Honors Bachelor of Arts
Established in 1948, Honors A.B. is the University's first and oldest honors program. True to Xavier's Jesuit heritage, the program emphasizes the interdisciplinary study of philosophy and the classics. Students study the classic texts of Western civilization while fostering deeper understanding of the values and ideals they embrace.
All students in the Honors A.B. complete a capstone thesis in their senior year, which connects to a second major or post-graduate and professional plans.
Submissions from 2024
The Roman Language Policy: Its Parts, Presence, and Consequences, Lilianna Darnell
The PIE Verb: A New Reconstruction, Percy Huffman
Submissions from 2023
The Development and Adoption of the Codex, Rutherford Allison
Submissions from 2022
The Name and Its Significance: An Examination of Names in Aristotle’s and Plato’s Philosophy of Language, Matthew Blain
The Greco-Roman Influence on Early Christian Art, Tim Ganshirt
Cultural Collapse of the Seleucid Empire, John Paul Mastandrea
Humanity and Nature: From Vergil to Modernity, Aaron Ticknor
Submissions from 2021
Roman New Comedy in the Renaissance: The Influence of Plautus in Shakespearean Comedy, Nick Minion
Women in Livy and Tacitus, STEPHEN ALEXANDER PREVOZNIK
Submissions from 2020
The Galileo Affair In Context: An Investigation of Influences on The Church During Galileo’s 1633 Trial, Evan W. Lamping
On a Defense of Democracy: How Roman Delatores and Emperors Dismantled Libertas and Established the Principate in the Early Roman Empire, Justin R. Scott
A Living Faith: Christianity’s Pre-Constantine Survival, Derek Allen Seifert
The Impact of Ancient Doctor-Patient Relationship Standards on Modern Bedside Manner, James P. Stebbins
Submissions from 2019
The Transactions of Mortal Coil: Hellenic Meaning in the Suffering of the Iliad and the Oresteia, Stephen L. Bothwell
Reevaluating the Nika Riot & Placing it in Conversation with the Antioch Riot of 387, Ty Richer
Reevaluating the Nika Riot & Placing it in Conversation with the Antioch Riot of 387, Ty A. Richer
Comparing Ancient to Modern: How Ancient Greece and Rome Provide Insight for Citizenship and Immigration in the 21st Century, Viktoria Schumacher
Submissions from 2018
Piecing Together Roman Life and Art: The Impact of Societal Changes on Developments in Roman Mosaics, Emily A. Lewis
The Death of Tragedy: Examining Nietzsche’s Return to the Greeks, Brian R. Long
Democracy vs. Liberty: The Telos of Government, Ryan C. Yeazell
Submissions from 2017
The Eighth Sacrament? The Evidence of Hincmar of Rheims, Doyle M.B. Baxter
Archilochus’s Effect on the Homeric Hero: Tracking the Development of the Greek Warrior, Luke Byerly
Migration and Its Impacts on the Labor Market of Rome during the Late Republic and Early Empire, Kerry Campbell
Mode of Operations: A Critique of the Agonistic View of Greek Musical Modes in Plato and Aristotle, Robert Crawford
