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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1998
Diffusion of Power in the Post-Cold War Era, Angad Katyal
Department: Political Science
Mexica (Aztec) and the Maya Religious Beliefs and Their Role in the Practice of Human Sacrifice, Ian V. Kopf
Department: History
A Cost, Benefit, and Effectiveness Study of Three Ohio Americorps Programs, William G. Kopka
Department: Urban Studies
Read Me, Read Me, Read Me!: An Analysis of the Persuasive Functions and Powers of Language in Advertising and Marketing, Megan Kreider
Department: English
In One Ear and Out the Other?: How Talk Radio Influences Political Attitudes, Patrick A. Kreider
Department: Political Science
Dating and Arranged Marriage: A Study of South Asian Dating Patterns at the College of Wooster, Marjorie Krieg
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Better to Leave Your Audience Wailing in the Dark": A Study of the Reader-Text Relationship and the Readers Struggle With Indeterminacy in Tim O'Brien's "In the Lake of the Woods", Holly L. Kyle
Department: English
Television Baggage: A Study Examining the Progression of Successful Television Strategies Among Incumbent Republican Campaigns, Christopher W. Lee
Department: Political Science
McGaw Chapel: A Wooster Revolution, Rowell A. Levy
Department: Religious Studies
Lights, Hellman Rolling, Action, Gregory B. Licht
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
Linking Dollars and Freedom: An Analysis of Human Rights and Foreign Aid Distribution in the United States, Canada, and Sweden, 1977-1990, Jeff Lowry
Department: Political Science
"The Two of Us, Working Together At Full Capacity, Could Do the Job of One Normal Man": The Construction of Masculinity on Seinfeld, Matt Mariola
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Critical Study of Hip-Hop and the Messages That Hip-Hop's Music Express, Bernard L. McGinley III
Department: History
Revising the Mother Metaphor: Male and Female Nurses as Healers, Kelly C. McLarnan
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
How Native American Artifacts and Mounds Have Influenced the Development of the Adena and Hopewell Identities, and the Ethical Considerations Involved During Archaeological Excavations and Examinations, Daniel C. Mecredy
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Matters of Life and ? Correlates of Public Opinion on Abortion and The Death Penalty, Malcolm T. Meyer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Legal Subversion of the Supreme Court Decision in Brown V. Board of Education: The Failure of School Desegregation Policy, William J. Miklandric Jr.
Department: Political Science
Community Design, Past, Present, and Future: a Case Study of Wooster, Ohio, Dorian Mobley
Department: Urban Studies
Humanitarian Action Against Forced "Disappearances:" a Comparative Case Study of the External Initiatives Combating "Disappearances" in Iran and the Philippines, Leah C. Montesano
Department: International Relations
Pacifying Vidalia, Jennifer Nadar
Department: English
Independent Study in Sociology, Chiaki Nakamura
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Piece of the Pie: The Influence of Ethnicity on Political Development in Kenya, Esther W. Ndichu
Department: Political Science
Effects of German Corroprations Dual-Listing on the New York Stock Exchange, Travis R. Nieman
Department: Economics; German Studies
Snakes and Ladders: a Study of Indian Democracy in the Context of Emergency Powers, Zaheer Nooruddin
Department: History; Political Science
Hayden Carruth, Rose Marie, and This World's Love, Eduardo Nunes
Department: English
Manipulation of Greek and Cypriot Rural Sanctuaries From 1050 to 450 B.C.E., John Oswald
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies
Eyeblink of Rokeness, Matt R. Pietz
Department: English
Why the M-16 Rifle: a Case Study of Infantry Small Arms During the Vietnam War, Timothy A. V. B. Pollard
Department: History
With Love From the Man in the Bush, Rachel Pope
Department: English
Computer: Enemy of the Humanities?, Christopher D. Pugh
Department: English
Beep! Beep! You're Dead. an Exploratory Study of Aggressive Driving from the Point of View of Traffic Enforcement Officers, Barbara E. Queen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Russia Under Ivan the Terrible: a Widowed Nation, Frank L. Reutter
Department: History
