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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2014
Too Violent To Succeed? A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Categorical Terrorism on Armed Non-State Actor Success in Civil War, Douglas Chapman
Department: International Relations
Electrophilic Modification of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases - Mxr1 and Ykg9 from Baker's Yeast, Juliet Chepngeno
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keeping the Dream There: A Study of Narratives on the Palestinian Right to Return, Emily K. Cherney
Department: Communication Studies; Religious Studies
A Scientific Paradigm Shift from Reductionism to Holism: The Potential Relationship between Nicotinate Degradation and Virulence Modulation in Bordetella pertussis, Pailin Chiaranunt
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Philosophy
Optimization of a SBSE-LC-MS/MS Method for the Determination of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Environmental Aqueous Samples, Allison E. Chin
Department: Chemistry
The Influence of Need for Cognition and Camera Angle, Emily B. Chormann
Department: Psychology
Examining a Role for Thioredoxin in Protecting Against Protein Damage by Isothiocyanate-Containing Electrophiles, Sreyan Chowdhury
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Women Undeterred: A Comparative Study of How Lesbian & Heterosexual Young Professional Women Perceive Motherhood, Gina M. Christo
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Modern Parent-Teacher Relationship: How Teachers' Perceptions of Parents Affect Communication, Rebecca J. Cinquino
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Jesus Saves: Branding Theology and Image in Twentieth Century Los Angeles Evangelicalism, Morgan W. Clark
Department: History
An Analysis of the Bioremediaiton of Venlafaxine, James B. Claybourne IV
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A Not-So-Silent Spring: The Impacts of Traffic Noise on Call Features of The Bloody Bay Poison Frog (Mannophryne olmonae), Catherine G. Clemmens
Department: Biology
Impacts of a Fungicide, Chlorothalonil, on the European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Larval Development and Adult Induced Immune Response, Galen A. Cobb
Department: Biology
A Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Spanish and American Journalism Using El País and The New York Times, Anya Cohen
Department: English; Spanish
Dueling For Their Votes: A Study on the Impact of Presidential Debate Rhetoric on Public Opinion, Daniel J. Cohen
Department: Communication Studies; Political Science
What Works?: An Examination of Approaches Used to Remediate Highly Unintelligible Speech From the Perspective of Speech-Language Pathologists, Tatyana M. Colbert
Department: Communication Studies
A Body of Commodity: an Analysis and Story of the Weimar Prostitute, Audrey V. Creamer
Department: German Studies; History
The Holocaust in Jewish American Collective Memory: A Study of Holocuast Memorials in American Synagogues, Sarah Crosswy
Department: History
The Impact of Foreign Graduate Students and Postdoctorates on US National Innovation Capacity, Muhammad Daud
Department: Economics
LC-MS/MS Analysis of Fluoxetine and Serotonin-Related Compounds in Eisenia Fetida Living in Treated Soil, Maria Dawaher
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Chemistry
An Ideological Analysis of the Media and Their Use of Fear as a Rhetorical Tactic in an Attempt to Persuade the American Public on Their Stance on Gun Control, Craig A. Day
Department: Communication Studies
Does Product Diversification Matter? Theoretical and Empirical Analysis on the Product Diversification- Firm Performance Relationship, Kendall E. DeBoer
Department: Business Economics
Parents’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Involvement in Adaptive Sports on the Communicative, Motor, and Social Development of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rachel DeLuca
Department: Communication Studies
The Effect of Stress on Eating and the Moderating Role of Mindfulness, Chelsea Denlinger
Department: Psychology
The Long-term Administration of Duloxetine and Hormonal Contraception Modulate Behaviors of Depression in the Rodent Model, Alexandra E. Dereix
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
Cognitive Differences as a Result of Concussion in Males and Females, Renee DeVivo
Department: Neuroscience
Overlooked and Underappreciated: The Impact of Organized Crime in Cleveland, Ohio on the American Mafia, Brett L. DeWester
Department: History
Power Posing in Space: How Posture and Space Interact to Influence Power and Abstract Thinking, Adam Donnelly
Department: Psychology
Does European Union Membership Change Corruption?, Alison M. Doolittle
Department: Political Science
Transmediation and Technology in an Urban Calssroom Setting, Alexander J. Dorman
Department: Psychology
Conflict and Reality Television: A Fantasy Theme Analysis Of Same-Sex Housemate Conflict on The Real World: Portland, Maggie Doss
Department: Communication Studies
The Effects and Implications of Sex Steroid Hormones on Adult Neurogenesis in the Main Olfactory Bulb, Shawn Drulia
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
