Fall 2024 Capstone Presentations

Mark your calendar for Fall Quarter Senior Capstone presentations! Scheduled from Monday, December 9 to Thursday, December 12, we have 19 presentations. Fall presentations will be in person in Old Main 330 classrooms (unless otherwise listed) with a Zoom option. To arrange your virtual attendance at any presentation, please email Honors@wwu.edu to request the Zoom link. All times listed are in Pacific Time.

Senior Project Presentations

Monday, December 9 2024

Alex Miller

A light blue poster with grass, carrots, and lettuce in the foreground, a blue garbage truck on a small hill with a tree in the background, and a sun in the clouds at the top of the poster. The text reads, "Grassroots2. Analyzing local food policy, its actors, and their motivations. Presented by Alex Miller. Advised by Phil Pendergast. Monday, December 9, 2024. 9:00 AM in OM330 and on Zoom. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu"
Grassroots^2
9:00 am PST
9:00 am PST in Old Main 330C

Kaye Kulp

Green background containing a photo of ancient buildings and greenery. Text reads “An Honors Capstone Presentation. Transing History: Examining the use of Androgynos in Ancient and Modern Jewish Texts. Presented by Kaye Kulp. Advised by Dr. Daniel Picus. December 9th @ 10 am. Old Main 330 and Zoom.
Transing History: Examining the use of Androgynos in Ancient and Modern Jewish Texts
10:00 am PST
10:00 am PST in Old Main 330C

Christopher Buetow

City background with skyscrapers in a black-and-white color scheme. "Strategic Business Plan: Empowering Success, Igniting Innovation. Prepared by Chris Buetow; Advised by Mary Sass. 11:00-11:45AM in Old Main 330C; Monday, December 9th; Bellingham, WA. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."
Strategic Business Plan
11:00 am PST
11:00 am PST in Old Main 330C

Tristan Parzuchowski

A grey poster with black fringes in the top right and bottom left corners. A black film reel camera on a stand sits in the bottom right corner. The text reads: "The Great Escape. A historical account of U.S. film development in the 1930's, and a reflection of film's effect on the American population during The Great Depression. Tristan Parzuchowski, 12/9/2024, 1:00 pm, Old Main 330 C & Zoom, Advisor: Tony Prichard, For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."
The Great Escape
1:00 pm PST
1:00 pm PST in Old Main 330C

Cassie Roberto

Picture of a man climbing in between two trees. Text reads "Gray Areas: Levels Within Philosophy Presented by: Cassie Roberto, Advised by: Ryan Wasserman. December 9th, 2024 2:00 pm Old Main 330C. For disability accommodation please email honors@wwu.edu."
Gray Areas: Levels Within Philosophy
2:00 pm PST
2:00 pm PST in Old Main 330C

Tuesday, December 10 2024

Sarah Feltman

A teal background with green highlights, featuring basic illustrated images of vines and a twenty-sided dice. Text reads "To Find A Dragon: A play on finding your own truth within the realm of fiction. Presented by Sarah Feltman, Advised by Kamarie Chapman. Tuesday December 10th at 11:00 am. Old Main 330C (with Zoom Accessibility). For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu".
To Find A Dragon: A play on finding your own truth within the realm of fiction
11:00 am PST
11:00 am PST in Old Main 330C

Layne Fry

Red background with silhouettes of an evergreen tree skyline and a fighter jet. Text reads “Cowardice: A play about our modern relationship with war, the draft, and each other. Presented by Layne Fry. Advised by Kamarie Chapman. Tuesday, December 10 at 1:00 PM, Old Main 330C. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu”.
Cowardice: A play about our modern relationship with war, the draft, and each other
1:00 pm PST
1:00 pm PST in Old Main 330C

Finley Bell

Background is a picture taken from the perspective of a person on the ground of tall trees covered in moss and lichen, with a gray-green filter over the picture. Text reads: "Mapping Late Successional Forest, by Finley Bell. Advised by Dr. Aquila Flower. Tuesday, December 10th, 2:00 PM. Old Main 330C. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."
Mapping Late Successional Forest
2:00 pm PST
2:00 pm PST in Old Main 330C

Kate Rigberg

A gradient blue poster with an orange and blue box in the center, where the blue portion appears as a 'plus sign' within the orange box. Under the orange box is a citation that reads "Michael Bach's Breathing Square". The text reads "Presenting: The Human Brain: Spoiler of all Illusions. A research proposal of motion perception and solving the aperture problem. Presented by: Kate Rigberg. Advised by: Larry Symons. Tuesday, December 10th at 3:00 Old Main 330.
The Human Brain: Spoiler of all Illusions
3:00 pm PST
3:00 pm PST in Old Main 330C

Wednesday, December 11 2024

Bella Wiseman

Blue background containing layered geographic circles with colorful cartoon plants and a cartoon image of a woman holding up a picket sign. Text reads, “The Politics of Reproductive Rights: What Drives Public Opinion? Examining the evolution of public attitudes on abortion and key predictors shaping reproductive rights in a post-Dobbs America. Wednesday, Dec, 11th 10am-10:45am OM 330C & Zoom.
The Politics of Reproductive Rights: What Drives Public Opinion?
10:00 am PST
10:00 am PST in Old Main 330C