Kindred Parables: An Examination of Octavia Butler's "Kindred" and "Parable of the Sower", Kathryn E. Rhoads
Department: English
Oral History: Sounds of the Past, Chadwick J. Roberts
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Hate Speech in the Classroom: The True Test of Free Speech, Deron Rolla
Department: Political Science
Black Urban Head Start Children: an Ethnographic Perspective on the Importance of Culture in Evaluating Socioemotional Development, Megan H. Schatz
Department: Urban Studies
Subversive Dreams: An Historical Analysis of the Evolution of French Feminist Consciousness With Specific Emphasis on Enfranchisement, 1789-1914, Kristen S. Schermer
Department: History
The Grameen Bank, a Modified Capitalist Model of Development: Does it Deliver to Women?, Catharine D. Scott
Department: Political Science
The Reluctant Exodus: The Last China Missionaries and American Culture, Church, and State, Jonathan A. Seitz
Valuing Success: An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship Between Cultural Values and World Bank Successes, Laura J. Shaffer
Department: International Relations
Continuation, Pertinence and Evolution of the Catholic Worker Movement in Contemporary Society, Stott M. Shlaes
Department: Religious Studies
Boxed In, Andrea K. Shreve
Department: English
The Civil Rights Movement: Events That Changed the Movement, Sylvester S. Slaughter
Department: History
Wiccan Symbolism in Social Context, Theresa Snowman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The ETA and the Continual Struggle For Basque Independence, Sarah L. Soroos
Department: History
Kids Far From Home: International Adoption, 1948-1998, Catherine M. Swartz
Department: History
In Here It Is I Must Kill the Priest and the King: the Deconstruction of Cultural Hegemony in James Joyce's Ulysses, Hilary A. Teynor
Department: English
World's Best I.S., Sally Thelen
Department: English
Critical Exploration of African Oppression and Subsequent Means of Liberation, Esther G. Tobey
Department: Religious Studies
The Role of Mothers As Portrayed in the Ladies' Home Journal During Three Decades: 1920, 1950, and 1980, Jennifer L. Toll
Department: History
Ethnicities at War: An Examination of the Causal Nexus Between Ethnic Nationalism and Separatist Conflict After the Cold War, Ramzi M. Trabulsi
Department: Political Science
If the Grass Is Greener on the Other Side, Kill It!!! or the Ecological Impact of the Vietnam War, Richard L. Updegrove II
Department: History
Affliction and Attention: a Study of the Philosophy of Simone WeilAnd Its Connections to Theology of Gustavo Gutierrez, Shannon R. Vance
Department: Philosophy; Religious Studies
A Qualitative Study of Gender Constructions Among Female Free Trade Zone Workers in the Domincan Republic, Mieke Vandersall
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Realignment or Dealignment?: An Analysis of Realignment Theory and How It Applies to Contemporary Politics, Julia A. Vincentsen
Department: Political Science
Wayne County Area Organic Farming: Ideology and Behavior, Elizabeth Wiemels
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
La Teoria De Dependencia Economica: Una Explicacion Verdadera Del Subdesarrollo En Mexico?, Peter Wilson
Department: Spanish
Was Bowers v. Hardwick Adjuducated Correctly?, David E. Winpisinger
Department: Political Science
Un Estudio De La Espirantización De /B/, /D/ Y /G/ En El Español Hablado En Winesburg, Ohio, Sarah J. Youngblood
Department: Spanish
A Study on the Criteria which allow for the Succesful Mobilization of Neighborhood Organizations, Chad Michael Zimmerman
Department: Political Science
A Study on the Criteria which allow for the Succesful Mobilization of Neighborhood Organizations, Chad Michael Zimmerman
Department: Political Science
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1997
The Dirty Work: the Self-Esteem of Barn Slaves, Margaret A. Anderson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Deutsch Für Kleine Kinder: Lesson Plans For Intergrating German Into the Elementary School Classroom, Amy R. Bailey
Department: German Studies
Shooting Bullets Or Blanks? the Use of Strict Gun Control in the War on Crime in U.S. Cities, Douglas R. Banghart
Department: Urban Studies
22 Is Catching, Jill Bartholomew
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
Wooster By Night: a Study in Chaos, Dana Benson
Department: English
