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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2020
Parks for the People: A Comparative Analysis of Diversity Engagement between Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Yosemite National Park, Cameron Miller
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Does Age Matter? The Effects of Age Composition on Social Movement Success, Claire F. Miller
Department: Political Science
The Identification and Characterization of a Halophilic UvrD Homologue, and its Incorporation into Helicase Dependent Amplification, Kevin Miller
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A History of Groundwater Pollution and Treatment in Wooster, Ohio, Mason G. Minerva
Department: Geology
Genetic Control of Neural Development: An RNA-Sequencing Approach to Reveal dNab2 mediated Differential Gene Expression in D. melanogaster, Gargi Mishra
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Witch's Luck, Claire Montgomery
Department: English
Mother Nature and Menvironmental Politics: Analyzing How Gendered Frames Affect Support For The Clean Air Act, Grace Montgomery
Department: Political Science
The Glow Up: An Investigation into Methods for Improving the Photostability of Fluorescent Proteins TagRFP657 and TurboGFP, Morgan A. Mooty
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Should I Stay or Should I Flow: Characterizing Genetic Structure and Color Morph Genetic Differences for Polymorphic Thamnophis sirtalis Populations on Lake Erie, Riley Moreau
Department: Biology
“I want to know of love before I die”: Love, Intimacy, and Sexual Exploitation in the lives of Black Men, Kamal Morgan
Department: Africana Studies
Changes in United States Anti-Discrimination Law: A Study of the Impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 on the Relative Wage Income of Black and White Individuals, Clark D. Morin
Department: Business Economics
Identification of Contaminants in Transformed Yeast Using NCBI BLAST+ Alignments, Nathan A. Morit
Department: Biology
Analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcription factor PHO4 localization when exposed to Phytophthora sojae effector protein PsAvh110, Alex Morris
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Character: A Study in Kinship, Gloria Murray
Department: Art and Art History
Kiss Me Through the Phone: A Qualitative Study of Consumption and Identity Performance on Social Media Among College Students, Kacy Elizabeth Muthiora
Department: Communication Studies
The Effects of Culture and Self-Stigma on Public Perception and Mental Health Attributions, Dena Nashawati
Department: Psychology
Adult Attachment and Well-being: The Importance of Attachment to Mother vs. Peers in Predicting Well-Being, Garima Nayar
Department: Psychology
Hope and Struggle: Towards a Socialist Internationalism for the Rural Working Class, Robyn O. Newcomb
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Boolean Model of Microglial Phenotype Transitions under Acute and Chronic Inflammation, Bao Chau Nguyen
Department: Biology
SkillSHARE: An Advisor Consulting Web-app - Making Sure the Users Matters, TAM NGUYEN
Department: Computer Science
Being Moved by the Wild: A Study of Wilderness Spirituality and the Outdoors as a Tool for Retention and Recruitment in Quaker Communities, Elise Marie Nikolich
Department: Religious Studies
Civic-Ceremonial Monumental Architecture and Expressions of Imperial Power, Sarah Niner
Department: Archaeology
Through the Looking Glass: A Self Portraiture Exploration of Selfhood and Identity, Kelsey M. Nolin
Department: Art and Art History
The Impact of Solvent Viscosity on the Cis to Trans Isomerization of Calix[4]arene Capped Azobenzene, John Patrick Nugent
Department: Chemistry
Investigating the Role of Phytophthora Sojae Effectors in Suppressing a Hosts Immune Response, Paulo S. Nunes Maldonado
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Effect Of Nutrient On Sleep In Drosophila, Augustine U. Ogwoh
Department: Neuroscience; Biology
Learning and Memory Examination of Bombus Impatiens Bumblebees on Campanula Americana American Bellflower 3-D Models, Kelechi Okoronkwo
Department: Biology
Women Like Her Aren't Supposed to Run for Office: A Philosophical Unpacking of Resistance in the American Political Sphere and a Rhetorical Analysis of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Tweets, Grace O'Leary
Department: Communication Studies; Philosophy
Dream, Believe, Achieve: The Study of Mentoring and the Impact It Has on Student Athlete, Kylie Orr
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Gatekeeping in the Transgender Community, Kevin V. Ortiz
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
The Silk Road Comes to Africa: Chinese-African Bilateral Investment Treaties and Infrastructure Development in African States, Nabil Z. Osborn
Department: Political Science
Determining the Infection Specificity of Bacteriophage Therapy in Multi-Species Biofilms, Mackenzie L. Owen
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
