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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005
Onward Christian Soldiers: a Look Into Religious Terrorism, Jonathan F. Webster
Department: Political Science
Translating the Silence: the Chinese Woman in Transition, Brittany M. Wellner
Department: Art and Art History
Diaphanous: a Collection of Short Stories, Tiffany Anne White
Department: English
Sister Stories: Negotiating the Landscape of Relationality in Women's Memoir, Emily Joy Whitsett
Department: English
Economic Impacts of Newell-Rubbermaid's Branch Plant Closure on Employment and Labor Income in Wayne County and Possible Growth Industries, Elizabeth A. Whittam
Department: Economics
History of Moundsville Knows No Bars: Constructing the West Virginia Penitentiary, 1866-1995, From the Memories of Community Members, Who Know the Structure As Both a Living History Museum, and Running Facility, Elissa Wilk
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Balancing Threats in the Taiwan Straits: Neorealist Theory and U.S.-Taiwan-China Relations in the 1990s, Ian Willey
Department: Political Science
Independent Study Is So Gay, Michael Wilson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Why Are You, or Why Are You Not a Member of the Communist Party?: Towards the Toleration of Deviance in Political Theory, Robert M. Wilson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Reinterpretation of the Zohar Formation of Maktech Qatan (Callovian, Middle Jurassic): Parting the Geology of the Holy Land, Kevin R. Wolfe
Department: Geology
Fabrication of Microfluidic Systems For Capillary Electrophoresis on Glass Slides, Allyson Wright
Department: Chemistry
Internet, Online Traders and Noise: Their Influence on Stock Prices, Jeffrey Alan Wright
Department: Business Economics
Opening the Door to Violence: An Analysis of Religious Violence in Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, Joshua M. Young
Department: Religious Studies
Trying to Pull Oneself Up By Bootstraps: a Statistical Challenge, Rebecca S. Young
Department: Mathematics
Hope Is Not a Strategy: The Impact of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition on the Peace Process of Northern Ireland, Elizabeth Ivana Yuko
Department: Political Science
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2004
Conditions and Characteristics of Successful Intervention Into Intrastate Conflicts: A Matter of Who and How, Malek E. Abboud
Department: Political Science
How and Why Comic Book Superheroes Are the Greatest of All Religious Saviors, Bradley D.T. Adamczyk
Department: History
There's No Place Like Home: Global Nomads and Cultural Identity, Mabel Amma Addo
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Racially Divisive? The Racial Campaign Strategies of the Republican Party For Presidential Campaigns 1988, 1992, and 1996, Justin M. Alaburda
Department: Political Science
Vigor Mortis: the Metamorphoses of Classical Studies at the College of Wooster 1870-2004, Geoffrey T. Allerton
Department: Classical Studies
Who's Hungary For Turkey? An Analysis of European Union Expansion, Samuel F. Almy
Department: Political Science
Unlocking the Door: Using United States Foreign Economic Policy For Bilateral Trade Relations As a New Multi-Case Study Approach to the Question of Trade and Conflict, Aaron S. Applebaum
Department: Political Science
Hesiod's ΟI΅ΚOΣ: a Realistic Farm Compared, Daniel Bandstra
Department: Classical Studies
Standing at the Gateway and Hoping to See the Light If You Want to Rule This City You're Gonna Have to Fight!, Brian F. Barnes
Department: Urban Studies
Soul Sistas: An Analysis of Black Women Writers, Angela Nichole Barone
Boys Are Sweet, Girls Are Sour: A Study of Taboos and Childbirth Practices in Turkey, Yasameen Behdad
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Converging and Diverging: the Mystical Journey of Jalaluddin Rumi and Saint Augustine, Jessica T. Bell
Department: Religious Studies
Three Easy Steps- How to Handle a Sex Scandal: A Study of Crisis Rhetoric as a Method for Navigating a Political Sex Scandal, Stephanie A. Berning
Department: Political Science
Youth Have Left the Building: How to Make Church More Youth-Friendly, Sarah J. Blue
Department: Religious Studies
Qualitative Analysis Into the Investigation of Foreign Direct Investment Flows to Developing Countries in Particular Asia, Africa, and Latin America and to Determind If Regime Type Plays An Important Role in Direct Investment Flows, Kojo Boateng
Department: Political Science
A 'Troubled' History of Northern Ireland: Communities Making Peace in Times of War, Colleen E. Call
