Constructing a Successful Marriage amidst Difficulties in Postwar Germany

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Zach Duvall and Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Kelling, Humanities My original intention for my first research project was to fill a gap in the scholarship related to marriage problems in German resulting from and during the aftermath of World War II. Specifically, we wanted to add to the literature a source that discussed how these problems were […]

German-Tongans: A Look at Racial Integration in Twentieth Century Germany

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Kasia Cook and Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Kelling, Germanic and Slavic Languages (HUM) In Tonga, an archipelago deep in the South Pacific Ocean, German immigrants during the middle and late nineteenth century played an important role in the development of the islands. The presence of businessmen involved in the Copra trade was especially significant, and according to […]

The Harrowing of Hell: Salvation for the Dead in Early Christianity

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Kendel Christensen and Dr. David Paulsen, Philosophy Main Text This project exceeded my grandest expectations. Not only did we achieve our main objective of tracking the history and evolution of the soteriological problem of evil, but our connection to restoration themes was so salient that the Journal of Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture accepted […]

The Etymologies of Noah Webster: Ridiculous or Revolutionary?

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Dallin Bailey and Dr. Cynthia Hallen, Linguistics and English Language Main Text In addition to priceless definition writing, the famed lexicographer, Noah Webster, spent over a decade in research for the etymologies, or word origins, in his dictionary. Unfortunately, scholars and biographers often criticize his etymological work in the literature. The trend in these criticisms […]

Katy A to Z

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Katharine Anderson and Dr. John Bennion Main Text When I set out several months ago to write an honors thesis, I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted to do. I was going to craft a progression of essays examining myself, beginning with the most basic personal information, and slowly progressing, layer by […]

Prosodic Templates and Plural Formation in German Low and Middle Dialects

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Jessica Anderson and Dr. Laura Catharine Smith, German and Slavic My research is to examine the actual structure that dictates the shape of plural formation in German, and why in some dialects we see a failure to consistently form the plural using the method present in the standard language. Using previous research along with new […]

The Ideological Diet of a Colonial Child: The Interdisciplinary Analysis of a Series of Children’s Picture Books

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Camille Anderson and Dr. Cindy Brewer, German This project proposed an analysis of a series of children’s books published in 1904 by a mission in Berlin. The project’s depth and uniqueness were based on the reading of both the text and the accompanying pictures. I was able to participate in the collection of the documents, […]

Feminist and Marriage-related Issues in Seventheenth Century French Fairy Tales

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Susanna Allred My project studied the discussion of feminist and marriage-related issues in seventheenth century French fairy tales. Though Charles Perrault is now the most famous writer of fairy tales, he was part of a larger literary trend of fairy tale-writing. This literary vogue was dominated and actually started by female writers. Though Perrault’s tales […]

Providing Corrective Feedback to Second Language Writers: What are Educators Currently Doing?

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Emily B. Allen and Professor Norman Evans, Linguistics and English Language Main Text Demosthenes, a Greek orator and statesman, affirmed that “small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.” I feel that my receipt of an ORCA grant has been one such small opportunity which has been the beginning of many great enterprises for me […]

The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest: Singapore Presentation

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Andrew Wiggins and Dr. Brandie Siegfried, Department of English In preparation for my ORCA grant, I wrote a critical analysis comparing and contrasting questions of morality in two of Shakespeare’s famous works, The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest, for a literature class covering the works of William Shakespeare. That initial introduction to the moral […]