Spring 2025 Capstone Presentations

Mark your calendar for Spring Quarter Senior Capstone presentations! Spring presentations will be in-person on Western's campus with a Zoom option. Please email Honors@wwu.edu if you need the Zoom link or physical location of any presentation you wish to attend. All times listed are in Pacific Time.

Senior Project Presentations

Friday, May 16, 2025

Aeryn Garvisch

Composting 101: The Ecological Art of Decay

Ella Villines

Couture or Confusion: Analyzing Haute Couture Collections through Cultural Brand Strategy

Edme Guetschow

The Outrage at St. John: Fostering Local Consciousness of an Understudied Historic PNW Race Riot

Maggie Minogue

Poster for "Teaching Perspectives" podcast event on May 16th, discussing critical pedagogy, advising attendees with disabilities to email for accommodations.

Teaching Perspective: A podcast about Critical Pedagogy and how teachers are approaching it today

Friday, May 23, 2025

Serafima Zavorotny

Mountains of Thread: An Exploration of Topography, Natural Dye, and Ikat Weaving

Sophie Richmond

Culture in the Commons: Third Places in Bellingham, WA, and their effects on sustainable behavior

Milo Campbell

Soxta's New Name: A Conlang Children's Book

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Kayla Reichstadt

The Power of Food: Fueling the Body and Soul

Friday, May 30, 2025

Clare Gaskill

Poster for "Silk Silhouettes" event with an image of purple and yellow draped silk fabric, including event details.

Silk Silhouettes: A Practical Exploration into Fabric Drape and Its Applications

Joel Rink

A poster of a view of Earth from outer space. Earth is on fire and has a large crack across the center. A torn piece of newspaper across the top reads "What's the Worst that Could Happen?" The text on the bottom of the poster reads "Insights into how uncertainty affects our understanding of climate change. Presented by Joel Rink. Advised by Zander Albertson. Friday, May 30th at 9:00am in Old Main 330A and Zoom. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu"

What's the Worst that Could Happen?

Slate Colebank

White background containing a picture of a television, a smartphone, and a camera above an image of a computer generated robotic hand. The text reads: "Artificial Entertainment. Exploring the emerging role of artificial intelligence in the creation of media and the implications of scalable, algorithmic content. By Slate Colebank. Advised by Kameron Decker Harris. May 30th at 10:00am. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.

Artificial Entertainment

Cara Doyle

Red background containing an image of a hand dispensing naloxone (aka: Narcan) and an image of Narcan medication. Text reads: "Narcan Now: Overdose Response Education for Students. Presented by Cara Doyle, advised by Dr. Ying Li. May 30 at 11 AM. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."

Narcan Now: Overdose Response Education for Students

Anna Mei Hedrick

White background featuring black music notes at the top. Title reads, "Finding My Rhythm: An original podcast exploring how Musicians of Color sustain their identities". A guitar image, illustrated music figures & violin image beneath. Lower text reads, "Honors Senior Capstone Presented by Anna Mei Hedrick, Advised by A Longoria. Friday, May 30 at 11:00am, Old Main 330C or Zoom. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu." QR code link included for podcast with May 23 release.

Finding My Rhythm: An original podcast exploring how Musicians of Color sustain their identities

Anders Johnson

A poster with a tan and beige background, with a plot showing several rainbow-colored wave-like data series. The axes of the plot are labeled residual and normalized fits. Text reads “modeling stress relaxation behavior, a physical interpretation of modeled behavior and a case study with frontal polymerization composites, Anders Johnson, advised by Dr. Mark Peyron, May 30th at 1 pm, Old Main 330C.”

Modeling Stress Relaxation Behavior: A physical interpretation of modeled behavior and a case study with frontal polymerization composites

Fiona Ferguson

A monochrome red poster with a human internal organ model framed by comic butterflies, craneflies, potato bugs and flies reads: “A Nervous System” in ransom note font. Smaller text reads “ An exploration of internal experience through color theory research, screenprinting, and gallery curation; By Fiona Ferguson, Advised by Ashley Mask. May 30th, 2pm, OM 330C and Zoom. An Honors Senior Capstone Project. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”

A Nervous System: An exploration of internal experience through color theory research, screen printing, and gallery curation

Diego Cardenas

Voice of the Dead

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Amara Farah

The poster is black with yellow and red font featuring a picture of a spotted-patterned fabric of the same colors. The fabric belongs to a silk dress from Hama, Syria. The text reads “Syrian Composer Identity and Representation. Thesis & Lecture Recital. Amara Farah. Advised by Dr. Felicia Youngblood. May 31, 2025 4:00pm — PAC Concert Hall. Kinan Azmeh. Angela Boutros. Kareem Roustom. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.”

