Submissions from 2019
The Forgotten Expedition of the Michigan Polar Bears, Laura Anthon, Jamie Breyfogle, Timothy Embertson, and Natalie Weg
Found in Translation: The Complexities of Edgar Allan Poe in Translation by Charles Baudelaire, Kellyanne Fitzgerald
The Art of Moving Across Borders: A Look into Translanguage Literature, Sarah Herrera
The Fitzgeralds in France: A Life of Splendor and Tragedy, Kaitlyn Rustemeyer and Rebecca Stanton
Submissions from 2018
Media Outlets and Black Lives Matter on Twitter, Madeleine Zimmerman, Cherish Joe, and Carolyn Wetzel
Submissions from 2017
The Anti-Slavery Almanac, Kirstin Anderson, Nina Kay, and Andrew Monroe
St. Philip’s Sons: Frederick William Faber and His Hymnody, Jonathan Bading
Looking Up: Discovering the Characters, Chronology, and Complexities of Baroque Italian Ceiling Art, Ellee Banaszak
Secret Desire: Islam, Mysticism, and Peace-Making in Hikayat Hang Tuah, Joshua Chun Wah Kam
The Performance of Womanhood, Carolyn Ellis
Digital Holland, Elizabeth Ensink, Kirstin Anderson, Irene Gerrish, and Sarah Lundy
Same Sex Marriage in the United States, Anna Jones
Little Modern Magazines, Katrin Kelley, Annika Gidley, Rachel Brumagin, and Joshua Chun Wah Kam
Roustabout: The Great Circus Train Wreck! Dramaturgy, Rachel Kennedy
The Founding Fathers and the New York Society Library, Sarah Lundy, Olivia Lehnertz, Irene Gerrish, and Kelly Arnold
Amy Beach in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1918, Ellen Messner
The Ethics of Expropriated Art, Taylor Mills
A Feminist Critique of Cosmopolitan Magazine, Hannah Pikaart
Document-Based Learning: Outside Advanced Placement and Inside Student Minds, Miriam Roth
An Analysis of Nineteenth Century Sunday School Books, Kaitlyn Rustemeyer, Kellyanne Fitzgerald, and Shannon Rogers
Boston's Bicentennial Blues: How the Unraveling of Boston's Expo '76 Revealed America's Crisis of Confidence, 1967-1976, Cullen Smith
The Man Who Wore Red: Allen Stringfellow, Nia Stringfellow
Submissions from 2016
The Polar Front: A Historical Narrative Derived from the Oral History of the American North Russian Expeditionary Forces, Jonathan Bading, Cassidy Bernhardt, Carolyn Ellis, and Alejandra Gómez Limon
The Face of Hope: How Perceived Minorities and Other Topics Have Shaped the Experience and Contributions of Hope Students, Ellee Banaszak, Grace Hulderman, Anna Jones, and Gianna Ramirez
Dancing through Hope’s History, Raven Bouvier, Rachel Kennedy, and Nia Stringfellow
Flood Narratives and Catastrophic Lessons: the Cultural Reminders of Apocalyptic Mythology, Joshua Briggs
“For the Boys Over There”: The 1918 United War Work Campaign, Ian Bussan, Miriam Roth, Samuel Stout, and Jonathan Tilden
The Justice of God and "The New Jim Crow", Jessica Cronau
The First Inoculation Debate: A Quantitative Text Analysis of the Boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1721, Elizabeth Ensink
Illustrating Ecology: Artwork for Visualizing Concepts in the General Biology Lab, Jennifer Fuller
From Hippies to Hipsters: Changing Expressions of Cultural Citizenship at Music Festivals, Hope Hancock
The State of the Arts in Holland: the Roles of Art and Identity in Community, Ellen Messner and Hannah Pikaart
In the Key of Britain: The Making of British Music, 1900-1930, Colin Rensch
Holland Vietnam Veteran Stories, Cullen Smith
A Modern Medea: Fitting into a Digital Age and the Methodology Behind Writing a Play, Claire Trivax
Dreadful Old Maids: Jane Austen and the Unmarried Women of Regency England, Anna Yacullo
Submissions from 2015
Prayers, Tithes and Tweets: A Rhetorical Analysis of Joel Osteen’s and Pope Francis’s Discussion of Fruits of the Spirit on Twitter, Allison Barnes
Holland's Centennial Park and the Greater Movement for Public Greenspaces, Joshua Briggs, Austin Garcia, Olivia Pilon, and Miriam Roth
A Church Divided: The RCA and CRC Schism, Jessica Cronau, Elizabeth Ensink, Matthew Myerhuber, and Jonathan Tilden
The Many Voices of Guenevere: Polyphony in “The Defence of Guenevere”, Dorothy Dickinson
Youth and Development: At-Risk Youth in the Holland Community, Jennifer Fuller, Robert Lampen, Hayley Schultz, and Anikka Van Eyl
Digital Holland, Michigan, Hope Hancock, Allyson Hoffman, and Madalyn Northuis
“That God May be All in All”: Deification, Nothingness, and Creaturehood, Andrew Peecher
Impact of On-Campus LGBT Resources and Campus Climate on College Students: A Two Campus Comparison, Charlyn Pelter
Operation Swing Phase 2: Music Personalities in World War II, Colin Rensch
Love Is an Orientation: Dialogue about Christianity and Sexuality, Katherine Sauer
Ethnic Studies in Holland, Michigan: Examining the Impact and Implications of Holland’s Hispanic Population, Cullen Smith, Taylor Mills, William Harrison, Alexander Markos, and Katelyn Kiner
