Please join us in celebrating the thesis/project work of graduating seniors in the Honors Program. All thesis presentations will be taking place in the Honors Center unless otherwise noted.
4/27/26 - 5/4/26 Schedule for thesis/project presentations:
Monday, April 27, 2026
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Fiona White
"I Belong to Caesar"
Majors: History & English, Minor: Medieval/Early Modern Studies
Thesis Advisor: Heather Morrison, History
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Sara Vala
“The Oracle Archiving Project: Restoring the Student Voice of SUNY New Paltz”
Major: English (Creative Writing Accelerated Program) Minor: Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Thesis Advisor: Cyrus Mulready, English
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Lilianna Cullen
“Politics of Erasure: The Necropolitical Effect of Book Banning for Juveniles”
Major: Adolescence Education: English
Thesis Advisor: Fiona Paton, English
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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Amelka Wiszowaty
“An Interdisciplinary Lens of the Cognitive, Biological, and Cultural Dimensions of Grief”
Major: Psychology (Psychobiology), Minor: Philosophy
Thesis Advisors: Giordani Grossi, Psychology and Karla Vermeulen, Psychology
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Luiza Braga
"Legally Deck Manager: The Art of Backstage Musical Coordination and More!"
Major: Theatre Arts (Design & Technology), Minor: Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Thesis Advisors: Andrea Varga, Theatre Arts and Joel Sherry, Theatre Arts
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Jordan Brown
“Our Constitution Works”: Does It?
Major: Political Science, Minor: International Relations
Thesis Advisors: Patricia Sullivan, Honors Program and Digital Media & Journalism (Rhetoric) and Nancy Kassop, Political Science
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Sopi Sanikidze
"Tales of Nine Tails"
Major: English (Creative Writing), Minor: Asian Studies
Thesis Advisors: Nathan Clerici, Languages, Literatures & Cultures and Kris Jansma, English
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Lucia Sprague
"Reevaluating the Status of Women in Orientalizing and Archaic Etruria"
Major: Communication Studies (Relational Communication), Minor: Film and Video Studies
Thesis Advisors: Keely Heuer, Art History and Akira Shimada, History & Asian Studies
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Leela DeMarco
"American and Japanese Perceptions of the Philippines During WWII"
Majors: International Relations & Psychology, Minor: History
Thesis Advisor: Andy Evans, History
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Friday, May 1, 2026
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Heather Bissett
“Preservation: Exploring How Women Influence Society Through Pottery, Textiles, and Relationships”
Major: Ceramics, Minor: Black Studies
Thesis Advisor: Bryan Czibesz, Art Department
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Rosa Gould
"Student-Led Social Activism Within Schools of Social Work: Embodying the Circle of Courage"
Majors: Sociology (Human Services) & Spanish
Thesis Advisor: Katherine Raynor, Sociology
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Madelyn Graves
“Fighting Words: Language in Office of Legal Counsel Memoranda”
Major: Political Science, Minor: History
Thesis Advisors: Nancy Kassop, Political Science & Scott Minkoff, Political Science
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Monday, May 4, 2026
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Makayla Witherell
"Protestantism in the New World: Exploring the New Paltz Huguenot's Identity and Cultural History Through the Histoire des Martyrs" Majors: English (English 5yr. BA/MA Program) & French
Advisor: Cyrus Mulready, English
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AJ Stritt
“How Different Styles of Music Can Evoke Different Forms of Movement, and How That Affects Us Therapeutically”
Major: Music (Clinical Musicianship), Minor: Psychology
Thesis Advisor: Kathleen Murphy, Music
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Kaydi McInerney
“Assessing the Impact of Secondary 3D Art Exposure on Undergraduate Artistic Development”
Major: Visual Arts Education, Minor: Art History
Thesis Advisors: Eunkyung Hwang, Art Education & Cheri Ehrlich, Art Education
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