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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2015
For Aspiring Artivists, Sydney R. Jones
Department: English
The Influence of News on Implicit Racial Prejudice, Gabriel M. Joseph
Department: Psychology
"Do You Know Who I Am?": My Two Years of Serving Suburban Socialites and Stuck-Up Stock Brokers, Dakota Alling Judy
Department: English
My Tattoos Are My Story: An Exploration of the Self and Body Modification, Emma J. Kahn
Department: Philosophy; Religious Studies
Identity in Social Networking Sites: The Presentation of Self Through Photographs on Facebook and Instagram, Katherine Bahrs Kalis
Department: Communication Studies
Examining the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in the SADC Region, Limbani Kamanga
Department: Economics
Sauerkraut and German-American Identity: A Case Study, Victoria Kean
Department: History
Beyond ß: An Analysis of Alternative Risk Measures, Jai Kedia
Department: Business Economics; Mathematics
You Are What You Smoke: Redefining Latino Addict Identities in Memoirs, Ian M. Kernohan
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Spanish
Exploring the Structural Basis for Negative Cooperativity in the Phosphagen Kinase Superfamily, Gentry Jarrett Kerwood
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
An Investigation on the Effect of Long-term and Short-term Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate and Acute Exercise Treatment on Spatial Learning and Memory and Anxiety Levels in Adolescent Rats, Colleen M. Kill
Department: Neuroscience
Photographing Experience in Natures of united States and South Korea: Construction of Landscape Sceneries with Cubism Approach, Min Sung Kim
Department: Art and Art History
Stopping Power Analysis of 37K, 44Cl, and 71 Br Incident on a He:CO2 (9:1) Gas Target, Min Sung Kim
Department: Art and Art History; Physics
Investigating the Hydrogenphosphonate Diester Intermediate of a Potential Phosphatidylserine Analog: Cyclohexylphosphoserine, Ryan M. Kish
Department: Chemistry
Tuteo o Ustedeo: un Estudio de las Formas de Tratamiento en las Publicidades de Escaparates / Tutoiement ou Vouvoiement: une Etude des Formes d'Adresse dans les Publicités des Vitrines, Charlotte M. Klein
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Spanish
Comparing Charter Schools and Traditional Public Schools Efficiency and Academic Achievement: Evidence from Ohio, Nathaniel Kleinman
Department: Economics
Soft Power in Hard Focus: An Analytical Approach to Power in International Relations, Henry B. Knecht
Department: Political Science
Distilling Cultural Identity: China’s Diaspora and the Formation of Chinese Identity Overseas, Nolan Kokkoris
Department: Chinese Studies
Designing Messages to Promote Belief Change: Dispelling Myths in Human Trafficking, Rachel M. Korest
Department: Psychology
Modification of Saccharomyces cerevisiae oxidant defense proteins by the electrophiles N- ethylmaleimide and parthenolide, Karis Kosar
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Role of Political Culture in Understanding Inconsistencies between International and Domestic Privacy Law in France and the United States, Mallory Kruper
Department: French and Francophone Studies; International Relations
***Blksavage: A Study On The Elements of Traditional Radical Black Political Theories & Their Contributions To Contemporary Black Political Thought, Jestin B. Kusch
Department: Political Science
Who is Actually Competing? An Analysis of the Competitive Saving Motive, John C. Lanz
Department: Business Economics
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of his Efforts to Motivate his Audience and to Re-establish his Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement, Nathan R. Lapin
Department: Communication Studies; History
Exploration of Form and Technique in Functional Ceramics, Grace Lawton
Department: Art and Art History
Patterns of Resistance in Field Populations of Culex Pipiens Restuans from Summit County, Ohio, Caitlyn Leasure
Department: Biology
Walk This Way: Hip-Hop's Journey from Sub-Culture To Pop Culture as a Musical Genre, Jon Erik Lindberg
Department: History
All the World’s a Stage: Elizabeth I and the Crafting of Power Through Dance, Jocelyn M. Lion
Department: History
Realizing Social Justice, Brian A. Lock
Department: Philosophy
Animal Minds and Human Language, Sarah C. Loether
Department: Philosophy
Fire from the Sky: Theories of Strategic Bombing and their Implementation in the Second World War, Jacob J. London
Department: History
The Virtual Community: Understanding the Impact of Technology on Human Interaction Through the Work of Albert Borgmann, James Love
Department: Philosophy
"But I'd Never Say the N-Word!": White Students' Perceptions of Race, Racism, and White Privilege, Ann Harper Luke
