For more than four decades, the University Honors Program has enjoyed a proud history of success at Northern Illinois University. Its alumni, who span NIU’s six undergraduate colleges and number in the thousands, are engaged in a broad array of exciting professions across the United States and around the world. They remember fondly the Honors Program’s rich and continuing traditions, from the freshmen retreat at NIU’s scenic Lorado Taft Field Campus to the “Honors House” living-learning community to the Honors Day ceremony for graduating seniors.

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Capstones from 2024

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When I Left a Part of Me Stayed, Aidan JF Bengford

Capstones from 2023

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The Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Exercise Interventions for Concussions, Anna Altergott

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Mirror Therapy Rehabilitation in Low Back Pain Patients, Claudia L. Altergott

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Breaking the Loop: Strategies for Fighting Climate Change on U.S. Farms, Ashley Barry

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Sensor Module Network for Monitoring Trace Gases in the International Space Station, Aaron Beck, Drake Provost, Christopher English, and Kamrin Gustave

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Honors Capstone Composition Recital, Kayla L. Bivin

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The Importance of Charting and Documentation in the Nursing Profession, Charlotte J. Bradshaw

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Feminist Retellings of Homer's The Odyssey, 2005-2022, Brenna R. Bretzinger

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The G-Signaling Protein Rcp Controls the Polarized Basement Membrane Deposition in Epithelial Cells, Rebecca M. Brnot

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Strategies to Manage and Prevent Lower Back Pain in College Students, Onique Bryson

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Perceptions of discrimination and intervention services by Asian and Asian-American caregivers of children with disabilities throughout the duration of COVID-19, Angelika A. Cabang and Janet Olson

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Reputation(s): Constructing 'Sustainable' Identities Amid American 'Unsustainability', Abigail G. DeeWaard

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CTA’s ‘L’ System Visualization and Animation, Julia Finegan

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Comparing a Non-Word Repetition Task Performance to a Standardized Morphosyntax Measure in Bilingual Spanish-English Children, Emily Freeman

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Nursing Care of the Pediatric Patient with Autism, Cayley Frolik

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Gender Differences in Youth’s Mental Health Problems During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kimberly A. Hohlfeld

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Exploring the Job Market Before and After COVID-19, Abigail E. Hostman

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Complexity of Perfection, Ayanna M. Johnson

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Will AI and Automation Replace or Assist Accountants, Sterlen Jamar Johnson

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Ernst & Young’s Attempt to Split Accounting and Consulting Services: An Unsuccessful Endeavor, Jacob Jovanovich

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The Accounting Profession from the Collegiate Perspective: An Analysis of Gender Equality Perceptions, Samantha Kalinka

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Train Travel as an Adventure, Stormy Kara

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REFUGE: A United Front Against Domestic Violence, JADE KING and Kaitlyn Pitt

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Hippotherapy within Physical Therapy Treatment: Helping Patients with Cerebral Palsy Achieve Functional Goals, Grace Kucienski

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Multilingualism and Augmentative Alternative Communication: A Review of the Literature, Hannah N. LaMarca and Natalie R. Andzik

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Assessing the Association Between Experiential Avoidance, Resilience, and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Victoria G. Latayan

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Exploring Unaccompanied Clarinet Repertoire, Kamil Lebowa

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Shop & Speak: The Hottest Eye-Phone App on The Market, Angelo N. LeDonne

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Analyzing Parent Trust as A Predictor of Parental Involvement with ADHD as Moderator, Justin D. Ligeski

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Paleotemperature Estimates from Diatom Morphometrics in the Amundsen Sea for Marine Isotope Stage 5, Cesar Lopez

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Factors that Influence Black Youth Voter Turnout, Arianna T. Ramos

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The Color of Sound: An Insight on Chromesthesia, Lupe Rodriguez

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Creating a Three Dimensional NGSS Aligned Unit on Motion and Energy for Middle Grades Students, Spencer M. Rudie

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How Changes in Women’s Film Representations Reflect Changes in Society and Feminism: The Case of Modern WWII Spy Film and Modern Feminism, Anna Scanlan

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Oh Tibia Nursing Student, Megan A. Schmit

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Mothers’ Use of Internal State Words with Toddlers with and without Hearing Loss during Natural Play, Sarah D. Screnock

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Landslide Forecast in Taiwan Based on Machine Learning in the GIS field, Yi Shen

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Coaching and Mentoring Programs Ensuring Equal Opportunity to Higher Education for Laotian Students, Vilaya Sirivong

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Panem's Parallel's: Authoritarianism in the Real World, Quentin J. Stewart

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An In-Depth Study of Border Cell Migration within Drosophila melanogaster, Leif R. Verace

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Anatomy of the Ankle and Ankle Injuries in Athletes, Isabelle G. West

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Pixel-Wise Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods Implementation on Multi-Class Wildfire Mapping, Mingda Wu

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The Effects of Color on Flavor, Tiffany S. Yoo

Capstones from 2022

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How Social Media Affects Political Beliefs and Movements, Alyssa Anderson

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The Elusive and Complex Parabolic Relationship between Terrorism and GDP per-capita, Kianna Becker

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Novel Mobility Device for Conjoined Twins, Allyson Bowgren

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Popular Music and History: An Interconnected Narrative, Gwendolin Bresnan

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COVID-19 and The Subsequent Change on Buyer Behavior, Chloe J. Chadwick Miss

