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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2024
The Catalysts of Prosperity: An Exploration of the Impact of Financial Development on Economic Growth in Nepal, Rehann Silvanus
Department: Economics
Exploring the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence through Approaches of Chatbot Models, Bryson Simpson
Department: Computer Science
Soak Up the Sun: Exploring the Ability of Quantum Dots to Increase PAR Transmission in Seaman Corporation’s Dura-Grow Greenhouse Film to Improve Plant Growth, Mary E. Sirois
Department: Chemistry
Bills, Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes: Examining U.S. Transgender Workers’ Economic Experiences During The 2020s Rise of Anti-Transgender Legislation, Vonne Slayden
Department: Economics
A First-Class Yiddisha Tone: An Investigation of Irving Berlin’s Jewish Novelty Songs, Anya Smith
Department: Music
A Treacherous and Narrow Path: Examining the Economic Views of Father Charles Coughlin, Connor Smith
Department: History
Investigating the Role of the RNA-binding Protein Nab2 in Pre-mRNA Splicing in Drosophila melanogaster, Emma Smith
Department: Biology
Discovering the Most Practical Solution to Cyberbullying: A Study on Eliminating the Negative Impact of Yik Yak’s Anonymity, Kenzie Smith
Department: Communication Studies
Expanding the Limits of Storytelling: An Imaginative Exploration of the Interpretive Impact of Stories in Entertainment, Art, Media, and Life, Kiera Smith
Department: Global Media and Digital Studies
Evaluating Effective Components of Educational Environmental Signage for Application at the William J. Robertson Nature Preserve, Oliver Snow
Department: Environmental Studies
Economics of Animation: Role of the Animation Industry in Promoting Development, David Sokurovi
Department: Economics; Statistical and Data Sciences
How Does the Introduction of Airbnb Affect the Pricing of Hotels?, Brennan South
Department: Business Economics
Mobility Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Within Soil Systems, Jameson Sprankle
Department: Chemistry; Geology
Perceptions in Advertising: An Examination of Body Diversity, Consumer Responses, and Preferences, Rosa Spurgeon
Department: Business Economics
Sentiments, Emma Staggs
Department: Art and Art History
Spartan and Elean Relations during the 5th Century BCE: How Elis Challenged Spartan Hegemony in the Peloponnese, Casey Steffen
Department: Classical Studies
Digital Stimuli in Visual Behavioral Research: Effects, Prevalence, and Development of Alternative Methods, Henry Louis Steinmetz
Department: Biology
Digital Stimuli in Visual Behavioral Research: Effects, Prevalence, and Development of Alternative Methods, Henry Louis Steinmetz
Department: Biology
Regulating the Digital Frontier: A Comparative Analysis of Bitcoin Regulatory Policy in El Salvador and the Central African Republic, Earl Steve Stephens III
Department: Political Science
Toward Demonstrating the Synthetic Utility of 7-substituted-quinolin-2(1H)-ones in Organic Synthesis, Jason R. Stewart
Department: Chemistry
Internal Gods: A Spiritual Journey, Kyra E. Stief
Department: Art and Art History
Investigating Physiological Abnormalities Induced by Contaminated Aquatic Sites in Freshwater Fish Across Northeast Ohio, Kyle Stringer
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
An Animation in a Picture: Creating a short animation from a single image using digital image processing methods, Ellie Stroke
Department: Computer Science
The Association Between Adult ADHD Symptoms and Insecure Attachment Representations, Jack A. Sweeney
Department: Psychology
Exploring Swarm Behavior for Artistic Rendering: From Abstract Art to Targeted Image Rendition, Aryan Tamrakar
Department: Computer Science
The Coevolution of Humankind and Lake Erie – Past, Present, and Future Interactions, Natalie Tanner
Department: Earth Sciences; Sociology and Anthropology
Religious Trauma and Identity: The Importance of Community, Emma Teichert
Department: Religious Studies
Cytotoxicity of Porphyrin-Based Photosensitizers on Staphylococcus Aureus, Makeda Tekelmichael
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cytotoxicity of Porphyrin-Based Photosensitizers on Staphylococcus Aureus Cells, Makeda Tekelmichael
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
“Should I Stay or Should I Go”: How Spain’s Religious Minorities Were Able to Survive in the Early Modern Period, Ryan C. Tepperman
Department: Religious Studies; Spanish
Do Instances of Fan Racism in Games Impact the Representation and Earnings of Black Players Compared to Statistically Similar White Players in the Top European Soccer Leagues?, Endrias Tesfaye
Department: Economics
What is the Impact of Marital Status on Women’s Labor Force Participation in Ethiopia?, Simon Tesfaye
Department: Economics
On Thinning Ice: A Geoscientific Perspective on the Politics of Resource Exploration in a Changing Arctic, Athena Tharenos
Department: Earth Sciences
In Balance with This Life, This Death: An Analysis of the Evil of Death and the Ways in Which Death Leads to Meaning, Gabriel Thomas
Department: Philosophy
Neuroscience and Public Health: Exploring the Neuroscience of Motivation and Consumption as a Tool for Developing Food Desert Interventions, Tyara Thompson
Department: Neuroscience
Divided Government and Decision Units: An Examination of Foreign Policy Deliberations in the French Executive, Abigail Grace Thomson
Department: Global and International Studies; French and Francophone Studies
Resilience in Food Agricultural Industries: Evaluating the Impact of Input Factors and Supply Chain Dynamics, Mariia Tkach
Department: Economics
Oral Health and Quality of Life in a Rural Older Adult Population, Claire Tobin
Department: Biology
"I Know Where That Happened!": How Local Museums Interact with Their Communities, Diana Tobin
