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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2022
The Influence Of Familiarity With Faces On The Other-Race Classification Advantage, Sinae "Stacey" Park
Department: Psychology
The Impact Of Air Pollution On Medical Expenditure, Claudia Rose Mandela Partridge
Department: Economics
Examining The Effects Of Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme On The Fecundity Of Female Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes, Daphne Lynn Pate
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Happiness: Can It Be Increased Through Positive Psychology Intervention And Is Personality A Factor?, William J. Percy
Department: Psychology
An Investigation Of The Perceptions And Perspectives Of Speech-Language Pathologists Regarding Stuttering In Bilingual Versus Monolingual Children, Elizabeth Perez
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Human Capital Investment Through Education: The Way To An Equitable Middle Class In South Africa, Laura Elizabeth Peterjohn
Department: Economics
The Effects Of Forced Exercise In An Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model: Resilience To Behavioral Deficits, Angelo Arthur Petracci
Department: Neuroscience
Handwriting Recognition System: Comparative Analysis Of Artificial Neural Network And Convolutional Neural Network Models, Emily Pfau
Department: Computer Science
Time 4 Change: A Lyrical Analysis Of Conscious Rap Songs During The Black Lives Matter Era, KeaShaun Phillips
Department: Communication Studies
Bilingual and Multilingual Advantages on Working Memory Components, Ruisha Prasai
Department: Psychology
This Cat Barks: An Investigation Of Speech-Language Pathologists' Perceptions Of Instrumental Canine-Assisted Therapy (Cat) On The Spoken Language And Social Skills Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Nicole Preucil
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
The Influence Of Protest On Pipeline Construction And Regulation In The Federal System, Jacob Price
Department: Political Science
Predicting Formula 1 Races From The 2017-2021 Seasons With Ordered Logistic Regression And Elo Ratings, Luke Pritchard
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
Framing Speech: A Pragmatic Solution To The Climate Of Intolerance In American Institutions Of Higher Education, Bobby Ramkissoon
Department: Political Science
Drift, Pilar Randolph
Department: English
Intermittent Fasting: A Cost-Effective Mechanism To Improve Productivity And Decrease Adverse Stress Response?, Nivedita Rathaur
Department: Economics; Biology
Forming National Identity Through Commemoration: Representation Within Postage Stamps At The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum, Kate Read
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Underlying Effects Of The Sticky Substance Ban On Major League Baseball, Mitchell Reardon
Department: Mathematics
“Perdone, Pero No Le Entiendo”: How General Education Teachers Can Best Support EL Students In Their Classrooms, Raven Reece
Department: Education; Spanish
Will You Accept This Rose?: The Representation Of Black Women On The Bachelorette Seasons 13 And 18, Saralee Renick
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Effects Of Second-Hand Trauma: A Look Into The Lived Experiences Of African American Students And Their Perception Of Police Officers Versus Campus Security, Aryana Rhodes
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dichotomous Logic And The Failings Of Girlboss Feminism: Multiplicity Beyond Man's Episteme, Grace Susan Robinson
Department: Philosophy
Balancing The Limits Of Black Masculinity: Navigating Online Discourse On Black Men'S Mental Health, Kai Rodgers
Department: Communication Studies
Botanical Reverie: Radical Transcendentalism Grown From Water, Ancestry, And Light, Catie M. Rogan
Department: Art and Art History
The Stories That Shape Us: Influence Of Folk Tales On Moral Decision Making And Risk Taking Behavior And Its Neurological Correlates, Grace N. Rooney
Department: Neuroscience
Evolution's Natural "Adderall", Garrett G. Ross and Michael B. Casey
Department: Psychology
Analyzing The Experiences Of Adult Children Language Brokers In Mexican Immigrant Families, Vanesa Rubio Toxtle
Department: Education; Sociology and Anthropology
Model Of A Biotic Hard Substrate Community: Paleoecology Of Large Trepostome Bryozoans From The Upper Ordovician (Katian) Of The Cincinnati Region, Usa, Kate Runciman
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology
Polarizing Plague: Politically Aligned Behaviors And Loss Framed Messages Overshadow Disposition When Predicting Covid-19 Health Behavior Intentions; Politics And Message Congruency For Covid-19 Health Behaviors, Basil Rutkowski
Department: Psychology
Hands That Grab And Tongues That Say: Understanding Animal Narrators And Protagonists, Sophie Ryan
Department: English
A Data Driven Approach To Understand The Philosophical Trolley Problem, Burim Saciri
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
Knockout Experiment On A Neuronal Boolean Model, Aelon Samuel and Erśebet Regan
Department: Biology
Creating An Effective, Efficient, Engaging, And Accurate Evolution Module In Ohio (Aya), Carolyn A. Santos
Department: Biology; Education
Allelochemical In Situ Evaluation Of A Swellable Organically Modified Silica Based Sampler Using Lc-Ms/Qtof, Damien M. Sausville
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Predicting The Outcome Of Supreme Court Cases Using Random Forest Classifiers In Machine Intelligence, Chris Savaglio
Department: Computer Science
Are You Sure You Don’t Know Me? A Facial Recognition Study And Examination Of The Other-Race Effect With External Feature Alterations, Emma M. Saxton
Department: Neuroscience
Antisocial Behavior In Multiplayer Online Video Games And Reciprocation Of Cyberbullying Behavior: Cyberbullying In Video Games, Ethan Brunetti Sayer
Department: Psychology
Ethnic Identity As It Relates To Personal Self-Concept, Nicholas J. Scherson
Department: Psychology
Integrating Art History Into K-5 Social Studies Classrooms, Kate L. Schlegel
Department: Art and Art History
Covid-19 As An Endogenous Disruptor Of The World Oil Market, Benjamin C. Schrock
Department: Economics
Autonomy Or Cooperativity: Does American Exceptionalism Affect Public Health Compliance In The Age Of Covid-19?, Tyler Schroeder
Department: Political Science
Keep Students On The Field To Stay In The Classroom: The Effects Of Public School Funded And Regulated Extracurricular Activities On The School-To-Prison Pipeline., Sydney Pare Schuster
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Investigating Whether The Rna Binding Protein Nab2 Regulates Tau Mrna Levels In A Fly Model Of Neurodegeneration, Emma Grace Schwinne
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The American Reception Of Alexander Solzhenitsyn As A Writer And An Ideologue, Zach Paul Scott
Department: History
Invasive Autumn Olive's Impacts On Native Red Oak Tree Growth Rate And Germination, Nathaniel S. Seeley Jr.