Syrian Composer Identity and Representation

Monday, June 2, 2025

Esmé Krause

A green background with a photograph of a white lily flower. Text reads “Stop and Smell the Lilies, a visual exploration of Pacific Northwest native lilies through microscopy and acrylic paints. Old Main 330A Monday June 2nd at 4pm. Presented by Esmé Krause, advised by Eric DeChaine. For disability accommodations please email honors@ww.edu.”

Stop and Smell the Lilies: A visual exploration of Pacific Northwest native lilies through microscopy and acrylic paints

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Tina Ekhteraee-Sanaee

Women in the Shahnameh: A look at representation of women of the Shahnameh and how it connects to Iranian identity

Elizabeth Herriott

Tan background with an orange border containing an illustration of a firefighter holding an axe and a hose, and an illustration of fire. Text reads "Firefighter Shift Work, The Inescapable Cycle of Sleep Disturbance and PTSD. Presented by Elizabeth Herriott, Advised by Dr. Mike B. Warren. June 3rd at 11 Am. An original study on firefighters examining the effects of shift patterns on sleep disturbance and trauma susceptibility. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

Firefighter Shift Work: The Inescapable Cycle of Sleep Disturbance and PTSD

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Luke Wild

Wide brush painted sunset like background seeps from purple to red to yellow, vaguely reminiscent of flames, illustrated and four times copy – pasted outline of a standing solar panel fill the foreground. Text reads “DIY Solar Cell, Designed for Education and Accessibility, Presented by Luke Wild, Advised by Jill Davishahl, June 5th 9:00 AM, for disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”

DIY Solar Cell: Designed for Education and Accessibility

Samantha Gerschwiler

Blank lined paper background containing a sketch of a lightbulb with green, blue, pink, and yellow splotches behind it. Text reads: "Science as a Creative Endeavor--And How to Teach it That Way. Presented by Samantha Gerschwiler. Advised by Dr. Debi Hanuscin. Thursday, June 5th @ 9:00 AM. OM 330C. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."

Science as a Creative Endeavor and How to Teach it That Way

Marin Cohan

White background with orange and blue wavy lines above and below a blue and orange horizontal line. Text reads “Size Matters & So Does Timing. Time locked ERP components are affected by computer timing execution. Presented by Marin Cohan. Advised by Dr. Jantzen. June 5th, 2025 10:00 A.M For disability accommodations contact honors@wwu.edu”

Size Matters & So Does Timing: Time locked ERP components are affected by computer timing execution

Maren Duffy

Light teal background with two harbor seals swimming around the edges. The top seal is blue with a salmon swimming behind, and the bottom seal is pink with a flounder behind it. Text reads “Let’s Talk About Sex (Ratios): Harbor Seal Haul Out Sites in the Salish Sea. Presented by Maren Duffy. In collaboration with Haley Recob. Advised by Dr. Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez and Dr. Dietmar Schwarz. June 5th at 10:00AM in Old Main 340. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”.

Let’s Talk About Sex (Ratios): Harbor Seal Haul Out Sites in the Salish Sea

Adelle Sager

Many objects are distributed across a gray background. The objects are friendship bracelets, beads, a shell, a miniature chair, and a spiral earring. Text reads "Tapestry/unraveling. Presented by Adelle Sager, advised by Thomas Hummel. Thursday, June 5th at 11:00 AM. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

Tapestry/unraveling

Tess Billmire

A white background with a border surrounding the sides containing chemical glassware, a globe, notebooks and a magnet. On the bottom is a scientist looking at a chemistry experiment with a magnify glass and another scientist using a structure model kit. Text reads "Presented by Tess Billmire. Advised by Dr. Gregory O'Neil. An Honors Capstone Project Discovery of a new chemical reaction: the formation of oxygen and silicon containing rings from a non-metal catalyst June 5th 11:00-11:45 am OM 340.

Discovery of a New Chemical Reaction: The formation of oxygen and silicon containing rings from a non-metal catalyst

Zay Hassan

Carvings: An Evening of Storytelling

Friday, June 6, 2025

Selma Ragle

Rip Up & Chow Down: How RIPK3 upregulation might help microglia "eat" metastatic breast cancer

Lindsey Billingsley

Celiac Disease: Why I can't eat pastries!