Department: Communication Studies
Toward an ether-functionalized calix[4]arene for improved solubility in polar solvents, Virginia C. Lungerich
Department: Chemistry
Color Exposure and its Effects on the Human Visual System, Draye Luton
Department: Psychology
Communicating A Healthier Tomorrow: Analyzing Patient and Consumer Health information Seeking and Decision Making Patterns, and The Doctor-Patient Relationship, in The Context of Integrative Medicine, Drew E. Maakestad
Department: Communication Studies
Muttiple Shelter Enrichment Methods: a Study of the Effect of Petting or Walking on the Canine Stress Response, Lauren MacDonald
Department: Biology; Psychology
Teaching Students to Read: Music’s Impact on Language Acquisition and Fluency, Robert MacLellan
Department: Music
Modifying the Virasoro-Shapiro Amplitude to Correspond to the Glueball Trajectory, Brian Forrest Maddock
Department: Mathematics; Physics
Selling the Pill: Elaboration Likelihood Model and Hormonal Birth Control Messages, Sasha D. Maharaj
Department: Communication Studies; Psychology
Inhibition and Kinetic Isotope Effect Studies to Further Characterize the Mechanism of Maleamate Amidohydrolase (NicF), Karan Malani
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Organizational Involvement on the Donation Function of Wooster Alumni, John F. Manion
Department: Economics
Analysis of Byproduct Formation during the Disinfection Process of Wastewater Treatment, Derrick Marshall
Department: Chemistry
The Making of Scapin: An Analysis of the Historical Influences Affecting the Scenic Design for the Production of Bill Irwin’s Scapin, Sidney A. Martin
Department: Theatre and Dance
"On my honour as a Tully, on my honour as a Stark": An Analysis of Catelyn Stark in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, Nicole Marton
Department: English
Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of Effective Therapy Techniques For Patients Who Have Primary Progressive Aphasia, Hanna Mascari
Department: Communication Studies
Boys in the Jungle, Elephants in the City: An Analysis of the Colonial and Imperialistic Themes in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book and Jean de Brunhoff’s The Story of Babar, Anna M. Masland
Department: History
Emotion Suppression: Physiological Responses and Memory for Pictures, Mary Mattise
Department: Neuroscience
A Phylogeographic Study of The Pickerel Frog, Lithobates Palustris, To Assess The Possibility of Cryptic Species, Nicolas Mavromatis
Department: Biology
A Study of the First African American Males Breaking the Racial Barriers of the NFL, Michael L. McCants II
Department: History
Insurgencies and the United States: An Exploration of the Factors Influencing the Outcome of American Counterinsurgency Campaigns, Aaron McDougal
Department: History
Lost and Found: An Exploration of Design in Urban Cartography, Chloe McFadyen
Department: Art and Art History
That Hat Makes You Look like a Lesbian, Megan McGinley
Department: English
Mainland, Patrick McGowan
Department: English
Parental School Choice: Public, Private, and Charter School Quality and Decision Making, Najiyah J. McKinney
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Samurai Baseball: A History of the Japanese Players in the American Major League Baseball, John W. McLain
Department: History
A Study of the Effect of Advertising on Firm Performance Between Consumer and Producer Goods Industries, Robert M. McLane III
Department: Economics
The Body Never Left Us: Theorizing Asexuality, Embedding Agency, and Unsettling Woman of Color Materialist Realism, Scott M. McLellan
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Big Brother is Watching You: A Historical Contextualization of Authoritative Power in Dystopian Literature, Lydia McPherson
Department: History
Dosing on Demand: Enhanced Ibuprofen Release by an Organosilica Encapsulant, Noel Mellor
Department: Chemistry
Synthesis and Characterization of Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Bromide Complexes as Potential Photodynamic Therapy Agents, Mason M. Mendenhall
Department: Chemistry
Memsahibs at Work: British Women's Political Participation in the Raj, 1858-1914, Laura Y. Merrell
Department: English; History
Blurred Lines: "Should an Artwork have Toilets", Matthew A. Miklavcic
Department: Art and Art History
Modeling Crime Using Social Interaction, Daniel Patrick Miller
Department: Mathematics; Economics
The Effects of Labor Market Reforms and Labor Force Characteristics on Chinese Wages, Holden J. Miller
Department: Business Economics
Der Ball ist rund und der Film läuft neunzig Minuten: Eine Analyse von Sport und Leistungsaktivität in der deutschen Kultur durch den Film, Robert J. Misey III
Department: German Studies
The Russian Mafia: The Spread of Organized Crime through Globalization of Markets, Trey E. Moats
