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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2018
Modern Day Slavery: A look into Sex Trafficking in the United States, Emma Roderick
Department: Political Science
An Examination of Salamander Abundance and Behavior in Response to Invasive Plants, Alexa Rojas
Department: Biology
Preliminary Exploration of the Safety and Efficacy of Bacteriophage Therapy: The Effects of Phage Presence on Host Survival and Immune Response in Caenorhabditis Elegans, Janel E. Romagnoli
Department: Biology
The Dissemination of Responsibility: Exploring the Audience as Bystander in Theatre, Helen Rooker
Department: Theatre and Dance
"Let's Talk About Sex, Baby": A Study Analyzing the Effects of Sexual Education, Peer Communication, and Sexual Shame, Natalie Rummel
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Beyond The Breakfast Club: The Influence of Breakfast Type on Cognition, Jillian D. Saccogna
Department: Psychology
The Impact of Interest Group Involvement on the Allocation of State-Level Mental Health Resources, Katherine Sain
Department: Political Science
“So, You Do Drugs?”: A Study on Public Perceptions & Stigma of Medical Marijuana & Prescription Opioids, Bonita Salmeron
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Influence of Stress on Spatial Orientation, Nanak Saran
Department: Neuroscience; Psychology
οἴμοι! οἱ οἶμοι!: A Close Reading and Reconstruction of the Arms of Agamemnon in Homer’s Iliad, Michael D. Saridakis
Department: Classical Studies
Political Conflict and Dialogue: Toward the Criteria for Reaching Understanding, Isaac Scher
Department: Philosophy
Determining the Effects of Arginine Kinase Gene Deletions on Mitochondrial Volume in Caenorhabditis elegans using Quantitative and Real-Time PCR, Evan Schneider
Department: Biology
The Effects of Gender and the Presence of a Weapon on Face Recognition, Dorie Schram
Department: Psychology
The Impact of Humanization and Dehumanization on Attitudes Toward Criminal Reintegration, Sophie A. Schram
Department: Psychology
A Boolean Model of Neuronal Death Upon Cell Cycle Re-Entry, Emma Schroeter
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
Help! Help! I am Being Repressed! : An In-Depth Analysis of the IclR and its In-Vitro Oligimerization, Derek B. Schwarz
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Four Works by Emily Schwitzgebel, Emily Schwitzgebel
Department: Music
The Role of the Horse in Pre-Ming China, Kristen N. Scott
Department: History
Leaf Me Alone: Investigating The Effect of Phenazines On The Systemic Resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana, Olivia A. Seale
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
From Dali to Daddy: Utilizing Surrealism through Costume Design in Alice in Wonderland Adapted for the Stage, Maira Senoo
Department: Theatre and Dance
Location Location Gender: How Variables Impact Household Head Financial Decisions in Rural and Urban Regions throughout China, Margaret Sestito
Department: Chinese Studies; Economics; Global and International Studies
The Military Industrial Complex and Defense Expenditure: An Analysis of Military Industrial Complex and its Impact on Defense Expenditure in the United States, Zubin Sethi
Department: Political Science
Pathways Through Democratic Disconnection: Rawls, Connolly, and Mouffe, Erik Severson
Department: Philosophy; Political Science
Bad to the Bone or Good for Healing? Investigating the Effect of CTRP3 Overexpression on Bone Formation, Hannah E. Sexton
Department: Biology
The Richmondian Invasion of the Late Ordovician of Cincinnati with a Focus on Trepostome Bryozoans, or the Ekphrastic Geologist and Other Essays, Matthew Shearer
Department: English; Geology
The Interpreted Depositional Environment of Large Oncoids from the Flagstaff Formation, San Pitch Mountains, Central Utah, Mara Sheban
Department: Geology
The Shot Heard Around The World: Determining the Influence and the Spread of the Anti-vaccination Ideology on Measles Outbreaks Using Epidemiological Models, Jennifer Shepheard
Department: Biology; Mathematics
一个混血儿,说双语的非洲裔,华裔美国人的文化认同, Aki Shurelds
Department: Chinese Studies
The Interplay Between Early Life and Later Life Nutritional Conditions on Learning and Memory, Lango Sichizya
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
The Influence of Exposure to Unbalanced Sex Ratios on Perceived Vocal Attractiveness, Taylor N. Sikich
Department: Psychology
An Abridged History of Hip-Hop and Me: A Suburban Account of Urban Art, Jonah Singer
Department: English
The Road Death Traveled: The Representation of Romani Deaths in Nineteenth-Century British and French Literature, Haley Skeens
Department: English; French and Francophone Studies
Real Fake News: The Colbert Report and Affective Polarization, Jeffrey J. Skoroda
Department: Political Science
"The Snake King" and Other Stories, Autumn Smith