Alexandra Knepp

An illustration of two young women, both crouched down to pick a flush of mushrooms off the same stump. The young woman on the left wears worn clothes and has a basket on her back. The young woman on the right wears a dress and a dirty apron. They stare at each other in surprise. Text reads "An Honors Capstone Presentation. Kama Means Hello: A Story of Language Contact. December 11th at 11am, OM 330C. By Alexandra Knepp, Advised by Dr. Virginia Dawson.
Káma Means Hello: A Story of Language Contact
11:00 am PST
11:00 am PST in Old Main 330C

Blake Walters

a mural of two nobles holding intense, yet intimate eye contact. One of the fellows is holding on to the red cloak of the other, indicating that perhaps he is so smitten that he has lost balance. Anyways, the text reads, "The Heart of the Matter: Do Communication Styles, Personality Traits, and Attachment Styles Shape Romantic Relationship Satisfaction? In our sample, no they did not. Presented by Blake Walters, Advised by Dr. Warren. Presentation to be held at OM 330C, on Dec. 11th, from 1 to 1:45 PM."
The Heart of the Matter: Do Communication Styles, Personality Traits, and Attachment Styles Shape Romantic Relationship Satisfaction?
1:00 pm PST
1:00 pm PST in Old Main 330C

Susanna Bloom

Microscopy image of a mitochondrion stained purple and blue along with images of fruit flies. Title reads: “Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Innate Immunity; using RTqPCR to measure innate immune response in Drosophila melanogaster. Susannah Bloom. Advised by Adrienne Wang. 2:00pm December 12, 2024. OM330C or on Zoom. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Innate Immunity: using RTqPCR to measure innate immune response in Drosophila melanogaster
2:00 pm PST
2:00 pm PST in Old Main 330C

Allie Buckley

A poster with color splotches of green, yellow, orange and red on top, and a blue-toned computer chip at the bottom. Text reads “Allie Buckley presents with advising from Rebecca Borowski. Between the Colors and the Numbers: The Meta-Capstone that analyzed the Honors Capstone Project. In Old Main 330c & Zoom at 3:00 PM on Dec 11. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”.
Between the Colors and the Numbers: The Meta-Capstone that analyzed the Honors Capstone Project
3:00 pm PST
3:00 pm PST in Old Main 330C

Thursday, December 12 2024

Juliana McKeehan

An image with a cartoon photo of a tall, grey, barbed fence. There is a hole at the bottom base of the middle of the fence. The ground is grass on the side of the viewer and the background is blank behind the gaps of the fence. Text reads “The Woman, the Soldier, and the Fence, Part of the "Soldier's Stories" Collection. Presented by Juliana McKeehan, advised by Kristen French, December 12th, (Thursday) 2024 at 9:00 AM, for disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu”.
The Woman, the Soldier, and the Fence – Part of the "Soldier's Stories" Collection
9:00 am PST
9:00 am PST in Old Main 330C

Lake Star

The poster is made up of white text on a black background, with Nicanor Parra’s “FINAL POEM” featured in a centered white square. The top reads: “Reading the Gap ¶ Interpreting Non-Representation through Literature” The bottom of the poster reads, “Presented by N. Lake Starr & Advised by Thomas Hummel ¶ In Old Main, Room 300c on December 12th at 10:00am ¶ Poem Credit: FINAL POEM by Nicanor Parra ¶ For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu”
Reading the Gap: Interpreting Non-Representation through Literature
10:00 am PST
10:00 am PST in Old Main 330C

Isabel Hyde

A white poster with a red border and red and black text. The text reads “This Presentation Is Not (struck through) Accessible. December 12th, 11 a.m. Viking Union 567 and Zoom. Presented by Isabel Hyde, Advised by Kristen Chmielewski. For the Zoom link, please email hydei@wwu.edu. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu. @this_isnotaccessible.”
This Presentation Is -Not- Accessible
11:00 am PST
11:00 am PST in Viking Union 567

Emily Petersen

Blurred image of the backs of two people with their left hands on their heads in the foreground. They face toward an instructor in the background, also with her hand on her head. Between them are grey and black folding chairs. Text reads "Prescribing Dance: an ethnography of participants in a dance class for neurological disorders. By Emily Petersen, advised by Pam Kuntz. December 12th 2024, 1pm, Commissary B. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu. Photo by Briana Tuvey."
Prescribing Dance: an ethnography of participants in a dance class for neurological disorders
1:00 pm PST
1:00 pm PST in Commissary Studio B

Lydia Tibbott

A light blue background with a gold border, at the bottom is the outline of the profile of a head in multicolored pixels. "3:00 pm December 12th in WWU Academic West 403 or on Zoom. The Business of Research. A review of psychological meta-science video screening and Q&A. Presented by Lydia Tibbot. Under advisement by Dr. Michael Warren. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu"
The Business of Research
3:00 pm PST
3:00 pm PST in Academic West 403