We're All in This Together: The Relationship Between Friends and Ethnic Identity for Multi-Ethnic Individuals in Emerging Adulthood, Mia Palmejar-Takaki
Department: Communication Studies; Psychology
#Kancelkulture: An Analysis of Cancel Culture and Social Media Activism Through the Lens of Minority College Students, Korri E. Palmer
Department: Communication Studies
“In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children”: Victorian Literary Denunciation of the Duties of Motherhood, Ellie Peabody
Department: English
A Grave New World: A Critical and Creative Study Examining Environmental Decline Within Transnational Dystopian Literature, Andrew Newcomb Peacock
Department: English
Independent Bees Working Together: Male Fitness of Prairie Perennial Echinacea Angustifolia Is More Influenced by Cumulative Bee Visitation Than by Any Individual Species, Avery E. Pearson
Department: Biology
Swapping the N-termini of Mitochondrial and Cytoplasmic Taurocyamine Kinase from Arenicola brasiliensis in order to Study the Importance of the Interactions Between the N and C Termini in Controlling Substrate Binding and Specificity, Brent N. Pederson
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Visual and Auditory Perception of Horror, Timothy Perales
Department: Neuroscience
The Binding and Kinetic Mechanisms of 6-Hydroxynicotinate 3-Monooxygenase (NicC), A Decarboxylative Hydroxylase Involved in Nicotinate Degradation, Scott W. Perkins
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A House Without Doorknobs: and Other Essays, Kyra Perlmutter
Department: English
"Let It Be" an Examination of the Supreme Court's Impact on Liberal Abortion Discourse in Ohio and Kentucky Newspapers, Robin Perry
Department: Political Science
Aspen Pesheck's I.S. Album, Aspen R. Pesheck
Department: Music
Sun Yat-sen, The Three Principles of the People, and Ideology in China, John Demetrios Petersen
Department: Chinese Studies; Global and International Studies; Political Science
The Nature of Environmental Displacement: Elite Framing Strategies and State Immigration Policies in Southeast Asia, Marco Peticca
Department: Political Science
Developing A Web-Based Application for Finding Meeting Places, Aedan D. Pettit
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Attempted Synthesis of Polymers Using Epoxidized Plant-Based Fatty Acid Monomers with Potential Absorbent Properties, H. Cooper Pewitt
Department: Chemistry
Sending Mixed Signals: Feature Extraction for Gendered Emotional Speech Classification and Modeling, David McCulloch Pfeffer
Department: Computer Science
Multiphase Reactions of Methylglyoxal and Gas-Phase Methylamine, Linh Pham
Department: Chemistry
Mutational Analysis of Putative Ubiquitination Sites in the Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitors Sml1and Dif1, Hunter T. Pierson
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
What’s in the Water? Examining Contamination by Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Rainwater, Kyndal A. Pike
Department: Chemistry; Mathematics
The Impact of Hosting The Summer Olympics on the Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment, Noah Plotkin
Department: Political Science
Animals at the Fair: An Investigation Into Culturally Relevant Curriculum in Wooster City and Northwestern Elementary School Math Classrooms, Olivia R. Poindexter
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
We Are Unaware of How Unaware We Are: The Effects of Stress, Mood and Past Experiences on Our Ability to Make Decisions, Kwame Poku-Acheampong
Department: Neuroscience; Psychology
So, You Want to be a Stage Manager?, Cleo Rhys Potter
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Planar Rook Algebra, Henry Potts-Rubin
Department: Mathematics
East Germany’s West: the Indianerfilme and Identity in German Film and Culture, Fred F. Prichard
Department: History
Maternal Fatty Acid and Methionine Supplementation Interact with Sex, Impacting Learning, Memory, and Stress Response in Domestic Sheep, Hannah Prokop
Department: Biology
The Effect of Violence and Active Gameplay on Recognition of Advertisements in Video Games, Charlie Quigley
Department: Psychology
Examining the Prevalence of Neocolonialism in the United Nations, Mikael Emmanuel Rae
Department: Political Science
Examining the Human-Dog Dyad: The Effects of Dogs in Reducing State-Level Anxiety in Stress-Inducing Situations, Krenare Rakoci
Department: Neuroscience
Paleoenvironments containing Coryphodon in the Fort Union and Willwood Formations Spanning the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, Emily N. Randall
Department: Geology
Just Cyber Warfare? An Exploration into the Ethics of International Cyber War, Katie Reese
Department: Philosophy; Political Science
The Song of Siros, John-Paul W. Richard
Department: English; Russian Studies
Rings & Things: Localization, Discrete Valuations, and Completion in Ring Theory, Lily Richardson
Department: Mathematics
Innovation and Income Segregation: Engine of Growth and Separation, Ian Ricoy
