Members of the Class of 2021 are at work on – and have completed! – a number of great Distinction Projects, including:
Shannon Baker – Confederate Monuments in Context: Arlington National Cemetery and the Legacy of the Confederacy
Alaina Birkel – Climate Resiliency at Roanoke College
Senn Boswell – Monitoring Student Engagement Through Event Attendance Data
Joe Carman – An analysis of the efficacy of regression techniques in forecasting stock prices
Autumn Cox – The Relationship Between ADHD Symptoms, Personality, and Creativity
Amanda Grady – Dragonbase (Preserving the Hoard): Creating a Database of Literary Dragon Descriptions and Collaborative Research
Haley Gray – A Cohort Analysis of Femininity among Catholic Women in Cork, Ireland
Liesl Greider – Citizen Diplomacy of the Roanoke Valley: An Examination of Sister City Partnerships
Hannah Guthrie – Analyzing mental health policy in Virginia: The Relevance of Public Health in Politics
Razan Hamed – Learning physics can be more fun than you think!
Jordan Hanson – What Does it Take to be a Published Poet?
Hunter Haskins – Walking the Red Line: Roanoke, Salem, and the Legacies of HOLC Residential Segregation
Donovan Hill – Let’s Talk About Sex: An Examination & Review of Sex Education Policy on Adolescents
Kira Hunt – Ignoring Red Flags: Self Efficacy and Self-Disclosure in Online Romantic Relationships
Maggie Lewis – Does Variability in Stressors Correlate to Increased Likelihood of Binge Drinking in College Students
Olivia Long – Mathematical Compositions and Musical Calculations
Sam Luby – Ticks: Not Man’s Best Friend
Robby Mangum – Final Frontiers: Masculinity in the Video Games of Obsidian Entertainment
Ava McCartin – Unpacking Irish Oral Tradition
Ben Nelson – Cognitive Consumers
Grace Page – Examining Marriage: A Comparison of Perceptions based on Religious Affiliation and Religiosity
Walker Phillips – American Public Opinion on Mental Health
Madeleine Robben – RedDressing Wounds
Lexie Ruckman – Remembering Tragedy: How Female Resistance within Theresienstadt becomes Memorialized
Olivia Samimy – The Female Experience through Poetry
Ellie Schad – Economic Effects of Brexit in the United Kingdom
Carly Schepacarter – Murals for Healing: Transforming Blank Walls into Therapeutic Outlets
Jessica Schott – Bindery Through the Ages: A Look at the Long History of Bookbinding
Madalyn Wheeler – Developmental Biology Research
Jessica White – Models of Female Authority in Egypt During the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period
Hannah Wilk – The Social Problem of Texting and Driving: Analysis via a Criminological and Public Health Lens
Casey Wilson – Making a Splash: The Interactions of Public and Private Organizations in Swim Lesson Education
Anthony Wisdo – Comparative Assessment of Legality Surrounding Renewable Energy