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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2016
Art Making as an Ecofeminist Exercise in Understanding Species Extinction and Animal Farming, Adrian Rowan
Department: Art and Art History; Environmental Studies
Look Alive! Modeling and Animating Facial Expressions of Emotion, Arpan Roy
Department: Computer Science
Goddess Stop Immersing Road Spiders in Cristal: Program Notes and Reflection on the Percussion Repertoire for my Senior Recital, Mitchell Ryan
Department: Music
The Affect of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, Nicholas Ryan
Department: History
Investigating the proposed acid-base catalyzed mechanism for 6-hydroxynicotinate 3-monooxygenase (NicC)., Alvi N. Sakib
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
SELLING THE WAR: A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMING ON CASUALTY SENSITIVITY AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ WAR, Victoria M. Salemme
Department: International Relations
Just Let Them Move: Refugee Economic Integration and Conflict Spillover, Mohammad Sarhan
Department: International Relations
La Importancia de la Familia: Understanding the Family Communication Styles of Latino Families in the U.S., Andrea Savatt
Department: Communication Studies
The Use of Multiple Dating Methods to Determine the Age of Basalt in the Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Millard County, Utah, Krysden A. Schantz
Department: Geology
Air Powered One-Way Arrays, Graham L. Schattgen
Department: Physics
The Effect of Solvent and Acceptor on Hydrogen Bonds Between Benzyl Alcohol - Aromatic Systems, Michael H. Schlueter
Department: Chemistry
Subaltern Realities and Cultural Identities: The Emergence of Creolization through Analysis of an Archaeological Assemblage at Betty's Hope Plantation, Katelyn Schoenike
Department: Archaeology
An Investigation of the Bilingual Advantage for Response Inhibition Using Event-Related Brain Potentials, Willow Schram
Department: Neuroscience
Synthesis of a potential phosphatidylserine Analog: cis-1,4-Cyclohexyldiphosphoserine, Traci A. Scott
Department: Chemistry
Investigating the Targets of Plant Pathogen RXLR Effectors Through Hypersensitivity to Stress Conditions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Colleen Elizabeth Sells
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A Macrocosm of Pixels: A Typology of Video Game Narrative, Laith W. Sersain
Department: Spanish
Making It Personal: How the Islamic State Targets the Alienated, Andi M. Shackleton
Department: Religious Studies
The Impact of Edge Effects on Two Species of Glass Frogs in La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, Stuti Sharma
Department: Biology
Sexuality and Repression in Dracula: a Psychoanalytic Look at Shifting Notions of Gender and Sexuality Within Dracula and Subsequent Adaptations, Lillian Rose Shepherd
Department: English
A Magmastatic Model: The Computational Exploration of Correlative Sheeted Dike Components and Implications for Dike Eruptibility, Trevor Shoemaker
Department: Geology
What You’ll Miss Just Driving By: A Visual History of My Family's Relationship with Industry, Natalie Renee Shreeve
Department: Art and Art History
China-Taiwan Relations: The Persistent Deadlock Amid Cycles of Stability and Change, Jordan E. Shremshock
Department: International Relations
But You're So Americanized!: Remote Acculturation and its Psychosocial Effects on International Students in the U.S., Ananya Shrestha
Department: Psychology
Climbing Uphill, Ananya Shrestha
Department: English
Regional Volcanic Extinction as a Mechanism for Subsidence in the Vatnsdalur Structural Basin, Skagi Peninsula, Northwest Iceland, Adam M. Silverstein
Department: Geology
The Putative Regulatory Role of Hydrogen Cyanide in Ethylene Signaling and Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis seedlings and tomato fruit, Heather Skinner
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Can Music Therapy be the Next Breakthrough in Therapy for Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients? An Analysis of the Integration of Music Therapy into Cochlear Implant Teams, Bridget Slone
Department: Communication Studies
Gift Exchange with Firm Performance Adjustments: Behavior in Random-Assignment, Perfect Labor Supply Setting, Douglas Small
Department: Business Economics
Judging A Book By Its Cover: Web & Mobile Interface Design, Kinsey Small
Department: Computer Science
Acoustic Quieting Provided by Plants and its Effect on Stress, Bryan Smith
Department: Psychology
The Role of the Army Rangers From D-Day to the Rescue Mission at Cabanatuan, David Smith
Department: History
The Elephant in the Room, The Fetus in the Womb: Disability Rights Activists’ Perspectives on Prenatal Genetic Testing and Selective Termination of Down syndrome, Evangeline Maria Smith
Department: Religious Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
Enhancing the Bioavailibility of the Dietary Supplement Curcumin through Nanodispersions, Kevin B. Smith Jr