Dove Nordblom

Pink background, large photo of a grey sky with a vertical rainbow across the page. Large, brown drawing of Lady Justice holding a scale and sword. White text reads "The Fabric of Our Future, Love and Justice Through Art. Presented by Dove Nordblom. June 6th at 10 am. An Honors Capstone Presentation advised by Tom Moore. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."

The Fabric of Our Future: Love and Justice Through Art

Gibran Jessa

EV or Bust? The Impact of 100% EV Strategy on Automotive Firms

Kacie Joe McDonald

Floral bordered images of father and daughter posing in black and white. Treat reads “Treat Me Right, I’m Still a Good Man’s Daughter: How Shakespeare’s Ophelia creates the madwoman trope; and why she endures in contemporary femininity. Friday, June 6th at 11am. Old main 330C. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu. Presented by Kacie Joe McDonald, Advised by Dr. Lori Martindale.

Treat Me Right, I’m Still a Good Man’s Daughter: How Shakespeare’s Ophelia creates the madwoman trope; and why she endures in contemporary femininity

Zachary Connor

A Murder Most Bureaucratic: Ableism, Business, & the Classroom

Amelia Bourne

A beach graphic with wave rolling in on sand and clams. The text reads "Thermodyclamics: temperature variability and heat fluxes in the swinomish clam garden. Presented by Amelia Bourne. Advised by Dr. Sam Kastner. Friday June 6th at 1pm. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."

Thermodyclamics: Temperature variability and heat fluxes in the Swinomish clam garden

Maven Neumiller

The Art of Language: An exercise in translation of Classical Chinese poetry

Milana Strong

Light blue background containing an illustration of an Ancient Greek ship sailing past two sirens sitting on a pile of bones. Text reads "Homer Behind Bars: Teaching Homer's Odyssey to Inmates at the Whatcom County Jail. Presented by Milana Strong, Advised by Miller Krause. June 6th @ 2pm, OM330A. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

Homer Behind Bars: Teaching Homer's Odyssey to Inmates at the Whatcom County Jail

Rosie O'Malley-Knudson

A lilac grid-patterned poster features illustrations of pink web browser pages, a flip phone, and a speech bubble in a Y2K style. The text reads “Talktistic. Rosie O’Malley-Knudson. Advised by Kristen Chmielewski. 2:00 PM June 6th, 2025. How autistic speech patterns facilitate communication. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."

Talktistic: How autistic speech patterns facilitate communication

Olivia Morrow

A poster with Vincent Van Gogh's Irises as the background, which showcases purple flowers with green stems with a green background. Poster reads at the top: "June 6th at 3:00 PM." In the middle it says the title, "In Another Life: A novel about Europe and relationships." Near the bottom it says, "by Olivia Morrow and advised by Dr. Julie Dugger." Very bottom of poster reads, "For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu"

In Another Life: A novel about Europe and relationships

Monday, June 9, 2025

Amalie Barton

Alt text: Off white background with ink-pen drawing of a dancer jumping. Text reads "Dancing through life, Practicing creative movement with seniors, presented by: Amalie Barton, advised by: Elizabeth Graham, Monday, June 9th at 9:00 am, For disability accommodations contact: Honors@wwu.edu"

Dancing Through Life: Practicing creative movement with seniors

Merlot Bingham

Background of Salish Sea containing cartoon images of an orca leaping out of the water, a harbor seal on a rock, a marbled murrelet and hooded nudibranch on the surface of the water, and an abalone on a rock. Text reads "Presented by Merlot Bingham, Advised by Kathleen Brian. What Do You See in the Sea? A Brief Anthology of Marine Organisms of the Salish Sea. June 9 at 9 a.m! For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."

What Do You See in the Sea? A Brief Anthology of Marine Organisms of the Salish Sea

Wilson Zuber

A purple poster. In the center of the poster is a circular creature. The circular creature is purple. The circular creature has one eye. The circular creature has an antenna. At the top of the poster is 16 circles. The circles are connected together with lines. The poster contains the text "Advised by Yudong Liu. May I Have Your Attention Please? Wilson Zuber. June 9th. 9:00 AM. OM 330C. Zoom. Developing educational videos on natural language processing. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu

May I Have Your Attention Please? Developing educational videos on natural language processing

Jura Johnson

Can we talk?

Molly McGonagle

Beige background with a collage of flowers, groups of people sitting in a circle, walking up stairs and building a house, as well as teapots and teacups. Text reads, “Communitea: A survey of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department. Presented by Molly McGonagle. Advised by Dr. Anna Diedesch, Au.D., CCC-A. June 9th at 10:00 am. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.”

