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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2020
A Change in the Broadcasting Structure of Major League Baseball: An Empirical Analysis on the Determinants that affect Television Revenue, Daniel John Harwood
Department: Business Economics
Vertical Integration for Innovation: Understanding Startup Acquisitions from Organizational Economic, Resource-Based and Strategic Perspectives, Connor W. Hawkins
Department: Business Economics
The Hormonal and Behavioral Effects of Acute Nutritional Stress on Female Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata), Dakota Shaw Hayes
Department: Biology
Explaining the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: An Analysis of Farmers' Land Tenure Security in Rural Ghana., Efua Hayford
Department: Economics
“Big Time” College Sports: Amateurism, Exploitation, and Predicting Attitudes Regarding Student-Athlete Compensation, Malik Jordan Hearst
Department: Philosophy; Psychology
Progress in Characterizing a Novel Root Exudate: Differential gene expression of Bacillus niacini DSM 2993 in Response to Nicotinic Acid through RNA-seq, Noah S. Helton
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Examining the Effects of Observational Learning Versus Coaching/Feedback on a Basketball Free Throw Shot, Danyon M.R. Hempy
Department: Psychology
Effect of Vocal Sex Ratios and Sex on The Judgement of Sex Ambiguous Morphed Faces, Carlos Hernandez
Department: Psychology; Spanish
La Libertad y Sus Acontecimientos: Un Enfoque En el Existencialismo y el Uso de la Libertad Dentro de Artefactos Culturales, Carlos A. Hernandez
Department: Psychology; Spanish
Slender Waists and Coral Lips: An Examination of Gender Construction in Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty Fairy Tales, Isadora M. Hetrick
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Hidden Curriculum: Understanding the Impact of Emotional Labor on Elementary School Teachers’ Self Identities, Stephanie Hilton
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Delete Your Account: A Methodological Investigation of Leadership Trait Analysis and Its Ability to Utilize Twitter as Spontaneous Material, Jimmy Hinton
Department: Political Science
Identifying Host Processes Targeted by Phytophthora sojae Effector Protein PsAvh172 Using Synthetic Lethality, Hannah Hirsch
Department: Biology
Boy Meets War: A Critical and Creative Analysis of Civilian Masculinities in Britain During the Second World War, Savanna Hitlan
Department: History
1997 Korean Currency Crisis: Its Causes, Resolution and Social Impacts, Pyeongan Hong
Department: Global and International Studies
Identification of the Photoproducts of UVB Irradiated Warfarin in an Aqueous Environment, Rebecca N. Hopkins
Department: Chemistry
I Got Rhythm How 'Bout You?: An Investigation of the Impact of Rhythm on Word Retrieval, Christian Howard-Smith
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Neuroscience
The Role of Dissosteira Carolina (Band-Winged) Grasshopper Visual Acuity in Communicative Signaling During Courtship, Vienna Leigh Howard
Department: Biology
The Effects of Environmental Enrichment and Antioxidant Supplementation on an Alzheimer’s Disease Rodent Model, Alison Hsu
Department: Neuroscience
Beat Box: The Application of MIDI & and Game Design in Hip-Hop Education, Brodie Collen Hufnagel
Department: Computer Science
Songs, Storytellers, and Science: An Examination of Long-Distance Interaction in the Cook Islands, Cyrus Hulen
Department: Archaeology
Has Fama’s Efficient Market Hypothesis been Proven False Due to High Frequency Traders?, Nicholas Hull
Department: Business Economics
Computer Vision Gesture Recognition for Rock Paper Scissors, Nicholas Hunter
Department: Computer Science
Exploring Peptidoglycan Synthesis: Assessing the Viability of NagZ as a Potential Tool for Obtaining Lipid I, Robert Hunt
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Computational Analysis of PsAvh172 Data to Investigate the Targets of Phytophthora sojae in Soybean Host A Hierarchical Clustering Evaluation of Yeast RNA-Seq Data, Vi Huynh
Department: Mathematics; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A Theory of Fire Service Provision: With an empirical analysis of response time, suppression time, and service output, Hyong-gu Hwang
Department: Economics; Mathematics
The Deterioation of Public Opinion in the Vietnam and Iraq War, Tyler Iversen
Department: Political Science; History
The Clone Saga: Testing Whether A WT-Clone Of Maize Chlorotic Dwarf Virus (MCDV) Can Be Transmitted By Graminella Nigrifrons, Evan X. Jackson
Department: Biology
Ecologically relevant cooling early in life does not affect expression of neophobia in zebra finch chicks (Taeniopygia guttatta), Anna James
Department: Biology
“All Bodies Are Good Bodies”: How Anti-Diet Culture Activists Use Instagram to Challenge Diet Culture Norms, Miranda James
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Investigating the Effects of Chronic Corticosterone Exposure During the Weanling Phase of Rattus Norvegicus on Adult Learning and Memory Function, Dina Jamshidi
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
