The full text of Senior Independent Study Theses submitted during and after 2012 are available to download only by College of Wooster users. Unless listed as an exemplar, all other theses are restricted.

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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005

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Tum the Beat Around: a Discursive History of Music Criticism, 1978-1984, David J. Drake
Department: History

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Adjusting the Dials: Primetime Television of the 1970s as a Reflection of Social History, Vanessa Georgeson
Department: History

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Shadow Cast Forward: the Austrian Pan-German Movement, 1800-1918, and Its Influences on Hitler's Political Vision and Worldview, Colin James Grindall
Department: History

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"What Do You Mean, I Can't Drink the Milk?": the Psychological Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident, Annabell Christin Haessler
Department: History

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Inmates Have Taken Over the Asylum: a Study of Argentina's Grassroots Worker Cooperative Movement, Katherine Harold
Department: History

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Women of Watergate, Kelley M. Hubbell
Department: History

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Nothing New About Nafta: How Maquiladoras Paved the Way For Mexican Neo-Liberal Economics, Felicia Lambe
Department: History

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Development and Evolution of the Army Air Force and its Bombardment Strategies Employed in the Pacific During World War II Through the Example of the 11th Bombardment Group's History, Cyrus Nathaniel Lawyer
Department: History

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Du Plein Emploi Aux 35 Heures: Repenser La Place Du Travail Dans La Societe Francaise Depuis Les Trente Glorieuses, Andrew Michael Le Blanc
Department: French and Francophone Studies; History

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Churchmen As Resisters: the Public and Secret War Waged By Protestant Pasters Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Niemöller, J. David Lyle
Department: History

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The Sugar Plum Fairy's Christmas Tradition: An Americanization of the Nutcracker, Jessica K. Metcalf
Department: History

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America's Hang-Up: a Social History of the Telephone From Bell to Cell, Anne Elizabeth Michaels
Department: History

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Claus Stauffenberg, Ludwig Beck, Hans Oster and the Construction of a Model For a Military Resister to Adolf Hitler, Michael T. Morris
Department: History

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En El Nombre Del Trabajador Explotado: a History and Discussion of the Bracero Program, Andrea B. Nelson
Department: History

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United States Operations Mission: Economics and Technical Aid to South Vietnam Before the Second Indochinese War, 1950-1960, Parke Nicholson
Department: History

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I Don't Want to Be the Assistant: Black Leaders in Major League Baseball Since 1947, Ross K. Nickel
Department: History

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Political, Social, and Community Oriented Purposes of the Grange, Denzel G. Peterman II
Department: History

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From the Boers to Berlin: How the British Commandos Helped End the Second World War in Europe, Matthew Ryan Rahde
Department: History

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Fall of the House of Rubber: Wooster and Rubbermaid, 1808-2004, Dane Ralph Robbins
Department: History

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"I Am in Hell!": the Bounty Mutiny and the Memory of William Bligh, Michael James Ruttinger
Department: History

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I Feel a Sin Coming On: the Effects of the Pill on Women and Society in the 1960s, Allison L. Urbanek
Department: History

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Invisible Bonds: the Remarkable Ability the Amish Have to Enduring Modern Intrusions of the Outside World, Hester Van Hooven Ward
Department: History

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Resorting to Violence: Lessons From the History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Julie Mansfield Vavricheck
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2004

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How and Why Comic Book Superheroes Are the Greatest of All Religious Saviors, Bradley D.T. Adamczyk
Department: History

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A 'Troubled' History of Northern Ireland: Communities Making Peace in Times of War, Colleen E. Call
Department: History

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Putting Down That Rubber: A History of the Rubber Industry and the Goodyear Rubber Tire and the Rubber Company During World War II, Scott A. Chouinard
Department: History

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The Vietnam War: A Better Understanding, Carl E. Davis
Department: History

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Zwischen Diaspora Undsozialistischer Utopie: Probleme Judischer Identitat in Der Deutschen Demokrastischen Republik, Kristin Dill
Department: German Studies; History

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Pulse of the Continent: the Railroad in Nineteenth Century American Art, Literature, Thought, and Song, Peter N. Durbin
Department: History

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Heroes of a Lost Cause: An Historical Inquiry of American Myth, Matthew. D. C. Elrod
Department: History

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Unexpected Revelations: the Relationship Between the Third Reich Era and the Reception of Black Germans After World War II, Amika J. Gibbons
Department: German Studies; History

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Agriculture, Agents, Assimilation and Assassination. An A+ Guide to Teaching Colonial America, Benjamin M. Gillig
Department: History

