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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2018
An Investigation into the Recent Surge of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Healthcare Industry, Tyler LaCroix
Department: Business Economics
What's Behind the Mask? A Qualitative Study of How Male Makeup Vloggers Perform Alternative Identities, Nicole LaPerna
Department: Communication Studies
Evaluation of Organosilica Sorbent Media as an Adsorbent for the Removal of Perfluoroalkyl Substances from Contaminated Groundwater, Michaela Lawrence
Department: Chemistry
The Effects of Objectification on Varsity Athletes: A Comparison of Its Consequences in Sports with Revealing and Non-Revealing Uniforms, Maggie C. Layde
Department: Psychology
The Role of Stress on Executive Functioning: Mediating Effects of Brief Mindfulness Meditation, Georgina M. Legierski
Department: Psychology
Manipulating Diversity: A Rhetorical Analysis of Annalise Keating’s Intersectional Portrayal of Race and Sexuality on the Primetime Television Show How to Get Away with Murder, Melany Le
Department: Communication Studies
Selection on Phenological Traits Changes over the Flowering Season in a Self-Incompatible Annual: Implications for the Formation of Adaptive Temporal Clines, Laura C. Leventhal
Department: Biology
Community vs. Capital: How the Ideals of Community Caused Religion to be the Driving Force in the Attempt to Save Youngstown’s Steel Industry, Jason C. Lillie
Department: History
Making Room for Refugees: Understanding Trends and Valuable Criteria in the Humanization of Refugees through the Analysis of Multimedia, and Oral History, Heather C. Lockhart-Neff
Department: Global and International Studies
“Discourse Begins in a Book Club”: An Analysis of Online Book Club Literary Discussion of Race and Gender in The Handmaid’s Tale and The Underground Railroad, Catherine Lockwood
Department: English; Sociology and Anthropology
“Do You Even Lift?”: An Ethnographic Study of the Relationship Between the Gym Culture at the College of Wooster and an Individual’s Construction of His Masculine Identity, Andrew Long
Department: Communication Studies
It's Ground Breaking: Development of Soil Insertion Passive Sampler for Chemically Informed Crop Management, Katherine J. Longo
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Neurological Effects of Loving Kindness Meditation on Social Connection and Racial Bias, Colleen M. Lopez
Department: Neuroscience
The Role of Neighborhood Stigma in Urban Inequality, Kathryn Lucero
Department: Urban Studies
Dam It: Grand Coulee Dam, Electricity, and the Making of the Modern Pacific Northwest, Stephen Lumetta
Department: History
Stratigraphy and the Origin of Silica at Gal Hill, Green River Formation, Sanpete County, Utah: A Petrographic and Geochemical Study, Eduardo Luna
Department: Geology
Investigating the Role of Phytophthora sojae Effector Protein PsAvr3c in the Endoplasmic Reticulum UPR Defense Pathway, Katherine Lyden
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A Rumination on Identity Politics with Durkheim and Rousseau, Austin Maffei
Department: Political Science; Sociology and Anthropology
Fractals and Fractal Time Series, Sonia Malik
Department: Mathematics
Learning to Work: The Success of English Acquisition in Education vs. the Tourism Industry in the Cloud Forest of Ecuador, Katie Mandych
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Responsibility of For-profit Corporations: A Dilemma in Ethics and Rationality, Kayleigh Marks
Department: Philosophy
Intimidation or Emasculation? A Critical Analysis of the Representation of Masculinity in American Theatre, George L. Marn
Department: Music; Theatre and Dance
The Relevance of Brick and Mortar Retail in the Age of E-Commerce, John Marousek
Department: Business Economics
More Than a Club: An Analysis of Black Women’s Identity, Networks, and Social Mobility in Black Greek-letter Organizations, Clarke Martin
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Impact Message Framing and Construal Level Have on Health Decisions, Taylor Mathews
Department: Psychology
Algorithmic Music Composition, Thomas Matlak
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Putting Socks on an Octopus: The Nature of United States Military Medicine During the Vietnam War, Kimiko McBryde
Department: History
Are the Frogs Still Croaking? Surveying for Blanchard’s Cricket Frog (Acris Blanchardi) in Northwest Ohio and Assessing Mechanisms of Decline, John McCall
Department: Biology
Help! She’s Fallen and She Can’t Get Up!: Pre-Raphaelite Depictions of the Fallen Woman and the Consequences She Faces, Specifically in the Works of William Holman Hunt, Lander McCarthy
Department: Art and Art History
She Shoots, She Scores: Creating a Mathematical Model to Predict Expected Shot Value in Women's NCAA Division III Basketball, Paige McKean
Department: Mathematics
A Visual Investigation of Criticality: Avalanche Classification on a Conical Bead Pile, Kyle McNickle
Department: Physics
