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Health Sciences (formerly Kinesiology)
The Department of Kiensiology became the Department of Health Sciences in 2025. In its Honors Program the Department of Health Science awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below which include include Kinesiology Honors from 2006-2025 have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.
Key:
- Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
Committee Chair + Other Committee Members
2024-2025
- Ryan William Shonk, (Honors)
Brennan Harris + Evie Burnet, Mark Forsyth
2023-2024
- Sarah Rose Brownstein, (Honors)
Evie Burnet + Mainak Patel, M. Brennan Harris
2022-2023
- Ruth Fikru Hailemeskel, "" (Honors)
Adrian Bravo + Iyabo Obasanjo, Jennifer Butler
- Carter Elizabeth Hall, "" (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, "" (Honors)
Iyabo Obasanjo + Alison Scott, Elyas Bakhtiari - Kelsey Short, "" (Honors)
M. Brennan Harris + Ken Kambis, Denise Ridley-Johnston
2018-19
- Grace Becker, ""
Michael Brennan Harris + Kenneth W. Kambis, Michael Drew LaMar
2017-18
- Morgan Bucknor, "" (Honors)
Michael Brennan Harris + Evie Burnet, Helen Murphy - Erin Heald, "" (Honors)
Raymond McCory + Michael Deschenes, Catherine Forestell - Katelyn Rennyson, "" (Honors)
Michael Brennan Harris + James Barber, Kathleen Jenkins, Ben Boone
2016-17
- Justin Canakis, "" (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, (Honors)
Michael Deschenes + Ray McCoy and Douglas Young
2013-14
- Taylor Hodge, (Honors)
Michael Brennan Harris + Randolph A. Coleman, Scott Ickes
2012-13
- Rebecka Hoffman, (Honors)
Michael Harris + Randolph Coleman, Scott Ickes
2011-12
- No Honors students this year
2010-11
- David Blitzer, (Honors)
Brennan Harris + Larry Ventis, John Riofrio
2009-10
- Stephanie Bomberger, (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, (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