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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2018
How to Move Mountains: An Examination of the U.S. Political Response to the Aids Crisis, Jane Connard
Department: Political Science
Wine, Women, and Woodcuts: the Maintenance of the Isolated Landsknechte Marginalized Society in Sixteenth-Century Germany, as Shown through the Dissemination of Military Genre Prints, Kathryn Connors
Department: History; Art and Art History
Encrusting Sclerobiont Paleoecology and Bioerosion Of Oysters in the Type Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Southwestern France, Macy A. Conrad
Department: Geology
Lo Bueno Y Lo Malo: A Critical Analysis of Mexican-American Machismo, Alondra Correa
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Climate change and GLOFs: A Multi-Locational Meta-Analysis on the Peak Discharge and Flood Volume of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods, Michael N. Craigmile
Department: Geology
The Make or Buy Decision Across Borders: A Transaction Cost Economics Approach to Vertical Integration, Aidan Crowe
Department: Economics
Employing a System of Pressure Sensors to Characterize Avalanche Dynamics on a Conical Bead Pile, Gabriel Dale-Gau
Department: Physics
The Influence of Positive and Negative Context Images on the Other Race Effect, Samantha M. Davis
Department: Neuroscience
“Everybody Worships”: Religious and Para-Religious Presences and Interactions in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, Nan Denette
Department: Religious Studies; English
The Man Behind "Corduroy": The Life and Art of Don Freeman, Ellie R. DePastino
Department: History
“College Is Over, What Now?”: An Analysis of the Returns to Human Capital Investment for Post-College Levels of Educational Attainment, with an Emphasis on Immigrants with U.S. Schooling, Soham Desai
Department: Business Economics
Inhbitory Effects of Phytophthora sojae RXLR Effectors on MAPK Signaling in Yeast, Thomas DiFilippo
Department: Biology
In the Eye of the Consumer: A Sociocultural Analysis on Food Choice, Pagona N. Duda
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Good Life: An Analysis of Buddhist, Epicurean, and Ascetic Perspectives, Christopher Dukich
Department: Philosophy
#quitbullyingme: Teachers’ and Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of the Academic, Social, and Emotional Impact of Cyberbullying on Individuals Who Stutter, Claire Dunwoodie
Department: Communication Studies
“You like Me, Aren’t We Friends?”: Exploring the Relationship Between Resource Control Strategies and Friendship, Martinique Eaddie
Department: Psychology
Past Determines Future: The Effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Individuals’
Adherence & Compliance and its Variance Amongst Athletic Identity, Chevy Echols
Department: Psychology
Using A Boolean Model to Identify Requirements for Successful Yamanaka Reprogramming, Campbell Elliott
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Role of Traditional and Western Healing Practices on the Well-being of Diné People, Sierra Elrod
Department: Psychology
The Role of Children in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Paintings: Social Distinction and National Identity, Helena Enders
Department: Art and Art History
Elucidating the Physiological Role of a Putative Arginine Kinase in Myxococcus xanthus Utilizing Homologous Recombinants, Zachary J. Engfer
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Illuminate: Nightlight Lamp & Lantern Series, Kari Everson
Department: Art and Art History
The Enigma of the Twelve Handmaidens: an Analysis of Book 22 of Homer’s Odyssey, Theodora Evinger
Department: Classical Studies
An Evolutionary Myx-up: Characterization of Bacterial Arginine Kinases in Species from the Order Myxococcales, Lindsay J. Fannin
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
« Il faut que la terre soit honorée » : La division de responsabilité gouvernementale, culturelle, et publique contre le réchauffement climatique, Katie Farr
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Institutional Ownership and Corporate Performance: An Empirical Analysis of America's Publicly-Held Firms, Eric Fenton
Department: Economics
Being Sixty: Aging, Agency, and Personal Narrative in Simone de Beauvoir's La Vieillesse and Doris Lessing's The Diary of a Good Neighbour, Ashley R. Ferguson
Department: English; French and Francophone Studies
Niacini, Now You Don’t: The Catabolism of Nicotinic Acid and Nicotine and the Role of a Putative Monooxygenase Enzyme in Bacillus niacini, Sydney R. Fine
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Speaker of Words: A Linguistic Examination of Science Fiction, Invented Language, and Society, Sierra Fletcher
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Effects of nab2 on Phosphorylated Tau Protein Accumulation in Drosophila Melanogaster, Jacob A. Fling
Department: Biology
The Role of Travel Memoir in the Production of Orientalist on Japan, Christopher Fried
Department: English
Potatoes and Pathogens: The Creation of a Functional Plant Vector Using Effector Genes from Pathogenic Oomycete Phytophthora Infestans, Cameron Friedman
Department: Biology