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Are All High-Potentials Successful Leaders? Exploring the Underlying Effect of Impostor Syndrome and Evaluative Concerns on the Relationship Between HiPo Designation and Leadership Self-Efficacy., Anjishnu Chakrabarti and Lisa M. Finkelstein

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Segmentation of DNA Lesions in Irradiated Mouse Brain Sections, Nicholas Cirone

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Queering LGBTQ, Caleb Flynn

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Creating Nutrition Education for Lactating Parents, Audrey Fohey

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Manual Material Handling Lift-Assist System for Occupational Exoskeleton, Erik Goes, Daniel Guthrie, and Trevor Ward

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Israeli Democracy: Its Institutions and the Impact of the 1948 Palestine War, Grant P L Goral

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Sexual Relationships During COVID-19, Katherine Hahn-Boisvert

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Patriotism For All Causes: How American Veterans of the Philippine-American War Were Used to Influence Imperial Policies in the Early Twentieth Century, Russell T. Heibel

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Self-Driving Retrofit Kit for Self-Propelled Lawn Mowers, Dominic Heye

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The Spatial Associations between Crime and Economy in Chicago 2015-2020, Hongtao Huang

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How are the Features of Infant Directed Speech Related to Cradling Bias?, Tiffany S. Jacob

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American Attitudes Toward Nuclear Energy, Eric J. Kirchman

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Contributing Factors and Solutions for Inappropriate Use of the Emergency Department, Lesia M. Kozych

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Living A More Sustainable Lifestyle: Brand Recommendations and Product Reviews, Alison L. Kramer

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Intensifying Reading Instruction Using Explicit Instruction: An Overview and How-To Guide, Katie Krogman

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FaceShield: Using Machine Learning to Prevent Face Touching on a Commercially Available Smartwatch, Rami I. Lake

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The Parent Perspective on Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Qualitative Study, Alicia LaRouech

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The Northern Illinois University Foundation and Alumni Engagement: Who is “Golden,” and What Leads Alumni to Give to NIU After Graduation, Emma R. McMahon

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Comparative Transcriptomic Study between Cyanobacteria that Contain Chlorophyll d and Those that Lack Chlorophyll d, Fernanda Montoya

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Factors Affecting Time to Recovery: A COVID-19 Survival Analysis, Fernanda Montoya

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Slacking, Dazed and Rocking: A Study of Richard Linklater, Parker D. Otto

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What is Insurance? An Analysis of the Tax Deductibility of Captive Insurance Premiums, John D. Patten

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Senior Recital Program Research, Kasey Pennington

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Adaption, Retention, and Readaptation Strategies for Unfamiliar LEKA (Lower-Extremity Knee Angles), Leea M. Perry

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Artificial Intelligence in the Medical Field: Medical Review Sentiment Analysis, Nicholas Podlesak

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Don't you want to be happy?, Mario Rocha Rodriguez Jr

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Health Status and Gender Identity among Northern Illinois University Students, Faculty and Staff, Blake E. Rooker

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Grocery Sales and the Pandemic, Joy A. Salentine

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Food Insecurity Among NIU College Students, Hannah Schaumberg

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Dual-Country Middle School Science Air Quality Curriculum Guide, Cassandra R. Sendra

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Crochet as an Allegory, Maeve R. Wallace

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Exploring the Spatial Association between Obesity and Selected Underlying factors among Adults in the United States, Xinyi Ye

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Code-Switching: Patterns and Motivations for Thai American Bilingual Speakers, Holly Young

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JLootBox: An Agent-Based Model of Social Influence and Gambling in Online Video Games, Lila Zayed

Capstones from 2021

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IoT-Based Patient Monitoring Device, Matthew R. Baldwin, Tyler Dieter, and Matthew Lowe

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The True Feminists Were Hidden in Plain Sight: An Analysis of Disney Heroines Through a Fourth-Wave, Intersectional Lens, Alexa Blair

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Raising Dietary Representation, Dottie V. Blanchard

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Connecting Communities During Crisis: A Case Study of Nonprofit Agencies, People with Disabilities and Access to COVID-19 Vaccines, Brittany R.. Blomquist

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Penguin Players Music Director Digital Binder, Nina P. Caliendo

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IRHA Conference Analysis, Marianna R. Carr

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Comparison of Augmented Reality and Visual Supports on the Correct and Independent Completion of Vocational Tasks Among Students with Autism and/or Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Cameron M. Clark

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The Care and Management of a Newborn with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Alexis M. Combs

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Noninvasive, Wireless Chargers for Implantable Devices and Epidermal Electronics, Natalia Dmitruk, James R. Jersey, and Karla E. Perez Lopez

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How COVID-19 Affected the Academic Internship Experience, Jonathan Drilling

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Carbon Fiber Monocoque Chassis Redesign, Todd E. Durham, Lauren M. Bangert, and Matthew L. McCoy

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The Impact of the Night Shift on the Well-being of Nurses and Ways to Mitigate Them, Gareth T. Elkins

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Aerobic Exercise and Cognition, Kristen M. Ernst

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Health Disparities and Pregnancy, Mary K. Ferneau

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A Response to Leibniz's Monadology, DeVonté Fuller

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Deafness in NICU babies, Adrienne N. Gennell

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The Effect of Antibiotic Selective Pressure on MDR1 and ASCT2 Expression in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Isabella G. Guizzetti, Barrie P. Bode, and Paige Jay Bothwell

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Undocumented Students During the Times of COVID-19, Sarah N. Heinz