Passenger Rail Development

Rhiannon Camarillo – Filing for Expungement in North Carolina: An Examination of Procedure, Access, and Legal Aid Services

Riley Campbell – Who Gets to Dance? Analyzing Predictors of Access to Public School Dance Education

Sofia Cava – Prenatal Healthcare in Florida: Perspectives from Pregnant Women, Healthcare Providers, and Clinic Staff

Teresa Chen – The Role of Social Media in Intercultural Communication: A Case Study of the Cross-Cultural Digital Migration from TikTok to RedNote

Jianna Choi – Care, Culture, and Conviction: How Faith-Based vs Secular Domestic Violence Shelters Approach Support

Rachel Collins – The Possibilities of AI in Law: Examining Public Perceptions of Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Chatbot, LIA

Anastasia Crowley – Trade Remediation in the Era of WTO Paralysis: Preferential Agreements as a Viable Alternative for the Global South or Reproduction of Existing Inequities?

Alexa Fahrer – Confidence in STEM: Investigating Self-Efficacy Among Duke Students

Ella He – Beyond Babysitting: How Child Care Accessibility Fuels Maternal Workforce Participation in North Carolina

Willow Kaplan – Flexible Work Practices and the Motherhood Penalty: A Post-Pandemic Analysis

Anna Keeley – Powering Progress Across Borders? The Impact of Offshore Wind Grid Interconnections on Energy Markets

Jiae Kim – Bridging Gaps: Evaluating the Effectiveness of University School Counseling Certificate Programs on Supporting Undocumented Students in North Carolina

Ava Liebmann – Conflict Related Sexual Violence Enforcement: A Study of Contextual Effects on Enforcement Efficacy

Ishanvi Malayanil

Annabel Miller – Populism and Precarity: The Role of Status Loss in American Electoral Politics

Lyla Miller – Delegated Responsibility, Denied Protection: The Demographic Disparities of the Migrant Protection Protocols

Gabrielle Mollin – Teaching the Nation: History Education and The Politics of Memory

Audrey Patterson – Sued into Silence: Comparative Legal Reasoning and News Framing in State Anti-SLAPP Regimes

Zachary Patterson – Texas Electricity Deregulation: Evaluating Long Run Pricing Changes

Mia Penner – Past as Prologue: Historical Literacy as a Predictor of Fake News Discernment

Joe Raza – Materiality and Mandates: The SEC Climate Disclosure Rule Proposal and Corporate Response

Hope Rhoads – Working Conditions and Commitment: Examining Predictors of Teacher Retention in North Carolina

Samantha Richter – Overcoming Political Barriers to Implementing Small-Scale Detention Houses in Europe: Insights from a Comparative Policy Analysis

Jaden Rodriguez – One Athlete, Many Markets: Examining NIL Variance Across States and its Discontents

Elizabeth Romage

Connor Rooney – Leveraging the Lobito Economic Corridor for Renewable Energy Development

Kate Seneshen – Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Secondary School Students Regarding HPV and HPV-Related Diseases in Urubamba, Cusco, Peru

Morgan Settle – Exploring FDA Barriers to MDMA-Assisted Therapy: A Policy Analysis of Treatment, Regulation, and Access for PTSD in Veterans and Beyond

Ishita Vaid – Fact or Fiction: Analysing the Impact of AI on Misinformation During the 2024 Presidential Election Cycle

Kriti Vasudevan – Intellectual Property in the Age of AI: The Future of Creativity in Film and Music

Mia Wells

Talia West – Women to the Left and Men to the Right: The Role of “Online Spheres” in the Growing Youth Gender Gap

Elaine Zhang – “Is This Note Helpful?”: Factors Influencing Helpfulness Ratings in X’s Community Notes

 

Past Honors Theses

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