An Analysis of Filmic Adaptations of The Brothers Grimm Tale “Schneewittchen” in Postwar Germany, Brigitte K. Galauner
Department: Communication Studies; German Studies
The Opportunity to Succeed: An Analysis of First-Generation, Latinx College Student Aspirations, Family Expectations, and Definitions of Success, Nancy Garzon
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
You've Got a Friend in Me: The Effects of LGBTQIA+ Legislators on Same-Sex Partnership Rights in Latin America, Danica Genners
Department: Political Science
Reclaiming Self-Love: Philosophy of Moral Worth, Colleen E. Gilfether
Department: Philosophy
Brooklyn: A Toxic Tour. Using a Five-Part Environmental Inspection to Advocate for Environmental Justice, Jack Gilio
Department: Communication Studies
The First But Hopefully Not the Last: How The Last Of Us Redefines the Survival Horror Video Game Genre, Joseph T. Gonzales
Department: Communication Studies
A Theoretical & Empirical Analysis of the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Corporate Leverage, Nathaniel Goodin
Department: Business Economics
Production, Function, and Conservation of Ancient Roman Mosaics and their Display in Museums in the United States, Arabella Goodrich
Department: Archaeology
Mass Melanin Movement: Black Women's Perceptions of Body Images and Beauty Ideals Through Analysis of Reality Television, Meonyez Goodwin
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
What's Taking So Long? The Timeline it Takes for the United Nations to Become Involved in State Sanctioned Violence, Alexandria Gordon
Department: Political Science
An Empirical Analysis of the Predictive Power of Interest Rate Spreads in the Policy Normalization Period, Kevin H. Gould
Department: Business Economics
Adsorption of Biomolecules by Porous Organosilica, Amy L. Graham
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Silent but Deadly: An Economic Approach to Reducing the Negative Externalities of the Beef Industry to the Environment, Ethan Greene
Department: Business Economics
Analyzing the Effects of Bacteriophage Therapy Against Pseudomonas on Lettuce Leaves as a Means to Prevent Overuse of Antibiotics, Cheyenne Gregg
Department: Biology
“KASH” Me Outside, How ‘Bout That: Using the LGB-KASH Scale and SDO to Measure Attitudes Toward the LGBTQ+ Community in the United States and Outside in France, Virginia Grohol
Department: Psychology
Drone Brood Removal: A Bee-Utiful Form of Varroa Control and Source of Edible Insect Protein, Bridget A. Gross
Department: Environmental Studies
Citizens in Name Only: Civil and Human Rights of Algerians in France, 1958–1961, Shelley Grostefon
Department: History; French and Francophone Studies
Comparing Glass Frog (Centrolenidae) Diversity in Primary and Secondary Forests in Costa Rica, Christopher W. Gumpper
Department: Biology
Comedic Personal Narrative and the Self Awareness of Vice: Rethinking Virtue, Amy Hagedorn
Department: Philosophy
Analyzing and Solving the Nurse Scheduling Problem, Nicholas Hagopian-Zirkel
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Folktales From Origin Valley, Elen-Kalliopi Halimou
Department: English; Philosophy
A Look at the “Goodfellas”: A Rhetorical Analysis on the Vindicator and How They Depict the Youngstown Italian Mafia, Alec Hammond
Department: Communication Studies
Investigating the Influence of Nab2 on CaMKII Expression in Drosophila Melanogaster, Camille Hanes
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
A History of Displacement: Gentrification and Black Activism in Portland, Oregon, Ryan Harms
Department: History
Does Law Affect Morality? An in Depth Analysis of the Effects of Injustice on Morality, Jaelan R.O. Harney
Department: Philosophy
Investigating the Impact of Invasive Plant Species on Native Plethodontid Salamander Populations, Haley M. Hartman
Department: Biology
Children of the Empire, Jack Healy
Department: English
Investigation of Carminic Acid Photodegradation: Separation, Analysis, and Characterization of Photoproducts, Margaret F. Heller
Department: Chemistry
Preferred Asset Allocation of the Individual Investor Concerning ESG Scores, Thomas D. Helsel
Department: Business Economics
Attacking the Curve: A Study on the Effect of Concavity on Aerodynamic Forces Associated with High Speed Automobiles, Collin Hendershot
Department: Physics
Writing the Carceral Divide: Representations of Imprisonment in American Culture, Timothy Herring
Department: English
Cyber Warfare: A Study of Threat and Cooperation, John Hessler
Department: Political Science
I've Been in the Storm So Long: African American History and the Journey Toward Equality Through the Lens of the DuSable Museum of African American History, Grace N. Hodges
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Comparing the Expression of the Phosphodiesterase Pde1c between Drosophila melanogaster Mutants, Rebecca Hotz
Department: Neuroscience
The Gender Differences in the Perception of Bullying in College of Wooster Students, Sessi Houessou-Adin
Department: Psychology
Relationships Between Substance Abuse, Emotional Intelligence, Impulsivity, and Social Support: An Examination of Factors Relating to Addiction, Grant P. Hudson
Department: Psychology
