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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2017
Effects of Video Games on Group Perception and Prejudice Reduction, Linea K. Brouse
Department: Psychology
An Analysis of The Surreal Number System, Aaron C. Brown
Department: Mathematics
Experiences and Misrepresentation of Minority Leadership in Football, Troy Brown
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A genetic approach to examine how the Thioredoxin system influences genomic stability in S. cerevisiae, John Buchan
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Synthetic Progress Towards Regioselective Disulfide Bond Formation via Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition, Zachary T. Buchan
Department: Chemistry
Exploring the Significance of Water in Crystallographic Formation Through the Analysis of Olivine, George C. Buehler
Department: Geology
A Stroll Through Cantor's Paradise: Appraising the Semantics of Transfinite Numbers, Matthew R. Buranosky
Department: Mathematics; Philosophy
From Witches to Bitches: Revealing the Patriarchal Structure of The Crucible Through Feminist Scenic Design, Shannan V. Burrows
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Intended Protection of the Free Exercise Clause: An Analysis of Employment Division v. Smith and Hybrid Rights Theories, Hannah E. Buzolits
Department: Political Science
"God Only Knows What I'd Be Without You" : Music, Memory and Family Narrative, Kathryn A. Cameron
Department: English
Balance and Conflict: A Comparative Ethnography of the Experiences of Conflict Japanese Christians Face When Balancing Their Cultural and Religious Identities in Japan and the United States of America, Jasmine Carruth
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Determining the effects of polyadenylation on long noncoding RNA expression and stability in response to stress, Allyson Caselberry
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
What’s Race Got To Do With It: The Preparation and Perceptions of Social Workers Working with Diverse Racial Populations, Ashley N. Casey
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Effects of Performers' Facial Expressions on Emotion Perception in Music, Rachel Castle
Department: Psychology
Miles Davis and the Emergence of Chord-scale Theory in Jazz Improvisation and Composition, Alexander P. Chabraja
Department: Music
Problems of Irrationality: Self-Deception and Akrasia, Akiksha Chatterji
Department: Philosophy
A Lens of Our Own: A Feminist Photovoice Exploration of LGBTQ+ Experience at The College of Wooster, Foster J. Cheng
Department: Art and Art History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"A New Weapon - A New Monster - The Walkout": The East Los Angeles Student Walkouts of 1968, Camille G. Christenson
Department: History
The Effects of Parental Conflict and Divorce on Attachment Security and Perception of Couples on College Students, Elizabeth Clark
Department: Psychology
Determinants of Fundraising Efficiency for Religious and Nonreligious Nonprofit Organizations, Benjamin F. Cluss
Department: Business Economics
Let's Talk, An Investigation of Speech Generating Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Those with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Lamin K. Cobb
Department: Communication Studies
The Evaluation of Organosilica Sorbent Media for the Removal of Perfluoroalkyl Compounds from Drinking Water, Rachel M. Collins
Department: Chemistry
Magnetic Susceptibility as an Indicator of Anthropogenic Alteration to Three Wisconsin Temperate Lakes, Andrew L. Conaway
Department: Geology
Beliefs, Barriers, and Bridging Gaps: Clinical Care in an Urban Puerto Rican Population, Celia S. Connolly
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Generational Effects of d-amphetamine on ADHD-like Behaviors, Fred D. Coplin
Department: Neuroscience
Examination of the Effect of High Level Zinc Exposure on Alzheimer's Disease Related Memory in Mice, Natalie Coschigano
Department: Neuroscience
Circadian Rhythm-Gating of Salinity Stress-Induced Transcription Factor Expression in Solanum lycopersicum, and Implications in Sustainable Agriculture, Kelsey E. Coyne
Department: Biology
Modeling the Dynamics of Epigenetic Changes on Key Pluripotency Genes in Response to Reprogramming, Laura J. Cremer
Department: Biology
Coercive Sexual Encounters: Adult Attachment as a Predictor of Emotional Response, Olivia Cretella
Department: Psychology
Picture This: The Effect of Imagery and Processing Type on False Memories, Gabrielle Croes
Department: Neuroscience
A Comparative Analysis of the Māori and Shoshone Bannock People and their Utilization of Volcanic Geothermal Features, Lucy Cummins
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Impact of the Civil War on the Reconstruction of Elite Southern Womanhood, Louisa MC Dallett
Department: History
An Examination of Family-Centered Care and Parent Training Provided by Speech-Language Pathologists in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Improve the Discharge Transition, Lindsay S. Dalzell