Communitea: A survey of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department

Sadie McLaughlin

The poster reads, “Gym Anxiety. Presenting a correlational study examining the role of self-esteem contingencies and gender in gym anxiety among undergraduate students.” Below the text, a pair of eyes stare forward, surrounded by six people exercising in purple clothing. By Sadie McLaughlin, advised by Dr. Alex Czopp. June 9th, 2025 at 10:00 am. Old Main 330A and on Zoom. Email mclaug6@wwu.edu for the Zoom link. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu.

Gym Anxiety: Presenting a correlational study examining the role of self-esteem contingencies and gender in gym anxiety among undergraduate students

Jaida Barrows

High School Civics: The Washington State Legislature

Nina Augustine

Pink pastel and white background containing an illustration of a grumpy couple and an illustration of a happy couple doing chores. Yellow sparkles surround pink text. Text reads “What is... Weaponized Incompetence? From TikTok terminology to a psychological definition. Presented by Nina Augustine, Advised by Dr. Adrian Villicana. Monday, June 9 at 11am. Old Main 330C and Zoom. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”.

What is... Weaponized Incompetence? From TikTok terminology to a psychological definition

Serena Lopez

A mottled pink and orange background with layers of trees and bushes and the Seattle skyline behind them. The text reads: Pillars of Sustainability: Connecting People, Business, and the Environment. Presented by Serena López. Advised by Dr. Kathleen Brian. Monday, June 9ᵗʰ at 11am. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu”

Pillars of Sustainability: Connecting People, Business, and the Environment

Fig DePaolo

Alt Text: A collage-style poster featuring women screaming, chickens, an aerial view of a river, and a rabbit with a speech bubble that says: "Why write stories when the world is literally ending..." the rest of the text reads: The Same and Different Rivers. Writing [in] apocalypse. Fig DePaolo. Advised by Dr. Julie Dugger. Monday June 9. OM330C. 1pm.

The Same and Different Rivers: Writing [in] apocalypse

Mayumi Haskins

Multicolor poster depicting cards on a wooden background. Each card has a different image on it: yellow patterned wallpaper, a black and white explosion, an eye and TV static, an orange sign for the Panama Hotel, and cherry blossoms on a pink and yellow background. Above, a black and white hand holds a card. The text reads “Making a Person out of Scrap Paper: An Essay Collection on Identity, History, and Intersections. Presented by Mayumi Haskins. Advised by Caitlin Roach Orduna. June 9th, 1:00 PM. OM 340.

Making a Person out of Scrap Paper: An Essay Collection on Identity, History, and Intersections

Aidan Lawler

A child's drawing of a unicorn with wings. Text reads "The Strengths and Weaknesses of ABA Therapy, and the Importance of Compassionate Care for Children with ASD. Aidan Lawler. Advised by Dr. Brennan Gilbert. June 9 2025 1:00 PM. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

The Strengths and Weaknesses of ABA Therapy, and the Importance of Compassionate Care for Children with ASD

Kira Buehler

A white poster with green, red, and blue boxes of various sizes. Some boxes contain images of audio equipment and survey data. The text reads "Recording Opinions. A Comprehensive Analysis of Opinions on WWU's Audio Technology, Music, and Society Program Using Survey and Interview Data. June 9, 2pm, Old Main 330C. Presented by Kira Buehler. Advised by Mark Miyake. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu"

Recording Opinions: A Comprehensive Analysis of Opinions on WWU's Audio Technology, Music, and Society Program Using Survey and Interview Data

Brielle Biehn

A blue cloudy sky and crashing waves displayed for the background with text regarding presenter and advisor. Text reads, "Swell Done!: Validating a SWAN Wave Model for Maritime Safety Use and Nearshore Conditions in American Samoa; Presented by Brielle Biehn; Advised by Sam Kastner; June 9th 2:00pm; For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

Swell Done! Validating a SWAN Wave Model for Maritime Safety Use and Nearshore Conditions in American Samoa

Jeffrey Devine

A research presentation poster with a black background that features two bright green, fluorescent images of embryonic zebrafish head vasculature at the top, and digital red branching vascular patterns at the bottom corners. Text in the center reads: “Functional Analysis of ROCK1 and ROCK2 in Vascular Development Using Zebrafish. Monday, June 9th, 2025. 2:00pm. Old Main 330A. Presented by: Jeffery Devine, Advised by: Dr. Laura Pillay. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.”

