Senior Independent Study Theses from 2018
Of Fallen Heroes and Courageous Mothers: The Making of Martyrdom and Maternalism in the Movimento Feminino Pela Anistia, 1975-1985, Marina Adams
Department: History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The ‘Black Republic’ on their Mind: African Americans and the U.S. Occupation of Haiti 1915-1934, Jerry Altemar
Department: History; Political Science
The Politics of Acceptability: The British Union of Fascists and British Society, Malachi Bailey
Department: History
“You Don’t Have to Live Next to Me, Just Give Me My Equality!” An Exploration of the Art of James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, and Nina Simone, and Their Criticisms of Racist America from 1955-1967, Asha Beasley
Department: History
Geologists With Borders: American Scientific and Cultural Interactions with Europe and Japan after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Brandon B. Bell
Department: Geology; History
Politics of the Space Race: Episode in the History of the Space Race, Alexander S. Bloom
Department: History
‘I takes freedom:’ A Digital Project on Black Youth and their Practice of Resistance from 1865-1914., Blaire Bosley
Department: History
Clothing Makes the Man: Constructing Morality and Masculinity Through Depictions of Men's Clothing in the Victorian Era, Anne Carney
Department: History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
A Visual Analysis of the Medical Profession as Portrayed Through Nineteenth Century Painting and Photography, Caroline A. Click
Department: Art and Art History
Fantastic Orientalism, Max A. Cohen
Department: History
Wine, Women, and Woodcuts: the Maintenance of the Isolated Landsknechte Marginalized Society in Sixteenth-Century Germany, as Shown through the Dissemination of Military Genre Prints, Kathryn Connors
Department: History; Art and Art History
The Man Behind "Corduroy": The Life and Art of Don Freeman, Ellie R. DePastino
Department: History
The Role of Children in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Paintings: Social Distinction and National Identity, Helena Enders
Department: Art and Art History
Illuminate: Nightlight Lamp & Lantern Series, Kari Everson
Department: Art and Art History
Citizens in Name Only: Civil and Human Rights of Algerians in France, 1958–1961, Shelley Grostefon
Department: History; French and Francophone Studies
A History of Displacement: Gentrification and Black Activism in Portland, Oregon, Ryan Harms
Department: History
The Double Burden: An Examination of the Political and Social Violence Experienced by Black Activists Participating in Nonviolent Protest During the Modern Civil Rights Era, Desmond Hughes
Department: History
Community vs. Capital: How the Ideals of Community Caused Religion to be the Driving Force in the Attempt to Save Youngstown’s Steel Industry, Jason C. Lillie
Department: History
Dam It: Grand Coulee Dam, Electricity, and the Making of the Modern Pacific Northwest, Stephen Lumetta
Department: History
Putting Socks on an Octopus: The Nature of United States Military Medicine During the Vietnam War, Kimiko McBryde
Department: History
Help! She’s Fallen and She Can’t Get Up!: Pre-Raphaelite Depictions of the Fallen Woman and the Consequences She Faces, Specifically in the Works of William Holman Hunt, Lander McCarthy
Department: Art and Art History
Experiences of the Plague in 14th Century Avignon, France, Hope E. Nelson
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology
Locality Test of the Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) in the Bering Strait, Jacob Nowell
Department: Art and Art History; Geology
The Peoples Car and American Culture, Christian Peralta
Department: History
Dangerous Consumers: A History of Credit Inequality, Christopher J. Perrin
Department: History
The Importance of Children's Literature: Combating Children's Understanding of Gender Roles/Biases Informed From Meida, Ashley Christine Plassard
Department: Art and Art History; Education
Influences Throughout the Generations, Jessy A. B. Pojman
Department: Art and Art History
The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of Montessori in the United States, 1910–Present, Emily Regenstreif
Department: History
The Role of the Horse in Pre-Ming China, Kristen N. Scott
Department: History
A Cause for Freedom: Analyzing and Digitizing the Lane Theological Seminary Records for a Modern Audience, Madeline E. Smith
Department: History
Fire in the Hole: The United Mine Workers of America and Their Struggle Against the State and Mine Operators in Gaining Comprehensive Health and Safety Regulations, William Swales
Department: History
McKinley, Eisenhower and Bush: The Importance of Military Experience in Presidential Nominations and Elections, Benjamin N. Vesper
Department: History; Political Science
Cosmopolitan Love: Contextualizing and Reimagining Race in America, Vy Vu
Department: Art and Art History; English
