Each Spring semester, the students in the Senior class of the Faith & Reason Honors Program undertake a 3-credit independent study, the culmination of which is a 30-50 page honors thesis. The topic of the thesis is chosen by the student, with the approval of the faculty advisor and the director of the Salesian Center for Faith & Culture.

The best thesis each year, as judged by the Review Committee of the Salesian Center, receives the annual "Faith & Reason" award.

To read the complete text of a thesis, simply click on the name of the author.

NOTE: The student-author is solely responsible for the entirety of his/her essay (form and content),
including notes, citations, formatting, and all other matters related to its publication.

Christian Barber	The Importance of Student Affairs to the College Experience	advised by Gregg Amore, Ed.D.
Rachel Coleman	The Sins of Our Fathers: The Current Generation and the Vice of Acedia	advised by Stephen Loughlin, Ph.D.
Heather Katz	How Pregnancy Became an American Disease	advised by Brian Kane, Ph.D.
Michael Nass	Father Knows Less	advised by Shawn Miklaucic, Ph.D.
Pawel Paczuski	Language - Logos Reflects Logos: True Communication Transmits Truth, Not Falsity	advised by Stephen Loughlin, Ph.D.
Jill Sledziewski	Genetically Modified Food in Africa	advised by Rodger Berg, Ph.D.
Michael Young	Hooking the Fish: Dangers that the Internet Provides to Pathological Gamblers	advised by Juliene Osborne-McKnight

Joanna Armstrong	Developing an Entomological Theology	advised by Rodney Howsare,Ph.D.
Jason Benincasa	Something to Remember: The Journey of Being Human	advised by Alexander Pocetto, Ph.D.
Megan Diehl	The World Onstage: The Importance of Theatre to the Soul & to Society	advised by Anne Lewis, M.F.A.
Katie Farina	The Evaluation of the Validity of Christianity through the Dynamic Relationship of Faith & Reason	advised by Boyce Jubilan, Ph.D.
Ernie Justice	Protestants & Catholics: Will There Be a Time When They Reunite?	advised by Brennan Pursell, Ph.D.
Theresa McGinley	Life into Death? or Death into Life?	advised by Rodney Howsare, Ph.D.
Joseph Newman	For the Sake of Suffering	advised by Stephen Loughlin, Ph.D.
Joanne Pedone	"In media res" A Defense of the Unseen, Absolute Reality	advised by Samuel Martineau, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Pfister	The "Human" in Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Focus on a Domestic and South African Stigma	advised by Mary Ann Godshall, MSN
Brian Zumbrum	Racism: Unreasonable & Unfaithful	advised by Brennan Pursell, Ph.D.

Mary DiFebo (BI)	All You Need Is Love	advised by Stephen Loughlin, Ph.D.
Stef Heimbach (EN)	The Curse on American Women: The Ideal Destroys the Real	advised by Annette Benert, Ph.D.
John Lanzilotti (NU)	Condomnation: The Underlying Truth of HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies	advised by Rodney Howsare, Ph.D.
Matthew Reppert (BI)	Growing Up and the Time for Sports	advised by Rodger Berg, Ph.D.
Karen Salvemini (EN)	Building Up and Chipping Away at Thomas Jefferson's Wall of Separation of Church and State	advised by Samuel Martineau, Ph.D.
Lauren Schuette (CJ)	What If Everything We Say Is Somehow a Lie?!	advised by Thomas Dailey, S.T.D.
Robert Smyth (EN)	The Nature of Riots: Socioeconomic and Political Conditions Inherent in Collective Action	advised by Patrick McGrain, Ph.D.
Marian West (DA/MF)	Time to Move: Humanity, Art, and Dance Redeemed	advised by Anne Lewis, M.F.A.
Margaret Zawisza (MA)	The Education of a Lifetime	advised by Trisha Moller, Ph.D.

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