Department: History
Quantitative Determination of the New Antidepressant Vortioxetine in Wastewater Effluent by LC-MS/MS Analysis, Claire E. Moffett
Department: Chemistry
Profane or Profound?: An Examination of Satirized Religion in British and American Culture through the works of South Park and Monty Python, Susannah Montgomery
Department: Religious Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
Cognitive Enhancements with Interactive Media, Daniel Moon
Department: Neuroscience
The Uncounted Votes: Felon Disenfranchisement and its Variance Across States, Alison E. Moore
Department: Political Science
Supreme Mathematics: A Comparative Study of Black Muslim Movements in America, Amjad Moore
Department: Religious Studies
Do You Ever Get Nightmares?: A photographic journey through the lives of wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans, Gabrielle M. Morrison
Department: Art and Art History
Just Spoonful of Sugar Makes Imperialism Go Down: The Role of Sugarcane in the Formation of Portugal's Atlanti Empire, Robert B. Mosher
Department: History
Finding Vlad: A Historical Fiction Novella, Caroline M. Mount
Department: English; History
Lack of effects of Vitamin C in combination with MSG and ASM on learning of periadolescent mice, Christopher M. Munoz
Department: Neuroscience
iLearn: A Quantitative Study of the use of iPads in Early Word Learning, Samantha Lynn Murdock
Department: Communication Studies
Synthesis of the Proposed Phosphatidylserine Analogs: 4-tert-butylcyclohexylphosphoserine and trans-1,4-cyclohexyldiphosphoserine, Kyle W. Murray
Department: Chemistry
Black Women in the Academy: An Argument for Greater Inclusion, Samantha Muther
Department: Africana Studies
The Suez Crisis of 1956: The End of British Influence & Imperialism, Ryan P. Neff
Department: History
Extending the Reconstruction of Surface Air Temperature from the Gulf of Alaska Using Tree Rings, Wilson Nelson
Department: Geology
Buzzkill: Beekeepers’ Understanding of the Environment through the lens of Colony Collapse Disorder, Margaret E. New
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Environmental Studies
"My Own Kind of Beautiful": The Influence of Media, Beauty Ideals, and Ethnic Identity on Body Image, Allison M. Nickert
Department: Psychology
To Be or Not To Be Selfish: Ethical Egoism and Altruism, Tiffany M. Norman
Department: Philosophy
Hopes for the Nation: A Short History of English Education and Liberalization in China, Stephanie L. Novak
Department: Chinese Studies
Knight Life: The Construction of the Modern Knight Templar through the Symbols of the Past, Mike Ohsfeldt
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; History
Inside the Black Box: Relationships Between Structure and Natural Spaces, Bjorn Olsen
Department: Art and Art History
The Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) in combination with Prenatal Stress on Learning, Memory, and Anxiety in Rats, Hannah M. Olson
Department: Neuroscience
Russian military adaptation to a changing battlefield: A study of military reforms after 1992 and the 2008 conflict in Georgia, Nicholas J. Oneill
Department: History; Russian Studies
Liberty, Security, and Judicial Review in the War on Terror: An Analysis of Supreme Court Approaches to Deference in a Post-9/11 Context, Jacob Oppler
Department: Political Science
"In-Situ: The Social-Spatial Symbolic Implications of Neighborhood Redevelopment in Post-Industrial Detroit", Kathryn Osbourne
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Moral Objection to Capitalism Regarding the Treatment of Labor and What an Alternative System Should Aim to Resolve, Matthew Robert Osolinski
Department: Philosophy
Supported Pd-Catalysts for Hydrodechlorination of Trichloroethylene Using a Continuous Flow Liquid Phase Reactor, Eric R. Painting
Department: Chemistry
The Visual Remains of Urban Life: Graffiti’s Relationship to Public Space in Copenhagen, Denmark, Kimberly Palagyi
Department: Urban Studies
The Underclass Spatial, Racial Isolation and its Implications on Urban Homicide, Evan L. Pannell
Department: Urban Studies
Literature of Imprisonment: Creativity and Constraint, Charlotte B. Papp
Department: English
Getting What You Paid For: The Importance of Understanding Voluntourism as a Commodity and the Social Exchanges Within, Jaime R. Parfitt
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Venus and the Salon of 1863: Allegorization, Transformation, and The Gaze, James L. Parker II
Department: Art and Art History
Beer, Muscles, and Show Tunes?: Gender Policing and Adherence to Hegemonic Masculinity among College-aged Men, Ashley E. Parry
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Donate, Everybody's Doing It: Social Influences on Charitable Giving, Anne Partika
Department: Psychology