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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2013
What Really Matters? Predicting Latino Academic Achievement From Parenting, Self Efficacy, Stress, Number of Successful Relatives, and Demographic Variables, Adolfo Mejia
Department: Psychology
The Motion of a Flapping Flag: Chaos or Noise?, Samuel Mermall
Department: Physics
With Strong Arms and Callused Hands: a Study of Mexican Racial Identity in the Bracero Program From 1942-1964, Maricela Metraux
Department: History
Hospitality, Homosexuality, and Hazel-Nut Hurling: a Comparison of Genesis 19 Between Judaism and Islam Through Midrash and Tafsir, Grace E. Miller
Department: Religious Studies
The Disintegration of An Open Economy: the Economic History of Argentina, 1880-1976, Beth Milne
Department: History
Work Hard, Play Hard: a Qualitative Analysis of How Fantasy Sports Affect Organizational Commitment, Ryan Miner
Department: Communication Studies
Lost and Found: the Life and Art of Vivian Maier, Emily L. Mitchell
Department: Art and Art History
Creating a Lyrical Experience: Preparation For and Research on the Song Recital, Sarah Mitchell
Department: Music
Say What? The Use of Age As An Identifier on the Auditory Stroop Effect, Sarah Mitchell
Department: Psychology
Investigating Cis-Elements of Microtubule-Associated Protein Tau's 3'-Untranslated Region, Daniel Montagna
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Shooting An Elephant: How the British Became the Leading Imperialist in Africa and the World, Katherine Montgomery
Department: History
The Effects of Presentation and Individual Differences on Narrative Engagement, Joseph Morgan
Department: Psychology
Metal Ion and Phosphate Binding Organosilica Sorbents For Nutrient Recycling, Melissa Morgan
Department: Chemistry
It's Complicated: the Identification of Learning Disabilities in Children With Hearing Loss, Taylor M. Morgan
Department: Communication Studies
Neglected Human Rights: Examining the Causes of Socio-Economic Rights Violations Within the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Katherine Morton
Department: Political Science
Investigating the Host-Guest Chemistry of Calixarene Capped Azobenzene, Lucy Moser
Department: Chemistry
In the Spirit of the People: the Effect of Musical Tradition on Community Efficacy in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Micah Motenko
Department: Music; Sociology and Anthropology
"in the Spirit of the People:" the Effect of Musical Tradition on Community Efficacy in Post-katrina New Orleans, Micah Motenko
Department: Music; Sociology and Anthropology
The Evolution of International Sovereignty Norms and the Process of State-Level Norm Internalization, Katherine A. Mozynski
Department: International Relations; Political Science
Clay Mineral Analysis and Paleoclimate Interpretation of a Middle Miocene Paleosol in the Powder River Volcanic Field, Northeast Oregon, Anna C. Mudd
Department: Geology
A Moral Justification For Humanitarian Military Intervention, Alec Muller
Department: Philosophy
Pocket Full of Posies, a Comparative Study of the Plague in Florence and London, Caitlyn Murphy
Department: History
Investigation of Functional Roles For Thioredoxins in Protecting Against Reversible Electrophile Induced Protein Damage in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Wesley J. Murphy
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Valuation and Horizontal Acquisitions: An Analysis of the Source of Value Created From Horizontal Acquisitions, Jake Mussay
Department: Business Economics
Making Fun of the World and Observing It: An Examination of Viewers' Interactions With Comedy About Gender and Masculinity in the Apatow Company's Films, Alexandra Muto
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Why Steal Cars, Why Not? Current Trends in Car Theft, Imre Namath
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Kinetics of the Reaction of Tartronic Acid With the Hydroxyl Radical, Mary Frances Nappi
Department: Chemistry
Living the iLife: a Descriptive Analysis of the Impact of Technology on Dating Relationships, Clare Nelson-Johnson
Department: Communication Studies
Finding Meaning at the End of the World(S): Life, Death, and Identity in Battlestar Galactica, Amy Newton
Department: English
Quantitative Determination of Select Antidepressants and Their Primary Degradation Products in Lagoon Sludge and Biosolid-Amended Soil via LC-MS/MS Analysis, Lydia Marie Niemi
Department: Chemistry
Les Dangers De La Biture Parmi Les Jeunes Français : Le Manque De Compréhension Des Conséquences Du Binge Drinking, Andrea Nissenbaum
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Grand Owl Habitat: a Collection of Poetry, Alexa Norris
Department: English
