Honors Thesis Final Presentations Spring 2024
Presentations will be in O'Neill 257. We will meet from 8:30-10:15 a.m. Advisers are invited to attend. Each presentation should be about 15-20 minutes in length with some additional time for questions.
March 26
Braden Kramer: “Assessing Initial Impacts of the Great American Outdoors Act on Gateway Community Demographics” (Murphy)
Grace Naugle: “Supply and Demand Shocks as Drivers of Output and Unemployment: A Structural VAR Approach” (Murphy)
Matthew Bower: “A New Era of Major League Baseball: How the 2023 MLB Rule Changes are Impacting Player Performance and Team Strategy” (Murphy)
Yuecheng Su: “Impact of Climate Change on Financial Markets” (Xiao)
April 2
Brock Daylor: “Expect The Unexpected: The Impact Of Natural Resource Price Volatility On Governance and Corruption” (Sanzenbacher)
Adalyn Schommer: “The Impact of Test-Optional Admissions Policies for Catholic Colleges and Universities” (Sanzenbacher)
Liuying Huang: “The Impact of CEO’s Involvement in the Media Industry on Financial Markets: a Case Study on Elon Musk’s Twitter Activity on Asset Prices” (Cox)
Ansel Kufta: “Can Vitamin D and UV-Exposure Explain Opioid Use” (Cox)
April 4
Tyler Smith: “Post-Pandemic Inflation: An Analysis of the Causes of the Wide Variety in Inflation Across Countries Following the Covid-19 Pandemic” (Ireland)
Rona Sun: “What is the impact of the banking crisis on society's trust in the banking system?” (Ireland)
Sky Lyu: “Unveiling the Veil of Growth: The Hidden Impact of Neoliberal Economic Reformation on Labor Productivity in Chile from 1973 to 1982” (Guerron)
Ian Leissner: “How Occupational Exposure to Automation Impacts Wages” (Cichello)
April 9
Esther An: “Has increased working mobility post-Covid changed companys' hiring preferences of new grads in Tech, Finance, and Healthcare industries?” (Rutledge)
Cooper Mae Cavallo: “Success or Failure: Effect of the "Every Student Succeeds Act" on Eighth Grade Reading and Mathematics” (Rutledge)
Christian DiBiase: “Healthcare on the Front Lines: Economic Realities for Nurses Pre, During, and Post COVID-19 in the U.S.” (Rutledge)
Garrett Domaratzky: “A difference-in-difference estimate on the effects of ACA medicaid expansion on ER visits for individuals with poor mental health” (Rutledge)
April 11
Yixiao Sun: “How did the entry of Japanese cars in the U.S. market change the U.S. automobiles design and consumer welfare from the 1970s to the 1990s?” (Murry)
Yanting Wang: “The Green Initiative: California's success in reducing GHG emissions” (Baum)
Yuhao Wang: “Post-COVID Changes in Means” (McHugh)
Jack Sui: “Assessing the variation in SNAP Participation and Food Insecurity Across States” (Anderson)
April 18
Catherine Bennett: “Emergency: RN Staffing Levels, Vacancies, and Work Satisfaction” (Sanzenbacher)
Emily Howell: “Student Loans and Financial Literacy: Set-backs or Tools for Success?” (Sanzenbacher)
Zhichen Zhou: “AI fever and technology companies’ financial performance” (Sanzenbacher)
Duncan Wang: “How social capital affects the overdose death rates in different races/ ethnic groups” (Heyman)
April 23
Kevin Lee: “Football coach discount rates and draft pick trading” (Grubb)
Aditya Rao: “Using Green Bond Spreads to Quantify How United States Clean Energy Expansion Policy Shifts Investment in the European Union: A Difference-in-Difference Approach” (Grubb)
Nick Traver: “Learning and Memory Given Most Information is Already Known” (Coffman)
Eamon O'Malley: “Charging Ahead: Exploring the Impact of State Incentives on Electric Vehicle Adoption and Emission Reduction Targets” (Pideret)
April 25
Thomas Esterbrook: “Beyond the Debate: A Meta-Analysis on Minimum Wage Effects on Employment” (Quinn)
Laura Lu: “The impact of global conflicts on the ESG performance of companies” (Maxwell)
Ben Ragland: “Overworked and Underloved: Exploring the Relationship Between Overtime Work and Marital Stability” (Venator)
Matthew Sher: “The Impact of Human-Capital Active Labor Market Policies on Unemployment during the 2020 Coronavirus Recession” (Venator)