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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2023
Analysis of P. aeruginosa Antibiotic Resistance Development at Variable Ciprofloxacin Growth Concentrations In Vitro and In Vivo Using C. elegans Host, Daniel William Bohl
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Two's a Crowd: Creating a Double Plasmid Expression System in E. coli for Biotinylated KLK3 PSA Protein, Collin J. Boissoneault
Department: Biology
The Effect of M&A on Acquirer Shareholder Wealth, Marquis Malone Boley Jr
Department: Business Economics
An Assessment of the Conservation Status and Morphology of the Golden Tree Frog, Phytotriades auratus, Daniel Borowsky
Department: Biology
Towards a New Political Sovereignty: A Case Study of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird Citizen-Science Project, Sam C. Boudreau
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A CoxG Homologue Subunit is Necessary for the Function of Bacillus niacini Nicotinate Dehydrogenase, Kira Brianne Boyce
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Utilizing Selective Seed Breeding to Optimize Carbon Sequestration in Winter Wheat in Wooster, Ohio, Grace A. Braver
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology
Not Such a "Fun-Guy": Infection Patterns of the Fungal Pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), on Northern Two-Lined Salamander Populations at Wooster Memorial Park, Caileigh Alexandra Briggs
Department: Biology
“I See Me in You”: A Focus Group Study on How Polarizing Social Media Influencers Gather and Retain Support, Harvey Briscoe
Department: Communication Studies
“I See Me in You”: A Focus Group Study on How Polarizing Social Media Influencers Gather and Retain Support, Harvey Briscoe
Department: Communication Studies
Improving the Accuracy of GALFIT in Measuring the Morphological Properties of Multi-Component Disk Galaxies, Whitford Dean Brown
Department: Physics
The Social Construct of Disability: Comparative Research Between Preschool Children and College Students, Aly M. Brugh
Department: Psychology
Asian by Birth, American by Circumstance: How Transcultural East-Asian Adoptees in the U.S. Create Multi-Cultural Identities & the Toll of the Covid-19 Anti-Asian Hate Crisis in Altering Identity Conception, Maud Bulman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
It’s Not Therapy: An Investigation of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of Effective Accent Modification Services for Adult Speakers and College Students' Perceptions of Accents Contingent Upon Their Exposure to Diverse Speakers, Samantha Burke
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Understanding Integrative Rhetorical Complexity’s Effect on Public Opinion of Ballot Initiatives in Conjunction with a Contingent Valuation of a Ballot Initiative to Improve Water Quality Trading Systems., Tanner C. Burt
Department: Economics; Political Science
“Forever On My Mind:” Blues Songwriting in the 1960s, Shane Byrne
Department: History
Through The Lens: Shattering Stereotypes About African American Women In Sports Through Photography, Rondon Caesar Jr.
Department: Communication Studies
So That We Might Share in the Act of Creation: An Exploration of the Experiences of Transgender Theater Artists, Sam Caley
Department: Communication Studies; Theatre and Dance
It's the Little Things in (a Grasshopper's) Life: How the Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) Visually Signals to Conspecifics While Minimizing Predation Risk, Claire Campbell
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
Automation Testing: The Savior of The QA Team, Dane Camphausen
Department: Computer Science
Discourse and Discovery: A Study of Communication and the Formation of Group Identity Within Common Grounds, Jacob Cannon
Department: Communication Studies
Emboldening the Insolent: How Governmental Treatment of Refugees Affects Far-Right Support, Alexa Carlozzi
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Global and International Studies
Post-Disaster Urban Reconstruction’s Effect on Mental Health: A Case Study of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Residents, Hope Mari Samal Carmody
Department: Urban Studies
Women’s Place in the House (of Representatives): A study of Gender or Ideology on Congressional Voting Behavior, Morgan Carson
Department: Political Science
Are Your Water Systems Safe? A Study on CYP1A Expression in Brown Bullhead and Channel Catfish in Response to Sediment Exposure from Killbuck Creek Wooster, Ohio, Madison Carter
Department: Biology
Dawn of Darkness, Pookar Chand
Department: English
The Effects of Parenting Styles and Parental Conflict on Child Development, Cloud Chang
Department: Psychology
“Coeds and the City” A gendered analysis of the College of Wooster’s town-gown relations in the 1950s., Katie Grace Chapman
Department: History
Detection and Quantification of Glyphosate in Precipitation Using LC-MS and ELISA, Young Cho
Department: Chemistry
Probability Analysis of Time Intervals Surrounding Large Avalanches on a Conical Bead Pile, Harrison Clayman
Department: Physics
A Review of the Sexual Assault Kit Backlog and the Methods of Biological Analysis in Crime Laboratories, Chloe F. Clear
Department: Biology
