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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2015
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
Foxes and Hounds, Sam Patch
Department: English
An Exploration of Self: Continued, Aniecia L. Patridge
Department: Art and Art History
Lactational Exposure to Duloxetine: The Effects on Depression and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression in the Hippocampus of the Rodent Model, Skye Patterson
Department: Biology; Neuroscience
The Gratifications of Playing League of Legends: Exploring the Motivations of Entertainment, Achievement, and Social Interaction, Daniel E. Peppers
Department: Communication Studies
Rawls L.E.A.D.S. the Way: Justice in the City from a Philosophical Perspective, Thomas Pera
Department: Urban Studies; Philosophy
Investigating Intrigue: Past and Imagined, Lauren D. Perrino
Department: Art and Art History
How to Run a Successful and Ethical Intervention into Genocide, Benjamin M. Peters
Department: International Relations; Philosophy
Does Performance-based Executive Compensation Matter More for the U.S.-based Multinational Corporations or the U.S. Domestic Corporations?, Phu Phyo
Department: Business Economics
Medicine, Endangered: Conservation and Health Care in Conflict, Comparative Case Studies in Tanzania, Dominic Piacentini
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Blicero, Pointsman, and the Domination of Differance: Deconstruction of Villainy in Gravity's Rainbow, Jacob Gideon Pine
Department: English
Narrative Agency in Native America: Overcoming the Myth of "Native American Fiction", Audrey G. Platt
Department: English
The Political Business Cycle and Trade Policy Formation: How Do Electoral Incentives Impact Trade Policy?, Lincoln Plews
Department: International Relations
Temperature as a Stressor in Zebra Finch Nestlings and its Effects on the Post-Fledging Stress Response, Ari M. Pompas
Department: Biology
"The Rules are the Rules:" An Examination of Interactions between Government Caseworkers and Welfare Recipients, Molly Porter
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Relativistic Perturbations and Ontological Implications: Exploring the Zitterbewegung and Laying the Groundwork for a Quantum Ontology, Saul B. Propp
Department: Philosophy; Physics
The Effects of Circadian Rhythm Disruption On Social Behavior, Anxiety, and Plasma Corticosterone Levels in Mice Using Exercise As An intervention, Shannan Pullara
Department: Biology
Female Mate Choice in The Tobagonian Glass Frog Hyalinobatrachium Ortientale Tobagense, David P. Raines
Department: Biology
Was the Great War Just?: A Re-examination of Just War Theory in Light of Events During 1900-1920, Oliver S. Raker
Department: History; Philosophy
Origins of Oregon: A Cultural Geography of Two Oregonian Cities, Claire McNaught Ramey
Department: Geology; History
Archimedes Drill Propulsion, Jairaj Ranchod
Department: Physics
Are Speech And Singing Equivalent?: The Performance Of Childhood Apraxia Of Speech, Articulation Disorders, And Typical Development On Speech And Musical Tasks, Allison Rapundalo
Department: Communication Studies
How Police Policy Reform Can Reduce Police Violence: An Examination of the Use of Force Policies at the Wooster Police Department, Zachary Rashid
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Hopelessness and anxiety are suggested to decrease in depression induced by tryptophan depletion when combined with voluntary exercise in a rat model, Hannah Redding
Department: Neuroscience
Health Care for Everyone: Presidential Influence on the History of Medicare, Daniel Reese
Department: History
Ski Masks and Assault Rifles: A Brief History and Examination of the Violent Politics of the Irish Republican Army in the 1960s and early-1970s., Benjamin W. Robertson
Department: History
Imagining Spaces: Representations of Gender and Social Space in Modern to Contemporary Fiction, Colleen Robinson
Department: English
TOMSfoolery: A Neocolonial Deconstruction of the One For One Ideology of Giving, Ainslee Robson
Department: Philosophy; French and Francophone Studies
"I'm neither man nor beast, I'm something new entirely": The Evolution of the Contemporary Hero and the Justification of Violence in the Sons of Anarchy and Dexter Television Series, Bianca A. Rocco
Department: English
Say “I Don’t” to The Wedding Media: An Analysis of The Role of The Media On The American Bride’s Perception and Construction of The “Perfect Wedding”, Marina Rosales
Department: Communication Studies
