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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2022
Building Youth Power To Transform Education: Exploring A Detroit Area Teenage Activist Organization, Harry Susalla
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Adaptive NPC Behavior In Maze Chase Game Using Genetic Algorithms, Karen Suzue
Department: Computer Science
Identifying The Phosphorylation Status Of Pho4 Proteins In Yeast Expressing The Psavh110 Effector Protein, Brooke K. Swain
Department: Biology
Identifying The Phosphorylation Status Of PhO4 Proteins In Yeast Expressing The Psavh110 Effector Protein, Brooke K. Swain
Department: Biology
Prioritizing Socioeconomic Justice in Truth Commissions As Part of Transitional Justice Work: Socioeconomic Justice in Transitional Justice Work, Sinqobile Nyasha Tagwireyi Miss
Department: Political Science
What Do College Students Know About Animal Trafficking?, Kennedy M. Tanner
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Why Students Struggle In General Chemistry: Understanding Open-Ended Assessment In The Chemistry 111 Classroom, Abigail M. Tarburton
Department: Chemistry; Education
Identity Construction In Former Foster Care Children, Elizabeth J. Testamark
Department: Communication Studies
Are Corporations The Answer? An Empirical Study On The Impact Of Environmental Performance Ratings Reducing Emissions On A Global Scale, Michael Thomas
Department: Economics
A Digital Solution To Partage: A Case Study Of The College Of Wooster's Pella Collection, Benton Thomas Thompson IV
Department: Archaeology
Talk It Out: Exploring Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions Of Conversation Therapy Use With People With Aphasia, Holly Thompson
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Learning In Virtual And In-Person Elementary Classrooms: The Effects Of Technology While Teaching/Learning And Immediacy Strategies Before, During, And After The Covid-19 Pandemic, Katie Elizabeth Thompson
Department: Communication Studies; Education
Investigating The Actors Scheduling Problem Using The Branch And Bound Algorithm, Li Tian
Department: Mathematics
Droning On And On: Framing And Power In International Reactions To Targeted Killings, Georgina Nillissen Tierney
Department: Political Science
The Impact Of The Securitization Of Children And Armed Conflict In The United Nations Security Council On The United Nations System, Emily L. Todd
Department: Political Science
Remittances – A Child’s Ticket To Better Education: A Case Study Of Nepal; Evaluating The Schooling Decisions Of Households Receiving Remittances In Nepal, Rishika Todi
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
Association Rules And Item-Based Collaborative Filtering For Amazon.com Baseline Recommender System, Vinh Nghiem To
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
Crowns: An Exploration Of The Memories And Lived Experiences Of Black Women And Hair, Seven N. Townsel
Department: Africana Studies
Subverting The Social Stigma Of Stepmothers. An Idealogical Analysis Of Netflix’s Original Korean Drama Mine On The Idealistic Images And Portrayal Of Step-Motherhood, Minh Tran
Department: Communication Studies
Perspectives: Understanding Conflict In New Religious Movements Through Epistolary Voices And Their Entanglements, Rebekah Emily Trunnell
Department: English; Religious Studies
Puffins, The Charismatic Clowns Of The Sea: Examining The Relationship Between Community Identity And The Social Construction Of Animals, Megan Henry Tuennerman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Of Power, Plurality, And Prejudice: Political Realignment In The United States, 1932-2020, Thomas Henry Tuten
Department: History; Political Science
Affect, Trauma, And Self In Alexander Chee’s Edinburgh, Corey Ullman
Department: English
An Exploration of Automated Reasoning and Intuitionistic Logic using Coq, Corey Ullman
Department: Computer Science
Sheltered: An Investigation Of Homelessness In The United States, Maya Renee Vasta
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
Two Wrongs Make A [Far-]Right: The Rise And Success Of The Far-Right In Western Europe, Mia Villavicencio-Eschinger
Department: Political Science
Metacognitive Awareness As A Mediating Factor Of Athletic Participation And Academic Success, Grace E. von Scheliha
Department: Psychology
Designing And Implementing A First-Person Shooter Video Game, Hung Vu
Department: Computer Science
The Effects Of Warning Labels On Perceived Validity Of Fake News Present On Social Media, Befkadu Walthour
Department: Neuroscience
Inherent Misfortune, Cole Ward
Department: English
Carbon Storage Capacity And Potential Of The Metasequoia Glyptostroboides To Serve In Urban Forests At Secrest Arboretum In Wooster, Ohio, Leo M. Weeks
Department: Earth Sciences
Methods Of Characterization And Quantification Of Pesticides In Precipitation In Wooster, Ohio, Aaron D. Weese
Department: Chemistry
"Pretty Privilege" And Survival: Recognizing The Difference In Social Treatment, Most Notably In Healthcare, Towards Those Who Are Highly Attractive., Julia Alana Weisberg