Managing Inventory: A Study of Databases and Database Management Systems, Jemal M. Jemal
Department: Computer Science
Podcasting into the Future: A Survey of Political Knowledge and the Effects of Consistent Podcast Use, Evan C. Jenkins
Department: Political Science
The Symbolist Inheritance of the Celtic Revival (1880-1930): Female Illustrators and Printmakers as Codifying Agents of Irish Visual Expression, Claire M. Jennings
Department: Art and Art History
Yijing and Its Mathematical Thinkings, Yifan Jiang
Department: History; Mathematics
Contested Commemoration: The Relationship Between Politics and the Memorialization of the Second World War in Polish Literature, Cinema, and Museums (1945-Present), Alexandria Joyner
Department: History
Phase Memory of Photos, William C. Julius
Department: Physics
The Power of a Story: The Impact of Bibliotherapy on Children's Perceptions of Peers with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Nell L. Kacmarek
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Education
The Continuation of Violence: Analyzing the Retraumatization of Incarcerated Survivors of Domestic Violence and Evaluating the Potential of a “Trauma-Informed” Prison Model, Eliana Kahn
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Radical World of Aerosols: Heterogeneous Oxidation of Hydrocarbons by Hydroxyl Radicals using Infrared Spectroscopy, Ethan Kahrl
Department: Chemistry
Flipping Out: The Influence of the Flipped Classroom on the Student-Teacher Relationship, Connor Kalish
Department: Communication Studies
Synthesis of Methyl oxirane-2-carboxylate from Acrylic acid for Subsequent Copolymerization of Plant-derived Epoxide Monomers, Minjoo Kang
Department: Chemistry
Understanding the transcriptional control of a late expressing gene (BV1) of mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV), Sung Won Kang
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Effect of Occupation Human Capital Requirements on Employment and Compensation, Alexander R. Kania
Department: Business Economics
Investigating Changes in Protein Ubiquitylation following Sleep Deprivation in Drosophila melanogaster, Koral Kasnyik
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Background Matching in Dissosteira carolina: Color Morph and Background Advantage Analyzed Through Humans Modeling Avian Predators, Kamba F. Kayoka
Department: Biology
Britain First: The British Union of Fascists’ Peace Campaign, 1932-1940, Cormac Kelly
Department: History
Crossing Boundaries in Vocal Repertoire, Morgan P. Kelly
Department: Music
Power in the hands of Queens: An analysis of Egyptian queenship through museum representation, Caitlin Kerzan
Department: Classical Studies
Scanning and Spending: Examining the Impact of Mobile Payment Penetration on the Saving Rate in Contemporary China, Yuxuan Ke
Department: Business Economics; East Asian Studies
The Effect of Familiarity on Face Processing of the Other-Race Classification Advantage, Nashmia Khan
Department: Neuroscience
What are My Rites?: Exploring Tahara as a Ritual Process in Judaism, Kaitlyn Khayat
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Religious Studies
Bell Bottoms and Base Sharing: What the 1970s Tax Base Sharing Program Sought to Teach About Leveling Metropolitan Fiscal Inequality, Heather Knotek-Black
Department: Urban Studies
An Investigation of How Speech-Language Pathologists Address the Socioemotional Experience and Educate Peers with Typical Development about Communication Disorders in School-Aged Children, Taryn KD Kohlman
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
The Effects of Enrichment on Anxiety-like Behavior and Spatial Learning Memory in Relation to Restraint Stress, Juyoung Ko
Department: Psychology
Nascent Archaeology: The Reception of Classical Antiquity During the Renaissance, Lauren Ashley Kozlowski
Department: Art and Art History; Archaeology
Do Cheaters Prosper? Examining How Organizations Use Sports Cheating to Achieve Institutional Advancement, Cullen Kuhn
Department: History
Sourcing Groundwater Contamination From Possible Mine Drainage in Navarre, Ohio Using MODFLOW, Alexis Lanier
Department: Geology
Repairing a Nation: A visual exploration into the American debate on reparations, Desi Jeseve LaPoole
Department: Interdepartmental
Modeling Community Resource Management: an Agent-Based Approach, Maya M. Lapp
Department: Mathematics
The Effect of Critic Score on the Market Price of Mendocinean Malbec in the U.S., Jacob Lautman
Department: Business Economics
Cobalt Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Terminal Alkenes for Synthesis of Bis(trimethoxysilylethyl)benzene, Elijah Learn
Department: Chemistry
Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Responsiveness Following Unpredictable Food Availability in Male Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia Guttata), Seung Yeon Lee
Department: Biology
A Cognitivist Conclusion in Metaethics: The Value of a Realist Notion of Ethics in Fighting Injustice, Henry C. Lehmann
Department: Philosophy
Make Some Noize: Rap as a Form of Political Protest in Russia, Daphne Letherer
Department: Global and International Studies; Russian Studies
Brick-red Bug-eyed Frog Theloderma lateriticum: Tadpole Morphology, Adult Vocalizations, and Genus-level Nuclear Phylogeny, Todd Le
