Honors Theses AY 19/20
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Abandoning: Engaging With Form Through Unconventional Imitation
Abandoning is a chapbook-length poetry collection I have created as my senior honors capstone project. It is inspired and informed the ghazal, a Persian poetic form. This collection focuses of the meaning created through ... -
A synthesis of the human dimensions of sagebrush ecosystem management and identified gaps
To protect species of concern, ecosystem managers and policy makers must understand the human dimensions of the ecosystems those species rely on. In recent years sagebrush ecosystems have been of particular concern in part ... -
The public perception and acceptance of wood-based bioenergy developments in the United States and beyond: Opportunities and Constraints
Wood-based bioenergy (WBB) development is gaining interest domestically and globally, and its public acceptance is a significant component when determining implementation and achievement. This study investigated a deeper ... -
Policing Reform in Northern Ireland: A History and Analysis of its Use in Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation
Northern Ireland has been regarded by some as one of the most conflict-ridden countries within Europe, and perhaps the world, during the late 20th century. The vast majority of the conflict in the country stemmed from ... -
307ChopShop Senior Design Web Scraper
This past year I have worked with a group of computer science students to make a web scrapping application for our senior design project. My task was to create and implement a Facebook marketplace API. Both eBay and ... -
The Roman Principia as a Roman Temple: An Exploration of Spatial, Temporal, and Personnel Similarities
The ancient Roman fort is a foreign structure in many of our minds. We often associate it with current military camps, thinking that the social purpose of the camp was geared solely toward war. Contemporary military camps ... -
Transdisciplinary Knowledge Creation is Anything but Rubbish: Connecting Microbial, Middle School, University, City and Business Communities in an Effort to Remediate an Old Wyoming Landfill
Our community-based participatory action project was inspired by four middle school teachers from a small town in Riverton, Wyoming. These educators set out to develop meaningful problem-based learning for sixty 7th grade ... -
"In Conversation with 'Landscapes'"
Though dance has historically been performed exclusively live on stages, we have entered an era where dance and other art forms are performed for film. This new method of delivering performances allows more freedom for the ... -
Erasing What's Set in Stone: A History of Rape from 1970-2014
Rape is a subject and offense often left out of conversation. There is a fear surrounding the word, whether it’s talking about personal experiences or how individuals are treated in the justice system. Since 1970, there ... -
Endgame
Endgame is a 2D role-playing game about a university senior who is worried about graduating and unsure about life after education. The students fear manifests itself in the form of a dream world in which the student must ... -
The Purpose of a First Year Seminar: An Analysis of Major-Specific vs. Non-Major-Specific FYS Courses at the University of Wyoming
The first year of university for incoming students promotes an environment of unexpected experiences and challenges. “During the transition from school to higher education, young adults experience a substantial amount of ... -
Understanding the binding interface of a structurally disordered protein
This study investigates what structures and sequences the PopZ protein can bind to. I hypothesize that PopZ only binds to a specific sequence or sequences. The experiment was conducted using E. coli bacteria along with the ... -
Cultural Learning Through Poetry And Play: Māori
The field of Anthropology discusses many topics and climates unique to the human condition. Because of the lack of information and exposure available to students in high or secondary schools, Anthropological discussions ... -
Wildfires negatively impact conifer regeneration and growth
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM) and soil nutrients are important for conifer growth and regeneration. ECM engage in a symbiotic relationship with conifers, with the fungus conferring nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous ... -
The Impression of Corn: Ethanol Policy's Effect on America's Largest Commodity
Corn is the largest and most widely produced agricultural commodity in the United States. What many people do not realize, though, is that there is an entrenched connection between the everyday practice of filling up one's ... -
Localization and Behavior of Nuclear Lamin Proteins
Nuclear size has been observed to be irregular in cancer cells, and as such can be used to phenotypically identify cancer cells and their stages. Many cancers have unusually large nuclei, and in certain cancers, nuclear ... -
The Pressure of Mining: The Impact of the United States on Political, Social, and Economical Climates in Latin America 1960-1980
The relationship between the United States and Latin America has had a complicated and long history because of their interests in mining and natural resource extraction. Between 1960-1980, their relationship experienced ... -
Famous Last Words: Relationship, Status, Memory, and the Pervasive Power of Obituaries
Death is our one shared experience. It is the one thing that every single human being will encounter. I’m not really interested in writing about death and dying, but I am interested in what people do with and how they ... -
Role of Pigmentation in Zooplankton of Alpine Lakes
Wyoming is unique, with short summers, long cold winters, strong winds and high UV radiation at high elevation. Zooplankton are small animals persisting in the water column of alpine lakes and play an important role in ...
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