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Nineteenth Annual
Honors Sr. Project Symposium
Wednesday, April 14, 2027
Symposium 2026
Eighteenth Annual
Honors Sr. Project Symposium
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Honors Program Class of 2026
Honors Program Class of 2026 Group Photo
Dr. Erin Augis, Director, College Honors Program welcomed the attendees to the
2026 Senior Project Symposium. The senior Honors Program students presented their research findings via posters and oral presentations to their faculty mentors, college executives, faculty, staff, family and friends.
Tina Nosrati delivered an oral presentation detailing the curation process of her picture book developed for her research project Anemoia, followed by a general presentation of both her poster and the completed picture book.
Jillian Abbood, Accounting Major presented her research Life Cycle Cost and Environmental Impact.
Pranish Khanal (left) presented his research titled The Early Exercise Premium: A Computational Investigation of American Put Options Using Binomial Trees and Vinod George (right) presented his research titled What Makes Best NHL Receiver?
Emily Burns, Communication Arts major presented her research Global Writers and Emulation of Literary Voice.
Honors Program staff pictured (left to right): Donna Lee Schweizer, Special Programs Coordinator; Pranish Khanal, Honors Program Student Aide (Spring 2024–Spring 2026); and Erin Augis.
Symposium 2025
Seventeenth Annual
Honors Sr. Project Symposium
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Honors Program Class of 2025
Symposium 2024
Sixteenth Annual
Honors Sr. Project Symposium
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Honors Program Class of 2024
On April 17, 2024, Dr. Erin Augis, College Honors Program Director welcomed approximately 150 attendees to the 2024 Sr. Project Symposium, a didactic celebratory event. The senior Honors Program students proudly presented their research findings by means of posters and oral presentations to their faculty mentors, college executives, faculty, staff, family and friends.
The Tale of Two Colonies: Belgian Rule of Rwanda and English Rule of Ghana
Maxianne Best, Political Science Major, Humanities and Global Studies (HGS)
pictured with faculty mentor, Prof. Karl Johnson, African American Studies, (HGS)
Taking a Beating: A 30-Minute TV Comedy
Rebecca Gathercole, Communications Major, Contemporary Arts (CA),
Creative Writing Minor, Humanities and Global Studies (HGS)
Athenian History
James Jackson, History Major, Humanities and Global Studies (HGS),
Psychology Minor, School of Social Science and Human Services (SSHS)
Wartime Nursing: The Lived Experience of Nurses During the
Russo-Ukrainian War
Avalina Michel, Nursing Major, School of Theoretical and Applied Science (TAS) oral presentation
Antarctic Pizza Pie
Kiely Paris-Rodriguez, Psychology Major, School of Social Science and Human Services (SSHS) oral presentation
Stochastic Resonance and Using Colored Noise to Increase Concentration
Maya Peacock, Mathematics Major, School of Theoretical and Applied Science (TAS)
Introducing Practical Learning Through “Experimental Demonstration of the Saponification Process” in Five Government Schools of Nepal
Samikshya Pokharel, Biochemistry Major, School of Theoretical and Applied Science (TAS) presents to
Dean Susan Hangen, Humanities and Global Studies (HGS)
Genetically Engineering Yeast
Jenna Vesey, Bioinformatics Major, School of Theoretical and Applied Science (TAS)
Symposium 2023
Fifteenth Annual Honors Sr. Project Symposium
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Symposium 2022
Fourteenth Annual Honors Sr. Project Symposium
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
E-Symposium 2021
Thirteenth Annual Honors Sr. Project Symposium
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the Era of COVID-19
By: Dahiana Arenas (Nursing)
Forest Dynamics: A Field Study on the Effects of an Oak Leaf Roller Outbreak in a Mixed-Hardwood Forest in the New Jersey Highland
By: Sevan Asadurian (Biology)
Student Voter Attitudes at Ramapo College of New Jersey
By: Nicholas Bykov (Political Science)
Effects of Osteoporosis: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Osteoporotic Disease, Treatment, and Broader Effects
By: Alexa Cahill (Biology)
Tellings of Slavery in American History Textbooks: An Analysis of Damaging Misinformation and Erasure of Black History
By: Danielle DeAngelis (Journalism)
Utilizing Popular Young Adult Literature in the Middle School Language Arts Classroom to Teach Students About Prejudice and Racism
By: Cassidy DeMona (Elementary Education)
The End of Factory Farming: A Case for Plant Based Eating
By: Carlyle Herman (Sustainability)
Challenging the Traditional Idea of Freedom in America: The Work of Colonial and Post-Revolutionary Women Writers
By: Andrea Hofstra (History and Literature)
Religiously Targeted Hate Speech in American Politics
By: Mahnoor Khan (Political Science)
Production of Immortal Rat Calvarial Osteoblasts that Retain their Ability to Differentiate
By: Antoin Lazieh (Biology)
The Dynamic Relationship between U.S. Supreme Court Decision-Making and the LGBTQIA+ Community Post Bowers v. Hardwick
By: Pietro Lombardo (Political Science)
Effect of Topological Structures on the Spectrum of a Magneto-elastic Ribbon
By: Subin Mali (Engineering Physics)
Behind the Selfie: Impact of Social Media on Body Image and Mental Health in Adolescents
By: Alison Mann (Social Work)
The Decreasing Influenza Vaccination Rates in the United States: Comparison to Other Countries and its Consequences
By: Michelle Park (Nursing)
Combating Internalized Ableism: Designing a Model of Intervention
By: Serene Rahman (Psychology)
Can State-Level Leading Economic Indicators Explain Okun’s Law?
By: Eric Sorger (Finance)
The Significance of Early Intervention in the Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage and Maternal Mortality
By: Jenna Vasquez (Nursing)
The Paradox of the United States’ Foreign and Domestic Policies
Michaela Zabel (Political Science and International Studies)
Symposium 2020
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