Department: Communication Studies
Progress Towards the Diastereoselective Synthesis of Dipeptide Analogs via the Use of Chiral N-acylhydrazone Auxiliaries in the Ugi Reaction, Anna V. Davies
Department: Chemistry
The Femme Fatal: How do Different Gendered Messaging Techniques Impact Public's Attitudes Towards Perceived Threat of a Female Terrorist?, Haley C. Davis
Department: Global and International Studies
Self-interpreting Animals: Understanding the Self and the Meanings of Life, Milo E. Davis
Department: Philosophy
Evidence of Differential Expression in the Calcineurin Gene Family in Paramecium Tetraurelia And Science in Fiction is not always Science Fiction: An analysis of the German Vergangenheitsbewältigungsliteratur through a Science Fiction Lens as a means to discredit Nazi Racial Science, Alexander G. Day
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; German Studies
Widespread Hybridization of the Red- Backed Salamander (Plethodon Cinereus) and the Northern Ravine Salamander (Plethodon Electromorphus) Throughout the State of Ohio, Joseph M. DeFelice
Department: Biology
The Perceptions of Accent in a Global Economy: The Effects of Accent Modification on Employment, Elizabeth de la Chapelle
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Investigating the Molecular Underpinnings of Learning and Memory Defects Using a Drosophila Melanogaster Model of Intellectual Disability, Ginelle Doerr
Department: Biology
Importing Ballet to Bhutan: An evaluation on Dance Value and Cultural Interaction, Leiden C. Doma
Department: Philosophy; Theatre and Dance
“Marching Mothers”: The Battle for Desegregation in Cleveland Public Schools, 1957-1976, Theresa Dunne
Department: History
Exploring The Molecular Function of cAMP and Phosphodiesterase PDE1C during Axon Pathfinding in Drosophila Melanogaster, Alexandra R. Elchert
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Does it Pay to Play? A Study of the Employability of Student Athletes, Davis Elkins
Department: Economics
Giving HerStory A Platform: Why Female Slave and Neo-Slave Narratives Should be Integral Components of Inner City Middle School Curricula, Christina L. Elliott
Department: English
Identification of Catalytic Residues in the 3C-like Protease of Maize chlorotic dwarf virus, Anna Emmick
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Transient Absorption of CdSiP2 and ZnGeP2, Herokazu Endo
Department: Physics
"Do Not Underestimate Objects": Objectification and Commodification in Infinite Jest, Janel England
Department: English
“Common Core”: Revising the Common Core Text Selection Process to Change the Literary Canon, Carly A. Eppler
Department: Education; English
Development of a Novel Method of Unrestricted Polypeptide Synthesis Utilizing a Salicylaldehyde Based Auxiliary Molecule, Jake Eshelman
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Other Side of the Frontier: Examining Plains Indian Change from 1680-1890, John Evans
Department: History
Eden, Katharine M. Everett
Department: English
The European Union Migration Crisis: The Power Struggle Between the European Union and its Member States over the Implementation of EU Policy, Paige G. Fabry
Department: Political Science
"Ask your Doctor": A Study of Causes and Consequences of Pill Culture in the U.S., Sydney Failing
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Iron ooids in the Decorah Formation (Upper Ordovician, Sandbian), in southeastern Minnesota, Etienne V. Fang
Department: Geology
The Economic Oracle: Do certain Macroeconomic Indicators possess predictive content for Future Real GDP and Economic Recessions?, Aniruddh Fatehpuria
Department: Business Economics
Math Rules Everything Around Me: Ann Examination of Fractals and Their Real-World Applications, Dana Faust
Department: Mathematics
Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Nazi Book Burnings and the International Response, Ian P. Ferguson
Department: History
Tell Me How You Really Feel: An Analysis of How Black Literature and Pop Culture Reveals the War Between Black Men and Women, Imani A. Ferguson
Department: English
RxLR Effectors of the Plant Pathogen Phytophthora sojae target the Proteasome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, James F. Ferritto
Department: Biology
Intelligent Decision-Making: The Use of Intelligence in the United States’ Foreign Policy Crises, Thomas David Fitz Gibbon
Department: Political Science
Monotonic Untangling to Solve the Unknotting Problem, Dana Foley
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
The Role of Labels in Valuation and Consumer Purchasing Decisions, Emily H. Foley
Department: Business Economics; Environmental Studies
Exploration of Palladium Catalyzed Cross-Coupling for the Synthesis of an Electroluminescent Polymer Model Compound, Leandra Forte
Department: Chemistry
“50 Years Old? Demand a Recount!”: A Re-estimation of Helton Mound 20 Adult Skeletal Remains in Relation to the Middle to Late Woodland Transition, Moeana A. Franklin
