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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2026
The Stonewall Uprising: Memory, Myth, Movement, Greyson G. Fowler
Department: Computer Science; History
The Right to Parks: Examining the Relationship Between Urban Green Spaces and Community Cohesion in Memphis, Tennessee, Darian T. Franklin
Department: Urban Studies
Crowning Crops with Words of Torah: How Adamah Farm Fellows Cultivate Connection in Times of Dislocation, Stuart J. Franklin
Department: Religious Studies
Deciding Who Belongs: Immigration Through Deliberative and Agonistic Democracy, Madeleine Rae Frazier
Department: Political Science
Decolonizing Black Male Trauma Responses to Colonialism, Lorenzo Freeman
Department: English
NuPoint, Cleveland’s Southeast Side, and Community Development Corporations: Community Comes Together, Frederick (Jack) S. Freer V
Department: Global Media and Digital Studies
Artificial Intelligence and Labor Market Inequality: Wage and Productivity Effects, Jacob O. Fried
Department: Economics
The Human-Bonobo Interface: Ethnoprimatology and Affiliative Bonobo Behavior in Zoological Gardens, Abigail E. Frock
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology
If I Look at the Mass I Will Never Act: News Media Format and Public Sensitization to the Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan, Amy Gabrovsek
Department: Global Media and Digital Studies; Political Science
“Blood is too Precious a Thing": Colonial Vampirism through Assimilation, Religious Conversion, and Cultural Contamination/Appropriation in Sinners and the Twilight Saga, Amelia Galbraith
Department: English
Looking at Minor League Baseball Marketing Practices through the Creation of a Mock Minor League Baseball Team: “The Chicopee Spider Fighters", Jake George
Department: Global Media and Digital Studies
Cognitive and Motivational Processes in Gaming Machine Use, Thomas Gielow
Department: Psychology
Why Do We Play? The Effect of Youth Sports Participation on Future Earnings, Callum Glover
Department: Business Economics
Quantifying Clumpy Galaxies: Inferring Turbulent Jeans Mass from Galaxy Imaging, Anthony R. Gomes
Department: Physics
"If I cross The Line..." A Dance Animation, Andres F. Gomez Alvarado
Department: Art and Art History
"If I Cross The Line..." A Dance Animation, Andres F. Gomez Alvarado
Department: Art and Art History
A Joint Struggle Against Oppression: Liberation and the Environment, Nemsie Gonzalez
Department: Philosophy
Big Brother or Nosy Neighbor? An Analysis of the Effects of Journalist Intimidation on Portrayal of the United States in Mexican Media Within the War on Drugs Context, Zachary Goode
Department: Political Science; Spanish
Rewriting the Self: Identity, Self-Reflection, and Self-Love in be still. Through Time, Rhythm, Music, and Character, Ariana Goodwin
Department: Theatre and Dance
Power to the Pupils: Gerrymandering in the United States and Its Effect on Per-Pupil Public School Funding, Claire Elizabeth Goodwin-Kelly
Department: Political Science
Investigating Changes in Bioerosion Patterns Following a Biotic Immigration Event in a Changing Climate, Taylor Grant
Department: Earth Sciences
The Effect of Rurality on Life Aspirations of Young Mothers, Olivia Gray
Department: Urban Studies
Gendered Borders in American and Japanese Animation: The Portrayal of Masculinity and Femininity in Walt Disney and Studio Ghibli, Brendan T. Grover
Department: Communication Studies
Gendered Borders In American And Japanese Animation: The Portrayal of Masculinity and Femininity in Walt Disney and Studio Ghibli, Brendan T. Grover
Department: Communication Studies
From Urban Blight to Agritourism Destinations: Examining How to Revive Brownfields with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Frass, Michelina Guerra
Department: Environmental Studies
Making Contact, Michelina Guerra
Department: Art and Art History
Building the I.S. Oral Defense Scheduler: A Full-Stack Web Application using Next.js, Supabase, and Vercel, Pem Tsering Gurung
Department: Computer Science
"Maraming salamat po sa service": Religion, Labor, and Dress from the Philippines to the Diaspora, Gabs Guthrie
Department: Religious Studies
When Penrose Tiling Meets the Darb-i Imam: Using Ethnomathematics to Reframe the Discussion, Elizabeth M. Haar
Department: Mathematics; Religious Studies
Cognitive and Neural Markers of Executive Control and Vigilance in OSA-Symptomatic Young Adults, Elissa Halpin
Department: Neuroscience
Intrinsic Memorability of Music: An Investigation of Recall and Recognition in Musicians and Non-Musicians, Jacob K. Hankin
Department: Neuroscience
Towards a Resonant Epistemology: Mediums of Understanding in Relationships between Subjectivities, Olivia J. Hankins
Department: Philosophy
The Financial Impact of Adding or Cutting Athletic Teams on College Financial Sustainability, Elizabeth A. Hardy
Department: Business Economics
Geochemical Characterization of Groundwater from Natural Springs in Northeast Ohio, Chanel ML Harris
Department: Earth Sciences
The Politics of Death: Race, Class, and the Legitimacy of Capital Punishment in America, Samanatha Harris
Department: Philosophy; Political Science
In Search of the Goldilocks Adsorbent: Amine-Functionalization of Swellable Organically Modified Silica (SOMS) to Increase Adsorption of Short-Chain PFAS from Drinking Water, Gianna Hayes
Department: Chemistry
Motherborder: Poetry On/Of Bodies, Gianna Hayes
Department: English
Examining the relationship between Nab2 expression and Tau abundance in a tauopathy model of D. melanogaster, Katie V. Haynes
Department: Neuroscience
Echo: Design and Implementation of an AI-Powered Web & Mobile Mental Health Application Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation, David Jerome Headen Jr.