Department: History
Tipping the Scales: An Examination of the Growing Rates of Obesity Among American Children and the Role That Parents Play in Determining the Weights of Children, Whitney L. Cawley
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
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
Ten Thousand Words: From Lao Tzu to Landscape Poetry, Laura A. Clarke
Department: English
Escapable Violence?: An Investigation Into the Tragedy at Waco, Teresa A. Clark
Department: Religious Studies
News, Schools, and Polls, Rachel W. Cole
Department: Political Science
Sanctioning Murder and Engaging Authority: Affecting Change in the Human Rights Practices of Authoritarian Regimes Through Sanctions and Constructive Engagement, Nathan S. Collins
Department: International Relations
Higher Education Aspirations: a Comparison of Students in Rural and Urban Areas, Erin Craw
Department: Urban Studies
Replicating the South African Model? Truth Commissions As Tools For Reconciliation: The Cases of Nigeria,Ghana, and Sierra Leone, Christabel E. Dadzie
Department: Political Science
The Vietnam War: A Better Understanding, Carl E. Davis
Department: History
A Study of the Relationship of Prohibted-Conduct Laws and Stigma to the Victimization of People Experiencing Homelessness, Elizabeth DeNiro
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Zwischen Diaspora Undsozialistischer Utopie: Probleme Judischer Identitat in Der Deutschen Demokrastischen Republik, Kristin Dill
Department: German Studies; History
Pulse of the Continent: the Railroad in Nineteenth Century American Art, Literature, Thought, and Song, Peter N. Durbin
Department: History
Light Rail Transporation Systems in American Cities: a Case of Six Metropolitan Area's Who Considered Light Rail, James Eichstaedt
Department: Urban Studies
Heroes of a Lost Cause: An Historical Inquiry of American Myth, Matthew. D. C. Elrod
Department: History
Can Narrative Heal? Honoring the Creativity, Consciousness and Self-Authorship of Sick Patients and Re-Humanizing Health Care Through the Art of Narrative, Daniel R. George
Department: English
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
Agriculture, Agents, Assimilation and Assassination. An A+ Guide to Teaching Colonial America, Benjamin M. Gillig
Department: History
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
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
The End of An Era: the Reform of the CIA, 1945-1975, John Goss
Department: History
Caught Between: An Analysis of Guatemala's Battle with Internal Insurgent Groups and how it Affects Civilians, in Particular Women, Rian Graves
Department: Political Science
Georgia O'Keeffe and Willa Cather: The Exploration of Women, Art, and Identity in Twentieth Century America, Jacquelyn R. Gulick
Department: History
"Tired and Poor" or "Wretched Refuse"?: Study of the Roles of Religious Groups and United States Government Policymakers in Regards to Immigrants Across the Mexican United States Border, Kathryn Harrison
Department: Religious Studies
The Japanese Control of the American Video Game Industry, Justin I. M. Hart
Department: History
More Peaceful Society: the Application of the Buddhist Theology of Peace in the Christian West, Danielle Hawkins
Department: Religious Studies
Residue Analysis of Ceramics From Late Byzantine and Mediaeval Contexts at Pella, Jordan, Hanneke Aaltje Hoekman
Department: Archaeology; Chemistry
Class Choice: A Study of Factors in Parents' Elementary School Selection, Lindsey Howell
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Always the Patient, Never the Playmate: The Impact of Chronic Illness on Children's Social Functioning, Heather E. Humphrey
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Talk to Me!: A Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Interfaith Dialogue, Lindsay M. Jarvis
Department: Religious Studies
Crawling Through the Mist, Melissa Johnson
Department: English
Testing Rational Deterrence Theory: An Analysis of Defense Spending and Conflict, Cyrus D. Karimian
Department: Political Science
Silent Partner: The Duality of Terrorist Negotiations, Kelly C. Kenyhercz
Department: Political Science
Positive Peacebuilding: Tools of Non-Governmental Organizations in Southeastern Africa, Erin King
Department: Political Science
Justice for Whom? A Feminist Inquiry into Rape, Stacia Lucille Kock
Blood, Sweat and Tears: Sentimentality in Aids Documentaries, Rachel Kranch
Department: English
Art of Justice: An Examination of the Architecture of the United States Supreme Court Building As a Mode of Political Expression, Erin M. Kriynovich