An Examination of the Relationship between Perceptions of Campus Climate and Academic Competence, Cheyenne McQueen
Department: Psychology
Predictability of Arctic Sea Ice 1800-2013, Christopher Menolasino
Department: Geology
Deconstructing Aloha: Confronting and Combatting Clichés of Hawai'i and its Native Culture through a Devised Performance, Vincent Meredith
Department: Theatre and Dance
Modified Propagation of Anomalous Belousov-Zhabotinsky Waves in a Quasi-1D System, Jack S. Mershon
Department: Physics
Caste Discrimination in the Indian Labor Market: Examining the Regional Differences in the Effect of Caste Affiliation on Wage Inequality in India’s Labor Market, Komal Mesvani
Department: Global and International Studies
Fin Morphology and Role of zic1/zic4 in Betta splendens, an Assessment of Veiltail and Doubletail Morphologies, Luke J. Mierzejewski
Department: Biology
Residential Choice as a Prisoner's Dilemma: How Segregation Preferences Lead to Suboptimal Societal Outcomes, Jeremy Miller
Department: Economics
Reaganomics: Issue Ownership and Retrospective Voting, Patrick T. Mohorcic
Department: Political Science
Walden, Wilderness, and Wrenches: The Radical Environmentalism of Henry David Thoreau and Edward Abbey, Alex Moore
Department: English; Philosophy
Going Down the Yellow Cake Road: Populists Effect on Democracies Propensity to Develop Nuclear Weapons, Nathaniel Moore
Department: Political Science
Local Analogues: Comparing a 12-inch Telescope to the Hubble, Nathaniel Moore
Department: Physics
Historic Blocs and Legitimacy: A Framework for Understanding Hegemonic Stability, Robert Mueller
Department: Political Science
Betta Understanding: Characterization and Sequencing of Genes Putatively Responsible for Red Phenotypic Variation in Betta splendens, Maria Mullin
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Athletes' Influence and Evolution in Social Movements in America, Gary Muntean
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Wait, Did a Woman Just Use Force? The Influence of Female Legislative Coalitions on Humanitarian Military Interventions, Danielle Vlahos Muster
Department: Political Science
A Behavioral Approach To CAPM, Ethan Myers
Department: Mathematics; Business Economics
Elucidating the Mechanism of 6-Hydroxynicotinate 3-Monooxygenase, an Enzyme Involved in the Aerobic Degradation of Nicotinate, Kent Nakamoto
Department: Chemistry
Characterization of a Putative TplE Protein in Pseudomonas chlororaphis 14B11, Ankitha Nanjaraj
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Uncertain Path to Prosperity: A Framing Analysis of the Public Discourse Underlying the Newly Discovered Hydrocarbon and Mineral Reserves in Senegal, West Africa, Mouhamet Ndiaye
Department: Interdepartmental
Too Many Fish on Facebook? A Mediation Analysis of Social Media Use Effects on Social Comparison and Commitment in Modern Romantic Relationships, Emily S. Neill
Department: Psychology
Surface Tension: A Collection of Poetry, Kat Neis
Department: English
Experiences of the Plague in 14th Century Avignon, France, Hope E. Nelson
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology
A Matter of Time and Bonding: The Development of Affect-, Cognition-Based Trust, and Cooperation in Virtual Teams, Chuc-Anh (Nora) T. Nguyen
Department: Psychology
Evaluation of Fluorinated Swellable Organically-Modified Silica for the Adsorption of Perfluoroalkyl Substances, Huan Khoa Nguyen
Department: Chemistry
Understanding Municipal Bond Ratings Using Ordered Multinomial Logistic Regression, Thao Nguyen
Department: Business Economics; Mathematics
Does TRIPS Enlarge the Income Gap in Developing Countries? An Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Xander Nicolson
Department: Economics
"The Kids Are All Right”: Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of the Gothic in Children’s Literature., Sara Noakes
Department: English
Turning the Sound Down on Hyperacusis: A Study of the Clinical Effectiveness of Desensitization Therapy, Sound Phobia Desensitization, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy, and Auditory Integration Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Stephanie Noeller
Department: Communication Studies
How Might Fish Protect Crops? a Study of Water Mold Saprolegnia Spp. and Plant Parasitic Oomycete Antagonism with Dermal Mucus from the Mottled Sculpin Cottus Bairdii, Isaac M. Nordmoe
Department: Biology
Locality Test of the Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) in the Bering Strait, Jacob Nowell
Department: Art and Art History; Geology
Reminiscence Of The New, Axel J. Nunes
Department: Music
Parallel Space: The Aeneid as Colonial Discourse, Daria L. Oberholzer
Department: Classical Studies
Forever Young: Modeling the Effect of p16 on Two Types of Senescence, Caroline Obermeier
Department: Biology
Modeling the Effects of P14 and P53 on Common Oncogenic Pathways, Elizabeth Obi
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Performance on the 5 Choice Serial Reaction Time Task Following Treatment with Frequency Specific Microcurrent in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat, Erin O'Leary