The Lady or the Tramp: An Analysis of the Public and Private Gendered Representation of Countess Constance Markievicz, Natalie Walsh
Department: History
Studs Terkel: Bard, Entertainer, or Historian?, Ian D. Weissman
Department: History
Gateway to Discrimination: An Analysis of Race and Class Issues Embedded in Cleveland’s Gateway Project, Hannah R. White
Department: History
Conserving Land, Restoring People: The Promise of New Deal Environmental Policy, Ann Wilkinson
Department: History
"If I Didn't Define for Myself, I Would be Crunched into Other People's Fantasies of Me and Eaten Alive." An Exploration of how Angela Davis, Nina Simone, and Audre Lorde Influenced the Notion of Self-Definition During the Black Power Era, Grace Williams
Department: History
"Axing" Questions About Gender: Media Representations of Lizzie Borden, Abigail Woltman
Department: History
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2017
Women Marine from World War I to the Vietnam War, Cristina Ancog
Department: History
The Silenced Directors; The careers and films of Alice Guy (Alice Guy Blache), Lois Weber, and Dorothy Arzner., Jacqueline J. Angulo
Department: History
The Game of Art: An Analysis of Venetian and Florentine Military and Economic Identity by Artwork from 1300AD to 1600AD, Andrew Beck
Department: History
An 'Answer to Hopes and Dreams': Utopianism, Progressivism, and the American Spatial Tradition in the New Deal Resettlement Community of Greenhills, Ohio, Jared M. Berg
Department: History
A Lens of Our Own: A Feminist Photovoice Exploration of LGBTQ+ Experience at The College of Wooster, Foster J. Cheng
Department: Art and Art History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"A New Weapon - A New Monster - The Walkout": The East Los Angeles Student Walkouts of 1968, Camille G. Christenson
Department: History
The Impact of the Civil War on the Reconstruction of Elite Southern Womanhood, Louisa MC Dallett
Department: History
“Marching Mothers”: The Battle for Desegregation in Cleveland Public Schools, 1957-1976, Theresa Dunne
Department: History
The Other Side of the Frontier: Examining Plains Indian Change from 1680-1890, John Evans
Department: History
Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Nazi Book Burnings and the International Response, Ian P. Ferguson
Department: History
Major American Cookbooks as a Window to the Past: Analysis of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, The Joy of Cooking, The Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook, and Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Kathryn A. Gallatin-Broad
Department: History
Dead Cultures, Imagined Contexts: The Ogtogmaní-khün, Emily Brett Glickman
Department: Art and Art History
Saint or Politician: A Gendered Analysis of Catherine Benincasa’s Letters, Jacob Hailperin-Lausch
Department: History
Plays with Words: Understanding Visual Interpretation through Ed Ruscha's Text Works, Claire E. Ilersich
Department: Art and Art History; Philosophy
The Science of Art- Exploring the Gum Bichromate Process- Landscape Microscopy and Geo-Photography, Cassidy D. Jester
Department: Art and Art History
Self Portraits, Mariah Joyce
Department: Art and Art History
Germany and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: The Complexities of National Identity and the Handling of the Syrian Refugee Crisis, Megan Koeneman
Department: Global and International Studies; History
Collective Memory of the American Civil War in Kentucky Historical Romances, 1890-1915, Jacob D. Kowall
Department: English; History
In Housewives We Trust: A Look at the Influence on the Gendered Advertisements and Promotion of Food Measures During World War II in the United States, Memphis Leichter
Department: History
Reforming the Victorian Woman: Femininity and Fashion in Victorian America 1850-1900, Dora Mase
Department: History
The Quest: An Analysis of Betty Jean Lifton's Adoption Narrative and Connections to the Adoption Rights Movement, Alexis E. Musselman
Department: Communication; History
Its All in the Family: A Case Study Analysis of Northern European Transatlantic Migration and the Creation of Life in America, Christine L. O'Grady
Department: History
The Art of Function: An Exploration in Reclaimed Furniture Design, Abbey E. Partika
Department: Art and Art History
The Scopes Trial of 1925, the American Press, and Multiple Public Spheres, Connor James Polak
Department: History
Running in Place: The United States War on Drugs in Colombia (1960-2003), Aidan N. Prien
Department: International Relations; History
How Long Can We Tolerate This? Understanding the Wallace Vote, Racial Backlash in the Metropolitan North, & the Emergence of the Modern American Right, Frederik W. Schoenfeld
Department: History; Political Science
The Cicada's Lullaby: Myth and Media in Feminism and Appalachian Culture during the Kennedy Years, Lucas R. Skoglund
Department: Film Studies; History
