Congratulations Dec '25 Honors Graduates
Meet the University Honors Graduates
As another semester draws to a close, we are excited to congratulate our December 2025 University Honors graduates! These students have demonstrated exceptional commitment to educational engagement, resulting in broad undergraduate experiences and meaningful contributions to the academic body of knowledge and the community. We are excited to see them move forward to serve the world in remarkable ways. Well done!
Daisy Lorrae Arvonen
Major: Communications
Minor: Entrepreneurship
Thesis: Be My Guest: Discovering the Benefits of Being Interviewed on a Podcast
Advisor: Miles Romney
Minor: Entrepreneurship
Thesis: Be My Guest: Discovering the Benefits of Being Interviewed on a Podcast
Advisor: Miles Romney
Lincoln Nathaniel Bay
Major: Economics
Thesis: Meaningful Work
Advisor: Christian Vom Lehn
Plans After Graduation: Lincoln plans to pursue a PhD in Economics and is currently applying to graduate programs.
Thesis: Meaningful Work
Advisor: Christian Vom Lehn
Plans After Graduation: Lincoln plans to pursue a PhD in Economics and is currently applying to graduate programs.
Nicholas Patrick Bown
Major: Philosophy
Thesis: Teaching and Learning in the Envisioning BYU Collection, Vol I: Foundations and Dreams: A Latter-day Saint University Educative Perspective
Advisor: Isaac Calvert
Thesis: Teaching and Learning in the Envisioning BYU Collection, Vol I: Foundations and Dreams: A Latter-day Saint University Educative Perspective
Advisor: Isaac Calvert
Calvin Robert Boyce
Major: Applied and Computational Mathematics
Thesis: Windkessel Parameter Estimation for Cardiovascular Feature Identification in Photoplethysmograpy Data
Advisor: Tyler Jarvis
Plans After Graduation: Calvin will pursue a master's in mathematics here at BYU starting in January
Thesis: Windkessel Parameter Estimation for Cardiovascular Feature Identification in Photoplethysmograpy Data
Advisor: Tyler Jarvis
Plans After Graduation: Calvin will pursue a master's in mathematics here at BYU starting in January
Emese Izso
Major: Comparative Literature
Minor: Spanish
Thesis: The Witch, the Fairy, and the Woman: Femininity, Morality, and the Supernatural in Hungarian Fairy Tales
Advisor: Larry H. Peer
Plans After Graduation: Emese plans to pursue a PhD in Comparative Literature
Minor: Spanish
Thesis: The Witch, the Fairy, and the Woman: Femininity, Morality, and the Supernatural in Hungarian Fairy Tales
Advisor: Larry H. Peer
Plans After Graduation: Emese plans to pursue a PhD in Comparative Literature
Geoffrey Taft Julian
Major: Linguistics
Minor: Spanish
Thesis: Cracking the Shell: A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Functions of Shell Nouns in American Legal Contracts
Advisor: Brett Hashimoto
Plans After Graduation: Taft will attend BYU law school next fall
Minor: Spanish
Thesis: Cracking the Shell: A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Functions of Shell Nouns in American Legal Contracts
Advisor: Brett Hashimoto
Plans After Graduation: Taft will attend BYU law school next fall
Reagan Nichole Lyman
Major: Sociology
Minor: Creative Writing
Thesis: One Barrier to Rule Them All: Exploring the Impact of the Language Barrier for Immigrants in Utah
Advisor: Jane Lilly Lopez
Plans After Graduation: Reagan will be working as a law clerk/paralegal for a Utah law firm
Minor: Creative Writing
Thesis: One Barrier to Rule Them All: Exploring the Impact of the Language Barrier for Immigrants in Utah
Advisor: Jane Lilly Lopez
Plans After Graduation: Reagan will be working as a law clerk/paralegal for a Utah law firm
Katlyn Maree McKee
Major: Nutritional Science
Thesis: Examining the Impact of Social Media on the Nutrition Decisions of College Students and their Attitudes Toward Nutritional Guidelines
Advisor: Rickelle Richards
Plans After Graduation: Katelyn plans to attend PA school next summer
Thesis: Examining the Impact of Social Media on the Nutrition Decisions of College Students and their Attitudes Toward Nutritional Guidelines
Advisor: Rickelle Richards
Plans After Graduation: Katelyn plans to attend PA school next summer
Leah O'Barr
Major: Biology
Thesis: Listening to Life in a Noisy World: The Pitfalls and Promise of Urban Acoustic Ecology
Advisor: Steven Peck
Thesis: Listening to Life in a Noisy World: The Pitfalls and Promise of Urban Acoustic Ecology
Advisor: Steven Peck
Brielle Amelie Paul
Major: English
Thesis: Robot, Alien, Monster
Advisor: Stephen Tuttle
Plans After Graduation: Brielle will be working as a marketing writer for Smarty
Thesis: Robot, Alien, Monster
Advisor: Stephen Tuttle
Plans After Graduation: Brielle will be working as a marketing writer for Smarty
Ashley Jackman Simon
Major: Spanish Translation
Minor: Translation and Localization
Thesis: The Policy Project: Translating Menstrual Equity Resources
Advisor: Samuel Lopez Alcala
Plans After Graduation: Ashley will be attending BYU Law school next fall
Minor: Translation and Localization
Thesis: The Policy Project: Translating Menstrual Equity Resources
Advisor: Samuel Lopez Alcala
Plans After Graduation: Ashley will be attending BYU Law school next fall
Kristen Leigh Whitehouse
Major: Animation
Minors: Mathematics, Computer Science
Thesis: Snow Surfacing Optimized for an Animated Short Film Pipeline
Advisor: Seth Holladay
Plans After Graduation: Kristen plans to attend graduate school at the University of Utah in the MEAE program Fall 2026
Minors: Mathematics, Computer Science
Thesis: Snow Surfacing Optimized for an Animated Short Film Pipeline
Advisor: Seth Holladay
Plans After Graduation: Kristen plans to attend graduate school at the University of Utah in the MEAE program Fall 2026