Author: Noah Boggs Riley | Major: Human Development and Family Sciences | Semester: Summer 2023 Academics: Gaining a Deeper Understanding I chose the communication program in Rome because I recognized the importance of gaining a deeper understanding of global and...
Playground Play for All
My name is Amanda Swartz, I am senior Human Development and Family Sciences major. My honors creative project has been mentored by Dr. Jacquelyn Mosley in the Human Environmental Sciences Department. My research was concluded during the Spring of 2023, and I plan to...
Learning from the Children
Author: Amanda Swartz | Major: Human Development and Family Sciences | Semester: Fall 2022 My name is Amanda Swartz, and I am in Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. I am a Human Development and Family Sciences major, mentored by Dr. Jackie...
The Importance of Intentional Outdoor Play Spaces for Young Children
Author: Reagan Bernskoetter | Major: Human Development and Family Sciences | Semester: Fall 2022 Reagan Bernskoetter is an Honors College senior at the University of Arkansas, enrolled in the Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food, and Life Sciences. She is...
Autonomy Granting During the Transition from Adolescence to Early Adulthood in Neurodiverse Individuals
Author: Claire McCormick | Major: Human Development and Family Science | Semester: Spring 2022 My name is Claire McCormick and I studied Human Development and Family Science in the Bumper’s College. My mentor is Dr. Jennifer Becnel, and she also works in the HDFS...
Reagan Bernskoetter and The Importance of Intentional Outdoor Play Spaces for Young Children
Author: Reagan Bernskoetter | Major: Human Development and Family Sciences | Semester: Summer 2022 During the summer months of June, July, and August 2022, I went to the Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center to collect data for my honors research project. The...
The Power of Books
Author: Rachel Burger Major: Human Development and Family Science Throughout the Spring 2021 semester, I worked alongside my mentor and a few educators to create a children’s library in an early childhood development center that focused on cultural...
Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Fashion Industry
During the fall semester of 2020, I performed research on sustainable supply chains in the fashion industry under my mentor Dr. Eunjoo Cho. Dr. Cho is part of the School of Human Environmental Sciences, and I am a finance major in Walton. Our goal this semester was to...
Growing Healing
Through creating a demonstration garden, it will help us visually reinforce the ideas we have known for so long about the benefits that can come from being in our natural environment, as well as show other child workers how to implement nature into their children’s life. I hope this garden will impact each person that comes to it differently, but that each and every person will be reminded of the importance of having nature in daily life.