Department: Chemistry
The Investigation of Concurrent Validity of the Baby SPEAK Measure and Parental Knowledge of Early Language Development, Lena Grace Smith
Department: Communication Studies; Psychology
An Investigation of the Burning Number of Graphs and Trees, Michael Sokolich
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
To Blend or Not To Blend: Understanding the Impact of Technology in Mathematics Education, Jacob Solomon
Department: Education; Mathematics
Our Children are Our Future: An Evaluation of the Role of Children’s Health Insurance Program in Improving Children’s Health and Educational Outcomes, Ke Song
Department: Business Economics
Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Prejudice and Perceptual Face Processing, Gillian Spangler
Department: Psychology
The Influence of Self-Concept Clarity and Empathy on Social Justice Concern, Grace Sparks
Department: Psychology
Being Asian, Becoming American: The Life and Practice of Religion in East Asian Immigrant Communities, Whitney A. Spaulding
Department: Religious Studies
"School is not a business": Chicago Educators' Perceptions of the Neoliberal Turn in Education, Dana Stamos
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Exploring the Unknown: A Ceramic Journey Through the Sea of Imagination, Kaitlin N. Starr
Department: Art and Art History
Reconstructing Glacial History from Forests Preserved in the Wake of the Catastrophic Retreating Columbia and Wooster Glaciers, Prince William Sound, Alaska, Kaitlin N. Starr
Department: Geology
Conceptualizing Female Punk in the Theatre: The Riot Grrrl Revolution as a Radical Force to Inspire a Devised Solo Performance, Summit J. Starr
Department: Theatre and Dance
Colonizing Wilderness: Alaska's Imagined Identity, Audrey Steiner-Malumphy
Department: History
Critical Systems: An Exploration of Cohesion and the Moments of Distribution, Nathan Stone
Department: Physics
Evolving Standards of Decency: The Intersection of Death Penalty Theory and Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Rachel S. Sullivan
Department: Political Science
From Hitler to Hippies: The Story and Impact of the Volkswagen Beetle, Harrison Suttle
Department: History
The Effect of Attachment Style on Auditory Looming Perception, Kristyn M. Swanson
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Learning and Memory in a Rat Model for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Peter Szeltner
Department: Neuroscience
Synthesis of a Potential Phospholipid Analog: trans-1,4-cyclohexane-diphosphoserine, Abby Szlachta
Department: Chemistry
Exposing Mental Illness in New Light, Isabel R. Taccheri
Department: Art and Art History
The Somewhere We Wish Were Nowhere: Dystopian Realities and (un)Democratic Imaginaries, Benjamin B. Taylor
Department: English; Political Science
It Takes Two to Tango: A Comparative Case Study Analysis of Social Movement Framing Contests on Traditional and Social Media Venues, Arianna N. Thomas
Department: Political Science
The Problem of Positive Right, Shawn M. Thomas
Department: Political Science
A Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Hard-core Bosons on a Pyrochlore Lattice with Six-site Ring-exchange Interactions, Catherine E. Tieman
Department: Physics
De monstruo a modelo: Cómo el mito de La llorona refleja los cambios en la sociedad, la identidad y la cultura como se ve en tres libros infantiles, Charlotte P. Tierney
Department: Spanish
Effects of Arginine Kinase Gene Deletions on Muscle Physiology and Mitochondrial Volume in Caenorhabditis Elegans, Kathryn Timar
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Drama in the Work Place: Examining Predictors of Behavioral Work Outcomes Among College Level Student Employees, Julio A. Torres
Department: Psychology
Home is Where You are Needed?: The Role of Government-Provided Incentives in Determining the Outcome of International Student Mobility in the Source Country, Elisa Priscilla Toto
Department: Global and International Studies
Authentically Ethical: An Ethics of Being, Zachary R. Towner
Department: Philosophy
Lessons from Andøya: The 1995 Black Brant XII False Alert as a Lens on Post-Cold War Relations, John W. Trainor
Department: Film Studies; History
The Vision of Thomas Malory: The Failure of an Ideal, Mark F. Trankina Jr
Department: English
Misunderstood and Mistreated: A Case Study of Drug Court as a Functional Treatment Method for Drug Addicts, Claire E. Trescher
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
American Apparel: Queer People of Color Aesthetics and Professionalism, Jackson Tribbet
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Effects of FDI on Economic Growth in Eastern European Transition Countries, Nikoloz Tsereteli
Department: Business Economics
Effects of FDI on Economic Growth in Eastern European Transition Countries, Nikoloz Tsereteli
Department: Business Economics
The Effect of Relationship Length on Empathy toward a Victim of Sexual Assault Using Benevolent Sexist Ideology as an Explanatory Variable, Darleny Urena