Simulating Reaction-Diffusion Waves to Model Gravitational Lensing, Daniel Cohen-Cobos
Department: Computer Science; Physics
U.S. Military Intervention in Ukraine: Modern Warfare, Postcolonial Conflict, and The Russo-Ukrainian War, Patrick Colwell
Department: History
Face the Music: The History of Women’s Music within Cultural and Intersectional Feminism, Megan E. Conklin
Department: History
It’s Raining PFAS! Targeted and Non-Targeted Identification and Quantitation and Semi-Quantitation of Legacy and Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Rainwater and Groundwater of Wooster, OH, Donald M. Conley III
Department: Chemistry
Senior Independent Study in Music Composition, Imzadia Conrad
Department: Music
Why Not to Be Anywhere But Here? A Journey Through Exile, Rickey D. Cooper
Department: Theatre and Dance
"Footsteps in the dark:" An Analysis of Identity Salience in Queer Christian College Students, Allison M. Cunningham
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Isometric Immersion: Hilbert's Theorem and the Case of the Hyperbolic Plane, Michael D. Curran
Department: Mathematics
A Grasp for Global Dominance? Analyzing Russian Leaderships' Impact on Russia's National Role Conception, Colin Edward Czubaruk
Department: Political Science
The Revelations of Roman Tombs, Evan M. Daggett
Department: History
Making My Body My Own: The Innate Queerness of Tattooing, Jay Daigle
Department: Art and Art History
An Exploration Into Image Object Detection and Image Instance Segmentation: Mask R-CNN and YOLOv5 Comparison in Image Object Detection Task, Minh Duc Dao
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
The Best Advertising Strategies for Optimizing Business Outcome, Vu Dao
Department: Business Economics
How Does a City’s Migrant Identities Affect Urban Governments’ Implementation of Affordable Housing Policies?, Ethan Dasilva
Department: Political Science
Time’s Change in Depiction Over Time: A Rhetorical Analysis on Time Magazine Immigration Cover Stories, Luis Delgado
Department: Communication Studies
Climatological Analysis of Recent Pluvial Conditions in Northeast Ohio and Implications for Water Management, Caitlyn A. Denes
Department: Earth Sciences
Make Love Not Porn: The Effects of Pornography Consumption on Interpersonal Relationship Satisfaction, Camille S. Diekhans
Department: Psychology
Building a Career as a Content Creator: Making an Impact in the Creator Economy, Jordan Diggs
Department: Global Media and Digital Studies
Dante’s Visibile Parlare: Analyzing the Impact of Dante’s Vernacular Italian Language on Visual Representations of Hell and the Last Judgment in Medieval Italy, Caroline Rose Dillard
Department: Art and Art History
Metabolomics of iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocyte Secretions for Biomarker Discovery in Leigh Syndrome, Amber J. Dinchman
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Metabolomics of iPSC-derived Cardiomyocyte Secretions for Biomarker Discovery in Leigh Syndrome, Amber J. Dinchman
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Exploring Novel Redox Partners and Properties of the Thioredoxin Reductase Trr1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, To Uyen Do
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Prognostic Factors Related to Meningioma Growth: A Meta-Analysis, David Dotson
Department: Neuroscience
Investment in Tomorrow: Evaluating the Relationship Between School District Funding and Student Performance, Alexander Owen Drewes
Department: Economics
Is it Absurd to be Ethical?, Alex Drummond
Department: Philosophy
Authenticity and Virtue Theory, David V. Dunn
Department: Philosophy
Can The Swiss Have Their Cake And Eat It Too?: An Examination Of Swiss Identity And Public Support For European Integration, Jenna L. Dyroff
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Global and International Studies
On the Interaction Between Tau and Nab2 Proteins: Implication on AD, Mahmoud ElAchwah
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
“Navigating the Storm”: Exploring the Relationship Between Stochastic Market Disruptions and Supply Chain Resilience., Elyazid N. Elhamriti
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
Assessing And Projecting Stream Patterns In Hydrogeomorphology In Low-Elevation Watersheds, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA, Matthew Monroe Engfer
Department: Earth Sciences
Power Corrupts But Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely: What Effects Do Political Crisis Have on Political Stability of Emerging Democracies, Ayse Ergon
Department: Political Science
Environmental Activism For Sale: A Visual Analysis Of The Relationship Between Product Advertising And The Environmental Movement In 2022, Isabel C. Espinosa
Department: Communication Studies; Global Media and Digital Studies
Heart Rate Recovery of DIII Collegiate Soccer Players: Potential Effects of Biological Sex and Time Period, Theodora Farson
Department: Neuroscience
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Pollution Analysis and Ameiurus Nebulosus Gene Expression Can Predict Environmental Health, Naomi Fernandes
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Role of CB1 Receptors in the Antidepressant Effects of Sleep Deprivation Therapy in Rats, María Dolores Ferreira
Department: Neuroscience
