Senior Independent Study Theses from 2011
They Did What to Their Junk: Roman Views of Greek Athletic Nudity, Kaylin Gaal
Department: Classical Studies; History
A Crash Course in Riding Philosophy: Why Zen & Motorcycles Really Do Go Together, Alexandra Gioiella
Department: Philosophy; History
Blood, Money and Power: How Piracy Challenged the Legitimacy of a Government, Michael Haggerty
Department: History
Children and Nature, Adria Hankey-Brown
Subjugating Sex: the Sexual Categorization of Women in Ancient Rome, Andrew Heironimus
Department: History
A Battle For Grass; E. R. Fryer and the Navajo Livestock Reduction, Audrey Hudak
Department: History
The Cleveland Oil and Steel Industry: the Making of Industrial Cleveland, c.1870-1900, Charles W. Kamen
Department: History
Tempting Treats and Bootleg Booze: a Working Class Woman's Story on Life and Crime From 1920-1933, Elizabeth Kaplan
Department: History
The Eagle Flew Over the Mountain: the History of America and Afghanistan Since 1945, Joshua Kime
Department: History
The United States in the Age of Anxiety : How Atomic Technology Impacted American Society, Jacob Kubasta
Department: History
From Bland to Delicious: Beer and Its Implications on American Consumption and Identity, Alexandria MacKay
Department: History
Marijuana Prohibition Costs, Contradictions and Rhetoric, Scott MacKenzie
Department: History
The Russian Civil War of 1917-1920: Need the Reds Have Won?, Joseph McCarthy
Department: History
Mistake By the Lake: the History of the Cleveland Browns, Art Modell's Controversial Decision to Move the Team to Baltimore, and Its Impact, Justin McDowell
Department: History
America's 'Pass' Time: How Football Has Grown in Popularity and Helps to Define American Culture, Christopher Perez
Department: History
A Study of Marguerite De Navarre (1492-1549) Through Her Personal Relationships and Literary Accomplishments, Emma Reiss
Department: History
Guns and Glory: the National Rifle Association From Rifle Hobby Club to Political Lobbying Force, 1968-1975, Fidelia Shaw
Department: History
Fort Ross: the Eastern Frontier of the Russian Empire, Catherine Trainor
Department: History
No Child Left Behind: the Influence of Hidden Children on Catholic Jewish Relations, Jordan White
Department: History
Segregation in Columbus, Ohio Did It Ever Leave, Bryan Wickliffe
Department: History
Measuring Success: the Phoenix Program and Its Lessons For Modern Day Counterinsugency, Graham Walbridge Zimmerman
Department: History
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2010
Reparations in "Post-Racial" Society: What Makes a Winning Case, Tobias Bokum-Fauth
Department: History
Cultivating Discontent: Colonial Forestry in Mandate Palestine, 1920-1939, Daniel Buckler
Department: History
A Human Being Can Be Forced to Be Free: the Study of Individualism in North Korean Human Rights, Esther S. Chhakchhuak
Department: History
Fears, Riots and Rebellions: the Civil War Draft Riots in New York City and the Holmes County Rebellion, Sarah C. Coffin
Department: History
From "Big Jack" to "Bugsy": Jewish Gangsters and the Jewish Immigrant Communities of Chicago and New York City, 1900-1933, Amy Cohen
Department: History
The Role of the MLBPA in Creating the Steroid Era in Major League Baseball, Patrick Coyne
Department: History
The Origins and History of Parole in California, Daniel Feutz
Department: History
Black, Brown, and Blue in 1942: Ethnic and Stylistic Tensions to Zoot Suit Riots in Wartime Usa, Maxim W. Gillespie
Department: History
From Socio-Cultural Confinement to Literary Freedom: the Short Stories of Emilia Pardo Bazan, Laura Jennifer Herb
Department: Spanish; History
The Nutritious Factory: Nutrition, Processed Foods and the American Food Consumer, Mihran Kazandjian
Department: History
George W. Bush and Tony Blair: Educational Reform From 1997 to 2008, Lauren Michelle Kosanovich
Department: History
Please Pay Them More: An Examination of Women's Interest Groups and Pay Equity From 1980-1992 and 1992-2009, Alexander Osman Lans
Department: Political Science; History
Plant Closings and Community Crisis, Kenneth M. Libben
Department: History
Philip is My Best Friend (Being the Story of a Girl and Her Duck), Lindsay Lutz
Deterrence Theory and the Sino-Soviet Split, 1969-1974, John J. McKeegan
Department: Political Science; History
Vietnam: the Role of a War Correspondent During Vietnam, Alexander S. Mies
Department: History
