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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2016
The Ineffability of Nothingness, Melissa M. Griffith
Department: Mathematics; Philosophy
Behavioral Impacts of Antidepressant Exposure on Red Worm Eisenia Fetida and Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates Pipiens, Lucas R. Grisanti
Department: Biology
Thoughts on Poetry, Alexandra B. Gustafson
Department: Philosophy
The Tension Between Immanuel Kant's Ethical & Political Philosophies, Michael J. Gyeszat
Department: Philosophy; Political Science
"Hello my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!" Messaging Effects on Support for Violent Non-state Actors, Alexandra D. Haines
Department: International Relations; Political Science
Dungeons, Dunces, and Dragons: The Collapse of the Post-War American Family in the 1980s Satanism Scare, Nicolaus J. Hajek
Department: History
There is No Return to Normalcy: How Warren G. Harding Addressed the Issue of Race Following the Great War, Brett J. Hall
Department: History
Nonlinear Dynamics: Analysis of Stellar Data Sets, Colm C. Hall
Department: Physics
Khrushchev’s Nuclear Gamble: Misjudgment, Rhetoric, and Cold War Politics in The Cuban Missile Crisis, Nicholas Halle
Department: History
A Dynamical Systems Approach to Understanding Synergies Between Thyroid Cancer Mutations, Andrew R. Hamel
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Autocracy, Bad Policy, and Centralization: The ABCs Surrounding State Failure, Rebecca E. Hamilton
Department: International Relations
A Comparison Among Primary Care Physicians, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Athletic Trainers on the Awareness of the Diagnostic Controversy that Presents Between Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion and Asthma, Lauren K. Hancher
Department: Communication Studies
Hall of Fame Classification Using Logistic Regression Analysis, Robert P. Handloser
Department: Mathematics
Investigating Blue Light Intensity in Tree Rings to Generate High-Sensitivity Summer Temperature Records for Southern Alaska., Madeline Happ
Department: Geology
Forward Premium Puzzle: A Multi-Facted Time View, Divvya Haralalka
Department: Business Economics
I Don't Trust Me and Neither Should You: A Collection of Comedic Essays, Michael Hatchett
Department: English
No Laughing Matter: Medicine and Pregnancy in Giambattista Basile’s Tale of Tales, Greta Hayer
Department: History
An Unlikely Hero: How Virginia Hall Became the Most Feared Allied Spy in Occupied France, and Why You've Never Heard of Her, Abigail C. Helvering
Department: History
Are Democracies Truly "Bad" at Intelligence? An Analysis of Counterintelligence vs. Intelligence and State Structure, Abigail C. Helvering
Department: Political Science
From Archives to Code: Gladys Fornell’s Montel, Tess A. Henthorne
Department: English
Junts Pel Si: a Comparative Analysis of Independence Movements in Sub-state Regions, Ian M. Herrera
Department: Political Science
Determining the Function of Rna Binding Protein Nab2 on Neurogenesis During the Development of Drosophila Melanogaster, Andrew Herst
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
The Motherhood Wage Penalty; an Empirical Investigation of Children's Impact on Mothers' Earnings, Yazan Herzallah
Department: Business Economics
Inner-Ring Suburban Stability Through Regional Collaboration: A Case Study of the Cleveland and Chicago Metropolitan Areas, David Hirsh
Department: Urban Studies
Synthetic Progress Towards the Production of Hydroxymethyl and Mercaptomethyl Salicylaldehyde Derivatives for use in Protein Chemical Synthesis, Conner A. Hoelzel
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
An Examination of Hybridization Between Echinacea angustifolia and Echinacea pallida: Examining Relative Rates of Hybridization and the Effect of Flowering Time, Kathleen Hogg
Department: Biology
Analyzing Factors that Affect Commuter Mode Choice: ‘Can the Development of Viable Alternative Mode Choice and Proper Incentivization Lead to Lower Levels of Automobile Commuting?’ Case Study: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area, Alexander W. Hohl
Department: Urban Studies
To All Who Come to This Happy Place: An Exploration of Hearing Assistive Technology and Accomodations at U.S. Theme Parks, Logan L. Honea
Department: Communication Studies
The Effects of Voluntary Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats, Haylie M. Honn
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Skin Tone on Perceptions of Police Officers Among African Americans, Heather Ann Honn
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Towards What Kind of Peace? An Analysis of the European Union's Evolving Peace Toolbox, Alexander R. Hopkins
Department: International Relations
Progress Towards a Total Synthesis of Grandilodine C, Trevor Horst
Department: Chemistry
Treatment in the Waiting Room: A Poetry Collection Exploring Perceptions and Experiences of Chronic Illness, Victoria M. Horvath