Department: Biology
Money Rules Politics, but do Voters Care? Moral Foundations, Corporate PAC Donations, and Candidate Trait Evaluations, Nathan Levesque
Department: Political Science
Optimization of a Hybrid Clean Energy System, Jacob I. Lewis
Department: Mathematics
Job Market Signaling of Conspicuous Consumption, Muyao Li
Department: Business Economics; Psychology
Write It Slant: Queerness and Form in The Argonauts and Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through, Eleanor Linafelt
Department: English; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Exploration of Cultural Identity Among Chinese Avant-Garde Artists: An Analysis of Xu Bing, Gu Wenda, and Huang Yongping, Qingyue Li
Department: Art and Art History
Exploring the Three-Dimensional Structure of Calix[4]arene-capped Azobenzenes Using VT-NMR, NOESY, and Computational Methods, Chloe A. Litts
Department: Chemistry
Effect of Heavy Metal Ions on the Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange with Various WO3 as the Photocatalysts, Yumeng Li
Department: Chemistry
Calculators in the High School Classroom: Anxiety Levels and Attitudes Towards Mathematics, Kendall Lloyd
Department: Mathematics; Education
More Than Just a Feeling: Examination of Haptic Discrimination, Courtney Lockhart
Department: Psychology
How Do Mothers Influence the Gut Microbiomes of Their Infants?, Kathleen Loftus
Department: Biology
Indigenous Adoption Rhetoric: Neo-colonialist Practices In Adoption Advertisements In Canada And The US, Isaiah Bemidji Logan
Department: Communication Studies
The Scars and the Moon: Theatrical Monologues Telling LGBTQIA+ Stories, Casey Lohman
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Oratory Analysis of Salamander Abundance and Body Condition in Early Successional, Mature, and Old Growth Forests, Sally Lorbach
Department: Biology
Not Just a Worry Wart: The Effects of Anxiety in Early Childhood and the Role of Teacher Intervention on Social Development, Zoe Luksa
Department: Psychology
Fall of the Two-Legged Stool: Neoliberalism's Toppling of the International Labor Organization, Ciaran Lyons
Department: Political Science
Swimming into Climate Change: The Impact ofFreshwater Acidification on Betta Splendens, Kathlyn MacDonald
Department: Biology
An Exploration of Changes and the Effectiveness of Gendered Marketing in Young Adult Novels, Olivia Maher
Department: Economics; English
Organic Synthesis of Potential Small-Molecule Inhibitors for MurG: A Research Tool for Investigating Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Bacteria, Matthew J. Mahoney-White
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Framing White Supremacy: The Creation of Collective Identity Over YouTube, Henry A. Mai
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Durkheim’s Day in Court: A Sociological Analysis of Supreme Court Cases Concerning Conditions of Confinement Under the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause, Elizabeth Main
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Are Votes for Sale? an Examination of the Influence of Financial Support From the Health Care Industry and Related Interest Groups on Congressional Voting Behavior, Edward F. Manoli
Department: Political Science
How Parenting Styles Affect Children's Social and Emotional Skills, Gabrielle Anna Marlowe
Department: Psychology
Life, Spilled, Gianmarco A. Martignetti
Department: English
Thermodynamic Evaluation of the Relationship Between Hydrogen-π Bonding Interactions and Solvent Polarity in an N-methylacetamide and Benzene system, Nedas Matulionis
Department: Chemistry
International Trade, The United States, and East Asia: How Foreign Governments Seek to Influence Domestic Politics in International Negotiation, J. Mathew Mayes
Department: Political Science
Cheap Thrills and Moral Guidance: The Limitations of Subversive Themes in Mid-Nineteenth Century Urban Literature Centered on New York City, Victoria McCaslin
Department: English; History
Almost Heaven: An Aubade to Identity in Central Appalachian Memoir, Emilee McCubbins
Department: English
Active Site Variants of Yeast Thioredoxin 2: An Analysis of Biological Function, Enzymatic Activity, and Redox Partner Interactions, Stephen W. McGarry
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
What a Mouthful! Geographic Tongue as a Reaction-Diffusion System, Margaret K. McGuire
Department: Mathematics
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: The Relationship between Peer Influence, Motivation, and Identity in Collegiate Student-Athletes, Grady Michael McHugh
Department: Communication Studies
Does This Grant Them Agency? An Analysis of the Female Athlete as Portrayed in ESPN's Body Issue, Aubri McKoy
Department: Communication Studies
An Overview of the Playing Sappho Project, Conclusions and Findings, Mary G. McLoughlin
Department: Classical Studies; History
Arguing Over America's Best Idea: Examining the Congressional Partisan Divide with Regards to Public Lands Policy, Anna Medema
Department: Political Science
The Effects of Melatonin on the Glymphatic System in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model, Eleni Miliotou
Department: Neuroscience