2012 Honors Alumni
| Student Name | Major | Thesis Title | Thesis Advisor | Semester of Graduation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldinger, Kathy | Interdisciplinary Studies | A University of Hawaii Intern’s 2011 APEC Experience | Caron, James | Spring |
| Cadby, Jeana | Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences | Hawaii’s Chocolate Bug: Investigating Drosophila melanogaster as an inoculant for small-scale cacao fermentation | Bittenbender, H.C | Spring |
| Campbell, Scott | Molecular Cell Biology | Improving the Transportation Activity of GENIE Plasmids | Urschitz, Johann | Spring |
| Chock, Johnelle | Nursing | Raising Awareness of Elder Abuse Prevention in the Community: A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach | Tse, Alice | Spring |
| Cook, Angelie | Biology | Conservation of Hawaiian Tree Snails: Slime Trail Component Analysis | Holland, Brenden | Fall |
| Dew, Rebecca | English | Dostoevsky’s Greatest Revelation: Understanding Human Nature and the Role of Suffering in The Brothers Karamazov and Notes from Underground | Bennett, Virginia | Spring |
| Doutel Da Costa Sarmento, Pelagio | Communication | Connecting the Unconnected: The Use of the VSAT Technology in Four Regions of East Timor | Winter, Jenifer | Fall |
| Downing-Larick, Carrie | French | A Snap Shot of Sexuality: through the eyes of Literature and Science | Garneau, Marie | Spring |
| Evans, Brady | Art | On Fleeting Ground: An Exhibition of Drawings | Szostak, John | Spring |
| Geisse, Cristina | Asian Studies | The Use of Scrolls in Chanoyu and Utsushi: An Ethnographic Study in Honolulu and Kyoto | Clayton, Cathryn | Fall |
| Giancanterino, Shaun | Global Environmental Science | Environmental Influences on Vibrio vulnificus Abundance in the Ala Wai Canal | Steward, Grieg | Fall |
| Gillett, Avi | Chinese | Identifying Semantic Elements in the Phonetic Component of Chinese Characters | Jiang, Song | Fall |
| Hom, Matthew | Anthropology | Examining Issues Faced by Chuukese Immigrants Whinin Oahu Public Housing Developments | Wurtzburg, Susan | Summer |
| James, La Toya | Biology | Ecology of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: Potential Pathogens within the Ala Wai Canal | Steward, Grieg | Summer |
| Jimenez, Pablo | Dance | Dance Research Within the Context of the Word of Maud Robart | Miller, Kara | Fall |
| Koethe, Anna | Communication | “Not Even Once”: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Hawaii Meth Project | Kelleher, Tom | Spring |
| Kwon, Youngsu | Biology | Alteration of Neutral Development In the Brain of Adult BTBR T+ tf/J Mice, an Animal Model for Autism | Mercier, Frederic | Fall |
| Matthews, Karleanne | English | Improbable Realities, Improbable Art: The American Tall Tale and the Instability of Humor in Children’s Literature | Caron, James | Spring |
| Mukai, Mari | Psychology | Effects of Ketamine on Fear Sensitization | Takahashi, Lorey | Spring |
| Murphy, James | Marine Biology | Analyzing Changes to Coral Health and Metabolic Activity | Richmond, Robert | Spring |
| Nagatsu, Atsuko | Communication | Mass Media in Business | Wu, Sandra | Spring |
| O’Connor, John | Anthropology | Fishhook Variability in East Polynesia | Hunt, Terry | Summer |
| Oishi, Tanya | English | Shake and Sway: A Memoir of the Tohoku Earthquake 2011 | Franklin, Cynthia | Spring |
| Onerheim, Cory | English | Reunion | Man, Glenn | Fall |
| Ono, Yuho | Biology | Antibacterial activity of Vibrio sp. strain OCN008, a bacterium isolated from the coral Porites compressa | Callahan, Sean | Spring |
| Oyama, Elyse | Economics | Money Talks: A Comparison of Economics and Psychology Students | Lynham, John | Spring |
| Pagaduan, Dara Lynn | Psychology | Type II Diabetes and the Native Hawaiian Population: Surveying College Perspectives on the Effects of Diet and Exercise on Type II Diabetes | Chun, Maria | Spring |
| Perez, Randall | Sociology | From Outreach to Arson: A Critical Look at the Contemporary Animal RIghts and Environmental Movement | Wurtzburg, Susan and Zhang, Wei | Fall |
| Rawji, Almas | Family Resources | Nature versus Nuture: The Continuing Debate Over Personality | Caulfield, Rick | Spring |
| Reyes, Ruel | Biology | Testing the Ability of DNA Markers to Resolve Species Boundaries | Haymer, David | Spring |
| Rochon, Austin | Political Science | At Any Cost: The Passage of President Obama’s Health Care Reform Legislation | Halbert, Debora | Fall |
| Salas, Feliz | Apparel Product Design and Merchandising | La Belle Epoque: A Revival of an Era in European Fashion | Reilly, Andrew | Fall |
| Shigemitsu, Amy | Social Work | Examining Perspectives on Online Counseling | Hong, Seunghye | Spring |
| Sumida, Julianna | Music | The Evolution of Portuguese and Brazilian Art Song: A Survey from Origins to Nationalism | Hoover, Maya | Spring |
| Takebayashi, Taryn | Biology | Re-evaluation of C and K corpuscles, supposed apple snail “endosymbionts” | Cowie, Robert | Fall |
| White, Cody | English | Ars Comica: Comic Books, Literary Analysis, and Planetary | Dahlman, Jill | Fall |
| Williams, Zak | Zoology | Behavioral Ecology and Evolution of Hawaii’s Endemic Caterpillars (Lepidoptea: Cosmopterigidae: | Holland, Brenden | Fall |
| Wright, Raindrop | English | Struggle and Strength | Morales, Rodney | Summer |