Detecting Cryptojacking Malware, Chase D. Fickes
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
No One Is an Island: Towards a Geocritical Perspective of Identity via Japanese Culture and Literature, Zachary Filippi
Department: Religious Studies; English
An Analysis of Recurrent Neural Networks and Long Short-Term Memory Networks, Naod Mahtot Fisseha
Department: Computer Science
Instating Natural Reward-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in C57BL/6J Mice, Sydney Fitzcharles
Department: Neuroscience
An Overworked Powerhouse: A Boolean Model of Mitochondrial Dysfunction Associated Senescence in the Context of Aging Microglia, Katherine H. Fleig
Department: Neuroscience
Determining the White Spruce Climate Response and Extending the Chronology in Nabesna, Alaska, Maxwell C. Fletcher
Department: Earth Sciences
Violent Ethics: An Inquiry of 'Might Makes Right', Roger T. Fortier
Department: Philosophy
How National Role Conceptions Affect Japanese Foreign Policy in the Taiwan Strait, Jonah Brick Freedman
Department: Political Science
Incorporating Indigenous Families: An Exploration of Forensic Archaeological Ethics in Post-Conflict Andean Peru, Olivia Frison De Angelis
Department: Archaeology
In the Spotlight or In the Wings? Looking at African American Culture and History in Museums, Anailah Funchess
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Madness of Women's Sports: A Critical Analysis of the Discourse Surrounding the 2021 NCAA Women's March Madness Basketball Tournament, Emily J. Gail
Department: Communication Studies
"Damn Daniel" to Genesis: An Analysis of Songs about Select Environmental Events, Gabriele R. Gajdos
Department: Environmental Studies
Books, Technology, and Readers; A Multidimensional Bond, Oriana Marsella Galvis Marin
Department: English
Forecasting PM2.5 Concentration in Different Cities in Mongolia Using Neural Network Autoregression (NNAR) Model and Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) Model, Sumiyabazar Ganbaatar
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
“Newgenics”: A Comparison Study of Parents of Children with Down Syndrome in Denmark and The United States, Lauren Ganson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
An Exploration of Operating System Algorithms for Optimizing Student Task Scheduling, Solomon Gebrekiros
Department: Computer Science
Sexless in the City: Performances of Masculinity by Involuntarily Celibate Men in Online Forums, Dana Giffen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
It's Because You're Always on That Damn Phone: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Nomophobia and Parent-Child Intimacy and Conflict, JG Gillard
Department: Communication Studies
Beyond the Body: The Effects of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation on Anxiety Through the Elevated Plus Maze, Max Glass
Department: Neuroscience
Polarized Insurrection? An Ethical and Empirical Analysis of the January 6th Insurrection and Surrounding Media Coverage, Noah D. Golovan
Department: Philosophy; Political Science
Stressed Out and Struggling to Concentrate: The Relationship Between Cortisol Reactivity and Cognitive Control in College Students, Katiasofia Gonzales
Department: Neuroscience
#MeToo Flips the Script on Representation of Women in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sarah Gordon
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Summer Camp as a Social Institution of Change: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Summer Camp as a Total Institution that Cultivates and Fosters Self-Discovery and Personal Growth/Change Among Counselors, Conor J. Greene
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Creation of Black Paradise: Exploring Wealth Accumulation, Racial Politics, and Resilience of Black Neighborhoods In Detroit's East Side Through Archaeological Reconstruction, Jada B. Green
Department: Archaeology; Africana Studies
A Two-Photon Investigation of a Material's Nonlinear Susceptibility, Olivia R. Green
Department: Physics
Rotator Cuff Rehabilitation: A Literature Review Detailing Factors Affecting Rehabilitation Following a Rotator Cuff injury, Benjamin Greenwood
Department: Biology
Terra & Their Many Dancers: Using Children's Literature to Teach Earth Systems Science to Kindergarten Classrooms, Wylie Greeson
Department: Earth Sciences; English
Joder... Aquí Vienen los Delincuentes Una Exploración de Dos Películas de Eloy de la Iglesia: Colegas y El Pico, Hannah L. Grosman
Department: Spanish
Expression of ANXA3 in E. coli for the Development of Future Diagnostic Nanobodies, Carson Jack Gutierrez
Department: Biology
Measuring The Impact of TRC: The Involvement With Cities’ Use of Housing Policies and Hate Crimes, Elizabeth Hall
Department: Political Science
Measuring the Impact of TRC: The Involvement with Cities' Use of Housing Policies and Hate Crimes, Elizabeth A. Hall
Department: Political Science
Tribal Marketing: Narrative Analysis of Afrocentric Marketing Techniques for African Americans, Gregory L. Hall Jr.
Department: Communication Studies
"Through the Veil", Noor Ul Hannan
Department: Art and Art History
Are Algorithms Slowing Us Down? Associations Between Social Media Use and Formal Operational Abilities, George P. Harney
Department: Psychology