The Honors Theses in this series are the capstone project of Liberty University Senior Honors students.

Submissions from 2008

Founding Freemasons: “Ancient” and “Modern” Masons in the Founding Era of America with Particular Emphasis on Masons Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, Hannah R. Ayers

Program Evaluation of Child Advocacy Centers in West Virginia, Christopher Baker

The Levite's Concubine: A Victim's Fascination with Her Enslavement, Erin E. Beard

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Wrestlers at a private University in the Southern United States, Kalpana Bhandari

The Impact of Imaginary Companions on Social Development, Emily Bloom

Monsters, Of Whom I am Chief: A Metaphoric and Generic Criticism of Jars of Clay’s Concept Video, Good Monsters, Jennifer R. Brown

The Development of a Legend: Stonewall Jackson as a Southern Hero, Andrew R. Chesnut

Escherichia coli and Antibiotic Resistance to Tetracycline Antibiotics, Taylor L. Dodgen

Textile Dyes: Techniques and their Effects on the Environment with a Recommendation for Dyers Concerning the Green Effect, Charity Goetz

The Effects of Triclosan Derivatives against the Growth of Staphylococcus Aureus, Joseph R. Grubbs Jr.

Local Bacteriological Survey: Isolation and Characterization of Bacteria in Two Lynchburg Parks, Rachel S. Hassenpflug

The Worldviews of Hinduism and the Christian Believer, Will Hedrick

Wiretapping: A Necessity for Effectively Combating Terrorism in the 21st Century, Michael A. Hewitt

Economic Value Added, Michael D. Houle

Language and Story: An Argument for the Right Reading of Tolkien’s Legendarium, Lucas D. Jarmin

Rights Most Precious: Common Law Female Property Rights from Early Modern England to Colonial Virginia, Amber Kamp

The Electoral College: Federalism and the Election of the American President, Edwin C. Kisiel III

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s and Flannery O’Connor’s Use of the Grotesque: Irrational or Mysterious?, Kyra E. Marken

Interpersonal Effects on College Age Children based on the Parenting Style in Mothers with Bipolar I Disorder, Marissa L. Monger

Protein Phosphorylation and a Novel Phosphatase in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena, Robert A. Mullis Jr.

Hegel and the Myth of the Accessibility of the Lectures on the Philosophy of History, Adam Myers

Tuberculosis In Developing Nations: Why New Drugs Need To Be Researched And Developed, Sarah Ott

Antiretroviral Therapy: Use in Sub-Saharan Africa and Common Obstacles Encountered, Elizabeth J. Paquette

An Analysis of Economic Value Added, Mike Rago

The Influence of the Brazilian Dictatorship on Brazilian Music: A Rhetorical Analysis of Protest Songs, Fernanda P. Rezende

Pidginization Exemplified in Haitian-Creole and Tok-Pisin, Jennifer C. Schuit

The Development of the Keyboard Through the Grand Piano and Its Effect on Piano Literature, Amy M. Sica

AIDS: The Tragedy Facing Children in Sub-Sahara Africa, Katherine Sipes

Christians within Journalism: Applications for People of Faith Entering the Field, Jen Slothower

Justified in Christ, Brice William Ullman

Measuring the Oxygen Consumption of Plethodon hubrichti and P. cinereus to Find the Metabolic Cause of Range Limitation of P. hubrichti: The Closed Respirometer and the Oxygen Probe, Alisha W. Walker

Bollinger Bands and Stop-Loss Orders: An Econometric Analysis, Daniel M. White

The Essentials of Financial Planning for College Graduates, Amy E. Williams

The Validity of Economic Value Added as a Metric for Determining Intrinsic Value, Brad Wilson

A Literature Review: Current Trends in Holistic Nursing, Angela J. Wolf

The Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley on Small-Capital and Foreign Corporations, Cassie A. Young

A Brief Study of Some Aspects of Babylonian Mathematics, Tom Zara

Submissions from 2007

The Authorship of the Pastoral Epistles, Brandon E. Carter

To Read or Not to Read: A Comprehensive Study of Effective Reading and Methods of Teaching Reading, Morgan Decker

An Introductory Look at the Fishes of the Opossum Creek / Camp Hydaway Lake System and the Effects of an Herbicide on the Lake's Aquatic Plants, Jefferson T. Deweber

My Father, Shall I Kill Them? Applying the Combatant/Noncombatant Distinction in the Context of the War on Terror, Clay R. Finley

A Study of the Actuarial Profession, Kristin D. Hare

The Descent of Christ in Ephesians 4:9: Its Impact Upon the Use of the Apostles' Creed, Matthew C. Hinson

Putting the Pieces Together: Examining the Division Between Christian and Secular Elements of Muscular Christianity, Rodney D. Knudsen

A Baraminological Analysis of the Land Fowl (Class Aves, Order Galliformes), Melissa Michelle McConnachie

The Relationship of Waist Size to Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Among College Students, Stephanie M. Miller

The Value of Economic Reality: Applying Economic Value Added, David M. Phillips

The Relationship Between Nutritional Knowledge and Application , Enas Shakkour

Jesus and the Symbol of Water in the Gospel of John, David R. Stout

An Analysis of the Obstacles of Culture, Government, and Lack of Support for International Accounting Standards, Bethany Theodore

The Effects of Deep Breathing and Positive Imagery on Stress and Coherence Levels among College-Age Women, Sheerah R. Tice

Modernization or Cultural Maintenance? – A Look into the Mayan Struggle, Amy Vernatter

Submissions from 2000

Software Testing as Applied to the Year 2000 Computer Problem, Daniel McCollum