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Class of 2026 Honors Thesis Papers

Aria AssilThe Exit of Private Hazard Insurers: An Exploration into How Wildfire Hazard Insurance Coverage Affects Community Resilience in the Wake of Increasing California Wildfires

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 (ARSOF)

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

Ethan Byrne – Amtrak Derailed: How Lobbying Shaped 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 Factors Associated with Dance Education Access in North Carolina Public Schools

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 Misenforcement: A Study of Contextual Effects on Enforcement Efficacy

Ishanvi Malayanil – Divided by Design: How School District Boundaries Shape Educational Equity in Durham, North Carolina

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 – Deregulation in ERCOT: Assessing Long Run Effectiveness

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 – Keeping Class in Session: Insight into Teacher Turnover Across North Carolina’s K-12 Schools

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 Impact on Student-Athletes

Elizabeth Romage – AI Policy as Power: How Legislation Shapes Global Economic Leadership

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

Ana Sales Vieira Macedo – Trade Formalization and Premature Deindustrialization: Evidence from the Chile-China Free Trade Agreement

Kate Seneshen – Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Secondary School Students Regarding HPV and HPV-Related Cancer Prevention 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

Jackson Streit – Why Does North Carolina Have A Foster Home Shortage? The Perspective of NC Child Welfare Workers

Malachy Sullivan – Integrating the Alliance: The Central Enabler Model and the Future of NATO Cyber Persistence

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

Kriti Vasudevan – Cut to the Algorithm: AI’s Rewrite of Creativity, Regulation, and Rights in Film and Music

Mia Wells – Fractured Care: Barriers to MOUD Access and Retention in North Carolina

Talia West – Women to the Left and Men to the Right? The Role of “Online Spheres” in Gen Z’s Political Gender Gap

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

 

Past Honors Theses

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