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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2021
Noticing Narratives: An Evaluation of Holocaust 'Lessons' Portrayed By American Museums, Rachel D. Ginsburg
Department: History
Tentative Detection of Phosphoarginine by LC-MS in M. xanthus, Asvin Gireesh
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Exploring the Impact of the Microbiome on Sleep Homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster, Joshua Gluck
Department: Biology
Building a College Roommate Recommender Web App, Klever D. Gopar
Department: Computer Science
SWS2 and LWS mRNA Sequences in Red and Blue Betta Splendens, Hannah Greenland
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
Brand Identity and Brand Alignment in Corporate Political Advertising: A Rhetorical Analysis of Penzey Spices’ Facebook Ads Opposing Donald Trump, Beau H. Greenwood
Department: Communication Studies
Purification and Crystallization of MurG: Towards Structural Characterization of a Ubiquitous Antibiotic Target, Peter E. Greenwood Jr
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Communicating Science to College Students: A Comparison of Infographic and Text Based Approaches, Rachel Greer
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
Normative Bastardy, Max Kent Gregg
Department: Philosophy
You Have 10 Minutes Remaining: An Examination Into Common Test-Taking Anxieties’ Effect on Academic Performance in Relation to Academic Intrinsic Motivation and Achievement Goal Orientation, Megan R. Gronau
Department: Neuroscience
Defeating the COVID-19 Infodemic on Twitter: A SIP Agent-Based Model of Rumor Propagation and Truth Bot Intervention, Zhen Guo
Department: Computer Science; Sociology and Anthropology
The Effects of Meditation, if Any, on Pain Awareness, Sosna Hailu-Chanyalew
Department: Neuroscience; Philosophy
How Progressive Rock Adapted the Classical Tradition, Nathaniel J. Haines
Department: Music
The Effect of Varied Paneling Characteristics on the Predictability of Soccer Ball Flight, Daniel Halbing
Department: Physics
Who's Watching Who? Inverting the Capitalist Gaze in News Images of Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, Laura Haley
Department: Communication Studies
The Music of the People: Appalachian Ballads and the Search for the Authentic in the 1960s American Folk Music Revival, Anna Halgash
Department: English; History
Trying to “Do No Harm”: Empathy’s Relationship with Medical Education, Cydney Grace Hall
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Peace Be With You: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Interfaith versus Single-faith Peacebuilding Programming at Reducing Violence in Religious Conflict, Sydney Maureen Hanes
Department: Global and International Studies
Is the World Living Through a New Cold War? A Systematic Analysis of the Cold War and its Influences with a Comparative Study of the Cold War and the Modern Era, Nicholas William Hanna
Department: Political Science
Bright Moon in Mountain Wind, Yuqi Han
Department: Chinese Studies
Manipulating Maternal Care: methodology and function in early life stress experiments in rodents, Yuqi Han
Department: Biology
“Boys Can't Be Princesses”: An Understanding of Speech-Language Pathologists Perceptions of Gender Bias, LGBTQ+ Bias, and LGBTQ+ Related Issues When Working with Young Children, Breanna L. Harrell
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
A Boolean Model of Crosstalk Between Senescence and Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition, Marlayna Harris
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Black Enuf: An Exploration of the Strategic Use of Racial Appeals by Black Candidates to Garner Black Voter Support, Stachal Harris
Department: Political Science
Angels and Saints in a Modern Renaissance, Elena Hart
Department: Art and Art History
Rednecks, Hillbillies, and White Trash in the Living Room: A Rhetorical Analysis of Reality Television's Construction of Appalachian Regional Identity, Bradlee Elizabeth Hartman
Department: Communication Studies
Development of a Passive Sampler for Detecting PFAS Using Polymer-Organosilica Hybrid Adsorbents, Heather Hartmann
Department: Chemistry; Spanish
El concepto de autor y la originalidad en las adaptaciones de Natalia Lafourcade, Heather Hartmann
Department: Chemistry; Spanish
Bursting at the Seams, Piper Hamilton Hartman
Department: Art and Art History
Corporate Pressure Makes Regime Diamonds: An Analysis of the Impact of Multinational Corporations on International Environmental Regime Effectiveness, Katie Harvey
Department: Global and International Studies
Those Who Choose: A New Conceptual Model for the Origin of Religious Schisms, Benjamin R. Hassan
Department: Religious Studies
Analysis of Vitamin C Products for Potency and Associated Contaminants by HPLC-UV and GC-MS, Madison M. Heller
Department: Chemistry
Reconsidering the Late Woodland: A Critical Reassessment of Perception and Periodization in the Ohio Valley, 400-1000 CE, Devin A. Henson
Department: Archaeology
The History of Black Resistance from the 1950s to the 21st Century: The Lack of Credibility in Roles of Gender, Sexuality, and the Youth, Mark Anthony Herron Jr.