The Administration of a Novel Chemotherapy Agent in a Brain Tumor Mouse Model, Gregory A. Norris
Department: Neuroscience
Analysis of a Rhuddanian (Llandovery, Lower Silurian) Sclerobiont Community in the Hilliste Formation on Hiiumaa Island, Estonia: a Hard Substrate-Dwelling Relict Fauna, Jonah Novek
Department: Geology
A Multi-Faceted Approach to Assess the Roles of Granulocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Neutrophils in Sunitinib-Based Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinomas, Dana Obery
Department: Biology
Lady Rochford: Always Remembered As a True Courtier of Henry VIII, Jacqueline O'Dell
Department: English; History
Growing a National Economy: a Comparative Analysis of the Economic Growth in a Country Under Authoritarian or Democratic Rule, Girard W. Ogletree-Crawford
Department: Political Science
Prism Adaptation and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Anne O'Malley
Department: Psychology
Biological Sex Differences in Attraction and Proof of Worth, Ethan O'Neal
Department: Psychology
Switchbacks: An Outdoor Magazine For Ohio, Colleen O'Neil
Department: English
Moral Duty As An Escape From Synthetic Inequality, Peter Parisi
Department: Philosophy
Group Interactions of Ostracized People, Nathaniel Dejarnett Partee
Department: Psychology
It's a Good Day to Be Indigenous: the Quest For American Indian Identity Through Activism and Film, Keely Pearce
Department: History
Analysis of Ice Springs Volcanic Field Structures, Black Rock Desert, Utah, Matthew H. Peppers
Department: Geology
We All Need Somebody to Lean On: An Examination of Social Support Networks at the Center Communities of Brookline, Massachussetts, Emily Perbix
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
May it Please the Environment?: A Study of the Role Regional Location Plays in Influencing Federal Court Decisions on Fossil Fuel Cases, Stephen Perrott
Department: Political Science
The Fight to Exist: An Examination of Racial Identities on The College of Wooster Campus, Kenneth Perry Jr
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Fight to Exist: a Examination of Racial Identities on the College of Wooster Campus, Kenneth Perry Jr
Department: Theatre and Dance
Coaching Behaviors' Effects on Athletes' Anxiety, Malcolm Perry
Department: Psychology
Encounters of Food in the American Prison System: From Green Bologna to Nutraloaf in the Prison "Chow Hall", Annie Peterson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
From Renaissance Entertainment to Occult Divinitory Practice: An Iconographic Study of the Sexual Female Image in Tarot, Megan Mary Piemonte
Department: Art and Art History; French and Francophone Studies
Cultural Preservation and Change in a Globalizing World: A Study of Guatemalan Immigrant Identity and Experience in Dover, Ohio, Julie Piller
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Ethnoscapes and Nationalism in the Cherokee Nation's Constitutional Law, 1960-2013, Richard Tadd Pinkston
Department: History; Political Science
Characterization of a Creatine Kinase Enzyme From Cryptosporidium Muris, Paige Piper
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
I Just Want to Be Heard: An Analysis of the Concerns of Parents Who Have Children Using High-Tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices, Gina Marissa Pirolozzi
Department: Communication Studies
The Transparent Self, Jessica Pisani
Department: Art and Art History
I'll Have Fries With That: Eating Preferences of School Children in the Wooster Community, Max Plevyak
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Eat Until You're Full: The Pursuit of Autonomy and Health through the Adoption of Organic Agriculture in Mae Ta, Thailand, Erin Jean Plews-Ogan
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Influence of Intergroup Contact on Implicit Attitudes: A Study of the Other-Race Effect, Elizabeth Plumley
Department: Neuroscience
Remaining Elite: Patriarchy and Advice in Renaissance Florence, Christina Polet
Department: History
The Smartphone Self, Matthew J. Policastro
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Monongahela Site Usage in the Late Prehistoric Period As Expressed in the 33ME61 Wansack Site (2-03), Jared Prestenbach
Department: Archaeology
Liquid Body Armor and Shear Thickening Fluids, Duncan Price
Department: Physics
A Description of Cryptoskeletozoan Communities and Growth Analyses of Cryptic Cuffeyella Arachnoidea and Cornulites From the Upper Ordovician (Richmondian) of Ohio and Indiana, Katherine Price
Department: Geology
Paralysis: An Urban Liberation, Amanda Priest
Department: English
The Effect of Parental Care on Embryonic Survival in the Tobago Glass Frog, Hyalinobatrachium orientale tobagense, Jessica L. Pringle
Department: Biology
