Kinesiology
In its Honors Program the Kinesiology Department awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.
Key:
- Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
Committee Chair + Other Committee Members
2023-2024
- Sarah Rose Brownstein, "A mathematical model of revascularization following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction" (Honors)
Evie Burnet + Mainak Patel, M. Brennan Harris
2022-2023
- Ruth Fikru Hailemeskel, "COVID-19 Stress on College Students Mental Health: An Examination of Socioeconomic Status and Coping Flexibility" (Honors)
Adrian Bravo + Iyabo Obasanjo, Jennifer Butler
- Carter Elizabeth Hall, "Emotional Wellbeing in Richmond Public Housing: The Role of Community Health Workers in Accessing Care" (Honors)
Danielle Dallaire + Ashleigh Queen, Deborah Hudson
2021-2022
- No Honors students this year.
2020-2021
- No Honors students this year.
2019-2020
- Kalyani Pillai, "Assessing the Implementation of India’s New Health Reform Program, Ayushman Bharat, in Two Southern States: Kerala and Tamil Nadu" (Honors)
Iyabo Obasanjo + Alison Scott, Elyas Bakhtiari - Kelsey Short, "Resting Heart Rate Variability at Sea Level Predicts Arterial Desaturation during Acute Exercise in Hypoxia" (Honors)
M. Brennan Harris + Ken Kambis, Denise Ridley-Johnston
2018-19
- Grace Becker, "The relationship between acute exposure to hypoxia and heart rate variability in unacclimatized individuals"
Michael Brennan Harris + Kenneth W. Kambis, Michael Drew LaMar
2017-18
- Morgan Bucknor, "Time-Course of Acute Exercise-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction" (Honors)
Michael Brennan Harris + Evie Burnet, Helen Murphy - Erin Heald, "The Effect of Cross-Sloped Surfaces on Running Kinematics" (Honors)
Raymond McCory + Michael Deschenes, Catherine Forestell - Katelyn Rennyson, "Relationship between Injury and Spirituality in Pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago" (Honors)
Michael Brennan Harris + James Barber, Kathleen Jenkins, Ben Boone
2016-17
- Justin Canakis, "The Efficacy and Safety of Six-Weeks of Pre-Workout Supplementation in Resistance Trained Rats" (Honors)
Michael Harris + Randolph Coleman, Ken Kambis
2015-16
- Muhammad Amjad, "Changes in Health and Exercise Attitudes Among Pilgrims Before and After the Hajj Pilgrimage" (Honors)
Michael Brennan Harris + Alison Scott, Kay Jenkins
2014-15
- Colleen Leathrum, "Muscle Unloading Induced
Sex Specific Neurophysiological and Myofiber Profile Adaptions" (Honors)
Michael Deschenes + Ray McCoy and Douglas Young
2013-14
- Taylor Hodge, "Effects of Core Temperature on Exercise-Induced Mitochondrial Biogenesis: Potential Role of PGC-1α, AMPK eNOS, SIRT1, and SIRT3" (Honors)
Michael Brennan Harris + Randolph A. Coleman, Scott Ickes
2012-13
- Rebecka Hoffman, "Exercise-induced Sirtuin
Experssion in Blood Vessels and Skeletal Muscles of Rats" (Honors)
Michael Harris + Randolph Coleman, Scott Ickes
2011-12
- No Honors students this year
2010-11
- David Blitzer, "Affective Response and Pain Measurement Correlation in a 500 Mile Pilgrimage: El Camino De Santiago" (Honors)
Brennan Harris + Larry Ventis, John Riofrio
2009-10
- Stephanie Bomberger, "The Effects of Nintendo Wii Fit on Balance of Elderly Adults" (Honors)
Raymond McCoy + Brennan Harris, Robert Kohl, Randolph Coleman -
Kyle Horst, "Effects of Cdc37 overexpression and silencing on eNOS phosphorylation and activation in endothelial cells" (Honors)
Brennan Harris + Michael Deschenes, Randolph Coleman
2008-09
- Kevin Mutch, "Hemispheric Interaction in Simple and Complex Tasks: A Study of Interlimb Coordination" (Honors)
Robert Kohl + Larry Ventis, Ray McCoy, Robin Looft-Wilson
2006-07
- Lindsay Ambrecht, "Connexin Expression After Femoral Artery Ligation" (Highest Honors)
Robin Looft-Wilson + Michael Deschenes, David Armstrong, M. Brennan Harris - Crystal Rader, "Effects of Aging on Bimanual Hand Control" (Highest Honors)
Robert Kohl + Ray McCoy, David Aday - Michelle Wolf, "The Relationship Between Changes in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and C-Reactive Protein Following a 758 KM, 30-Day Pilgrimage" (Highest Honors)
Robin Looft-Wilson + M. Brennan Harris, Ingrid Edery