Department: History
Investigation the Effects of dNab2 Overexpression on Human Tau in Drosophila Melanogaster, James M. Hill
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
Male Fitness of Perennial Plant Echinacea Angustifolia Is Not Significantly Influenced Through Visitation by Specific Bee Taxa, Lauryn Alicia Hill
Department: Biology
Autism and Psychopathy in the General Population: As they Relate to Perspective Taking in Bullying and Victimization Scenarios, Nathan Hill
Department: Neuroscience
ANAÏS ET LE JARDIN CACHÉ, Kaylin Hoffman
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Lateral Volcanic Blasts and Why They Occur, Grant D. Holter
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology
'It's Time For One of Us': A Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's First Term in Congress, Sarah Ives Hopkins
Department: Communication Studies
Preserving Keith Haring’s Legacy of “Art for All” through the Study of the Chemical Degradation of Daylight Fluorescent Paints and their Constituent Rhodamine Dyes, Georgia L. Hopps-Weber
Department: Chemistry; Art and Art History
Shall Not Be Infringed: Examining the Relationship Between Executive Power and Civil Liberties in the War on Terror, Turner James Horn
Department: Political Science
A Game of Balance: An Integrated Analysis On The Chinese Housing Market From A Recent Monetary Market Regulation Perspective, Junbo Huang
Department: Business Economics
Pay to Play Politics: An Examination of Big Money's Influence in the United States Senate, Ciara L. Hudson
Department: Political Science
To Be and Not to Be: Successful and Motivated in the Classroom, Antuoine Hunt-Strong
Department: Communication Studies
Collecting as Seva and Decolonizing Display: Art Collectors in the Sikh American Diaspora, Saeed Husain
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
An Investigation into Finite Difference Methods in Solving a Reaction-Diffusion System to Model the Spread of Wildfires, Molly Hutter
Department: Mathematics
Homology Modeling and Protein-Ligand Structural Analysis of the Bacillus niacini NicAB Protein Complex, Wenhao Hu
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Impact of Opinion Leaders on YouTube Towards Consumer Purchase Intention, Yu Hu
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
Social Dependent, Independent Learners and Their Online Learning, Isabella Lence Ilievski
Department: Psychology
How Floral Resource Composition and Sampling Method Help Us to Assess Bee Community Diversity in a Peri-Urban Landscape, Miyauna Monique Nicole Incarnato
Department: Environmental Studies
Market Structure and Quality of Service: Investigating Oligopolies and the Quality of Nursing Home Care in California During The COVID-19 Pandemic, Tessa Ireton
Department: Economics
Visualizing Concepts: Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) visuals synthesized from semantic vectors, Alayt Abraham Issak
Department: Art and Art History; Mathematics
“Yes, I Do Play Like A Girl”: Sports Media and Gendered Representation of the 2016 USA Olympic Basketball Teams, Maria Janasko
Department: Communication Studies
Layer up: An investigation of yeast flocculation in the context of genetic, environmental, and cell wall composition effectors, Brieanna Jarrell
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Investigation of Autophagy: Modeling the Cellular Responds to the Undernutrition Condition, Haoyu Jiang
Department: Biology
Information Processing in Acquisition Announcements: Reframing the Efficient Market Hypothesis, Levi Johnson
Department: Business Economics
Internet Accessibility and Usage in Relation to Political Participation and Knowledge, Nia Johnson
Department: Political Science
Polymicrobial Competition: Bacteria and Fungi Compete Using a Unique Toxin Secreted Through the Type VI Secretion System, Olivia Johnson
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
An Atmosphere of Words: Clinical Considerations and Practices of Speech-Language Pathologists Regarding the Use of Speech-Generating Devices for Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Rhiannon N. Johnson
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Did I Do That? Trade Effects on Player-Team Relationships, DeShaun Jones
Department: Business Economics
Conserving America: A History of America’s Conservation Movement and the Establishment of the National Park Service, Jack Jones
Department: History
Just War Theory and Cyber Warfare, Orlando Jones
Department: Philosophy
Political Identity Rules: Support of Renewable Energy Jobs and Attitudes on Soil Conservation in Northeastern Ohio, Leah H. Jorn
Department: Environmental Studies
A Review of the Treatments of Anxiety Disorders Within the Adolescent Population, Jessica L.M. Kamen
Department: Neuroscience
Accurately Predicting Soccer Games In English Premier League Using Ordered Probit Models and Artificial Neural Networks, Shivam K C
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Contextual Questions: The Worldly Implications of an Insufficient Philosophical Stance, Serigne-Abdoulahad Kebe
Department: Philosophy
Impact of School Vouchers on Guardian Investment in Education, Madeleine Keller