Department: Political Science
Through the Lens of Bumble Goggles: Manipulating Visual and Olfactory Cues of 3-D Printed Realistic Flowers for Bombus Impatiens to Monitor Their Learning and Decision Making, Jessica Rae Roberts
Department: Biology
The Best Masculinity Can Be: Analyzing Tweets About an Ad That Has Shaped How We View Masculinity Through the Lens of Standpoint, Justin Robinson
Department: Communication Studies
Talking about EU: The Impact of Leaders' Discourse on Public Support for the European Union, Marco Roccato
Department: Global and International Studies
Rallying Around the Tricolor: The impact of state identity on independence movements in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Catalonia, Jared Rogers
Department: Political Science
Tools of the Trade: An Ethnohistoric and Archaeological Investigation of Late Fort Ancient Bifacial Endscrapers, Kevin Andrew Rolph
Department: Archaeology
Building Multilateral Military Coalitions: A Study of Bribery and Coercion in Controversial Military Interventions, Marina Rae Roski
Department: Political Science
Investigation of Galaxy Disk Formation at 0.8 < z < 1.2., Nicholas B. Rosner
Department: Physics
An Ethnographic look at Organizational Culture within the Children's Defense Fund, Alyssa Noelle Rotte
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Synthesis of O-nitrobenzyl Esters and Their Host-Guest Photochemistry, Sophia Rovenko
Department: Chemistry
Appropriation: Black Hair & Black Culture, Donyea M. Ruffin
Department: Art and Art History
Lost in Excavation: A Study of Ancient Greek Burial Artefacts and How They Are Displayed in Museums in the Context of Their History, Nina Ruth Hooper Rusmore
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Classical Studies
The Role of Adipokinetic Hormone in female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes Bloodmeal Digestion, Zainab Moyosore Saliu
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Influence of Parenting Styles on College Students Academic Achievements and Personality, Akalia Samms
Department: Psychology
A Predictive Model for Coach Firings in NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball, Eli Samuelson
Department: Mathematics
Ordinal Data Analysis: Determining the Effectiveness of Domestic Abuse Intervention in Adolescent Teens, Christian Santos
Department: Mathematics
The Role of National Culture on Risk Preference, Akari Sato
Department: Economics; Psychology
“To Thine Own Self Be True”: Deconstructing the Ideal of Authenticity, Brianna Lee Schmidt
Department: Philosophy
The Genuine Option: What Religious Studies is Missing Concerning William James, Peter F. Schopen III
Department: Philosophy; Religious Studies
You Think You Do, but You Don’t: An Investigation of Fandom and Nostalgic Media Through an Analysis of World of Warcraft Classic, David Andrew Schulz
Department: Communication Studies
An Investigation of How English Language Learner Teachers Are Addressing the Needs of Bilinguals Students Who Have Language Impairments, Katherine Schwab
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Investigating the Effects of the chico1 Genetic Mutation on Regional Eye Morphology of Drosophila melanogaster, Katie Schwab
Department: Biology
The Impact of Acquisition Context on the Affective Perception of Taboo Words, Katherine Sendek
Department: Neuroscience
Wading Through the Gene Pool: Genetic Counseling and its Principles, Sidney Senita
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Connections in Movement: Exploring Mood Regulation and Wellness in Dance, Crystal Sermon
Department: Psychology
The Guilt of Innocence: How Evidence Type and Perceived Intelligence Affect Culpability Judgments of Exonerees, Shannon R. Sertz
Department: Psychology
Paleoecology of Bivalves in the Carmel Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) of Utah, Evan L. Shadbolt
Department: Geology
Laughing Matters: Late-Night Political Comedy Television & Individual-Level Affective Polarization, Nicholas R. Shereikis
Department: Communication Studies; Political Science
The City of Goblins, Hope K. Siegel
Department: English
Is it Just a Language Exam? An Analysis of the Test D'Évaluation De Français as a Marker of Republican Integration, Margaret Maeve Simmering
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; French and Francophone Studies
Expression, Purification, and Crystallization of S. aureus MurG: Towards Structural Characterization of a Putative Antibiotic Target, Leman WI Simpson
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Chemistry
Teaching Basic Python Programming Using the LEGO Mindstorms Robot, Emily J. Skerl
Department: Computer Science
Before the Streetlights Come on: An Analysis of the Politics of Black Motherhood Within American Society, Alana Smith
Department: Africana Studies
Journey to the West: A Rhetorical Analysis of Asian Hip Hop Subculture, Devyn Smith
Department: Communication Studies
Would You Date Her? How We Process Social Preferences and Social Perceptions, Madeline Claire Smith
Department: Psychology