The following are just a few examples of students who leveraged Bass Connections participation for their thesis or dissertation.
The information below each name includes major/program, the thesis or dissertation title, Bass Connections project.
Theses and Dissertations
Jennifer Acosta
Global Cultural Studies
Objective Subjects, Empirical Identities: Psychology’s Measurement of Ethnic Identity and Critical Race and Ethnicity Theory
Project Team
Schooling and Parenting: Implications for Students' Academic Identity (2016-2017) Aashna Aggarwal
Economics
Evaluating Economic Impacts of Electrification in Zambia
Project Team
From the Ground Up: The Business and Policy Landscape for Energy Access in Zambia (2018-2019) Sophie Alman
Psychology
Can Reminders of Brands Make People Happier than Reminders of Romantic Partners? Perceived Control and Self-esteem as Mediators of Brand/Partner Comparisons
Project Team
Aging and Reliance on Memory-based Heuristics (2014-2015) Bandar Alqahtani, Ph.D.
Environment
Three Essays on the Economics of Renewable Electricity Generation Technologies
Project Team
Modeling Tools for Energy Systems Analysis (MOTESA) (2014-2015) Aaron Ancell, Ph.D.
Philosophy
Public Unreason: Essays on Political Disagreement
Project Team
Public Access to Government Information: Implementation, Voter Behavior and Rights (2014-2015)How to Ask Questions (2017-2018)
Hope Arcuri
Global Health and Public Policy
Thesis examining nonprofit culinary job training programs and their effects on joblessness and poverty in North Carolina
Project Team
Promoting Academic Success for Latino English Learners in Elementary School (2015-2016) Rubenka Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.
Tara Bansal
Public Policy
Analyzing the Development of Social Capital in the Slums of Bangalore
Project Team
Studying the Real 'Slums' in Bangalore (2015-2016) Katie Becker
Public Policy
That’s Not FAIR: Fact-checking Trump’s $113 Billion Undocumented Immigration Sticker Price
Project Team
Where Does the Money Go? Federal Spending on American Children (2016-2017) Deanna Befus, Ph.D.
Nursing
A Systems Thinking, Community-Based Exploration of Health Equity and Agency
Project Team
NC Medicaid Reform Advisory Team (2016-2017) Axel Berky, M.E.M.
Environmental Management
Sediment Transport, Artisanal Gold Mining, and the Evaluation of Potential Mercury Contamination in Madre de Dios, Peru
Project Team
Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America (2013-2014) Madeleine Bernstein
Biomedical Engineering
Efficacy of “Thresholding Method” in Identifying On-field Impacts with DASHR Device
Project Team
Oculomotor Response as an Objective Assessment for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Pediatric Population (2016-2017) Chaya Bhat
Global Health
Understanding the Development and Feasibility of an SMS Chatbot in Treating Perinatal Depression in Kenya
Project Team
Global Mental Health-Integrative Training Program (2016-2017)Global Mental Health Program (2017-2018)
Shane Bierly
Neuroscience
A Novel Method for Examining APP Arrest in the TOM Complex
Project Team
Brain-immune Interactions in Neurodegenerative Disease (2015-2016) Winnie Biwott
Jessica Bolton, Ph.D.
Neuroscience and Psychology
Developmental Programming of Brain and Behavior: A Role for the Innate Immune System of the Placenta and Brain?
Project Team
Maternal Nutrition and the Developing Brain (2014-2015) Kirsten Bonawitz
Neuroscience
Changes in the Expression of Late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Genes throughout Pathological Progression within Single Neurons
Project Team
Brain-immune Interactions in Neurodegenerative Disease (2015-2016) Nadia Brashier, Ph.D.
Neuroscience and Psychology
Heuristics for Truth across the Lifespan
Project Team
Aging and Heuristics: Do Older Adults Use Different Cues to Evaluate Information? (2015-2016) Simon Brauer, Ph.D.
Sociology
Cohort Succession, Intergenerational Transmission, and the Decline of Religion in the United States
Project Team
The Role of Catholic Campus Religious Ministries in the Formation of Young Adults: Psychological, Social and Organizational Factors (2016-2017)The Role of Catholic Campus Religious Ministries in the Formation of Young Adults (2017-2018)
Micaela Brewington
Global Health and Neuroscience
Brain as Predictor: Using Brain Imaging to Optimize Digital Health Interventions
Project Team
Using Neuroscience to Optimize Digital Health Interventions across Adulthood (2018-2019) Willa Brooks, Amy Manz, Colyer Woolston, M.E.M.
Environmental Management
Evidence Mapping: Investigating the Social and Ecological Impacts of Conservation in Mangrove Ecosystems
Project Team
Ocean Evidence Gap Map (2018-2019) Wendell Cathcart, M.E.M.
Environmental Management
Integrating Medium-Voltage Lines into the OnSSET Model for Electrification Planning
Project Team
Energy Data Analytics Lab: Energy Infrastructure Map of the World through Satellite Data (2018-2019) Christina Chao, M.S.
Global Health
Air Pollution, Fuel Usage and Health Outcomes in Madre de Dios, Peru: A Cross Sectional Study
Project Team
Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America (2013-2014) Parth Chodavadia
Global Health
Education and Mental Health, India
Project Team
Education and the Changing Brain (2014-2015)