Neophobic behavior but not aggression differs between urban and rural chickadee flocks (Poecile atricapillus and Poecile carolinensis), Elizabeth Ross
Department: Biology
Solo Voice Recital: Baroque to Contemporary, Sarah Roth
Department: Music
The Healthy Sounds of Music: Vocal Health in College Student Singers, Sarah Roth
Department: Communication Studies
A Modern Approach: Teaching Rape in Roman New Comedy, Samantha A. Rowe
Department: Classical Studies
The Economic Effects of Transnational Terrorism: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation into the Impact Which Terrorism Has Upon Economic Growth, Max Rubin
Department: Economics
Cervantes y Velázquez: Dos artistas revolucionarios y cómo exploraron los mismos conceptos en sus técnicas diferentes, Cathryn A. Rudawsky
Department: Spanish
The Domestication and Migration of Zea mays L. in Association with Holocene Climatic Variance, Kelsey L. Salmon Schreck
Department: Archaeology
The Temptations of Faith, Ellen Sandin
Department: Religious Studies
"A dark nail zips a ready reason": An Examination of Monolingual and Multilingual Listeners' Perceptions of a Spanish-Accented English Speaker's Speech in Semantically Meaningful and Semantically Meaningless Sentences, Julia Satoh
Department: Communication Studies
The Identity of Lilith: How Writers Shape and Use the Identity of Spirits in Modern America, William S. Schell
Department: Religious Studies
XH-π bonding in systems of indole and benzene using IBBCEAS and a bioinformatics analysis of protein secondary structure using graph theory, Meredith Schervish
Department: Chemistry; Mathematics
The Quantitative Determination of Antidepressants and their Primary Degradation Products in Pre and Post “Quasar” treatment and in Lagoon Sludge Destined for Land Application, Kristina M. Schiavone
Department: Chemistry
On Being: An Exploration of Wholeness Through Literature, Bridget Schmidt
Department: Religious Studies
“Water” You Waiting For?: A Narrative Analysis of How Charity:Water, Water.org, and Generosity Water Create Organizational Identities on Their Websites, Lauren C. Schoenewald
Department: Communication Studies
Let's talk about it! An Analysis of the Collaboration among Speech-Language Pathologists and Second through Fourth Grade Teachers who Serve Students with Language Impairments, Carly M. Schoenstein
Department: Communication Studies
Hearing the Needs of the Developing World: A Study of the Clinical Practices Used by Audiologists when Fitting Hearing Aids in Developing Countries, Hayley Schultz
Department: Communication Studies
A Summary and Reflection of the Percussion Repertoire for my Senior Recital, Christopher Scimecca
Department: Music
Thrills and Chills: Studying the Emotional and Physiological Responses of Listening to Pleasant and Unpleasant Music, Christopher Scimecca
Department: Psychology
The Modern Hydra: Assessing Counterinsurgency Success and Failure, Kimberly E. Seidell
Department: International Relations
On the Relationship Between Product Diversification and Firm Performance, Jay T. Selby
Department: Business Economics
Ought-Thenticity: A Restructuring of Understanding Why One Should Strive Towards Being An Authentic Human Being, Adam P. Seligson
Department: Philosophy
Interaction of nutritional content and temperature on larval growth rate in Pieras rapae, Rachel Sell
Department: Biology
The Cultural Effects of Federally Mandated, Off-Reservation Boarding Schools on North American Indian Women, Molly Sennett
Department: History
Cold War Hopes and Fears: Science Fiction Film in the Fifties, Meg Sharber
Department: History
"If You Want to Test a Man's Character Give Him Power" Abraham Lincoln's Character and Use of Strategic Action: An Analysis of Presidential Decision-Making, Hannah Sharfman
Department: Political Science
The Effect of Written Message Appeals in Advertisements on Attitudes toward a Weight-Loss Supplement and the Product Advertisement, Caitlin E. Shea
Department: Communication Studies
Mountains Stacked Against Them: An Investigation Into the Effectiveness of a Short-term Emergent Literacy Intervention for Children Attending Head Start in Rural West Virginia, Kendra Shehy
Department: Communication Studies
Cloning, Purification, and Analysis of an Aromatic Monooxygenase Protein Involved in the Production of Strain-Specific Phenazine Metabolites, Edmund W. Shi
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A Fool's Comedic Cavalcade of Heads, Young Jae Oliver Shin
Department: Art and Art History