Department: Political Science; Art and Art History
Inequality in Special Education: An Examination of Ethnicity, Economic Disadvantagement, and Special Education Placement, Anna Krumwiede
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Realism, Liberalism, and United Nations Reform: Which School of Thought, Realism, or Liberalism, Better Explains the Successes and Failures of United Nations Reform?, Emmanuel N.L. Lamptey
Department: Political Science
Dying to Live: Justifying Martyrdom, William M. Laukitis
Department: Religious Studies
How to Be a Liberal in the Face of Liberalism, Sarah F. Lawton
Department: Political Science
Is Baseball Still America's Game? Historical Thoughts on a National Pastime and Its Most Celebrated Franchise, Mark A. Lucas
Department: History
Settlement Dynamics of Central Cyprus: a Gis Analysis, David Massey
Department: Archaeology
Bible or Beer? a Look at Amish Rumspringa and Baptism, Kate Matthews
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Inside the Outback: A Study of Isolation and the Influenecs of Peer Socialization on a Child's Development, Mary S. Medaris
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Doubt and Faith in Dostoevskii's Later Novels: a Re-Evaluation of Bakhtin's Polyphonic Theory, Jesse R. Menefee
Department: English; Russian Studies
Hand That Gives You Life, Strangles You By the Throat: What Is the Hidden Agenda of the World Bank?, Adoley Mensa-Bonsu
Department: Political Science
Learning From the Past: An Examination of Decision-Making and Covert Actions, Clinton J. Miller
Department: Political Science
Lest Her Name Should Cease From the Mouths' of Men: Helen As Ovid's Fantasy Woman in Heroides 16 and 17, Pamela J. Miller
Department: Classical Studies
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
Effects of Homelessness on the Development of Peer Relationships in Children, Michael M. Nienaber
Department: Psychology
Wayne County Cemeteries, Aaron Orszag
Department: Archaeology
Rally 'Round the Flag: The Impact of 9/11 on the Patriotism of Interest Group Advertising, Joshua M. Pantesco
Department: Political Science
North Korean Defectors in South Korea: Their Own Experiences, and South Koreans' Views of Them, Meeri C. Park
Department: History
Investigation Into the Situation of Midwives During the European Witch Trials in Bavaria, Megan H. Potts
Department: Religious Studies; German Studies
Language Mobilizing the Masses: Political Rhetoric in Cold War West German Electoral Speeches; Its Breakdown Along Linguistic Lines and Ability to Inspire Voters, Cecily Raynor
Department: Political Science; German Studies
Myths, Monuments, and Materialism: the American Search For a National Identity Through National Park Tourism, 1865-2005, Heather A. Reed
Department: History
Putting the States Back to Work: An Examination of State Economic Policies and Their Effect on Employment, Douglas S. Reiser
Department: Political Science
Discussion of the Literature and Analysis of Data Concerning the Presence of Language and Evolutionary Placement of Neandertal, Adam Ridout
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Lenny's Legacy: How a Star Athlete's Death Helped Shaped American Drug Policy, Joseph Rogers
Department: History
Red on Pink: The Effect of the Cuban Socialist Revolution on the Lives of Women, Mary Kate F. Russell
Department: Political Science
A Two-Level Games Approach to the Study of American Foreign Policy Towards Cuba, Katherine E. Ryan
Department: Political Science
Pathways to the Formal Agenda: An Analysis of John W. Kingdon's Multiple Streams Theory of Agenda Setting, Mary Schantz
Department: Political Science
I Volunteer...But Why? Does My Christian Faith Influence My Decision to Volunteer Within the Community, Susan Scheaf
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"By My Self": Reconceiving of Welfare "Dependency", Christina J. Shadle
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Courts in Order: Why Inequities in Public School Funding Have Become a Litigious Issue Since 1968, Kevin Shelly
Department: History
Factors That Contribute to Professional Football Dynasties, Erickson L. Shipe
Department: History
Deadly American Waiting Game: An Analysis of the Clinton Administration's Decision Not to Intervene in Rwanda in 1994, Erin E. Skinner
Department: Political Science
"Jamming with the Boys": A Look at Women and Gender in Bluegrass Music, Christine Alkire Smedley
Masculine Image of Cleopatra VII: A Connotative Symbasis in Literature and the Visual Arts, Andrew C. Spencer
Department: Classical Studies