Department: English
The Future is Female: Reproduction in Female-Centric Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Texts, Dana Smith
Department: English
Investigation of dNab2 Loss in D. Melanogaster Causing Changes in Sleep/ Circadian Rhythms, Kiandra Smith
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A Cause for Freedom: Analyzing and Digitizing the Lane Theological Seminary Records for a Modern Audience, Madeline E. Smith
Department: History
A Computational Simulation of Belousov-Zhabotinsky Wave Behavior around Obstacles, Nathaniel J. Smith
Department: Physics
She Can Brew It Ale By Herself: Women in the Male Dominated Craft Beer Industry, Cameron S. Smythe
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Impacts of Minimum Wage Increases on Productivity and Unemployment Rates, Jacob Sparks
Department: Economics
Taking a Stand by Taking A Knee: How NFL Players and a NFLPA Executive Used Twitter to Defend Kaepernick's Protest, Scot Stacho
Department: Communication Studies
Racial Stereotypes Influence Dialect Comprehension: an Event-Related Potential Study, Maurryce Starks
Department: Neuroscience
Inclusion (Terms and Conditions Apply): Perceptions of Exclusion in the LGBTQ+ Community, Aaron J. Sterling
Department: Psychology
Get Your Head in the Game: The Effect of Mindsets on Athletic Performance and Persistence, Ari Stern
Department: Psychology
Crime Around the World: Using Mathematical Modeling Techniques to Model Aggregated Worldwide Crime Rates, Kelly M. Steurer
Department: Mathematics
Food for Thought: The Effects of Past and Present Food Insecurity on Subjective Well-Being and Child Behavior, Jena C. Styka
Department: Psychology
Lost In Translation: An Investigation of Speech-Language Pathologists' Practices for Bilingual Adults With Aphasia, Natalie Sullivan
Department: Communication Studies
Does a Choice of the Investment Bank Matter in the IPO Process?, Vilius Sulnis
Department: Business Economics
Fire in the Hole: The United Mine Workers of America and Their Struggle Against the State and Mine Operators in Gaining Comprehensive Health and Safety Regulations, William Swales
Department: History
Logic -> Proof -> REST, Maxwell Taylor
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
An Investigation into the Lambert-Beer Law in Incoherent Broad-Band Cavity-Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy, Zane R. Thornburg
Department: Chemistry; Physics
Detrás de las cortinas: Un análisis de los efectos del colorismo a través de las artes, Scarlett Thorpe
Department: Spanish
SOMETHING FISHY: A Comprehensive Analysis of Terror Plots subject to Binomial and Poisson Distributions, Sabrina S. Tobe
Department: Mathematics
Toward a Metagraphic Theory: Examining the Reflexive Graphic Novels of Daniel Clowes, Harry Todd
Department: English
The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on State Health Insurance Markets, Drew B. Tornow
Department: Business Economics
Does Insurance Impact Happiness? An Analysis of Crop Micro-Insurance Structures' Impact on the Well Being of Farmers within Developing Economies: A Sri-Lankan Study Using a Utility Framework & Linear Algebra Perspective, Giorgio Tramonto
Department: Economics; Mathematics
Phenotypic Analysis of a Novel LncRNA (Na2) Expression on Arabidopsis thaliana Salinity Stress Response, Trang M. Trinh
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
No Church in the Wild: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Civilian-Perpetrated Sexual Violence during the 2002 Religious Riots in Gujarat, India, Vrinda S. Trivedi
Department: Political Science; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Role of Pollinator Preference on the Maintenance of Pollen Color Polymorphisms in the American Bellflower, Campanula americana, Elizabeth Tuan
Department: Biology
The Reinterpretation and Transformation of the American Liberal Arts Model in the Indian Context, Nikhil Tummalapalli
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Battle Cry of Freedom: An Exploration of Songs That Consider the Impact of War on Soldiers and Society, Matthew Turell
Department: Music
Hepatitis E Virus: Elucidating the Role of Open Reading Frame 4 (ORF 4) on Enhanced Morbidity and Mortality During Pregnancy, Randall K. Turner II
Department: Biology
Revelations: A Collection of Short Stories, Channler Twyman
Department: English
The Millennial Crisis of Major League Baseball, James Usher
Department: Communication Studies
Affordable Care Act: Is it Enough?, Manogjna Vaddiraju
Department: Economics; Philosophy
Studying Universality with Physics Engines: Accelerating Granular Flow on GPUs with OpenCL & CUDA, Avi Vajpeyi
Department: Physics; Computer Science
Inclusion of Blocking Power for a Complete Voting Power Analysis in the IMF, Shiwani Varal
Department: Mathematics; Political Science
Trade Winds: A Study of Roman Ceramic Trade in the Balearic Islands, Abigail Varlan