Can Tradition and Progress Coexist: a Case Study of the Impact of the Modernization of China on the Minority Societies, Brittany E. Montgomery
Department: History
Fomenting Extremism: the Alternative Media of the Far Right, Eleanor C. Newman
Department: History
From a Worn Suitcase to International Bestseller Lists: Irène Némiovsky's Suite Française Considered in Various Contexts, Sonja Ruppel
Department: History; French and Francophone Studies
Termanites: a Comparison Between Frederick Terman and Law Firms in Adaptive Work Practice in Silicon Valley, Martin Schneider
Department: History
Afghanistan: the Achilles Heel of Superpowers, Thomas Spangler
Department: History
Agricultural Practices of Indians in Pre-Colonial California: How Farming Can Encourage Biodiversity, Ben Strobridge
Department: History
Technology's Effect Throughout History on the Music Industry, Luke Sutton
Department: History
Battle of Stalingrad: a Case Study and Analysis of How Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin's Leadership Characteristics Affected Their Decision-Making During the Battle of Stalingrad, Michael Brian Swan
Department: History
Evolution of Sports Agents, Christopher Louis Wood
Department: History
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2009
Transformation of American Isolationism to Full Mobilization on the Home Front: the Propoganda of World War II, Katie Baker
Department: History
European Foreign and Security Policy: a History of Reluctant Progress, Ross Buchanan
Department: History
The Secret Life of Beef: An Investigation of the American Beef and Cattle Industry, Kathryn A. Dale
Department: History
The Prince of Assassins and Thieves: Struggle and legacy of John Brown, William Garrett Dennett
Department: History
Hibakusha Experience and Its Place in Modern Japan, Stephen Galen Feathers
Department: History
Politics of Equality - Egyptian Feminism in Early Twentieth Century Egypt, Tina Flickinger
Department: History
Nothing's Gonna Change My World: the Beatles, the White Album and the Turmoil of 1968, John Garrison
Department: History
The Numbers: Draft, Youth and Division Within the American Society in 1968, Christopher James Gatsch
Department: History
Corruption in Baseball: Baseball and the Double-Standard, 1919 to the Present, Sean Douglas Glaser
Department: History
Defining the First Amendment: a Language Analysis of the Rhetoric Surrounding the Supreme Court Case Hustler v. Falwell and Its Reflection of American Ideology, Lisa C. Jackson
Department: History
Macau's Biggest Gamble: An Analysis of Economic, Social, and Political Factors That Influence Macau's Casino Industry and the Future Viability of Macau's Tourist-Economy, Randi J. Keefe
Department: History
"Strike Another Match, Go Start Anew /And It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." An Inside View on Bob Dylan's Musical Switch from Folk to Rock through a Study of the Dialectical (Mutual) Relationship Shared between his Early Folk Career and the Early 1960s Political and Social Atmosphere, Jasmine A. Kolby
Department: History
Ethanol and E85 Fuel: a Pillar For American Energy Independence, Timothy D. Lee
Department: History
Baseball's Effect in the Military and on Soldiers' Morale During World War II, Mark Andrew Miller
Department: History
The Resurrection of Scottish Culture and Identity: the Role of Tourism in Scotland, 1800-2009, Molly Ogrodnik
Department: History
An Analysis of Shifting Trends in the New York Times' Presentation of the Soviet Union Through Periods of Leadership Change, Andrew Christian Olsen
Department: History
"Why How You've Changed, Little Red Riding Hood": Allegorical Representation of Little Red Riding Hood, Victoria M. Peterman
Department: History
The Romani Experience in Hungary and Indications For the Future, Edward A. Pogue
Department: History
Jacob Riis: Preserver of the Past and Herald of the Future, William R. Scarlett
She Was Seen Across the Empire: a Study of Roman Empresses and Their Changing Public Image, Jessica Shira Sender
Department: History
Histories of Paris: A Historical account of Americans in Paris in the twenties and today, Lisa J. Shames
Department: History
Change We Organize: Technology and the Changing Dynamics of the Campaign System, Chad Stonebrook
Department: History
Queens of the Kingdom: Women Redefining the Kingdom of God in the Social Gospel Movement, Sarah Elizabeth Tarbell
Department: History