Department: Neuroscience
Flint Still Matters: The Effect of Lead Exposure On Aggressive Behavior and htr1aa Gene Expression in Male Betta splendens, Sara Onitsuka
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
"I Love Them and I Hate Them:" The Effects of Gentrification on Collective Efficacy in Detroit Neighborhoods, Rose Osburn
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Case In Pointe: A Case Study of a Professional Dancer With a Chronic Knee Injury and Their Exemplification of the Parameters of the Self-Determination Theory, Jordan E. Ouellette
Department: Theatre and Dance; Psychology
Predictors of Cultural Threat in Class Selection, Alexandra K. Pacheco
Department: Psychology
Busy Bees: Comparing Pollinator Efficiencies of the Three Primary American Bellflower Pollinator Taxa, Ashley Padilla
Department: Biology
An Investigation of Markov Chains and their Application to Hospital Patient Flow, Sarah Padrutt
Department: Mathematics
“When I Do a Stage Show I Wear Street Clothes, so They All Know Me” a Rhetorical Analysis of Tupac and Biggie’s Projection of Identity Through Fashion, Avery Parker
Department: Communication Studies
The Effects of Compensation Structures on Employee Productivity: A View from the Lab, Noah Parker
Department: Business Economics
Who Sets the Agenda: Patterns in Private Donor Funding to the World Health Organization and Donor Influence in Global Health, Hannah Passmore
Department: Global and International Studies
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Radiation-Induced Neurocognitive Impairments, Matea Paveskovic
Department: Neuroscience
Manipulating Public Opinion: How Media Framing Affects Public Opinion of Military Engagement and Restricting Civil Liberties, Joshua D. Payne
Department: Political Science
Investigating the Indirect Photolysis of Warfarin and Nitrates via Hydroxyl Radical Photochemistry, Matthew J. Pech
Department: Chemistry
One God, One Race, One Tongue: A Study of Racial Inequality of Colombia, Dylan P. Pederson
Department: Global and International Studies
The Peoples Car and American Culture, Christian Peralta
Department: History
Dangerous Consumers: A History of Credit Inequality, Christopher J. Perrin
Department: History
Make Italy Great Again: An Examination of Virtu And Power Politics Within Machiavelli’s The Prince and The Art of War and their Contemporary Application, Emma A. Petasis
Department: Political Science
The Making of a Modern Fragrance: Extending Fragrance Release From Swellable Organosilica Using Nonvolatile Co-Absorbates, Evon Petek
Department: Chemistry
What Color is the Spotlight? A Framing Analysis of the News Coverage of Cory Batey and Brock Turner, Hanh Pham
Department: Communication Studies
Solo Piano Recital: Classic to Confrey, Michael Phillips
Department: Music
The Importance of Children's Literature: Combating Children's Understanding of Gender Roles/Biases Informed From Meida, Ashley Christine Plassard
Department: Art and Art History; Education
Impact of Altered Redox Homeostasis and Ribonucleotide Reductase Activity on Mutation Rates in S. cerevisiae, Matthew Pleshinger
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Influences Throughout the Generations, Jessy A. B. Pojman
Department: Art and Art History
15 and a Union! A Comparative Case Study of the Fight for $15 Movement in Seattle and Baltimore, Eli Prelesnik
Department: Political Science
2-D Boys, 3-D Desires: A Critical Fan’s Primer to Romance, Sexuality & Gender in Shoujo Manga, Anime & Otome Video Games, Katherine M. Randazzo
Department: Interdepartmental; Comparative Literature; English
Influence of Stereotype Threat on Children’s Math Performance: Testing a Novel Drawing Self-Affirmation Intervention, Zoe C. Rankin
Department: Psychology
Ecological and Acoustic Niche Differentiation in Glass Frog (Centrolenidae) Communities in Costa Rica, Amberleigh Ray
Department: Biology
Rescuing Sleep in FMR1 Null Drosophila Melanogaster, Kaitlyn Marie Rayl
Department: Biology
The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of Montessori in the United States, 1910–Present, Emily Regenstreif
Department: History
Campaigning in the Double Bind: Gender in Hillary Clinton's 2016 Televised Political Advertisements, Emily Ribaudo
Department: Communication Studies
The Case of the Gyllenhaal's: The Impact of Celebrity Endorsements on Public Opinion, Laura K. Rickey
Department: Political Science
The Banned Books Project 2.0: A Study of The Motivations Behind Challenges and Bannings of Children’s and Young Adult Literature in Public Schools, Alice Rietz
Department: English
The State of Chiraq: Examining the Effects Neighborhood Institutions Have on Levels of Violent Crime in Chicago, Peter Roach
Department: Urban Studies
An Attempt to Sequence Genes Tyrp1a and Mc1r in Black and Red Phenotype Betta splendens, Bryan Robb
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Voting as One: Is Racial Linked Fate an Obsolete Measure to Examine African-American Partisanship at the National Level?, Aaron Roberson
Department: Political Science