School of Arts and Sciences Review Winter 2014 | Page 27

Research & Publications

SBU salutes Honors Degree recipients
Seven students were recognized for their Honors projects
during St. Bonaventure’s Honors Ceremony May 11, 2013,
and all received Honors Degrees at Commencement.
The students and their Honors projects are:

Jessie Briggs, a psychology major from Baldwinsville, N.Y.

Madeline Gionet, a journalism and mass communication
major from Greenwich, N.Y.

“Personality Differences in Reactions to Negative Feedback
from a Potential Romantic Partner”

“Well-Being Week by Week”

Greg Privitera, Project Adviser
Stephanie Vogel, Faculty Examiner
Lawrence Sorokes, Field Examiner

Dennis Wilkins, Project Adviser
Charles Walker, Faculty Examiner
Paul Spaeth, Field Examiner

Her project was designed to determine which personality
traits, if any, are able to best predict differences in the reactions of undergraduate students to negative feedback from
a potential romantic partner using a survey research design
with a feedback manipulation.

Her project looked at the topic of well-being and how people can make simple changes to their lives to improve their
well-being and the well-being of those around them.

Brett Keegan, a philosophy major
from Syracuse, N.Y.
“Coming of Age with Camus”
Chris Mackowski, Project Adviser
Daniel Tate, Faculty Adviser
Daniel Ellis, Field Examiner
He wrote a 200-page memoir that explored
his own relationship with Albert Camus, a
French-Algerian writer who lived 1913 to
1960. The memoir covered his childhood in
the suburb of Syracuse, stretched through
high school and college, and ended with a
trip to Egypt during its first elections.
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