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Mycenaean Trade in The Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age, Ryan Tompkins
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies
Sustainability Information and Food Choices: The Role of Self-Efficacy, Climate Change Attitudes, and Price, Ethan B. Treadwell
Department: Psychology
Investigating How Multiple Concussions Affect Executive Functioning in Young Adults, Nick Tress
Department: Neuroscience
How Distance from “Home” Affects an NBA Teams Overall Win Percentage, Tyler Trevillian
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences
Pluralistic, Inclusive, Global Engagement in Support of American Youth, Evelyn Trumpey
Department: Global and International Studies
The Musée du Quai Branly: Applying Decolonial Practice in a Modern Ethnographic Museum, Delaney Tubbs
Department: History
Nature and the Mind: Understanding the Influence, Isaac Tuch
Department: Psychology
A Surge of Personality or A Bureaucratic Struggle? How Presidential Personality Affected the Influence of Bureaucratic Politics in Troop Surge Decisions, Jacob Ullom
Department: Political Science
The Risk Society: Understood Through Review of Large Volume Petroleum Tank Fires, Jacob Van Der Hyde
Department: Environmental Studies
Electric Exegesis: An Investigation into Transforming Entanglements of Cyberpunk Fiction, Benjamin A. Van Horssen
Department: English; Statistical and Data Sciences
Investigating Whether the Product Selectivity Increases with Steric Bulk of Aniline R-Groups in an Isoelectronic Series, Marisol Grace Varela Ausec
Department: Chemistry
Synthesis of 7-Substituted Quinolinones from Meta-Substituted Anilines: Investigating Whether the Product Selectivity Increases with Steric Bulk of Aniline R-Groups in an Isoelectronic Series, Marisol Grace Varela Ausec
Department: Chemistry
Hero, Villain, Victim Policy Narratives on Automatic Voter Registration: Which Narrative is the Most Persuasive?, John Varley
Department: Political Science
Quantifying Pollen Carryover by Tracking Individual Pollen Grains: An Exploration Of The Quantum Dot Application, Ann Venditti
Department: Biology
Beyond Assumptions: Friendship Maintenance in Neurotypical and Neurodivergent Transgender/Gender Diverse People, Samuel Veon
Department: Psychology
Exploring the Increased Utilization of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) Celebrities in Commercial Brand Strategy, Zion Vital
Department: Global Media and Digital Studies
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The Contributions of Racial Centrality, Parental Social Support and Academic Motivation on the Academic Engagement of Black Undergraduate Students., Alex Walker
Department: Psychology
The Enduring Connection: Redlining, Race, and the Ongoing Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Among Black Women, Liam Adrian Walker
Department: Business Economics
Grief in Prison: How Incarceration Shapes Inmates Experiences with Loss, Anna Walsh
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology
One Yarn Below, Zhongting Wang
Department: English
Baes of a Feather Flock Together: Comparing Preferences of Personality and Value Similarity in Romantic Relationships, Takuma Warren
Department: Psychology
Investigating the Interplay Between RNR, Tsa1, and the Thioredoxin System and Their Effect on Cell Cycle Regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Malaika Webb
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
How Gender Framing Affects the Success of Women’s Rights Movements, Ella E. Weber
Department: Political Science
Short- and Long-term Impacts of the Birthing Process on Infants and Mothers: an Investigation into Local and Global Trends, Eleanor Weiker
Department: Biology
Holocaust Memory through Operatic Performance: An Examination of the Evolving Representation of the Holocaust in Operas through the 20th and 21st Centuries, Lilah Weiss
Department: Music
How the Ban of the Shift Affected Pitchers in the MLB, Elijah Westrick
Department: Mathematics
Public Health and Propaganda: How the PRC Mobilized the Masses for Preventative Healthcare During the Maoist Period, 1949-1976, Alexander W. White
Department: History
The Thinking Machine: An Exploration of Consciousness and its Application to Artificial Intelligence, Simon White
Department: Philosophy
Redeeming Disability Representation in the Horror Genre: Can Horror Be Saved From Itself?, M. Whitlock
Department: English
An Analysis of Stratigraphic, Paleoecologic, and Geochemical Variability in the "Squaw Bay Formation," Michigan Basin, Ainsley Wiesner
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology
The Oral Tradition as a Literary Device through the Indigenous Feminist Perspective, Isabella Claire Wild
Department: English
Are We Not Men? We Are Dada: Devo and the Intersection of Music and Performance Art, Ursula Williams
Department: English
Anisotropic and Relativistic Diffusion with Partial Differential Equations, Luke Wilson
Department: Mathematics; Physics
Boolean Modeling and Microglial Matters: Replicating Microglial Behavior in Inflammation and Testing Model Validity, Nina Sahita Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
Toward a More Efficient and Selective Synthesis of Exclusively 7-Substituted Coumarins, Aileen Yeo
Department: Chemistry
Hello Cold World: Comparing Levels of Self-Defined versus Self-Reported Empathy, Maggie G. Young
Department: Psychology
Gesture-Based Interactive Nature Simulation, Taemour S. Zaidi
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Short-Term vs Long-Term Effects of DREADDs in the Mouse Motor Cortex, Christa Zianni
Department: Neuroscience
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2023
Exploring the Binding Multiplicity, Mode of Inhibition and Communication Between NADH Binding Sites on 6- Hydroxynicotinate 3-monooxygenase (NicC), Eric Senanu Adadevoh Mr.