Functional Analysis of ROCK1 and ROCK2 in Vascular Development Using Zebrafish

Devin Andaluz

Back to Basics: Applying Extended and Endogenous Sequence Models in Sortase and My Experience in Science

Eden Krieger

A white poster with 5 school logos at the top, the text “For Disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu, Beyond Assimilation: Roles and Practices of Modern- Day Indigenous Boarding Schools, Eden Krieger, Advised by: Dr. Michael Shepard, June 9th, 3pm”, and school buildings and a palm tree on the bottom border.

Beyond Assimilation: Roles and Practices of Modern- Day Indigenous Boarding Schools

Maya Gersh

A light green poster with dark green leaves in the upper right and lower left corners. There is a blue line drawing of a face with thought bubbles above it, the drawing is outlined by a squiggly light blue frame. The text reads, "The Inextricable Tie Between Race and Language: How we perpetuate racism. June 9, 2025 at 3pm. Honors capstone by Maya Gersh, advised by Liz Mogford. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

The Inextricable Tie Between Race and Language: How we perpetuate racism

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Samantha Herlich

Background of various passport stamps from around the world, containing one large passport stamp in the center with text that reads: "Reentry: Navigating Life After Abroad, Presented by Samantha Herlich, Advised by Leah Lipman, Tuesday, June 10th 9:00 AM Old Main 330C, For disability accommodations, please contact honors@wwu.edu."

Reentry: Navigating Life After Abroad

Sarah Ernst

Pink background with a green border. Surface structure of Streptococcus pyogenes Sortase A shown in pink, overlayed with the cartoon structure in purple. LPATGE peptide sequence and residue 38 Arginine shown as stick structures in green. Green text reads "A Sortase Tail, Studying the N-terminal helix of Sortase A. June 10th at 9 am, Old Main 330A. Presented by Sarah Ernst, Advised by Jeanine Amacher. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

A Sortase Tail: Studying the N-terminal helix of Sortase A

Isabel Yueh

Blue water background with light blue reef design at the bottom of the page and light blue schools of fish throughout. Text reads: “Fed up with Fishes The evolution of functional morphology of feeding in Rasborine fishes. Presented by Isabel Yueh. Advised by Dr Jim Cooper. Tuesday, June 10th at 10am. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.”

Fed Up with Fishes: The evolution of functional morphology of feeding in Rasborine fishes

Anuk Centellas

Light pink background containing empty speech bubbles and school themed graphics like books, a backpack, and paper clips. Text reads “Improving Language Learning, A Data Formatting and Plotting App for the Spanish Language Learning Research Group. Presented by Anuk Centellas, Advised by Dr. Jordan Sandoval. June 10th at 10:00am. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”.

Improving Language Learning: A Data Formatting and Plotting App for the Spanish Language Learning Research Group

Eva Cooper

A white poster with a flower border depicting a watercolor painting of a little girl wearing a blue dress and standing next to a small blue car. The text reads "Sunrise & Little Car; A children’s book supporting morphological awareness. Written & illustrated by Eva Cooper. Advised by Dr. Kimberly Peters. June 10th 11:00 AM. OM 330C and Zoom. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

Sunrise & Little Car: A children’s book supporting morphological awareness

Emily Grund

Blue cyanotype (sun print) background collaged with a watercolor illustration of a bird and photograph scans of plants. Text reads “Art and Place. An interdisciplinary exploration of ecological thinking and artistic practice. Presented by Emily Grund, advised by Kacey Morrow. June 10th at 11am, Old Main 340. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.”

Art and Place: An interdisciplinary exploration of ecological thinking and artistic practice

Emalee Burgh

Beige background displaying multi-colored scrapbook letters above a shredded piece of white paper; yellow, orange, and purple flowers; and purple heart illustrations. The text reads, “Scribbles to an Indiscernible Heart: Learning How to Human through Poetics and Visual Art. Presented by Emalee Burgh. Advised by Dr. Cori Winrock. Tuesday, June 10th at 11:00am. Old Main 330A. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu.”

Scribbles to an Indiscernible Heart: Learning How to Human through Poetics and Visual Art

Tom Endicott

One More Light

Charlotte King

Is democracy doomed? Maybe not?

Finlay MacLeod

A black background with a red purple gradient in the middle, reminiscent of a sunset. there are 4 candles from top left to bottom right they get shorter, the final candle is merely a stub, its wax flows into space with the following text: Poor Fuel. Finlay MacLeod with Thomas Hummel. Tuesday, June 10th, Haggard Hall 233. for accommodations contact honors@wwu.edu.