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies
A Bear that Close: Stories Involving Guiding Others into the Wilderness, Carl Vaughan
Department: English
Tuned In: An Investigation of the Use of Group Amplification Systems for Students, Including Those on the Autism Spectrum, in First Grade Mainstream Classrooms, Emily Velichka
Department: Communication Studies
An Investigation of the Fascistic Tendencies Within the Israeli Radical Right, Arieh N. Venick
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Foreign Aid in the Face of Corruption: An Estimation of the Impact on Health Indicators and Poverty in Developing Countries, Jessica Verghese
Department: Business Economics
McKinley, Eisenhower and Bush: The Importance of Military Experience in Presidential Nominations and Elections, Benjamin N. Vesper
Department: History; Political Science
Field Notes, Joseph Vickers
Department: English
Attitudes of College Students and Teachers on the School Inclusion of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Minerva Vidaurrazaga Serrano
Department: Psychology
Living Well or Living Better? How a Failure to Implement Changes to Ecuadorian Environmental Policy Hindered the Treatment of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Community, Sarah Vonck
Department: Global and International Studies; Spanish
Vertically or Horizontally Running?: A Study of The Organization of Firms in The Fashion Industry Using Transaction Costs Theory, Phuong Thao Vu
Department: Business Economics
Cosmopolitan Love: Contextualizing and Reimagining Race in America, Vy Vu
Department: Art and Art History; English
The Lord's Place in Government: The Role of Religious Institutions in Government, Morgan Wagers
Department: Political Science
Dancing Our Way to the Cosmos: A Study in How Extraterrestrial Travel Will Change The Mechanics of Dance, Justine Walker
Department: Physics; Theatre and Dance
The Lady or the Tramp: An Analysis of the Public and Private Gendered Representation of Countess Constance Markievicz, Natalie Walsh
Department: History
Loving Him was Red Riding Hood: Using Freudian Analysis to Discuss Sexuality and Gender Expectations in Modern Adaptations of "Little Red Riding Hood", Elise Waltzer
Department: English
Observing N400 Amplitude Differences in the Bilingual Brain through Semantic Processing of Negative and Neutral Words, Elise Waltzer
Department: Psychology
Development of a Modified 2-Picolyl Appended Triazolylidene-Ruthenium Complex for Examination of Hydrogen Bonding Effects in the Secondary Coordination Sphere for Direct Amidation Catalysis, Clark Wang
Department: Chemistry
An Investigation of Heterogeneity in Immigrant Groups: Do Refugees Experience Less Desirable Labor Market Outcomes Compared to Economic Immigrants?, Guanrong Wang
Department: Economics
Nature-Based Sounds Impact on Autonomic Nervous System Response to Stress in a Virtual World, Justin J. Warner
Department: Neuroscience
Progress from the Grassroots: Enacting Redistributive Policies in Urban Localities, Oliver S. Warren
Department: Political Science
See What I Can Be! Descriptive Representation and Its Effect On Female Students' Sense of Belonging, Chloe R. Wasserman
Department: Political Science
Aliminal: An Album presented by Kevante Weakley, Kevante D. Weakley
Department: English
Sociocultural Perspectives on Adaptability of Dogs at Shelters, Jacob Weindling
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Studs Terkel: Bard, Entertainer, or Historian?, Ian D. Weissman
Department: History
Darstellungen der nationalsozialistischen Vergangenheit in Literatur und Film nach der Wiedervereinigung und ihr Einfluss auf die heutige gesellschaftliche Erinnerung, Sophia Weiss
Department: German Studies
Raindrops, Benchtops: Method Development for the Detection of Metolachlor in Precipitation, Arielle Welch
Department: Chemistry
Attachment Style and Romantic Satisfaction as Predictors of Relationship Visibility on Facebook, Amanda I. Wells
Department: Psychology
Reconstructing the Cretaceous Paleoenvironmental and Paleoecological Setting of Salina Canyon Using Paleosols, Sevier County, Utah, U.S.A., Emmett Werthmann
Department: Geology
Monitoring Protein Interactions between Ribonucleotide Reductase and Thioredoxin in Yeast Lacking Key Peroxiredoxins, Nicole West
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Float Like a Bellflower, See Like a Bee: An Experimental Analysis of the Visual Acuity and Pollen Color Preference in Bombus Impatien, Jack Whalen
Department: Biology
Seen: A Photo Collection of Queer Markers, Evan White
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"I'd Rather Be a Tomboy Than a Sissy": Gender Variance in Children's Literature Civil Rights Era - Present, Jennifer Whitehall
Department: English
Gateway to Discrimination: An Analysis of Race and Class Issues Embedded in Cleveland’s Gateway Project, Hannah R. White
Department: History