Department: Psychology
To Invest or Not To Invest: Effects of Poor Corporate Governance on Paper-Bill Spread during Asian Financial Crisis, Khairunnisa Usman
Department: Economics
Examining Conceptions of the Nation at World's Fairs and Expositions, 1958-2015, Elliott H. Valentine
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology
The Queen’s Serpent: An Examination of the Serpent Vessel from Burial 61 from El Perú-Waka’, Sarah Van Oss
Department: Archaeology; Art and Art History
“I cannot for an instant recognize that political organization as my government which is the slave’s government also”: Forms of resistance in Antebellum Literature, Jacob D. Vellucci
Department: English
Speak English to Trade: A Study on the Impact of Language Commonality on the U.S. International Trade of Electric Machinery and Equipment, Diep Ngoc Vu
Department: Business Economics
Fifty-One Shades of Grey: New Readings of the Black Female Body in Literature, Pop Culture and Film, Ashanti Wallace
Department: English
An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship Between the Diversity in Backgrounds of a Firm’s Board of Directors and a Firm’s Innovation Levels, Marla L. Walton
Department: Business Economics
Representation Out of Formation, Tarik H. Welch
Department: Business Economics
Diversity of Glass Frogs Between Primary and Secondary Tropical Forest at La Selva Biological Station, Heredia Province, Costa Rica, Nathan G. Weltman
Department: Biology
Theory and Synthesis of Heterobimetallic Catalysts Towards Nitrogen Fixation, Joseph R. Whiston
Department: Chemistry
Pine River Camp: Welcome Home, Griffin A. White
Department: English
Parent Role Construction, Stress, and Support in Children’s Standardized Testing, Heather M. Whitlock-Williams
Department: Psychology
Beyond the Binary, Petr Wiese
Department: Art and Art History
Speech-Language Pathologists' Knowledge of Treatments Used to Remediate the Vocal Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease, Angela M. Wiley
Department: Communication Studies
Flames and Identity: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and The Vision of New Chicago, Julia L. Williams
Department: History
Emplacement Processes and Monogenetic Classification of Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Central Utah, Michael Williams
Department: Geology
From Fantasy to Virtual Reality: An Exploration of Modeling, Rigging and Animating Characters for Video Games, Sarah K. Williams
Department: Computer Science
The Dispositional and Situational Influences of Empathy, Anger and Aggression, Tawanna Williams
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Environmental and Physical Enrichment on the Motor Functioning and Cellular Plasticity in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease, Emily R. Wilson
Department: Neuroscience
America's Invisible Punishment: An Analysis of the History, Impact, and Public Perceptions of Felon Disenfranchisement, Katherine LA Wollmer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Sending Signals: Examining if Brazil Experiences Multiple Signaling Effects from Hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, Zachary J. Woullard
Department: Business Economics
Effects of Allopregnanolone on Forced Swim Behavior Across Different Phases of the Female Rodent Estrous Cycle, Jamie K. Wren-Jarvis
Department: Neuroscience
Board Structure Effect on Firm performance: An Investigation of Potential Differences Between Chinese and U.S. Firms, Yanli Xiong
Department: Business Economics
Finding The Phenomenological Region of Meditative Experience, Brendan Youngquist
Department: Philosophy
Euskaldunak or Amerikanuak: An Introduction to the Folklore of the Boise Basques and its Contribution to the Basque-American Identity, Leah Zavaleta
Department: English; Sociology and Anthropology
An Exposition of Support Vector Machine Classification with a purpose-built GUI for exploring some commonly used kernels, Dagm Zegeye
Department: Computer Science
A Simultaneous System of Internal Control: An Empirical Study of CEO Compensation Structure, Board Composition and Firm Performance, Jacob Zoldan
Department: Business Economics
The Effect of Charismatic Leadership Style On The Levels of Support for Self-Determination Movements, Marco Vinicio Zuniga Lopez
Department: International Relations; Political Science
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2015
Soeurs d'Empire: Trois histoires de voyage, de genre et de camaraderie dans des récits de voyage féminins d'Algérie, 1869-1900, Elisabeth Abell
Department: French and Francophone Studies; History
Mycenae and Cultural Memory: 150 to 2015 CE, Elora A. Agsten
Department: Art and Art History; Classical Studies
Parental human capital and returns to education: The divide between urban residents and migrants in China, Salma Ait Hssayene
Department: Business Economics
International Nongovernmental Organizations and Democratic Consolidation: How do These Organizations Promote Higher Quality Democracy?, Evan B. Albertson
Department: Political Science