The Oil Crisis and the Automotive Industry, Theodore W. Terry
Department: History
Images of a Queen: Elizabeth 1533-1603, Paige Tincher
Department: History
Victims, Perpetrators or Both?: Examining Vergangenheitsbewältigung Through Germany's Representation of the Holocaust in History Textbooks From the 1950s, 1970s, and Today, Elysia Tonti
Department: German Studies; History
"To Arms?" : A Historical Examination of Colonial Militias and How Such Information Should Effect Our Interpretation of the Right to Bear Arms, Garrett Toothman
Department: History
The Viability of Nuclear Energy Based on Fear, Anthony Michael Trapuzzano
Department: History
The Political Responsiveness of James K. Polk to Public Opinion Regarding the Mexican-American War or A Test of Carfted Talk in the 19th Century, Bryn H. Tulip
Department: History
"Nothing But a Fiction": Rewriting History to Re-Imagine Identity in Third Generation Nigerian Fiction, Caitlin Tyler-Richards
Department: History
"Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli" : The Godfather, The Sopranos, and the Evolution of the American Family Seen Through the Lens of Mafia Cinema, Michael Waseleski
Department: History
An Alternativefor the Irish - "No" to Nice and Lisbon: Ireland's Path to Europeand Its Perceived Skepticism Towards the European Union, Nicholas M. Watkins
Department: History
A Burdensome Relationship: George Bush's Relationship With China and Its Effect on Sino-American Relations 1989-1992, Andrew C. Wrenn
Department: History
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2008
The Problem of Memory in Post-Franco Spain, Amanda Bailey
Department: History
The Women of the Uso in World War II, Emily G. Bowditch
Department: History
Can the Hopes of "Never Again" Become a Reality? A Comparative Study of How Three of the Nation's Prominent Holocaust Museums Strive to Prevent Another Holocaust, Nicole C. Calderone
Department: History
Earning Their Wings: The Military-Industrial Complex and Defense Procurement, Justin Chapman
Department: History; Political Science
Putting Her in Her Place: Gender, Archaeology, and the Anglo-Norman Castle, Elizabeth Sand Eckel
Department: Archaeology; History
"Onward Christian Soldier" : The Allegorical Relationship Between the Crucified Christ and Great War British Soliders on the Western Front and the Essence of Clerical Revivalism As Expressed in Primary Accounts of the War Experience, and Presented With the Mourning Breed, and Original Devised Performance Piece in One Act, Sarah B. Engdahl
Department: History; Theatre and Dance
Lemonade Lucy and The Debutante: The Changing Images of Two Notable First Ladies, Katherine A. Foulds
Department: History
Ohio Volunteer Infantries: Heroes of Gettysburg and the Union, Devin Fulk
Department: History
A Revealing and Remarkable Transformation: An In-Depth Analysis of the Complex Life and Evolution of Malcolm X, Andrew Paul Garnett
Department: Africana Studies; History
The Evolution of the Military-Industrial Complex and the History of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Bomber, Steven Allen Hammerschlag
Department: History
The Stolen Generation: A Historical Examination of the Social, Political, and Economic Impact of Colonization on the Aboriginal People and their Culture: 1788-2008, Sarah Jean Hammond
Department: History
Tactical Change: the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, 1954-1981, Peter B. Hill
Department: History
Jamaican Slavery and British Oppression, Margaret Howland
Department: History
To Boldly Go Where No Country Has Gone Before: Star Trek and American Values in the Late Twentieth Century, Fay Hughes
Department: History
From Anglo-Saxons to Anglo-Normans: the Origins of Medieval England, Donald A. Kolich
Department: History
Street Gangs in New York During the 1970s, Brandi McClure
Department: History
Fascist Jewish Policy: Unofficial, Official, and Inconsistent, Abigail Padfield
Department: History
Controversies Surrounding the Jonathan J. Pollard Espionage Case, Eric C. Rossi
Department: History
Postwar Collinwood: the Crisis and Transformation of a Cleveland Neighborhood, Jared J. Sankal
Department: History
"You Say You Want a Revolution": How the 1960s Shaped Today's Culture with Specific Attention to Music and Drugs, Margaret Warfield Shepherd
"You Say You Want a Revolution": How the 1960s Shaped Today's Culture with Specific Attention to Music and Drugs, Margaret Warfield Shepherd