Department: Economics
“We Need Your Help”: The Rhetorical Construction of the Citizen Detective in True Crime Podcast Jensen and Holes: The Murder Squad, Amelia A. Kemp
Department: Communication Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
This Boat is Obviously Sinking : The Response of 90s Musicians to Neoliberalism, Andrew T. Kilbride
Department: English
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Vergil and Ovid's Clashing Portrayals of Individual and Group Identity, Dante G. King
Department: Classical Studies
Solvent Dependence and Thermodynamics of Swell Pressure Generation by Swellable Organically-Modified Silica: Progress Towards a Physical Model to Explain Swelling, Mattaeus J. Klonowski
Department: Chemistry; Physics
A Case of Heartburn: Replicating the Heart's Electrical Signals with Fire, Craig Klumpp
Department: Physics
Developmental Fluoxetine Exposure Affects Offspring Anxiety-Like Behavior and Hormonal Response to an Acute Stressor, Bryce Knopp
Department: Biology
The Synthesis of Bio-Based Degradable Super Absorbent Polymers Through Employment of Multimetallic Catalysts, Kamron Knowlton
Department: Chemistry
The Art of Reconciliation: The Influence of the Black Community on the Detroit Institute of Arts, Jillian Kouayara
Department: Art and Art History
Adding to the Narrative: Stories of the Holocaust through Portraiture and the Museum, Marloes Krabbe
Department: Art and Art History; Sociology and Anthropology
An Examination of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Pseudomonas chlororaphis in Response to Bacteriophage Therapy, Eric Kraus
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Identifying Non-Genetic Predictors of Alcoholism with the Aid of Reweighting Techniques, Trevor Krisan
Department: Mathematics
The Effect of Rest on Soccer Match Outcomes in the Premier League, David Ku
Department: Mathematics
Examining Light-Matter Interactions Through Two Photon Entanglement, Andrew M. Kunkel
Department: Physics
Pretty Pink Penny: Exploring Consumer Behavior and Gender-Based Price Discrimination, Nasua Oforiwa Labi
Department: Economics
Hyperconnected or Disconnected? An Analysis of Attachment to Smartphones and Their Use in Family Households of College Students During the Digital Era, Larissa Lamarca
Department: Psychology
Le Tutoiement et le vouvoiement sur les réseaux sociaux : Twitter comme étude de cas, Paul J. Lance
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Birth Work, Reproductive Justice, and Communities of Care, Hannah Lindsay Lane-Davies
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Catastrophic Imaginings: Human-Driven Catastrophe, the Anthropocene, The Skin of Our Teeth, and Lungs, Hayden Douglas Lane-Davies
Department: Theatre and Dance; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Fabric and Flesh: A Tactile Exploration of Personhood and Becoming, Ella Lang
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
American Dragon: A Story of an Asian American Woman Finding Her Way Home, Hannah Langer
Department: English; Art and Art History
Parents, is it your Fault? Effects of Familial Influences on the Development of Disordered Eating Habits and Attitudes, Joelle Lau
Department: Psychology
The Effect of Adipokinetic Hormone on the Blood and Sugar Feeding Behavior and Life Span of Female Mosquito Aedes aegypti, Beenhwa G. Lee
Department: Biology
Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches to Depressive Disorders Among Adults in the United States: From Factor Discovery to Prediction Evaluation, Minhwa Lee
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Flipping the College Calculus with Algebra Classroom: Does it Improve Student Performance?, Sejeong Lee
Department: Mathematics
Haunted Households: Adaptation, Genre, and Gender Politics in Horror and the Gothic During Second Wave Feminism, Eliza C. Letteney
Department: English
The Bees’ Needs: Phytochemical Dietary Additives as a Method of Reducing the Toxicity of Pesticides via Spray Exposure in European Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Brittany Leyda
Department: Biology
“Kamala Harris, for the People”: A Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Kamala Harris’s 2020 Democratic National Convention Speech, Gabija Liffick
Department: Communication Studies
Stick or Carrot? How Multinational Venture Capital Firms Balance Compensation and Monitoring across Political Environments., Huzhi Li
Department: Global and International Studies
An Investigation of the Influence of Exposure to Deaf Communities on Deaf Identity of Young Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients, Heidi M. Likins
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Evidence of Negative Cooperativity in Cytosolic Taurocyamine Kinase from Arenicola brasiliensis and its Implication in the Evolution of the Phosphagen Kinase Family, Mingyuan "Merlin" Li
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sorry, I Think You’re Muted: A Typological Content Analysis on Tele-Education, Katherine Lindelof
Department: Communication Studies
A Comparison of Two Distance-Based Phylogenetic Reconstruction Methods, Botao Liu
Department: Mathematics