Honors Undergraduate Theses from 2026
Who Cares? A Critique of Digital Classrooms in K–12 Education and What It Means for Students and Teachers, Jade R. McCobb-Pratt
The Signature of the Self: Toward a Critique of the Phenomenological Origins of Self-Constitution, Dylan Mendez
Rawls on the Status of Future Citizens, Michael Moeny
Being-Online: Towards a Phenomenological Account of Virtual Place and Narrative Selfhood, Ben Runey
The Self and The Afterlife, Elizabeth Schmidt
Honors Undergraduate Theses from 2025
Reconciling Theory and Praxis. Defending Subjective Agency Against Althusser's Structuralism - Daniel Guerrero, Daniel Guerrero
Honors Undergraduate Theses from 2024
Subjectivity in Circulation: Jean Baudrillard and the Image as Objective Reality, Jacob Crawley
Madness As Epistemic Advantage: The Relevance Of Standpoint Epistemology To The Evolution Of Mental Health Care, Aven E. Kazmier
The Ethics of Brain-Machine Interfaces, Devon J. Lynn
Keeping You In Shape: The Integration Of Fractals In The Study Of Healthy Systems, Alexandria Miller
Decolonizing Yoga: Historical Perspectives And Contemporary Practices, Archana Ram
A Holistic Approach to Animal Farming: Integrating Bioregionalism and Socialist Ecofeminism Within the Context of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Sarah R. Spears
Metaontological Dismissive Strategies: Implications and Applications in Metaphysics of Race and Gender, Ethan F. Stumpp
Theses from 2023
Defining Creativity and Its Role in Marx's Philosophy, Carlos Avila
"Auto"-Exploitation: A Marxist Examination of Self-Driving Cars, Parker DuVall
Avicenna's Doctrine of Emanation and the Sphere of the Heavens, Brian C. Manere
Wild Wild Country: Netflix, Orientalism, and the Guru, E. K. D. Wood
Theses from 2022
Transformations of Hanbok in the Age of Hallyu: Fashion, Cultural Hybridization, and the Construction of Vernacular Korean Nationalism, Katharine V. Smith
The Concept of Grief: A Phenomenological Account with Continual Reference to Kierkegaard, Nathan Sweetman
Theses from 2021
Rule-Following, Enculturation, and Normative Identity, Nicholas Odom
The Lived Experience of Chronic Pain: On the Contributions of Phenomenology in Understanding Chronic Pain Disorders, Riley C. Smith
Theses from 2020
Rethinking Causality: Thomas Aquinas' Argument From Motion & the Kalām Cosmological Argument, Derwin Sánchez Jr.
Theses from 2019
Culture, Power, and Control: A Discussion of Autonomy and Responsibility, Loren A. Alonso
An Ecofeminist Analysis of the Ready-made Garment Industry in Bangladesh, Yasmin Fakhoury
The Metaphysics of the Collective Unconscious, Oscar B. Jablon
Collective Nobility: Spinoza and the Politics of Emotion, Ethan K. Uhlig
Theses from 2018
The Power in Multiplying: Growth in New Religious Movements, Nicole Wrobel
Theses from 2017
Faith in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Star Wars as Religion, Darryl B. Hunter II
Flocks, Swarms, Crowds, and Societies: On the Scope and Limits of Cognition, Zachariah A. Neemeh
Theses from 2016
Situating Political Obligation in Political Ontology: Ethical Marxism and the Embedded Self, Chris A. Chambers
The History of Inequality in Education and the Question of Equality Versus Adequacy, Diana Carol Dominguez
Process and Mind: Exploring the Relationship Between Process Philosophy and the Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Science of Cognition, Larry A. Moralez
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Death Penalty Debate: A Critical Examination of the Moral Justifications for Capital Punishment, Whitley Mann
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Incompatibility of Freedom of the Will and Anthropological Physicalism, Ariel Gonzalez
Positive Individualism, Rebecca Perdomo
Levinas on the 'Origin' of Justice: Kant, Heidegger, and a Communal Structure of Difference, Olga Tomasello
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The relationship between consciousness and intentionality, Jordan Bell
Direct Reference and Empty Names, Benjamin Cook
The Meaning of Being in Speech: Language, Narrative, and Thought, Leah Kaplan
Upbuilding Oppositions: Kierkegaard, Camus, and the Philosophy of Love, Jesus Luzardo
Reason Leads: A Reconciliation in Ethics, Stephen Oldham
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
A marxian concept of human nature in defense of alienation a revolutionary exegesis of a revolutionary philosophy, Christopher Byron
Story lines moving through the multiple imagined communities of an asian-/american-/feminist body, Athia Choudhury
Art as a questioning process, Elizabeth Perez
The nature of love a phenomenological approach, Samantha Schroeder
American revolutionary thinkers unjust wars, limited government and natural rights, Adam Spera
My peace i give unto you christianity's critique of roman and american exceptionalism, Ryan Tindall
Resurrecting Inanna: lament, gender, transgression, Kimberly Torres