Department: English
Examination of Introductory Chemistry Education via Correlational Analysis of Student Performance and Psychological/Demographical Factors, Joshua K. Houtz
Department: Chemistry
Quantifying Identity: What a Study On Food Insecurity in the LGB Community Tells Us About Choice, Intersectionality, and the Construction of Knowledge, Emily C. Hrovat
Department: Economics; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Insurgency in the Late Bronze Age Levant: A World-Systems Analysis of Three Egyptian Garrison Sites, Eric T. Hubbard
Department: Archaeology
Development and Testing of the Sentinel Passive Samplers Designed for Integrative and Rapid Adsorption of Environmental Water Contaminants, Ellen A. Hudson-Heck
Department: Chemistry
The CIA and the Culture of Espionage: How the CIA's Effort to Prevent Domestic Espionage Influenced American Culture, Corwin H. Huegel
Department: History
Dynamic Beauty: The Journey to Perfection, Jenna L. Hunkins
Department: Art and Art History
The Extra Point Rule Change and its Effects on Decision-Making for Coaches in the NFL, Lucas J. Hunt
Department: Mathematics
Who Gives A Dam? An Experimental Examination of Framing Techniques and Water Conservation, Rachel E. Huxhold
Department: Political Science
Revolutions and Volcanic Disturbances: Newspaper Conceptualizations of US-Latin American Foreign Policy in the 20th Century, Zachary Jenkins
Department: International Relations
My Immigrant Haitian Family: Life Stories on Acclimation in the United States., Paris Jerome
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Charge Carrier Characteristics in Doped Semiconductor Heterostructures, Nathan S. D. E. F. Johnson
Department: Physics
Who is the Head Teacher? A Study of Social Influence Among Authority Figures and Peers Across Development, Carly A. Joliat
Department: Psychology
Atomic Terror in the Face of a Determined Enemy: A Look at Revisionism and Revisiting Why the Atomic Bomb Was Necessary, Brock D. Jones
Department: History
The Civic Effects of Social Capital in Alternative Food Networks: A Case Study of the Wooster Local Food Cooperative Inc. in Ohio, Natalie D. Kahn
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Attachment, Trust, and Satisfaction: A Study of the Physical Therapist-Patient Relationship and Adherence to Rehabilitation Exercises, Isata M. Kamara
Department: Psychology
The Modeling of Phenazine Induced Pathogenesis and Pharmacological Modulation of Autophagy in C. elegans, Brian A. Karavantas
Department: Biology
All is Fair in Love and Work: A Comparison of Job Search and Dating Websites, Jonathan R. Katz
Department: Psychology
The Liberal Arts Factor: Having a CEO With a Liberal Arts Degree, Matthew H. Keeney
Department: Economics
Less Brown and More Green: A Test of the Porter Hypothesis on Hog Productivity in North Carolina from 1993 to 2014, Paul J. Kelbly
Department: Business Economics
Investigating the Structural Features that Promote Peroxiredoxin-Sulfiredoxin Interactions in Yeast, Joseph E. Kelly
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
An Isotopic analysis of belemnites from the Speeton Clay Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Filey Bay, North Yorkshire, England., Mae L. Kemsley
Department: Geology
Victims of Downing Street: Popular Pressure and the Press in the Stoddart and Conolly Affair, 1838-1845, Sarah E. Kendrick
Department: History
Creating The Middle-Class: The Impact Of Class Based Identity Appeals In Presidential Campaigns, Lois Kimmel
Department: Political Science
Bringing Life to a Historical Drawing, Sue Reon Kim
Department: Computer Science
Manipulation of Polarized Transverse Spatial Modes to Induce Non-Linear Structures using the Geometric Phase, Drew C. King-Smith
Department: Physics
Analog Quantum Simulator, Matthew C. King-Smith
Department: Physics
Strategic Essentialism and Hidden Nuance in Tibetan Refugee Culture in the United States, Ben Kingstone
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Minimum Wages Effect on Unemployment Across Age Groups: a Study of the Impact of Minimum Wage on Different Age Groups of Unemployment., Joshua M. Kipfer
Department: Business Economics
Excitation Waves in Planar, Inhomogeneously Illuminated Systems, Spencer L. Kirn
Department: Physics
Responding to Genocide: A Poliheuristic Analysis of U.S. Foreign Policy Decision-Making, Elizabeth Paige Kittner
Department: Political Science
Custom Framing: An Analysis of Camille Pissarro's "Les Turpitudes Sociales" within a Base-Superstructure Model, Robin S. Klaus
Department: Art and Art History
The Puzzle of Post-Conflict Justice: Identifying Factors That Influence State Selection of Mechanisms, Taylor V. Knoop
Department: Political Science
Is This Thing On? An Investigation of School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists' Knowledge of Hearing Technology, Marissa M. Kobylas
Department: Communication Studies
Generation of a NicC Bordetella pertussis Mutant: Investigating the Relationship Between Nicotinic Acid Degradation and Virulence Modulation, Melia Kovach