Ketamine’s Prolonged Anti-Depressant Effects in Two Models of Rat Depression, Jacob M. Durkin
Department: Neuroscience
The Lethal and Sub-lethal Effects of Sulfoxaflor on Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera, Bumble Bees, Bombus Impatiens, and Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees, Megachile Rotundata, Melanie A. Erhart
Department: Biology
Beyond Accessibility: An Examination of the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Class, Technology, and Student Success, Madeline Erickson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Quorum Sensing Independent Regulatory Systems and Their Effect on the Behaviors and Phenotypes of the Bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Jillian F. Escobar
Department: Biology
“All of the Times I Was Pretty/Handsome in Front of Him and He Never Said Anything”: Children’s Perception of Paternal Accountability & The Reason(s) Why Fathers Leave Their Children, LaShanda N. Evans
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Women in Water: The Drowned Female Victim in Victorian Painting, Catherine Everett
Department: Art and Art History
Adventures in Time and Race: A Study of the Acceptance of Multiculturalism in Doctor Who, Meredith A. Farley
Department: History
The Life and Times of the Aspiring Professional Athlete, William M. Farrow IV
Department: English
Why Wooster? The College Selection Process of Student Athletes at The College of Wooster, Matthew Felvey
Department: Communication Studies
Mula, Misgogny, & Emcees: An Analysis of the Marketing Strategies Used By Female Rappers To Expand Their Brands, Shyniece N. Ferguson
Department: Communication Studies
Timepiece Teaching: How Rhetoric Molds the World, Nicholas H. Fischbach
Department: Political Science
Poverty Traps in Economic Development: Heterogeneous Production in a Cross-Section of Countries, Logan Fitch
Department: Business Economics
A Changing American Security Paradigm: The Risk Management Model and American National Security Strategy, Ethan A. Flack
Department: Political Science
Odyssey, Ethan J. Flack
Department: Music
The Effect of Ethnic Microtargeting on Latino Americans' Political Identity Perception, Emma Flanagan
Department: Political Science
Only YOU can Prevent Unsustainable Consumption: The Influence of Advertisement Appeals on Sustainable Consumerism, Erin F. Flannelly
Department: Psychology
Who’s The Boss? Principals, Agents, and the Intricacies of Non-State Wartime Violence Against Civilians, Patrick Elliot D. Flautt
Department: Political Science
The Fate of the Formic Acid Radical: A Kinetic Investigation of the Reaction Between Oxalic Acid and the Hydroxyl Radical, Lauren T. Fleming
Department: Chemistry
Fashion, Flappers and Freedom?: Women and Personal Expression in 1920s Dress, Lynn R. Fortney
Department: History
An Unexpected Alliance: Haiti and Great Britain after the Haitian Revolution, 1804-1865, Emily Frank
Department: History
To Do Good: an Analysis of Tzedakah as a Multivocal Symbol as it was Performed by La Sociedad de Damas Israelitas de Beneficencia, Emma Callie Frank
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Coffee Shop Spirituality on the Internet: Strategies of Epistemology at Work in Digital Religion, Carl William D. Freeman
Department: Religious Studies
Does the Trend Need a Mend? The Effects of Herding Behavior on the Returns to Higher Edcuation, Amy K. French
Department: Business Economics
Power, Sex, and Intrigue: An Examination of Mistress Portraiture at the Court of Charles II, Margaret S. Frick
Department: Art and Art History; History
Financial Crisis Compensation Aftershock: An Examination of the 2008 Financial Crisis on CEO Compensation Structure, Brett C. Frongillo
Department: Business Economics
Cloudy With A Chance of Violence: An Analysis of the Environment-Conflict Nexus, Rita A. Frost
Department: Political Science
Life, Liberty, and a Good Education: An Analysis of the Quality Disparity in K-12 Public Education, Emma Fryd
Department: Economics
Choosing Gods: Constructivism vs. Realism in the Military Interventions in Religious Civil Wars, Alex Fukui
Department: Political Science
The Ambiguity of Perception: An Examination and Critique of an Empiricist Perceptual Theory in the Defense of a Realist Theory of Perception, Austin Paul Fullerton
Department: Philosophy
Windy City Radicals: Sister Carrie, Organized Labor, and the Problem of Chicago, Ben Fuqua
Department: English; History
Can you hear me now?: Ideological Analysis of Race and Gender in Verizon Wireless Television Commercials, Shane A. Gallagher
Department: Communication Studies
Because I Said So: Justifying the Right to Punish as Subsequent to the Right to Threaten, Patrick T. Gaudet
Department: Philosophy
Effect of Growth Selection on Adipogenic Gene Expression in Turkey Breast Muscle, Kory K. George
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
“I Can’t Afford Not to Go to College!”: An Analysis on the Effects of Financial Aid on the Human Capital Investment Decision, Kyrstin C. Gibson
Department: Business Economics
Picture Books Worth a Thousand Words: A Narrative Analysis of Original and Re-Told Stories, Elise W. Gifford
Department: Psychology
Rethinking the Role: An Alternative Stage Management Method, Chelsea A. Gillespie