Much Love, BJP: Examining Gender and War through Interactive Fiction, Meagan Stevens
Conqueror of Death: A Study of Bacchic Imagery on Roman Sarcophagi, Claire Trivax
From Canvas to Stage: Matisse and Picasso as Costume Designers for the Ballet Russes, Mary Elizabeth Winther
Submissions from 2014
A Little Birdie Told Me: Researching Twitter’s Effect on Formal and Informal Writing Among College Students , Allison Barnes
Relationships between Religiosity, Spirituality, and Charitable Involvement at a Christian Institution , Anthony Bednarz
Morality, Urbanity and Rurality in the Roman and American Consciousness , Ian Bussan
Shedding Light on Illuminated Manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Age: An Investigation into the Life and Illustrations of J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephanie Emanuele
Location and the Evolution of Ideology and Aesthetics in Post-Second Wave American Black Metal , Carsten Forester
The Wounded Warrior Project: American Society and Conscription , Bill Getschman
Integration Before Integration: How World War II Exploded Diversity in Baseball, G. Bill Getschman
Christian Model of Mental Health Care for South Korean Youth, In Hyuk Hwang
Women's Philanthropy: Why Knowing General Trends Is Not Enough, Ivy Keen
Between Two Eras: Arresting God in Kathmandu and the Search for a Modern Nepalese Identity , Nicholas Kwilinski
Why It Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise: The Story of Japanese Immigration and Anti-Japanese Prejudice Before World War II , Dorothy Mitchell
Becoming Citizens: The British Women's Suffrage Movement, 1918-1928 , Madalyn Northuis
The Tolkien Guide to the Literary Phenomenon of Fan Fiction, Amanda Palomino
“God Making His Appeal through Us”: The Theology of Reconciliation in the Church’s Practice , Andrew Peecher
The Artist in the Image: A Discussion of Style and Content in "Flotsam" and "A Sick Day for Amos McGee" , Hailey Perecki
Changing Methods, Changing Libraries: Making Digital Literacy Accessible for Undergraduate Researchers, Taylor Rebhan
Operation Swing: How Jazz Helped to Win World War II, Colin Rensch
"Hoobla-Hoobla-Hoobla-How": Sound and Meaning in the Poetry of Wallace Stevens, Kara Robart
Eternity’s Nail of Subjectivity: Subjectivity, Ethics, and God in Kierkegaard and Beauvoir , Chikara Saito
Love, Hope, and Listening: An Oral History of LGBTQ Topics and Responses at Hope College, Katherine Sauer
Judging Books by their Covers: How Cover Design Influences Our Perception of Books and their Audience, Erika Schlenker
Two Champions of Migrant Healthcare in Southwest Michigan: Models for Successful Intervention, Clara Schriemer
The Hidden Satire in Eva Ibbotson’s Novels , Megan Stevens
The Religious-Social Constraints on Sexuality in Fifth Century Athens and Crete and How They Manifest Themselves, Claire Trivax
To Be Preserved: Frances Otte and the Historical Development of Identity, 1860-1956, Kevin Wonch
The Lion, the Books and the Children, Anna Yacullo
Submissions from 2013
Myth, the Occult, and Experimental Writing: The Letters of Remedios Varo, Tessa Angell
Defining Arthur: Morgan le Fay’s Influence on King Arthur’s Unexamined Moral Code in Malory and Zimmer-Bradley, Elizabeth Badovinac
Cognitive Dissonance in Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin: An Evaluation of Rhetorical Technique and Cultural Impact, Anthony Bednarz
“A Warm Welcome and a Pleasant Evening”: Clara Kathleen Rogers and Boston’s Private Musicales, 1880-1900, Katie Callam
What is Solitude for in these Postmodern Times?, Dorothy Dickinson
Exploring the Graphic Novel: An Example of Multi-Media Education and the Importance of Visual Literacy, Stephanie Emanuele
The Leap of Faith: Authentic Greek in the King James Bible, Bill Getschman
Rape and Reconciliation in Sierra Leone, Mary Kate Hart
The Inadequacy of AP English Literature and Composition Exams as Substitutes for College Writing Courses, Allyson Hoffman
Role of Music in the Korean and English Language, In Hyuk Hwang
Echoes from the Archive: How Oral History, Radio, and the Archive Intersect, Madalyn Muncy
Contextualizing Ellen H. Richards: America’s Forgotten First Lady of Science and Nutrition, Madalyn Northuis
Post-Conflict Peace-building: What Role for Historical Accounting?, Daniel Owens
“A New Song”: Music and Theology in the Ambrosian Hymns, Amanda Palomino
Goutziers, Nicholas "Nick" Oral History Interview: Class Projects, Charlyn Pelter
This is the Hope: Digital Poetics as a New Form for a New Age, Taylor Rebhan
Constructing a Novel: Jane Austen’s Literary Technique from a Creative Writing Perspective, Kara Roberts
“Does Liberalism Need Modernity?”: A Critical Analysis of Early Modern Political Theology, Chikara Saito
Strokes, Flashes, and Jottings: The Lives and Work of Alice Rahon and Lola Alvarez Bravo, Sara Sanchez