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
These Are Our Mountains: Analysis of Highland Games in the Southern United States as a Performance of Scottish American Culture, Gracie Kral
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Progress toward the Investigation of the role of Arginine Kinase in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus, Shelby N. Kratt
Department: Biology
Fears of the Body: Exploring the Regulation of Male Sexual Acts in Nineteenth Century England, Sophia Krauth
Department: History
Stress Induced Deterioration of the Human Form, Anna Kruse
Department: Art and Art History
The Psychology of Eating Meat: The Influence of Values and Cognitive Dissonance on Attitudes Towards Eating Animals, Anna Kruse
Department: Psychology
Attempted Identification of the Calcium-Dependent Sodium Channel Gene in Paramecium tetraurelia using RNAi, Gwendolyn Kuzmishin
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Face Perception in Art, Breanna H. Labos
Department: Psychology
"Let Them Eat Crack": A Look at Street Art Culture and Banksy’s Epitomizing Role in the Advancement of Graffiti as Art, Melissa K. Ladd
Department: Art and Art History
Framing Effects of Humanizing Language And Personal Stories of Injustice on Consensus and Action Mobilization For Prisoners' Human Rights Advocacy, Rowan G. LaFramboise
Department: Political Science
Why Is Skateboarding so Popular? An Examination of the National Sensation that is Skateboarding and its Relation to the Atlanta Skate Market and Experience, Zachery A. Lampkin
Department: History
The Production and Manipulation of Nonseparable Spin-Orbit Modes of Light Under Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference Conditions, Maggie E. Lankford
Department: Physics
Horses are Worth More Than Riches: Parental Perceptions of the Relationship Between Equine Assisted Activities/Therapy and Listening and Spoken Language, Kelsey M. Large
Department: Communication Studies
Digit ratio (2D:4D) as an Indicator of Physical Fitness and Athletic Ability, Allan Latsch
Department: Psychology
A Comparative Case Study of the Effects of Foreign Aid on Six Developing African Nations and Whether Assistance was Ultimately Successful to Each, Molly R. Laubernds
Department: Political Science
A Classroom, a Con Game, and a Churchlike Revival: Poetry Slam and its Heritage of Sacred Performance, Caira A. Lee
Department: Religious Studies
It Started With a Blank Piece of Paper: the Making of a Children’s Picture Book, Joyce A. Lee
Department: Art and Art History
Captivity, Execution, and Liberation: An Examination of Deteriorating Treatment within Japanese and German Prisoner of War Camps During World War II, Keith Lemke
Department: History
A Weighty Matter: A Study of Obesity and its Impact on Wages, Jeremy M. Lenz
Department: Economics
Attempted Synthesis of 2,3,6-Trihydroxypyridine and Characterization of the Putative Ring-Cleavage Enzyme in Bacillus niacini Nicotinate Catabolism, Nicholas P. Lesner
Department: Chemistry
State Interactions with Sub-National Groups within and Across Their Borders, Faye E. Levin-O'Leary
Department: Political Science
Explaining Strength of the Renewable Energy Policies of the EU: From a European Integration Theory Perspective, Aaron Levy
Department: Political Science; Environmental Studies
A Modern Family Indeed: An Analysis of the Portrayal of the Same-Gender, Transracial, International Adoption in Modern Family, Madeline S. Lipkin
Department: Communication Studies
To Join or Not to Join: A Statistical Analysis of Non-State Armed Groups' Size, 1980-2008, Sarah J. Litt
Department: Political Science
GEO-3D: A Geospatial Data Visualization System for Oculus Rift, Xiangyu Li
Department: Computer Science
GEO-3D: A Geospatial Data Visualization System for Oculus Rift, Xiangyu Li
Department: Computer Science
The Study of Color Red in Chinese Immigrant Culture, Yibing Li
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Molecular Basis for Suppression of Genomic Instability by a Conserved Peroxidase, Matthew A. Loberg
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
In the Middle of the Fight: An Assessment of the Formulation of Armored Tank Doctrine in World War II, Christopher M. Logsdon
Department: History
Modal Analysis of Light Propagating Through Structurally Disturbed Optical Fibers, Yashasvi Lohia
Department: Physics
Show Me What I Want to Know: Complexities in Creating an Effective User Interface, Jacob London
Department: Computer Science
The Virtuous Rebel: Developing an Anarchist Ethic Informed by the American Anarchist Movement (1881-1919), Michael S. Long
Department: History; Philosophy
An Examination of Federal Agent and Attorney Perceptions, Gabriel Lopez
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
La France et le plurilinguisme: deux opposés qui s'attirent? Une étude de l'enseignement et de l'apprentissage des langues étrangères en France., Rachel L. Lorch
Department: French and Francophone Studies