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sanctuary, Katherine Adams-Fisher
Department: English
Ecology and Genetic Variation of the Invasive Aedes japonicus Mosquito in Wooster, OH: An Addition to Existing Cultural, Literary, and Artistic Symbolism of Insects Around the World, Tomoka Shannon-Rose Adams
Department: Biology; Spanish
“More Money More Problems?”: A Study on the Impact of Increases in Minimum Wage Rates on Economic Growth, Nana Abena Biamah Adu-Boahen
Department: Business Economics
Coloring Away the Blues: Exploring the Therapeutic Effects of Art Activities on Well-Being, Lucy Agurkis
Department: Psychology
Molding a New You: Exploring the Therapeutic and Healing Properties of Clay, Lucy Agurkis
Department: Art and Art History
Building an 8-Bit Computer: From Design to Implementation, Craig Akiri
Department: Computer Science
Porphyrin Based Photosensitizing Agents: Comparative Study On The Effects Of TPP-sesamol and TPP-zingerone On Yeast Cells, Edwina Akonor
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Black and Red Markers on White Boards: Applying John Ogbu's Cultural-Ecological Theory of Minority Student Experiences to Higher Education, Geoffrey Allen
Department: Chinese Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
Hair, Food, and Relationships, Inethia M. Allen
Department: Art and Art History
Coinfection of Culex Flavivirus and Wolbachia spp in Culex Mosquitoes and Implication for Arbovirus Control, Cristian Amesbury
Department: Biology
Measurement & Analysis of Pesticide Biotransformation Products in Ohio Precipitation Samples, Lily Anderson
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Reality of Child Slave Labor Today: An Analysis of Tony's Chocolonely News Messages Through the Lens of Identificational Appeals, Marina Anderson
Department: Communication Studies
Investigating the Suggested Inhibition of Pho4 by P. sojae RxLR Effector PsAvh110 Utilizing SDL Assays, Nathaniel Andrews
Department: Biology
Brownfield Meets the Bees' Needs: The William J. Robertson Nature Preserve Provides a Safe Haven for Solitary Native Bees, Ash Arons
Department: Environmental Studies
The Importance of Mixed-Race Mestiza Representation On and Off Stage: An Autoethnographic Approach, Teresa Isabel Ascencio
Department: Theatre and Dance; Communication Studies
Reality Television’s Vision of Class: A Deep Dive into Class Performance in Windy City Rehab, Gillian Rhiannon Ashley
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Axon Pathfinding in Drosophila melanogaster Wing Sensory Neurons, Jade Baek
Department: Neuroscience
La Violencia en Las Sombras: Epistemic Violence in The United States Immigration System and Its Implications, Hannah Rosemary Baker
Department: Political Science; Spanish
Seeds of Liberation or Spheres of Domination: Role-Playing Games and Alternative Social Formation, Peter Barker
Department: History; Philosophy
Evaluation of the Use of Raphinus Sativus and Neem as Pest Management Strategies for Diabrotica Undecimpunctata Howardii in the Crop Species Cucurbita Pepo Subspecies Pepo, Owen C. Barnard
Department: Environmental Studies
The Effects of Interparental Conflict on an Individual’s Expectations Towards Their Romantic Relationships: Attitudes Towards Romantic Relationships, Demetrius Devon Barnett
Department: Psychology
Melanism in Abert's Squirrel: Investigating the Genetic Cause and Frequency of Melanism in Northern Populations, Lake Barrett
Department: Biology