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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2026
Lewis Acid Promoted Synthesis of 7-Substituted Quinolinones: Reaction Screening and Optimization, Edith-Michelle Aboa
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mechanisms for Restraint: Why do some states forego nuclear weapons?, Thomas J. Abrams
Department: Political Science
Framing Empire: How The New York Times and The Washington Post Sold the U.S. Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934 –and How Black & Haitian Voices Resisted these Imperial Narratives, Fridosse Adam Idrissou
Department: French and Francophone Studies; History
Humanitarianism & Medicine: Hierarchies of Control in the Rohingya Crisis, Sofi Adams
Department: History
Shots, Science and Skepticism: Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among College Students, Adeline O. Adjei
Department: Biology
ThreadTrack, Nana Kwame Adu-Boahen
Department: Computer Science
Voluntary Exercise does not Impact Hippocampal or Amygdala Function as Measured in a Middle-Aged Rodent Model, Joe Ahmann
Department: Neuroscience
Agricultural economics weaponized as a tool of neocolonial development, Jessica Nana Aniamponmaa Akonor
Department: Economics; French and Francophone Studies; History; Philosophy; Sociology and Anthropology
Still Soft and Sweet: A Reflection on the Impact of Animals on Childhood, Miren P. Allen
Department: Art and Art History
When Music Resists: Nueva Canción Chilena and the Voice of Democracy, Evan E. Amend
Department: Political Science; Spanish
Reconsidering the Herbs: Tracing Chinese Medicine’s Past and Exploring Its Present Application for Influenza, Nurain S. Amier
Department: Biology; Chinese Studies
Capital Market Imperfections and SME Financing Constraints, Tyrese John K. Andah
Department: Business Economics
Home Ownership for African Americans: The Role of Financial Literacy and Racial Bias Exposure, Autymn Anderson
Department: Business Economics
(Re)turns as Future in Kazakh, English, and Spanish, Emma E. Zhanat Anderson
Department: Spanish; English; Interdepartmental
Persistence in a Losing Game: Why Financial Literacy Alone Cannot Protect Individuals from Sportsbook Sign-up Promotions, Devin Anthony
Department: Business Economics
Between words and worlds: Identity Shaped Through Cultural Immersion in a Target Language, Rachel G. Applebaum
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Spanish
At the Crossroads of Law and Society: Understanding the world of Immigration Attorneys., Elvis Ariri
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Economic Crisis, Political Choices: Explaining Domestic Terrorism Through Discrimination, Regime Type, and Counter Terrorism Policy in Europe After 9/11, Anthony Aye
Department: Political Science
More Than Deterrence? U.S. Military Base Presence on Host-State Economies, Cooper H. Baer
Department: Political Science
A Transcriptional Investigation of the Complex and Elusive Etiology of Pain in Schwannomatosis., Chrissa L. Baldy
Department: Neuroscience
More Than Just A Pretty Place: The Local Economic Impacts of U.S. National Monument, Ethan Bardoe
Department: Economics; Environmental Studies
Exploring FlamMap to Develop a Model of Potential Wildfire Dynamics in Wooster, Ohio, Cate Barkdoll
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology
A Spectrum of Fluency: An Investigation of Management and Neurodiversity from the Perspective of Adults who Stutter, Natalie Barranco
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Shift-Left Accessibility in UI/UX Design Tools: Evaluating the Impact of Automated Accessibility Support in Design Workflows, Noelynn Faith Batalingaya
Department: Computer Science
Financial Liberalization and Economic Growth in Emerging Markets: The Roles of Interest Rate Deregulation, Stock Market Development, and Exchange Rate Regimes, Kidus Bayou
Department: Economics; Statistical and Data Sciences
Functional Characterization of Novel TRR1 Interactions Partners in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Erica Leigh Beaty
Department: Biology
Buddhist Transformation of the Body through Korean Image Consecration and Death Ritual, Joey Beckerman
Department: History; Religious Studies
Deep in the Heart of Texas: College Football, Race, and Booster Culture Through the Lens of the Southwest Conference, Andrew D. Bell
Department: History
Shifting Understandings of Sex, Class and Gender in Postwar Japanese Women: 40 years of post-war Japanese History, Elizabeth T. Bergman
Department: History
JobTutor: A RAG-Based Chatbot and ILP-Inspired Question Recommender for Technical Interview Preparation, Mastewal Berhe
Department: Computer Science
The Impact of Interest Rates on Stock Market Performance, Pranav Bhaskar
Department: Economics
Do You Know the Way? An Analysis of the Panathenaic Procession and Its Effects on the Civic and Religious Identity of Athens, Ella Biondi
Department: Classical Studies; Archaeology
Media Portrayals of the White Working-Class on Fox News and CNN, Isaac Borus