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Experiences of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment of the 43rd Infantry Division of the United States Army in the South Pacific During World War II: 1943-1945, Drew W. Gittus
Department: History

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Motherhood in Black and White: How the National Organization For Women and the National Welfare Rights Organization Politicized Motherhood From 1966-1975, Rachel-Amelia M. Glickel
Department: History

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The End of An Era: the Reform of the CIA, 1945-1975, John Goss
Department: History

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Georgia O'Keeffe and Willa Cather: The Exploration of Women, Art, and Identity in Twentieth Century America, Jacquelyn R. Gulick
Department: History

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The Japanese Control of the American Video Game Industry, Justin I. M. Hart
Department: History

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Is Baseball Still America's Game? Historical Thoughts on a National Pastime and Its Most Celebrated Franchise, Mark A. Lucas
Department: History

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Contributors to the Success of the Great Highland Bagpipe Throughout the World and the College of Wooster: A Macro and Micro Historical View, George C. Morrison
Department: History

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North Korean Defectors in South Korea: Their Own Experiences, and South Koreans' Views of Them, Meeri C. Park
Department: History

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Myths, Monuments, and Materialism: the American Search For a National Identity Through National Park Tourism, 1865-2005, Heather A. Reed
Department: History

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Lenny's Legacy: How a Star Athlete's Death Helped Shaped American Drug Policy, Joseph Rogers
Department: History

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Courts in Order: Why Inequities in Public School Funding Have Become a Litigious Issue Since 1968, Kevin Shelly
Department: History

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Factors That Contribute to Professional Football Dynasties, Erickson L. Shipe
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2003

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'One Ring to Rule All Men' The Historical Culture of J.R.R. Tolkien, Jennie K. Bachelor
Department: History

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It's a Wonderful Holiday: An Examination of Christmas Films and the Family From 1945-1999, Elizabeth S. Brashear
Department: History

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"All Dude Ever Wanted Was His Rug Back": American Men Reacting to American Ambition, From the 'Founding Brothers' to the Coen Brothers, Brendan Callahan
Department: History

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King Charles I and the Ship Money Tax, Jessica Clark

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Between History and Memory: the Commemoration of Frédéric Chopin in Poland, Paris and Mallorca, Caroline D. Eaton
Department: History

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Tradition and Determination: the United States Air Force During the Opening Months of the Korean War, Eric E. Fillinger
Department: History

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Tiger, Tiger Woods Y'all: the Past, Present, and Future of the Game of Golf in America, Ryan J. Flynn
Department: History

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The Sphere of Influence of a Religious Cult: Why the Aztecs Never Achieved Empire, David C. Gash
Department: History

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Dealing in Diamonds: the Consequences of Conflict Diamonds in Africa, Hannah Rayclar Gilman
Department: History

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Baseball Pioneers: Jackie Robinson & Larry Doby, the Lives They Led and the People Who Made It Possible, Jennifer Green
Department: History

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Cultural Differences in American Baseball and Japanese Besuboro, Nickolas R. Hajjar
Department: History

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"But I Don't Have Any Boot Straps" Fashion, Gender, and Social Mobility in Eighteenth Century Britain, Anne C. Medlock
Department: History; Theatre and Dance

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The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: How History Is Remembered, Beth Moore
Department: History

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A Way, the Truth, and the Life: Sojourner Truth An the Search For Community, Crystal R. Moore
Department: History

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Girls Girls Girls: Girlhood and Its Construction in the 1950s, Molly Moreland
Department: History

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Pink Celluloid: An Examination of the Views and Experiences of Ex-Communist Film Directors Elia Kazan and the Edward Dmytryk With the House Committee of Un-American Activities Expressed Through a Selection of Their Motion Pictures, John Daniel Oswalt
Department: History

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The Business of the National Pastime: the Commercialization of Baseball, Daniel A. Pursel
Department: History

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The Study of Japanese Atrocities During the Pacific War: Rape of Nanjing and Unit 731, Yi Ming M. Roberts
Department: History

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Technological Evolution of the Law: Law.Com, Nicholas Robinson
Department: History

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Razing the Dead: the Issues of Cemetery Preservation in Wayne County, Carolyn L. Speros
Department: History

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Born to Be Wild: the Image of the Outlaw Motorcyclist, Brian P. Thomay
Department: History

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Thomas De Quincey and Irvine Welsh As Mirrors of Subculture: Continuity in the Discussion of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Drug Discourses, Matthew D. Trent
Department: History