Department: Biology
Help Wanted: An Investigation Of Professionals' Approaches To And Perceptions Regarding Vocational Development When Working With Adults With Autism Or Down Syndrome, Rachel Semel
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Under New Management: Analyzing The Merits Of Privatization Of Water Utility Services In India, Wyatt Reno Shafer
Department: Political Science
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Developmental Reversals In Judgement And Decision-Making, Yael "Ellie" Shafron
Department: Psychology
Stroke Clustering And Fitting In Vector Art, Khandokar Shakib
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Decision-Making in the Face of NFIP Policy Changes, Mohini Sharma
Department: Global and International Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
A Gag Tied Too Tight Becomes Liberty’s Noose: A Linguistic Analysis Of Vagueness In Spain’s Ley Mordaza, Jacob Ray Shelton
Department: History; Spanish
A Strange Object That Breaks Your Heart: Short Stories, Annie Sheneman
Department: English
The Right To Fail: Defining And Imitating The Style Of The Royal Court Theatre, Annie Sheneman
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Effects Of Diversity And Inclusion Policies On Business Performance, Eraj Sikandar
Department: Economics
Modelling The Joint Dynamics Of Exchange Rates, Interest Rates And Oil Prices Using Vector Autoregression, Angad Singh
Department: Mathematics; Economics
Propaganda, Print Culture, And Popular Opinion: Newsletters And Pamphlets In Seventeenth-Century England, Zdena Gillianne Sinkhorn
Department: History
Female Legislators And Growth: Why Having More Women In Policymaking Matters, Ngwe Sin Ms
Department: Global and International Studies
Violent Means For Secure Ends: How An Absence Of State Social Safety Nets Impacts The Prevalence Of Violent Political Activity, Tabitha Skornik-Hayes
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
An Analysis Of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Knowledge Of Cleft Palate, Comfort With Treating Children With Cleft Palate, And Their Perspectives Of Therapy Techniques Addressing Cleft Speech, Brooke D. Smith
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
“No Matter Where You’re From, We’re Glad You’re Our Neighbor”: Enacting Justice Initiatives And Community Formation In Faith-Based Organizations, Jenna M. Smith
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Add Women And Stir: The Effect Of Female Mentorship On Women's Law School Experiences, Riley E. Smith
Department: Political Science
Religiosity And Friends Who Drink And The Impact On Undergraduate Emerging Adult Drinking Behaviors, Max Snowden
Department: Psychology
The Effectiveness Of Mail-In Voting: An Examination Of The 2020 United States Presidential Election, Zachary C. Somers
Department: Political Science
A Good Coach Can Change A Game, A Great Coach Can Change A Life: The Impact Of The Coach-Athlete Relationship On Student-Athlete Success, Grant C. Sorensen
Department: Psychology
Our Bodies, Our Work; An Ethnographic Study Of Tattoo Artists In Chicago, Gabriel C. Spalding III
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Social Media And Politics: Can Women Candidates Prove Their Competence Through Issue Appeals?, Jordan Dune Spatt
Department: Political Science
Effects Of Microbiome Diversity And Indole On Candida Albicans Infections In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Jacqueline Anne Spieles
Department: Biology
Bring Me A Shrubbery: A Study Of Native Amphibian And Mammal Responses To Native Deciduous Plant Community Restoration In Wooster, Ohio, Grant Sprague
Department: Biology
Major League Baseball Roster Building: An Empirical Analysis Of Pre-Season Win Predictions, Colin Springer
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
A Critical Analysis Of Antiracist Pedagogical Strategies And Diverse Young Adult Literature For White Educators, Jenna Lee Stanton
Department: English
"The Order Of Nature": Applying Alfred North Whitehead’s Process Philosophy To A Holistic Environmental Approach For The Western World, Lucas J. Stengl
Department: Environmental Studies
Investigating A Material’s Nonlinear Susceptibility Using Entangled Photons, Benjamin Stern
Department: Physics
A Cause-Marketing Analysis Of The PGA, Dominic A. Stilliana
Department: Communication Studies
Performance And Identity Production In Minoan Crete, Gwyn Stith
Department: Archaeology
A Call To Lights, Camera And Action: How Hollywood Woke America To The Nazi Threat, Jackson Ewing Stuff
Department: History
The Effects On Lepomis Macrochirus (Bluegill) Foraging Behavior After Chronic Exposure To Sublethal Toxins In Wayne County Creeks, Brandon R. Styers
Department: Biology
The Effect Of Cannabidiol On Stress-Related Memory Impairments, Rajani Subramanian
Department: Neuroscience
The Effects Of Cannabidiol On Stress Related Memory Impairments, Rajani Subramanian
Department: Neuroscience
A Love Letter To Myself: The Social And Cultural Experiences Of Sexual Assault Survivors On Small Liberal Arts College Campuses And Using Ethnographic Playwriting As Advocacy, Gabriella M. Sullivan
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance
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