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 2011

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Blood, Spit, and Tears: Art As a Model For Feminist Theory and Dialogue, Zoe Van Dyke
Department: Art and Art History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2010

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The Face in the Looking Glass: An Examination of Self Through Character Traits in Lewis Carroll's Stories of Alice, Alice O. Case
Department: Art and Art History

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Title, Benjamin Katz
Department: Art and Art History

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Philip is My Best Friend (Being the Story of a Girl and Her Duck), Lindsay Lutz

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Sometimes I Feel Like I'm a Twisted-Out Creature, Sarah Manning
Department: Art and Art History

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Captivation Through Repetition, Hannah Matthews
Department: Art and Art History

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The Peninsular War: An Artistic Response to Napoleon Bonaparte; Jacques-Louis David & Francisco De Goya Y Lucientes, Eli M. A. Woods
Department: History; Art and Art History

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Taking Back the City: a Study of the Political Murals in Belfast, North Ireland, Jaimie K. Wroten
Department: Art and Art History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2009

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Art in the City, Art For the City: Murals and Prints Produced in Cleveland Under the Aegis of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Caitlin J. Ament
Department: Art and Art History

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Art As Revolution/One Bullet 40 Pigs: the Black Panther Party and the Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas, Katherine C.S. Brausch
Department: Art and Art History; History

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Imagorium For 'The Prince', Dana Bustamante
Department: Art and Art History

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Vulnerable Identities: An Artistic Exploration of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Malawi, Charlotte Hart Castle
Department: Art and Art History

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Collages: Exploration of Furniture Design Using Found Objects, Alexandra Cotter
Department: Art and Art History

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One Lucky Night, Jason Farson
Department: Art and Art History

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Photo-Realism Portrait Drawings: A Look into the Younger Generation of American Professional Tennis Players, Patrick Grab
Department: Art and Art History

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Interknit, Carrie Krochta
Department: Art and Art History

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Synthesis: Connection With Home Away From Home, Juliann Lafferty
Department: Art and Art History

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Detrimental Post-War "American Dream" in the United States: Contemporary Propaganda Posters, Andrew Maloney
Department: Art and Art History

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What Remains: the Role of Photography in the Ephemeral Environmental Sculpture of Andy Goldsworthy and Nils-Udo, Jessica E. Marsh
Department: Art and Art History

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An Ornithological Perverse Nostalgia: A Series of Unexpected Consequences, Sacha Marie Nalepa
Department: Art and Art History

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Art Conservation: Understanding Ethics and Methods Through Historic Case Studies of Painting and Stone Sculpture, Lucy N. Reinhardt
Department: Art and Art History

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The Complex Simplicity of Personality, Hannah Samuell
Department: Art and Art History

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"Paintings" or "Taking It All the Right Way", Laura Seaman
Department: Art and Art History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2008

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Treasures From the Coral Reef, Alanna Marie Clark
Department: Art and Art History

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Para Mi Gente, José A. Esparra
Department: Art and Art History

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Silent Lines: Comics and the Language of Image, Julia Vodrey Hendrickson
Department: Art and Art History

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Look Into the Subconscious Mind: Manipulated By Society's Rules For Beauty and Perfection, Jennifer Christian Jones
Department: Art and Art History

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From Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art: Approaches to the "Masculine Masquerade" in the Work of Roy Lichtenstein, Katherine Louise Kelley
Department: Art and Art History

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Sideshow: An Artistic Expression of Social Insecurities, Nancy Luken
Department: Art and Art History

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Impermanence of Life and Light, Emma Powell
Department: Art and Art History

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Nightshades, Tara Severance
Department: Art and Art History

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Wired Emotions: Blurring the Boundary Between Sculpture and Design, Kristen Sorek
Department: Art and Art History

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Journey to a New Realism: Kazimir Malevich's Transcendence to the Supreme in Art, Jordan B. Tobin
Department: Art and Art History

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Animals Through My Eyes, Courtney Wuensch
Department: Art and Art History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2007

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Artist and Aging: Becoming Aware of the Timeless, Julianna M. Barringer
Department: Art and Art History