Irish-American Search For Identity As Exhibited Through the Literature of the Famine Generation, Stephanie H. Blake
Department: English
Trancendence Amidst the Dogma of Fear and the Chaos of Truth: a Look Into the Radical Message of Thomas Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh, Erik R. Bloom
Department: Religious Studies
Foreign Policy During the Reagan Years: A Realist Perspective, Nicholas J. Boeder
Natural Wonders: A Comparative Case Study of Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park, Michelle L. Boger
A Comparative Analysis of the Influence of Political Parties on the Evolution of German Foreign Policy Since WWII, Ashley K. Bratich
Department: German Studies; Political Science
The Ethnic Involvement and Identity of Polish Americans in Cleveland, Ohio, Monica Brym
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Predictors of Attitudes Toward Abortion in 1994, Michelle Cable
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Analysis of Phenolic Cigarette Smoke Contaminants Absorbed By Soft Contact Lenses Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, David Michael Carrig
Department: Chemistry
A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Social Implications of Gold, R Jameson Chace
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Mayoral Leadership: Cleveland 1977-1994, Colin R. Chiles
Department: Urban Studies
To Compute or Not to Compute?: An Historical Analysis of Past Experiences and Modern Opinions About the Role of Computer Technology in Education, Chris Comito
Department: History
Voices Behind the Curtain, Margaret E. Conti
Department: English
Persona Non Grata, Ian P. Cook
Department: English
A Tale of Two Cities - a Comparison of the Effects of Social Indicators on Two Types of Cities: an Ecological Analysis of Cities With and Without Gangs, Marcia J. Coye
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Issue of Reader Response: a Personal Investigation, Lesley A. Crossley
Department: English
Constitutional Interpretation: A Textual Analysis of the Term Limits Initiative, Jane Ann Dearwester
Anyways, Sarah K. DeBacher
Department: English
Germans in the New World, Douglas G. DeWalt
Department: German Studies
Aleister Crowley and "The Inelastic Mind", Spencer L. Dew
Department: Religious Studies
A Historical Content Analysis on the Gender and Identity Messages in Seventeen Magazine, Kristin Dobbs
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Planned Unit Development and Exclusion: a Case Study of Planned Unit Developments in Summit County, Ohio, Denise M. Drescher
Department: Urban Studies
The Battered Women's Movement: A Case for the Revision and Extension of Existing Theory, Erica L. Edman
The Water Is Wide: An Analysis of Maine Folktales and How They Define a Coastal People, Sarah L. Farley
Department: History
An Exploratory Study of the Assessment, Intervention, and Transition Program at the Multanomah Juvenile Delinquent Facility in Portland, Oregon, Holly P. Ferguson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Reflecting the Sacred: Connections between Self-Image and Image of God, Laurie Anne Fields
Domestic Violence: an Investigation of Structural Causes, Mary J. Fischer
Department: Urban Studies
The Dance of the Ahtna Potlatch: a Mechanism for Cultural Survival and Societal Definition Through the Spending of Kinetic Energy, Alison E. Flint
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Stop Art": the Effects of Increased City Identity and Fanship on Participation of Cleveland Residents in the Save Our Browns Protest, Brian A. Friedman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Power Trip: An Analysis of Presidential Use of Covert Operations as Foreign Policy, Barrett Kelly Garmer
Re-Creating "Family": Tradition and Cultural Change Among Mexican-Americans in Northeastern Ohio, Christina M. Getrich
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Feminist Imperialism: Alice Walker and Female Circumcision, Caroline Guyer Gray
Brutal Black or Bad Black Man? Assessing the Affect of Culture on Interpretation and Identity in 'The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger', Ebony M. Green
Department: English
La Lengua Catalana: Una Examinacion de su Papel Historico, su Situation Actual, y su Futuro, Pamela Griffin
Cómo la Teología de la Liberación Trata la Cuestión de la Acción y la Violencia: ¿Cómo Reaccionamos Contra la Pobreza en el Mundo?, Renee M. Grogg