Poor Fuel...

Ally O'Connor

Two silhouetted figures on a white background, bordered by red. One wears a coat and top hat, cane in hand. The other is a small boy whose cupped hand is lifted up. A wreath hangs over them. On the wreath is a circle of roman numerals, reminiscent of a clock. Inside the wreath reads “Lost in Adaptation A Christmas Carol Through the Ages.” Underneath is “Advised by Greg Youmans, by Ally O’Connor, @2pm, 6/10/25, OM 340.” Above reads, “For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.”

Lost in Adaptation "A Christmas Carol" Through the Ages.

Guadalupe Venegas

Moments

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Reagan Billingsley

Black background containing a screen-printed illustration of a girl sitting on a bed wrapped in a blanket. An open door is behind her with a silhouette standing in the doorway. A pair of eyes is beneath the bed and a pierced voodoo doll sits beside it. Text reads “The Monster Under My Bed: An insomniac's poetry collection. By Reagan Billingsley, Advised by Tristan Goldman. Wednesday, June 11th, 9 am. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”

The Monster Under My Bed: An insomniac's poetry collection

Aydn Cole

Graph paper background with angular abstract designs at the corners. Text reads "An Engineer's Odyssey into the Field of Creative Writing: Applying a manufacturing engineering skill set to creative writing. Presented by Aydn Cole. Advised by E.J. Colen, MFA. Wednesday, June 11th, 9:00 AM. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu".

An Engineer's Odyssey into the Field of Creative Writing: Applying a manufacturing engineering skill set to creative writing

Delphine Maurer

Light blue background with graphics of athletes playing various sports framing the sides. Text reads “Running on Empty: A Review of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport. Presented by Delphine Maurer, Advised by Dr. Nathan Robey. Wednesday, June 11th, 10am. OM 330C or Zoom. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.”

Running on Empty: A Review of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

Braden Brask

A blue ocean background with 3 images of marine animals fitted with satellite tracking tags - A harbor seal with a tag glued to its back, a white shark with a tag clamped to its front dorsal fin, and a green sea turtle with a tag glued to its carapace. Text reads "How to Track Your (Sea) Dragon: A review of large marine animal tracking methodologies, findings, and applications. Presented by Braden Brask; Advised by Dr. Nina Whitney. Wednesday, June 11th at 10am.

How to Track Your (Sea) Dragon: A review of large marine animal tracking methodologies, findings, and applications

Adam Yee

Background is a desktop gaming computer with a pair of hands coming from the right using a mouse and keyboard to play a video game on a monitor on the left. A cartoon console controller is centered in the middle of the poster. Text reads "A Competitive Edge. How Colorblind Modes Offer a Competitive Advantage in Video Games. Presented by Adam Yee, Advised by Larry Symons. June 11th at 11:00 am. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu".

A Competitive Edge: How Colorblind Modes Offer a Competitive Advantage in Video Games

Remi Rogoff

Dark blue background with light gray universal symbols of access. Light gray box with a dark blue border has dark blue text. Text reads “Helping Ourselves: Creating a Disabled Peer Mentorship Program for WWU. Wednesday, June 11th at 11:00 am. Presented by Remi Rogoff, Advised by Axel Cichocki. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu”.

Helping Ourselves: Creating a Disabled Peer Mentorship Program for WWU

Matthew Worden

Unmapping

Hamza Magsi

SoundGarden

Wes Schirmer

Pool water background with image of a Rubik's cube designed like planet earth and clouds overtop. Text reads "Twists and Turns: The group theory of Rubik's Cubes. Presented by Wes Schirmer, Advised by Stephanie Treneer. June 11, 11am. OM 330C and on Zoom. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

Twists and Turns: The group theory of Rubik's Cubes

Mia Limmer-Lai

A black and white poster features a drawing of a douglas fir alongside a northern spotted owl. An old newspaper clip reads: 'Who gives a hoot about owls anyway? Silly bird-watchers are putting our lumberjacks out of work!' The presentation poster text reads, "The Timber Wars: The Framing of the Spotted Owl Controversy in the Media. Presented by Mia Limmer-Lai. Advised by Dr. Derek Moscato. June 11 at 2 p.m. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.