Masculinity (De)construction and Policing: A Comparative Study of Representation, Policies, and Legitimacy, Sarah Huffman
Department: Political Science
The Double Burden: An Examination of the Political and Social Violence Experienced by Black Activists Participating in Nonviolent Protest During the Modern Civil Rights Era, Desmond Hughes
Department: History
“His Blood Is Different… Even Though He’s Not Bad, His Ethnicity Is Bad” the Impact of Cultural Policies and Negative Rhetoric on the Severity of an Ethnic Conflict, Jinhee Huh
Department: Political Science
An Analysis of Caddisfly Larval Cases from Bioherms in the Upper Green River Formation, White Hill Cuesta, Ephraim, Utah, Peter B. Hurst
Department: Geology
Religion, Animals and Healing: Viewing the Horse through Islam, Christianity, and Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, Emily Huxtable
Department: Religious Studies
Perceived Deprivation and its Role in the Decisions of Former Obama Supporters During the United States Presidential Election of 2016, Jack Hyman
Department: Political Science
Adoption Across Cultures: A Comparative Analysis of Adoption Attitudes between the United States and Honduras, Sidney A. Irias
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Americanized Chinese Dishes as Heritage Food and Bridging Identities, Megu Itoh
Department: Chinese Studies; Communication Studies
The Lord of Summer, Bird Jackson
Department: English
Sports Analytics With Computer Vision, Colby T. Jeffries
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Dispatches from the Fly Killer: A mathematical model that studies the correlation between sleep fragmentation and longevity in Drosophila melanogaster, Vedica Jha
Department: Biology; Mathematics
River Development and Incision on Dominica, West Indies, Cole Jimerson
Department: Geology
The Effect of Vitamin D on Sprague-Dawley Rats Muscle Performance During Training, Patrick Johnson
Department: Biology
A Bleak Hope For My Father: An Analysis of the Need For More Funding Earmarked towards Reentry Programs for African American Males, Derrius R. Jones
Department: Africana Studies
Zero to Hero: Elite Burials and Hero Cults in Early Iron Age Greece and Cyprus, Alina M. Karapandzich
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies
Survival and Abundance of Glass Frog (Centrolenidae) Embryos in Primary and Secondary Forests in Costa Rica, Mackenzie Nicole Kellar
Department: Biology
Investigating Soybean Resistance Mechanisms to Phytophthora Sojae Through the Plant Hormone Auxin, Tara Keller
Department: Biology
Should You Lyse Your Neighbors’ Houses? This Model Says ‘No’ an in Silico Examination of the Interactions Between Bacterial and Viral Populations in the Presence of the Arbitrium System for Viral Communications, Brendan Kelley-Bukovac
Department: Biology
Examining Relationships Between Personality and Inexperienced Imagery Ability Among Athletes and Non-Athletes, Jamie C. Kenyon
Department: Psychology
Chasing the Light: Determining a Consistent Method of Device Fabrication for Single-Layered Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Austinjit S. Khara
Department: Chemistry
Go to Sleep: A Comparison Between Spontaneous-Hypertensive Rodents and Sprague-Dawley Rodents' Performances in a Spontaneous Alternation Task after Short-Term Sleep Deprivation, Jordan Kindinger
Department: Neuroscience
Gender Performance and Policy Issue Focus on U.S. Senate Campaign Websites, 2010-2016, Kiley Kinnard
Department: Political Science; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Biased or Unbiased?: Perceptions of Information Provided by Professionals to Parents Regarding Communication Options for Their Child Who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Hannah G. Kiser
Department: Communication Studies
Understanding Gene Expression Alterations Following Sleep Deprivation, Ksenia J. Klue
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Save the Forest (Dependent Communities): An Analysis of Potential Factors That Help Explain the Inclusion of Forest-Dependent Communities in Redd+ Readiness, Maite A. Knorr-Evans
Department: Global and International Studies
A Sound of Drum and Bass: Hip Hop as Identity and Means to Ethical Growth through Aesthetic Value, Justin Konyn
Department: Philosophy
Unfair Journalism: An Investigation into Stereotypes That Emerged from Recent College Sports Scandals and Surrounding Media Accounts, Sam Kuhn
Department: English
Blue Genes: A Comparative Genetic Analysis of Steel Blue, Royal Blue, and Turquoise Betta Splendens, Margaret Kuk
Department: Biology
"Are We Not Peasants too?": Investigating the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity in Rural India, Maansi Kumar
Department: Economics
The Effects of Low-Molecular-Weight Organic Ligands on Gallium and Aluminum Mineral Weathering and Soil Sorption, Benjamin W. Kumpf
Department: Geology
Resilience in STEM Students: An Analysis of the Demographic, Intrapersonal, and Interpersonal Predictors of Resilience, Catherine B. Kuzmishin
Department: Psychology
The Behavioral and Genetic Effects of Repeated Exposure to the Anesthetic Tricaine (MS-222) on Learning and Memory in Betta splendens, Christina Labib
Department: Biology; Neuroscience