Navigating authenticity in the age of the internet a phenomenological exploration of the existential effects of social media, Douglas Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Aristotle on mind, Rachel R. Adams
Two conceptions of the mind, Benjamin J. Aguda
A critical phenomenology of civilization, J. C. Brinson
Mindfulness and authentic creativity developing a healthy lifestyle, Brittany B. Cockrell
Ethics in a shrinking world exploring the ethical implications of the proliferation of technology on world hunger, Kevin M. Dupree
How am I not myself? a semiotic analysis of images, Michael G. Main
Paul Verhoeven, media manipulation, and hyper-reality, Emmanuel William Malchiodi
Critical white feminism interrogating privilege, whiteness, and antiracism in feminist theory, Caroline McFadden
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Emotion and knowing : being attuned to the world, Carter M. Hardy
The role of magician and philosopher in society : the archetype of wonder and its cognitive implications in modern life, Konstantin Kimlat
Ethical applications of free culture applied for art education : piloting chinavine as an interactive model, Jonathan E. Lederman
"That Boy Ain't Right": How Disruptive Male Characters in Sitcom Satires Can Reinforce Normative Gender and Sexuality for the Dominant Audience, Sarah M. Nowak
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Epistemic rights and responsibilities in the age of the patriot act, Irina Gallagher
The way to freedom in existential philosophy, Benjamin B. Knob
Toward 'another cartography' : border negotiations with artists Frida Kahlo and Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Megan Peck
Degrees of Freedom and Responsibility: How Consciousness Impinges on Action, Tristan Reiniers
Redefining identities in art through Santeria, Wendy Sanchez
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
The man and the creation : an inquiry into the modern fascination of king Tutankhamun, Sarah A. Doerr
Alexander the Great : anointed with lighting, Michael T. Jahosky
Drunk on new wine : Dionysian transformation and nascent Christianity, Jonathan J. Koscheski
Redefining Art as an Experience, Pedro Zasciurinskis Lopes
A comparison : the motives and practices of Western and Maasai culture, Daniel J. Razzano
On the moral relevance of nonhuman animals, Erin A. Rullo
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
In Support of Lynn White: Rethinking Christian Theology in light of the Ecological Crisis, Stephanie Cato
Civilized Dancing: The Evolution of Ballroom Dancing from African Trance and Folk Dance, Patsy Holden
On Surfing Films: An Aesthetic Study, John Storm
Musical Spirituality: The Transformative Power of Popular Music, Seth Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Different Bodies, Different Selves: The Role of Physical Disability in the Formation of Personal Identity, John Anderson
The Best of All Possible Worlds Contains Evil: An Examination and Defense of Leibniz's Arguments that This Is the Best of All Possible Worlds, Joseph Anderson
Paradoxes of the American Megachurch, Matthew Fisk
Resplendent Ares: Critical Analysis of the Modernist Discourse of Mars, Jae Jerkins
Following a Religion without Religion: Is Derrida's Concept of "Pure Forgiveness" Merely and Impossible Dream?, Corey Stewart
Popularizing Philosophy Through Fiction and Popular Media: A Review and Analysis, Kellen Voss
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Christian Nation: Evaluating the Claims of the New Christian Right, Kimberly Bevis
Kohlberg and the Social Contract: Human Moral Development In Light of Various Formulations of Social Contract Theory, Ryan Martin
Neo-Orientalism in Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Post-Colonial Response, Fatima Maxwell
Post-Pragmatic Ethics: Consequences of Neopragmatism on Truth in Ethics, Peter Olen
Practical Sexual Responsibility and Self-Control: A Foucaultian Analysis of Contemporary HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs, N. Anthony Palumbo
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Opposing Conceptions of Freedom In America: A Historical and Contemporary Investigation, Colin Moore
Defending the Personhood of Artificial Intelligence, Jennifer Persell
Three Feminist Artists Respond to The Last Supper, Wendy Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
A dialectical discussion of Jean-Paul Sartre's concept of freedom and contemporary suicide bombers, Katharine Lacefield
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
An analysis of christian morality : inconsistency and self-interest, Elizabeth J. Bishop
Beyond misogyny : Penelope and Clytaemnestra as paradigms for society, Mitzi R. Stone
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
The problem with the problem of evil, Kevin W. Clark
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Life as a red blood cell in the artery of a cyborg, Steven M. Mason
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
The 7th to haight : the language game exposed, David A. Huffaker