The Timber Wars: The Framing of the Spotted Owl Controversy in the Media

Kieren Schofield

Purple starry night sky with Pleiades star cluster visible over snowy mountains. Text reads "Star Clusters: Segue 3. A spatio-kinematic study of cluster membership. Kieren Schofield. Advised by Kevin Covey. June 11, 2pm. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

Star Clusters: Segue 3. A spatio-kinematic study of cluster membership

Carly Lloyd

Pale blue tinted background with a map of the Skagit River. Text reads “An Honors Capstone Presentation. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu. Mapping the Skagit: A transboundary storymapping project. June 11th, 2025, 3pm. OM 330A. Presented by Carly Lloyd. Advised by Aquila Flower”.

Mapping the Skagit: A transboundary storymapping project

Ariel Hall

Images of orange and white dragons are displayed on a grey background with a hamster outlined in black in the center of the dragons. The text reads "To All My Hamster Warriors. A reflection of my growth through the process of editing my story. Presented by Ariel Hall, Advised by Dr. Tristan Goldman. Wednesday June 11th at 3 PM in OM 330C. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu"

To All My Hamster Warriors

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Marlowe Lawson

Alt Text: A pale yellow background with darker yellow and blue accents shows graphics of suns. Text reads: We'll be okay, together. Building community to build hope through facilitated discussion. Applied hope community workshop. June 12th 9am, OM 330A or on Zoom advised by Jill Macintyre Witt. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.

We'll be Okay, Together: Building community to build hope through facilitated discussion

Griffin Guyer

A black to dark blue gradient background with a cyan browser like window and a cartoon semi-truck. The text reads "Databases Save Time: Turning inconsistently formatted data into digestible analytics while learning the do's and don'ts of CS project management. Griffin Guyer Advised by Dr. Caroline D. Hardin. June 12th 10 am. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu"

Databases Save Time: Turning inconsistently formatted data into digestible analytics while learning the do's and don'ts of CS project management

Samone Alberts

Light blue background with four pictures showing examples of ecoprinted flowers and leaves onto various fabric types. Text reads "Ecoprinting! An introductory workshop on fabric dyeing methods. By: Samone Alberts, advised by Tori Talkington. Thursday, June 12th at 10:00 am. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."

Ecoprinting! An introductory workshop on fabric dyeing methods

Logan Dopps

Blue background with an image of an assembly of men in wigs, seated over a table of various papers. Over the background is a painted side-portrait of St. George Tucker with a blue border. Text reads “St. George Tucker’s Letter to a Congressman: A Virginia Judge’s Critique of the Alien and Sedition Acts. Presented by Logan Dopps, Advised by Dr. Jared Hardesty. Thursday, June 12 at 11:00am. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”.

St. George Tucker’s Letter to a Congressman: A Virginia Judge’s Critique of the Alien and Sedition Acts

Kiley Schutte

Grassy hill with blue sky in the background, containing file folder icons and old-school browser windows. Text reads "Internet Nostalgia: An Autoethnography of my Digital Self. Thursday, June 12th at 11 am, OM30A. Presented by Kiley Schutte. Advised by Dustin O'Hara. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

Internet Nostalgia: An Autoethnography of my Digital Self

Elenore Westgard

Blue background containing three illustrations of light blue agar plates with dark blue worms on them. Text reads “Smells Like Memory Loss: A Chemotaxis Assay Using 1% Benzaldehyde in a C. elegans Model of Alzheimer’s. Presented by Elenore Westgard, Advised by Dr. Jackie Rose. Thursday June 12th at 1:00 pm in OM330C. Created with BioRender.com. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”

Smells Like Memory Loss: A Chemotaxis Assay Using 1% Benzaldehyde in a C. elegans Model of Alzheimer’s

Parker Eckardt

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Line Dancing with the Land: Embodying place and community

Olivia Caldwell

A digital outline of the WWU Morse Hall Chemistry Building in brown and gray stand with swirly windows. Text reads “IS EVERYONE ELSE JUST PRETENDING? A look into the experience of imposter syndrome and self-doubt within the chemistry department. Presented by Olivia Caldwell. Advised by Greg O’Neil. June 12th, 2025 2pm, Old Main 330C. for disability accommodations, email honors@wwu.edu”

Is Everyone Else Just Pretending? A look into the experience of imposter syndrome and self-doubt within the chemistry department

Luigi Valdivia

Alt Text: Dark blue background containing digital illustrations of three healthcare workers wearing PPE. Text reads: “The diversity deficit, a treatment plan for pre-health studies. An honors capstone project: podcast series exposing barriers - and prescribing change. Presented by Luigi Valdivia, advised by Dr. Dustin Hughes, June 12th 2:00 PM. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”.