Department: Computer Science
Restrained Liberation: The Converging Realms of The New Woman, Hannah Höch, and Marxist Feminism in Germany's Weimar Republic, Elizabeth Heatwole
Department: Art and Art History; Political Science
Queer Creativity: Crafting Identity, Building Community, and Imagining Brighter Futures, Sequoia A. Hein Byerly
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Effects of Binge-Drinking on Memory and Attention, Cianán Hensley
Department: Neuroscience
Un-Dressing the Myth: Analyzing Elfriede Jelinek's Radical Reframing of Jackie Kennedy in "Jackie" (2004), Willow X. Hernishin
Department: Communication Studies; German Studies
"There's No Room For Mediocrity": Finding Discussions of Barriers, Resilience, and Community Through a Rhetorical Analysis of Business Media Portrayal of Women in Entrepreneurship, Emma Gale Hetkey
Department: Communication Studies
Validating the Absence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Fluorine Free Firefighting Foams, Sarah A. Hiestand
Department: Chemistry
Retroactive Anxiety in Abortion Outcomes: Exploring the Impact of Psychosocial Burden and Marianismo in Latinas, Ana Hodges
Department: Psychology
Moderating Sustained Attention and Self-Esteem’s Relationship with Perceived Negative Social Perception Using Fidget Devices in ADHD Adults, Kate Agnes Hollister
Department: Psychology
Assessing Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections in Invasive and Native frog species in Jamaica and the Inhibitory Potential of Pseudomonas Bacteria, Gabby V. Hoo
Department: Biology
The Memory of Light: Investigating a Nonlinear Phase Accumulation in the Polarization Transformations of Light, Abigail E. Hovorka
Department: Physics
Stress and Coping Strategies Among Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Providers, Braydon S. Hudson
Department: Psychology
From Invasion to Restoration: Managing Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris Arundiancea) in Wetland Ecosystems, Emma C. Humbert
Department: Environmental Studies
Evaluating the Development Impacts of Climate Finance, Ethan Hunt
Department: Economics
The Evolution of China's National Role Conception and Economic Growth, Nathaniel C. Huxtable
Department: International Relations
Examining the Clinical Interactions of Speech-Language Pathologist in Post-Session Discussions and Its Role in Children's Perceptions of Their Communicative Impairment, Zhane Jackson
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
They Listened - but What Did They Hear? Examining the Clinical Interactions of Speech-Language Pathologists in Post-Session Discussions and Its Role in Children's Perceptions of Their Communicative Impairment, Zhane Jackson
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Investigating the Metal Binding Properties and Bactericidal Activity of Myxinidin: An Exploration of the Role of the ATCUN Binding Site, Neededge N. Jacques
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Investigating the Metal Binding Properties and Bactericidal Activity of Myxinidin: An Exploration of the Role of the ATCUN Binding Site, Neededge N. Jacques
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Assessing the Accumulation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to Determine the Impact of Urban Pollutants on the Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus), Miette H. Jankowski
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Death of a Revolutionary Dream Stories from Nicaragua During the Sandinista Revolution, Kyle Jen Shuler
Department: History
Detecting AI-Generated Text: An Interpretable Multi-Pipeline Analysis Across Stylometric, TF-IDF, and Transformer Representations, Aditi Jha
Department: Computer Science
How Does Performance and Endorsement Affect the Revenue of Professional Golfers, Yuxian Jiang
Department: Business Economics
Enteric Glial-Vascular Interactions in the Murine Intestine across Postnatal Development, Maryam O. Jimoh
Department: Neuroscience
History not ‘Herstory’: How Dead White Men Still Haunt the American Classroom, Lucia B. Johns
Department: Education; History
A Rhetorical Analysis of of Michael Vick's Media Framing Before and After Prison on Dogfighting Charges, Christion Isaiah Johnson
Department: Communication Studies
Don’t Just Lie There: Analyzing the Systemic Roots and Standards of the Lateral Birthing Position, Impacting Mothers’ Health in US and France, Julia Johnson
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Vita, Mary Johnson
Department: Art and Art History
Genuine Interest or Deflection Attempt? An Account of Saudi Arabia's Sportswashing Efforts, Reese D. Johnson
Department: International Relations; Political Science
Inferno Suite: A Senior Independent Study in Music and Computer Science, Theo Jons
Department: Computer Science; Music
Measuring contaminants of emerging concern in the water of the Odaw River (Accra, Ghana) by using HPLC-QTOF-MS, Alexandria D. Jordan
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
How Remote Work Has Changed Office Spaces in the Commercial Real Estate Market: An Analysis of COVID-19 Impacts on Leasing Office Spaces, Austin James Jourde