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"Primitive, Uncivilized, and Backward:" the Influence of the Media on Negative Stereotyping of Hispanics and Latin Americans, Pilar F. Velasquez
Department: History

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Animating Japanese History: Indelible Truths and Malleable Fictions, Matthew Wagner
Department: History

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National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.): Its Inception As a Benefactor to Student-Athletes and the Vicissitudes of Its Business Control From 1968-1979 and Its Evolution Through Today., Nathan A. Weakland
Department: History

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As Lived By Me: An Innovative Yet Academic Look at Late Twentieth Century Grrrlhood, Trish L. Whittington
Department: History

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Woman Warriors: a Contemporary Examination of the History, Contributions, and Areas of Controversy of the American Servicewoman From World War I to Present Day, Lindsay M. Zella
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002

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Clash of the Titans: a Study of the Commercial Airlines in a Deregulated Environment, Douglas A. Birkey
Department: History

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Ouch!: the Emergence of Men in the Field of Midwifery, Elisabeth L. Boyce
Department: History

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Muhammad Ali: a Controversial American Hero, Christopher R. Cabot
Department: History

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"We Live For Dying". The HIV/AIDS Epidemic's Effect on Commercial Sex Workers in Thailand and South Africa, Women's Struggle to Protect Themselves Against Infection, Katherine R. Dunne
Department: History

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Entactment of and Implications of Sex Offender Laws in the United States, Catherine M. Dwyer
Department: History

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The Aggression of Chinese Communism Towards the Tibetan State and Its Religion From the 1950s to the Present, Eric R. Ferguson
Department: History

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To See the Sky in Blood: Poetry As Witness to Stalinism, Schuyler M. Gilmore
Department: History

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Striking a Balance in the War on Terrorism: An Analysis of the Bush Administration's Anti-Terror Policies and American's Civil Liberties in the Post-9/11 Era, Alexander H. Hastie
Department: History

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A Silent Pen Is Wakened: Reviving the Voices of Women Humanists of Late Quattrocento Italy, Helen C. Henderson
Department: History

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Lorain, Ohio's Neighborhood House: a 'Small Town' Example of How Female Empowerment Hanged Patriarchal America's Settlement Movement and City Spaces, Dawn M. Hirth
Department: History

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As the Baseball Team Goes, So Goes the City: the Revitalization of the Cleveland Indians, John J. Kelly
Department: History

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The Mysterious Maya Revealed, Paul Brendan Kingston
Department: History

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Primary Steps of Evolution of the Submarine and the End of Traditional Naval Warfare, Chad D. Kraus
Department: History

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The Sreaming Eagle and the Hidden Dragon: Analyzing the Future of Sino-American Relationship Through Historical, Economic, and Political Patterns and Trends, Nicholas P. Kuhns
Department: History

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Women's Sexuality in America, 1890-1920: An Investigation of Working-Class Women in Cities, Elizabeth Lawrence
Department: History

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"Strange" Relationship Between the United States and Spain: 1936-1975, Katherine A. McCoy
Department: History

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The Fraternity Question: the Prohibition of National Greek Letter Societies at the University of Wooster, Brian R. H. Mitchell
Department: History

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Nineteenth Century Abortion and Bourgeois Normalcy: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Reproduction, R. David Mowry
Department: History

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International Terrorism and the Affects on the United States, Timothy G. Pellman
Department: History

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British Participation in the Spanish Civil War, Jacob Charles Ruttinger
Department: History

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Domestic Servants in Nineteenth Century New York, Pamela Scherphorn
Department: History

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Tension Decreased, Interaction Achieved: the Eruption of Spontaneous Community in Postwar America, Hallie Shapiro
Department: English; History

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A Nation on Fire: the United States Response to the Vietnamese Buddhist Protest Movement, 1963, Daniel F. Shortridge
Department: History

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Kpanlogo: Ghana's Inspirational Movement, Marion A. Smith
Department: History

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The Wrong Man Out: a Look at the Life and Career of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and the 1919 World Series, Brandon J. Thomas
Department: History

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Failure at Los Alamos: An Alternate Conclusion to World War II, Kevin West
Department: History

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Attica Prison Riot and the Effect on Prison Reform in the United States, Emily M. White
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001

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Return of the Black Hundreds: Antisemitic Social and Political Trends in Russia, 1988-1999, Daniel B. Borsody
Department: History; Russian Studies

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Luso-Brazilian Studies: An Exercise in Curriculum Design, Antonia E. Cassarino
Department: History