Undergraduate Honors Theses
The Northwest University Honors Program began in Fall 2018. The first cohort graduated in Spring 2022. Honors Program students enroll in up to eight rigorous core courses and finish their undergraduate career by writing an honor thesis based on original research.
Recent Submissions
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A House Built on Sand: Common Good Constitutionalism’s Foundational Flaws
Northwest University, May 2023
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Standout Small Businesses: Identifying Company Core Values as the First Step for Small Businesses to Establish a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Northwest University, May 2023
20 pagesAs technology advancements continue to increase the gap between corporate giants and their competitors, small businesses find themselves fighting for relevance in a changing business environment. Small businesses must find ... -
The Implications of TikTok Engagement on the Number of Spotify Listeners: A Study on Independent Artists
Northwest University, May 2023
24 pagesThe music industry has encountered a shift from CD sales to stream count. This shift has been reinforced by the rise of social media and short-form video content, particularly through the platform of TikTok. I performed a ... -
Hygiene Values and Practices in Cambodian Hospitals: An Ethnographic Case Study
Northwest University, May 2023
53 pages -
Indigenous Stewardship and Forest Management: Evaluating California's Strategic Plan for Expanding the Use of Beneficial Fire
Northwest University, May 2023
36 pagesIn recent years, wildfires of increased frequency, magnitude, and destruction have plagued California, risking lives, property, and ecosystem health. The development of intensifying fire conditions can be traced through ... -
Popular Children’s Literature Trends and My Writing
Northwest University, May 2023
64 pagesThis thesis observes and analyzes trends in children’s literature from 2012 to 2021. It includes the aspects of genre, format, theme, and style. This is based on research and expertise from newspapers, books, and peer-reviewed ... -
The Glass Ceiling at Home: How Parental Leave Policies Perpetuate a Culture of Sexism
Northwest University, April 2023
22 pagesThe United States is one of few countries that does not offer any paid parental leave to its citizens, yet nearly half of the families in the country are ones in which both parents work. Societally speaking, the expectations ... -
Modern Myths of Corsetry: Debunked
Northwest University, April 2023
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Online Child Sexualization: A Postliberal Approach to Legal Change
Northwest University, April 2023
40 pagesMy thesis will assess the legal framework governing the regulation of social media and child sexualization in the United States. It will demonstrate how children are harmed by social media, specifically looking at how girls ... -
Top Factors Contributing to Turnover Rates in the Pacific Northwest Youth Pastorates
Northwest University, May 3, 2022
25 pagesThis thesis deduces the top three factors affecting turnover rates in the Pacific Northwest. The role of the youth pastor has only come about within the last century. With this information, it is understandable why job ... -
True Crime Podcasts: Analyzing Ethical Principles, Advocacy, and Sensationalism
Northwest University, May 2022
29 pagesThe ethics of true crime podcasts are questionable. They appear to promote social justice but may utilize media tactics that could be exploitative and sensationalist. True crime podcasts bear ethical responsibility to ... -
Exploring Education-Based Minimum-Wage Incentives to Counter Seattle’s Rising Homelessness Rates
Northwest University, May 2022
28 pagesSeattle currently has the third highest rate of homeless of any city in the U.S., with homeless rates only rising. To assist struggling families, the United States government has issued a new federal minimum wage to lift ... -
Assessing the Validity of the Garmin Venu SQ for Estimating VO2max
Northwest University, May 1, 2022
15 pagesThis study assesses the accuracy and validity of the Garmin Venu SQ’s VO2max estimations. We asked 13 healthy college-aged students (ages 18-23) to complete three exercise trials while wearing the Garmin Venu SQ. Participants ... -
Getting Back on Script: An Investigation into the Use of Scripts to Reduce Police Violence
Northwest University, April 26, 2022
52 pagesThis study addresses the problem of violence in the United States perpetrated by police through the study of the communicative concept of “scripts.” It serves to examine the reasons why the United States has such a strong ... -
Identifying Correlations in Academic Anxiety to Coin the Term "Math-Related Testing Anxiety"
Northwest University, April 22, 2022
39 pagesMath anxiety was first defined by Richardson and Suinn (1972) as “feelings of tension or anxiety that interfere with the manipulation of numbers.” Testing anxiety has been proven to produce similar feelings of tension which ... -
A Silent Pandemic: A Proposal to End the Insulin Crisis
Northwest University, April 20, 2022
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A Neglected and Untreated Population: Addressing the Systemic Underdiagnosis of Females with ADHD
Northwest University, November 17, 2021
31 pagesADHD is a neurobehavioral disorder that has been historically associated with young boys, although recent research has focused on bolstering the scarce selection of research on females with the disorder. I evaluated a large ...
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