Department: Archaeology
Assessment of Amphibian Fungal Disease in Salamanders at Wooster Memorial Park, Ohio, Julia C. Fregonara
Department: Biology
Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and Crybullies: A Rhetorical Analysis of Current Racial Protest, Anne Fried
Department: English
The Work and Childbearing Dilemma: A Study on Labor Participation and Fertility Rates in Japan after the "Abenomics" Reform, Liam Fukushima
Department: Business Economics
Islamic Ornamentation as a Test Case for Aesthetic Theory, Taylor Funderburk
Department: Philosophy
"Mama Knows Best": Communicative Strategies Used by Pediatric Home Care Nurses to Negotiate Maternal Identity with the Mothers of Their Patients, Mary Gagliardi
Department: Communication Studies
The Relationship Between Dark Triad Scores and Drinking Behaviors, Drug Use, Sexual Activity, and Co-Curricular Involvement in College Students, Kathleen C. Gale
Department: Psychology
Major American Cookbooks as a Window to the Past: Analysis of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, The Joy of Cooking, The Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook, and Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Kathryn A. Gallatin-Broad
Department: History
Food Activists or “Small Capitalists?”: The Tension between Market Forces and Social Goals at Urban Agricultural Organizations in Cleveland, OH and Detroit, MI, Grace Gamble
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Gays in Space, Emily Gammons
Department: English
On Degree Bound for Syzygies of Polynomial Invariants, Zhao Gao
Department: Mathematics
Mental Disorders and Illness: Ethnic Minorities' Cultural Perspectives on Professional Treatment, Drucella A. Garcia
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Paradojas de la narrativa colonial: Representaciones de la gente indígena en el arte indigenista y la obra plástica de Enriquestuardo Álvarez, Erin Gass
Department: Spanish
Road Work Ahead! An Investigation of the Clinical Effectiveness of a Co-Worker-Implemented Hearing Loss Prevention Program in the Road Construction Industry, Hannah M. Gaul
Department: Communication Studies
Video Games, Starting Age, and Executive Function, Aubrey A. Gealy
Department: Psychology
Animating the Dynamic of Columbia Glacier, Prince William Sound, Alaska, Conner Gelwicks
Department: Geology
"Destroyer or Detroit: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Urban Revitalization and Public-Art In Detroit, Michigan Through Photographic Cartography, Aram E. Gibson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Going Congress: A Rethinking of Presidential Use of Going Public as a Legislative Strategy, Spencer S. Gilbert
Department: Political Science
Dead Cultures, Imagined Contexts: The Ogtogmaní-khün, Emily Brett Glickman
Department: Art and Art History
Public Opinion and Civil War Mediation, Sydney Goggins
Department: Political Science
Scarcity and Decision Making: The Cognitive Effects Poverty has on Food Choice Behavior, Irene M. Goldsmith
Department: Psychology
Determining the Precise Dynamics of Contagion, Alexander Goldstein
Department: Business Economics
Chaos Dynamics in Rotation of the Small Moons of Pluto, Alexander R. Gould
Department: Computer Science; Physics
Assessing the Effects of Recombinant AK Genes on the Growth and Development of Myxococcus xanthus, Mark A. Grady
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Household Risk Aversion: Analysis Pre and Post Financial Crisis, Jacob A. Graff
Department: Business Economics
The Decider: Modeling Presidential Group Decisionmaking in Foreign Policy, Jackson M. Groat
Department: Political Science
A Comparison of Basiliscus basiliscus Abundance Between Riparian Zones in Primary and Secondary Forests, Benjamin S. Grunwald
Department: Biology
Modeling Glacier Mass Balance and Glacial Dating in Alaska, Jeffrey Gunderson
Department: Geology
Home Is Where the School Is: An Investigation of the Experiences of Homeschooled Students Transitioning to College, Naya Simone Guthrie
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
C//, Roy Hadfield
Department: Physics
Saint or Politician: A Gendered Analysis of Catherine Benincasa’s Letters, Jacob Hailperin-Lausch
Department: History
Lethal and Sub-Lethal Effects of Neonicotinoid Pesticides on Bee and Fly Taxa of the North American Tallgrass Prairie, Alexander Hajek
Department: Biology
Development of a Turbulent Fluid Flow Simulation Using the k-omega Turbulence Model, Dylan Hamilton
Department: Physics
In Support of Black Girlhood: An Analysis of the Disproportionate Punishment of Black Girls’ Identity Inside of Schools, Shar'da Hammett
Department: Africana Studies
Estimating the Value of Residence on the Production of Education in Undergraduate Institutions, Myo Paing Han
Department: Business Economics
Elucidating the Mechanism of the Oxidative Decarboxylation of 6-Hydroxynicotinate by 6-Hydroxynicotinate 3-Monooxygenase (NicC) Through Kinetic Analysis, Jack H. Harrington
Department: Chemistry