To graduate from The Honors College, each honors student must complete a thesis or creative project under the supervision of a member of the UAlbany faculty. The following students are graduates of The Honors College. Where available, there is a link to a student's honors thesis.
Honors Class of 2008

Elizabeth Gray (Philosophy) Rawls on Civil Disobedience
Eric Koch (Biology) Activity-Dependent Sharpening of the Retinotectal Map in Zebrafish: The Role of GAP43 and the Par Complex
Catherine Kramer (Political Science) Females in Terrorist Organizations
Cory Maggio (Political Science) Supreme Court Decision-Making: How an Integrated Model can Prevent Inappropriate Judicial Behavior
Honors Class of 2009

Joanna Smith, Whitney Sperrazza, Jamie Tedesco, Katie Reed, Professor Haugaard, Leann Lu, Nasiratu Larry, Emily Kelsey, John Conway, Maggie Daly, Lauren Nye
Lana Bunning (Biology) Evolutionary Analysis of Host Proteins CD4, CXCR4, and CCR5, and HIV/SIV gp120
John Conway (Finance) Investigating the Persistence of Hedge Fund Returns Over the Period of 1998 to 2005
Margaret Daly (Biology) The Role of tRNA Modification Systems in the Cellular Stress
Nasiratu Larry (Biology) Effects of Carbachol and Vitamin C on Submandibular Salivary Gland Branching Morpogenesis
Leann Lu (Public Administration & Policy) Mortgage Lending Reform: Finding Innovative State Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis
Lauren Nye (English) Our Greatest Want: An Examination of the Rhetorical Tendencies Employed by African American Female Abolitionist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Katie Reed (Public Administration & Policy) The Effect of Teachers' Unions on Issues in School Reform
Joanna Smith (Art History) The Synagogue of Dura Europos: An Inclusive Narrative
Whitney Sperrazza (English) “A Woman’s Story at a winter’s Fire”: Gender Performativity and the Intrinsic Power of the Feminine in Shakespeare’s Macbeth
David Zahn (History) Assessing "Founders' Chic": An Examination of Recent Studies of Benjamin Franklin for Insights into the Resurgence of the Founders in American Historiography
please call (518) 442-9067 or send email to honors@uamail.albany.edu.