Priestess of Potnia: A Story of Women, Cult Practices, and Mycenaean Society in the Bronze Age Aegean, Bethany K. Smith
Department: Classical Studies; History
'Freedom for the Captives': A critical analysis of the movement to save the life of Troy Anthony Davis, Chadwick Smith
Department: Africana Studies; History
Beach Haven: A Photographic Exploration of Long Beach Island, Theresa M. Spadola 2945985
Department: Art and Art History
Firing the Classics Canon: Combining Latin Language Learning and Social Studies Pedagogy in a First-Year Latin Classroom, Alexis Spencer
Department: History; Classical Studies
Blight and Brutality: A Study of Housing and Police in Relation to the 1967 Detroit Uprising, Giancarlo M. Stefanutti
Department: History
Bermuda's Impact on the Relationship Between England and America, Simon P. Thompson
Department: History
Great Camp Sagamore: An Integration of Nature, Architecture, and the Sublime, Allison Turner
Department: Art and Art History
For Country, Liberty, and Money: Privateering and the Ideologies of the American Revolution, Scott D. Wagner
Department: History
Finding Our Wayne: A Case Study of Including Local History in Secondary Education using a Digital History Project, Catherine Walker
Department: Education; History
Finding Salvation Through Pilgrimage: Dante’s Influences on Hell scenes and Chaucer and the Relationship to Salvation, Alexandra Wendt
Department: Art and Art History; English
The Lost Connection Between Evangelicalism and Women in the Three Great Movements of the Twentieth Century: Prohibition, Women's Suffrage and African American Civil Rights, Clare A. Zanger
Department: History; Religious Studies
Calculating the Course: The Impact of Mathematical Research on the Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum, 1930-1950, Marjorie Zeager
Department: History; Mathematics
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2016
Education, Sati, and Missionaries, Tara Abhasakun
Department: History
Amassing Subsistence: Creating an Environment Through Objects and Time, Matilda J. Alexander
Department: Art and Art History
Near and Far: A Series of Paintings Exploring the Concept of Home, Hannah Ayers
Department: Art and Art History
From Port to Open Ocean: The Development of the U.S. Navy from the Mexican American War to the Spanish American War, Henry F. Bauerschmidt
Department: History
By George, He's the First! An Examination of Britain's First Hanoverian Monarch, His Public Perception, and Role in Stabilizing the Parliamentary Monarchy, Bridget R. Brately
Department: History
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, it’s Just My I.S.: An Historical Exploration of Superheroes and American Identity, Caroline G. Breul
Department: History
The Rubber City’s Other Export: Harvey Samuel Firestone’s Urban Investment and Employee Management Policy in Akron, Ohio and Liberia, Marcus Carano
Department: History
Serendipity in Liminality: A Photographic Study of the Liminal Space in Music Performance, Chelsea B. Carlson
Department: Art and Art History
Living the American Dream in the Eyes of Immigrants: A Study of Italians and Jews from 1870-1920, David Castrignano
Department: History
Living the American Dream in the Eyes of Immigrants: A Study of Italians and Jews from 1870-1920, David Castrignano
Department: History
Living the American Dream in the Eyes of Immigrants: A Study of Italians and Jews from 1870-1920, David Castrignano
Department: History
Battle for the Birthing Chamber: Gender, Tools, and Writings in Childbirth in Early Modern France, Anna Claspy
Department: History
The Schools of Choice: An Evolutionary History of Charter Schools and the Charter School Movement, Sheamus G. Dalton
Department: History
Making and Mindfulness: How Process-Oriented Tasks Encourage Reflection and Lead to Recovery, Devin DeLaney
Department: Art and Art History
Home Is Where…? : A Visual And Textual Exploration Of Home, Nostalgia, And Persona, Dallas K M Dickey
Department: Art and Art History; English
The Scholar, the Teacher, the Saint: The Life, Work, and Nonviolent Philosophy of James M. Lawson, Jr., Kristen Estabrook
Department: History; Religious Studies
The Hero, Villain, Martyr, and Terrorist: John Brown and his Portrayal throughout History, Joseph R. Gilmore
Department: History
From "The Bear" to "The Ball Coach": The Evolution of College Football Coaches from 1945-2015, Daniel S. Gorzynski
Department: History
Dungeons, Dunces, and Dragons: The Collapse of the Post-War American Family in the 1980s Satanism Scare, Nicolaus J. Hajek
Department: History
There is No Return to Normalcy: How Warren G. Harding Addressed the Issue of Race Following the Great War, Brett J. Hall
Department: History
Khrushchev’s Nuclear Gamble: Misjudgment, Rhetoric, and Cold War Politics in The Cuban Missile Crisis, Nicholas Halle
Department: History
No Laughing Matter: Medicine and Pregnancy in Giambattista Basile’s Tale of Tales, Greta Hayer
Department: History