Riding the Red Wave: Constructing Pan-Oceanic Identity at the Oceania Center For Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies, Shelby Cheyenne Pykare
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Ali- No Color Added: A Transracial Adoption Story, Alexandria Questel
Department: English
Protein Cross-Linking As a Mechanism of Cytotoxicity For Bifunctional Electrophiles, Nikolai Radzinski
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
My Bitch Bad Looking Like a Bag of Money: Gender Roles in Hip-Hop and How They Affect the Identities of Women Consumers., Julian G. Rainwater
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Interactions Between the Soybean Aphid (Aphis glycines), Host Plant Resistance (HPR), and Insecticide (Warrior II), Monica O. Ramstad
Department: Biology
Is It Worth It?: A Study of the Economic Impact Professional Sports Franchises have on a Community, Matthew Ranck
Department: Business Economics
The Media versus Major League Baseball and its Superstars: A Comparison of the 1927 and 2009 New York Yankees, Johnathan Ray
Department: History
Peaceful Benefits: A Study of Peace Education Programs and their Effects on Violent Conflict, Anna M. Rella
Department: Political Science
Differential Photometry of Transiting Exoplanets, Tyler Rhoades
Department: Physics
Scenic Design and Cultural Space: Towards a Communicative and Heterogeneous Space, Kaleigh A. Richards
Department: Theatre and Dance
Broke City, Broke Schools: Desegregation of Public Schools and the Economic Decline of Akron, Ohio, Abigail S. Rider
Department: History
El Exilio Y La Identidad En Cuatro Novelas De Julia Alvarez Y Cristina Garcia, Elizabeth Rigsbee
Department: Spanish
The Balance of Power Has Shifted: How Affluent Interest Groups are Contributing to Income Inequality in the United States, Michele R. Ring
Department: Political Science
The History of the Americanization of Sushi and its Application as an Art Form, Margaret Graham Roberts
Department: Art and Art History
A Spectroscopic Study of Excited State Intramolecular Charge Transfer of Newly Synthesized Ethyl 4-(Dimethylamino) Benzoate Derivatives, Evan Robinson
Department: Chemistry
Sorting Spacial Wavefunctions of Photons by Parity, Michael-Erik Ronlund
Department: Physics
Give Me a Minute to Figure this Out: A Memoir of Learning, Larping, and Living a Young Life with Aspergers, Hannah J. Rothman
Department: English
The Gift That Keeps on Taking: Modelling the Impact of a Natural Resource Shock on an Economy, Rutendo Ruzvidzo
Department: Economics; Mathematics
Identification and Functional Analysis of Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels in Paramecium Tetraurelia, Stephen Ryan
Department: Neuroscience
Searching For Alice: An Examination of Identity Through Dreams, Gender, Class, and Language in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Alea Safier
Department: English
Stranger Than Fiction: The Realism of the Unreal in Balzac's La Peau De Chagrin and Dostoevsky's Dvoinik, Kellen Safreed
Department: Comparative Literature
Stereotypes About Parents in the Workplace: Bringing Kids to Work and the Effects on Person Perception, Nicole Sager
Department: Psychology; Sociology and Anthropology
Spacetime: Engineering and Metaphysics, Syne Salem
Department: Philosophy; Physics
Whistling Jesters and Talking Donkeys: An Ethnographic Study of Renaissance Faire Humor, Thomas Sanchez
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Architectural Interventions, Abigail Aloe Sandberg
Department: Art and Art History
Social Boundaries: How they are Formed, when they are Reinforced, when they are Broken Down, and why, Alex Schaeffer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
An Investigation of the Potential Relationship Between Hearing Loss and Alzheimer's Disease, Mary Ellen Scherer
Department: Communication Studies
Forgiveness and Resentment: A Study in Philosophy and Psychology, Katherine Kay Schiller
Department: Philosophy; Psychology
A Possible Cure For the Curse?: A Comparative Analysis of Democratic Institutions and Domestic Polices on the Economic Growth of Resource Dependent Countries, Patrick Schlick
Department: International Relations
A Theoretical and Experimental Pattern Analysis of Electrohydrodynamic Convection in a Liquid Crystal System, Matthew Fritz Schmitthenner
Department: Mathematics; Physics
Influences of Age and Education Level on Non-Literal Language Usage in Adults, Kimberly Michelle Schmitz
Department: Communication Studies
The Little Gods, Ian D. Schoultz
Department: English
The Real Face of Mental Illness: The Effects of Messaging on Attitudes Towards People with Severe Mental Illness, Kelsey J. Schulman
Department: Psychology
Talking Black and Sleeping White... Talking White and Sleeping Black: A Socio-Legal Examination of Interracial Marriage in America, Kailey J. Schwallie
Department: History