Department: Theatre and Dance
Revolution on Stage and Screen: Historical Narrative through Cuban Film and Spanish Theatre, 1959-1971, Kevin J. Glass
Department: History; Spanish
Let the Outside In: A Case for Biophilic Architecture, Benjamin Glor
Department: Psychology
Toward an Efficient Synthesis of N-Substituted Hydroxypyrrole Monomers, Jenna L. Gnotek
Department: Chemistry
Our Father Who Art in Georgia: Case Studies of the Family and Christian Mythology in Southern Gothic Short Fiction, Eleanor K. Godbey
Department: English; Religious Studies
What do Students Value in an Institution of Higher Education? A Study on Institutional Attributes and Tuition at Private Colleges in the United States: A Hedonic Approach, Ana Godonoga
Department: Business Economics
Empathy and Aggression: Exploring Cognitive and Emotional Empathy in Aggressive Video and Text, Christine E. Goglia
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Mating on Longevity in Female Aedes aegypti When Nutritionally Stressed and Dehydrated, Emily A. Golba
Department: Biology
More than Cows and Plows: Exploring the Role of Government, Women, and Corporations in Farming through Oral Histories, Seth A. Goodwin
Department: History
Molecular Biology of a Miracle: Conceptualization of Medicine Through the Amish-Religious Lens and Antimicrobial Properties of Burdock Burn Wound Treatment, Caroline H. Gormley
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Religious Studies
Just War Theory and Syria: The Ethical Dimensions of Military Intervention, Justyn R. Gostlin
Department: Philosophy
Community, Risk, and Vaccines: An Ethnographic Examination of the Debate on Vaccination, Cole Grabow
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Students Teaching Students: An In-depth Look at Domestic Student Exchanges between Predominately White Institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 1960's, Kendall Grace
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology
Towards the Optimization of Amide Bond Coupling in the Synthesis of FRET Enabled Hairpin Polyamides, Kaitlin M. Graham
Department: Chemistry
The “Right” Model for Educating Ghanaian Girls: Emerging Themes and Messages from Ghanaian NGO Websites, Eryn E. Greaney
Department: Africana Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
What Does a Fish Say When It Hits a Wall? DAM: Re-fashioning Social and Cultural Ties to Rivers in Northern Thailand, Cassandra Greenbaum
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Predicting Behavior in an Unpredictable World: How Environmental Cues Affect Behavioral Plasticity in Adult Male and Embryonic Larvae of the Tobago Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium orientale tobagense), Sara Green
Department: Biology
Conversations in the Gallery: Uncovering Perceptions of Race through the Work of Hank Willis Thomas within a Museum Setting, Olivia Gregory
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
How Does Exposure to Triclosan Affect Territorial Behavior of the Male Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)?, Danielle L. Grooms
Department: Biology
Further Down the Spiral: Analyzing Calleva Atrebatum in the Context of Collapse and Abandonment During the Withdrawal of Roman Britain, Peregrine Grosch
Department: Archaeology
Nurturing a Love for Nature: An Investigation of Parental Influence on Children’s Environmental Concern, Emily R. Grover
Department: Psychology
The Hierarchy: Understanding How Men and Women Negotiate Power and Its Usage Within Sex Homogeneous Small Groups, Raphael Gunn
Department: Communication Studies
The Energetic of Extra Floral Nectar in Erythrina flabelliformis, Nichole W. Gustafson
Department: Biology
Cultivating Champions of Sustainability: an Analysis of Sustainability Education and Civic Agriculture, Alexander Haas
Department: Environmental Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
The Black-Scholes Options Pricing Model and its Implications on the Underlying Security Market, Steven D. Hagen
Department: Business Economics; Mathematics
The Quantitative Determination of Antidepressants and Their Primary Degradation Products in Biosolid-Amended Soil and Earthworms via LC-MS/MS analysis, Maura J. Hall
Department: Chemistry
Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Deformation Bands in the Late Cretaceous Sixmile Canyon Formation, Central Utah, Tricia L. Hall
Department: Geology
Does the Overpayment of Athletes Affect Performance? A Study of the National Basketball Association, Levi D. Halsey
Department: Business Economics
Confronting Archaeology's Political Nature: An Evaluation of Archaeology as a Tool of Social Action in the Post Conflict Societies of Spain and the Former Yugoslavia, Allison C. Ham
Department: Archaeology
Aiding Aids: The Motivations of French HIV/AIDS Foreign Aid to African Countries, Alexandra G. Hamasaki
Department: Political Science
Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down: A Narrative of the Black Death in Siena, Sarah J. Hammond
Department: History
The Effects of Exercise on Depression in Adolescents, Adam H. Hansell
Department: Psychology
Sythesis and Purification of Bis-Phosphoserine-Cyclohexyl Lipid Analogues Utilizing an H-Phosphonate Approach, Steven A. Hardy
Department: Chemistry