Honors With Distinction For Students Majoring In LAS Departments

In Fall 2019, the Honors Program, in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, launched a new opportunity for juniors and seniors majoring in LAS departments: Honors students who develop and successfully complete a multi-semester Honors thesis mentored by a full-time faculty member will be awarded the designation of having completed the Bradley University Honors Program “with Distinction.” The thesis satisfies the Honors Jr./Sr. Project requirement and enhances graduate school applications and opportunities for professional employment. For the 2019-2020 academic year, three projects have each been awarded an honorarium for the faculty member and thesis-related expenses for the student. Congratulations to the following students:

Honors with Distinction Candidates

Cameron Basquez-Pfeifer

“Investigating AbrB Phosphorylation as a Mechanism of Regulation of ahpA in Biofilms of Bacillus subtilis”

Biomedical Science (Pre-Med) major

Faculty Mentor - Dr. Melinda Faulkner

Brenna Fuhr

“Pain, Sacrifice, and Everything Else it Means to be a Woman: Defining Heroism in Young Adult Fiction”

English (Creative Writing) and Journalism major

Faculty Mentor – Dr. Timothy Conley

Zane Jud

“Perceptions of Women in Political Institutions: Do they Outweigh Legal Guarantees to Allow Women to be Involved in Political Institutions?”

Political Science and History major

Faculty Mentor – Dr. Emily Schnurr