Fall 2024

IDS 499 Honorable Mention Awardees:

How We Mourn: Grief After the Death of a Loved One, Collective Grief, and Global Grieving Traditions

by Erin Bailey

The Fanopticon: Power, Rhetoric, and Self in Fandom

by Amber (Raven) Olguin

Seen and Not Heard: An Analysis of Child Marriage and Misogyny in Nigeria

by Eva Oleita

School to Football Pipeline: The Reality of a “Sports or Nothing” Mentality

by Malik Gill

Deindustrialization: Exploring Community Displacement and Its’ Impacts on Eastern Michigan Economies

by Katlyn Weitzel

IDS 495 Honorable Mention Awardees:

Hostile Architecture and Its Impact on Mental Health for the Homeless Population in Lansing, MI

by Justin Bobon

Go Green? A Look at the Reluctancy of Americans to opt into Electric Vehicles

by Ashton Vogel

The Dark Allure: Media Representations, Motivations, & Gendered Glorification of Serial Killers

by Nayely Gomez-Corado

Redefining Third Spaces: Analyzing Social Interaction in the Digital Age

by Kairon Manuel

Asian-Americans and Critical Media through Stereotypes: Pursuing Education Amongst Ethnicity and Mental Health

by Elize Nardo