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Effects of Misinformation and Media Framing on Public Opinion Toward U.S. Tariff Policy: A Survey Experiment, Owen Bosland
Department: Political Science
Potential Biomarker Discovery for Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Patients with Propionic Acidemia Using a Targeted Approach from Cardiovascular Literature, Nicholas Richard Bostic
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
De la Transición a la España contemporánea: Una exploración de la representación transgénero en el cine, Raine Botello
Department: Spanish
Classical Analogues to Quantum Coherence, Gustav J. Bourdon
Department: Physics
Making A More Desirable Film: How Increasing the Budget Allocated Towards Below-the-Line Costs Affects Return on Investment, Stuart Bovich
Department: Business Economics; Statistical and Data Sciences
Exploitation's Effects on Class Consciousness: An Exploration of Causes & Hindrances, Brooke L. Bradley
Department: Business Economics; Philosophy
Behind Closed Doors: Do Pornographic Habits Predict Ejaculate Parameters and Desensitization?, Anaya L. Brady
Department: Neuroscience
Impact of Urban TWP Contamination on CYP1A Expression in Endangered Redside Dace Populations in Canada and the United States, Jordan A. Brillhart
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Democratic Political Judgment in the Age of Post-Truth: An Analysis of Arendt, Habermas, and Foucault, Emme Buckel
Department: Political Science
Capital, Housing, and Neighborhood Change: The Role of REITs and Private Equity in Gentrification, Edward L. Budd
Department: Business Economics
Artistic Liberation in Exile: Ovid's Bid for Immortality, Nathan E. Budge
Department: Classical Studies
Investigating the Neuroanatomical and Behavioral Consequences of Motherhood, Laila Burrell
Department: Neuroscience
Examining Reproductive Health Through a Neuroimmune Lens: Microglial Activity in the Rat Dentate Gyrus, Annabelle L. Buyck
Department: Neuroscience
Post-Industrial Zoning Law and its Effect on Prevalence of Third Places in Seattle, Charles Cain
Department: Urban Studies
‘Giving Back’ as a Performative Imaginary: Voluntourism & the Nostalgic Narratives of Empire, Ava C. Caizzo
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Loving What You Do: The Role of Intrinsic Motivation and Clinical Supervision in Job Satisfaction and Burnout for Mental Health Professionals, Mickaela J. Cameron
Department: Psychology
Dealing a Good Hand: Game Design for Sinophone Acquisition of English Phonics in TESOL Classrooms, Daphne E. Canfield
Department: Education
Eye to I: An Interdisciplinary Study of Morality in Psychopathy and Performance, Larissa Cardine
Department: Psychology; Theatre and Dance
From Inner Cities to Outer Cities: A Qualitative Case Study on Racial Inequality, Metropolitan Resegregation, Displacement and Gentrification In Modern American Cities, James Rashaun Carter
Department: Political Science
Fictions of Feminism: Feminist Consciousness and Pedagogy in The Awakening and The Handmaid’s Tale, Finnley Casey
Department: Education; English
Investigating the Roles of a Mitochondrial Thioredoxin in Baker’s Yeast Identified to Potentially Regulate Branched Chain Amino Acid Synthesis Enzymes, Jude A. Cerniglia
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Mathematics
Tiling the Plane, Breaking the Rules: Aperiodicity and Infinity in Tiling Theory, Brenna Chasney
Department: Mathematics
Old Blood Withers, Jack A. Cheney
Department: English
Deriving Predictive Models for Film Success Using Statistical and Machine‑Learning Methods, Patricia Chen
Department: Mathematics
Broken Promises: The Exploitation of Marginalized Groups in Modern Warfare, Catherine Grace Colarusso
Department: History
Investigating the Effect of the Nab2 RNA-Binding Protein on CircMbl Biogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster, Soren Haden Colfax
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Innocence Gap - How U.S and Israeli Media Enable the Hyper-dehumanization of Minority Protest, Desmond P. Conn
Department: Political Science
Apples to Apples: The Influence of Labels on Consumer Preferences, Daniel R. Cook
Department: Environmental Studies
Code-Switching or Connecting? Social Settings and Black Women’s Sense of Belonging, Iyana Corley
Department: Psychology
Coping Through Unpredictability: Physiological, Morphological, and Behavioral Consequences of Unpredictable Feeding in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata), Flynn Robert Cowie
Department: Neuroscience
Off the Hook: Challenges to Sustainable Aquaculture Worldwide, Isabella I. Cozzie
Department: Environmental Studies
Pocket Protection: Smartphones as Attachment Objects for Social Anxiety Regulation and Impression Management, Peyton Crook
Department: Psychology
How The Amount of Time Spent on Social Media, The Type of Platform Used, and The Activities Performed Online Influence Body Dissatisfaction among U.S. Young Adults Aged 18–25, and Whether Gender Moderates these Effects., Caroline M. Cupar
Department: Psychology