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Exploration of Memory: a Grandfather's Past, a Grandchild's Present, Gina M. Crough
Department: Art and Art History

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Humanity vs. The Other, Kassandra Dobson
Department: Art and Art History

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Suffering For His Art or Indulging in Carnal Pleasures: An In-Depth Look at Edgar Degas and His Monotypes, Scotti Grewe
Department: Art and Art History

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Portrait of the Artifice As a Young Man: Cold War Homophobia's Effect on the Comines of Robert Rauschenberg, 1954 Through 1959, Jenny Lockerby
Department: Art and Art History

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Audio-Visual: a Collection of Illustrations Derived From Captured Sound, Joanna McKeon
Department: Art and Art History

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New Orlean's Colleges: Life After Hurricane Katrina, Emmanuel Paul Sterling
Department: Art and Art History

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Designing For the New Woman: Sonia Delaunay and "Coco" Chanel As Timeless Innovators, Leah C. Thompson
Department: Art and Art History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2006

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Nature Transformed, Deardra Fuzzell
Department: Art and Art History

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Marriage of Opposites: Development of a Silver-Containing Photosensitive Ceramic Glaze For Ceramic Art, Megan Sarah Lazorski
Department: Art and Art History; Chemistry

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American Dream Redefined: Thomas Hart Benton's Missouri Mural, Sloan Mills McBride
Department: Art and Art History

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Have a Seat This May Take a While: the Process of Chair Design, Kimberly Rastetter
Department: Art and Art History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005

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Retold: Interpretations of the Influences of Storytelling, Anne Baughman
Department: Art and Art History

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Reflecting on the Multiplicity of the Emotional Being: a Self-Portrait, Angela Damore
Department: Art and Art History

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Selling the Femme Fatale: the Poster Art of Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha, Lisa Anne Glazer
Department: Art and Art History

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City Architecture, the People's Perspective, Ashley E. Hecker
Department: Art and Art History

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Shorelines: Cleveland to the Cape, Anne K. Kissling
Department: Art and Art History

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Furniture or Art? a Visual Exploration of Objects Integrating Sculpture and Design, Jeffry J. Liptak II
Department: Art and Art History

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Post-Event Representations of the Bombing of Hiroshima: in Memory, Testimony and Witnessing, Kenzo Niwa
Department: History; Art and Art History

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Following Yellow Brick Roads: a Visual Exploration, Elizabeth Grace Peebles
Department: Art and Art History

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Natural Occurrences: a Ceramic Exploration of Nature's Characteristics Through Organic Form, Mary Risley
Department: Art and Art History

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More Than Just Busy Hands, Emily Ryan
Department: Art and Art History

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Comfort in Serenity: a Photographic Depiction of Nostalgia, Adrianne Michelle Sharrock
Department: Art and Art History

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Holy Lamb: An Examination of the Hapsburg Monarchy and Its Symbols, Jeremy Swart
Department: Art and Art History

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Human Landscape, Julie Tifft
Department: Art and Art History

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Translating the Silence: the Chinese Woman in Transition, Brittany M. Wellner
Department: Art and Art History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2004

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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

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001

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Transgressing Limitations, Timothy B. Hagen
Department: Art and Art History; English

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1999

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House of the Vetii at Pompeii, Sarah Conway
Department: Archaeology; Art and Art History

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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An Artistic Exploration of the South American Art Form, Arpilleras, Amy Hansen

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In Other Words..., Liam P. Kelly
Department: English; Art and Art History

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A Continuous Thread: Women From the 1930s to the Present, Katherine G. Stewart
Department: Art and Art History; History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1995

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Sandwiches: Text and Paintings, Noah C. Phipps
Department: English; Art and Art History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1991

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American Dream, Samantha Mishne
Department: English; Art and Art History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1990

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Chinese Landscape Painting and Neo-Confucian Philosophy: Kuo Hsi and Tao-Chi, Kelly Richmond
Department: Art and Art History; History

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

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Vine Symbolism and Sacrifice in Early Christian Art, Amelia J. Stratton

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1988

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Rembrandt Meets Kandinsky: Conservative Ideology and the Avante-Garde, James A. Van Dyke
Department: English; Art and Art History