Department: Philosophy
Euripides' Medea In Sculptural Performance, Patrick K. Wellman
Department: Art and Art History; Theatre and Dance
Modeling Premier League Success With Extreme Gradient Boosting, Dillon P. Wheeler
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
The Effects Of Single Session Neurofeedback Simulation On Biological And Psychological Stress Responses: The Effects Of A Single Session Mediation On Stress, Jeremiah K. Whitney
Department: Neuroscience
Knots, Nots, And Loops, Leah K. Wilcox
Department: Mathematics
Angular Frequency Of Rotating Spiral Waves In A Chemical Reaction-Diffusion System, Melita F. Wiles
Department: Physics
Using Machine Learning And Regression Techniques To Rank Liberal Arts Colleges On Social Mobility And The Advancement Of Underrepresented Groups, Melita F. Wiles
Department: Mathematics
Unions As Kingmakers?: Determining The Effectiveness Of Labor Union Endorsements In State Legislature Democratic Primary Elections, Alec Williams
Department: Political Science
Stinette: Women Aesthetic And Decadent Writers In Fin De Siècle England And France, Deena Williams
Department: French and Francophone Studies; History
Sweeney Todd: Adaptation Across Media & Time, Jack E. Williams
Department: Communication Studies
Mommy Issues: An Investigation Into How Social Systems Affect Single Mothers And The Adolescent Experience Of Their Children, Paige Gleason Williams
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Let Sleeping Queen's Rise: A Study Of The Life, Memory, And Memorials Of Empress Matilda, Jordan E. Wilson
Department: Classical Studies; History
Does Having A Birth Plan Impact Your Birth Experience? A Deeper Look Into Birth Plans, Birth Assistants/Attendants, And The Microbiome In Birth Experiences, Elijah Winfield
Department: Biology; Sociology and Anthropology
A Short Treatise In Support Of Theatre During The Cromwellian Regime, Meriadoc J. Wixsom
Department: History; Theatre and Dance
Prescribed Burns In Remnant Prairies: Pollinator Fidelity For Echinacea Angustifolia And Plant Composition, Maris Catherine Woldin
Department: Biology
Seminal Fluid Adipokinetic Hormone Influence On Remating Behaviors Of Female Ae. Aegypti, Meghan Wright
Department: Biology
Women, Autonomy, Authenticity, And Motherhood, Rebecca Wu
Department: Art and Art History; Philosophy
Program Analysis from: Yi Wu’s Flute Recital, Yi Wu
Department: Music
Injection Attacks: A Study Of The Common Web Safety Issues And Prevention Techniques, Yuhao Wu
Department: Computer Science
Farmers' Markets And The Food System: The Small Farmer's Dilemma, Nick S. Wyckoff
Department: Environmental Studies
Still Awaiting Justice: An Analysis On The Impact Of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment On The Reproductive Autonomy Of Migrant Women, Annays Esperanza Yacaman
Department: Political Science
Studying The Halos Of Nearby Galaxies In The Heron Survey Through Galaxy Decomposition Using Galfit, Haoge Yan
Department: Physics
Are We Listening To Their Silent Voices? An Investigation Of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Knowledge Of Spasmodic Dysphonia, Their Perceptions Of Treatment, And Patient Experiences With Treatment, Katlyn B. Yeager
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
“Don’t You Have A Conscience?”: The Economic Underpinnings Of Corruption And Its Portrayal In Russian Media, Katherine Yordy
Department: Economics; Russian Studies
America And Spain In The Cold War: A Complex Relationship During A Complex Time, Joseph Zagales
Department: History
An Investigation Of Audiologists’ Perceptions Of The Need For A Quality Of Life Scale For Patients With Tinnitus, Vasili Zestos
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Queer Style: Documenting Manifestations Of Queer Identity Through Fashion, Mariam Zghuladze
Department: Communication Studies; Global Media and Digital Studies
How To Build Up The Most Effective Soccer Team, Yuntao Zhang
Department: Mathematics
Asymmetric Key Cryptography: RSA Cryptosystem, Xudong Zhao
Department: Mathematics
The Fading Of Intention: Photodegradation Studies Of Carmine Colorants And Their Implications In Art Conservation, Megan Elizabeth Zins
Department: Chemistry
Boolean Modeling Of The Interactions Between Inflammation, Hypoxia, And The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (Emt), Ian Zonfa
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Does Positive Reinforcement Training Reduce Inter-Dog Reactivity In An Animal Shelter Setting?, Ellison Zupan
Department: Biology
Characterization Of The Natural Antibiotic Activity Of Pseudomonas Environmental Isolates, Harrison Zwolshen
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2021
The Female Perspective: An Investigation Into How the Reconstruction and Efficacy of a Gynecological Fertility Recipe Unveils Female Voice in the Hippocratic Corpus, Randa Elie Abboud
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Classical Studies; History
A Game Theoretical Analysis of War Situations and International Conflicts., Joaquin Abos
Department: Mathematics