The Diversity Deficit: A treatment plan for pre-health studies

McKenzie Harris

Experiments in Worldbuilding: Laying the foundations for future works

Kumiko Juker

A light blue poster with newspaper scraps in the corners, three butterflies, and art of the ocean at the bottom. The text reads "If/Then. から/ので. poetry of genealogy and alternate realities. Presented by Kumiko Juker. Advised by Jeff Shaw. Thursday, June 12. 3:00 p.m. in OM33C. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu"

If/Then. から/ので. Poetry of genealogy and alternate realities

Friday, June 13, 2025

Jasmine Daling

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Raise or Hold? Estimating the Fare Elasticity of the Whatcom Transportation Authority

Grace (Wren) Landaverde

The background image shows a picture of a wetland, with a pond and pipe exiting into the water. The left-hand side shows images of iron, manganese and zinc. Text reads, “Where the Wild Metals Are. Exploring manages, iron, and zinc behavior in a constructed wetland. Presented by Grace (Wren) Landaverde. Advised Manuel Montaño. June 13th at 9:00 am. Old Main 330A. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.”

Where the Wild Metals Are: Exploring manages, iron, and zinc behavior in a constructed wetland

Aleutia Morris

Forested background containing a picture of a rainbow trout in a net and rocks covered with stonefly casings. Text reads "Because Trout Don't Keep Diaries: Reconstructing early life histories of rainbow trout in the Skagit River basin using otolith microchemistry. Presented by Aleutia Morris. Advised by Dr. Leo Bodensteiner. June 13th at 10:00 AM in Old Main 330C. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu".

Because Trout Don't Keep Diaries: Reconstructing early life histories of rainbow trout in the Skagit River basin using otolith microchemistry

Guinevere Smith

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We are always writing

Stella Borrillo

Background of a black and white image of an alleyway at night, with old trolley tracks and car headlights in the distance. The text reads, “Escape: a photographic exploration of taking up space and how the urban landscape reflects and resists women’s presence. By Stella Borrillo, Advised by Elizabeth Ransom. Friday, June 13th, 11:00 am, OM 330C. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu”.

Escape: a photographic exploration of taking up space and how the urban landscape reflects and resists women’s presence

Cooper Cox

A light green poster with plants up the sides and a faded background of 0's and 1's. In the center is the Earth hovering above two hands. In the corners are icons of a man coding and an AI microchip. The text reads: "An ML approach to helping climate, GCAM: Expanded input emulator, June 13th 2025 at 11am, Presented by Cooper Cox, Advised by Brian Hutchinson, Come learn about the machine learning research I've been doing in HutchResearch, For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu".

GCAM: Expanded Input Emulator

Charlotte Clark-Slakey

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Communicating CRISPR

Charlotte Curry

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BrainGate: De-Mystifying Psychology Research at WWU Through Website Design

Amanda Mohn

Light pink background with a dark pink circle in the middle that reads "The Dobbs Effect: an exploration of the reproductive impacts of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization". Around the circle are pink circular outlines with the text: "Advised by Dr. Mary Hunt. Presented by Amanda Mohn. June 13 at 2pm in OM330C. For disability accommodations please contact honors@wwu.edu".

The Dobbs Effect: An exploration of the reproductive impacts of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Owen Barenburg

Text reads "Survey of Modern Telehealth Applications", has a subtitle of "Security & Privacy in Online Healthcare". Presented by Owen Barenbur, advised by Shri Mare. The presentation is scheduled for 2:00 PM on June 13th, 2025. There is a note about disability accommodations near the top, instructing viewers to email honors@wwu.edu. The background is blue with a black and white striped building at the bottom, topped with two surveillance cameras, emphasizing the privacy and security theme.

Survey of Modern Telehealth Applications: Security & Privacy in Online Healthcare

Elliott Hawley

Purple background with text in lavender boxes. Top left: a cartoon wheelchair user points at a graph. Middle: a white, ridged brain. Bottom right: an orange spiny hippocampal neuron. "Disability, Learning and Education: Neuroscience and the Classroom. Presented by Elliott Hawley and Advised by Dr. Kristen Chmielewski. The neuroscience of learning and the lens of critical disability studies can inform teaching and create a better classroom for all. June 13th at 3:00pm. Speaker will use automatic captioning."

Disability, Learning and Education: Neuroscience and the Classroom

Noa Simon

The Way Home: A Toolkit for Communities Receiving Climate Migrants