Who's the Number One Spice? Exploring Muslim American Political Strategies Through Zohran Mamdani’s Mayoral Campaign, Leo Daoud
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A “Madman’s” Failed Persuasion: William Ewart Gladstone and the First Home Rule Debate, Austin Davis
Department: History
Exploring How an Active Site Mutant of Thioredoxin Reductase Trr1 Causes Growth Arrest in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Ella Dean
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Using Tree Rings from Southeast Alaska to Reconstruct January – June Michigan-Huron Lake Levels, Lynnsey Delio
Department: Earth Sciences
A Deeper Connection Between Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases? How GBA Silencing in Drosophila Impacts Tau-Mediated Alzheimer’s Pathology, Zane A. DeMercurio
Department: Neuroscience
Love, Likes, and Longing: Examining How Attachment Shapes Social Media Engagement and Affects Couple Satisfaction, Jeanne-Nicole T. de Montrichard
Department: Psychology
Combining Visual and Quantitative Methods to Identify disc Galaxies around Cosmic Noon in the COSMOS-Web Survey, Akshit Deshpande
Department: Physics
Urban Growth and Housing Inequity: A Critical Analysis of Pro-Growth Development in Atlanta, Georgia, Samarah Destin
Department: Urban Studies
The Role of Institutional Quality in Driving Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth, Jonathan Diederich
Department: Economics
Reducing Out-Of-Distribution Bias in Machine Learning Models Used for Content Moderation, Nathan J. Dieterich
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
The Problematic Figure of the Human, Cameron T. Dike
Department: English
“Wanting to be a good mom”: Impacts of Parent-Child Estrangement on Parents of LGBTQ+ Children, Victoria DiPasquale
Department: Psychology
Economics of Human Trafficking: Economic Inequality, Rule of Law, and Human Trafficking in Europe, Sylvia G. Direnzo
Department: Economics
The Intersection of Colonial Legacies, Institutions, and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, Leevan Djirosse
Department: Economics
Media Framing of Irregular Migration and Political Contestation in United Kingdom News Coverage: A Longitudinal Content Analysis, Liam Alexander Donovan
Department: Political Science
From Pixels to Patterns: A Low-Level Convolutional Neural Network for Pet Detection, Quoc Do
Department: Computer Science
Hidden in Plain Sight: Multi-Purpose Defensive Coloration in Papilio polyxenes, Neve Driscoll
Department: Biology
Via Chicago: Airbnb Presence and its Effects on Perceptions of Neighborhood Identity and Authenticity within Wicker Park., Grace A. Dunlay
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Comprehensive Study of Derecho Events and Predictive Forecasting Methods in Wayne County, Ohio, Neil Edmiston
Department: Environmental Studies; Geology
Looking Beyond Productivity: Camphill Communities and the Question of Living Socially Well, Willam Leo Edmonds-Doberenz
Department: History; Philosophy
Immunology and Ideology: Navigating Religious Autonomy and Vaccine Science for Better Public Health Outcomes, Paul J.G. Ehenger
Department: Religious Studies
Performing Empathy: Clicktivism, Deservingness and Gen Z Assignment of Police Brutality Victimhood Based on Race and Gender, Nwanne Eke
Department: Political Science
R Basketball Game Development and Analysis: A comparative study on usability and cybersickness of two locomotion methods - treadmill-based and hand-controller-based, Bilguuntugs Enkhbayar
Department: Computer Science
Structural and Kinetic Evidence of Maleamate Amidohydrolase (NicF) in the Bacillus niacini Nicotinic Acid Catabolic Pathway, Jacob Enzman
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Temporary Male Migration and the Welfare of Families Left Behind: Evidence from Ghana, Sheldon Essel
Department: Business Economics
Momentum AI: A Comparative Analysis of Time-Series and Deep Learning Models for Cryptocurrency Forecasting Using Sentiment-Enhanced Indices, Selorm Y. Essey
Department: Computer Science
Who Controls The Crisis? A Framing Analysis Of Western And Non-Western News Coverage Of The Sudan Crisis In 2023-2025, Seyram A. Essey
Department: Communication Studies
Exploring the Male Gaze and the Female Gaze, Sophia B. Evans
Department: Art and Art History
Examining How Employment Shapes Women’s Agency in India, Amber Farris
Department: Economics
The Influence of Communication Modality on Sibling Relationship Quality in Young Adults., Motolani Fayemi
Department: Psychology
Designing Horror in Video Games, Trenton Ferrel
Department: Computer Science
Sustainable Development of The Past is Now The Future: The Development of Bike Lanes in Cities and Their Social Sustainability Aspects, Ava Y. Fink
Department: Environmental Studies; Political Science
Designing a Web Application to Scrape Data From the Last.fm Platform, Andrew Fischer
Department: Computer Science
If Man is Five, Then the Devil is Six: An Analysis of New Media Technology Influence on the Sustenance of the Satanic Panic, Josie Fleischel
Department: Global Media and Digital Studies