Department: Business Economics
A Genre Analysis of Deion Sanders’ Social Media Communication Across Black Church, Prosperity Gospel, and Sport Leadership Traditions, Tate Journell
Department: Communication Studies
A Genre Analysis of Deion Sanders’ Social Media Communication Across Black Church, Prosperity Gospel, And Sport Leadership Traditions, Tate Journell
Department: Communication Studies
Protecting Women's Sports or Policing Womanhood?: Ideological Analysis of Riley Gaines's Anti-Transgender Rhetoric, Matthew B. Kaley
Department: Communication Studies
అమ్మానానలు , అవ్వతాతలు: Understanding the Presence and Persistence of the Taboo and Stigma Surrounding infertility in Kurnool, India from Ayurvedic, Homeopathic, and Allopathic Practitioners, Mayukha Kaluva
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Odds of a Good Night’s Sleep: The Statistical Anlaysis of Sleep in Midlife Women, Brandy Kaminta
Department: Mathematics
Optimizing MLB Batting Orders Using a Context-Dependent Monte Carlo Simulation and Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm, Jun Kang
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
Aligned Austerity: Impacts of Political Alignment on Government Expenditure Allocations for International Monetary Fund Program Countries, Greg Kania
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
Stewarding Paradise: Faith, Economics, and the Future of Housing in Hawaiʻi, Ellice J. Kapihe
Department: Business Economics; Religious Studies
The Digital Rainbow is Not Monochrome: An Intersectional Analysis of Inclusivity in Beauty and Fashion Marketing, Tunga K. Karenzi
Department: Global Media and Digital Studies
The Digital Rainbow is Not Monochrome: An Intersectional Analysis of Inclusivity in Beauty and Fashion Marketing, Tunga K. Karenzi
Department: Global Media and Digital Studies
More Than Just a Follow: Parasocial Relationships, Persuasion Processing, and Purchase Intention in Influencer Marketing, Celia Katner
Department: Communication Studies
Integration of Spatial Transcriptomic Mouse Brain Atlases to Characterize Interneurons in the Hippocampus, Natalie Katzenmeyer
Department: Neuroscience
Stay Positive: Outlooks, Perceptions, and Dimensions of Artificial Intelligence Integration with B2B Construction Equipment Salespeople, Derek E. Keller
Department: Interdepartmental
My Gain, Your Loss: The Effects of Social Anxiety and Decision Perspective on Risk Preferences in Framed Decision-Making, Ashlei M. Kelley
Department: Psychology
Antidepressant Pollution in Freshwater Organisms: Impacts of Fluoxetine on Betta Fish Feeding Behavior and Aggressive Behavior, Lane M. Kellogg
Department: Biology
Cascading Failures, Course Reversals, and Closures: An Analysis of the Federal Republic of Germany’s Post-Disaster Nuclear Energy Policy and News Coverage of Nuclear Energy, Ian J. Kelly
Department: German Studies; Political Science
Winning in the Trenches: Constructing a Wins-Equivalent Framework to Evaluate NFL Offensive Line Performance, Michael B. Kennedy
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
Facing Fears, Guiding Students: Reading Poetry Written by Women of Color to Practice Belonging and Community-Building in an Adolescent Classroom, Libby F. Kiker
Department: English
Market Entry in the Golf Equipment Industry: An Analysis of Incumbent Competitive Responses, Parth Kirloskar
Department: Economics
The Relation Between Sports Performance Anxiety and Perceived Athletic Performance Within a Competition, Amelia Knaysi
Department: Psychology
Tracing Silent Contamination and Evident Injustices Through Chlordécone Toxicity Effects and CYP1A Enzyme Levels in Tropiques Toxiques and Redside dace (Clinostomus elongatus), Heather R. Knowlton
Department: Biology; French and Francophone Studies
The Impact of Player Performance on NBA Salaries, Harry Kipchirchir Koech
Department: Economics
“À la fois plurielle et singulière” : Franco-Antillean and Créole Identity Negotiation in the Context of French Assimilation, Katie Koeppl
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
Yoga and the Improvement of Manual Dexterity in Individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Rye J. Kral
Department: Neuroscience
NIL Deals to University Appeal: The Impacts of Name, Image, and Likeness on Student Applications, Ryan H. Kramer
Department: Business Economics
Exploring the Effectiveness of Voluntary Business Associations at Promoting Economic Growth, Nathan E. Krieg
Department: Economics
Calculated Risk: A Game-Theoretic and Probabilistic Analysis of Texas Hold 'em Poker, Christian A. Kring
Department: Mathematics
The Production Effect on Memory is Located at Memory Encoding and Memory Retrieval: An ERP Study, Alexis A. Kulin
Department: Neuroscience
To Be Gen Z: Examining the Cultural and Psychological Impacts of a Digitized World Through Painting, Eli Mitchell Kuzma
Department: Art and Art History
Rational Minds Under Pressure: Time Constraints and Intellectual Humility, William Laubacher
Department: Philosophy; Psychology