The following defenses are open to the ASU community. Attending a defense is an excellent opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of fellow Barrett students and to observe the process firsthand. If you plan to attend a defense, be sure to inform the student ahead of time. Use the ASU Directory to locate student contact information.
To be included on this calendar, please fill out the Honors Defense and Thesis Approval Form.
| First Name | Last Name | Thesis Title | Date Sort descending | Time | Location | Director | Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Parkinson | Implementing Community Health Workers (CHWs) for Climate Vulnerability | 03/26/2025 | 11:00 AM | https://asu.zoom.us/j/81035395850 | Billiot, Shanondora | School Of Social Work |
| Zachary | Goffin | The Economies of Newly Sovereign Nations: Developing a Special Topics Economics Course | 03/26/2025 | 3:30 PM | Cereus 201 | Douglas, Kacey | WPC Economics |
| Haadia | Tanveer | The Therapeutic Potential of Synbiotics for Gut Inflammation and Growth Promotion: Analyzing AMR Genes and SCFA Profiles in Chicken Fecal Content | 03/26/2025 | 2:30 PM | Biodesign B230D | Voth-Gaeddert, Lee | Biodesign HTM |
| Kaylie | Brown | Palestine, Presidents, and Pride: Fandom, Parasocial Relationships, and the Political Advocacy of Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan | 03/26/2025 | 10:00 AM | Carrasco, Clare | Barrett Honors College | |
| Tyler | Bersano | From Stigma to Empowerment: The Transformation of HIV/AIDS Perceptions and the Fight Against Stigma in the Gay Community | 03/26/2025 | 1:00 PM | https://asu.zoom.us/j/88001507358 | MacCord, Kate | Sols Administration & Faculty |
| Yueh-Yun | Chua | Exploration of Japanese Yokai Through the Writing of Creative Short Stories | 03/26/2025 | 3:30 PM | DH 240 https://asu.zoom.us/j/89135497863 | Hedberg, William | SILC |
| Lauren | Burchell | A Young Conductor's Guide to the Professional World | 03/26/2025 | 12:00PM | TBA | Norton, Kay | MDT Music |
| Evan | Monaco | The Economies of Newly Sovereign Nations: Creating a Special Topics Economics Course | 03/26/2025 | 3:30 PM | Cereus 201 | Douglas, Kacey | WPC Economics |
| Fletch | Fletcher | The Impetus of Individual Differences in Affecting Language Acquisition | 03/26/2025 | 11:00 | Durham Hall: Room 320 | Sipka, Danko | SILC |
| Darya | Abdollahzadeh | The Therapeutic Potential of Synbiotics for Gut Inflammation and Growth Promotion: Analyzing AMR Genes and SCFA Profiles in Chicken Fecal Content | 03/26/2025 | 2:30 PM | TBD | Voth-Gaeddert, Lee | Biodesign HTM |
| Hannah | Warcola | Never the Same | 03/26/2025 | 6 PM | Fusion on First Studio | Yanez, Raul | MDT Music |
| Naomi | Carl | A Stellar Renaissance: Exploring the Star Formation of Spiral Galaxy, NGC 3344 | 03/26/2025 | 1:30 | https://asu.zoom.us/j/83579884328 | Borthakur, Sanch | School Of Earth & Space Explor |
| Sierra | Bogner | Incorporation of Alpha-Ketoglutarate Microparticles into Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Bone Injury Repair | 03/26/2025 | 10:00 AM | https://asu.zoom.us/j/5947233381 | Holloway, Julianne | Sch Engr Matter Trnsprt Energy |
| Alexa | Jorgensen | Microcredit in Bangladesh and its Impact on Impoverished Women | 03/27/2025 | 9:00 AM | BAC 570 | Sadusky, Brian | WPC Finance |
| Suzette | May | Evaluating the Efficacy of Limiting and Directing Locator Tones in Accessible Pedestrian Signals Using External Housing | 03/27/2025 | 10:00 A.M. | Zoom TBD | Bixby, Patrick | Humanities Arts & Cultural |
| Fathima | Nawaz | Immune Responses to Oral Toxins | 03/27/2025 | 11:00 AM | Biodesign A350 | Borges Florsheim, Esther | Biodesign HTM |
| Sydney | Kohl | Societal implications of different systems design for carbon capture | 03/27/2025 | 3:00 PM | https://asu.zoom.us/j/6806521535 | Miller, Clark | Sch Future of Innov in Society |
| Jasmyn | Degraff | The Impact of Feeding Mode and Sterilization Practices on an Infant's Gut Microbiome | 03/27/2025 | 12:00 PM | Whisner, Corrie | College of Health Solutions NT | |
| Jillian | Coronato | The Last Word: Experience, Authority, and the Middle English Loathly Lady"" | 03/27/2025 | 3:00 PM | Vista Theater and Zoom (https://asu.zoom.us/my/jcoronato) | Williams, Tara | Barrett Honors College |
| Kieran | Andrew | Limits in Our Cognition: The Impacts of Context on Working Memory Performance | 03/27/2025 | 12:00 PM | PSY 263 | Bae, Gi-Yeul | Psychology |
| Caroline | Fisher | Body Image: Perception, Reality, and Impact | 03/27/2025 | 1:00 PM MST | https://asu.zoom.us/j/81287742568 | Hrncir, Shawn | College of Health Solutions MS |
| Nate | Eisenberg | Assessing Alignment in Sustainability Reporting Frameworks: A Streamlined Guide for Corporate Reporting | 03/27/2025 | 9:00 AM | https://asu.zoom.us/j/84259004277 | Behravesh, Shirley-Ann | TSGM Academic |
| Aaliyah | Herndon | Intersecting Identities and Mental Health: Analyzing Risk and Resilience Factors in Black Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents | 03/27/2025 | 12:00 PM | PSY263 & Zoom | Kim, Joanna | Psychology |
| Isabella | Valencia | Disparity in The Mother-Baby Dyad for Black Americans; An Examination of Health Inequity for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome | 03/27/2025 | 1:00 PM | https://asu.zoom.us/my/john.lynch | Lynch, John | Barrett Honors College |
| David | Liu | Deep Generative Replay on Streaming Data | 03/27/2025 | 2:30 PM | https://asu.zoom.us/j/89534194019 | Fu, Yanjie | Sch Compt & Augmented Intellig |