The Flourishing Financial System: The Foundations of an Economic Doctrine that Promotes Social Equality, Jacob Mansfield Abramo
Department: Philosophy
La Isla Silenciada: A Study on Puerto Rican Attitudes towards the U.S. Federal Government’s Response to Hurricane Maria and its Impact on Puerto Rico’s Status, Lizbeth Acevedo
Department: Political Science
Maternal and Infant Factors That Influence Infant Microbiome Composition and Microbial Fucose Utilization, Grace E. Adkins
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
No Evidence of Sexual Selection in Brassica rapa, a Hermaphroditic Plant, Julia Ann Ajello
Department: Biology
Game Development and The Theory of Game Design, Chantell Abena Akuffo
Department: Computer Science
The Relationship Between Seed Set and Flowering Time in Autumn Flowering Wingstem (Verbesina Alternifolia) and the Implications of Climate Change, Michael D. Alber
Department: Biology
Is the Pandemic Racist? Trends in Coronavirus Case Rate and Death Rate in the U.S., Mian Ahsan Ali
Department: Mathematics
The Economic Impact of the Coronavirus(COVID-19) pandemic, Paapa Amoako-Temeng
Department: Mathematics
"Othering" the Irish: English Vilification of the Gaelic Irish during the Tudor Conquest, Owen T. Arace
Department: History
“Thanks for the Memories, Even Though They Weren’t So Great”: The Relationship Between Chronic Stress and Working Memory in College Students, Carina G. Arnosti
Department: Psychology
Putting the "Crisis" in "Climate Crisis": The Impact of Securitization on Climate Change Policy, Olivia C. Azzarita
Department: Political Science
Investigating the Effects of the Phone a STEM Professional Assignment on STEM Students’ Sense of Belonging, Career Confidence, and Career Awareness, Kyla M. Babics
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Antidepressant Effects of Sleep Deprivation Chronotherapy in Male and Female Sprague-Dawley Rats, Rachel Leigh Backstrom
Department: Neuroscience
What Choice Do I Have? An Investigation into Audiologists' Knowledge about Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss, Meghan Badge
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Educating For Hope: Building Climate Change Resilience in the Middle School Classroom, Cambry J. Baker
Department: Environmental Studies
Get Schooled: Racial Integration and Political Empowerment in Saint Louis Public Schools, Austrella B. Balley
Department: Political Science
Simulating Mammalian Liver Homeostasis and the Impact of Senescence, Stuart Ryan Ball
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Measuring properties of entangled photons using the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect, Mili Barai
Department: Physics
“It Can Happen Here” Der Anstieg und der Fall des Amerikadeutsche Bunds, das 1930er amerikanische nationalsozialistische Bewegung, und seine Deutung in moderne Medien, Sydney Lynn Barger
Department: German Studies
The Highs and Lows Interpretations of Love and Loss Expressed Through Flute Repertoire, Sydney Lynn Barger
Department: Music
Boudica and Agrippina: An Analysis of Representation of Female Power in Tacitus and Dio, Morgan Barnett
Department: Classical Studies
Right Answer, Wrong Language: An Investigation of Dual Language Programs in the United States and the Value of Translanguaging for Emerging Bilinguals, Laura E. Barnhill
Department: Interdepartmental
Attempted Synthesis of a Bimetallic Cerium-Cerium Catalyst for an Improved Oxidation Method of Alcohols, Alexis Katelyn Bauer
Department: Chemistry
Sagebrush Rebels: An Analysis of Conservative Anti-Public Lands Movements in the Western U.S. through Resource Mobilization Theory, Jackson Beckerley
Department: Political Science
Disconnect: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Debate Over Ohio's EdChoice Program, Kennedey Bell
Department: Communication Studies
The Infection Dynamics of a Fungal Pathogen in Stream-Dwelling Northern Two-Lined Salamanders in Wooster, Ohio, Erica M. Berent
Department: Biology
Musical Feature Engineering with Wavelet Analysis for Music Recommendation, Rephael Moshe Berkooz
Department: Mathematics
Monumentos a dictadores: La memoria histórica del Valle de los Caídos y el Museo Presidente Pinochet, Sofia Sequoia Biegeleisen
Department: Spanish
More than a Memory: The Complex Relationship Between Living History and Slavery, Sofia Sequoia Biegeleisen
Department: History
Black Outside: A Film Exploring Black People’s Relationships With Outdoor Spaces, Zoie Bills
Department: Communication Studies
Surveying & Educating: College of Wooster Students' Knowledge and Perceptions Surrounding Influenza Viruses and the Flu Shot, Hallie Bischoff
Department: Biology
A Case of Mistaken (Ethnic) Identity: Rethinking Civil War Duration, Ethnic Saliency, Terrorism, and the Real Factors Discouraging Resolution, Angie Bittar
Department: Political Science
To Teach or Not to Teach: Identifying Skills Obtained Uniquely in Chemistry Laboratory Courses and Ways to Teach Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Remotely, Jayne E. Blinkhorn
Department: Chemistry; Education